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this Report immediately prior to “Item 1”.
−Removed: Our business is based on
−Removed: the exploitation of our Axial Flux Induction Motor solution and mobile power known as the AuraGen ® for commercial and
−Removed: industrial applications and the VIPER for military applications.
−Removed: Our business model consists of two major components:
−Removed: (i) sales and marketing,
−Removed: (ii) design and engineering.
−Removed: Our sales and marketing approaches are composed of direct sales in North America and the use of agents and
−Removed: distributors in other areas.
−Removed: In North America, our primary focus is in (a) mobile exportable power applications, (b) EV motor applications,
−Removed: Military applications and (d) industrial/commercial motor as well as mobile power applications.
−Removed: The second component of our
−Removed: business model is focused on the design of new products and engineering support for the sales activities described above.
−Removed: The engineering
−Removed: support consists of the introduction of new optimized power levels for electric motors and new features for our AuraGen ® /VIPER solution
−Removed: such as higher power/torque solutions, and different input and output voltages (DC and AC input and output versions).
−Removed: In Fiscal 2020 stockholders
−Removed: of the Company successfully removed Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu from the Company’s Board of Directors and
−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
−Removed: for more information.
−Removed: Also, in Fiscal 2020, Melvin Gagerman –– Aura’s CEO and CFO since 2006 –– was replaced.
−Removed: In July 2019 Ms.
−Removed: Lavut succeeded Mr.
−Removed: Gagerman as President and Mr.
−Removed: Mann succeeded Mr.
−Removed: Gagerman as CFO.
−Removed: Lempert was appointed as Secretary
−Removed: of the Company by the Board of Directors also in July 2019.
−Removed: In the second half of Fiscal 2020, the company began significantly increasing
−Removed: its engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities.
−Removed: From July 8, 2019, the date of the change in management, through the end of
−Removed: Fiscal 2023, the Company shipped approximately 150 units to.
−Removed: Although our operations were impacted in Fiscal 2023, Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal
−Removed: 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic, during these periods we continued to expand our engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
−Removed: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the
−Removed: impact of COVID-19 on our operations.
−Removed: Our engineering, research and development costs for Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2023 were approximately
−Removed: $750 and $850, respectively.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal
−Removed: 2019, the Company’s engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities were reduced while we focused on renegotiating
−Removed: numerous financial obligations.
−Removed: During this time, the Company’s agreements with numerous customers, third party vendors, and organizations
−Removed: and entities material to the operation of the Company business were canceled, delayed or terminated.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2018, the Company
−Removed: successfully restructured in excess of $30 million of debt.
−Removed: Robert Kopple, our former Vice Chairman of the Board, was the only significant
−Removed: unsecured note holder that did not executed formal agreements regarding the restructure of his debt.
−Removed: Legal Proceedings”
−Removed: included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the dispute with Mr.
−Removed: Kopple regarding these transactions.
−Removed: In March 2022, the Company reached a settlement that resolves the various claims asserted against us by Mr.
−Removed: Kopple and his affiliated
−Removed: In July 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Kopple and his affiliates brought suit against the Company relating to more than $13 million and the current
−Removed: equivalent of more than approximately 23 million warrants, exercisable for seven years at a price of $0.10 per share, which Mr.
−Removed: and his affiliated entities (collectively the “Kopple Parties”) claimed to be owed to them pursuant to various agreements
−Removed: with the Company entered into between 2013-2016.
−Removed: Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay an aggregate amount of
−Removed: $10 million over a period of seven years, including $3 million initial payment to be paid in June 2022.
−Removed: $150 was paid in June 2022, and
−Removed: the balance of the initial payment of $2.85 million was extended to May 29, 2023.
−Removed: In exchange for the extension, the Company was required
−Removed: to pay $165,000 in extension and forbearance fees in cash and $430 in accrued forbearance fees.
−Removed: Beginning in January 2023, interest accrues
−Removed: on the unpaid balance at a rate of 6%, compounded annually.
−Removed: All amounts, including all accrued interest and deferred fees, are to be
−Removed: paid no later than eight years from the date of the initial payment.
−Removed: The Kopple Parties have also received seven-year warrants to purchase
−Removed: up to an aggregate of approximately 3.3 million shares of our common stock at a price of $0.85 per share.
−Removed: The settlement also provides
−Removed: for standard mutual general release provisions and includes customary representations, warranties, and covenants, including certain increases
−Removed: in the amount payable to the Kopple Parties and the right of such parties to enter judgment against the Company if the Company remains
−Removed: in uncured default in its payment obligations under the settlement.
−Removed: During the year ended February
−Removed: 29, 2024, the note was amended multiple times to extend the payment dates of the balance of the initial payment of $2,850, originally
−Removed: due in June 2022, and the first installment payment of $1,000, originally due in June 2023 (collectively, the “past due principal”).
−Removed: As a result of these amendments, the Company incurred additional extension and forbearance fees totaling $450 and adjustment to principal
−Removed: balance of $23 that was recorded as part of interest expense.
−Removed: As of February 29, 2024, outstanding principal balance amounted to $10,938,
−Removed: including the $3,850 past due principal (see below).
−Removed: In March 2024, the Company
−Removed: and Kopple again amended the note payable.
−Removed: The amendment (i) replaced the requirement to pay the $3,850 past due principal balance with
−Removed: the requirement to pay $2,000 due December 15, 2024, effectively extending the payment of $1,850 to future periods;
−Removed: (ii) increased the
−Removed: stated interest rate to 10%;
−Removed: (iii) added a fee of $15 monthly until the Company makes a principal payment of $2 million by December 2024;
−Removed: (iv) effective August 30, 2024, the Company will grant Kopple a conversion right that gives Kopple the option to be able to convert the
−Removed: note payable into equity of the Company at a conversion price of the lower of $1.00 per share or 50% of the 10 day volume weighted average
−Removed: price of the Company’s common stock;
−Removed: (v) during Fiscal 2025, will require the Company to pay 20% of all collected revenues within
−Removed: 10 days of the end of each fiscal quarter;
−Removed: (vi) will require the Company to pay Kopple 20% of any amount raised in new capital in the
−Removed: form of equity, debt or convertible debt above $3.5 million;
−Removed: (vii) reduces the exercise price of the warrants granted to Kopple in March
−Removed: 2022 from $0.85 per share to $0.50 per share;
−Removed: and (vii) extends the warrant expiration date from March 8, 2029, to March 31, 2031.
−Removed: The Company will account for this amendment in the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, for fiscal year 2025.
+Added: Our business is based on the
+Added: exploitation of our Axial Flux Induction technology for both electric motors and generators.
+Added: Our power generation solution based on axial
+Added: flux induction is known as the AuraGen ® for commercial and industrial applications and the VIPER for military applications.
+Added: Aura’s axial flux induction technology provide:
+Added: (i) higher motor/generator efficiency, that directly translated to lower cost for
+Added: operations (ii) lighter and smaller machines that lead to lower manufacturing cost, (iii) higher reliability that results in less down
+Added: time and maintenance cost, (iv) the only raw materials used for construction are copper and steel without any rare earth or any other
+Added: types of permanent magnets.
+Added: This immediately results in global availability without market risks as well as geopolitical risks of dependence
+Added: on single source, and (v) the use of approximately 60% less of copper than the equivalent radial flux induction machines, results in less
+Added: needed mining to extract the needed copper with direct positive environmental impact.
+Added: Our business model consists
+Added: of three major components:
+Added: (i) sales and marketing, iii) design and engineering and (iii) axial flux induction motors and generators manufacturing.
+Added: Our sales and marketing approaches are composed of direct sales in North America and the use of agents and distributors in other areas.
+Added: In addition, we are also exploring limited licensing of our technology to very large potential users as well as potential joint ventures
+Added: with existing industrial motor/generator suppliers.
+Added: The second component of our business model is focused on the design, engineer and
+Added: commercialize of new commercial and industrial electric motors based on our axial flux induction for numerous applications such as pumps,
+Added: compressors, and HVAC.
+Added: We are also designing electric motors for both 2- and 4-wheel EV application, as well as, expending the product
+Added: line for electric power generation.
+Added: The third component of our business model is to set up manufacturing of the axial flux induction products
+Added: being engineered and design.
+Added: We recently completed a 250-kW
+Added: electric motor prototype based on our axial flux induction for EV applications.
+Added: This activity is in conjunction with a large European
+Added: tier 1 automotive supplier interest and inputs.
+Added: We also completed the design for a 250-kW generator based on our axial flux induction
+Added: We expect to build this new generator over the next few months.
+Added: We have also in May 2024 completed the installation of our
+Added: new smaller 10-kW mobile power generator on a Polaris type ATV platform for US military applications.
+Added: We started working directly with
+Added: Polaris to perfect the output from the new generator on their platform.
+Added: We completed the designs for 5 horsepower axial flux induction
+Added: motor for swimming pool pump applications, and we also completed the design for a 10 horsepower axial flux induction motor for irrigation
+Added: pump applications.
+Added: We are also currently in discussions for usage of our technology for numerous wind turbines applications.
+Added: During fiscal
+Added: 2025 we also applied for 3 new patents related to axial flux induction machines.
+Added: In fiscal 2024 and 2025 we
+Added: have significantly increased our engineering capabilities with having hired experts’ engineers in thermo dynamics (Ph.D.), electromagnetic
+Added: motor design (Ph.D.) Power electronics & control (Ph.D.) and mechanical design (M.S.M.E).
+Added: We have also acquired the latest in advance
+Added: engineering tools such as Ansys Maxwell finite elements, MATLAB and 3-D solid work.
+Added: Our engineering, research and development costs for
+Added: fiscal 2025 were approximately $1.2 million.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our management’s discussion
−Removed: and analysis of our financial conditions and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared
−Removed: in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements
−Removed: requires management to make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial statements.
−Removed: In preparing our financial statements,
−Removed: we have made our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements.
−Removed: We use authoritative pronouncements,
−Removed: historical experience and other assumptions as the basis for making judgments.
−Removed: The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown and
−Removed: cannot be reasonably estimated for these key estimates and assumptions.
−Removed: However, we made appropriate accounting estimates based on the
−Removed: facts and circumstances available as of the reporting date.
−Removed: To the extent that there are differences between these estimates and actual
−Removed: results, our financial statements may be materially affected.
+Added: and analysis of our financial conditions and results of operations are based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in
+Added: accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: The preparation of financial statements requires
+Added: management to make estimates and disclosures on the date of the financial statements.
+Added: In preparing our financial statements, we have made
+Added: our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements.
+Added: We use authoritative pronouncements, historical
+Added: experience and other assumptions as the basis for making judgments.
+Added: For these key estimates and assumptions, we made appropriate accounting
+Added: estimates based on the facts and circumstances available as of the reporting date.
+Added: To the extent that there are significant differences
+Added: between these estimates and actual results, our financial statements may be materially affected.
+Added: Significant estimates include assumptions
+Added: made for inventory reserve, impairment testing of long-lived assets, the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, assumptions used
+Added: in valuing derivative liabilities, assumptions used in valuing share-based compensation, and accruals for potential liabilities.
+Added: could materially change in the future.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: There were no changes to our critical accounting
+Added: policies described in the financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024,
+Added: that impacted our condensed financial statements and related notes included herein.
Revenue Recognition
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Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
−Removed: To determine revenue recognition under ASC 606, an entity performs the following five-steps
−Removed: (i) identifies the contract(s) with a customer;
−Removed: (ii) identifies the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: (iii) determines the transaction
−Removed: (iv) allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: and (v) recognizes revenue when (or as) the
−Removed: entity satisfies a performance obligation.
−Removed: The Company only applies the five-steps to contracts when it is probable that the entity will
−Removed: collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
−Removed: In accordance with ASC 606,
−Removed: we recognize revenue, net of discounts, for our generator sets at time of product delivery to the domestic distributor (i.e.
−Removed: point-in-time),
−Removed: which also corresponds to the passage of legal title to the customer and the satisfaction of our performance obligations to the customer.
−Removed: Our payment terms are cash payment due upon delivery and typically includes a 2% price discount off the selling price in accordance with
−Removed: Our commercial terms and conditions do not include a right of return for reasons other than a defect in performance or quality.
−Removed: We offer a 24-month assurance-type warranty covering material and manufacturing defects, which we account for under the guidance of ASC
−Removed: 460, Guarantee.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 606, we recognize revenue, net of discounts, for our generator
+Added: sets at time of product delivery to the domestic distributor (i.e.
+Added: point-in-time), which also corresponds to the passage of legal title
+Added: to the customer and the satisfaction of our performance obligations to the customer.
Inventories are valued at
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been written down, it creates a new cost basis for inventory that may not be subsequently written up.
−Removed: The Company determines whether
−Removed: a contract is, or contains, a lease at inception.
−Removed: Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset
−Removed: during the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.
−Removed: Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at lease commencement based upon the estimated present value of unpaid lease
−Removed: payments over the lease term.
−Removed: The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement
−Removed: in determining the present value of unpaid lease payments.
−Removed: Share-Based Compensation
−Removed: The Company periodically
−Removed: issues stock options and warrants, and shares of common stock to employees and non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for
−Removed: services and for financing costs.
−Removed: Share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the
−Removed: award, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.
−Removed: Recognition of compensation expense for non-employees is in the
−Removed: same period and manner as if the Company had paid cash for services.
−Removed: The Company periodically issues stock options and warrants, and
−Removed: shares of common stock to employees and non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for services and for financing costs.
−Removed: compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the
−Removed: requisite service period.
−Removed: Recognition of compensation expense for non-employees is in the same period and manner as if the Company had
−Removed: paid cash for services.
−Removed: The extent of the impact of
−Removed: the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial results and liquidity will depend largely on future developments, including the duration
−Removed: of the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak within the U.S.
−Removed: and globally, the impact on capital and financial markets and the related impact
−Removed: on our customers, especially in the commercial vehicle markets.
−Removed: These future developments are outside of our control, are highly uncertain,
−Removed: and cannot be predicted.
−Removed: If the impact is prolonged, then it can further increase the difficulty of planning for operations and may require
−Removed: us to take further actions as it relates to costs and liquidity.
−Removed: These and other potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue
−Removed: to adversely impact our results for the first quarter of Fiscal 2025, as well as the full Fiscal year 2025, and that impact could be material.
+Added: Derivative Financial Instruments
+Added: The Company evaluates its
+Added: financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives.
+Added: For derivative
+Added: financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is
+Added: then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations.
+Added: The classification of
+Added: derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of
+Added: each reporting period.
+Added: Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether
+Added: or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
+Added: Higher inflation, the actions
+Added: by the Federal Reserve Bank to address inflation, most notably continuing increases in interest rates, and rising energy prices create
+Added: uncertainty about the future economic environment.
+Added: The Company expects that the impact of these issues will continue to evolve.
+Added: believes these factors impacted the Company’s business in fiscals 2023 and 2024 and will continue to impact the Company’s
+Added: business in fiscal 2025.
+Added: The implications of higher government deficits and debt, tighter monetary policy, and higher long-term interest
+Added: rates may drive a higher cost of capital for the business and an increase in the Company’s operating expenses.
Results of Operations
Fiscal 2025 compared to Fiscal 2024
−Removed: Revenues in Fiscal 2024 were
−Removed: approximately $56 as compared to the Fiscal 2023 period of approximately $71, a reduction of approximately 21%.
−Removed: Fiscal 2024 revenues consisted
−Removed: principally of the delivery of 7 AuraGen ® /VIPER systems, 5 of which were to a single distributor customer.
−Removed: revenues consisted principally of the delivery of 9 AuraGen ® /VIPER systems, 7 of which were to a single distributor customer.
−Removed: We believe that the low levels of revenue in both Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2023 were the result of the company’s switch in focus to
−Removed: the development of the new family of improved products.
+Added: Net revenue was $50 for Fiscal
+Added: 2025, compared to $56 for Fiscal 2024.
+Added: Revenues continue to be negatively impacted due to a generally low level of resources on our legacy
+Added: products as well as our shift to the development and production of numerous prototypes for our new product line.
+Added: We cannot project with
+Added: confidence the timing or amount of revenue that we can expect until the prototypes are completed, which should be in Fiscal 2026.
Cost of Goods
−Removed: Cost of goods sold was approximately
−Removed: $193 and $88 in the years ended February 29, 2024, and February 28, 2023, respectively.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2024, the Company recorded an inventory
−Removed: write-down of $123 to cost of goods sold, which contributed to a negative gross margin of approximately $137 in Fiscal 2024.
−Removed: During Fiscal
−Removed: 2023, we benefited from the utilization of fully reserved inventory to deliver 9 units and recorded material cost at 32% of sales value,
−Removed: direct labor at 43% of sales value and other overheads at 44% of sales.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company recorded an inventory write-down of
−Removed: $4,000 to cost of goods sold, which resulted in a negative gross margin of approximately $17,000 in FY 2023.
−Removed: For both FY 2024 and FY
−Removed: 2023, the disproportionate increase in manufacturing overhead costs resulted from higher depreciation and systems costs without an offsetting
−Removed: increase in production volumes.
−Removed: While both the FY 2024 and FY 2023 periods benefited from the utilization of inventory that was previously
−Removed: fully reserved, the new design ECU units fabricated in those periods did include the costs of new electronics boards.
+Added: Cost of goods sold was $29
+Added: for Fiscal 2025, compared to $193 for Fiscal 2024.
+Added: This resulted in a gross profit of $21 compared to a gross loss of $137 for Fiscal
+Added: The gross loss and related gross margin for Fiscal 2024 were largely influenced by the low volume of shipments, which reduced our
+Added: ability to fully absorb fixed operating costs.
Engineering, Research and Development
Engineering, research and
−Removed: development costs decreased to approximately $750 in Fiscal 2024 from approximately $850 in Fiscal 2023, a decrease of approximately
−Removed: The decrease is a result of the Company’s augmented engineering activities, including (i) successfully recruiting
−Removed: new additions to the engineering staff;
−Removed: (ii) licensing of modeling and design software tools for the full 12-month period;
−Removed: (iii) additional expenses incurred in the process of designing, fabricating and testing the new version of our electronic control unit
−Removed: (“ECU”) for our AuraGen ® /VIPER products.
+Added: development expenses were $1,249 for Fiscal 2025, compared to $750 for Fiscal 2024.
+Added: The increase is a result of the Company’s augmented
+Added: engineering activities, including (i) successfully recruiting new additions to the engineering staff;
+Added: (ii) licensing of modeling and design
+Added: software tools for the full 12-month period;
+Added: as well as (iii) additional expenses incurred in the process of designing, fabricating and
+Added: testing the new version of our electronic control unit (“ECU”) for our AuraGen ® /VIPER products.
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative
−Removed: expenses decreased approximately $763, or 29%, to $1,873 in Fiscal 2024 from $2,636 in Fiscal 2023 due to several factors.
−Removed: of these was a decrease in legal expenses of approximately $628 as Fiscal 2023 had a lot of legal expenses relating to the Kopple settlement.
−Removed: There was also a decrease in selling expenses of $100 due to lower sales and a decrease in outside services of $72.
−Removed: This was partially
−Removed: offset by (i) increased salary and wage-related expenses of approximately $100 due to new hires in the engineering department and (ii)
−Removed: increased depreciation and software license related costs of approximately $85 associated with equipment and computer systems.
+Added: Selling, general and administration
+Added: (“SG&A”) expenses for Fiscal 2025 were $3,586 as compared to $1,873 for Fiscal 2024, an increase of $1,713 or 91%.
+Added: increase in SG&A was due to increased headcount and pay increases, and $1,342 in stock-based compensation.
Other Income (Expense) and Interest Expense
−Removed: Net interest expense increased
−Removed: significantly to approximately $1,465 in Fiscal 2024 from approximately $727 in Fiscal 2023, an increase of approximately $738, or 102%.
−Removed: This is principally a result of the settlement of the litigation with Robert Kopple and his affiliates.
−Removed: Under the terms of the settlement,
−Removed: no interest was to accrue until payment of the initial $3 million, which was extended to May 2023.
−Removed: In exchange for the extensions, the
−Removed: company recorded $335 of fees which are being categorized as interest, plus note interest of approximately $52.
−Removed: The aggregate Kopple-related
−Removed: interest in Fiscal 2023 of approximately $387 compares to the Fiscal year 2022 Kopple-related interest of approximately $823, a 53% reduction.
+Added: Interest expense increased by $345 to $1,810 for Fiscal 2025, as compared
+Added: to $1,465 for Fiscal 2024.
+Added: During Fiscal 2025, the Company recorded a gain on debt settlement of $179 and a loss on debt extinguishment
+Added: of $19,324 (see Notes 7 and 9 of the accompanying financial statements), both of which did not occur in the prior year period.
+Added: estimated the fair value of the conversion option derivative liability using a Black-Scholes option pricing model and recorded the change
+Added: in fair value of the derivative liability of $4,629 and $9 at February 28, 2025 and February 29, 2024, respectively.
We recorded net losses of
−Removed: approximately $4,216 and $3,410 in the Fiscal years ended February 29, 2024 and February 28, 2023, respectively, or a decrease of income
−Removed: of approximately $806 due to several factors as note above:
−Removed: (i) Fiscal 2024 included the higher interest expense of approximately $738;
−Removed: (ii) decreased operating expenses in selling, marketing and general and administrative of approximately $159;
−Removed: and (iii) increased engineering
−Removed: and R&D expenses of approximately $239 partially offsetting the other income improvements.
+Added: approximately $21,138 and $4,216 for Fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: The increase in our net loss was due to several factors, as noted
+Added: above, including increased stock-based compensation expense, the recording of a loss on debt extinguishment to a related party, and the
+Added: change in fair value of our derivative liability.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The net loss in Fiscal 2024
−Removed: was approximately $806 higher as compared to Fiscal 2023 due to several offsetting items, but most notably increased interest expense
−Removed: of approximately $738.
−Removed: Fiscal 2024 also included additional expenditures to ramp up the Company’s engineering, R&D, and administrative
−Removed: A significant factor in both periods contributing to the negative operating cash flows is the low level of operating activities
−Removed: caused principally by the company’s switch to the development of new products and the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: As a result of the impacts
−Removed: of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may be required to raise additional capital and our access to and cost of financing will depend on, among
−Removed: other things, global economic conditions, conditions in the global financing markets, the availability of sufficient amounts of financing,
−Removed: and our future prospects.
−Removed: At February 29, 2024, we had cash of approximately $123, compared to cash of approximately $15 at February 28,
−Removed: Subsequent to February 29, 2024, the Company issued 4,455,600 shares of common stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $1,114.
−Removed: capital deficit at February 29, 2024 was a $14.9 million deficit as compared to an $13.7 million deficit at the end of the prior fiscal
−Removed: The principal reasons for the increase in the deficit is an increase in Accounts Payable of $308 and accrued interest of $767 mostly
−Removed: relating to the Kopple settlement.
−Removed: The February 28, 2023, financial statements reflect the reclassification to non-current of $7.1 million
−Removed: of the debt to Robert Kopple and his affiliated entities (collectively the “Kopple Parties”) as a result of the settlement.
−Removed: Prior to Fiscal 2020, in
−Removed: order to maintain liquidity, we relied upon external sources of financing, principally equity financing and private indebtedness.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: performed by management, we estimate that we will need an additional $6 million to maintain existing operations for Fiscal 2025 and increase
−Removed: the volume of shipments to customers.
−Removed: We cannot assure the reader that additional financing will be available nor that the commercial
−Removed: targets will be met in the amounts required to keep the business operating.
−Removed: The issuance of additional shares of equity in connection
−Removed: with such financing could dilute the interests of our existing stockholders, and such dilution could be substantial.
−Removed: If we cannot raise
−Removed: the needed funds, we will also be forced to make further substantial reductions in our operating expenses, which could adversely affect
−Removed: our ability to implement our current business plan and ultimately our viability as a company.
−Removed: Between July 2017 and March
−Removed: 2022, the Company was engaged in litigation with a former director, Robert Kopple, relating to more than $13 million and the current
−Removed: equivalent of the approximately 23 million warrants, exercisable for seven years at a price of $0.10 per share, which Mr.
−Removed: his affiliated entities (collectively the “Kopple Parties”) claimed should have been originally issued to them pursuant to
−Removed: various agreements with the Company entered to between 2013-2016.
−Removed: In March 2022, the Company reached a settlement with the Kopple Parties
−Removed: that resolved all claims asserted against the Company without any admission, concession or finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing
−Removed: on the part of the Company.
−Removed: Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to pay an aggregate amount of $10 million over a period
−Removed: of seven years, including $3 million initial payment to be paid in June 2022.
−Removed: $150 was paid in June 2022, and the balance of the initial
−Removed: payment of $2.85 million was extended to May 29, 2023.
−Removed: In exchange for the extension, the Company was required to pay $165,000 in extension
−Removed: and forbearance fees in cash and $430,000 in accrued forbearance fees.
−Removed: Beginning in January 2023, interest accrues on the unpaid balance
−Removed: at a rate of 6%, compounded annually.
−Removed: All amounts, including all accrued interest and deferred fees, are to be paid no later than eight
−Removed: years from the date of the initial payment.
−Removed: The Kopple Parties have also received seven-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate
−Removed: of approximately 3.3 million shares of our common stock at a price of $0.85 per share.
−Removed: The settlement also provides for standard mutual
−Removed: general release provisions and includes customary representations, warranties, and covenants, including certain increases in the amount
−Removed: payable to the Kopple Parties and the right of such parties to enter judgment against the Company if the Company remains in uncured default
−Removed: in its payment obligations under the settlement.
−Removed: During the year ended February
−Removed: 29, 2024, the note was amended multiple times to extend the payment dates of the balance of the initial payment of $2,850, originally
−Removed: due in June 2022, and the first installment payment of $1,000, originally due in June 2023 (collectively, the “past due principal”).
−Removed: As a result of these amendments, the Company incurred additional extension and forbearance fees totaling $450 and adjustment to principal
−Removed: balance of $23 that was recorded as part of interest expense.
−Removed: As of February 29, 2024, outstanding principal balance amounted to $10,938,
−Removed: including the $3,850 past due principal (see below).
−Removed: In March 2024, the Company
−Removed: and Kopple again amended the note payable.
−Removed: The amendment (i) replaced the requirement to pay the $3,850 past due principal balance with
−Removed: the requirement to pay $2,000 due December 15, 2024, effectively extending the payment of $1,850 to future periods;
−Removed: (ii) increased the
−Removed: stated interest rate to 10%;
−Removed: (iii) added a fee of $15 monthly until the Company makes a principal payment of $2 million by December 2024;
−Removed: (iv) effective August 30, 2024, the Company will grant Kopple a conversion right that gives Kopple the option to be able to convert the
−Removed: note payable into equity of the Company at a conversion price of the lower of $1.00 per share or 50% of the 10 day volume weighted average
−Removed: price of the Company’s common stock;
−Removed: (v) during Fiscal 2025, will require the Company to pay 20% of all collected revenues within
−Removed: 10 days of the end of each fiscal quarter;
−Removed: (vi) will require the Company to pay Kopple 20% of any amount raised in new capital in the
−Removed: form of equity, debt or convertible debt above $3.5 million;
−Removed: (vii) reduces the exercise price of the warrants granted to Kopple in March
−Removed: 2022 from $0.85 per share to $0.50 per share;
−Removed: and (vii) extends the warrant expiration date from March 8, 2029, to March 31, 2031.
−Removed: The Company will account for this amendment in the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, for fiscal year 2025.
−Removed: We consider the transactions described above with
−Removed: Kopple to be related party transactions.
−Removed: Proceedings” and “Part IV, Item 15, Note 9 and Note 17 to the Financial Statements” included elsewhere in this Annual
−Removed: Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the dispute and settlement with Mr.
+Added: Prior to Fiscal 2020, in order
+Added: to maintain liquidity, we relied upon external sources of financing, principally equity financing and private indebtedness.
+Added: bank line of credit and will require additional debt or equity financing to fund ongoing operations.
+Added: Based on a cash flow analysis performed
+Added: by management, we estimate that we will need an additional $6 million to maintain existing operations for Fiscal 2026 and increase the
+Added: volume of shipments to customers.
+Added: We cannot assure the reader that additional financing will be available nor that the commercial targets
+Added: will be met in the amounts required to keep the business operating.
+Added: The issuance of additional shares of equity in connection with such
+Added: financing could dilute the interests of our existing stockholders, and such dilution could be substantial.
+Added: If we cannot raise the needed
+Added: funds, we will also be forced to make further substantial reductions in our operating expenses, which could adversely affect our ability
+Added: to implement our current business plan and ultimately our viability as a company.
+Added: Legal Proceedings”
+Added: and “Part IV, Item 15, and Note 9 to the Financial Statements” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information
+Added: regarding the dispute and settlement with Mr.
Kopple regarding these transactions.
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