−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: shares are quoted on the Pink Sheets operated by OTC Markets, Inc.
−Removed: under the symbol “AUSI”.
−Removed: Set forth below are high
−Removed: and low bid prices for our common stock for each quarterly period in the two most recent Fiscal years.
−Removed: Such quotations reflect
−Removed: inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions in
−Removed: the common stock.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
+Added: EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: Our shares are quoted on the Pink Sheets operated
+Added: by OTC Markets, Inc.
+Added: under the symbol “AUSI”.
+Added: Set forth below are high and low bid prices for our common stock for each quarterly
+Added: period in the two most recent Fiscal years.
+Added: Such quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions
+Added: and may not necessarily represent actual transactions in the common stock.
We had approximately 3,400 stockholders of record as of May
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−Removed: May 26, 2021, the reported closing sales price for our common stock was $0.39
−Removed: have not paid any dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
−Removed: of Unregistered Securities
−Removed: the year ended February 28, 2021, we issued 14,706,568 shares of common stock for a total of $2,516,909, inclusive of 608,241
−Removed: shares of common stock in settlement of $370,909 of debt.
−Removed: the year ended February 29, 2020, we issued approximately 3,752,000 shares of common stock, for a total of $898,735 inclusive
−Removed: of approximately 1,169,000 and 50,000 shares of common stock in settlement of $363,382 of debt and $10,000 for the provision of
−Removed: services, respectively.
−Removed: Separately, 1,065,051 shares of common stock were cancelled in accordance with settlement of a loan agreement.
−Removed: raised were for general corporate working capital purposes.
−Removed: All such securities were issued and sold in reliance on the exemption
−Removed: from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, and the certificates representing such securities
−Removed: contain a restrictive legend reflecting the limitations on future transfer of those securities.
−Removed: The offer and sale of these securities
−Removed: was made without public solicitation or advertising.
−Removed: The investors represented to us that they were knowledgeable and sophisticated
−Removed: and were experienced in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating an investment in our securities and were
−Removed: an “accredited investor”
−Removed: within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.
−Removed: these investors was afforded full access to information regarding our business.
−Removed: of Equity Securities
−Removed: did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the fiscal years ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2021.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide disclosure under this Item 6.
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Looking Statements.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations includes forward-looking statements.
−Removed: For cautions about relying on such forward-looking statements, please refer to the section entitled “Forward Looking Statements”
−Removed: at the beginning of this Report immediately prior to “Item 1”.
−Removed: business is based on the exploitation of our Axial Flux Induction solution known as the AuraGen ®
−Removed: for commercial
−Removed: and industrial applications and the VIPER for military applications.
−Removed: Our business model consists of two major components:
−Removed: sales and marketing, (ii) design and engineering.
−Removed: Our sales and marketing approaches are composed of direct sales in North America
−Removed: and the use of agents, distributors.
−Removed: In North America, our primary focus is in (a) mobile exportable power applications, (b) EV
−Removed: applications and (c) U.S.
−Removed: Military applications.
−Removed: The second component of our business model is focused on the design of new products
−Removed: and engineering support for the sales activities described above.
−Removed: The engineering support consists of the introduction of new
−Removed: features for our AuraGen ®
−Removed: /VIPER solution such as higher power/torque solutions, and different input
−Removed: and output voltages (DC and AC input and output versions)
−Removed: Fiscal 2020 stockholders of the Company successfully removed Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu from the Company’s
−Removed: Board of Directors and elected Ms.
−Removed: Cipora Lavut, Mr.
−Removed: David Mann and Dr.
−Removed: Robert Lempert as directors of the Company in their stead.
−Removed: See Item 3, Legal Proceedings for more information.
−Removed: Also, in Fiscal 2020, Melvin Gagerman ––
−Removed: Aura’s CEO and
−Removed: CFO since 2006 ––
−Removed: was replaced.
−Removed: In July 2019 Ms.
−Removed: Lavut succeeded Mr.
−Removed: Gagerman as President and Mr.
−Removed: Mann succeeded
−Removed: Gagerman as CFO.
−Removed: Lempert was appointed as Secretary of the Company by the Board of Directors also in July 2019.
−Removed: second half of Fiscal 2020, the Company began significantly increasing its engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities.
−Removed: From July 8, 2019 through the end of Fiscal year 2021 (February 28, 2021), we shipped more than 140 units to customers (more than
−Removed: a ten-fold increase over Fiscal 2019).
−Removed: Although our operations were impacted in Fiscal 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic, during Fiscal
−Removed: 2021 we continued to expand our engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
−Removed: See “Item 1.
−Removed: Impact of the COVID-19
−Removed: Pandemic”
−Removed: included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on our
−Removed: Our engineering, research and development costs for Fiscal 2021 were approximately $237,000.
−Removed: Subsequent to the end
−Removed: of Fiscal 2021, we relocated all administrative offices and operations to a new state-of-the-art facility consisting of approximately
−Removed: 18,000 square feet in Lake Forest, California.
−Removed: This new facility is wholly occupied by Aura.
−Removed: Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2019, the Company’s engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities were reduced while
−Removed: we focused on renegotiating numerous financial obligations.
−Removed: During this time, the Company’s agreements with numerous customers,
−Removed: third party vendors, and organizations and entities material to the operation of the Company business were canceled, delayed or
−Removed: During Fiscal 2018, the Company successfully restructured in excess of $30 million of debt.
−Removed: Robert Kopple, our former
−Removed: Vice Chairman of the Board, was the only significant unsecured note holder that did not executed formal agreements regarding the
−Removed: restructure of his debt.
−Removed: Kopple claims that he and his affiliates are presently owed approximately $11.3 million.
−Removed: Kopple’s claims.
−Removed: See “Item 3.
−Removed: Legal Proceedings”
−Removed: included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for
−Removed: information regarding the dispute with Mr.
−Removed: Kopple regarding these transactions.
−Removed: Kopple has not accepted our numerous offers
−Removed: to settle this debt and continues to demand that as part of any such resolution, he receive unilateral control over significant
−Removed: aspects of the Company’s financial and management functions such as, but not limited to, the right to unilaterally direct
−Removed: the Company’s ordinary business expenditures and requiring the Company to seek his approval for the hiring of nearly all
−Removed: personnel, all to the exclusion of the Company’s management team and stockholder-elected Board of Directors.
−Removed: believes that allowing Mr.
−Removed: Kopple such level of operational control over the Company without any accountability would be highly
−Removed: detrimental to the Company and is incompatible with the Board of Directors’
−Removed: duties to shareholders and creditors as a whole.
−Removed: Fiscal 2019, we effectuated a one-for-seven reverse stock split and began increasing our engineering and manufacturing activities.
−Removed: We incurred engineering expenses of approximately $494,000 during Fiscal 2019.
−Removed: Most corporate operations were temporarily suspended,
−Removed: however, in Fiscal 2020 when the Company’s then-management team reallocated significant resources to unsuccessfully oppose
−Removed: an action by shareholders controlling a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock to replace certain
−Removed: members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
−Removed: On July 8, 2019 the Delaware Court of Chancery entered final judgment confirming
−Removed: the validity of this stockholder action.
−Removed: See Item 3, Legal Proceedings for more information.
−Removed: As a result, during Fiscal 2020 we
−Removed: incurred only modest engineering expenses of approximately $172,000 (representing a reduction of approximately 65% from the prior
−Removed: fiscal year).
−Removed: Also, in Fiscal 2020, Melvin Gagerman ––
−Removed: Aura’s CEO and CFO since 2006 ––
−Removed: was replaced.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: management’s discussion and analysis of our financial conditions and results of operations are based upon our financial
−Removed: statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial statements.
−Removed: In preparing our financial statements, we have made our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial
−Removed: We use authoritative pronouncements, historical experience and other assumptions as the basis for making judgments.
−Removed: The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown and cannot be reasonably estimated for these key estimates and assumptions.
−Removed: However, we made appropriate accounting estimates based on the facts and circumstances available as of the reporting date.
−Removed: the extent that there are differences between these estimates and actual results, our financial statements may be materially affected.
−Removed: core principle of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), is that an entity recognizes
−Removed: revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which
−Removed: the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
−Removed: In applying ASC 606, all revenue transactions must
−Removed: be evaluated using a five-step approach to determine the amount and timing of revenue to be recognized.
−Removed: The five-step approach
−Removed: requires (1) identifying the contract with the customer, (2) identifying the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determining
−Removed: the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognizing
−Removed: revenue when performance obligations are satisfied.
−Removed: primary source of revenue is the manufacture and delivery of AuraGen/VIPER systems used primarily in mobile power applications,
−Removed: which represented 100% of our revenues of approximately $115,000 and $822,000 for the Fiscal years ended February 28, 2021 and
−Removed: February 29, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Our current principal sales channel is sales to a domestic distributor and to end users directly.
−Removed: accordance with ASC 606, we recognize the entirety of the revenue, net of discounts, for our AuraGen/VIPER systems at time of
−Removed: product delivery to the costumer (i.e.
−Removed: point-in-time), which also corresponds to the passage of legal title to the customer and
−Removed: the satisfaction of our performance obligations to the customer.
−Removed: Our payment terms are cash payment due upon delivery and typically
−Removed: includes a 2.5% price discount in accordance with this policy.
−Removed: Our commercial terms and conditions do not include a right of return
−Removed: for reasons other than a defect in performance or quality.
−Removed: We offer 18 months assurance-type warranty covering material and manufacturing
−Removed: defects, which we account for under the guidance of ASC 460, Guarantees.
−Removed: We have a limited history of shipments, and, as
−Removed: such, we have not recorded a warranty liability on our balance sheets on February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively;
−Removed: however, we expect warranty claims to eventually be nil, therefore, we have not delayed the recognition of revenue during Fiscal
−Removed: years 2021 and 2020.
−Removed: Valuation and Classification
−Removed: are valued at the lower of cost or market, on an average cost basis.
−Removed: We review the components of inventory on a regular basis
−Removed: for excess or obsolete inventory based on estimated future usage and sales.
−Removed: From Fiscal 2015 through 2019 we minimally operated
−Removed: and therefore only produced minimal product.
−Removed: As a result, while we believed that a portion of the inventory had value, we were
−Removed: unable to substantiate its demand and market value, we fully reserved it as of February 28, 2019.
−Removed: Following the change of management
−Removed: in July 2019, revenues of $822,000 were recorded during the remainder of Fiscal 2020 along with increased production levels giving
−Removed: rise to approximately $92,000 and $90,000 of inventory on-hand on February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: account for stock-based compensation under the provisions of FASB ASC 718, “Compensation –
−Removed: Stock Compensation”,
−Removed: which requires the measurement of all share-based payments to employees and non-employee directors, including grants of employee
−Removed: stock options, using a fair value-based method and the recording of such expense in the statements of operations.
−Removed: account for stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to non-employees, such as consultants and third parties, in accordance
−Removed: with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation –
−Removed: Stock Compensation”, where appropriate, whereas the fair value of the equity-based
−Removed: compensation is based upon the measurement date as determined at the earlier of either (a) the date at which a performance
−Removed: commitment is reached or (b) at the date at which the necessary performance to earn the equity instruments is complete.
−Removed: the past, several years and in accordance with established public company accounting practice, we have consistently utilized the
−Removed: Black-Scholes option-pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock options and warrants issued as compensation, primarily
−Removed: to management, employees, and directors.
−Removed: The Black-Scholes option-pricing model is a widely accepted method of valuation
−Removed: that public companies typically utilize to calculate the fair value of options and warrants that they issue in such circumstances.
−Removed: 1,250,000 stock options were granted to all member of the board of directors in Fiscal 2021, and approximately $193,000 of stock-based
−Removed: compensation expense was recorded during Fiscal 2021.
−Removed: adopted ASC 842 , Leases , in Fiscal 2020, which required that public companies evaluate all operating leases in accordance
−Removed: with ASC 842 and recognize a lease liability on the balance sheet by determining the present value of the remaining lease payments
−Removed: for each lease using a discount rate based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate.
−Removed: A corresponding right-of-use asset
−Removed: is also recognized that is amortized over the remaining term of the lease.
−Removed: Throughout Fiscal 2020 and the majority of Fiscal 2021,
−Removed: we did not implement the new guidance to our existing leases because the guidance does not require application of the standard
−Removed: for leases that are less than 12 months with lease renewal unlikely.
−Removed: All of the facility leases were month-to-month with management’s
−Removed: intention of exiting the leases and facilities as soon as practical.
−Removed: In February 2021, we entered into a 66-month facility lease
−Removed: in Lake Forest, CA that began on March 1, 2021, which resulted in the application of ASC 842 for the fiscal year ended February
−Removed: As of February 28, 2020, we recognized a lease liability and a right-of-use asset of $1.2 million, respectively.
−Removed: Fiscal 2022 and beyond, we will be applying the new lease standard to this lease and any other operating leases we enter into
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: COVID-19 global pandemic has negatively affected the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, and created extreme volatility
−Removed: and disruptions to capital and credit markets in the global financial markets.
−Removed: We began to see the impact of COVID-19 during our
−Removed: fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 with our Chinese joint venture’s manufacturing facilities being required to close and many
−Removed: of our customers suspending their own operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: As a result, net sales and production levels during
−Removed: the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2021 were significantly reduced, thus impacting our results of operations during
−Removed: these periods.
−Removed: response to the COVID-19 pandemic and business disruption, we implemented certain measures to manage costs, preserve liquidity
−Removed: and enhance employee safety.
−Removed: These measures included the following:
−Removed: of payroll costs through temporary furloughs;
−Removed: cleaning and disinfection procedures at our facilities, temperature checks for our workers, promotion of social distancing at our facilities
−Removed: and requirements for employees to work from home where possible;
−Removed: of capital expenditures;
−Removed: of discretionary spending.
−Removed: extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial results and liquidity will depend largely on future developments,
−Removed: including the duration of the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak within the U.S.
−Removed: and globally, the impact on capital and financial
−Removed: markets and the related impact on our customers, especially in the commercial vehicle markets.
−Removed: These future developments are outside
−Removed: of our control, are highly uncertain, and cannot be predicted.
−Removed: If the impact is prolonged, then it can further increase the difficulty
−Removed: of planning for operations and may require us to take further actions as it relates to costs and liquidity.
−Removed: These and other potential
−Removed: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will adversely impact our results for the first quarter of Fiscal 2022, as well as the full Fiscal
−Removed: year, and that impact could be material.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: 2021 compared to Fiscal 2020
−Removed: in July 2019, our new management team began significantly to increase sales, manufacturing and marketing operations as compared
−Removed: to prior years leading up to Fiscal 2020.
−Removed: Since that date and through the remainder of Fiscal 2020, we had revenues of $822,000,
−Removed: consisting primarily of our shipment of 132 AuraGen ®
−Removed: /VIPER units to primarily one major customer.
−Removed: Revenues in Fiscal
−Removed: 2021 of approximately $115,000 consisted of the delivery of 20 AuraGen ®
−Removed: /VIPER units.
−Removed: We believe that the reduction
−Removed: in revenue in Fiscal 2021 was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy and the dependency
−Removed: on one major customer.
−Removed: of goods sold was $81,449 and $177,000 in the years ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: above within Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates, our inventory was fully reserved at February 28, 2019 due to uncertainty
−Removed: surrounding its eventual recovery through the sale of our principal product.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2021, we benefited from the utilization
−Removed: of fully reserved inventory to deliver 20 units and recorded material cost at 25% of sales value, direct labor at 45% of sales
−Removed: value and other overheads at 3% of sales.
−Removed: Similarly, during Fiscal 2020, cost of goods sold consisted of direct material, outside
−Removed: manufacturing services, inbound freight costs, direct labor and indirect manufacturing labor costs.
−Removed: Approximately, $122,000 of
−Removed: previously reserved direct material was utilized in production to enable deliveries of 132 units which resulted in a reduction
−Removed: of cost of goods sold by the same amount.
−Removed: As production levels increase over time, the amount of recoverable inventory will decline
−Removed: and the amount of direct material recorded within cost of goods sold will increase, reducing the gross profit contribution of
−Removed: units of sales.
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: research and development costs increased by $65,000 to $237,000 in Fiscal 2021 from approximately $173,000 in Fiscal 2020.
−Removed: 38% increase is a result of increased expenses incurred in the process of designing a new electronic control unit (“ECU”)
−Removed: for our AuraGen ®
−Removed: /VIPER products as well as sustaining engineering expenses related to the expansion of manufacturing
−Removed: General and Administrative Expense
−Removed: general and administrative expenses increased approximately $60,000, or 4.7%, to $1,319,000 in Fiscal 2021 from $1,259,000 in
−Removed: Fiscal 2020 due to (i) non-recurring expense of approximately $108,000 related to the moving costs for consolidation of operations
−Removed: following the exits from the Santa Clarita in July 2020 and Stanton facilities into a new facility in Lake Forest, CA (ii) stock-based
−Removed: compensation expense of $194,000 related to the grant of 1,250,000 options to acquire shares of our common stock to member of
−Removed: the board of directors in March 2020 (iii) reduced by a reduction of legal fees of $118,000 and (iv) reduced by lower other expenses
−Removed: of $124,000 due to reduced operations during the pandemic.
−Removed: of Joint Venture
−Removed: Fiscal 2020, we recorded an impairment charge of $250,000 in relation to the Chinese joint venture entered into in 2017 for the
−Removed: purpose of developing the Chinese market for our principal product.
−Removed: Due to the lack of operating activity, uncertainties surrounding
−Removed: expanding opportunities and related cash flows in the Chinese market, and public health considerations with respect to the COVID-19
−Removed: pandemic, we recorded the impairment charge and wrote-off the carrying value of the same amount from the balance sheet on February
−Removed: Non-Operating
−Removed: Income, Interest Expense and Tax Provision
−Removed: interest expense increased to $1,293,000 in Fiscal 2021 from $1,234,000 in Fiscal 2020, an increase of $59,000, or 4.8%, on approximately
−Removed: $11.8 and $11.2 million of principal amounts due at February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: We recorded other income
−Removed: of approximately $3.6 million on debt settlements of $0.9 million and cancellation of liabilities of $2.7 million following the
−Removed: expiration of the statute of limitations for settlement.
−Removed: In Fiscal 2020 we recorded other expense of approximately $0.3 million
−Removed: in relation to a settlement of amounts due to our president prior to March 2020.
−Removed: had net income of $0.8 million and loss of $2.6 million in the Fiscal years ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively,
−Removed: or an increase of income of approximately $3.4 million due to (i) gain on debt settlement of $1.3 million (ii) $2.6 million gain
−Removed: related to the Fiscal 2021 cancellation of current liabilities from our balance due to the expiration of the statute of limitations
−Removed: (iii) impairment expense of $0.3 million related to the write-off of the Chinese joint venture, partially offset by (iv) reduction
−Removed: in gross profit of $0.6 million due to reduced shipments of generator sets from Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 and (v) higher operating
−Removed: expenses of $0.2 million.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: Fiscal 2021, we had income of approximately $0.8 million and negative cash flows from operations of approximately $1.9 million.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2020 we had a loss of $2.6 million and negative cash flows from operations of approximately $0.8 million.
−Removed: The improvement
−Removed: in net income is due to non-cash gains on the cancellation of current liabilities and certain debt instruments while the decline
−Removed: in operating cash flows is attributed to a sharp reduction in operating activities caused principally by the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, and created extreme volatility
−Removed: and disruptions to capital and credit markets in the global financial markets.
−Removed: In the event that economic conditions remain impacted
−Removed: for longer than we expect due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our liquidity position could be severely impacted and there can be no
−Removed: assurance that lenders or investors will make additional financial commitments under current circumstances.
−Removed: As a result of the
−Removed: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may be required to raise additional capital and our access to and cost of financing will
−Removed: depend on, among other things, global economic conditions, conditions in the global financing markets, the availability of sufficient
−Removed: amounts of financing, and our future prospects.
−Removed: February 28, 2021, we had cash of approximately $391,000, compared to cash of approximately $20,000 at February 29, 2020.
−Removed: capital at February 28, 2021 was a $15.5 million deficit as compared to an $18.9 million deficit at the end of the prior fiscal
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued expenses decreased $2.0 million due primarily to the cancellation of payables and accrued salaries
−Removed: following the expiration of the statute of limitations and a reduction in operating activities year over year.
−Removed: At February 28,
−Removed: 2021 and February 29, 2020, we had no accounts receivable.
−Removed: In Fiscal 2021 and 2020 we incurred approximately $15,000 and zero
−Removed: for property and equipment, respectively.
−Removed: February 28, 2021 and 2019, we had 150,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value common stock authorized for issuance.
−Removed: During the year
−Removed: ended February 28, 2021, the Company issued a total of approximately 14.7 million shares of common stock, of which 14.1 million
−Removed: shares were issued for cash totaling approximately $2.1 million and the remainder of 0.6 million shares for settlement of debt
−Removed: totaling $371,000.
−Removed: During the year ended February 28, 2020, we issued 2.5 million shares of common stock for cash totaling $525,000,
−Removed: 1.2 million shares for settlement of debt of $366,000, $50,000 shares of common stock for services rendered to us of $10,000 and
−Removed: a cancellation of $1.1 million shares outstanding in October 2019 in connection with a settlement agreement.
−Removed: to Fiscal 2020, in order to maintain liquidity, we relied upon external sources of financing, principally equity financing and
−Removed: private indebtedness.
−Removed: We have no bank line of credit and will require additional debt or equity financing to fund ongoing operations.
−Removed: Based on a cash flow analysis performed by management, we estimate that we will need an additional $5.0 million to maintain existing
−Removed: operations for the Fiscal year 2022 and increase the volume of shipments to customers.
−Removed: We cannot assure the reader that additional
−Removed: financing will be available nor that the commercial targets will be met in the amounts required to keep the business operating.
−Removed: The issuance of additional shares of equity in connection with such financing could dilute the interests of our existing stockholders,
−Removed: and such dilution could be substantial.
−Removed: If we cannot raise the needed funds, we would also be forced to make further substantial
−Removed: reductions in our operating expenses, which could adversely affect our ability to implement our current business plan and ultimately
−Removed: our viability as a company.
−Removed: Debt - Robert Kopple, who was Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors from September 2013 through January 11,
−Removed: 2018, claims that we owe him and certain affiliated parties an aggregate of approximately $11.3 million in principal and interest,
−Removed: and warrants to purchase 3,331,664 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.70 per share, as a result of various loans made
−Removed: Kopple and his affiliates (collectively, the “Kopple Parties”) to us between 2013 and 2016 as well as additional
−Removed: amounts he claims to have advanced on Aura’s behalf.
−Removed: or about March 23, 2013, the Kopple Parties made various cash advances to us in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,500,000,
−Removed: evidenced by an unsecured convertible note (the “Original Kopple Note”) with the right to convert outstanding principal
−Removed: and accrued and unpaid interest at $3.50 per share (post 1:7 reverse split).
−Removed: On or around June 20, 2014, $500,000 of the Original
−Removed: Kopple Note was reclassified as a short-term note, the principal amount of the Original Kopple Note was reduced from $2.5 million
−Removed: to $2.0 million and the Original Kopple Note was amended to provide that an event of default under the June 2014 Agreement (as
−Removed: described and defined below) would also constitute an event of default under the Original Kopple Note.
−Removed: in June 2014, we entered into a Financing Letter of Agreement (the “June 2014 Agreement”) with two affiliate entities
−Removed: Kopple, KF Business Ventures and the Kopple Family Partnership (the “Additional Kopple Parties”), pursuant
−Removed: to which the Additional Kopple Parties loaned us an additional $1,000,000 (the “June 2014 Loan”).
−Removed: In connection with
−Removed: the June 2014 Loan, Mr.
−Removed: Kopple also added $202,205 in penalties and accrued interest, credited us with $200,000 for amounts previously
−Removed: repaid by us and consolidated several earlier advances into a single new note (the “June 2014 Kopple Note”) in the
−Removed: principal amount of $2,715,2067 and bearing simple interest at a rate of 10% per annum.
−Removed: to the June 2014 Agreement, the Kopple Parties also purported to place various restrictions on our ability to raise additional
−Removed: capital, hire qualified personnel and pay certain expenses without his prior approval for so long as the principal amount of his
−Removed: note remained outstanding.
−Removed: The June 2014 Kopple Note also required us to issue Mr.
−Removed: Kopple a stock purchase warrant (the “June
−Removed: 2014 Kopple Warrant”) to purchase approximately 771,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.70 per share,
−Removed: to be exercisable for seven years.
−Removed: Additionally, if we borrowed funds, issued capital stock or rights to acquire or convert into
−Removed: capital stock, or granted rights in respect to territories to any person for cash consideration of more than $5 million in the
−Removed: aggregate after the date of the June 2014 Kopple Note, we would be required to pay the entire amount of such cash consideration
−Removed: in excess of $5 million as a mandatory prepayment of the June 2014 Kopple Note.
−Removed: Additionally, Mr.
−Removed: Kopple required a default provision
−Removed: providing that in the event that the entire outstanding balance of the June 2014 Kopple Note was not paid in full prior to October
−Removed: 1, 2014, then for each consecutive calendar month during the period beginning October 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015, we would
−Removed: Kopple additional stock purchase warrants, each to purchase 416,458 shares of our common stock, up to a maximum aggregate
−Removed: of approximately 2.5 million shares of our common stock, at $0.70 per share (the “Kopple Penalty Warrants”), the Kopple
−Removed: Penalty Warranties to be exercisable for seven years from the time of their respective issuances.
−Removed: In addition to the Kopple Penalty
−Removed: Warrants, the default provision under the June 2014 Kopple Note provides for a 5% late charge on the total amount due plus 15%
−Removed: per year interest.
−Removed: We have not repaid the Kopple Parties in full for the amounts loaned to us.
−Removed: Additionally, we have not issued
−Removed: any of the Kopple Penalty Warrants and management believes that Mr.
−Removed: Kopple is not entitled to receive them.
−Removed: We have also cancelled
−Removed: the June 2014 Kopple Warrant.
−Removed: consider the transactions described above with Mr.
−Removed: Kopple to be related party transactions.
−Removed: “Item 3.
−Removed: Legal Proceedings”
−Removed: included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the dispute
−Removed: Kopple regarding these transactions.
−Removed: independent auditor has expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and believes that our ability is dependent
−Removed: on our ability to implement our business plan, raise capital and generate revenues.
−Removed: See Report of Independent Registered Public
−Removed: Accounting Firm on page F-1, together with audited financial statements for the Fiscal year ended February 28, 2021.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item 7A.
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: Index to Financial Statements at page F-1.
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: On June 13, 2022, the reported closing sales price for our common stock
+Added: Dividend Policy
+Added: We have not paid any dividends on our common stock
+Added: and we do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Sales of Unregistered Securities
+Added: During the year ended February 28, 2022, we issued
+Added: approximately 12,016,000 shares of common stock, for a total of $3,276,330 inclusive of approximately 1,571,000 and 245,000 shares of
+Added: common stock in settlement of $550,000 of debt and $73,500 for services, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended February 28, 2021, we issued
+Added: 14,513,963 shares of common stock for a total of $2,249,909, inclusive of 415,636 shares of common stock in settlement of $103,909 of
+Added: Funds raised were for general corporate working
+Added: capital purposes.
+Added: All such securities were issued and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of
+Added: the Securities Act of 1933, and the certificates representing such securities contain a restrictive legend reflecting the limitations
+Added: on future transfer of those securities.
+Added: The offer and sale of these securities was made without public solicitation or advertising.
+Added: investors represented to us that they were knowledgeable and sophisticated and were experienced in business and financial matters so as
+Added: to be capable of evaluating an investment in our securities and were an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation
+Added: D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.
+Added: Each of these investors was afforded full access to information regarding our business.
+Added: Repurchases of Equity Securities
+Added: We did not repurchase any shares of our common
+Added: stock during the fiscal years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021.
+Added: As a smaller reporting company, we are not
+Added: required to provide disclosure under this Item 6.
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