Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)
POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
March 31, 2024
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 24,354 $ 33,634
Restricted cash 85,310 5,011
Accounts receivables, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 3,197 and $ 5,483 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, respectively
30,333 82,167
Inventory, net 21,658 27,985
Deferred costs - current 42 6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 8,091 25,455
Total current assets 169,788 174,258
Fixed assets, net 12,719 55,257
Goodwill 83,487 374,939
Intangible assets, net 19,652 263,396
Right-of-use asset 7,428 12,308
Severance payable fund 3,796 4,461
Deferred tax asset 2,781 5,766
Other assets 9,029 18,284
Total assets $ 308,680 $ 908,669
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Short-term bank debt and current maturities of long-term debt $ 1,951 $ 34,596
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 34,008 86,481
Deferred revenue - current 5,842 17,912
Lease liability - current 1,789 4,763
Total current liabilities 43,590 143,752
Long-term debt - less current maturities 113,810 233,750
Deferred revenue - less current portion 4,892 3,949
Lease liability - less current portion 5,921 8,268
Accrued severance payable 4,597 4,906
Deferred tax liability 4,465 52,461
Other long-term liabilities 2,496 3,042
Total liabilities 179,771 450,128
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 22)
Convertible redeemable preferred stock: Series A - 100 shares authorized, $ 0.01 par value; 60 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, respectively, at redemption value of $ 90,273 at March 31, 2024
90,273 —
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock; authorized 50,000 shares, $ 0.01 par value
— —
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Common stock; authorized 175,000 shares, $ 0.01 par value; 38,709 and 134,556 s hares issued at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, respectively; shares outstanding, 37,212 and 132,493 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, respectively
387 1,339
Additional paid-in capital 202,607 669,492
Accumulated deficit ( 154,796 ) ( 193,345 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss ( 985 ) ( 7,578 )
Treasury stock; 1,497 and 2,063 common shares at cost at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, respectively
( 8,682 ) ( 11,518 )
Total Powerfleet, Inc. stockholders’ equity 38,531 458,390
Non-controlling interest 105 151
Total equity 38,636 458,541
Total liabilities, convertible redeemable preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity $ 308,680 $ 908,669
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023
2024 2023 2024
Revenues:
Products $ 12,916 $ 24,687 $ 37,232 $ 63,718
Services 21,634 81,742 63,652 195,159
Total revenues 34,550 106,429 100,884 258,877
Cost of revenues:
Cost of products 10,009 17,129 27,402 43,809
Cost of services 7,162 30,517 22,980 75,294
Total cost of revenues 17,171 47,646 50,382 119,103
Gross profit 17,379 58,783 50,502 139,774
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses 19,337 55,405 54,312 147,522
Research and development expenses 2,010 4,621 6,657 11,157
Total operating expenses 21,347 60,026 60,969 158,679
Loss from operations
( 3,968 ) ( 1,243 ) ( 10,467 ) ( 18,905 )
Interest income 34 359 79 831
Interest expense ( 1,138 ) ( 7,942 ) ( 1,466 ) ( 14,675 )
Bargain purchase - Movingdots 1,517 — 1,800 —
Other expense, net
( 8 ) ( 2,011 ) ( 32 ) ( 961 )
Net loss before income taxes ( 3,563 ) ( 10,837 ) ( 10,086 ) ( 33,710 )
Income tax benefit/(expense)
92 ( 3,513 ) ( 197 ) ( 4,821 )
Net loss before non-controlling interest ( 3,471 ) ( 14,350 ) ( 10,283 ) ( 38,531 )
Non-controlling interest ( 32 ) 1 ( 38 ) ( 17 )
Net loss ( 3,503 ) ( 14,349 ) ( 10,321 ) ( 38,548 )
Accretion of preferred stock ( 1,878 ) — ( 5,484 ) —
Preferred stock dividend ( 1,129 ) — ( 3,385 ) ( 25 )
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ ( 6,510 ) $ ( 14,349 ) $ ( 19,190 ) $ ( 38,573 )
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted $ ( 0.18 ) $ ( 0.11 ) $ ( 0.54 ) $ ( 0.33 )
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted 35,706 132,189 35,655 115,650
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023
2024 2023 2024
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ ( 6,510 ) $ ( 14,349 ) $ ( 19,190 ) $ ( 38,573 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment 1,288 ( 6,214 ) 482 ( 6,593 )
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)
1,288 ( 6,214 ) 482 ( 6,593 )
Comprehensive loss $ ( 5,222 ) $ ( 20,563 ) $ ( 18,708 ) $ ( 45,166 )
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury Stock Non-Controlling Interest Total Stockholder’s Equity
Number of Shares Amount
Balance as of April 1, 2024 38,709 $ 387 $ 202,607 $ ( 154,796 ) $ ( 985 ) $ ( 8,682 ) $ 105 $ 38,636
Net loss attributable to common stockholders — — ( 25 ) ( 22,312 ) — — — ( 22,337 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest — — — — — — 13 13
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — 418 — 8 426
Issuance of restricted shares 54 1 ( 1 ) — — — — —
Shares issued for transaction bonus
174 1 888 — — — — 889
Shares issued in connection with MiX
Combination 70,704 707 361,298 — — — — 362,005
Acquired through MiX Combination — — 7,818 — — — 5 7,823
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock — — — — — ( 2,836 ) — ( 2,836 )
Stock-based compensation — — 5,929 — — — — 5,929
Balance as of June 30, 2024 109,641 $ 1,096 $ 578,514 $ ( 177,108 ) $ ( 567 ) $ ( 11,518 ) $ 131 $ 390,548
Net loss attributable to common stockholders — — — ( 1,888 ) — — — ( 1,888 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest — — — — — — 5 5
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — ( 797 ) — 20 ( 777 )
Proceeds from private placement, net of costs to issue common stock
— — 61,851 — — — — 61,851
Exercise of stock options
243 — — — — — — —
Stock-based compensation
— — 1,371 — — — — 1,371
Balance as of September 30, 2024 109,884 1,096 641,736 ( 178,996 ) ( 1,364 ) ( 11,518 ) 156 451,110
Net loss attributable to common stockholders — — — ( 14,349 ) — — — ( 14,349 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest — — — — — — ( 1 ) ( 1 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — ( 6,214 ) — ( 4 ) ( 6,218 )
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Proceeds from private placement, net of costs to issue common stock
20,000 200 4,408 — — — — 4,608
Shares issued in connection with FC Acquisition
4,286 43 21,300 — — — — 21,343
Exercise of stock options
161 — 910 — — — — 910
Stock based compensation
— — 1,138 — — — — 1,138
Issue of stock appreciation rights
225 — — — — — — —
Balance as of December 31, 2024
134,556 1,339 669,492 ( 193,345 ) ( 7,578 ) ( 11,518 ) 151 458,541
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Common Stock Additional Paid-In Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury Stock Non-Controlling Interest Total Stockholder’s Equity
Number of Shares Amount
Balance as of March 31, 2023 (As Restated) 37,621 $ 376 $ 218,473 $ ( 135,961 ) $ ( 1,098 ) $ ( 8,554 ) $ 66 $ 73,302
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (As restated) — — ( 2,902 ) ( 3,269 ) — — — ( 6,171 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest — — — — — — 6 6
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — 100 — ( 9 ) 91
Issuance of restricted shares 162 1 ( 1 ) — — — — —
Forfeiture of restricted shares ( 82 ) — — — — — — —
Exercise of stock options 16 — 36 — — — — 36
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock — — — — — ( 4 ) — ( 4 )
Stock-based compensation — — 852 — — — — 852
Balance as of June 30, 2023 (As restated)
37,717 377 216,458 ( 139,230 ) ( 998 ) ( 8,558 ) 63 68,112
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (As restated) — — ( 2,962 ) ( 3,548 ) — — — ( 6,510 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — ( 906 ) — — ( 906 )
Issuance of restricted shares 982 10 ( 10 ) — — — — —
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock — — — — — ( 90 ) — ( 90 )
Stock-based compensation — — 1,101 — — — — 1,101
Balance as of September 30, 2023 (As Restated) 38,699 $ 387 $ 214,587 $ ( 142,778 ) $ ( 1,904 ) $ ( 8,648 ) $ 63 $ 61,707
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
— — ( 3,007 ) ( 3,503 ) — — — ( 6,510 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
— — — — — — 32 32
Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — 1,288 — 7 1,295
Issuance of restricted shares
28 2 ( 2 ) — — — — —
Forfeiture of restricted shares
( 11 ) ( 2 ) 2 — — — — —
Shares withheld pursuant to vesting of restricted stock
— — — — — ( 3 ) — ( 3 )
Stock-based compensation — — 1,123 — — — — 1,123
Balance as of December 31, 2023
38,716 387 212,703 ( 146,281 ) ( 616 ) ( 8,651 ) 102 57,644
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss $ ( 10,321 ) $ ( 38,548 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by/(used in) operating activities:
Non-controlling interest 38 17
Gain on bargain purchase ( 1,800 ) —
Inventory reserve 1,498 1,571
Stock based compensation expense 3,076 8,438
Depreciation and amortization 7,155 33,042
Right-of-use assets, non-cash lease expense 2,156 4,284
Derivative mark-to-market adjustment — ( 475 )
Bad debts expense 1,339 7,229
Deferred income taxes ( 378 ) 676
Shares issued for transaction bonuses — 889
Lease termination and modification losses
— 232
Other non-cash items 58 727
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivables ( 2,284 ) ( 15,245 )
Inventories ( 1,506 ) 2,623
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 876 2,062
Deferred costs 440 ( 5,124 )
Deferred revenue ( 292 ) 1,031
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 4,765 ( 15,655 )
Lease liabilities ( 2,157 ) ( 4,098 )
Accrued severance payable, net ( 21 ) ( 562 )
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
2,642 ( 16,886 )
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition, net of cash assumed
— ( 137,112 )
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets — 256
Capitalized software development costs ( 2,949 ) ( 7,310 )
Capital expenditures ( 2,364 ) ( 16,607 )
Repayment of loan advanced to external parties — 294
Net cash used in investing activities
( 5,313 ) ( 160,479 )
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of long-term debt ( 3,079 ) ( 2,140 )
Short-term bank debt, net 4,322 11,887
Purchase of treasury stock upon vesting of restricted stock
( 97 ) ( 2,836 )
Repayment of financing lease
( 129 ) —
Payment of preferred stock dividend and redemption of preferred stock ( 3,385 ) ( 90,298 )
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Proceeds from private placement, net
— 66,459
Proceeds from long-term debt
— 125,000
Payment of long-term debt costs
— ( 1,410 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net 36 912
Cash paid on dividends to affiliates — ( 6 )
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities
( 2,332 ) 107,568
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents ( 754 ) ( 1,222 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash ( 5,757 ) ( 71,019 )
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of the period 25,089 109,664
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of the period $ 19,332 $ 38,645
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, at beginning of the period
Cash and cash equivalents 24,780 24,354
Restricted cash 309 85,310
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, at beginning of the period $ 25,089 $ 109,664
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, at end of the period
Cash and cash equivalents 19,022 33,634
Restricted cash 310 5,011
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, at end of the period $ 19,332 $ 38,645
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for:
Taxes $ 170 $ 1,052
Interest $ 1,273 $ 11,517
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Common stock issued for transaction bonus $ — $ 9
Shares issued in connection with MiX Combination $ — $ 362,005
Shares issued in connection with FC Acquisition
$ — $ 21,343
Value of licensed intellectual property acquired in connection with Movingdots acquisition
$ 1,517 $ —
Preferred stock dividends paid in shares
$ 1,108 $ —
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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POWERFLEET, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2024
In thousands (except per share data)
(Unaudited)
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 Artificial Intelligence-of-Things (“AIoT”) solutions providing valuable business intelligence for managing high-value enterprise assets that improve operational efficiencies. The Company has a primary listing on The Nasdaq Global Market and a secondary listing on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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 pursuant to which the Company acquired Pointer Telocation Ltd. (“Pointer”) and commenced operations on October 3, 2019. Upon the closing of such transactions, Powerfleet became the parent entity of I.D. Systems and Pointer.
On April 2, 2024 (the “Implementation Date”), the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by the Implementation Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2023 (the “Implementation Agreement”), that the Company entered into with Main Street 2000 Proprietary Limited, a private company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Powerfleet Sub”), and MiX Telematics Limited, a public company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (“MiX Telematics”), pursuant to which MiX Telematics became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “MiX Combination”). The consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 include the financial results of MiX Telematics and its subsidiaries from the Implementation Date. See Note 3 for additional information.
On October 1, 2024, the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2024 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Golden Eagle Topco, LP (“Golden Eagle LP”), the persons that are party to the Purchase Agreement under the heading “Other Sellers” (the “Other Sellers” and, together with Golden Eagle LP, the “Sellers”), the Company and Powerfleet Canada Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Canadian SPV” and, together with the Company, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Purchasers acquired all of the direct and indirect common shares in the capital of Golden Eagle Canada Holdings, Inc. (“Canada Holdco”) and Complete Innovations Holdings Inc. (“CIH”), and all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Golden Eagle Holdings, Inc. (together with Canada Holdco and CIH, “Fleet Complete”). As a result, Fleet Complete became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “FC Acquisition”). The consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2024 include the financial results of Fleet Complete and its subsidiaries from October 1, 2024. See Note 3 for additional information.
Basis of Preparation
The unaudited 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 on 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, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and 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, 2024 and December 31, 2024, the consolidated results of its operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, the consolidated change in stockholders’ equity for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, and the consolidated cash flows for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. On May 8, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a change in our fiscal year end from December 31 to March 31 in order to better align the Company’s reporting calendar with the April 2, 2024 close of the MiX Combination and MiX Telematics’ historical March 31 fiscal year end. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year then ended, and the audited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the three-month transition period ended March 31, 2024 included in the Company’s Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the period then ended .
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Restatement of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements
In connection with the preparation of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company determined that the accounting for the redemption premium associated with its Series A convertible preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) resulted in an understatement of “net loss attributable to common stockholders” and “net loss per share attributable to common stockholders” for each period, an understatement of the value of the convertible redeemable preferred stock as of each balance sheet date, and an overstatement of the additional paid-in capital as of each balance sheet date. The required adjustments to correct the redemption value of the calculation of the Series A Preferred Stock and the related accretion of the value of the preferred stock in the consolidated statement of operations included the recording of a non-cash accretion which resulted in an increase in the net loss attributable to common stockholders, an increase in the “convertible redeemable preferred stock”, and a decrease of “additional paid-in capital” for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 and each of the interim periods during the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years.
The correction of the error resulted in reporting the value of the convertible preferred stock including the accretion to the redemption value from the date of original issuance through each balance sheet date applying the interest method. The restatement to non-cash accretion resulted in an increase in the net loss attributable to common stockholders and a decrease in “additional paid-in capital” of $ 1,604 and $ 1,667 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2023 and three-month period ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The Company had determined that it was appropriate to restate the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 and each of the interim periods during the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Report”). In addition, the Company also corrected other unrelated immaterial errors that were previously either unrecorded or recorded as out-of-period adjustments. For additional information refer to Note 2 to the financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report.
Going Concern
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $ 38,645 and working capital of $ 30,506 . The Company’s primary sources of cash are cash flows from sales of products and services, its holdings of cash, cash equivalents and proceeds from the sale of its capital stock and borrowings under its credit facilities. See Note 13 for additional information on the Company’s available credit facilities.
Management believes the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash of $ 38,645 as of December 31, 2024, in conjunction with cash expected to be generated from the execution of its strategic plan over the next 12 months, and proceeds from the Company’s credit facilities are sufficient to fund the projected operations for at least the next 12 months from the issuance date of these financial statements ( February 10, 2025) a nd service the Company’s outstanding obligations. Such expectation is based, in part, on the achievement of a certain volume of assumed revenue and gross margin; however, there is no guarantee the Company will achieve this amount of revenue and gross margin during the assumed time period. Management assessed various additional operating cost reduction options that are available to the Company and would be implemented, if assumed levels of revenue and gross margin are not achieved and additional funding is not obtained.
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. Such management estimates include, but are not limited to, assumptions used in business combinations, allowance for credit losses, income taxes, realization of deferred tax assets, accounting for uncertain tax positions, the impairment of intangible assets, including goodwill and long-lived assets, capitalized software development costs, standalone selling prices (“SSP”), valuation of the derivative asset, and market-based stock-based compensation costs. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates and assumptions made.
NOTE 3 - ACQUISITION
MiX Combination
On April 2, 2024, the Company consummated the MiX Combination, pursuant to which Powerfleet Sub acquired all the issued ordinary shares of MiX Telematics (including those represented by MiX Telematics’ American Depositary Shares) through the implementation of a scheme of arrangement in accordance with Sections 114 and 115 of the South African Companies Act, No.
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71 of 2008, as amended, in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result, MiX Telematics became the Company’s indirect, wholly owned subsidiary.
The MiX Combination 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.
The Company was determined to be the accounting acquirer under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances favoring Powerfleet as the accounting acquirer over those supporting MiX Telematics as the accounting acquirer:
• The majority of the Company’s board of directors is composed of directors with prior affiliation to the Company. In addition the Company’s Chairperson continued in the role following the MiX Combination;
• Following the MiX Combination the majority of the senior management team, including the Chief Executive Officer, comprised the Company’s senior management team who were already operating in that capacity for the Company prior to the MiX Combination;
• While the voting rights of 65.5 % in favor of MiX Telematics is an indicator that MiX Telematics is the acquirer, the Company believes that the weight of the indicator is tempered given that the negotiated premium paid by Powerfleet to MiX Telematics contributed to the relative ownership split, and that, qualitatively, the significant reduction in the carryover MiX Telematics institutional investor base would have reduced the legacy MiX Telematics shareholders’ ability to control the combined entity, particularly in the light of the significant concentration of institutional investors on the Powerfleet side; and
• While no individual or organized group owns a large minority interest in the combined entity, the Company notes that the largest institutional investor following the MiX Combination is an investor of legacy Powerfleet. Additionally, the Company also notes that, immediately following the closing of the MiX Combination, 30 % of the approximately 35 % of total shares held by shareholders of legacy Powerfleet were concentrated in the Company’s top 20 institutional shareholders, compared to only 9 % of the approximately 65 % of total shares held by shareholders of legacy MiX Telematics.
The acquisition of MiX Telematics and its business will, among other things:
• create a mobile asset AIoT SaaS organization with significant scale, serving all mobile asset types. The increased scale is expected to enable the combined entity to more efficiently serve its customers and create advantages to compete in an industry characterized by the need for high pace of development and innovation;
• enable the Company to maximize significant cross-sell and upsell opportunities within its large joint customer base due to the joint entity’s combined geographical footprint, deep vertical expertise and expanded software solution sets coupled with its extensive direct and indirect sales channel capabilities; and
• enable the combined organization to accelerate the delivery of top-class solutions with improved competitive advantage by integrating Powerfleet’s and MiX Telematics’ world-class engineering and technology teams.
The estimated fair value of the consideration transferred for MiX Telematics was $ 369,823 as of the Implementation Date, which consisted of the following:
(in thousands, except for share price and exchange ratio) April 2,
2024
Number of MiX Telematics ordinary shares outstanding 554,021
Exchange ratio 0.12762
Shares of Powerfleet common stock issued for MiX Telematics ordinary shares outstanding
70,704
Powerfleet stock price* 5.12
Fair value of Powerfleet common stock transferred to MiX Telematics shareholders 362,005
Replacement of acquiree’s equity awards by the acquirer** 7,818
Total fair value of preliminary consideration 369,823
* Powerfleet’s closing share price on April 2, 2024.
** The portion of the fair-value-based measure of the replacement award that is part of the consideration transferred in exchange for the acquiree equals the portion of the acquiree award that is attributable to pre-combination vesting.
Allocation of Purchase Price
The purchase price was allocated to the assets and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. Goodwill
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is primarily attributed to the assembled workforce, expected synergies from future expected economic benefits, including enhanced revenue growth from expanded products and capabilities, as well as substantial cost savings from duplicative overheads, streamlined operations and enhanced efficiency. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
The preliminary allocation of purchase price was as follows (in thousands):
April 2,
2024
Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 26,737
Restricted cash 794
Accounts receivable, net 24,250
Inventory, net 4,142
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 8,886
Fixed assets, net 35,587
Intangible assets, net 153,000
Right-of-use asset 3,794
Deferred tax assets 1,093
Other assets 973
Total assets acquired $ 259,256
Liabilities assumed:
Short-term bank debt and current maturities of long-term debt $ 20,158
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 26,400
Deferred revenue - current 6,394
Lease liability - current 859
Income taxes payable 355
Lease liability - less current portion 2,852
Deferred tax liability 48,725
Other long-term liabilities 484
Total liabilities assumed $ 106,227
Total identifiable net assets acquired $ 153,029
Non-controlling interest ( 5 )
Goodwill 216,799
Purchase price consideration $ 369,823
The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the identifiable assets acquired, have been determined using the income and cost approach, and are partially based on inputs that are unobservable. The Company used discounted cash flow (“DCF”) analyses, which represent Level 3 fair value measurements, to assess certain components of its purchase price allocation as a result of the acquisition. The fair value of the customer relationships was determined using the multi-period excess earnings method. The fair value of the tradename and developed technology was determined using an income approach based on the relief from royalty method.
For the fair values, the Company used (i) forecasted future cash flows, (ii) historical and projected financial information, (iii) synergies including cost savings, (iv) revenue growth rates, (v) customer attrition rates, (vi) royalty rates, and (vii) discount rates, as relevant, that market participants would consider when estimating fair values.
The initial accounting for the business combination is complete at the reporting date. The fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed are final and therefore, adjustments to them and the resulting goodwill will not occur in future.
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Acquired Identifiable Intangible Assets
The following table sets forth the fair values of the components of the identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives:
(in thousands) Fair value Weighted average useful lives
Trade name $ 10,000 14 years
Developed technology 30,000 5 years
Customer relationships 113,000 13 years
$ 153,000
Acquisition-Related Expenses
The Company expensed a total of $ 20,571 of acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of operations related to the MiX Combination, $ 128 of which was expensed in the three-month period ended December 31, 2024 and $ 14,771 of which was expensed in the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024.
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
The business acquired in the MiX Combination contributed revenue of $ 42,818 and a net profit of $ 1,098 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2024 and revenue of $ 130,332 and a net loss of $ 3,827 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024.
FC Acquisition
On October 1, 2024 (the “FC Closing Date”), the Company consummated the FC Acquisition, pursuant to which Fleet Complete became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in exchange for payment by the Purchasers of an aggregate purchase price of $ 190,000 , subject to certain customary working capital and other adjustments as described in the Purchase Agreement (as adjusted, the “Purchase Price”).
The FC Acquisition met the criteria for a business combination to be accounted for using the acquisition method under ASC 805, Business Combinations, with the Company identified as the legal and the accounting acquirer.
The acquisition of Fleet Complete and its business will, among other things:
• strengthen Powerfleet’s North American presence and fuel top-line growth in key international markets, including Europe and Australia. The integration of Fleet Complete’s high-velocity mid-market business with Powerfleet’s enterprise operations creates a balanced and resilient business model across regions, reducing risk and enhancing growth potential;
• open significant cross-selling opportunities through Fleet Complete’s well-established indirect channel relationships, especially with major United States and Canadian telecommunication carriers, offering considerable growth potential; and
• strengthen Powerfleet’s strategic position as a leader in the AIoT SaaS market. The increased scale solidifies Powerfleet’s enhanced competitive position relative to the other largest players in the industry.
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The preliminary estimated fair value of the consideration transferred for the FC Acquisition was $ 189,950 as of the FC Closing Date, which consisted of the following:
(in thousands, except for share price)
October 1,
2024
Shares of Powerfleet common stock issued
4,286
Powerfleet stock price* 4.98
Fair value of Powerfleet common stock transferred
21,343
Cash consideration to former shareholders
16,225
Repayment of Fleet Complete’s existing debt
152,382
Total fair value of preliminary consideration 189,950
* Powerfleet’s closing share price on October 1, 2024.
$ 60,000 of the cash portion of the Purchase Price was funded by the Private Placement, as described below, and $ 125,000 of the cash portion of the Purchase Price was funded with a senior secured term loan facility provided by FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) (“RMB”), as described in Note 13 below.
Concurrently with the closing of the FC Acquisition, on October 1, 2024, the Company consummated a private placement contemplated by the Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2024 (the “Subscription Agreement”), by and among the Company and various accredited investors party thereto (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Investors purchased from the Company, and the Company issued to such Investors, an aggregate of 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share of $ 3.50 for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 70,000 (the “Private Placement”). $ 60,000 of such gross proceeds funded a portion of the Purchase Price with the remaining $ 10,000 in proceeds expected to be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. $ 62,000 , net of costs, was received by September 30, 2024, with the remaining $ 8,000 , net of costs, received on October 1, 2024.
Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price
The purchase price was allocated to the assets and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. Goodwill is primarily attributed to the assembled workforce, expected synergies from future expected economic benefits, including enhanced revenue growth from expanded products and capabilities, as well as substantial cost savings from duplicative overheads, streamlined operations and enhanced efficiency. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill associated with the acquisition has not yet been assigned to the Company ’ s geographical regions pending finalization of the purchase accounting.
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The preliminary allocation of purchase price was as follows (in thousands):
October 1,
2024
Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,964
Accounts receivable, net 19,990
Inventory, net 6,598
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 9,144
Fixed assets, net 3,693
Intangible assets, net 101,261
Identifiable intangible assets acquired
99,000
Computer software
2,261
Right-of-use asset 2,823
Deferred tax assets 1,897
Other assets
4,555
Total assets acquired $ 153,925
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 30,857
Deferred revenue - current 3,088
Lease liability - current 2,965
Deferred revenue - less current portion
1,118
Lease liability - less current portion 75
Accrued severance payable
216
Other long-term liabilities 405
Total liabilities assumed $ 38,724
Total identifiable net assets acquired $ 115,201
Goodwill 74,749
Purchase price consideration $ 189,950
The above fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are preliminary and are based on the information that was available as of the reporting date. The Company’s allocation of the preliminary purchase price to certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed is provisional and the Company will continue to adjust those estimates as additional information pertaining to events or circumstances present at October 1, 2024 becomes available and final valuation and analysis are completed. The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the identifiable assets acquired, have been preliminarily determined using the income and cost approach, and are partially based on inputs that are unobservable. The Company used DCF analyses, which represent Level 3 fair value measurements, to assess certain components of its purchase price allocation as a result of the acquisition. The fair value of the customer relationships was determined using the multi-period excess earnings method. The fair value of the tradename and developed technology was determined using an income approach based on the relief from royalty method.
For the fair value estimates, the Company used (i) forecasted future cash flows, (ii) historical and projected financial information, (iii) synergies including cost savings, (iv) revenue growth rates, (v) customer attrition rates, (vi) royalty rates, and (vii) discount rates, as relevant, that market participants would consider when estimating fair values. These estimates require judgment and are subject to change. Differences between the preliminary estimates and final accounting may occur, and those could be material.
The Company believes that the information provides a reasonable basis for estimating the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities, but the potential for measurement period adjustments exists based on the Company’s continuing review of
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matters related to the acquisition. Adjustments to initial preliminary fair value of the assets acquired and assumed liabilities during the measurement period until October 1, 2025, will be recorded during the period in which the adjustments are determined, including the effect on earnings of any amounts we would have recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed (i.e. the historical reported financial statements will not be retrospectively adjusted).
The provisional amounts for assets acquired and liabilities assumed include:
• The fair value of accounts receivable and other receivables which may be subject to adjustment for reassessment of collectability as of the date of acquisition, collections and other adjustment subsequent to the acquisition;
• Property, and equipment, for which the preliminary estimates are subject to revision for finalization of preliminary appraisals;
• Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, which will be subject to adjustment upon completion of the review of the inputs, including sublease assumptions, for the calculations;
• Acquired inventory, which values are still being assessed on an individual basis;
• Prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses, which will be subject to adjustment based upon completion of working capital clean up and assessment of other factors;
• The recognition and measurement of contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in accordance with ASC 606 will be subject to adjustment upon completion of assessment;
• Acquired intangible assets will be subject to adjustment as additional assets are identified, estimates and forecasts are refined and disaggregated, useful lives are finalized, and other factors deemed relevant are considered;
• Deferred income taxes will be subject to adjustment based upon the completion of the review of the book and tax bases of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, applicable tax rates and the impact of the revisions of estimates for the items described above; and
• Goodwill will be subject to adjustment for the impact of the revisions of estimates for the items described above.
The Company will finalize the purchase price allocation no later than one year from the acquisition date.
Acquired Identifiable Intangible Assets
The following table sets forth preliminary estimated fair values of the components of the identifiable intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives:
(in thousands) Fair value Weighted average useful lives
Trade name $ 4,000 4.5 years
Developed technology 25,000 5.5 years
Customer relationships 70,000 9.5 years
$ 99,000
Acquisition-Related Expenses
The Company expensed a total of $ 5,299 of acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of operations related to the FC Acquisition, $ 4,032 of which was expensed in the three-month period ended December 31, 2024 and $ 5,299 of which was expensed in the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024.
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
If the business acquired in the FC Acquisition was acquired on April 1, 2024, it would have contributed revenue of $ 29,937 and a net profit of $ 838 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2024 and revenue of $ 90,318 and a net loss of $ 20,597 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024.
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 March 31, 2024 consisted of escrow amounts of $ 85,000 for a facilities agreement (the “Facilities Agreement”) with RMB deposited in escrow
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for the MiX Combination and cash of $ 310 held in escrow for purchases from a vendor. Restricted cash at December 31, 2024 consists of cash of $ 3,855 held in escrow related to the FC Acquisition to secure purchase price adjustment payment obligations under the Purchase Agreement and certain tax liabilities, cash of $ 310 held in escrow for purchases from a vendor, cash of $ 794 held by MiX Telematics Enterprise BEE Trust (a VIE which is consolidated) to be used solely for the benefit of its beneficiaries and c ash securing guarantees of $ 51 issued in respect of property lease agreements entered into by MiX Telematics Australasia.
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 an expense. The expected costs associated with the Company’s base warranties continue to be recognized as an expense when the products are sold (see Note 14).
Revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the 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. The Company utilizes significant judgment to determine whether control of the hardware has transferred to the customer (i.e. distinct to the customer separate from SaaS services provided). For products which are not distinct to the customer separate from the SaaS services provided, the Company considers both hardware and SaaS services a bundled performance obligation.
When another party is involved in providing products or services to the end customer, the Company evaluates the nature of its promise to determine whether it is acting as an agent or principal in the sales transaction. The Company considers itself acting as a principal if it controls the specified products or services before they are transferred to the end customers, otherwise the Company is acting as an agent. The Company determines control as the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the products or services. Control includes the ability to prevent others from directing the use of, and obtaining the benefits from, the products or services. Revenue is recognized based on the gross amount of consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the specified products or services when acting as a principal and is recognized based on any fee or commission to which it expects to be entitled to in exchange for arranging for the specified products or services to be provided by the other party.
Under the applicable accounting guidance, all of the Company’s billings for future services are deferred and classified as a current and long-term liability. The deferred revenue is 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. Payment terms are generally 30 days after invoice date.
The Company recognizes revenue for remotely hosted SaaS agreements and post-contract maintenance and support agreements beyond its 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 current 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 is 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 SSP. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. The Company generally determines standalone selling prices based on observable prices charged to customers. Significant pricing practices taken into consideration include the Company’s discounting practices, the size and volume of its transactions, the customer demographic, price lists, its go-to-market strategy and historical and current sales and contract prices. As the Company’s go-to-market strategies evolve, it may modify its pricing practices in the future, which could result in changes to SSP.
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In certain cases, the Company is able to establish SSP based on observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers. The Company uses a single amount to estimate SSP when it has observable prices. If SSP is not directly observable, for example when pricing is highly variable, the Company uses a range of SSP. The Company determines the SSP range using information that may include pricing practices or other observable inputs. The Company typically has more than one SSP for individual products and services due to the stratification of those products and services by customer size.
The Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining the contract arising from the sales commissions to distributors and 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 and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024 2023 2024
Products $ 12,916 $ 24,687 $ 37,232 $ 63,718
Services 21,634 81,742 63,652 195,159
$ 34,550 $ 106,429 $ 100,884 $ 258,877
The balances of contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers are as follows as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
March 31, 2024 December 31, 2024
Contract Assets:
Deferred contract cost (1)
$ 2,632 $ 4,702
Deferred costs - current $ 42 $ 6
Contract Liabilities
Deferred revenue – services (2)
$ 10,674 $ 20,952
Deferred revenue – products (2)
60 909
10,734 21,861
Less: Deferred revenue – current ( 5,842 ) ( 17,912 )
Deferred revenue – less current portion $ 4,892 $ 3,949
(1) Deferred Contract costs are included in Other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2) 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 December 31, 2023 and 2024, the Company recognized revenue of $ 914 and $ 5,605 , respectively, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each reporting period. For the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, the Company recognized revenue of $ 3,832 an d $ 9,863 , respectively, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each reporting period. The Company expects to recognize as revenue through year 2029, when it transfers those goods and services and, therefore, satisfies its performance obligation to the customers.
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NOTE 6 - ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
The Company’s receivables were evaluated to determine an appropriate allowance for credit losses. For 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 and considerations of any changes expected in the future. 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 periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024
Allowance for credit losses, March 31 $ 2,328 $ 3,197
Adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-13
( 200 ) —
Current period provision for expected credit losses 1,339 7,229
Write-offs charged against the allowance
( 959 ) ( 4,880 )
Foreign currency translation 289 ( 63 )
Allowance for credit losses, December 31
$ 2,797 $ 5,483
NOTE 7 - PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other current assets comprise the following (in thousands):
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Sales-type lease receivables, current $ 1,100 $ 1,096
Prepaid expenses* 2,817 8,787
Contract assets 1,162 6,306
Tax receivables 125 837
VAT receivable
— 5,177
Sundry debtors — 2,999
Other current assets 2,887 253
$ 8,091 $ 25,455
*This includes the prepaid portion of total deferred contract assets.
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 $ 538 at March 31, 2024 a nd $ 758 at December 31, 2024.
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Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Components $ 9,403 $ 10,434
Work in process 49 44
Finished goods, net 12,206 17,507
$ 21,658 $ 27,985
NOTE 9 - FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, and are summarized as follows (in thousands):
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Installed and uninstalled products $ 11,030 $ 52,506
Computer software 11,496 13,456
Computer and electronic equipment 6,179 7,252
Furniture and fixtures 2,361 3,882
Leasehold improvements 1,498 1,420
Plant and equipment — 275
Assets in progress — 22
32,564 78,813
Accumulated depreciation and amortization ( 19,845 ) ( 23,556 )
$ 12,719 $ 55,257
Depreciation and amortization expense for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 was $ 1,200 and $ 2,838 , respectively, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024 was $ 4,586 and $ 14,653 , respectively.
NOTE 10 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
The Company capitalizes costs for software to be sold, marketed, or leased to customers. 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 is included in cost of revenue over the estimated life of the products.
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The following table summarizes identifiable intangible assets of the Company as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
December 31, 2024 Useful Lives (In Years) Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount
Amortized:
Customer relationships 9 - 13
$ 202,264 $ ( 17,592 ) $ 184,672
Trademark and tradename 3 - 15
21,562 ( 5,229 ) 16,333
Patents 7 - 11
628 ( 531 ) 97
Technology 5 - 7
72,769 ( 17,549 ) 55,220
Software to be sold or leased 3 - 7
8,423 ( 1,516 ) 6,907
305,646 ( 42,417 ) 263,229
Unamortized:
Customer list 104 — 104
Trademark and tradename 63 — 63
167 — 167
Total $ 305,813 $ ( 42,417 ) $ 263,396
March 31, 2024 Useful Lives (In Years) Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount
Amortized:
Customer relationships 9 - 12
$ 19,264 $ ( 8,012 ) $ 11,252
Trademark and tradename 3 - 15
7,553 ( 3,877 ) 3,676
Patents 7 - 11
628 ( 464 ) 164
Technology 7
10,911 ( 10,911 ) —
Software to be sold or leased 3
5,159 ( 764 ) 4,395
43,515 ( 24,028 ) 19,487
Unamortized:
Customer list 104 — 104
Trademark and tradename 61 — 61
165 — 165
Total $ 43,680 $ ( 24,028 ) $ 19,652
At December 31, 2024 , the weighted-average amortization periods for customer relationships, trademarks and tradenames, patents, technology, and capitalized software to be sold or leased were 12.8 , 12.1 , 7.0 , 4.7 , and 5.0 years, res pectively.
Amortization expense for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 was $ 1,148 and $ 4,317 , respectively, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024 was $ 8,966 and $ 18,389 , respectively.
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Estimated future amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for these intangible assets is as follows:
2025 (remaining) $ 10,265
2026 33,926
2027 33,612
2028 32,251
2029 31,093
Thereafter 122,082
$ 263,229
Refer to Note 3 for the change in the carrying amount of goodwill from April 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 as a result of the MiX Combination and FC Acquisition.
For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024, the Company did not identify any indicators of impairment.
NOTE 11 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
During the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, the Company granted options to purchase 375 shares of common stock with time-based vesting conditions.
During the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2024, the Company did no t grant any options to purchase shares of common stock with time-based vesting conditions.
[A] Stock Options:
The following table summarizes the activity relating to the Company’s market-based stock options for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024:
Options Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Remaining Term (years) Aggregate Intrinsic Values (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 1, 2024
5,445 13.39 — —
Granted — — — —
Exercised — — — —
Forfeited ( 50 ) 3.13 — —
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024
5,395 13.48 7.21 $ 4,414
Vested as of December 31, 2024
— — — $ —
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The following table summarizes the activity relating to the Company’s stock options, excluding the market-based stock options, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024:
Options Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Remaining Term (years) Aggregate Intrinsic Values (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 1, 2024
1,979 4.68 — —
Granted 375 4.31 — —
Exercised ( 161 ) 5.45 — —
Forfeited ( 86 ) 5.14 — —
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024
2,107 4.54 6.84 $ 4,496
Vested as of December 31, 2024
1,807 4.58 6.41 $ 3,791
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:
December 31, 2023 December 31, 2024
Expected volatility 55.6 % 60.2 %
Expected life of options 6.1 6.5
Risk free interest rate 3.87 % 4.23 %
Dividend yield — —
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the year $ 1.66 $ 2.66
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 $ 728 and $ 2,094 for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and $ 479 and $ 2,884 for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, respectively, in connection with awards made under the stock option plans. The increase in the recognized expense is due to the approved acceleration of vesting of unvested restricted stock and stock option awards with time-based vesting conditions that were outstanding under the Powerfleet equity plans (including any inducement awards with time-based vesting) in connection with the closing of the MiX Combination. The accelerated vesting of the Company’s equity awards is not part of what was acquired in the MiX Combination, nor what was paid for in the MiX Combination, because it was for the benefit of the Company’s employees rather than for the benefit of MiX Telematics’ employees. Therefore, the acceleration of the equity awards was treated as a separate transaction from the MiX Combination and the acceleration of vesting was accounted for immediately upon closing of the MiX Combination on April 2, 2024.
The fair value of options vested during the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 was $ 391 and $ 1,652 , respectively. There were no option exercises that occurred during the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, there was $ 782 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested 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 1.09 years.
As of December 31, 2024, there was $ 2,644 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested 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 2.11 years.
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The Company estimates forfeitures at the time of valuation and reduces expenses 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. Some participants have the option to have their shares withheld for their taxes upon vesting. Shares withheld for taxes are treated as a purchase of treasury 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 unvested restricted stock for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows:
Number of
Unvested Shares
Weighted- Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested, March 31, 2024
1,370 2.68
Granted 54 5.45
Vested/Exercised
( 1,370 ) 2.68
Forfeited or expired — —
Unvested, December 31, 2024
54 5.45
The Company recorded stock-based compensation expenses of $ 395 and $ 982 for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and $ 74 and $ 3,240 for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, respectively, in connection with restricted stock grants. As of December 31, 2024, there was $ 109 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested shares. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.37 years. The increase in the recognized expense is due to the approved acceleration of vesting of unvested restricted stock and stock option awards with time-based vesting conditions that are outstanding under the Powerfleet equity plans (including any inducement awards with time-based vesting) in connection with the closing of the MiX Combination. The accelerated vesting of the Company’s equity awards is not part of what was acquired in the MiX Combination, nor what was paid for in the MiX Combination because it was for the benefit of the Company’s employees rather than for the benefit of MiX Telematics’ employees. Therefore, the acceleration of the equity awards was treated as a separate transaction from the MiX Combination and the acceleration of vesting was accounted for immediately upon closing of the MiX Combination on April 2, 2024.
[C] Stock Appreciation Rights:
In connection with the closing of the MiX Combination, the Company assumed each of MiX Telematics’ share plans. MiX Telematics issued equity-classified share incentives under the MiX Telematics Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) to directors and certain key employees within the Company.
The LTIP provides for three types of grants to be issued, namely performance shares, restricted share units and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”). On the Implementation Date, the only issued and outstanding equity awards under the LTIP were SARs, and the Company assumed the outstanding SARs in issue. No additional performance shares or restricted share units will be issued or assumed by the Company.
The replacement of MiX Telematics’ share-based payment awards has been treated as a modification under ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation as of the Implementation Date. The fair value of the replacement SARs issued was allocated between pre-combination and post-combination service based on the vesting period. The fair value related to pre-combination service is included as part of the fair value of the consideration in the MiX Combination (see Note 3), and the fair value related to post-combination service is to be recognized as an expense over the remaining vesting period.
The total stock-based compensation expense recognized during the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024 was $ 637 and $ 2,289 , respectively.
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The following table summarizes the activities for the outstanding SARs:
Number of SARs Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Remaining Term (years) Aggregate Intrinsic Values (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 1, 2024
— —
Acquired through MiX Combination 5,740 2.61
Granted — —
Exercised ( 1,343 ) 2.96
Forfeited ( 498 ) 2.43
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024
3,899 2.51 3.10
Vested as of December 31, 2024
1,293 2.92 1.80 $ 4,847
As of December 31, 2024, there was $ 6,211 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested SARs. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.86 years.
NOTE 12 - NET LOSS PER SHARE
Net loss per share for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 are as follows:
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024 2023 2024
Basic and diluted loss per share
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ ( 6,510 ) $ ( 14,349 ) $ ( 19,190 ) $ ( 38,573 )
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted $ ( 0.18 ) $ ( 0.11 ) $ ( 0.54 ) $ ( 0.33 )
Weighted-average common share outstanding - basic and diluted 35,706 132,189 35,655 115,650
Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted 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. The Company’s 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.
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NOTE 13 - SHORT-TERM BANK DEBT AND LONG-TERM DEBT
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Short-term bank debt $ — $ 30,412
Current maturities of long-term debt $ 1,951 $ 4,184
Long-term debt - less current maturities $ 113,810 $ 233,750
Short-Term Bank Debt
As of December 31, 2024, short-term debt comprised $ 30,180 of borrowing facilities and $ 232 of book overdrafts .
RMB Facility
On March 7, 2024, as part of the MiX Combination, MiX Telematics and Powerfleet entered into the Facilities Agreement with RMB. Following the signing of the Facilities Agreement, MiX Telematics entered into a Facility Notice and General Terms and Conditions (the “Credit Agreement”) with RMB on March 14, 2024 for a 364-day committed general banking facility of R 350,000 (the equivalent of $ 18,673 as at December 31, 2024 ) (the “RMB General Facility”). The Credit Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties are subject to the terms and conditions of the Facilities Agreement entered into on March 7, 2024, which is described in more detail below.
The RMB General Facility is repayable on demand and has a term of 365 days from the Available Date (as defined therein). Repayment of the RMB General Facility, including capitalized interest, is due by the earlier of (a) the Available Date or (b) April 2, 2025, unless extended by agreement between MiX Telematics and RMB. Interest rate for the RMB General Facility is calculated at South African prime rate minus 0.75 % per annum and will be calculated on the daily outstanding balance, compounded monthly in arrears and repaid quarterly. As of December 31, 2024, $ 15,944 of the RMB General Facility was utilized.
Hapoalim Debt
As of December 31, 2024, Powerfleet Israel Ltd. (“Powerfleet Israel”) had utilized approximately $ 14,236 under the Hapoalim Revolving Facilities, which are described below .
Long-Term Debt
Hapoalim Debt
In connection with the Pointer acquisition, Powerfleet Israel incurred New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”) denominated debt in term loan borrowings on October 3, 2019 under a Credit Agreement (the “Prior Credit Agreement”) with Bank Hapoalim B.M. (“Hapoalim”), 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 (composed of two facilities in the aggregate principal amount of $ 20,000 and $ 10,000 , respectively and a five-year revolving credit facility to Pointer denominated in NIS in an initial aggregate principal amount of $ 10,000 (collectively, the “Prior Credit Facilities”). The Prior Credit Facilities were scheduled to mature on October 3, 2024.
On March 18, 2024, Powerfleet Israel and Pointer (collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (as amended, the “A&R Credit Agreement”), which refinanced the facilities under, and amended and restated, the Prior Credit Agreement. The A&R Credit Agreement provides for (i) two senior secured term loan facilities denominated in NIS to Powerfleet Israel in an aggregate principal amount of $ 30,000 (composed of two facilities in the aggregate principal amounts of $ 20,000 and $ 10,000 , respectively) (“Hapoalim Facility A” and “Hapoalim Facility B,” respectively, and, collectively, the “Hapoalim Term Facilities”) and (ii) two revolving credit facilities to Pointer in an aggregate principal amount of $ 20,000 (composed of two revolvers in the aggregate principal amounts of $ 10,000 and $ 10,000 , respectively) (“Hapoalim Facility C” and “Hapoalim Facility D,” respectively, and, collectively, the “Hapoalim Revolving Facilities” and, together with the Hapoalim Term Facilities, the “Hapoalim Credit Facilities”). Powerfleet Israel drew down $ 30,000 in cash under the Hapoalim Term Facilities on March 18, 2024 and used the proceeds to prepay approximately $ 11,200 , representing the remaining outstanding balance, of the Prior Credit Facilities, with the remaining proceeds distributed to Powerfleet. The proceeds of the Hapoalim Revolving Facilities may be used by Pointer for general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital expenditures.
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On December 30, 2024, the Borrowers entered into an amendment to the A&R Credit Agreement, which increases the principal amount available under Hapoalim Facility D from $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 and provides that the total principal amount of Hapoalim Facility D may be distributed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries by no later than December 31, 2025, subject to certain terms and conditions of the A&R Credit Agreement.
As of December 31, 2024, Pointer had utilized $ 14,236 under the Hapoalim Revolving Facilities. The available undrawn facility balance at December 31, 2024 was $ 15,764 .
The interest rates for borrowings under Hapoalim Facility A and Hapoalim Facility B are Hapoalim’s prime rate + 2.2 % per annum, and Hapoalim’s prime rate + 2.3 % per annum, respectively. Hapoalim’s prime rate at December 31, 2024 was 6 % . Interest is payable quarterly on March 25, June 25, September 25, and December 25 over five years. The first interest period ended on June 25, 2024. Hapoalim Facility A amortizes in quarterly installments over its five-year term and will be payable in the following aggregate annual amounts: (i) 10 % of the principal amount of Hapoalim Facility A from March 18, 2024 until March 18, 2025, (ii) 25 % of the principal amount of Hapoalim Facility A from March 18, 2025 until March 18, 2026, (iii) 27.5 % of the principal amount of Hapoalim Facility A from March 18, 2026 until March 18, 2027, (iv) 27.5 % of the principal amount of Hapoalim Facility A from March 18, 2027 until March 18, 2028, and (v) 10 % of the principal amount of Hapoalim Facility A from March 18, 2028 until March 18, 2029. Hapoalim Facility B does not amortize and will be payable in full on March 18, 2029.
The interest rate for borrowings under Hapoalim Facility C is, with respect to NIS-denominated loans, Hapoalim’s prime rate + 2.5 %, and with respect to U.S. dollar-denominated loans, SOFR + 2.15 %. Borrowings under Hapoalim Facility D will bear interest at the applicable interest rate set forth in the standard form documents entered into in connection with each utilization of Hapoalim Facility D. In addition, Pointer is required to pay a credit allocation fee in NIS, with respect to Hapoalim Facility C, and a non-utilization fee in U.S. dollars, with respect to Hapoalim Facility D, in each case, equal to 0.5 % per annum on undrawn and uncancelled amounts of the revolving facilities during the period commencing on March 18, 2024 and ending on the last day of the applicable availability period of such revolving facilities. The Borrowers have also paid certain upfront fees and other fees and expenses to Hapoalim in connection with the A&R Credit Agreement. The Hapoalim Revolving Facilities mature on March 18, 2025.
Borrowings under the Hapoalim Term Facilities are voluntarily prepayable at any time, in whole or in part, and are not subject to any prepayment premium. Voluntary prepayments of the Hapoalim Term Facilities must be made in minimum increments of NIS 1 million. In addition to certain customary mandatory prepayment requirements, the A&R Credit Agreement also requires Powerfleet Israel to make prepayments on the Hapoalim Term Facilities to the extent it receives distributions from Pointer, except for any such distributions made to cover certain expenses of Powerfleet Israel in its normal course of operations.
The A&R Credit Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants with respect to Pointer’s net debt levels which must be less than 100 % of Working Capital as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement, the ratio of each Borrower’s net debt to Pointer’s EBITDA must not exceed 4.75 , Powerfleet Israel’s minimum equity which must not be less than $ 60,000 , and the ratio of Powerfleet Israel’s equity to its total assets which must be greater than 35 % and the ratio of Pointer’s net debt to EBITDA ratio must not exceed 2 . The occurrence of any event of default under the A&R Credit Agreement may result in all outstanding indebtedness under the Hapoalim Credit Facilities becoming immediately due and payable. The financial covenants have been met for the quarter ending December 31, 2024.
The Hapoalim Credit Facilities continue to be secured by first ranking and exclusive fixed and floating charges, including by Powerfleet Israel over the entire share capital of Pointer and by Pointer over all of its assets, as well as cross guarantees between Powerfleet Israel and Pointer, except that the Borrowers’ holdings in Pointer do Brasil Comercial Ltda., Pointer Argentina and Pointer South Africa are excluded from such floating charges. No other assets of the Company will serve as collateral under the Hapoalim Credit Facilities.
The Hapoalim Term Facilities under the A&R Credit Agreement have been accounted for as modifications of the term facilities that were provided under the Prior Credit Agreement because the change in the present value of the cash flows under the A&R Credit Agreement is less than 10 % of the present value of the cash flows under the Prior Credit Agreement. The proceeds of the Hapoalim Term Facilities ($ 40,000 ), less the prepayment of the term loans under the Prior Credit Facility (approximately $ 11,200 ), amounting to approximately $ 28,800 , has been recognized as an increase in the carrying value of the prior term loans that was recognized previously.
For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $ 26 and $ 90 , respectively, of additional deferred costs to the original debt issuance costs and the refinancing fee paid to Hapoalim. For the three-month period ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ 22 of amortization of the original debt issuance costs and the refinancing fee paid to Hapoalim. For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a cost of $ 7 net of additional deferred costs and credit to the original debt issuance costs and amortization of the original debt issuance costs.
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The Company recorded charges of $ 127 and $ 412 to interest expense on its consolidated statements of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and $ 592 and $ 1,838 for the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, respectively, related to interest expense associated with the Hapoalim debt.
RMB Debt
On March 7, 2024, the Company entered into the Facilities Agreement with RMB, pursuant to which RMB agreed to provide the Company with two term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $ 85,000 , composed of Facility A and Facility B, each with a principal amount of $ 42,500 (“RMB Facility A” and “RMB Facility B,” respectively, and collectively, the “RMB Facilities”). The Company drew down $ 85,000 in cash under the RMB Facilities on March 13, 2024, and the proceeds to redeem all the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and for general corporate purposes. The RMB Facilities are guaranteed by the Company, I.D. Systems and Movingdots GmbH (“Movingdots”), and there is a security agreement over the shares in Main Street 2000 Proprietary Limited (“MS2000”), I.D. Systems, and Movingdots.
The interest rates of borrowings under RMB Facility A and RMB Facility B are 8.699 % per annum and 8.979 % per annum, respectively. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears. RMB Facility A matures on March 31, 2027, and RMB Facility B matures on March 31, 2029. The Company may prepay the RMB Facilities at any time, subject to a minimum reduction of $ 5,000 and multiples of $ 1,000 . If the Company prepays any amount during the first or second annual period of the funding, a refinancing fee equal to 2 % or 1 %, respectively, of the prepayment will be payable. Also, the RMB Facilities are mandatorily prepayable upon the occurrence of uncertain future events, such as a change of control or a transfer of the business. In the event that either prepayment occurs, the respective prepayment amount will be adjusted for RMB’s break gains or losses, which relate mainly to the unwinding of interest rate derivatives (the “Prepayment Derivative”) which RMB entered into with third parties to fix the interest rates on the RMB Facilities. Since RMB’s break gains/losses could result in the Company prepaying at a discount, or a premium, of 10 % or more to the initial carrying amount of the RMB Facilities, the optional and contingent repayment features were to be embedded derivatives in the scope of ASC 815-15 Embedded Derivatives. The Prepayment Derivative within each RMB Facility has been bifurcated and accounted for at fair value separately from the respective debt-host contracts which are accounted for at amortized cost. The terms of the debt-host contracts have been bifurcated to adjust the carrying value of the debt upon separating the derivative. Upon initial recognition of the RMB Facilities, a Prepayment Derivative asset of $ 610 and $ 1,616 for RMB Facility A and RMB Facility B, respectively, was recognized with a corresponding increase in the initial carrying amount of each debt-host contract. The fair value of the embedded derivative is estimated using a “with-and-without” approach as the difference between the value of the RMB Facilities with and without the embedded derivative using both the binomial lattice model and discounted cash flow analysis.
The following key assumptions were used in December 31, 2024:
Facility A Facility B
Credit spread volatility 45 % 35 %
Credit spread 4.48 % 4.99 %
Credit rating B B
Risk free rate SOFR spot rate
SOFR spot rate
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ( SOFR ) spot rate was 5.34 % and 4.49 %, respectively .
The Prepayment Derivative is classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy due to the use of at least one significant unobservable input which is the credit spread volatility . At inception, the credit spread was an observable input based on the transaction price of the debt; however, in future periods, it will also be an unobservable input. For the Prepayment Derivative asset in RMB Facility A, a change of -10% in credit spread volatility would result in a decrease in the derivative asset of $ 86 , while a change of +10% in credit spread volatility would result in an increase in the derivative asset of $ 88 . For the Prepayment Derivative asset in RMB Facility B, a change of -10% in credit spread volatility would result in a decrease in the derivative asset of $ 148 , while a change of +10% in credit spread volatility would result in an increase in the derivative asset of $ 187 . The Prepayment Derivative assets are included in Other assets and their fair values were $ 610 and $ 1,616 for RMB Facility A and RMB Facility B, respectively, as of March 31, 2024 and, $ 795 and $ 1,906 for RMB Facility A and RMB Facility B, respectively, as of December 31, 2024. The debt-host contracts are accounted for at amortized cost. Total debt issuance costs of appr oximately $ 1,000 were incurred. For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ 33 and $ 179 , respectively, of amortization of the original debt issuance costs and the refinancing fee to RMB.
For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded interest expense of $ 1,920 and $ 5,710 , respectively.
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RMB Term Facility
On September 27, 2024, the Company, together with I.D. Systems and Movingdots, each a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Facility Agreement (the “Facility Agreement”) with RMB, pursuant to which RMB agreed to provide the Company with a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $ 125,000 (the “New RMB Term Facility”). The Company drew down the full amount of the New RMB Term Facility on October 1, 2024, and used the proceeds to pay a portion of the Purchase Price in connection with the FC Acquisition. The Company’s obligations under the New RMB Term Facility are guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by the Company, I.D. Systems and Movingdots. The New RMB Term Facility is secured by a first priority security interest over the entire share capital of I.D. Systems, Movingdots, MS2000 and Canadian SPV, each a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. No other assets of the Company will serve as collateral under the New RMB Term Facility.
The New RMB Term Facility will mature on the last business day of the month that is five years following the closing date of the Facility Agreement (the “Maturity Date”). The New RMB Term Facility does not amortize and will be payable on the Maturity Date. Borrowings under the New RMB Term Facility may be voluntarily prepaid at any time upon prior written notice, in whole or in part, subject to payment of a refinancing fee equal to (i) 2 % of the amount prepaid if such prepayment occurs before October 1, 2025, or (ii) 1 % of the amount prepaid if such prepayment occurs on or after October 1, 2025, but before October 1, 2026. No refinancing fee is payable if prepayment occurs on or after October 1, 2026. If voluntary prepayments are made in part, they must be made in minimum amounts of $ 5 million in integral multiples of $ 1 million. In addition, the Facility Agreement provides for certain customary mandatory prepayment requirements.
In the event of any prepayment during a quarterly interest period the Company is also required to pay, or receive from, RMB an amount, such that RMB would be in the same economic position for that interest period had the prepayment only occurred at the end of such period. The amount payable or receivable will be calculated relative to the interest that RMB would be able to obtain by placing the amount prepaid on deposit with a leading bank in the London interbank market for a period from the prepayment until the end of such interest period.
The New RMB Term Facility bears interest at 5 % per annum (provided no event of default is continuing), plus the applicable term SOFR reference rate (or an interpolated rate if SOFR is unavailable), payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 each year, and on October 31, 2029. The stated interest rate at December 31, 2024 was 9.59 %.
The Company paid a non-refundable deal structuring fee of $ 1,250 to RMB on October 1, 2024. Total debt issuance costs, including the $ 1,250 non-refundable deal structuring fee to RMB, of approximately $ 1,433 were incurred. For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ 56 and $ 56 , respectively of amortization of these costs. For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ 3,031 and $ 3,031 , respectively, of interest expense.
The Facility Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants with respect to the ratio of the Company’s consolidated total net borrowings to consolidated EBITDA and the ratio of the Company’s consolidated EBITDA to consolidated total finance costs. The Facility Agreement also includes representations, warranties, events of default and other provisions customary for financings of this type. The occurrence of any event of default under the Facility Agreement may result in all outstanding indebtedness under the RMB Term Facility becoming immediately due and payable.
Scheduled contractual maturities of the long-term debt as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:
2025 (remaining) $ 501
2026 5,008
2027 48,009
2028 5,509
2029 54,520
Thereafter
125,000
238,547
Less: Current portion ( 4,184 )
Less debt costs and prepayment
( 613 )
Total $ 233,750
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NOTE 14 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Accounts payable $ 20,025 $ 41,916
Accrued warranty 1,138 1,460
Accrued compensation 8,956 25,600
Government authorities 3,062 11,590
Other current liabilities 827 5,915
$ 34,008 $ 86,481
The following table summarizes warranty activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024
Accrued warranty reserve, beginning of year $ 2,255 $ 2,926
Accrual for product warranties issued 851 255
Product replacements and other warranty expenditures ( 343 ) ( 372 )
Expiration of warranties (over warranty accrual)
( 110 ) ( 127 )
Acquired through MiX Combination and FC Acquisition
— 845
Foreign currency translation difference — 108
Accrued warranty reserve, end of period (1)
$ 2,653 $ 3,635
(1) Includes non-current accrued warranty included in other long-term liabilities at December 31, 2023 and 2024 of $ 1,688 and $ 2,175 , respectively.
NOTE 15 - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Convertible 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 Preferred Stock and 50 shares are undesignated.
Series A Preferred Stock
In connection with the completion of the Pointer acquisition, 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”). Concurrently with the closing of the MiX Combination on April 2, 2024, the Company used the net proceeds received from RMB and from incremental borrowing capacity as a result of the refinancing of credit facilities with Hapoalim to redeem in full for $ 90,300 for all of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Dividends
Holders of Series A Preferred Stock were 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 were 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 had occurred and was continuing and that there had 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 were first issued (the “Original Issuance Date”), and on each monthly anniversary thereafter, the dividend rate would increase by 100 basis points,
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until the dividend rate reached 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- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023, the Company paid dividends in amounts equal to $ 1,129 and $ 3,385 , respectively, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, and $ 25 during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024. Dividends for the period ended March 31, 2024, plus accrued dividends through April 2, 2024, were paid in cash on the redemption date of the Series A Preferred Stock.
NOTE 16 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Comprehensive loss includes net loss and foreign currency translation gains and losses.
The accumulated balances for each classification of other comprehensive loss for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
Foreign currency translation adjustment Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Balance at April 1, 2024
$ ( 985 ) $ ( 985 )
Net current period change ( 6,593 ) ( 6,593 )
Balance at December 31, 2024
$ ( 7,578 ) $ ( 7,578 )
The accumulated balances for each classification of other comprehensive loss for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
Foreign currency translation adjustment Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Balance at April 1, 2023
$ ( 1,098 ) $ ( 1,098 )
Net current period change 482 482
Balance at December 31, 2023
$ ( 616 ) $ ( 616 )
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NOTE 17 - SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company operates in one reportable segment, wireless AIoT asset management. The following table summarizes revenues by geographic region (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024 2023 2024
North America $ 19,649 $ 41,440 $ 56,628 $ 83,837
Israel 9,865 12,232 31,017 34,643
Africa 828 25,416 2,498 73,994
Europe and Middle East 660 13,004 1,689 30,047
Australia
— 9,290 — 20,851
Other 3,548 5,047 9,052 15,505
$ 34,550 $ 106,429 $ 100,884 $ 258,877
March 31,
2024 December 31,
2024
Long lived assets by geographic region:
North America $ 4,083 $ 10,388
Israel 3,946 2,692
Africa 705 31,710
Europe and Middle East 2,850 5,763
Australia
— 895
Other 1,135 3,809
$ 12,719 $ 55,257
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 estimated 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.
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Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024 2023 2024
Domestic pre-tax book loss $ ( 4,915 ) $ ( 6,839 ) $ ( 19,535 ) $ ( 30,451 )
Foreign pre-tax book income (expense) 1,352 ( 3,998 ) 9,449 ( 3,260 )
Total loss before income taxes ( 3,563 ) ( 10,837 ) ( 10,086 ) ( 33,710 )
Income tax benefit (expense) 92 ( 3,513 ) ( 197 ) ( 4,821 )
Net loss before non-controlling interest
$ ( 3,471 ) $ ( 14,350 ) $ ( 10,283 ) $ ( 38,531 )
Effective tax rate 2.58 % ( 32.42 ) % ( 1.95 ) % ( 14.30 ) %
For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, 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 jurisdictions, and certain discrete items.
NOTE 19 - LEASES
The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company has operating leases for office space, office equipment and vehicles. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 5 years, some of which include options to extend the lease term for up to 5 years.
Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made in advance of lease commencement and excludes lease incentives. The lease terms used in the calculations of the operating ROU assets and operating lease liabilities include options to extend or terminate the lease when the Company is reasonably certain that it will exercise those options. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are generally not accounted for separately.
Where lease terms are 12-months or less, and meet the criteria for short-term lease classification, no ROU asset and no lease liability are recognized. 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.
The components of lease cost are as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024 2023 2024
Short-term lease cost $ 127 $ 158 $ 365 $ 593
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Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity related to the Company’s operating leases are as follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2024
Non-cash activity:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations $ 937 $ 2,836
Reduction of right-of-use assets due to MiX Combination (1)
$ — $ ( 952 )
(1) Subsequent to the MiX Combination, certain leases were terminated or modified due to the consolidation of leased space.
Weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate for our operating leases are as follows:
December 31,
2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years) (1)
3.07
Weighted-average discount rate 7.9 %
(1) Including expected renewals where appropriate.
Scheduled maturities of operating lease liabilities outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
January 2025 - March 2025
$ 2,302
2026 4,423
2027 2,828
2028 1,941
2029 1,451
Thereafter 2,360
Total lease payments 15,305
Less: Imputed interest ( 2,274 )
Present value of lease payments $ 13,031
NOTE 20 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments in securities are carried at fair value. The carrying value of finance lease receivables approximates fair value due to the interest rate implicit in the instruments approximating current market rates. The carrying value of accounts receivable, 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 loans to external parties included in other non-current assets is determined using unobservable market data (Level 3 inputs), that represent management ’ s estimate of current interest rates that a commercial lender would charge borrower s. The fair value of the Company’s debt is based on observable relevant market information and future cash flows discounted at current rates, which are Level 2 measurements. The Prepayment Derivative within the RMB Facilities is classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy due to the use of at least one significant unobservable input which is the credit spread volatility (see Note 13).
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March 31, 2024 December 31, 2024
Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
Loans to external parties $ 475 $ 475 $ 191 $ 191
Debt $ 115,761 $ 116,278 $ 268,346 $ 270,180
Prepayment derivative $ 2,226 $ 2,226 $ 2,732 $ 2,732
NOTE 21 - CONCENTRATION OF CUSTOMERS
For the three- and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, there were no customers that 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
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 $ 171 plus $ 946 of interest and penalty, totaling $ 1,347 as of March 31, 2024 and $ 1,117 as of December 31, 2024. The Company is vigorously defe nding 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 th e 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 $ 6,405 as of December 31, 2024. 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 $ 183 . The state has appealed 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 m ade any provision.
Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited (“MTN”), a network service provider of MiX Telematics Africa, a subsidiary of the Company, is entitled to claw back payments from MiX Telematics Africa in the event of early cancellation of the agreement or certain base connections not being maintained over the term of an amended network services agreement between the parties. No connection incentive s will be received in terms of the amended network services agreement. The maximum potential liability under the arrangement as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2024 was $ 841 and $ 661 , respectively. No loss is consider ed probable under this arrangement.
On August 30, 2024, Fleet Connect Solutions LLC (“Fleet Connect”) filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging infringement of a number of Fleet Connect’s patents. The Company filed an answer to Fleet Connect’s complaint on November 8, 2024, denying the claims together with counterclaims to invalidate Fleet Connect’s patents. The Company simultaneously filed a Section 101 motion seeking to invalidate some of the patents. The Company is evaluating the claims with patent counsel, however based on currently available information, the Company is unable to make a reasonable estimate of loss or range of losses, if any, arising from this matter.
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NOTE 23 - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires additional operating segment disclosures in annual and interim consolidated financial statements. ASU 2023-07 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2023-07.
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires disclosure of disaggregated income taxes paid, prescribes standard categories for the components of the effective tax rate reconciliation and modifies other income tax-related disclosures. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a retrospective or prospective basis. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2023-09.
In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires disclosure in a tabular format, on an annual and interim basis, purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization and depletion for each income statement line item that contains those expenses. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, on a retrospective or prospective basis . Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2024-3.
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