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as identified below under “Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”.
−Removed: Since the type of material
−Removed: weakness identified below have a pervasive effect across the inventory transaction cycle, management has determined that these circumstances
−Removed: constitute material weakness that therefore affects disclosure controls and procedures.
Management’s Report on Internal Control
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to financial statement preparation and presentation.
−Removed: During the period covered
−Removed: by this filing, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: Based upon the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, we do not yet
−Removed: have sufficient internal controls over financial reporting and procedures to ensure that all the information required to be disclosed
−Removed: in our Exchange Act reports was recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis.
+Added: During the period covered by this filing, we conducted an evaluation,
+Added: under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
+Added: of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our internal controls over financial reporting.
+Added: Due to the short time period between
+Added: the date of our acquisition of Amiga in October 2023 and our fiscal year end on December 31, 2023, we have excluded Amiga from the scope
+Added: of our assessment and from management's report on internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Amiga is a small business and represents
+Added: 5.0% of our 2023 revenues and 2.3% of our 2023 net loss.
+Added: There was no material change to its internal control over financial reporting
+Added: due to the acquisition.
+Added: Based upon our evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December
+Added: 31, 2023, we do not have sufficient internal controls over financial reporting and procedures to ensure that all the information required
+Added: to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports was recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis.
We identified the following
material weakness which existed as of December 31, 2023:
−Removed: The Company currently does not have sufficient controls in place to ensure that all inventory is appropriately tracked and recorded on a timely basis, given the lack of an automated tracking system and the manual nature of its current processes and controls surrounding inventory.
−Removed: The Company performs
−Removed: manual processes during the year to track and control inventory transactions, apply labor and overheads to inventory and to perform
−Removed: a wall-to-wall physical inventory at the end of the year to confirm the ending inventory balance and valuation.
−Removed: processes provide good results in determining inventory and cost of sales transactions, as we grow, it has become a very
−Removed: time-consuming process and could impact our ability to submit timely reporting.
−Removed: While manual controls improved significantly in 2022
−Removed: at our San Diego location, we determined we had similar issues with manufacturing systems at our Chicago facility that was added in 2022
−Removed: as a result of the AllCell Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: A manufacturing system will provide automated processes, better controls,
−Removed: and improved management tools to analyze and plan production.
−Removed: This will avoid over-purchasing or shortages of inventory.
−Removed: these controls have a pervasive effect across the inventory transaction cycle, management has determined that these circumstances constitute
−Removed: a material weakness, based on the criteria established in the “Internal Integrated Framework” issued by COSO in 2013 and as
−Removed: a result, we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: Carryforward material weakness:
+Added: The Company has a material weakness that was previously identified, that
+Added: has not yet been completely remediated.
+Added: The Company currently does not have sufficient controls in place to ensure that all inventory
+Added: is appropriately tracked and recorded on a timely basis, given the lack of an automated tracking system and the manual nature of its current
+Added: processes and controls surrounding inventory.
+Added: This includes a manual process for completing an allocation of labor and overhead to our
+Added: products on a timely basis.
+Added: The Company implemented a NetSuite ERP system in Q4 2023 which we believe will remedy this deficiency.
+Added: NetSuite ERP system is continually undergoing additional configuration to effectively remediate the internal control weakness when fully
+Added: Material weaknesses identified at December 31, 2023:
+Added: During Q4 2023, the Company implemented NetSuite
+Added: ERP system to automate operations and accounting for the San Diego and Chicago locations.
+Added: We did not implement program change
+Added: management and user access controls to ensure that:
+Added: IT program and data changes affecting the Company’s financial IT applications & underlying accounting records are identified,
+Added: tested, authorized, and implemented appropriately, and
+Added: Appropriate segregation of duties that would adequately restrict user access and ensure adequate review of transactions.
+Added: Because we are a small company, many employees
+Added: have multiple job responsibilities, and during the implementation in Q4, the access was allowed for employees to access necessary tasks.
+Added: As we move forward into 2024, we will assign access to ensure the proper segregation of duties.
+Added: Additionally, we need to ensure the employees
+Added: are adequately trained and able to resolve issues timely.
+Added: The Company needs to establish appropriate procedures for change management
+Added: to ensure changes to the system are formally approved, properly restricted to appropriate personnel, and adequately tested.
+Added: In our review, we noted that the Company
+Added: did not implement adequate controls relating to documentation of the review and approval of reconciliations and other schedules prepared
+Added: internally to be included or disclosed in the financial statements.
+Added: Many of our reports and reconciliations are performed in Excel spreadsheets,
+Added: and we did not adequately validate the segregation of duties between the preparer and the approver with a signature and time stamp.
+Added: has many robust internal control features that can be configured and utilized to ensure workflow approvals are adhered to and integrated
+Added: into documentation.
+Added: Since these controls have
+Added: a pervasive effect across our financial statements, management has determined that these circumstances constitute a material weakness,
+Added: based on the criteria established in the “Internal Integrated Framework” issued by COSO in 2013 and as a result, we did not
+Added: maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023.
No Attestation Report by Independent Registered
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During the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022, we significantly improved our manual inventory processes related to ordering, counting, warehousing, valuing and transacting
−Removed: our inventory at our San Diego facility.
−Removed: We selected an ERP System and began planning the implementation scheduled for January through
−Removed: At the same time, we continue to implement process improvements in our Chicago facility which will provide for better controls
−Removed: in manufacturing.
−Removed: At March 31, 2022, we identified the
−Removed: following material weakness:
−Removed: With regard to a business combination that was completed during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we identified that the controls over the review of the business combination were not designed effectively such that a material error in the calculation of the purchase price was not detected in a timely manner.
−Removed: During the quarters ended
−Removed: June 30, September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2022, the Company implemented a control to review third-party valuation reports, which include
−Removed: formalized review procedures and enhanced communications with third-party experts.
−Removed: We believe that these controls have effectively addressed
−Removed: the material weakness identified in the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and that this no longer represents a material weakness.
+Added: December 31, 2023, we implemented NetSuite ERP System for our San Diego and Chicago facilities.
+Added: This system provides automated functions
+Added: to assist with our inventory, purchasing and materials management processes as well as to simplify our accounting and reporting requirements.
OTHER INFORMATION.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1
+Added: trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of
+Added: Regulation S-K.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
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Incorporated by Reference
−Removed: Purchase Agreement By and Between Beam Global and AllCell Technologies, LLC dated February 16, 2022
+Added: Purchase Agreement By and Between Beam Global and All Cell Technologies, LLC dated February 16, 2022
+Added: Share Sale and Purchase Agreement dated October 6, 2023
of Incorporation
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of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated September 14, 2020
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated July 19, 2021
of Registrant
−Removed: of Registrant's Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
+Added: Description of Registrant's Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
of Investor Warrant
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of Stock Option Agreement
−Removed: and Restated 10% Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of December 31, 2010, issued to John Evey
−Removed: Agreement by and between Envision Solar International, Inc.
−Removed: and Desmond Wheatley, effective as of January 1, 2016
−Removed: to Employment Agreement for Desmond Wheatley, effective as of January 1, 2016
−Removed: to Employment Agreement for Desmond Wheatley, effective as of January 1, 2021
−Removed: Convertible Promissory Note, dated September 18, 2017
Agreement -Purchase Order Financing, dated September 18, 2017
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Stock Unit Award Agreement
−Removed: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (RSM US LLP)
+Added: Binding Letter of Intent Agreement dated June 12, 2023
+Added: Offer Letter to Lisa Potok dated November 15, 2023
+Added: List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant
+Added: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Marcum LLP)
+Added: Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (RSM US LLP)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
+Added: Clawback Policy
Inline XBRL Instance Document
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Index to Financial Statements
−Removed: Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 49 )
+Added: Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Marcum PCAOB ID 0 688 ) (RSM PCAOB ID 49 )
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for
+Added: the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
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Notes to Financial Statements
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
+Added: ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
+Added: Opinion on the Financial Statements
+Added: We have audited the accompanying consolidated
+Added: balance sheet of Beam Global (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations and
+Added: comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively
+Added: referred to as the “financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
+Added: the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows the year then ended,
+Added: in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility
+Added: of the Company's management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audit.
+Added: are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and
+Added: are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules
+Added: and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audit in accordance with the
+Added: standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
+Added: statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged
+Added: to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding
+Added: of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal
+Added: control over financial reporting.
+Added: Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
+Added: Our audit included performing procedures to assess
+Added: the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
+Added: to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
+Added: the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: Critical Audit Matters
+Added: The critical audit matters communicated below
+Added: are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to
+Added: the audit committee and that:
+Added: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our
+Added: especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
+Added: The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion
+Added: on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions
+Added: on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
+Added: Business Combination
+Added: Critical Audit Matter Description
+Added: The Company completed the acquisition of all of
+Added: the equity stock of Amiga DOO Kraljevo.
+Added: The Company has accounted for this acquisition as a business combination under ASC Topic 805 “Business
+Added: Combinations.” Accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective
+Added: The principal consideration for our determination
+Added: that the evaluation of the acquisition-date fair values of the assets acquired and contingent earnout consideration was a critical audit
+Added: matter is the high degree of subjective auditor judgment associated with evaluating management’s determination of the fair values
+Added: of the acquired assets, which is primarily due to the complexity of the valuation models used and the sensitivity of the underlying significant
+Added: The key assumptions used within the valuation models included prospective financial information such as future revenue growth
+Added: and an applied discount rate.
+Added: The calculated fair values are sensitive to changes in these key assumptions.
+Added: How the Critical Audit Matter was Addressed
+Added: Our audit procedures related to the evaluation
+Added: of acquisition-date fair values of assets acquired and contingent earnout consideration included the following, among others:
+Added: · We obtained the purchase price allocation analysis
+Added: from management and the third-party specialists engaged by management.
+Added: o We assessed the qualifications and competence of management and the third-party specialists;
+Added: o We evaluated the methodologies used to determine the fair values of the land and property, and machinery
+Added: and equipment, and earnout contingent consideration.
+Added: · We tested the assumptions used within the models
+Added: to estimate the fair values of the acquired assets and contingent earnout consideration, which included key assumptions such as the future
+Added: revenue growth and the applied discount rate.
+Added: · We assessed the reasonableness of management’s
+Added: forecast by inquiring with management to understand how the forecast was developed and comparing the projections to historical results
+Added: and external sources, including industry trends and peer companies’ historical data.
+Added: · We involved our internal valuation specialist
+Added: who assisted in the evaluation and testing performed on the reasonableness of significant assumptions to the models and simulations.
+Added: /s/ Marcum LLP
+Added: We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
+Added: April 16, 2024
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
−Removed: To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Beam Global
+Added: Stockholders and Board of Directors
Opinion on the Financial Statements
−Removed: We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Beam Global (the
−Removed: Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for the
−Removed: years then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly,
−Removed: in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations
−Removed: and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Beam Global (the
+Added: Company) as of December 31, 2022, the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for the year then
+Added: ended, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements
+Added: present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations
+Added: and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
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We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: Critical Audit Matter
−Removed: The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from
−Removed: the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and
−Removed: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging,
−Removed: subjective or complex judgments.
−Removed: The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements,
−Removed: taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit
−Removed: matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
−Removed: Valuation of Acquired Intangible Assets and Contingent Consideration
−Removed: As described in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company completed
−Removed: the acquisition of substantially all the assets of All Cell Technologies, LLC.
−Removed: (“All Cell”) for $16.4 million on March 4,
−Removed: The purchase price included contingent consideration of $1.25 million.
−Removed: The Company accounted for this transaction under the acquisition
−Removed: method of accounting for business combinations.
−Removed: Accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
−Removed: based on their fair values, including identified intangible assets of $10.4 million and resulting goodwill of $4.6 million.
−Removed: value the identified intangible assets, which included developed technology, a tradename, and customer relationships, the Company used
−Removed: an income approach and valuation model.
−Removed: The model requires management to make significant assumptions, which include, where applicable,
−Removed: forecasted future cash flows, forecasted revenue growth rates, a royalty rate and discount rates.
−Removed: We identified the valuation of acquired intangible assets and contingent
−Removed: consideration as of acquisition date as a critical audit matter as there was a high degree of auditor judgment and increased audit effort,
−Removed: including the use of valuation specialists, when performing audit procedures and evaluating audit evidence related to the reasonableness
−Removed: of significant estimates and assumptions utilized in management’s calculations.
−Removed: Our audit procedures related to the significant estimates and assumptions
−Removed: over the valuation of acquired intangibles and contingent consideration included the following, among others:
−Removed: • We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s forecasts of future cash flows and revenue growth rates by comparing historical
−Removed: results of All Cell, certain peer companies, and actual results to management’s forecasts.
−Removed: • We evaluated the reasonableness of managements’ projections of future revenue and estimated backlog used in measuring the fair
−Removed: value of the contingent consideration and intangible assets by comparing the significant assumptions used to market participant projection
−Removed: growth rates, current industry and economic trends and actual historical performance.
−Removed: • With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the valuation methodology, royalty rate and discount
−Removed: rates utilized by management by:
−Removed: − Testing the source information underlying the determination of the royalty rate and discount rates and testing the mathematical accuracy
−Removed: of the calculations.
−Removed: − Developing a range of independent estimates for the discount rates and comparing those to the discount rates selected by management.
/s/ RSM US LLP
−Removed: We have served as the Company's auditor since 2021.
+Added: We served as the Company's auditor from
+Added: 2021 to 2024.
Los Angeles, California
−Removed: March 31, 2023
Balance Sheets
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Current assets
−Removed: Accounts receivable
+Added: Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 447 and $ 0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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Property and equipment, net
−Removed: Operating lease right of use asset
+Added: Operating lease right of use assets
Intangible assets, net
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Deferred revenue, current
+Added: Note payable, current
+Added: Deferred consideration, current
Contingent consideration, current
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Deferred revenue, noncurrent
+Added: Note payable, noncurrent
Contingent consideration, noncurrent
+Added: Other liabilities, noncurrent
+Added: Deferred tax liabilities, noncurrent
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent
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Preferred stock, $ 0.001 par value, 10,000,000 authorized, none outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 10,178,306 and 8,971,711 shares issued or issuable and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.001 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 14,398,243 and 10,178,306 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
+Added: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI)
Additional paid-in-capital
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these Financial Statements
−Removed: Statements of Operations
+Added: Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands, except per share data)
Cost of revenues
+Added: Gross profit (loss)
Operating expenses
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Interest income
+Added: Other (expense) income
Interest expense
−Removed: Total other income, net
Loss before income tax expense
Income tax expense
+Added: Net foreign currency translation adjustments
+Added: Total Comprehensive Loss
Net loss per share - basic
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(In thousands)
−Removed: Additional Paid-in-
+Added: Accumulated Other
+Added: Comprehensive
Stockholders'
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Stock issued to escrow account - unvested
−Removed: Stock option expense
−Removed: Warrants exercised for cash
−Removed: Stock option exercise (cashless)
−Removed: Stock option exercise (for cash)
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Stock issued for director services - vested
−Removed: Stock issued to escrow account - unvested
Stock issued for acquisition
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Balance at December 31, 2022
+Added: Stock issued for director services - vested
+Added: Stock issued to (released from) escrow account - unvested
+Added: Stock-based compensation to consultants
+Added: Settlement of earnout related to acquisition
+Added: Employee stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Proceeds from issuance of common stock, pursuant to public offering
+Added: Warrants exercised for cash
+Added: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI)
+Added: Stock issued for acquisition and expenses
+Added: Expenses to maintain Committed Equity Facility
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2023
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Provision on credit losses
Common stock issued for services
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities
−Removed: Employee stock-based compensation
−Removed: Amortization of operating lease right of use asset
+Added: Stock-based compensation
+Added: Stock Compensation expense for non-employees
Changes in assets and liabilities:
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Operating lease right of use asset
+Added: Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
+Added: Operating lease liability
Sales tax payable
Deferred revenue
+Added: Deferred tax liabilities
Net cash used in operating activities
Investing Activities:
+Added: Acquisition, net of cash acquired
Working capital payment for acquisition
−Removed: Purchases of equipment
+Added: Purchase of property and equipment
Funding of patent costs
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Financing Activities:
+Added: Proceeds from sale of common stock under committed equity facility, net of offering costs
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
−Removed: Proceeds from stock option exercises
Proceeds from warrant exercises
Payments of equity offering costs
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net decrease in cash
+Added: Proceeds from issuance of common stock, pursuant to public offering
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
+Added: Effect of exchange rate changes
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash
Cash at beginning of period
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Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
+Added: Cash paid for interest
Cash paid for taxes
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Issuance of stock for Committed Equity Line
+Added: Warrants issued for services to non-employee
+Added: Shares issued for services to non-employee
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
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DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND 2022
−Removed: CORPORATE ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
+Added: CORPORATE ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS
CORPORATE ORGANIZATION
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announced its rebranding and changed its corporate name to Beam
−Removed: Global (hereinafter the “Company”, “us”, “we”, “our” or “Beam”) and trading on Nasdaq:
+Added: Global (hereinafter the “Company”, “us”, “we”, “our” or “Beam”) and trading
BEEM and BEEMW.
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company based in Broadview, Illinois.
+Added: On October 20, 2023, the
+Added: Company completed an acquisition of Amiga DOO Kraljevo (“Amiga”), a company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of
+Added: steel structures with electronic integration located in Kraljevo, Serbia.
Refer to note 4, Business Combination for additional details.
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Beam is a cleantech innovation
−Removed: company based in San Diego, California and Broadview, Illinois.
−Removed: We develop, design, engineer, manufacture and sell high-quality, renewably
−Removed: energized infrastructure products for electric vehicle (“EV”) charging, outdoor media and branding, and energy security and
−Removed: disaster preparedness as well as safe and compact, highly energy-dense battery solutions.
−Removed: Beam’s products enable vital and highly
−Removed: valuable energy production in locations where it is either too expensive or too impactful to connect to the utility grid, or where the
−Removed: requirements for electrical power are so important that grid failures, like blackouts, are intolerable.
−Removed: Beam’s energy storage products
−Removed: provide high energy density in a safe, compact and bespoke form-factors ideal for the rapidly increasing numbers of mobile and stationary
−Removed: equipment and products which require electrical energy without being connected to the electrical grid.
+Added: Beam is a clean technology
+Added: innovator based in San Diego, California;
+Added: Broadview, Illinois and Kraljevo, Serbia.
+Added: We develop, design, engineer, manufacture and sell
+Added: high-quality, renewably energized infrastructure products for electric vehicle (“EV”) charging, outdoor media and branding,
+Added: and energy security and disaster preparedness as well as safe and compact, highly energy-dense battery solutions.
+Added: Beam’s products
+Added: enable vital and highly valuable energy production in locations where it is either too expensive or too impactful to connect to the utility
+Added: grid, or where the requirements for electrical power are so important that grid failures, like blackouts, are intolerable.
+Added: energy storage products provide high energy density in a safe, compact and bespoke form-factors ideal for the rapidly increasing numbers
+Added: of mobile and stationary equipment and products which require electrical energy without being connected to the electrical grid.
Beam’s products and
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outdoor media advertising.
+Added: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
USE OF ESTIMATES
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from those estimates.
−Removed: Significant estimates in the accompanying financial statements include the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable,
+Added: Significant estimates in the accompanying financial statements include
+Added: the allowance for credit losses (CECL),
valuation of inventory and standard cost allocations, depreciable lives of property and equipment, valuation of contingent consideration
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cash deposits were greater than the federally insured limits.
−Removed: March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department
−Removed: of Financial Protection and Innovation, which immediately appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as
−Removed: All deposits and substantially all the asset of SVB were transferred to Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A.
−Removed: which is no longer affiliated with SVB.
−Removed: The Company has full access to all of its deposited funds with SVBB and is in the process of
−Removed: establishing new accounts with a separate bank for its operations.
+Added: On March 10, 2023, Silicon
+Added: Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which immediately appointed
+Added: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver.
+Added: All deposits and substantially all the asset of SVB were transferred
+Added: to Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A.
+Added: (“SVBB”), which is no longer affiliated with SVB.
+Added: The Company has full access to all of
+Added: its deposited funds with SVBB and has opened accounts with Bank of America as well for its operations.
Major Customers
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the financial strength of its customers.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, one customer accounted for 11 % of total revenues.
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2021, revenues from two customers accounted for 33 % and 13 % of total revenues each.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, accounts
−Removed: receivable from three customers accounted for 30 %, 15 % and 11 % of total accounts receivable each with no other single customer accounting
−Removed: for more than 10% of the accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: At December 31, 2021, accounts receivable from four customers accounted for 30 %,
−Removed: 22 %, 13 % and 10 % of total accounts receivable with no other single customer accounting for more than 10% of the accounts receivable balance.
−Removed: For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had a heavy concentration of sales to
−Removed: federal, state and local governments which represented 62 % and 87 % of revenues, respectively.
−Removed: CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, three customer accounted for 37 %, 16 % and 10 % of total
+Added: revenues and for the year ended December 31, 2022, one customer accounted for 11 % of total revenues, each with no other single customer
+Added: accounting for more than 10% of revenues.
+Added: At December 31, 2023, accounts receivable from four customers accounted for 11 %, 10 %, 10 % and
+Added: 10 % of total accounts receivable and at December 31, 2022, accounts receivable from three customers accounted for 30 %, 15 % and 11 % of
+Added: total accounts receivable each with no other single customer accounting for more than 10% of the accounts receivable balance.
+Added: years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had a heavy concentration of sales to federal, state and local governments which represented
+Added: 80 % and 62 % of revenues, respectively.
For the purposes of the statements
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There were no cash equivalents at December 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022.
+Added: FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
+Added: The Company’s reporting
+Added: currency is U.S.
+Added: The functional currency of the Company is the U.S.
+Added: The functional currency of Amiga is the Serbian
+Added: The Company translates the assets and liabilities of Amiga at the exchange rates in effect on the balance sheet date.
+Added: Company translates the revenue, costs, and expenses of Amiga at the average rate of exchange rates in effect during the period.
+Added: Company includes translation gains and losses in the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance
+Added: sheet in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss.
+Added: Transactions undertaken in other currencies are translated using the
+Added: exchange rate in effect as of the transaction date and any exchange gains and losses resulting from these transactions are included
+Added: in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The translation gain for the period was $ 0.6
+Added: million resulting from transactions between the Company and Amiga, the timing of the transactions in relation to changes in exchange
+Added: rates and the fluctuation in the exchange rate between foreign currencies and the U.S.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
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to measure fair value:
−Removed: 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: 2 — Inputs, other than Level 1, that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets
−Removed: or liabilities;
+Added: Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: Level 2 — Inputs, other than Level 1, that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities;
quoted prices in markets that are not active;
−Removed: or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable
−Removed: market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
−Removed: 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets
−Removed: or liabilities.
+Added: or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
+Added: Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The Company’s financial
−Removed: instruments such as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses are carried
+Added: instruments such as accounts receivable, net, accounts payable, and accrued expenses are carried
at historical cost basis.
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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
−Removed: Accounts receivable are
−Removed: customer obligations due under normal trade terms.
−Removed: Management reviews accounts receivable on a periodic basis to determine if any
−Removed: receivables may become uncollectible.
−Removed: Management’s evaluation includes several factors including the aging of the accounts
−Removed: receivable balances, a review of significant past due accounts, dialogue with the customer, the financial profile of a customer, our
−Removed: historical write-off experience, net of recoveries, and economic conditions.
−Removed: The Company includes any accounts receivable balances
−Removed: that are determined to be uncollectible in its overall allowance for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: After all attempts to collect a receivable
−Removed: have failed, the receivable is written off against the allowance.
−Removed: There were no write-offs for bad debt in 2022 or 2021, and no allowances for doubtful accounts as of the years ended December 31, 2022 and
+Added: In 2023, the Company adopted
+Added: Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326):
+Added: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
+Added: The amendments in this ASU replace the incurred loss model for recognition of credit losses with a methodology that reflects
+Added: expected credit losses over the life of the loan and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information
+Added: to calculate credit loss estimates.
+Added: This update did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The Company does business and extends credit based on an evaluation of each customer’s financial condition, generally without requiring
+Added: Management reviews accounts receivable on a periodic basis to determine if any receivables may become uncollectible.
+Added: evaluation includes several factors including the aging of the accounts receivable balances, a review of significant past due accounts,
+Added: dialogue with the customer, the financial profile of a customer, our historical write-off experience, net of recoveries, and economic
+Added: Exposure to losses on receivables is expected to vary by customer due to the financial condition of each customer.
+Added: estimates future credit losses based on the age of customer receivable balances, collection history and forecasted economic trends.
+Added: Company monitors exposure to credit losses and maintains allowances for anticipated losses considered necessary under the circumstances.
+Added: The allowance for expected credit losses was $ 0.4
+Added: million at December 31, 2023.
+Added: Receivables acquired from Amiga had an allowance for expected credit losses of $ 1.0 million and
+Added: experienced net recoveries of $ 0.5 million and insignificant currency translation during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: no allowance for
+Added: expected credit losses or bad debt expense for the year ending December 31, 2022.
Inventory is stated at the
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Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, along with fixed assets below our capitalization threshold, are expensed as incurred.
+Added: Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment
+Added: whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: Recoverability of assets
+Added: to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be
+Added: generated by the asset.
+Added: If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which
+Added: the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.
+Added: There were no events triggering a review for impairment during
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023.
At the inception of a contract
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Acquisition-related costs are recognized separately from the acquisition and are expensed as incurred.
+Added: Assets acquired, including
+Added: identifiable intangible assets, are recorded at fair value upon acquisition and are carried at cost less accumulated amortization.
+Added: intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives except for customer relationships,
+Added: for which the amortization is recorded on an accelerated method over the estimate useful life.
Contingent consideration liability
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management’s estimates of discount rates and probability of achieving certain milestones.
−Removed: GOODWILL AND DEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
−Removed: Administrative costs for patents
−Removed: for which it believes it will achieve future economic value benefits are accumulated on the balance sheet as a patent asset until such
+Added: FINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
+Added: Administrative costs for patents are accumulated on the balance sheet as a patent asset until such
time as a patent is issued.
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costs will be expensed in the period in which the patent was denied or abandoned.
−Removed: Assets acquired, including
−Removed: identifiable intangible assets, are recorded at fair value upon acquisition and are carried at cost less accumulated amortization.
−Removed: intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives except for customer relationships,
−Removed: for which the amortization is recorded on an accelerated method over the estimate useful life.
Goodwill represents the excess
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in the fourth quarter of every year or when an event occurs, or circumstances change such that it is reasonably possible that an impairment
−Removed: There were no such triggering events during the year ended December 31, 2022 and the annual testing was performed
−Removed: in the fourth quarter with no impairment identified.
−Removed: Long-lived assets and certain
−Removed: identifiable intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an
−Removed: asset may not be recoverable.
−Removed: Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset
−Removed: to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.
−Removed: If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment
−Removed: to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.
−Removed: no events triggering a review for impairment during the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: There were no such triggering events during the year ended December 31, 2023 and the annual testing was performed in the fourth
+Added: quarter with no impairment identified.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
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The customer is typically
−Removed: obligated to make payment for such products within a 30-45 day period after delivery.
−Removed: Revenues from maintenance fees for services provided
−Removed: by the Company are recognized equally over the period of the maintenance term.
−Removed: Revenue values are fixed price arrangements determined
−Removed: at the time an order is placed or a contract is entered into.
−Removed: The customer is typically obligated to make payment for the service in advance
−Removed: of the maintenance period.
+Added: obligated to make payment for such products within a 30 to 45-day period after delivery.
+Added: Revenues from
+Added: maintenance fees for services provided by the Company are recognized equally over the period of the maintenance term.
+Added: Revenue values are
+Added: fixed price arrangements determined at the time an order is placed or a contract is entered into.
+Added: The customer is typically obligated
+Added: to make payment for the service in advance of the maintenance period.
Extended maintenance or warranty
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Revenue values
−Removed: are based upon fixed fee arrangements or hourly fee-based arrangements with agreed to hourly rates of service categories in line with
−Removed: expertise requirements.
−Removed: These services are billed to a customer as such services are provided and the customer will be obligated to make
−Removed: payments for such services typically within a 30-45 day period.
+Added: are based upon fixed fee arrangements or hourly fee-based arrangements with agreed hourly rates of service categories in line with expertise
+Added: requirements.
+Added: These services are billed to a customer as such services are provided and the customer will be obligated to make payments
+Added: for such services typically within a 30 to45-day period.
Revenue is recorded net of
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recorded a $ 0.1 million product warranty accrual in Accrued Expenses with an offset to Cost of Revenues, of which $ 0.1 million in repairs
−Removed: were completed during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had no product warranty
−Removed: accrual based on the Company’s minimal warranty expense.
+Added: were completed during the year.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a $ 0.2 million product warranty accrual, of
+Added: which $ 0.1 million in repairs were completed during the year.
COST OF REVENUES
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Compensation expense related
−Removed: to stock awards are measured based on an estimated fair value and the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized
−Removed: as an expense over the shorter of the service periods or vesting periods using the straight-line attribution method.
+Added: to stock awards is measured at estimated fair market value and the expense is amortized over the vesting period using the straight-line
+Added: attribution method and expense for performance based stock grants is amortized over the service period.
The Company estimates the
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As such, the Company has not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, tax years 2019 through 2021 remain open for IRS audit.
−Removed: The Company has received no notice of audit from the IRS
−Removed: for any of the open tax years.
+Added: All tax returns will remain open for examination by the federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, from
+Added: the date of utilization of any net operating loss carryforwards.
+Added: The Company has received no notice of audit from the IRS for any of the
+Added: open tax years.
NET LOSS PER SHARE
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securities are excluded from the computation if their effect is anti-dilutive.
−Removed: Options to purchase 336,758
−Removed: common shares, warrants to purchase 440,204
−Removed: shares of common stock, and restricted stock units to purchase 213,750 common shares were outstanding at December 31, 2022.
−Removed: to purchase 263,433
−Removed: common shares and warrants to purchase 519,658
−Removed: shares of common stock were outstanding at December 31, 2021.
−Removed: There were no restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2021.
−Removed: These shares were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 because
−Removed: the effects would have been anti-dilutive.
+Added: The following shares were
+Added: not included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 because the effects would have
+Added: been anti-dilutive.
These options and warrants may dilute future earnings per share.
−Removed: CONTINGENCIES
+Added: Schedule of anti-dilutive
+Added: Stock Options
+Added: Restricted Stock Units
+Added: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Certain conditions may exist
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In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the
−Removed: Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company's legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal
−Removed: proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
−Removed: assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably
−Removed: estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company's financial statements.
−Removed: If the assessment indicates that a potentially
−Removed: material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be reasonably estimated, then the nature
−Removed: of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable would be disclosed.
−Removed: The Company does
−Removed: not include legal costs in its estimates of amounts to accrue.
−Removed: The Company assesses its segment
−Removed: reporting based on how it internally manages and reports the results of its business to its chief operating decision maker.
−Removed: through the date of the All Cell acquisition, the Company had, and reported in, one reportable segment.
−Removed: Subsequent to the acquisition
−Removed: of All Cell, management continues to review financial results, manage the business and allocate resources on an aggregate basis.
−Removed: financial results continue to be reported in a single operating segment.
−Removed: RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
+Added: Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of
+Added: any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
+Added: If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can
+Added: be reasonably estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements.
+Added: If the assessment
+Added: indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be reasonably
+Added: estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable would
+Added: be disclosed.
+Added: The Company does not include legal costs in its estimates of amounts to accrue.
+Added: The Company assesses its segment reporting based on how it internally
+Added: manages and reports the results of its business to its chief operating decision maker.
+Added: Our financial results are reported in one operating
+Added: and reportable business segment.
+Added: RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
+Added: Recently adopted pronouncement s
In June 2016, the FASB issued
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reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets.
−Removed: The standard is effective for the Company
−Removed: beginning January 1, 2023.
−Removed: The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements.
+Added: The Company adopted this standard effective
+Added: January 1, 2023, with no material effect on the financial statements.
+Added: Recent pronouncement not yet adopted
+Added: In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, “Disclosure
+Added: Improvements” (“ASU 2023-06”), which amends the disclosure or presentation requirements
+Added: related to various subtopics in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) .
+Added: The ASU was issued
+Added: in response to the SEC’s disclosure update and simplification initiative issued in August 2018.
+Added: The effective date for the amendments
+Added: for each topic will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes
+Added: effective, with early adoptions prohibited.
+Added: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: “ Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures ” (“ASU 2023-09”).
+Added: ASU 2023-09 requires
+Added: disaggregated information about a company’s effective tax rate reconciliation and information on income taxes paid.
+Added: is effective for Beam beginning with our annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on the consolidated financial statements.
The Company has a history
−Removed: of net losses, including in the accompanying financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 where the Company had
−Removed: net losses of $ 19.7 million (which includes $ 9.1 million of non-cash expenses) and $ 6.6 million (which includes $ 1.3 million of non-cash
+Added: of net losses, including the accompanying financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 where the Company had net
+Added: losses of $ 16.1 million (which includes $ 4.3 million of non-cash expenses) and $ 19.7 million (which includes $ 9.1 million of non-cash
expenses), respectively, and net cash used in operating activities of $13.3 million and $18.1 million, respectively.
During 2023, the
−Removed: million of operating cash usage included $9.0 million increase in inventory and inventory-related prepayments to vendors to reduce the
−Removed: risk of potential shortages of cells required for battery manufacturing, and to increase work in process and finished inventory of EV
−Removed: ARC™ units based on forecasted requirements.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, the
−Removed: Company had a cash balance of $ 1.7 million and working capital of $ 6.8 million .
−Removed: The working capital balance has been reduced by a current liability of
−Removed: $6.8 million for contingent consideration, which is non-cash.
−Removed: Based on the Company’s current operating plan, the
−Removed: Company believes that it has the ability to fund its operations and meet contractual obligations for at least twelve months from the date
−Removed: of this report.
+Added: $13.3 million of operating cash usage included a $ 9.5 million increase in accounts receivable related to the strong increase in revenues
+Added: in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and the acquisition of Amiga.
+Added: At December 31, 2023,
+Added: the Company had a cash balance of $ 10.4
+Added: million and working capital of $ 23.8
+Added: In June 2023, the Company raised $ 25.4 million
+Added: in net proceeds from a public offering through the issuance of common stock which was intended to cover cash payments for the
+Added: acquisition of Amiga as well as for working capital.
+Added: Based on the Company’s current operating plan, the Company believes that
+Added: it has the ability to fund its operations and meet contractual obligations for at least twelve months from the date of this report.
In September 2022, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement with B.
−Removed: Riley Principal Capital II, LLC (“B.
+Added: Principal Capital II, LLC (“B.
Riley”) under which the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell up to
−Removed: $30.0 million shares or a maximum of 2.0 million shares of its common stock over a period of 24 months in its sole discretion (see note
−Removed: 11 for further information).
−Removed: The Company issued 37,741 shares in January and February 2023 for $ .7 million
−Removed: under this agreement.
+Added: $30.0 million shares or a maximum of two million shares of its common stock over a period of 24 months in its sole discretion (see
+Added: note 12 for further information).
+Added: The Company issued 198,033
+Added: shares of stock in 2023 for $ 2.5
+Added: million under this agreement.
Furthermore, we could pursue other equity or debt financings.
−Removed: In addition, the Company’s outstanding
−Removed: warrants have generated $ 0.5 million and $ 2.9 million of proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Company believes that it will become profitable in the next few years as our revenues continue to grow, we improve our gross margins and
−Removed: we leverage our overhead costs, but we expect to continue to incur losses for a period of time.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that profitable
−Removed: operations will be achieved, the warrants will be exercised or that additional capital or debt financing will be available.
+Added: In addition, the Company’s
+Added: outstanding warrants have generated $ 0.2
+Added: million and $ 0.5
+Added: million of proceeds during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: The Company believes that it will become
+Added: profitable in the next few years as our revenues continue to grow, we improve our gross profit margins and we leverage our overhead
+Added: costs, but we expect to continue to incur losses for a period of time.
+Added: There is no guarantee that profitable operations will be
+Added: achieved, the warrants will be exercised or that additional capital or debt financing will be available.
BUSINESS COMBINATION
−Removed: On March 4, 2022, the
−Removed: Company completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of All Cell Technologies, LLC (“All Cell”), a leader in
−Removed: energy storage solutions.
−Removed: We believe this strategic acquisition will increase and diversify our Company’s revenue, gross profitability,
−Removed: manufacturing capabilities, intellectual portfolio and customer base.
−Removed: The Company purchased substantially all of the assets and business
−Removed: of All Cell for 1,055,000 shares of Beam Common Stock (“Closing Consideration”) plus an additional $0.8 million in cash for
−Removed: the net working capital held by All Cell at closing.
+Added: Amiga DOO Kraljevo
+Added: October 20, 2023, the Company acquired Amiga DOO Kraljevo (“Amiga”), pursuant to a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement dated
+Added: October 6, 2023 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and the owners of Amiga (the “Sellers”).
+Added: to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired all the equity stock of Amiga from the Sellers in exchange for cash and common
+Added: With respect to the cash portion of the purchase price, the Company paid to the Sellers 4.6 million euros ($ 4.9 million) (“Tranche
+Added: 1 Payment”) at closing and an additional 2.5 million euros ($ 2.7 million) was deferred on December 31, 2023, and paid on January
+Added: 2, 2024 (“Deferred Tranche 2 Payment”).
+Added: With respect to the equity portion of the purchase price, the Company issued to the
+Added: Sellers 293,675 shares of our common stock (“Tranche 1 Issuance”) upon closing and an additional 158,132 shares before December
+Added: 31, 2023, (“Tranche 2 Issuance”).
+Added: Sellers are eligible to earn additional shares of the Company’s common stock if Amiga meets certain revenue milestones for the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 (the “Earnout Consideration”).
+Added: The Earnout Consideration that Sellers are eligible to receive
+Added: is equal to two times the amount of revenue of Amiga (“Amiga Net Revenue”) that is greater than specific revenue targets for
+Added: each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025.
+Added: The Earnout Consideration will be paid in the Company’s stock for each annual
+Added: target period and will be calculated based on the volume weighted average price of Beam’s common stock for the thirty trading days
+Added: prior to the end of the applicable measurement period.
+Added: In no event and under no circumstances will the Sellers receive from the Company
+Added: or will the Company issue to the Sellers an amount of the Company’s common stock that exceeds 19.99% of the total outstanding common
+Added: stock of the Company immediately prior to the closing.
+Added: An estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration has been recorded
+Added: in the opening balance sheet.
+Added: Additionally , if within five years of the closing date of the acquisition Amiga receives a final
+Added: award in specific legal proceedings in excess of EUR 3.8 million, the amount exceeding EUR 3.8 million is payable to the Sellers.
+Added: is not currently considered probable and therefore no accrual has been established.
+Added: 16, 2024, the Company and the Sellers entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) to remove the
+Added: requirement that the Sellers shall be providing services to Amiga as a condition to receive the Earnout Consideration.
+Added: located in Serbia, is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of steel structures with integrated electronics, such as streetlights,
+Added: cell towers, and ski lift towers.
+Added: We expect the acquisition of Amiga to assist in introducing our products to Europe, increasing
+Added: and diversifying our revenues, enhancing our manufacturing and engineering capabilities, accelerating the development of EV Standard™
+Added: and other products both in Europe and the US, adding new customer segments in both Europe and the US, increasing barriers to entry for
+Added: future competition, and advancing Beam’s position as a leader in the green economy.
+Added: The acquisition was accounted
+Added: for as a business combination in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations .
+Added: Goodwill represents
+Added: the premium the Company paid over net fair value of tangible and intangible assets acquired.
+Added: The valuation
+Added: of the Earnout Consideration was performed using a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the fair value of the contingent consideration,
+Added: which includes estimates and assumptions such as forecasted revenues of Amiga, discount rates, and the milestone settlement value.
+Added: such valuation includes the use of unobservable inputs, it is considered to be a Level 3 measurement.
+Added: The fair value of the Earnout Consideration
+Added: will be reassessed on a quarterly basis with the change recorded to operating expenses.
+Added: Change in the fair value of the Earnout Consideration
+Added: during the year ended December 31, 2023 is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Schedule of change in the fair value of earnout consideration - Amiga
+Added: Balance as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Acquisition of Amiga
+Added: Balance as of December 31, 2023
+Added: The following table summarizes the estimated fair
+Added: value allocation of consideration exchanged for the estimated fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition
+Added: The estimated fair value for working capital is generally equivalent to the net book value of the acquired assets and liabilities
+Added: on the acquisition date.
+Added: Fair value assigned to property, plant and equipment is based on real estate appraisals, market value comparisons,
+Added: or acquired net book value of recently acquired assets.
+Added: The valuation of the contingent consideration is based on a discounted cash flow
+Added: analysis using the Company’s forecasted results for the operations for the two years subject to revenue earn-out targets.
+Added: incurred $ 0.2 million of transaction costs during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, directly related to the acquisition that are
+Added: reflected in operating expenses in the statement of operations.
+Added: Consideration is comprised of the following (in
+Added: consideration comprised
+Added: Deferred Cash Consideration - Tranche 2
+Added: Deferred Equity Consideration - Tranche 2
+Added: Earnout Consideration
+Added: Total consideration
+Added: The following table shows the allocation of consideration
+Added: to assets and liabilities at fair value (in thousands):
+Added: Schedule of consideration to assets and liabilities
+Added: Assets Acquired
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable
+Added: Prepaid expenses
+Added: Property, plant and equipment
+Added: Total assets acquired
+Added: Accounts payable
+Added: Accrued expenses
+Added: Deferred revenue
+Added: Deferred tax liabilities
+Added: Other liabilities
+Added: Total liabilities assumed
+Added: Net assets acquired
+Added: All Cell Technologies, LLC
+Added: On March 4, 2022, the Company
+Added: acquired substantially all the assets of All Cell Technologies, LLC (“All Cell”), a leader in energy storage solutions.
+Added: acquisition has increased and diversified our Company’s revenue, intellectual property portfolio and customer base, and improved
+Added: our gross profitability and manufacturing capabilities.
+Added: The Company purchased substantially all of the assets and business of All Cell
+Added: for 1,055,000 shares of our common stock (“Closing Consideration”) plus an additional $ 0.9 million in cash for the net working
+Added: capital held by All Cell at closing.
In addition, All Cell is eligible
−Removed: to earn an additional number of shares of Beam Common Stock if Beam’s new energy storage business meets certain revenue milestones
−Removed: (the “Earnout Consideration”).
−Removed: The Earnout Consideration is:
−Removed: (i) two times the amount of energy storage products revenue and
−Removed: contracted backlog that is greater than $7.5 million for 2022, and (ii) two times the amount of energy storage products 2023 revenue only
−Removed: which exceeds the greater of either $13.5 million or 135% of the 2022 cumulative revenue, capped at $20.0 million.
−Removed: Revenues exceeding
−Removed: $20.0 million in 2023 will not be eligible for the Earnout Consideration.
−Removed: The maximum aggregate number of shares of Beam Common Stock
−Removed: that the Company will issue to All Cell for the Closing Consideration and Earnout Consideration will not exceed 1.8 million shares.
−Removed: from energy storage products used in Beam Global products will not be considered as contributing to the Earnout calculation.
+Added: to earn an additional number of shares of our common stock if the acquired energy storage business meets certain revenue milestones (the
+Added: “Earnout Consideration”).
+Added: The Earnout Consideration was:
+Added: (i) two times the amount of energy storage products revenue and contracted
+Added: backlog that is greater than $7.5 million for 2022 and is (ii) two times the amount of energy storage products 2023 revenue which exceeds
+Added: the greater of either $13.5 million or 135% of the 2022 cumulative revenue, capped at $20.0 million.
+Added: Any revenues exceeding $20.0 million
+Added: in 2023 will not be eligible for the Earnout Consideration.
+Added: The maximum aggregate number of shares of our common stock that we will issue
+Added: to All Cell for the Closing Consideration and Earnout Consideration will not exceed 1.8 million shares.
+Added: Revenue from energy storage products
+Added: used in Beam Global products will not be considered as contributing to revenue in the Earnout calculation.
+Added: The Company issued 446,815
+Added: shares of stock valued at $ 7.05 million as payment for the 2022 Earnout Consideration.
+Added: No shares were earned or issued for the 2023 Earnout
+Added: Consideration.
+Added: The valuation of the Earnout
+Added: Consideration was performed using a two-factor Monte Carlo simulation, which includes estimates and assumptions such as forecasted revenues
+Added: of All Cell, volatility, discount rates, share price and the milestone settlement value.
+Added: As such valuation includes the use of unobservable
+Added: inputs, it is considered to be a Level 3 measurement.
+Added: The fair value of the Earnout Consideration is reassessed on a quarterly basis with
+Added: the change recorded to operating expenses.
+Added: Change in the fair value of the Earnout Consideration during the year ended December 31, 2022
+Added: and the year ended December 31, 2023 is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Schedule of change in the fair value of earnout consideration
+Added: Balance as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Acquisition of All Cell
+Added: Change in estimated fair value
+Added: Balance as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Issue earnout shares for 2022
+Added: Change in estimated fair value
+Added: Balance as of December 31, 2023
The fair value of consideration
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The goodwill is expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes.
−Removed: The valuation of the Earnout
−Removed: Consideration was performed using a two-factor Monte Carlo simulation, which includes estimates and assumptions such as forecasted revenues
−Removed: of All Cell, volatility, discount rates, share price and the milestone settlement value.
−Removed: As such valuation includes the use of unobservable
−Removed: inputs, it is considered to be a Level 3 measurement.
−Removed: The fair value of the Earnout Consideration is reassessed on a quarterly basis
−Removed: with the change recorded to operating expenses.
−Removed: Change in the fair value of the Earnout Consideration during the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 is as follows (in thousands):
−Removed: Schedule of fair value earnout
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Acquisition of All Cell
−Removed: Change in estimated fair value
−Removed: Balance as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: The fair values
−Removed: assigned to identifiable intangible assets and goodwill acquired are as follows ($ in thousands):
+Added: The fair values assigned to
+Added: identifiable intangible assets and goodwill acquired are as follows ($ in thousands):
Schedule of acquired intangible assets
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estimated useful lives except for customer deposits which uses accelerated depreciation.
−Removed: Pro Forma Unaudited Financial
−Removed: The following pro forma
−Removed: unaudited financial information summarizes the combined results of operations of Beam Global and All Cell as if the companies had
−Removed: been combined as of the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2021 (unaudited and in thousands):
−Removed: Schedule of Pro Forma Information
−Removed: Year Ended December 31,
−Removed: The pro forma unaudited financial
−Removed: information is presented for information purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved
−Removed: had the acquisition been completed at the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: In addition, the pro forma unaudited financial
−Removed: information is not a projection of future results of operations of the combined company, nor does it reflect the expected realization
−Removed: of any synergies or cost savings associated with the acquisition.
−Removed: The pro forma unaudited financial information includes adjustments to
−Removed: reflect the incremental amortization expense of the identifiable intangible assets and transaction costs, as well as removes the impact
−Removed: of the debt that was not acquired by the Company and payments to a non-employee.
−Removed: The statement of operations
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes revenues of $ 5.2 million and loss from operations of $ 10.1 million , respectively, from the
−Removed: acquired All Cell business.
+Added: Pro Forma Unaudited Financial Information
+Added: The unaudited pro forma information
+Added: for the periods set forth below gives effect to the acquisitions of Amiga and All Cell had they occurred on January 1, 2022.
+Added: forma information is presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would
+Added: have been achieved had the transactions been consummated as of that time nor does in purport to be indicative of future financial operating
+Added: The pro forma unaudited financial information includes a conservative estimate of sell-through of the Company’s legacy
+Added: products, as well as updated depreciation related to the fair value adjustments from the acquisitions.
+Added: Pro forma net revenues for the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2023 and 2022 are $ 75.3 million and $ 32.3 million, respectively.
+Added: Proforma net loss for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: are $ 16.8 million and $ 22 .0 million, respectively.
+Added: The consolidated statement of operations includes revenue of $ 11.9 and net loss of $ 5.8 million related to acquired operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.
PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
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Related party receivable
−Removed: Total prepaid expenses and other current assets
−Removed: Related party receivables
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted primarily of payroll related taxes due for stock-based compensation.
+Added: Total prepaid expenses and other current
+Added: Related party receivables as of December 31, 2023
+Added: and 2022 consisted primarily of payroll related taxes due for stock-based compensation.
Inventories are stated at
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Costs are determined using the first in-first out (FIFO) method.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and
−Removed: 2021, inventory consists of the following (in thousands):
+Added: As of December 31, 2023
+Added: and 2022, inventory consists of the following (in thousands):
Schedule of inventory
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Computer equipment and software
−Removed: Leasehold improvements
+Added: Land, buildings and leasehold improvements
Machinery and equipment
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and 2022 was $ 0.9 million and $ 0.4 million, respectively.
−Removed: In 2022, $ 0.2 million of depreciation was capitalized into inventory as manufacturing
−Removed: overhead costs.
−Removed: Depreciation capitalized in 2021 was immaterial.
+Added: In 2023 and 2022, $ 0.2 million and $ 0.2 million of depreciation was capitalized
+Added: into inventory as manufacturing overhead costs, respectively.
+Added: See Note 4 for additional details of the acquisition of land, buildings
+Added: and machinery and equipment.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
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Accumulated Amortization
+Added: Net Carrying Amount
Weighted-average Amortization Period (yrs)
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Customer relationships
−Removed: Intangible assets, net
−Removed: Intangible assets as of December
−Removed: 31, 2021 consisted of patents, for which the gross carrying amount was $ 0.4 million .
−Removed: Amortization expense for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 was $ 1.0 million and immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: Intangible assets
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: Gross Carrying Amount
+Added: Accumulated Amortization
+Added: Net Carrying Amount
+Added: Weighted-average Amortization Period (yrs)
+Added: Developed technology
+Added: Customer relationships
+Added: Intangible assets
+Added: Amortization expense for each
+Added: of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 1 .0 million.
Amortization expense for intangible assets held as of December 31, 2023
−Removed: 31, 2022 will be $ 1.2 million for 2023, and $ 1.1 million for each of the years 2024 – 2027.
−Removed: ACCRUED EXPENSES
+Added: will be $ 1 .0 million for each of the years 2024 – 2028.
+Added: ACCRUED EXPENSES AND LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
The major components of accrued expenses
−Removed: are summarized as follows (in thousands):
+Added: and long-term liabilities are summarized as follows (in thousands):
Schedule of accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued Expenses:
Accrued vacation
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Vendor accruals
+Added: Accrued warranty
Other accrued expense
Total accrued expenses
+Added: Other Long-Term Liabilities:
+Added: Long-term deferred tax liability
+Added: Acquired long-term liability
+Added: Total long-term liabilities
+Added: Acquired long-term liability of $ 3.8 million consists of a restructuring
+Added: debt settlement from the acquisition of Amiga.
+Added: The debt restructuring was entered into in 2021 for a nine year term with seven years remaining
+Added: at December 31, 2023.
+Added: Payments are due quarterly as a percent of the remaining balance due.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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recorded $ 0.2 million in right-of-use asset and lease liability.
−Removed: The lease term ends on August 31, 2023 and contains clauses for annual
+Added: The lease term ended on August 31, 2023 and contains clauses for annual
rent escalation.
The present values of the lease payment streams were calculated using an effective borrowing rate of 10 %.
−Removed: is currently evaluating options for its battery manufacturing facility.
−Removed: During the twelve months ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: and 2021, cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $ 0.6 million and $ 0.4 million , respectively.
−Removed: Operating lease cost for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $ 0.8 million and $ 0.7 million , respectively.
+Added: remained in the facility on a month-to-month lease and then entered into a five-year lease extension effective February 1, 2024.
+Added: of the Amiga acquisition, the Company assumed a lease for a small office and a few other small leases in Belgrade, Serbia, which have
+Added: an indefinite term and may be terminated at any time with 30 days notice.
+Added: Because of the short term and small value, these leases were
+Added: not capitalized.
+Added: The weighted average remaining lease term is 3.3 years.
+Added: During the twelve months ended
+Added: December 31, 2023 and 2022, cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $ 0.8 million and $ 0.6
+Added: million, respectively.
+Added: Operating lease cost for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $ 0.8 million and $ 0.8 million,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the
+Added: Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments to present value.
+Added: The estimated incremental borrowing rate
+Added: is derived from information available at the lease commencement date.
The future minimum rental
−Removed: commitments for our operating leases reconciled to the lease liability as of December 31, 2022 is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: commitments for our operating leases is as follows (in thousands):
Schedule of minimum lease
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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
+Added: Stock Issued for Public Offering
+Added: In June 2023, the Company sold 3,062,500 shares
+Added: of its common stock at an offering price of $ 9.00 per share in a public offering.
+Added: The offering provided net proceeds of approximately
+Added: $ 25.4 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses paid by the Company.
Stock Issued for Acquisition
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shares of its common stock upon acquiring certain assets of All Cell during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: See further discussion in
+Added: An additional 446,815 shares
+Added: were issued in 2023 to All Cell in payment of contingent consideration for 2022 results.
+Added: The Company issued 451,807
+Added: shares of its common stock upon acquiring Amiga during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: See further discussion in note 4.
Business Combination.
Committed Equity Facility
−Removed: On September 2, 2022, the
−Removed: Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement with
−Removed: Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, to sell to B.
−Removed: Riley up to $ 30.0 million ,
−Removed: or a maximum of 2.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock at 97% of the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”)
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock on the trading day, calculated in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, over a period of 24 months
+Added: September 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with B.
+Added: to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, to sell to B.
+Added: Riley up to $30.0 million, but in any event,
+Added: a maximum of 2 million shares of the Company’s common stock at 97% of the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of
+Added: the Company’s common stock on the trading day, calculated in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, over a period of 24 months
subject to certain limitations and conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement.
Sales and timing of any sales are solely at the election
−Removed: of the Company, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any securities to B.
+Added: of the Company, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any common stock to B.
Riley under the Purchase Agreement.
As consideration
−Removed: Riley’s commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company issued 10,484 shares of its common
−Removed: stock and will issue an additional 10,484 shares of its common stock or a cash payment of $ 150,000 , at the Company’s sole discretion,
−Removed: sometime after the first VWAP purchase occurs.
−Removed: The Company incurred an aggregate
−Removed: cost of approximately $0.4 million in connection with the Purchase Agreement, including the fair value of the 10,484 shares of common
−Removed: stock issued to B.
−Removed: Riley upon the execution of the agreement, which was recorded to prepaid expenses and other current assets on the Balance
−Removed: Sheet to be offset against future proceeds from the sale of the Company’s common stock under the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022, the Company issued 1,436 shares under this agreement.
−Removed: The proceeds were fully offset by costs previously deferred.
+Added: Riley’s commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock the Company issued B.
+Added: Riley 10,484 shares of its
+Added: common stock in both September 2022 and April 2023.
+Added: Company incurred an aggregate cost of approximately $0.4 million in connection with the Purchase Agreement, including the fair value of
+Added: the shares of common stock issued to B.
+Added: Riley, which were recorded as equity on the Balance Sheet and offset proceeds from the sale of
+Added: the Company’s common stock under the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 198,033 shares under the Purchase Agreement for $ 2.5 million in proceeds, of which
+Added: $ 0.5 million was offset by the offering costs.
+Added: Stock Issued For Services
+Added: In March 2023, the Company
+Added: issued 6,444 shares of its common stock in exchange for marketing services to be provided over a six-month period.
+Added: The number of shares
+Added: were determined by dividing $ 0.1 million by the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) per share of the Company’s common stock for
+Added: the 30 days preceding the effective date which was $ 15.518 .
+Added: The shares were then valued based on a market price on the date of grant of
+Added: $ 14.72 resulting in a fair value of $ 0.1 million which was recorded to prepaid expenses and other current assets upon issuance and recognized
+Added: over the service period which ended in the third quarter of 2023.
Awards Under Stock Incentive Plans
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employee option grants generally have a term of ten years and vest immediately upon grant.
−Removed: The fair value of each
−Removed: option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
−Removed: This model incorporates certain assumptions
−Removed: for inputs including a risk-free market interest rate, expected dividend yield of the underlying common stock, expected option life
−Removed: and expected volatility in the market value of the underlying common stock based on our historical volatility.
−Removed: The Black-Scholes
−Removed: option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options, which have no vesting restrictions and
−Removed: are fully transferable.
−Removed: In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the
−Removed: expected stock price volatility because the Company’s stock options and warrants have characteristics different from those of
−Removed: its traded stock, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate.
−Removed: We used the assumptions in the
−Removed: table below and we assumed there would not be dividends granted for the options granted in fiscal 2022 and 2021:
−Removed: Assumptions for options granted
+Added: The fair value of each option
+Added: is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
+Added: This model incorporates certain assumptions for inputs
+Added: including a risk-free market interest rate, expected dividend yield of the underlying common stock, expected option life and expected
+Added: volatility in the market value of the underlying common stock based on our historical volatility.
+Added: The Black-Scholes option-pricing model
+Added: was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options, which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable.
+Added: addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility because
+Added: the Company’s stock options and warrants have characteristics different from those of its traded stock, and because changes in the
+Added: subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate.
+Added: We used the assumptions in
+Added: the table below and we assumed there would not be dividends granted for the options granted in fiscal 2023 and 2022:
+Added: Schedule of assumptions for
+Added: options granted
+Added: Year ended December 31,
Expected volatility
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Contractual Life
+Added: (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
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Exercisable at December 31, 2023
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: stock option compensation expense was $ 0.9
−Removed: million and $ 0.4
−Removed: million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and there was $ 1.1
−Removed: million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to outstanding stock options at December 31, 2022 which will be
−Removed: recognized over 3.9
−Removed: Total intrinsic value of options exercised was immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $ 1.8
−Removed: million during the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Total intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable were
−Removed: million and $ 1.9
−Removed: million , respectively, as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Number of stock options vested and unvested as of December 31, 2022 were 251,129
−Removed: respectively.
+Added: The Company’s stock option compensation expense
+Added: was $ 0.7 million and $ 0.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and there was $ 1.3 million of total
+Added: unrecognized compensation costs related to outstanding stock options at December 31, 2023 which will be recognized over 4 .0 years.
+Added: were no options exercised in the year ended December 31, 2023, and the total intrinsic value of options exercised was immaterial for the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Number of stock options vested and unvested as of December 31, 2023 were 335,745 and 146,113 , respectively.
Restricted Stock Units
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granted 285,000 restricted stock units (RSUs) to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), half of which contains performance conditions (PSUs).
−Removed: 50% of the RSUs without performance condition vested upon grant, with 25% vesting on February 1 st of 2024 and 2025.
−Removed: of shares issuable under the PSUs are determined based on the achievement of performance metrics specific to the Company that is measured
+Added: 50% of the RSUs without performance condition vested upon grant, and 25% will vest on February 1 st of 2024 and 2025.
+Added: of shares issuable under the PSUs are determined based on the achievement of performance metrics specific to the Company that are measured
at the end of fiscal year 2024.
−Removed: summary of activity of the RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2022 is as follows :
+Added: The fair value of both the RSUs and PSUs were based on the stock price of $13.05 per share on the date
+Added: The PSUs were further reviewed to determine estimated performance over the term and then a factor was applied ranging from 0%
+Added: to 150% of the grant date fair value.
+Added: This estimate is reviewed quarterly.
+Added: A summary of activity of the RSUs for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2023, is as follows:
Schedule of restricted stock units
−Removed: PSU Nonvested Shares
−Removed: RSU Nonvested Shares
−Removed: Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
+Added: Average Grant-
+Added: Date Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2021
Nonvested at December 31, 2022
+Added: Nonvested at December 31, 2023
Stock compensation expense
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expense remaining to be recognized over 1.2 years as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Fair value of restricted stock units vested during the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022 was $ 0.9 million .
+Added: There were no restricted stock units that vested during the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2023.
Restricted Stock Awards
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four quarters.
−Removed: The Company also issues restricted stock to its CEO, for which generally 50% of the shares granted vest ratably over four
−Removed: quarters and the remaining 50% vest ratably over twelve quarters.
−Removed: The common stock related to these awards are issued to an escrow account
−Removed: on the date of grant and released to the grantee upon vest.
−Removed: The fair value is determined based on the closing stock price of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock on the date granted and the related expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period.
+Added: Through 2022, the Company also issued restricted stock to its CEO, for which generally 50% of the shares granted vest ratably
+Added: over four quarters and the remaining 50% vest ratably over twelve quarters.
+Added: The common stock related to these awards are issued to an
+Added: escrow account on the date of grant and released to the grantee upon vest.
+Added: The fair value is determined based on the closing stock price
+Added: of the Company’s common stock on the date granted and the related expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period.
A summary of activity of the restricted stock
awards for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:
−Removed: Schedule of restricted stock award activity
+Added: Schedule of restricted stock awards
Average Grant-
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Nonvested at December 31, 2023
−Removed: Stock compensation expense related to restricted stock awards was $ 0.4 million and $ 0.7 million during
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Fair values of restricted stock vested during the years ended December 31,
−Removed: 2022 and 2021 were $ 0.4 million and $ 1.4 million , respectively.
+Added: Stock compensation expense
+Added: related to restricted stock awards was $ 0.4 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: of restricted stock vested during each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $ 0.4 million.
As of December 31, 2023, there
−Removed: were unreleased shares of common stock representing $ 0.3 million of unrecognized restricted stock grant expense which will be recognized
−Removed: over two years.
+Added: were unreleased shares of common stock representing $20 thousand of unrecognized restricted stock grant expense which will be recognized
+Added: over 1.25 years.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2023, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal
+Added: to $17.00 to a consultant for investor relations services to be provided over a five-year period.
+Added: The warrants are immediately exercisable
+Added: but are subject to repurchase by the Company until the required service is provided.
+Added: The fair value of such warrants was $8.05 per share
+Added: or $ 1.6 million on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
+Added: This model incorporated certain assumptions for inputs
+Added: including a risk-free market interest rate of 3.86%, expected dividend yield of the underlying common stock of 0%, expected life of 2.5
+Added: years and expected volatility in the market value of the underlying common stock based on our historical volatility of 99.6%.
+Added: value of the warrants was recorded to prepaid expenses and other current assets to be recognized over the service period.
+Added: During the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2023, $ 0.2 million was recorded as expense and at December 31, 2023, $1.4 million of cost has not been recognized and
+Added: will be recognized over the next 4.25 years.
A summary of activity of warrants outstanding
for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:
−Removed: Schedule of warrant activity
+Added: Schedule of warrant outstanding
Number of Warrants
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December 31, 2023 have a weighted average remaining contractual life of 1.60 years.
−Removed: The intrinsic value of the exercisable shares of the
−Removed: warrants at December 31, 2022 was $ 4.9 million .
+Added: Of the outstanding warrants, 410,745 will expire in
+Added: The intrinsic value of the exercisable shares of the warrants at December 31, 2023 was $ 0.3 .
During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021, 433,937 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s registered common stock and 11,989 warrants to purchase shares of
−Removed: the Company’s unregistered common stock were exercised generating $ 2.9 million .
−Removed: The unregistered securities were issued pursuant
−Removed: to the private placement exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
−Removed: All warrants exercised during
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2022 were for the Company’s common stock.
+Added: 31, 2023, 29,459 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s registered common stock were exercised generating $ 0.2 million, and
+Added: in the year ended December 31, 2022, 79,454 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s registered common stock were exercised
+Added: generating $ 0.5 million.
For each of the identified
periods, revenues can be categorized into the following (in thousands):
−Removed: Schedule of disaggregated revenues
+Added: Schedule of revenues
+Added: Twelve Months Ended
Product sales
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During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and 2021, 29 % and 62 % of revenues were derived from customers located in California, respectively.
+Added: 31, 2023 and 2022, 80 % and 62 % of revenues were derived from federal, state and local governments, respectively.
In addition, 15 % of revenues
−Removed: in the year ended December 31, 2022 were international sales compared to none in the prior year.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022 and 2021,
−Removed: deferred revenue was $ 1.4 million and $ 0.3 million , respectively.
−Removed: These amounts consisted mainly of customer deposits in the amount of
−Removed: $ 1.0 million and $ 0.1 million for December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively and prepaid multi-year maintenance plans for previously sold
−Removed: products which account for $ 0.3 million and $ 0.2 million for December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and pertain to services to be provided
−Removed: through 2028.
−Removed: Revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2022 which pertained to revenue deferred in prior years was $ 0.1 million
−Removed: and immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: in the year ended December 31, 2023 were international sales compared to 9 % in the prior year.
+Added: At December 31, 2023 and 2022, deferred revenue
+Added: was $ 1.2 million and $ 1.4 million, respectively.
+Added: These amounts consisted mainly of customer deposits in the amount of $ 0.7 million and
+Added: $ 1.0 million for December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively and prepaid multi-year maintenance plans for previously sold products which
+Added: account for $ 0.5 million and $ 0.3 million for December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and pertain to services to be provided through
+Added: Revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 which pertained to revenue deferred in prior years was $ 0.4
+Added: million and $ 0.1 million respectively.
There was no Federal income
tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 due to the Company’s net losses.
−Removed: Income tax expense represents minimum
+Added: Income tax expense represents the minimum
state taxes due.
+Added: The pretax loss by country
+Added: is shown below (in thousands):
+Added: Schedule of pretax loss
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: United States
+Added: International
The blended Federal and State
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The Company’s tax expense differs from the “expected” tax expense for Federal income
−Removed: tax purposes, (computed by applying the United States Federal tax rate of 21 %
−Removed: to loss before taxes), as follows (in thousands):
−Removed: Income tax reconciliation
+Added: tax purposes, (computed by applying the United States Federal tax rate of 21% to loss before taxes), as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Schedule of income tax reconciliation
Year Ended December 31,
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Non-deductible items
+Added: Foreign tax rate differential
True-up to tax return
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tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities
+Added: Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Deferred tax assets:
Stock options
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Capitalized R&D
−Removed: Change in fair value of contingent consideration
+Added: Change in FV of contingent consideration
Patents/Intangible Assets
+Added: Lease Liability
Net operating loss carryforward
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$ 22.5 million .
−Removed: The increase in the valuation allowance during 2022 was $ 5.4 million .
+Added: The increase in the valuation allowance during 2023 was $ 4.2 million which was all recorded through deferred taxes.
At December 31, 2023,
−Removed: the Company has a net operating loss carry forward of $ 55.2 million , of which $ 25.1 million is available to offset future net income through
+Added: the Company has a Federal net operating loss carry forward of $ 68.1 million, of which $ 25.1 million is available to offset future net
+Added: income through 2037, a State net operating loss carry forward of $ 70.8 million and a Serbian net operating loss carry forward of $ 0.4
The net operating loss (“NOL”) expires during the years 2027 to 2037 and $ 43 .0 million may be carried forward indefinitely
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The Company does not expect that uncertain tax benefits will materially change in the next 12 months.
−Removed: All tax returns will
−Removed: remain open for examination by the federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, from the date of utilization
−Removed: of any net operating loss carryforwards.
−Removed: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: On March 22, 2023, Beam Global
−Removed: entered into a five year agreement with OCI Limited to provide a supply chain line of credit for up to $100 million.
−Removed: Beam Global intends
−Removed: to use the funds to provide working capital to support business growth.
+Added: All tax returns will remain open for examination by the federal and
+Added: state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, from the date of utilization of any net operating loss carryforwards.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
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undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: April 16, 2024
/s/ Desmond Wheatley
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Power of Attorney
−Removed: Each person whose
−Removed: signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Desmond Wheatley and Katherine H.
−Removed: McDermott, true and lawful
−Removed: attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign amendments to this Annual Report on
−Removed: Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
−Removed: Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
−Removed: cause to be done by virtue thereof.
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
+Added: Each person whose signature
+Added: appears below constitutes and appoints each of Desmond Wheatley and Lisa A.
+Added: Potok, true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with the power of
+Added: substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all
+Added: exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
+Added: all that said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements
+Added: of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
+Added: dates indicated:
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Desmond Wheatley
−Removed: Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer, President and Chairman
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
+Added: April 16, 2024
Desmond Wheatley
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and Principal Accounting Officer:
−Removed: /s/ Katherine H.
Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: April 16, 2024
/s/ Peter Davidson
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: April 16, 2024
Peter Davidson
/s/ Anthony Posawatz
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: April 16, 2024
Anthony Posawatz
−Removed: /s/ Nancy Floyd
−Removed: March 31, 2023
+Added: /s/ Judy Krandel
+Added: April 16, 2024
+Added: /s/ George Syllantavos
+Added: April 16, 2024
+Added: George Syllantavos
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