CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: maintain “ disclosure controls and procedures, ” as
−Removed: defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange
−Removed: Act ” ), that are designed to ensure that information required to
−Removed: be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time
−Removed: periods specified in the Commission ’ s rules and forms, and that
−Removed: such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial
−Removed: officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide
−Removed: only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we necessarily are required to apply our judgment in evaluating
−Removed: the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: Based on an evaluation under the
−Removed: supervision and with the participation of our management, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded
−Removed: that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control
+Added: Controls and Procedures
+Added: maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange
+Added: Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us
+Added: in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified
+Added: in the Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
+Added: principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no
+Added: matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we necessarily
+Added: are required to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures.
+Added: on an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, our principal executive officer and principal financial
+Added: officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined
+Added: in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act.
+Added: Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding
+Added: the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in accordance with GAAP.
+Added: of inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate due to change
+Added: in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: management, including our principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness
+Added: of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
+Added: Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013).
+Added: Based on its evaluation, our management concluded
+Added: that as of September 30, 2024, that our internal control over financial reporting were effective and there are no material weaknesses
+Added: in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control
over financial reporting.
−Removed: Our management is responsible
−Removed: for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
−Removed: of the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
−Removed: and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in accordance with GAAP.
−Removed: Because of inherent limitations, a system
−Removed: of internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
−Removed: Additionally, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
−Removed: to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate due to change in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
−Removed: with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
−Removed: management, including our principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of
−Removed: our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
−Removed: Commission ( “ COSO ” )
−Removed: in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013).
−Removed: Based on its evaluation, our management concluded that as of September 30, 2023,
−Removed: that our internal control over financial reporting were effective and there are no material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
−Removed: annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company ’ s
−Removed: registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Management ’ s
−Removed: report was not subject to attestation by the Company ’ s registered
−Removed: public accounting firm pursuant to Commission rules that permit the Company to provide only management ’ s
−Removed: report in this annual report.
−Removed: This report shall not be deemed
−Removed: to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated
−Removed: by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language
−Removed: in such filing.
−Removed: Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
−Removed: During the years ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023, and 2022, the Company engaged a third-party accounting firm to assist with entity level controls around the review of period-end
−Removed: reporting processes, accounting policies and public disclosures that is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting.
+Added: Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting
+Added: firm pursuant to Commission rules that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
+Added: report shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
+Added: section, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless
+Added: of any general incorporation language in such filing.
+Added: in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company engaged a third-party accounting firm to assist with entity level controls
+Added: around the review of period-end reporting processes, accounting policies and public disclosures that is reasonably likely to materially
+Added: affect our internal control over financial reporting.
OTHER INFORMATION
−Removed: DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS
−Removed: THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
−Removed: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
−Removed: AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
−Removed: Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
−Removed: As of the date of this Annual Report, the members
−Removed: of our Board of Directors and Executive Officers are:
−Removed: Name and Address
−Removed: Positions and Offices
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of Directors,President,
−Removed: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, & Director
−Removed: Brooklyn, NY 11222
−Removed: Interim Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
−Removed: Brooklyn, NY 11222
−Removed: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
−Removed: Brooklyn, NY 11222
−Removed: Manpreet Singh
−Removed: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
−Removed: Brooklyn, NY 11222
−Removed: Metodi Filipov
−Removed: 276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
−Removed: Brooklyn, NY 11222
−Removed: Principal Occupations and Business Experience of Directors and Executive
−Removed: The following is a brief account of the business experience
−Removed: of the Company’s directors:
−Removed: Saagar Govil is the Company’s
−Removed: Chairman since June 2014, and the Chief Executive Officer and President since December 2011.
−Removed: He has been working at Cemtrex since 2008,
−Removed: initially as a field engineer, subsequently moving into sales, and management roles as Vice President of Operations.
−Removed: Saagar was recently
−Removed: recognized as a Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2016, Business Insiders #17 on Top 100 of Silicon Alley in 2015, and Top 40 Under 40 by Stony
−Removed: Brook University in 2014.
+Added: DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
+Added: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
+Added: and Executive Officers of the Registrant
+Added: of the date of this Annual Report, the members of our Board of Directors and Executive Officers are:
+Added: of the Board of Directors,President,
+Added: Executive Officer, & Director
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Occupations and Business Experience of Directors and Executive Officers
+Added: following is a brief account of the business experience of the Company’s directors and officers:
+Added: Govil is the Company’s Chairman since June 2014, and the Chief Executive Officer and President since December 2011.
+Added: working at Cemtrex since 2008, initially as a field engineer, subsequently moving into sales, and management roles as Vice President
+Added: of Operations.
+Added: Saagar was recently recognized as a Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2016, Business Insiders #17 on Top 100 of Silicon Alley
+Added: in 2015, and Top 40 Under 40 by Stony Brook University in 2014.
Saagar Govil has a B.E.
−Removed: in Materials Engineering from Stony Brook University and completed the PLD program at
−Removed: Harvard Business School.
−Removed: Wyckoff was appointed
−Removed: Cemtrex’s Interim Chief Financial Officer on January 28, 2021, where he is responsible for the Company’s financial planning,
−Removed: accounting, tax, and business process functions.
−Removed: Wyckoff has been with Cemtrex since March of 2014 when he joined as the Manager of
−Removed: Financial Reporting and since January of 2019 has served as the Company’s Corporate Controller.
−Removed: Prior to joining Cemtrex, Mr.
−Removed: was the Controller at Vaso Corporation (formerly Vasomedical, Inc.) a medical device distribution company based in Plainview, NY.
+Added: in Materials Engineering from Stony Brook University
+Added: and completed the PLD program at Harvard Business School.
+Added: Wyckoff was appointed Cemtrex’s Interim Chief Financial Officer on January 28, 2022, where he is responsible for the Company’s
+Added: financial planning, accounting, tax, and business process functions.
+Added: Wyckoff has been with Cemtrex since March of 2014 when he joined
+Added: as the Manager of Financial Reporting and since January of 2019 has served as the Company’s Corporate Controller.
+Added: Prior to joining
+Added: Wyckoff was the Controller at Vaso Corporation (formerly Vasomedical, Inc.) a medical device distribution company based
+Added: in Plainview, NY.
Wyckoff has over 20 years of private accounting experience and holds a B.S.
−Removed: in Accounting from SUNY College at Old Westbury.
−Removed: Brian Kwon was appointed to the
−Removed: as a director on September 28, 2021 and is presently the President and Chief Procurement Officer of H Mart.
−Removed: Brian has extensive operations
−Removed: experience in purchasing, distribution, logistics, IT, HR, and e-commerce from his time at H-Mart.
−Removed: Brian has completed the Harvard Business
−Removed: School General Management Program.
−Removed: Manpreet Singh was appointed
−Removed: as a director on November 1, 2021 and is currently the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Singh Capital Partners (SCP), a multifamily
−Removed: office that directs investments into venture capital, real estate, and growth equity.
−Removed: SCP invests capital on behalf of Fortune 500 CXOs,
−Removed: Unicorn founders and operators and has executed investments in North America, Europe and Asia.
−Removed: He serves on the numerous non-profit and
−Removed: private company boards including AcquCo, US Inspect, Embrace Software, Snowball Industries, Shukr Investments, Suburban Hospital (John
−Removed: Hopkins Medicine) and Dingman Center at the Smith School of Business.
−Removed: He is a CFA charterholder and Manpreet received his MBA from the
−Removed: Wharton School of Business in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Real Estate.
+Added: in Accounting from SUNY College at
+Added: Old Westbury.
+Added: Kwon was appointed to the as a director on September 28, 2021 and is presently the President and Chief Procurement Officer of H Mart.
+Added: Brian has extensive operations experience in purchasing, distribution, logistics, IT, HR, and e-commerce from his time at H-Mart.
+Added: has completed the Harvard Business School General Management Program.
+Added: Singh was appointed as a director on November 1, 2021 and is currently the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Singh Capital Partners
+Added: (SCP), a multifamily office that directs investments into venture capital, real estate, and growth equity.
+Added: SCP invests capital on behalf
+Added: of Fortune 500 CXOs, Unicorn founders and operators and has executed investments in North America, Europe and Asia.
+Added: He serves on the
+Added: numerous non-profit and private company boards including AcquCo, US Inspect, Embrace Software, Snowball Industries, Shukr Investments,
+Added: Suburban Hospital (John Hopkins Medicine) and Dingman Center at the Smith School of Business.
+Added: He is a CFA charterholder and Manpreet
+Added: received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Real Estate.
He also holds a B.S.
−Removed: in Finance with a citation in Entrepreneurship
−Removed: from the University of Maryland, College Park.
−Removed: Singh’s extensive knowledge of finance allow him to make valuable contributions
−Removed: to the Board.
−Removed: Metodi Filipov was appointed to
−Removed: the Board on February 9, 2018 and is an entrepreneur and technology executive with over 25 years of experience creating, operating and
−Removed: driving growth for technology companies.
−Removed: He has a proven track record of identifying business opportunities and building compelling products.
+Added: in Finance with
+Added: a citation in Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park.
+Added: Singh’s extensive knowledge of finance allow
+Added: him to make valuable contributions to the Board.
+Added: Filipov was appointed to the Board on February 9, 2018 and is an entrepreneur and technology executive with over 25 years of experience
+Added: creating, operating and driving growth for technology companies.
+Added: He has a proven track record of identifying business opportunities and
+Added: building compelling products.
Metodi was formerly VP of Operations at Cemtrex from 2008 to 2010.
After Cemtrex, Mr.
−Removed: Filipov served as Managing Director of Bianor, a
−Removed: mobile consulting company providing solutions for enterprise clients.
−Removed: There, he led the development and implementation of innovative mobile
−Removed: products in industries including aviation, pharmaceutical and entertainment.
−Removed: Metodi co-founded Flipps Media, an OTT video distribution
−Removed: platform positioned to be an alternative to traditional cable pay-per-view systems.
−Removed: Before Bianor, he served as product lead for Raritan,
−Removed: a data center technology organization, where he was an integral part of the transition team that led the company to becoming a global
−Removed: IT service management solutions provider.
+Added: Filipov served as
+Added: Managing Director of Bianor, a mobile consulting company providing solutions for enterprise clients.
+Added: There, he led the development and
+Added: implementation of innovative mobile products in industries including aviation, pharmaceutical and entertainment.
+Added: Metodi co-founded Flipps
+Added: Media, an OTT video distribution platform positioned to be an alternative to traditional cable pay-per-view systems.
+Added: Before Bianor, he
+Added: served as product lead for Raritan, a data center technology organization, where he was an integral part of the transition team that
+Added: led the company to becoming a global IT service management solutions provider.
Prior to joining Raritan, Mr.
−Removed: Filipov served as VP of Operations at ISS, a security products
−Removed: There, he successfully managed product development and contract manufacturing across continents.
−Removed: Filipov has extensive experience
−Removed: delivering superior solutions with a focus on optimized efficiency and productivity.
−Removed: Each director of the Company serves
−Removed: for a term of one year or until the successor is elected at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting and is qualified, subject
−Removed: to removal by the Company’s shareholders.
−Removed: Each officer serves, at the pleasure of the board of directors, for a term of one year
−Removed: and until the successor is elected at the annual meeting of the board of directors and is qualified.
−Removed: Meetings of the Board of Directors
−Removed: During the fiscal year ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023, the Board of Directors held four meetings.
−Removed: Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
−Removed: During the past 10 years, other
−Removed: than as set forth below, none of our current directors, nominees for directors or current executive officers has been involved in any
−Removed: legal proceeding identified in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K, including:
−Removed: Any petition under the Federal
−Removed: bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court
−Removed: for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he or she was a general partner at or within two years before
−Removed: the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he or she was an executive officer at or within two years
−Removed: before the time of such filing;
−Removed: Any conviction in a criminal
−Removed: proceeding or being named a subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
−Removed: Being subject to any order,
−Removed: judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily
−Removed: enjoining him or her from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
−Removed: Acting as a futures commission
−Removed: merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other
−Removed: person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser,
−Removed: underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings
−Removed: and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
−Removed: Engaging in any type of business
−Removed: Engaging in any activity
−Removed: in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities
−Removed: laws or Federal commodities laws;
−Removed: Being subject to any order,
−Removed: judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise
−Removed: limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any type of business regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
−Removed: securities, investment, insurance or banking activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
−Removed: Being found by a court of competent
−Removed: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC to have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action
−Removed: or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
−Removed: Being found by a court of competent
−Removed: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment
−Removed: in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
−Removed: Being subject to, or a party
−Removed: to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated,
−Removed: relating to an alleged violation of:
−Removed: Any Federal or State securities
−Removed: or commodities law or regulation;
−Removed: Any law or regulation respecting
−Removed: financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement
−Removed: or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order;
−Removed: Any law or regulation prohibiting
−Removed: mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
−Removed: Being subject to, or a party
−Removed: to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section
−Removed: 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
−Removed: 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange
−Removed: Act (7 U.S.C.
−Removed: 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members
−Removed: or persons associated with a member.
−Removed: See subsection titled “Settlement
−Removed: with the Securities and Exchange Commission” under Item 1.
−Removed: Business of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein
−Removed: by reference.
−Removed: Committees of the Board
−Removed: Our Board of Directors currently
−Removed: has one standing committee:
+Added: Filipov served as VP of
+Added: Operations at ISS, a security products company.
+Added: There, he successfully managed product development and contract manufacturing across
+Added: Filipov has extensive experience delivering superior solutions with a focus on optimized efficiency and productivity.
+Added: director of the Company serves for a term of one year or until the successor is elected at the Company’s annual shareholders’
+Added: meeting and is qualified, subject to removal by the Company’s shareholders.
+Added: Each officer serves, at the pleasure of the board of
+Added: directors, for a term of one year and until the successor is elected at the annual meeting of the board of directors and is qualified.
+Added: of the Board of Directors
+Added: the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, the Board of Directors held four meetings.
+Added: in Certain Legal Proceedings
+Added: the past 10 years, other than as set forth below, none of our current directors, nominees for directors or current executive officers
+Added: has been involved in any legal proceeding identified in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K, including:
+Added: Any petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar
+Added: officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he or she was a general partner
+Added: at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he or she was an executive
+Added: officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;
+Added: Any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being named a subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other
+Added: minor offenses);
+Added: Being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction,
+Added: permanently or temporarily enjoining him or her from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
+Added: Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage
+Added: transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing,
+Added: or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment
+Added: company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection
+Added: with such activity;
+Added: Engaging in any type of business practice;
+Added: Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of
+Added: Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;
+Added: Being subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring,
+Added: suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any type of business regulated by the Commodity
+Added: Futures Trading Commission, securities, investment, insurance or banking activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any
+Added: such activity;
+Added: Being found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC to have violated any Federal or State securities law,
+Added: and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
+Added: Being found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any
+Added: Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently
+Added: reversed, suspended or vacated;
+Added: Being subject to, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently
+Added: reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:
+Added: Any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation;
+Added: Any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent
+Added: injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or
+Added: prohibition order;
+Added: Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
+Added: Being subject to, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization
+Added: (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C.
+Added: 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of
+Added: the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.
+Added: 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary
+Added: authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
+Added: subsection titled “Settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission” under Item 1.
+Added: Business of this Annual Report on
+Added: Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Board of Directors currently has one standing committee:
The Audit Committee.
−Removed: Compensation Committee
−Removed: As a “Controlled Company”
−Removed: as such term is defined under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5615, the Company is not required to have a Compensation Committee.
−Removed: Audit Committee
−Removed: The Audit Committee, which has
−Removed: been established in accordance with requirements of Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, is comprised of the following independent
+Added: a “Controlled Company” as such term is defined under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5615, the Company is not required to have a Compensation
+Added: Audit Committee, which has been established in accordance with requirements of Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, is comprised
+Added: of the following independent directors:
Metodi Filipov (Chair), Brian Kwon, and Manpreet Singh.
−Removed: The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit
−Removed: (i) is independent, (ii) meets the financial literacy requirements of the Nasdaq Rules, and (iii) meets the enhanced independence
−Removed: standards established by the SEC.
+Added: The Board of Directors has determined
+Added: that each member of the Audit Committee:
+Added: (i) is independent, (ii) meets the financial literacy requirements of the Nasdaq Rules, and
+Added: (iii) meets the enhanced independence standards established by the SEC.
In addition, the Board has determined that Mr.
−Removed: Filipov qualifies as an “audit committee financial
−Removed: expert” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act by the SEC.
−Removed: The Audit Committee is primarily
−Removed: concerned with the integrity of our financial statements, the independence, qualifications and performance of our independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm, and our compliance with legal requirements.
−Removed: The Audit Committee operates under a written charter approved by the
−Removed: Board of Directors and the Audit Committee that reflects standards and requirements adopted by the SEC and NASDAQ.
−Removed: As indicated in its charter,
−Removed: the Audit Committee’s duties include selecting and engaging our independent registered public accounting firm;
−Removed: reviewing the scope
−Removed: of the audit to be conducted by our independent registered public accounting firm;
−Removed: overseeing our independent registered public accounting
−Removed: firm and reviewing the results of its audit;
−Removed: reviewing our financial reporting processes, including the accounting principles and practices
−Removed: followed and the financial information provided to shareholders and others;
−Removed: overseeing our internal control over financial reporting and
−Removed: disclosure controls and procedures;
+Added: Filipov qualifies
+Added: as an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under
+Added: the Exchange Act by the SEC.
+Added: Audit Committee is primarily concerned with the integrity of our financial statements, the independence, qualifications and performance
+Added: of our independent registered public accounting firm, and our compliance with legal requirements.
+Added: The Audit Committee operates under
+Added: a written charter approved by the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee that reflects standards and requirements adopted by the
+Added: SEC and NASDAQ.
+Added: indicated in its charter, the Audit Committee’s duties include selecting and engaging our independent registered public accounting
+Added: reviewing the scope of the audit to be conducted by our independent registered public accounting firm;
+Added: overseeing our independent
+Added: registered public accounting firm and reviewing the results of its audit;
+Added: reviewing our financial reporting processes, including the
+Added: accounting principles and practices followed and the financial information provided to shareholders and others;
+Added: overseeing our internal
+Added: control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures;
and serving as our legal compliance committee.
−Removed: Nomination of Directors
−Removed: The Company does not currently
−Removed: have a standing nominating committee or a formal nominating committee charter.
−Removed: As a “Controlled Company” as such term is defined
−Removed: by NASDAQ Listing Rule 5615 the Company is not required to have a Nominating Committee.
−Removed: Currently, the independent members of the Board
−Removed: Kwon, Singh, Wagner, and Filipov), rather than a nominating committee, approve or recommend to the full Board those persons to
−Removed: be nominated.
−Removed: The Board believes that the current method of nominating directors is appropriate because it allows each independent board
−Removed: member input into the nomination process and does not unnecessarily restrict the input that might be provided from an independent director
−Removed: who could be excluded from a committee.
+Added: Company does not currently have a standing nominating committee or a formal nominating committee charter.
+Added: As a “Controlled Company”
+Added: as such term is defined by NASDAQ Listing Rule 5615 the Company is not required to have a Nominating Committee.
+Added: Currently, the independent
+Added: members of the Board (Messrs.
+Added: Kwon, Singh, Wagner, and Filipov), rather than a nominating committee, approve or recommend to the full
+Added: Board those persons to be nominated.
+Added: The Board believes that the current method of nominating directors is appropriate because it allows
+Added: each independent board member input into the nomination process and does not unnecessarily restrict the input that might be provided
+Added: from an independent director who could be excluded from a committee.
Currently, three of the five Directors are independent.
−Removed: Furthermore, the Board has adopted by
−Removed: resolution a director nomination policy.
−Removed: The purpose of the policy is to describe the process by which candidates for inclusion in the
−Removed: Company’s recommended slate of director nominees are selected.
−Removed: The director nomination policy is administered by the Board.
−Removed: of the benefits that would otherwise come from a written committee charter are provided by this policy.
−Removed: In the ordinary course, absent
−Removed: special circumstances or a change in the criteria for Board membership, the incumbent directors who continue to be qualified for Board
−Removed: service and are willing to continue as directors are re-nominated.
−Removed: If the Board thinks it is in the best interest of the Company to nominate
−Removed: a new individual for director in connection with an annual meeting of shareholders, or if a vacancy occurs between annual shareholder
−Removed: meetings, the Board will seek potential candidates for Board appointments who meet the criteria for selection as a nominee and have the
−Removed: specific qualities or skills being sought.
−Removed: Director candidates will be selected based on input from members of the Board, senior management
−Removed: of the Company and, if deemed appropriate, a third-party search firm.
−Removed: Candidates for Board membership
−Removed: must possess the background, skills and expertise to make significant contributions to the Board, to the Company and its shareholders.
+Added: the Board has adopted by resolution a director nomination policy.
+Added: The purpose of the policy is to describe the process by which candidates
+Added: for inclusion in the Company’s recommended slate of director nominees are selected.
+Added: The director nomination policy is administered
+Added: by the Board.
+Added: Many of the benefits that would otherwise come from a written committee charter are provided by this policy.
+Added: the ordinary course, absent special circumstances or a change in the criteria for Board membership, the incumbent directors who continue
+Added: to be qualified for Board service and are willing to continue as directors are re-nominated.
+Added: If the Board thinks it is in the best interest
+Added: of the Company to nominate a new individual for director in connection with an annual meeting of shareholders, or if a vacancy occurs
+Added: between annual shareholder meetings, the Board will seek potential candidates for Board appointments who meet the criteria for selection
+Added: as a nominee and have the specific qualities or skills being sought.
+Added: Director candidates will be selected based on input from members
+Added: of the Board, senior management of the Company and, if deemed appropriate, a third-party search firm.
+Added: for Board membership must possess the background, skills and expertise to make significant contributions to the Board, to the Company
+Added: and its shareholders.
Desired qualities to be considered include substantial experience in business or administrative activities;
−Removed: breadth of knowledge about
−Removed: issues affecting the Company;
+Added: of knowledge about issues affecting the Company;
and ability and willingness to contribute special competencies to Board activities.
−Removed: The Board of Directors intends
−Removed: to review the director nomination policy from time to time to consider whether modifications to the policy may be advisable as the Company’s
−Removed: needs and circumstances evolve, and as applicable legal or listing standards change.
−Removed: The Board may amend the director nomination policy
−Removed: The Board will consider director
−Removed: candidates recommended by shareholders and will evaluate such director candidates in the same manner in which it evaluates candidates
−Removed: recommended by other sources, as described above.
−Removed: Recommendations must be in writing and mailed to Cemtrex, Inc., 135 Fell Ct.
−Removed: NY 11788, Attention:
−Removed: Corporate Secretary, and include all information regarding the candidate as would be required to be included in a
−Removed: proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules promulgated by the SEC if the candidate were nominated by the Board of Directors (including
−Removed: such candidate’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected).
−Removed: shareholder giving notice must provide (i) his or her name and address, as they appear on the Company’s books, and (ii) the number
−Removed: of shares of the Company which are beneficially owned by such shareholder.
−Removed: The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such
−Removed: other information it may require to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.
−Removed: Director Compensation
−Removed: The members of the Board receive
−Removed: quarterly compensation of $5,000 and stock options.
−Removed: Additionally, we reimburse our directors for expenses incurred in connection with
−Removed: attending board meetings.
−Removed: Insider Trading Policy
−Removed: We recognize that the Company’s
−Removed: executive officers and directors may sell shares from time to time in the open market to realize value to meet financial needs and diversify
−Removed: their holdings, particularly in connection with exercises of stock options.
−Removed: All such transactions are required to comply with the Company’s
−Removed: insider trading policy.
−Removed: Section 16 (a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance of the Securities
−Removed: Section 16(a) of the Exchange
−Removed: Act requires directors, executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, “Reporting
−Removed: Persons”) to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock with the SEC.
−Removed: Reporting Persons
−Removed: are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
−Removed: To our knowledge, based solely on our
−Removed: review of the copies of such reports received or written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no other reports were required,
−Removed: we believe that during the year ended September 30, 2023, all Reporting Persons timely complied with all applicable filing requirements,
−Removed: except for one Form 4 report by Mr.
−Removed: Govil that was filed late.
−Removed: Communications with Directors
−Removed: Shareholders, associates of the
−Removed: Company and other interested parties may communicate directly with the Board of Directors, with the non-management Directors or with a
−Removed: specific Board member, by writing to the Board (or the non-management Directors or a specific Board member) and delivering the communication
−Removed: in person or mailing it to:
−Removed: Board of Directors, Privileged and Confidential, c/o Saagar Govil, CEO, Cemtrex, Inc., 135 Fell Ct.
−Removed: Correspondence will be discussed at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors, or as indicated by the urgency of
−Removed: From time to time, the Board of Directors may change the process by which shareholders may communicate with the Board of Directors
−Removed: or its members.
−Removed: Any changes in this process will be posted on the Company’s website or otherwise publicly disclosed.
−Removed: Corporate Governance
−Removed: The Company has an ongoing commitment
−Removed: to good governance and business practices.
−Removed: In furtherance of this commitment, we regularly monitor, and are briefed by outside counsel
−Removed: on, developments in the area of corporate governance and securities law and review our policies and procedures in light of such developments.
−Removed: We comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and implement other corporate governance practices we believe are in the
−Removed: best interests of the Company and the shareholders.
−Removed: Code of Ethics
−Removed: We have adopted a code of ethics
−Removed: as of June 28, 2016, that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, as well as our employees.
−Removed: Our standards
−Removed: are in writing and are posted on our website.
−Removed: The following is a summation of the key points of the Code of Ethics we adopted:
−Removed: Honest and ethical
−Removed: conduct, including ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
−Removed: Full, fair, accurate,
−Removed: timely, and understandable disclosure reports and documents that a small business issuer files with, or submits to, the Commission and
−Removed: in other public communications made by our Company;
−Removed: Full compliance with
−Removed: applicable government laws, rules and regulations;
−Removed: The prompt internal
−Removed: reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code;
−Removed: Accountability for
−Removed: adherence to the code.
−Removed: Board Leadership and Structure
−Removed: Saagar Govil, our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer, also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
−Removed: The Board believes that the Company and its shareholders are best served by
−Removed: having the Chief Executive Officer also serve as Chairman of the Board.
−Removed: The Board also believes that this structure is appropriate in
−Removed: light of the size of our Company and corresponding size of our Board and the complexity of our business.
−Removed: We believe that Mr.
−Removed: best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that our Board’s time and attention are focused on the matters that are most critical
+Added: Board of Directors intends to review the director nomination policy from time to time to consider whether modifications to the policy
+Added: may be advisable as the Company’s needs and circumstances evolve, and as applicable legal or listing standards change.
+Added: may amend the director nomination policy at any time.
+Added: Board will consider director candidates recommended by shareholders and will evaluate such director candidates in the same manner in
+Added: which it evaluates candidates recommended by other sources, as described above.
+Added: Recommendations must be in writing and mailed to Cemtrex,
+Added: Inc., 135 Fell Ct.
+Added: Hauppauge, NY 11788, Attention:
+Added: Corporate Secretary, and include all information regarding the candidate as would
+Added: be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules promulgated by the SEC if the candidate were nominated
+Added: by the Board of Directors (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
+Added: serving as a director if elected).
+Added: The shareholder giving notice must provide (i) his or her name and address, as they appear on the
+Added: Company’s books, and (ii) the number of shares of the Company which are beneficially owned by such shareholder.
+Added: The Company may
+Added: require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information it may require to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice of nomination
+Added: which pertains to the nominee.
+Added: members of the Board receive quarterly compensation of $5,000 and stock options.
+Added: Additionally, we reimburse our directors for expenses
+Added: incurred in connection with attending board meetings.
+Added: Trading Policy
+Added: recognize that the Company’s executive officers and directors may sell shares from time to time in the open market to realize value
+Added: to meet financial needs and diversify their holdings, particularly in connection with exercises of stock options.
+Added: All such transactions
+Added: are required to comply with the Company’s insider trading policy.
+Added: 16 (a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance of the Securities Exchange Act
+Added: 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires directors, executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock (collectively,
+Added: “Reporting Persons”) to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock with the
+Added: Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
+Added: To our knowledge,
+Added: based solely on our review of the copies of such reports received or written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no other
+Added: reports were required, we believe that during the year ended September 30, 2024, all Reporting Persons timely complied with all applicable
+Added: filing requirements.
+Added: Communications
+Added: with Directors
+Added: Shareholders,
+Added: associates of the Company and other interested parties may communicate directly with the Board of Directors, with the non-management
+Added: Directors or with a specific Board member, by writing to the Board (or the non-management Directors or a specific Board member) and delivering
+Added: the communication in person or mailing it to:
+Added: Board of Directors, Privileged and Confidential, c/o Saagar Govil, CEO, Cemtrex, Inc.,
+Added: Hauppauge, NY 11788.
+Added: Correspondence will be discussed at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors, or as indicated
+Added: by the urgency of the matter.
+Added: From time to time, the Board of Directors may change the process by which shareholders may communicate
+Added: with the Board of Directors or its members.
+Added: Any changes in this process will be posted on the Company’s website or otherwise publicly
+Added: Company has an ongoing commitment to good governance and business practices.
+Added: In furtherance of this commitment, we regularly monitor,
+Added: and are briefed by outside counsel on, developments in the area of corporate governance and securities law and review our policies and
+Added: procedures in light of such developments.
+Added: We comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and implement other corporate
+Added: governance practices we believe are in the best interests of the Company and the shareholders.
+Added: have adopted a code of ethics as of June 28, 2016, that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, as well
+Added: as our employees.
+Added: Our standards are in writing and are posted on our website.
+Added: The following is a summation of the key points of the Code
+Added: of Ethics we adopted:
+Added: and ethical conduct, including ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
+Added: fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure reports and documents that a small business issuer files with, or submits to, the
+Added: Commission and in other public communications made by our Company;
+Added: compliance with applicable government laws, rules and regulations;
+Added: prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code;
+Added: Accountability
+Added: for adherence to the code.
+Added: Leadership and Structure
+Added: Govil, our Chief Executive Officer, also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
+Added: The Board believes that the Company and its shareholders
+Added: are best served by having the Chief Executive Officer also serve as Chairman of the Board.
+Added: The Board also believes that this structure
+Added: is appropriate in light of the size of our Company and corresponding size of our Board and the complexity of our business.
+Added: Govil is best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that our Board’s time and attention are focused on the matters
+Added: that are most critical to us.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
−Removed: The compensation discussion addresses
−Removed: all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the Company’s named executive officers (“NEO”), which currently consists
−Removed: of Saagar Govil, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary, and Paul J.
−Removed: Wyckoff, Interim CFO.
−Removed: As of the date of this
−Removed: Annual Report, Saagar Govil and Paul J.
+Added: compensation discussion addresses all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the Company’s named executive officers (“NEO”),
+Added: which currently consists of Saagar Govil, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary, and Paul J.
+Added: Wyckoff, Interim
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, Saagar Govil and Paul J.
Wyckoff are currently earning compensation from the Company.
−Removed: Wyckoff was named Interim
−Removed: CFO on January 28, 2022.
−Removed: Set forth below is the aggregate compensation for services rendered in all capacities to us during our fiscal
−Removed: years ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 by our executive officers.
+Added: Wyckoff was named Interim CFO on January 28, 2022.
+Added: Set forth below is the aggregate compensation for services rendered in all capacities
+Added: to us during our fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 by our executive officers.
PRINCIPAL AND POSITION
−Removed: Chairman od the Board
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, and President
−Removed: Interim Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Christopher C.
−Removed: Former Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: The Option Awards Column in the table above reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of the award granted in the year noted.
−Removed: Please see Options/SAR Grants in the Last Fiscal Year below for more information relating to this option grant.
−Removed: Other compensation are amounts paid by the company for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
−Removed: NARRATIVE TO SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
−Removed: At this time, we do not have an
−Removed: employment agreement with Saagar Govil or Paul J.
−Removed: Wyckoff, though the Company may enter into such an agreement with them on terms and
−Removed: conditions usual and customary for the industry.
−Removed: All amounts paid to our officers in fiscal year end 2023 were approved by the Company’s
−Removed: board of directors.
+Added: Chief Executive
+Added: and President
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Option Awards Column in the table above reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of the
+Added: award granted in the year noted.
+Added: Please see Options/SAR Grants in the Last Fiscal Year below
+Added: for more information relating to this option grant.
+Added: compensation are amounts paid by the company for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
+Added: TO SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
+Added: this time, we do not have an employment agreement with Saagar Govil or Paul J.
+Added: Wyckoff, though the Company may enter into such an agreement
+Added: with them on terms and conditions usual and customary for the industry.
+Added: All amounts paid to our officers in fiscal year end 2024 were
+Added: approved by the Company’s board of directors.
The Company does not currently have “key man” life insurance on Mr.
−Removed: PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE
−Removed: Summary Compensation Table Total for
−Removed: Compensation Actually Paid to PEO
−Removed: Average Summary Compensation Table Total
−Removed: for Non-PEO NEOs
−Removed: Average Compensation Actually Paid to
−Removed: Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment
−Removed: Based On Total Shareholder Return
+Added: VERSUS PERFORMANCE
+Added: Compensation Table Total for PEO
+Added: Actually Paid to PEO
+Added: Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs
+Added: Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs
+Added: of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On Total Shareholder Return
$ (7,635,505 )
$ (9,233,438 )
+Added: $ (13,292,242 )
dollar amounts reported in column (b) are the amounts reported for Saagar Govil, Chairman
1 unchanged sentence
column of the in our Summary Compensation Table.
−Removed: Refer to the Summary Compensation Table above.
+Added: Refer to the Summary Compensation Table
dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the amount of “compensation actually
7 unchanged sentences
fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant.
−Removed: dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average of the amounts reported for our NEOs as a group (excluding Mr.
−Removed: in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year.
−Removed: The names of each of the NEOs included
−Removed: for these purposes in each applicable year are as follows:
+Added: dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average of the amounts reported for our
+Added: NEOs as a group (excluding Mr.
+Added: Govil) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation
+Added: Table in each applicable year.
+Added: The names of each of the NEOs included for these purposes
+Added: in each applicable year are as follows:
Wyckoff, Interim Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: Christopher Moore, Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer.
−Removed: dollar amounts reported in column (e) represent the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs as a group
−Removed: (excluding Mr.
−Removed: Govil), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: In accordance with these rules, these amounts
−Removed: reflect “Total Compensation” as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table for each year, adjusted as shown below.
−Removed: Shareholder Return (TSR) is calculated by dividing (a) the difference between our share price at the end of each fiscal year shown
−Removed: and the beginning of the measurement period, and the beginning of the measurement period by (b) our share price at the beginning
−Removed: of the measurement period.
+Added: dollar amounts reported in column (e) represent the average amount of “compensation
+Added: actually paid” to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr.
+Added: Govil), as computed in accordance
+Added: with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K.
+Added: In accordance with these rules, these amounts reflect
+Added: “Total Compensation” as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table for each
+Added: year, adjusted as shown below.
+Added: Shareholder Return (TSR) is calculated by dividing (a) the difference between our share price
+Added: at the end of each fiscal year shown and the beginning of the measurement period, and the
+Added: beginning of the measurement period by (b) our share price at the beginning of the measurement
The beginning of the measurement period for each year in the table is September 30,
−Removed: dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net income reflected in our audited financial statements for the applicable year.
−Removed: to Determine Compensation “Actually Paid” for [PEO][Non-PEO NEOs]
−Removed: for Change in the Actuarial Present values reported under the “Change in Pension Value and Nonaualified Deferred Comoensation
−Removed: Earnimrn”‘ Column of the SCT
−Removed: for “Service Cost” for Pension Plans
−Removed: for “Prior Service Cost” for Pension Plans
−Removed: for Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards,, Column in the SCT
−Removed: for Amounts Reported under the “Option Awards,, Column in the SCT
−Removed: for Fair Value of Awards Granted during year that Remain Unvested as of Year end
−Removed: for Fair Value of Awards Granted during year that vest during vear
−Removed: Increase/deduction
−Removed: for Change in Fair value from prior Year-end to current Year-end of Awards Granted Prior to year that were Outstanding and Unvested
+Added: dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net income reflected in our audited financial
+Added: statements for the applicable year.
+Added: to Determine Compensation
+Added: “Actually Paid”
+Added: for [PEO][Non-PEO NEOs]
+Added: for Change in
+Added: the Actuarial Present
+Added: v alues reported under
+Added: in Pension Value
+Added: and Nonaualified Deferred Comoensation
+Added: Earnimrn ”‘ Column
+Added: “Service Cost” for Pension
+Added: “Prior Service Cost” for Pension
+Added: for Amounts Reported
+Added: under the “ Stock
+Added: Awards ,, Column
+Added: for Amounts Reported
+Added: Column in t he
+Added: Fair Value of Awards Gran ted
+Added: during year that Remain
as of Year end
−Removed: $ (1,948.00 )
−Removed: $ (53,747.00 )
−Removed: Increase/deduction
−Removed: for Change in Fair Value from Prior Year-end to Vesting Date of Awards Granted Prior to year that Vested during year
−Removed: $ (2,207.00 )
−Removed: $ (29,381.00 )
−Removed: of Fair value of Awards Granted Prior to year that were Forfeited during year
−Removed: based upon Incremental Fair Value of Awards Modified during year
−Removed: based on Dividends or Other Earnings Paid durilling year prior to Vesting Date of Award
+Added: Fair Value of Awards Gran ted
+Added: that vest during vear
+Added: Increas e/deduction
+Added: for Change in Fair value from prior
+Added: Year-end to current
+Added: Year-end of Awards Granted Prior
+Added: to year that were Outstanding and
+Added: Unvested as of Year-end
$ (53,747.00 )
+Added: Increas e/deduction
+Added: for Change in Fair Value from Prior
+Added: Year-end to Vesting Date of
+Added: Awards Granted
+Added: Vested during
$ (29,381.00 )
−Removed: OPTIONS/SAR GRANTS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
−Removed: AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR
−Removed: END OPTION/SAR VALUES
−Removed: OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
−Removed: The following table presents information regarding our NEOs’ unexercised
−Removed: options to purchase Common Stock as of September 30, 2023:
−Removed: Option Awards
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable
−Removed: Option Exercise Price
−Removed: Option Expiration Date
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
−Removed: BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: The following table sets forth
−Removed: certain information known to us with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of December 26, 2023, by:
−Removed: all persons who are
−Removed: beneficial owners of five percent (5%) or more of our common stock;
−Removed: each of our directors;
−Removed: each of our executive
−Removed: all current directors
−Removed: and executive officers as a group.
−Removed: Except as otherwise indicated,
−Removed: and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect
−Removed: to all shares of common stock held by them.
−Removed: As of December 26,
−Removed: 2023, 1,055,636 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
−Removed: In addition, there were 50,000 shares of Series C Preferred
−Removed: Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 10,566,916 shares in the aggregate, all of which is held by Saagar Govil and 2,343,953
+Added: of Fair v alue
+Added: of Awards Gran ted
+Added: were Forfeited during
+Added: Increase based
+Added: upon Incremental Fair Value
+Added: of Awards Modified during ye ar
+Added: based on Di vi dends
+Added: Earnings Paid
+Added: durilling year
+Added: GRANTS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
+Added: OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION/SAR VALUES
+Added: EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
+Added: following table presents information regarding our NEOs’ unexercised options to purchase Common Stock as of September 30, 2024:
+Added: of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Expiration Date
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
+Added: following table sets forth certain information known to us with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of December
+Added: 23, 2024, by:
+Added: persons who are beneficial owners of five percent (5%) or more of our common stock;
+Added: of our directors;
+Added: of our executive officers;
+Added: current directors and executive officers as a group.
+Added: as otherwise indicated, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and
+Added: investment power with respect to all shares of common stock held by them.
+Added: of December 23, 2024, 1,724,162 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
+Added: In addition, there were 50,000 shares of Series C
+Added: Preferred Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 17,258,862 shares in the aggregate, all of which is held by Saagar Govil and 2,515,894
shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock outstanding which are entitled to vote 5,031,788 shares in the aggregate.
−Removed: Accordingly, there are
−Removed: a total of 16,310,458 shares outstanding.
−Removed: Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with
−Removed: the rules of the SEC.
−Removed: In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares
−Removed: of common stock subject to options held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of December 26, 2023,
−Removed: are deemed outstanding.
−Removed: Such shares, however, are not deemed as of December 26, 2023, outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage
−Removed: ownership of any other person.
+Added: Accordingly, there are a
+Added: total of 24,014,812 shares outstanding.
+Added: ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC.
+Added: In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and
+Added: the percentage ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to options held by that person that are currently exercisable
+Added: or exercisable within 60 days of December 23, 2024, are deemed outstanding.
+Added: Such shares, however, are not deemed as of December 23, 2024,
+Added: outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
+Added: Name and Address
Beneficial Owner
−Removed: of the Board,
+Added: Chairman of the
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
−Removed: Executive Officer,
−Removed: of the Board,
+Added: Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: and President
+Added: Preferred Stock
+Added: Chairman of the Board,
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
−Removed: Executive Officer,
−Removed: of the Board,
+Added: Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: and President
+Added: Preferred Stock
+Added: Chairman of the Board,
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
−Removed: Executive Officer,
−Removed: Chief Financial
+Added: Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: and President
+Added: Interim Chief Financial
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: Manpreet Singh
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite 208
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: Metodi Filipov
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Suite
−Removed: directors and executive officers as a group (3 persons)
−Removed: Less than one percent of outstanding shares.
−Removed: Except as otherwise noted herein, the percentage is determined on the basis of 1,055,636 shares of our Common Stock outstanding plus securities deemed outstanding pursuant to Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
−Removed: Under Rule 13d-3, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security owned by certain family members and any security of which that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days, including, without limitation, shares of our common stock subject to currently exercisable options.
−Removed: This percentage is based on the 1,055,636 shares of our Common Stock outstanding, the 10,566,916 votes that the Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to vote, and the 4,687,906 votes that the Series 1 Preferred Stock is entitled to vote based on 2 votes per share.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation of the Series C Preferred Stock, each issued and outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to the number of votes per share equal to the result of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of such vote multiplied by 10.01, and divided by (ii) the total number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of such vote, at each meeting of our shareholders with respect to any and all matters presented to our shareholders for their action or consideration, including the election of directors.
−Removed: Consists of actual amount of Common Stock, Series C, and Series 1 Preferred Stock owned.
−Removed: As described above each share of Series C is entitled to 211.33832 votes.
−Removed: Series 1 Preferred Stock is entitled to 2 votes per share.
−Removed: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
−Removed: RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
−Removed: Aside from the following, there
−Removed: have been no transactions since October 1, 2021 to which we have been a party, including transactions in which the amount involved in
−Removed: the transaction exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal
−Removed: years, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or, to our knowledge, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our capital stock
−Removed: or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than
−Removed: equity and other compensation, termination, change in control and other arrangements, which are described elsewhere in this Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, and
−Removed: September 30, 2022, there was $3,806 and $19,133, respectively, payable due to Ducon Technologies, Inc., which is controlled by Aron Govil,
−Removed: the Company’s Founder and Former Director and CFO.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, there were $638,410 of receivables due from Ducon Technologies,
−Removed: The Company has negotiated a payment agreement regarding past receivables and other liabilities due to Cemtrex, Inc.
+Added: Brooklyn, NY 11222
+Added: All directors and executive
+Added: officers as a group (3 persons)
+Added: than one percent of outstanding shares.
+Added: as otherwise noted herein, the percentage is determined on the basis of 1,724,162 shares
+Added: of our Common Stock outstanding plus securities deemed outstanding pursuant to Rule 13d-3
+Added: promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
+Added: Under Rule 13d-3, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security owned by certain
+Added: family members and any security of which that person has the right to acquire beneficial
+Added: ownership within 60 days, including, without limitation, shares of our common stock subject
+Added: to currently exercisable options.
+Added: percentage is based on the 1,724,162 shares of our Common Stock outstanding, the 17,258,862
+Added: votes that the Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to vote, and the 5,031,788 votes that
+Added: the Series 1 Preferred Stock is entitled to vote based on 2 votes per share.
+Added: to the Certificate of Designation of the Series C Preferred Stock, each issued and outstanding
+Added: share of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to the number of votes per share equal to
+Added: the result of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of such
+Added: vote multiplied by 10.01, and divided by (ii) the total number of shares of Series C Preferred
+Added: Stock outstanding at the time of such vote, at each meeting of our shareholders with respect
+Added: to any and all matters presented to our shareholders for their action or consideration, including
+Added: the election of directors.
+Added: of actual amount of Common Stock, Series C, and Series 1 Preferred Stock owned.
+Added: above each share of Series C is entitled to 345.17724 votes.
+Added: Series 1 Preferred Stock is
+Added: entitled to 2 votes per share.
+Added: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
+Added: from the following, there have been no transactions since October 1, 2022 to which we have been a party, including transactions in which
+Added: the amount involved in the transaction exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last
+Added: two completed fiscal years, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or, to our knowledge, beneficial owners of more than
+Added: 5% of our capital stock or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material
+Added: interest, other than equity and other compensation, termination, change in control and other arrangements, which are described elsewhere
+Added: in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, there was $0 and $3,806, respectively, payable due to Ducon Technologies, Inc., which
+Added: is controlled by Aron Govil, the Company’s Founder and Former Director and CFO.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, there were $637,208 of
+Added: receivables due from Ducon Technologies, Inc.
+Added: The Company has negotiated a payment agreement regarding past receivables and other liabilities
+Added: due to Cemtrex, Inc.
totaling $761,585.
−Removed: This agreement is in the form of a secured promissory note earning interest at a rate of 5% per annum and matures on July 31, 2024.
−Removed: due of $708,512, which represents the amount due from Ducon to Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
−Removed: the Company’s subsidiary based in
−Removed: India had been written off to bad debt during fiscal year 2022 and appears on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations
−Removed: and comprehensive income/(loss) under general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: On February 26, 2021, the Company
−Removed: entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release with Aron Govil regarding a dispute over an alleged misappropriation of funds.
−Removed: As part of the Settlement Agreement,
−Removed: Govil was required to pay the Company consideration with a total value of $7,100,000 (the “Settlement Amount”) by entering
−Removed: into the Agreement.
+Added: This agreement is in the form of a secured promissory note earning interest at a rate of 5% per
+Added: annum and matured on July 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company did not receive payment on this note at the maturity date and placed a full allowance
+Added: on the note during fiscal year 2024 and appears on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss under
+Added: general and administrative expenses.
+Added: February 26, 2021, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release with Aron Govil regarding a dispute over an alleged misappropriation
+Added: part of the Settlement Agreement, Mr.
+Added: Govil was required to pay the Company consideration with a total value of $7,100,000 (the “Settlement
+Added: Amount”) by entering into the Agreement.
The Settlement Amount was satisfied in a combination of Mr.
−Removed: Govil forfeiting certain Preferred Stock and outstanding
−Removed: options and executing a secured note in the amount of $1,533,280.
−Removed: The Independent Board of Directors in coordination with Management concluded
−Removed: the settlement represented fair value.
−Removed: As discussed above, Mr.
−Removed: also executed a secured promissory note (the “Note”) in the amount of $1,533,280.
−Removed: The Note matures and is due in full in two
−Removed: years and bears interest at 9% per annum and is secured by all of Mr.
+Added: Govil forfeiting certain Preferred
+Added: Stock and outstanding options and executing a secured note in the amount of $1,533,280.
+Added: The Independent Board of Directors in coordination
+Added: with Management concluded the settlement represented fair value.
+Added: Govil also executed a secured promissory note (the “Note”) in the amount of $1,533,280.
+Added: The Note matured and was due in full
+Added: in two years and boar interest at 9% per annum and was secured by all of Mr.
Govil’s assets.
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confessing judgment in the event of a default on the Note.
−Removed: While the Company believes the note is fully collectible, in accordance with
−Removed: ASC 450-30, Gain Contingencies, the Company determined the gain will not be recognized until the note is paid.
−Removed: Accordingly, the note and
−Removed: associated gain is not presented on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
−Removed: Income/(Loss).
−Removed: On November 22, 2022, the Company
−Removed: entered into two Asset Purchase Agreements and one Simple Agreement for Future Equity (“SAFE”) with the Company’s CEO,
−Removed: Saagar Govil, to secure the sale of the subsidiaries Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, which include the brand SmartDesk, and Cemtrex
−Removed: XR, Inc., which include the brands Cemtrex XR, Virtual Driver Interactive, Bravo Strong, and good tech (formerly Cemtrex Labs), to Mr.
−Removed: Due to the on-going losses and
−Removed: risk associated with the SmartDesk business the Company has valued the royalty and SAFE agreement associated with the SmartDesk sale at
−Removed: $0 and considers such consideration to be a gain contingency.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 450-30, Gain Contingencies, the Company determined
+Added: the gain will not be recognized until the note is paid.
+Added: Accordingly, the note and associated gain is not presented on the Company’s
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
+Added: The Company has not received payment on
+Added: this note to date.
+Added: November 22, 2022, the Company entered into two Asset Purchase Agreements and one Simple Agreement for Future Equity (“SAFE”)
+Added: with the Company’s CEO, Saagar Govil, to secure the sale of the subsidiaries Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, which include
+Added: the brand SmartDesk, and Cemtrex XR, Inc., which include the brands Cemtrex XR, Virtual Driver Interactive, Bravo Strong, and good tech
+Added: (formerly Cemtrex Labs), to Mr.
+Added: The successor Company conducts business under the name CXR, Inc.
+Added: to the on-going losses and risk associated with the SmartDesk business the Company has valued the royalty and SAFE agreement associated
+Added: with the SmartDesk sale at $0 and considers such consideration to be a gain contingency.
+Added: All receivables due from SmartDesk, Inc, have
+Added: a full allowance placed on them.
Based on sales projections for
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In accordance with ASC 310 – Receivables, the Company has discounted
−Removed: the royalties due and during the year ended September 30, 2023, has recognized $704,893 of royalties due and will amortize the remaining
−Removed: amount over the period the royalties are due.
+Added: the royalties due to $660,621 and during the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 the Company recognized $53,126 and $44,272 of royalties
+Added: due, respectively, and will amortize the remaining amount over the period the royalties are due.
+Added: Additionally, the Company received $76,000
+Added: in royalty payments.
As of September 30, 2024, there
−Removed: was $528,717 in trade receivables due from these companies and $64,703 in accounts payables.
−Removed: Of these receivables $132,102 are related
−Removed: to costs paid by Cemtrex related to payroll during the transition of employees to the new company and some subscription services that
−Removed: are set up on auto pay with a credit card.
−Removed: The remaining $396,615 is related to services provided by Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
−Removed: the normal course of business.
−Removed: During Fiscal year 2023, the Company recognized $1,522,102 of revenue from these companies.
−Removed: During fiscal
−Removed: year 2023, $38,027 of trade receivables were reserved for by the Company’s subsidiary Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
−Removed: Due to regulations
−Removed: by the Indian tax authority.
−Removed: The Company will keep this allowance in place but considers the debt to be collectable.
−Removed: These balances are
−Removed: presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the captions “Trade receivables - related party” and “Accounts payable
−Removed: - related party”.
−Removed: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES
−Removed: The following table sets
−Removed: forth the aggregate fees billed to the Company for the years ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 by Grassi & Co.
−Removed: Certified Public
−Removed: Accountants the Company’s independent auditor:
+Added: was $685,788 in trade receivables due from CXR, Inc.
+Added: Of these receivables $60,628 are related to costs paid by Cemtrex related to payroll
+Added: during the transition of employees to the new company and some subscription services that are set up on auto pay with a credit card.
+Added: is related to the current amount of royalties due and the remaining $409,752 is related to services provided by Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
+Added: in the normal course of business.
+Added: These balances are presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption “Trade
+Added: receivables - related party”.
+Added: The long-term balance of royalties of $456,611 is presented on the Company’s Consolidated Balance
+Added: Sheets under the caption “Note receivable, net - related party”.
+Added: During Fiscal year 2024, the Company recognized $665,520
+Added: of revenue from CXR, Inc.
+Added: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
+Added: following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to the Company for the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 by Grassi &
+Added: Certified Public Accountants the Company’s independent auditor:
Audit-Related Fees
−Removed: Audit fees principally include
−Removed: fees for the audit of our consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K and the review of financial statements
−Removed: included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: Audit-related fees consist of
−Removed: fees for other attestation and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial
−Removed: For fiscal year 2023, these fees primarily related to the audit of the historical financials of Heisey Mechanical, Ltd..
−Removed: fiscal year 2022, these fees primarily related to providing consent to various company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: Tax fees consist of tax compliance
−Removed: EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL
+Added: fees principally include fees for the audit of our consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K and the
+Added: review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
+Added: Audit-related
+Added: fees consist of fees for other attestation and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review
+Added: of our financial statements.
+Added: For fiscal year 2024, these fees primarily related to the review and consent for the S-1 filing related
+Added: to the May 2024 Equity Financing.
+Added: For fiscal year 2023, these fees primarily related to the audit of the historical financials of Heisey
+Added: Mechanical, Ltd.
+Added: fees consist of tax compliance services.
+Added: ITEM 15 EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: See Index to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements on page F-1 at beginning of attached financial statements.
−Removed: Stock Purchase Agreement regarding the stock of Advanced
−Removed: Industrial Services, Inc., AIS Leasing Company, AIS Graphic Services, Inc., and AIS Energy Services, LLC, Dated December 15, 2015.
−Removed: of Incorporation of the Company.(1)
−Removed: Laws of the Company.(1)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 29, 2006.(1)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated March 30, 2007.(1)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 16, 2007.(1)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 21, 2007.(1)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated April 3, 2015.(3)
−Removed: of Designation of the Series A Preferred Shares, dated September 8, 2009.(2)
−Removed: of Designation of the Series 1 Preferred Stock.(11)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 7, 2017 (12)
−Removed: of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Cemtrex, Inc
−Removed: Certificate of Designation of the Series 1 Preferred Shares, dated March 30, 2020.(16)
−Removed: of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 29, 2020 (20)
−Removed: of Correction of Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 29, 2021, filed October 7, 2020 (9)
−Removed: Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 12, 2023 (7)
−Removed: of Subscription Rights Certificate.
−Removed: of Series 1 Preferred Stock Certificate.
−Removed: of Series 1 Warrant.
−Removed: of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated March 22, 2019.
−Removed: Description of Registrant’s Securities
+Added: Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 at beginning of attached financial statements.
+Added: Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 15, 2015
+Added: Certificate of Incorporation filed with the State of Delaware.
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Shares
+Added: Certificate of Designation of the Series 1 Preferred Shares
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment
+Added: Amended Certificate of Designation of the Series 1 Preferred Shares
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: Form of Subscription Rights Certificate
+Added: Form of Series 1 Preferred Stock Certificate
+Added: Form of Series 1 Warrant
+Added: Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
+Added: Form of Prefunded Warrant
+Added: Form of Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant
+Added: Form of Series B Common Stock Purchase Warrant
+Added: Opinion of the Doney Law Firm
Amendment of the Term Loan Agreement between Vicon and NIL Funding, dated March 3, 2023
1 unchanged sentence
and Fulton Bank, N.A.
−Removed: dated February 24, 2023 (5)
Amendment to Promissory Note Between Cemtrex, Inc.
−Removed: and Streeterville Capital, LLC dated May 3, 2023 (5)
+Added: and Streeterville Capital, LL
Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 1, 2020
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and Saagar Govil, dated November 18, 2022
−Removed: Amendment of the Term Loan Agreement between Vicon and NIL Funding, dated March 3, 2023 (23)
−Removed: Amendment to Loan Documents Between Advanced Industrial Services, Inc.
−Removed: and Fulton Bank, N.A.
+Added: 2020 Equity Compensation Plan
+Added: Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2023
+Added: Form of Lock-Up Agreement
+Added: Note Purchase Agreement between Cemtrex Inc.
+Added: and Streeterville Capital, LLC, dated September 30, 2021
Amendment to Promissory Note between Cemtrex Inc.
−Removed: and Streeterville Capital, LLC (23)
−Removed: Asset Purchase agreement between Cemtrex, Inc.
−Removed: and Saagar Govil, dated November 22, 2022 (22)
−Removed: Asset Purchase agreement between Cemtrex, Inc.
−Removed: and Saagar Govil, dated November 22, 2022 (22)
−Removed: Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) between Cemtrex, Inc.
−Removed: and Saagar Govil (22)
−Removed: Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2023, by and among Heisey Mechanical, Ltd., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Seller”), and Andreas Heisey, an individual residing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“the “Shareholder” and collectively with the Seller, the “Seller Parties”) and Advanced Industrial Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Buyer”).
−Removed: Corporate Code of Business Ethics.(4)
+Added: and Streeterville Capital, LLC, dated September 14, 2022
+Added: Amendment to Promissory Note between Cemtrex Inc.
+Added: and Streeterville Capital, LLC, dated August 30, 2023
+Added: Form of Underwriting Agreement
+Added: Standstill Agreement, dated April 30, 2024
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
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Order pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act – dated September 30, 2022.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Instance Document
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the
−Removed: Inline XBRL document)
−Removed: Filed herewith
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-12G filed on May 22, 2008.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2009.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2016.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed on May 11, 2023.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2019.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2023.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K/A filed on September 26, 2016.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed on May 28, 2021.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form S-1 filed on August 29, 2016 and as amended on November 4, 2016, November 23, 2016, and December 7, 2016.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on January 24, 2017.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2017.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2021.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2019.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed on May 16, 2022.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2020.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on March 9, 2020.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2020.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2020.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed on January 5, 2021.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2022.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on November 29, 2022.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed on May 11, 2023.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2023.
+Added: XBRL Instance Document
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
+Added: Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
FORM 10-K SUMMARY
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of
−Removed: Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
−Removed: undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: CEMTREX, INC.
−Removed: December 28, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Saagar Govil
−Removed: Chairman of the Board, CEO,
−Removed: President and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: December 28, 2023
+Added: to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
+Added: on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
+Added: Saagar Govil 3
+Added: of the Board, CEO,
+Added: and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)
CFO (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of
−Removed: the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in
−Removed: the capacities and on the dates indicated.
−Removed: December 28, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Saagar Govil
+Added: to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
+Added: of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Saagar Govil .
−Removed: Chairman of the Board, CEO,
−Removed: President and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: December 28, 2023
+Added: of the Board, CEO,
+Added: and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)
CFO (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
−Removed: December 28, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Brian Kwon
−Removed: December 28, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh >
−Removed: December 28, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Metodi Filipov
Metodi Filipov >
−Removed: Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
+Added: and Subsidiaries
+Added: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
the Board of Directors and
−Removed: of Cemtrex, Inc.
+Added: Stockholders of Cemtrex, Inc.
and Subsidiaries
1 unchanged sentence
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cemtrex, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries (the Company) as of September 30, 2023 and
−Removed: 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each
−Removed: of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of September
+Added: 30, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows
+Added: for each of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as, the “financial
+Added: statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
+Added: Company as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year
+Added: period ended September 30, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Doubt Regarding the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
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September 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $3.7 million of goodwill.
−Removed: As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements,
−Removed: goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise.
+Added: As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, goodwill
+Added: is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise.
the Company’s goodwill impairment analyses was complex and highly judgmental due to the nature of qualitive assessment and, where
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review of the significant assumptions described above.
−Removed: audit procedures to test the Company’s goodwill impairment analyses included evaluating the reasonableness of the Company’s
−Removed: qualitative assessments and its estimated fair value of the reporting units.
−Removed: In evaluating estimated fair value of reporting units we,
−Removed: among other items, evaluated management’s significant assumptions described above and used within the fair value method, and tested
−Removed: the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data.
−Removed: We involved our valuation specialists to assist in assessing fair valuation methodologies
−Removed: utilized in the Company’s goodwill impairment analyses and to assist in evaluating certain assumptions utilized in the analyses,
−Removed: including discount rates..
−Removed: We assessed the historical accuracy of management’s projected cash flows, where applicable, and performed
−Removed: sensitivity analyses of the significant assumptions to evaluate the changes in the fair value of the reporting units that would result
−Removed: from changes in the assumptions.
−Removed: Finally, we assessed the adequacy of the disclosures in the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: audit procedures to test the Company’s goodwill impairment analyses included
+Added: the reasonableness of the Company’s qualitative assessments and its estimated fair
+Added: value of the reporting units.
+Added: evaluating the estimated fair value of reporting units, we, among other items, evaluated
+Added: management’s significant assumptions described above and used within the fair value
+Added: method, and tested the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data.
+Added: involved our valuation specialists to assist in assessing fair valuation methodologies utilized
+Added: in the Company’s goodwill impairment analyses and to assist in evaluating certain assumptions
+Added: utilized in the analyses, including discount rates.
+Added: assessed the historical accuracy of management’s projected cash flows, where applicable,
+Added: and performed sensitivity analyses of the significant assumptions to evaluate the changes
+Added: in the fair value of the reporting units that would result from changes in the assumptions.
+Added: assessed the adequacy of the disclosures in the financial statements.
Party Receivables
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These receivables are made up of $0.5 million
−Removed: of trade receivables, $0.8 million of a note receivable, and $0.7 million of royalty receivable.
−Removed: The related party nature of these receivables
−Removed: and associated disclosures are material to the financial statements and of a highly sensitive nature.
+Added: of trade receivables, and $0.7 million of royalty receivable.
+Added: The related party nature of these receivables and associated disclosures
+Added: are material to the financial statements and of a highly sensitive nature.
we addressed the matter
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we evaluated the Company’s disclosures related to the matters described above.
+Added: Classification,
+Added: Presentation, Accounting treatment and Valuation of Warrants
+Added: described in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement to issue and sell common
+Added: stock and series A, B, and pre-funded warrants during 2024.
+Added: We identified the evaluation of the classification, presentation, accounting
+Added: treatment and fair value of warrants issued as a critical audit matter.
+Added: principal consideration for our determination that the evaluation of the classification, presentation, accounting treatment and fair
+Added: value of the warrants issued was a critical audit matter is the high degree of subjective auditor judgment associated with evaluating
+Added: management’s determination of the liability classification and fair values of the warrants issued, which is primarily due to the
+Added: underlying terms of the agreement and complexity of the valuation models used and the sensitivity of the underlying significant assumptions.
+Added: The key assumptions used within the valuation models included the risk-free rate, stock price, strike price, remaining term, and volatility.
+Added: The calculated fair values are sensitive to changes in these key assumptions.
+Added: the Critical Audit Matter was addressed in the Audit
+Added: audit procedures related to the evaluation of acquisition date fair values of the warrants issued included the following, among others:
+Added: read and reviewed the relevant agreements to agree to key terms of the warrants issued to
+Added: determine the accuracy of the warrants issued and proper classification, presentation, and
+Added: accounting treatment.
+Added: vouched to source documentation to validate warrants issued.
+Added: assessed the qualifications and competence of management and the qualifications, competence
+Added: and objectivity of third-party specialists.
+Added: evaluated the methodologies used to determine the fair values of the warrants issued.
+Added: tested the assumptions used within the valuation models to estimate the fair value of the
+Added: warrants issued.
+Added: evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of certain controls over the valuation process,
+Added: including controls over the development of the key assumptions such as the risk-free rate,
+Added: stock price, strike price, remaining term, and volatility.
+Added: involved an internal valuation specialist who assisted in the evaluation and testing performed
+Added: of the reasonableness of significant methods and assumptions to the models.
+Added: assessed the sufficiency of the Company’s disclosure of its accounting for these warrants
+Added: issued included in Note 18.
Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C.
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BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
Current assets
−Removed: Cash and equivalents
−Removed: Restricted cash
−Removed: Short-term investments
−Removed: Trade receivables, net
−Removed: Trade receivables - related party
−Removed: Trade receivables, net
−Removed: Inventory –net of allowance for inventory obsolescence
−Removed: Contract assets
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other assets
−Removed: Assets of discontinued operations
−Removed: Total current assets
+Added: and cash equivalents
+Added: Trade receivables,
+Added: Trade receivables,
+Added: net - related party
+Added: Trade receivables,
+Added: expenses and other current assets
+Added: Total current
Property and equipment, net
−Removed: Right-of-use assets
−Removed: Royalties receivable - related party
−Removed: Note receivable - related party
−Removed: Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
+Added: Right-of-use operating lease
+Added: Royalties receivable, net -
+Added: related party
+Added: Note receivable, net - related
+Added: & Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Accounts payable - related party
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Sales tax payable
−Removed: Short-term liabilities, net of unamortized original issue discounts
+Added: payable - related party
+Added: line of credit
+Added: maturities of long-term liabilities
lease liabilities - short-term
−Removed: Deposits from customers
−Removed: Accrued expenses
−Removed: Contract liabilities
−Removed: Deferred revenue
−Removed: Accrued income taxes
−Removed: Liabilities of discontinued operations
−Removed: Total current liabilities
+Added: from customers
+Added: Total current
+Added: operating lease liabilities
+Added: Other long-term
+Added: Revenue - long-term
long-term liabilities
−Removed: Loans payable to bank
−Removed: Long-term lease liabilities
−Removed: Notes payable
−Removed: Mortgage payable
−Removed: Other long-term liabilities
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program Loans
−Removed: Deferred Revenue - long-term
−Removed: Total long-term liabilities
−Removed: Total liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Preferred stock , $ 0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, Series 1, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 2,293,016 shares issued
−Removed: and 2,228,916 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and 2,079,122 shares issued and 2,015,022 shares outstanding as of
−Removed: September 30, 2022 (liquidation value of $ 10 per share)
−Removed: Series C, 100,000 shares authorized, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022
−Removed: Preferred stock, value
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 1,045,789 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and
+Added: Preferred stock , $ 0.001
+Added: par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, Series 1, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 2,456,827 shares issued and 2,392,727 shares outstanding
+Added: as of September 30, 2024 and 2,293,016 shares issued and 2,228,916 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2023 (liquidation value
+Added: of $ 10 per share)
+Added: C, 100,000 shares authorized, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.001 par
+Added: value, 70,000,000 shares authorized, 14,176 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and 50,000,000 shares authorized,
498 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Additional paid-in capital
−Removed: Accumulated deficit
+Added: paid-in capital
( 71,355,386 )
( 64,125,895 )
−Removed: Treasury stock, 64,100 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock at September 30, 2023 and September 30,
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive income
−Removed: Total Cemtrex stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Non-controlling interest
−Removed: Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
+Added: Treasury stock, 64,100 shares
+Added: of Series 1 Preferred Stock at September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023
+Added: other comprehensive income
+Added: Cemtrex stockholders’ equity
+Added: Non-controlling
+Added: liabilities and stockholders’ equity
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2022
+Added: the year ended
+Added: Services Revenue
Cost of revenues
+Added: Cost of revenues, Security
+Added: Cost of revenues, Industrial Services
Operating expenses
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: Goodwill impairment
−Removed: Total operating expenses
−Removed: Operating loss
+Added: and administrative
+Added: and development
+Added: operating expenses
( 5,269,745 )
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Other (expense)/income
−Removed: Other income, net
−Removed: Interest expense
+Added: Other(expense)/income,
( 2,169,469 )
( 4,966,298 )
−Removed: Total other (expense)/income, net
+Added: excess fair value of warrants
( 7,255,528 )
−Removed: Net loss before income taxes
+Added: in fair value of warrant liability
( 2,206,604 )
( 4,489,605 )
−Removed: Income tax (expense)/benefit
−Removed: Loss from Continuing operations
+Added: before income taxes
( 7,476,349 )
( 6,001,113 )
−Removed: Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
+Added: Continuing operations
( 7,678,629 )
( 6,395,385 )
+Added: Income/(loss)
+Added: from discontinued operations, net of tax
( 2,838,053 )
( 7,635,505 )
−Removed: Less loss in noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Net loss attributable to Cemtrex, Inc.
( 9,233,438 )
+Added: loss in noncontrolling interest
+Added: loss attributable to Cemtrex, Inc.
$ ( 7,229,491 )
−Removed: Loss per share - Basic & Diluted
−Removed: Continuing Operations
−Removed: Discontinued Operations
−Removed: Weighted Average Number of Shares-Basic & Diluted
+Added: $ ( 9,196,875 )
+Added: (Loss)/income per share - Basic & Diluted
+Added: $ ( 15,760.64 )
+Added: Weighted Average Number
+Added: of Shares-Basic & Diluted
and Subsidiaries
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2022
+Added: the year ended
Other comprehensive loss
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$ ( 9,233,438 )
−Removed: Foreign currency translation gain/(loss)
−Removed: Comprehensive loss
+Added: currency translation (loss)/gain
+Added: Comprehensive
( 7,762,914 )
( 8,534,257 )
−Removed: Less comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Comprehensive loss attributable to Cemtrex, Inc.
+Added: Comprehensive
+Added: loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
+Added: Comprehensive
+Added: loss attributable to Cemtrex, Inc.
$ ( 7,356,900 )
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Share-based compensation
−Removed: Shares issued to pay notes
Dividends paid in Series 1
preferred shares
−Removed: Income/(loss) attributable
−Removed: to noncontrolling interest
+Added: Purchase of treasury stock
+Added: Cancellation of treasury stock
Shares issued to pay for services
−Removed: Additional rounding shares
−Removed: issued for reverse stock split
+Added: Exercise of prefunded warrants
+Added: Exercise of Series A warrants
+Added: Issuance of roundup shares
+Added: Loss attributable to noncontrolling
( 7,229,491 )
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$ ( 148,291 )
+Added: $ ( 54,929,020 )
+Added: $ ( 148,291 )
Foreign currency translation
+Added: currency translation (loss)/gain
Share-based compensation
Shares issued to pay notes
−Removed: Shares issued with note payable
Dividends paid in Series 1
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Shares issued to pay for services
+Added: Additional rounding shares
+Added: issued for reverse stock split
( 9,196,875 )
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$ ( 148,291 )
+Added: $ ( 64,125,895 )
+Added: $ ( 148,291 )
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: Cash Flows from Operating Activities
For the year ended
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Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Loss on disposal of property and equipment
+Added: (Gain)/loss on disposal of property and equipment
Noncash lease expense
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Share-based compensation
−Removed: Income tax expense/ (benefit)
+Added: Shares issued to pay for services
Interest expense paid in equity shares
−Removed: Accounts payable paid in equity shares
Accrued interest on notes payable
+Added: Non-cash royalty income
Amortization of original issue discounts on notes payable
−Removed: Gain/(loss) on marketable securities
+Added: Amortization of loan origination costs
+Added: Loss on excess fair value of warrants
+Added: Changes in fair value of warrant liability
( 7,840,951 )
−Removed: Discharge of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effects from acquisition of subsidiaries:
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( 1,870,975 )
−Removed: Trade receivables - related party
( 3,795,964 )
+Added: Trade receivables - related party
( 1,099,070 )
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Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
−Removed: Investment in MasterpieceVR
+Added: Royalties on related party revenues
Acquisitions, Net of Cash Acquired
( 2,793,291 )
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of marketable securities
−Removed: Purchase of marketable securities
−Removed: ( 19,901,897 )
−Removed: Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities - continuing operations
+Added: Investment in MasterpieceVR
+Added: Net cash used by investing activities
( 1,257,393 )
−Removed: Net cash used by investing activities - discontinued operations
−Removed: Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities
( 5,628,400 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
−Removed: Proceeds from notes payable
−Removed: Proceeds on bank loans
+Added: Proceeds on revolving line of credit
+Added: Payments on revolving line of credit
+Added: ( 30,019,244 )
Payments on debt
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Payments on Paycheck Protection Program Loans
−Removed: Payments on bank loans
−Removed: ( 1,225,700 )
+Added: Proceeds on bank loans
+Added: Proceeds from notes payable
+Added: Purchases of treasury stock
+Added: Proceeds from offerings
+Added: Expenses on offerings
Net cash provided by financing activities
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( 5,824,469 )
−Removed: ( 4,460,840 )
−Removed: Less cash attributed to discontinued operations
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
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Balance Sheet Accounts Included in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash
−Removed: Cash and equivalents
−Removed: Less cash attributed to discontinued operations
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
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Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds
−Removed: $ ( 293,779 )
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
−Removed: Shares issued to pay for services
Shares issued to pay notes payable
+Added: Financing of fixed asset purchase
Financing of building purchase
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Purchase of property and equipment through vendor financing
−Removed: Shares issued in connection with note payable
−Removed: Investment in right of use asset
+Added: Noncash recognition of new leases
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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and its subsidiaries.
−Removed: of former Cemtrex Brands
−Removed: November 22, 2022, the Company entered into two Asset Purchase Agreements and one Simple Agreement for Future Equity (“SAFE”)
−Removed: with the Company’s CEO, Saagar Govil, to secure the sale of the subsidiaries Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, which include
−Removed: the brand SmartDesk, and Cemtrex XR, Inc., which include the brands Cemtrex XR, Virtual Driver Interactive, Bravo Strong, and good tech
−Removed: (formerly Cemtrex Labs), to Mr.
−Removed: November 22, 2022, the Company completed the above disposition for the following consideration.
−Removed: comprised of:
−Removed: in cash payable at Closing;
−Removed: royalty of all revenues on the Business to be paid 90 days after the end of each calendar year for the next three years;
−Removed: the total sum of royalties due be less than $ 820,000 at the end of the three-year period, Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the
−Removed: difference between $ 820,000 and the royalties paid.
−Removed: Advanced Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: in cash payable at Closing;
−Removed: royalty of all revenues on the Business to be paid 90 days after the end of each calendar year for the next 5 years ;
−Removed: in SAFE (common equity) at any subsequent fundraising or exit above $5,000,000 with a $10,000,000 cap.
−Removed: Company’s Board of Directors, excluding Saagar Govil who abstained from all voting on these agreements, approved these actions
−Removed: and agreements.
−Removed: of Heisey Mechanical
−Removed: July 1, 2023, the Company under AIS, completed the acquisition of a leading service contractor and steel fabricator that specializes
−Removed: in industrial and water treatment markets, Heisey Mechanical, Ltd.
−Removed: (“Heisey”) based in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
−Removed: estate of the business was purchased at fair market value on August 30, 2023, for $ 1,500,000
−Removed: in a separate transaction.
−Removed: provides the water treatment industry with a variety of fabricated vessels and equipment including ASME pressure vessels, heat exchangers,
−Removed: mix tanks, reactors, and other specialized fabricated equipment.
−Removed: Additionally, the contracting team assists with installation and service
−Removed: of fabricated items.
−Removed: The company has over 33,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space in its facility and an experienced staff of
−Removed: fabricators, welders, and field mechanics.
−Removed: purchase price allocation presented below is still preliminary but has been developed based on an estimate of fair values of Heisey’s
−Removed: identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of July 1, 2023.
−Removed: The final allocation of the purchase
−Removed: price will be determined within one year from the closing date of the Heisey acquisition.
−Removed: consideration transferred and preliminary allocation of Heisey’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities, are as follows:
−Removed: OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
−Removed: Consideration Transferred:
−Removed: Seller’s note
−Removed: Financed amount
−Removed: Total consideration transferred
−Removed: Purchase Price Allocation:
−Removed: Contract assets
−Removed: Machinery and equipment
−Removed: Contract liabilities
−Removed: Accrued expenses
−Removed: Total consideration transferred
−Removed: unaudited pro forma summary below presents the results of operations as if the Heisey acquisition occurred on October 1, 2021.
−Removed: proforma adjustments for the twelve months ended September 30, 2023, includes $ 127,800
−Removed: of depreciation expense from acquired fixed assets,
−Removed: of interest expense on the debt used in the acquisition.
−Removed: Unaudited proforma adjustments for the twelve months ended September 30, 2022, includes $ 255,600
−Removed: of depreciation expense from acquired fixed assets,
−Removed: of interest expense on the debt used in the acquisition.
−Removed: The pro forma summary uses estimates and assumptions based on information available at the time.
−Removed: Management believes the estimates and
−Removed: assumptions to be reasonable; however, actual results may have differed significantly from this unaudited pro forma financial information.
−Removed: The unaudited pro forma information does not reflect any cost savings, operating synergies or revenue enhancements that might have been
−Removed: achieved from combining the operations.
−Removed: OF PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2022
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2022
−Removed: ( 9,173,748 )
−Removed: ( 13,038,817 )
−Removed: August 30, 2023, the Company acquired a mortgage in the amount of $ 1,200,000 from Fulton Bank to finance the purchase of the properties
−Removed: formerly owned by Heisey Mechanical Ltd.
−Removed: The mortgage carries interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 2.8 % and matures
−Removed: on September 30, 2043.
Stock Reverse Stock Split
−Removed: January 25, 2023, the company completed a 35:1 reverse stock split on its common stock.
−Removed: All share and per share data have been retroactively
−Removed: adjusted for this reverse split.
−Removed: of Delisting, Extension of cure period, and Subsequent Compliance
−Removed: 1 Preferred Stock
+Added: October 2, 2024, and November 26, 2024, the Company completed a 60:1 and 35:1 , respectively, reverse stock split on its common stock.
+Added: All share and per share data have been retroactively adjusted for the reverse splits.
+Added: Notices for Listing Deficiencies
July 29, 2022, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
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written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
−Removed: On September 8, 2023, Cemtrex Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”) received a letter from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (“Panel”)
−Removed: informing the Company that the Panel has granted the Company a temporary exception to regain compliance with The Nasdaq Stock Market
−Removed: LLC’s (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”) Listing Rule 5555(a)(1) (the “Bid Price Rule”) by no later
−Removed: than January 19, 2024.
−Removed: The Company has announced a special meeting of Series 1 Preferred stock shareholders scheduled for December 26,
−Removed: 2023, to approve the reverse stock split.
−Removed: January 24, 2022, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company
+Added: On September 8, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (“Panel”) informing the Company that the
+Added: Panel has granted the Company a temporary exception to regain compliance with The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”
+Added: or the “Exchange”) Listing Rule 5555(a)(1) (the “Bid Price Rule”) by
+Added: no later than January 19, 2024.
+Added: The Company has announced a special meeting of Series 1 Preferred Stock
+Added: shareholders was scheduled for December 26, 2023, to approve the reverse stock split.
+Added: On December 26, 2023, the meeting was adjourned
+Added: to December 29, 2023, due to insufficient votes represented by proxy or virtually in person to constitute a quorum for the transaction
+Added: of business at the Special Meeting.
+Added: On December 29, 2023, there were still insufficient votes represented by proxy or virtually in person
+Added: to constitute a quorum thus the resolution did not pass.
+Added: January 5, 2024, and January 12, 2024, the Company bought back an aggregate of 71,951 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock for $ 69,705
+Added: under the Share Repurchase Program approved on August 22, 2023, that allows the Company to repurchase shares of the Series 1 Preferred
+Added: Stock through various means, including through privately negotiated transactions and through an open market program.
+Added: On April 8, 2024,
+Added: these shares were cancelled.
+Added: The Company’s Series 1 Preferred Stock was delisted from the NASDAQ Capital Market on January 22,
+Added: The Series 1 Preferred Stock is now quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol “CETXP”.
+Added: Nasdaq filed a Form 25 on March
+Added: 21, 2024, and the deregistration of the Company’s Series 1 Preferred Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act became effective
+Added: for 90 days after filing of the Form 25.
+Added: June 14, 2024, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company
that, because the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock listed on Nasdaq was below $ 1.00 for 30 consecutive trading
−Removed: days, the Company no longer met the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Marketplace
−Removed: Rule 5550(a)(2), requiring a minimum bid price of $ 1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”).
−Removed: July 26, 2022, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Nasdaq
−Removed: notifying the Company that, it had been granted an additional 180 days or until January 23, 2023, to regain compliance with the Minimum
−Removed: Bid Price Requirement based on the Company meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all
−Removed: other applicable requirements for initial listing on the Capital Market with the exception of the bid price requirement, and the Company’s
−Removed: written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
−Removed: January 26, 2023, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company
−Removed: that it has not regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and accordingly would be delisted from the Capital Market.
−Removed: then requested and had been granted a hearing to occur on March 16, 2023, appealing this determination to a Hearings Panel (the “Panel”),
−Removed: pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5800 Series.
−Removed: February 8, 2023, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company
−Removed: that it has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and is in compliance with all applicable listing standards.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: common stock will continue to be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
+Added: days, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Marketplace
+Added: Rule 5550(a)(2), requiring a minimum bid price of $ 1.00 per share.
+Added: The notification letter also disclosed that in the event the Company
+Added: does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by December 11, 2024, the Company may be eligible for additional time.
+Added: To qualify for additional time, the Company would be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly
+Added: held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and
+Added: would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse
+Added: stock split, if necessary.
+Added: On August 21, 2024, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq
+Added: notifying the Company that, because the stockholder’s equity for the Company was below $2,500,000 as reported on our Form 10-Q
+Added: for the period ended June 30, 2024, the Company no longer meets the minimum shareholder’s equity requirement for continued listing
+Added: on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(b)(1), requiring a minimum stockholder’s equity of $2,500,000 (the
+Added: “Minimum Stockholder’s Equity Requirement”).
+Added: October 23, 2024, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq that it had been granted an extension to regain compliance with the Minimum
+Added: Stockholder’s Equity Requirement.
+Added: terms of the extension are as follows:
+Added: on or before February 17, 2025, the Company must complete the submitted plan and opt for one of
+Added: the two following alternatives to evidence compliance with the Rule:
+Added: The Company must furnish to the SEC and Nasdaq a publicly available report (e.g., a Form
+Added: 8-K) including:
+Added: disclosure of Staff’s deficiency letter and the specific deficiency(ies) cited;
+Added: description of the completed transaction or event that enabled the Company to satisfy the
+Added: stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing;
+Added: affirmative statement that, as of the date of the report, the Company believes it has regained
+Added: compliance with the stockholders’ equity requirement based upon the specific transaction
+Added: or event referenced in Step 2;
+Added: disclosure stating that Nasdaq will continue to monitor the Company’s ongoing compliance
+Added: with the stockholders’ equity requirement and, if at the time of its next periodic
+Added: report the Company does not evidence compliance, that it may be subject to delisting.
+Added: The Company must furnish to the SEC and Nasdaq a publicly available report including:
+Added: 1 & 2 set forth above;
+Added: balance sheet no older than 60 days with pro forma adjustments for any significant transactions
+Added: or event occurring on or before the report date.
+Added: The pro forma balance sheet must evidence
+Added: compliance with the stockholders’ equity requirement;
+Added: disclosure that the Company believes it also satisfies the stockholders’ equity requirement
+Added: as of the report date and that Nasdaq will continue to monitor the Company’s ongoing
+Added: compliance with the stockholders’ equity requirement and, if at the time of its next
+Added: periodic report the Company does not evidence compliance, that it may be subject to delisting.
+Added: of which alternative the Company chooses, if the Company fails to evidence compliance upon filing its periodic report for the March 31,
+Added: 2025, with the SEC and Nasdaq, the Company may be subject to delisting.
+Added: 2024 Equity Financing and Warrants
+Added: May 1, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Aegis Capital Corp., in connection with a firm commitment underwritten
+Added: public offering of warrants convertible into the Company’s common stock.
+Added: Further details can be found in Note 18 – Stockholders’
Concern Considerations
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ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: the Company’s working capital and current debt indicate a substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as
−Removed: a going concern, the Company has historically, from time to time, satisfied and may continue to satisfy certain short-term liabilities
−Removed: through the issuance of common stock, thus reducing our cash requirement to meet our operating needs.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has recently
−Removed: sold unprofitable brands, reducing the cash required to maintain those brands, implemented a new pricing model on our Vicon brand which
−Removed: has improved margins on those products, has refinanced some debt to provide the Company with additional capital when needed, has effected
−Removed: a reverse stock split on our common stock to remain trading on the Nasdaq Capital Markets, and improve our ability to raise capital through
−Removed: equity offerings and reduce the number of shares the Company may use to satisfy debt.
−Removed: In the event additional capital is raised through
−Removed: equity offerings and/or debt is satisfied with equity, it may have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders.
−Removed: While the Company
−Removed: believes these plans are sufficient to meet the capital demands of our current operations for at least the next twelve months, the is
−Removed: no guarantee that we will succeed.
+Added: our working capital and current debt indicate a substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,
+Added: the Company has historically, from time to time, satisfied and may continue to satisfy certain short-term liabilities through the issuance
+Added: of common stock, thus reducing our cash requirement to meet our operating needs.
+Added: The Company has $ 3,897,511 in cash as of September 30,
+Added: Additionally, the Company has (i) secured a line of credit for its Vicon brand to fund operations, which as of September 30, 2024,
+Added: has available capacity of $ 1,874,989 , (ii) continually reevaluate our pricing model on our Vicon brand to improve margins on those products
+Added: and introducing new innovative products to grow revenues, (iii) raised $ 9,039,959 in net proceeds through our May 2024 equity financing
+Added: and anticipate an additional $ 5 to $ 10 million when the Series B warrants are exercised.;
+Added: and (iv) subsequent to the balance sheet date
+Added: has effected a 60:1 and a 35:1 reverse stock split on our common stock to remain trading on the Nasdaq Capital Markets, and improve our
+Added: ability to potentially raise capital through equity offerings that we may use to satisfy debt.
+Added: In the event additional capital is raised
+Added: through equity offerings and/or debt is satisfied with equity, it may have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders.
+Added: Company believes these plans if successful, would be sufficient to meet the capital demands of our current operations for at least the
+Added: next twelve months, there is no guarantee that we will succeed.
+Added: Overall, there is no guarantee that cash flow from our existing or future
+Added: operations and any external capital that we may be able to raise will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs.
+Added: The Company currently
+Added: does not have adequate cash or available liquidity/available capacity on our lines of credit to meet our long-term needs and our above
+Added: plans in the short term may prove to be inadequate to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Thus, despite our cash on hand, our ability to draw
+Added: on our credit line, or changes to our pricing models, and other safeguards, we may be unable to meet our obligations as they become due
+Added: over the next twelve months beyond the issuance date.
there is no guarantee that cash flow from our existing or future operations and any external capital that we may be able to raise will
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The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to this uncertainty.
−Removed: with the Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: September 30, 2022, acting pursuant to an offer of settlement submitted by the Company, the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
−Removed: issued an order pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act, directing the Company to cease and desist from committing or causing any
−Removed: violations and any future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder
−Removed: (the “SEC Order”).
−Removed: SEC Order also directed Mr.
−Removed: Saagar Govil to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section
−Removed: 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: SEC found that, as a result of its conduct, which was neither admitted nor denied, the Company violated Section 17(a) of the Securities
−Removed: Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, which prohibit fraudulent conduct in the offer or sale of securities
−Removed: and in connection with the purchase or sale of securities.
−Removed: SEC also found that, as a result of his conduct, which was neither admitted nor denied, Mr.
−Removed: Govil violated Section 17(a)(3) of the Securities
−Removed: Act, which makes it illegal to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud
−Removed: or deceit upon the purchaser.
−Removed: addition to the above cease and desists, the Company undertook to not publicly announce that it has partnered with another company or
−Removed: that another company has become a customer of the Company without providing prior written notice, including a copy of the announcement
−Removed: text, to the businessperson at the other company responsible for that company’s relationship with the Company.
−Removed: the Company received a civil monetary penalty of two million two hundred thousand dollars ($ 2,200,000 ) in the aggregate that was paid
−Removed: Govil also received a civil monetary penalty of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($ 350,000 ) in the aggregate
−Removed: that was paid to the SEC.
−Removed: The Company and Mr.
−Removed: Govil have remitted the payments as of September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The Company’s penalty
−Removed: is presented on the Consolidated Statement of Operations under the heading “Other Income, net”.
−Removed: The SEC Order can be accessed
−Removed: at www.sec.gov.
2 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Such estimates include,
−Removed: but are not limited to, provisions for doubtful trade receivables, net realizable value of inventory, warranty obligations, income tax
−Removed: accruals, deferred tax valuation and assessments of the recoverability of the Company’s long-lived assets.
−Removed: Actual results could
−Removed: differ from those estimates.
+Added: but are not limited to, provisions for credit losses, net realizable value of inventory, warranty obligations, income tax accruals, deferred
+Added: tax valuation, valuation of warrant liabilities, and assessments of the recoverability of the Company’s long-lived assets.
+Added: results could differ from those estimates.
of Consolidation
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net book values of the long-lived assets are depreciated over the newly determined remaining estimated useful lives.
−Removed: impairment charges, if any, is included in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: impairment charges, if any, are included in operating expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: Receivables and Allowance for doubtful accounts
−Removed: receivables are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: The Company performs on-going credit evaluations
−Removed: of its customers and adjusts credit limits based upon payment history and the customer’s current credit worthiness, as determined
−Removed: by the review of their current credit information;
−Removed: and determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience,
−Removed: customer specific facts and general economic conditions that may affect a client’s ability to pay.
−Removed: balances are charged against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered
−Removed: The Company determines when receivables are past due or delinquent based on how recently payments have been received.
−Removed: Company reserved $ 234,924 and $ 249,439 within its allowance for doubtful accounts at September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
+Added: Receivables and Allowance for Current Expected Credit Losses
+Added: receivables are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of an allowance for current expected credit losses.
+Added: The Company performs on-going
+Added: credit evaluations of its customers and adjusts credit limits based upon payment history and the customer’s current credit worthiness,
+Added: as determined by the review of their current credit information;
+Added: and determines the allowance based on the current expected credit loss
+Added: (“CECL”) model.
+Added: The CECL model is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized
+Added: Company estimates credit losses associated with our accounts receivable portfolio segment using an expected credit loss model, which
+Added: utilizes an aging schedule methodology based on historical information and adjusted for asset-specific considerations, current economic
+Added: conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
+Added: Company reserved $ 155,918 and $ 234,924 within its allowance for credit losses at September 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Company does no t have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure to its customers at September 30, 2024, or 2023.
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of the respective assets, shown in the table below.
−Removed: OF PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
−Removed: Estimated Useful Life
−Removed: Furniture and office equipment
−Removed: Computer software
−Removed: Machinery and equipment
+Added: SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
+Added: and office equipment
+Added: and equipment
sale or retirement of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain
−Removed: or loss is reflected in statements of operations.
+Added: or loss is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
is tested for impairment annually as of September 30.
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recorded as the difference between the reporting unit’s fair value and carrying value.
−Removed: The Company adopted this standard effective
−Removed: October 1, 2020.
−Removed: the year ended September 30, 2023, no impairment of the Company’s goodwill was recorded and for the year ended September 30,2022,
−Removed: an impairment of the Company’s goodwill of $ 3,316,000 was recorded.
−Removed: November 13, 2020, and January 19, 2022, Cemtrex made $ 500,000 investments and on July 18, 2023, and October 5, 2023, made additional
−Removed: $ 100,000 investments via a simple agreement for future equity (“SAFE”) in MasterpieceVR.
−Removed: The SAFE provides that the Company
−Removed: will automatically receive shares of the entity based on the conversion rate of future equity rounds up to a valuation cap, as defined.
−Removed: MasterpieceVR is a software company that is developing software for content creation using virtual reality.
−Removed: The investment is included
−Removed: in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and the Company accounts for this investment and recorded at cost.
−Removed: impairment has been recorded for the period ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: October 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02 (Topic 842), “Leases”.
−Removed: ASU 2016-02 requires that a lessee recognize the
−Removed: assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases.
−Removed: A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability
−Removed: to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease
−Removed: For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying
−Removed: asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities.
−Removed: In transition, lessees and lessors may use the effective date method and elected
−Removed: certain practical expedients allowing the Company not to reassess:
−Removed: expired or existing contracts contain leases under the new definition of a lease;
−Removed: classification for expired or existing leases;
−Removed: previously capitalized initial direct costs would qualify for capitalization under Topic 842.
+Added: the year ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded $ 530,475 of impairment for Goodwill in the Security Segment.
+Added: For the year September
+Added: 30, 2023, no impairment of the Company’s goodwill was recorded.
+Added: Company accounts for leases in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 842, Leases (“ASC 842”).
+Added: ASC 842 requires
+Added: that a lessee recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from operating leases.
+Added: A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial
+Added: position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying
+Added: asset for the lease term.
+Added: For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by
+Added: class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities.
Company also made the accounting policy decision not to recognize lease assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or
+Added: Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s
+Added: specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 (Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity) and ASC 815 (Topic
+Added: 815, Derivatives and Hedging).
+Added: The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480,
+Added: meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification
+Added: under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to our own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially
+Added: require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of our control, among other conditions for equity classification.
+Added: This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent
+Added: quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
+Added: issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component
+Added: of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance.
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification,
+Added: the warrants are required to be recorded as a liability at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date
+Added: Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss in the Company’s Consolidated
+Added: Statements of Operations.
financial statements shall include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements, expense
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the terms and manner of settlement.
+Added: The Company applies the CECL model on its related party assets and applies an allowance when necessary.
and Contingencies
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will not materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial position, and results of operations or cash flows.
−Removed: October 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), using the modified retrospective
−Removed: transition method.
−Removed: Under the guidance of the standard, revenue represents the amount received or receivable for goods and services supplied
−Removed: by the Company to its customers.
−Removed: Company recognizes revenue at the time a good or service is transferred to a customer and the customer
−Removed: obtains control of that good or receives the service performed.
−Removed: Most of the Company’s sales arrangements with customers in the
−Removed: Security segment are short-term in nature involving single performance obligations related to the delivery of goods or repair of equipment
−Removed: and generally provide for transfer of control at the time of shipment to the customer.
−Removed: The Company generally permits returns of product
−Removed: or repaired equipment due to defects;
+Added: Company accounts for revenue in accordance with A ccounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue
+Added: from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) .
+Added: Under the guidance of the standard, revenue represents the amount received
+Added: or receivable for goods and services supplied by the Company to its customers.
+Added: Company recognizes revenue at the time a good or service
+Added: is transferred to a customer and the customer obtains control of that good or receives the service performed.
+Added: Most of the Company’s
+Added: sales arrangements with customers in the Security segment are short-term in nature involving single performance obligations related to
+Added: the delivery of goods or repair of equipment and generally provide for transfer of control at the time of shipment to the customer.
+Added: Company generally permits returns of product or repaired equipment due to defects;
however, returns are historically insignificant.
−Removed: Billing terms vary by customer and product but
−Removed: generally do not exceed 90 days.
+Added: terms vary by customer and product but generally do not exceed 90 days.
accordance with the authoritative guidance issued by the FASB on revenue recognition, the Company recognizes revenue from cost reimbursable
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invoicing to customers.
−Removed: Company records a liability when receiving cash in advance of delivering goods or services to the customer.
−Removed: This liability is reversed
−Removed: against the receivable recognized when those goods or services are delivered.
−Removed: The amounts were $ 2,311,334 , and $ 1,788,507 , as of September
−Removed: 30, 2023, 2022 respectively, recorded at Deferred revenue.
−Removed: Additionally, the company recorded Deposits from customers of $ 57,434 , and
−Removed: $ 73,144 , as of September 30, 2023, and 2022 respectively.
+Added: records deferred revenue when receiving cash in advance of delivering services to the customer.
+Added: The deferred revenue is reversed,
+Added: and revenue is recognized when those services are delivered.
+Added: The amounts were $ 1,955,635 ,
+Added: $ 2,311,334 , and $ 1,788,507 as
+Added: of September 30, 2024, 2023, and 2022 respectively, recorded as Deferred revenue.
+Added: Short-term deferred revenue of $ 1,297,616
+Added: is expected to be recognized over the next 12 months.
+Added: records a liability when receiving cash in advance of delivering goods to the customer.
+Added: The revenue is recognized, and the deposit
+Added: is applied to the invoice for those goods when those goods are delivered.
+Added: The company recorded Deposits from customers of $ 408,415 ,
+Added: $ 57,434 , and $ 73,144 as of September 30,
+Added: 2024, 2023, and 2022 respectively.
+Added: These amounts are short-term and are expected to be recognized over the next 12 months.
Company’s industrial services segment’s revenue is derived from contracts with customers.
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are incurred.
+Added: following table illustrates the approximate disaggregation of the Company’s revenue based off timing of revenue recognition for
+Added: years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023.
+Added: OF DISAGGREGATION OF THE COMPANY REVENUE RECOGNITION
+Added: For the years ended
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2023
+Added: Point-in-time
Company provides for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized.
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Tax Provision
−Removed: Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740-10, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected
−Removed: future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns.
−Removed: Under this method, deferred tax
−Removed: assets and liabilities are based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted
−Removed: tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance
−Removed: to the extent management concludes it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities
−Removed: are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected
−Removed: to be recovered or settled.
−Removed: The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the Consolidated
−Removed: Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the period that includes the enactment date.
+Added: Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740-10, (“Income Taxes”) , which requires recognition of deferred tax assets
+Added: and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns.
+Added: Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of
+Added: assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.
+Added: assets are reduced by a valuation allowance to the extent management concludes it is more likely than not that the assets will not be
+Added: Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in
+Added: which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
+Added: The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change
+Added: in tax rates is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss in the period that includes the enactment
estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities are reported in the accompanying
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shares, the contractual terms of the Company’s stock-based awards, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior.
−Removed: Income (Loss) per Common Share
+Added: Loss per Common Share
net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) less the fair market value of dividends declared by the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
−Removed: Diluted net income per common share is computed by
−Removed: dividing net income less the fair market value of dividends declared by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and
−Removed: potentially dilutive outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from
−Removed: common shares issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options and warrants.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, and 2022, the
−Removed: following items were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share as their effect is anti-dilutive:
+Added: Diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing
+Added: net income less the fair market value of dividends declared by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially
+Added: dilutive outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable
+Added: through contingent share arrangements, stock options and warrants.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, and 2023, the following items were excluded
+Added: from the computation of diluted net loss per common share as their effect is anti-dilutive.
SCHEDULE OF COMPUTATION OF DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE AS ANTI-DILUTIVE EFFECT
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September 30,
−Removed: For the years ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023, and 2022 loss per share basic and diluted for continuing operations are calculated as follows;
+Added: the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 loss per share basic and diluted for continuing operations are calculated as follows.
SCHEDULE OF LOSS PER SHARE BASIC AND DILUTED
FOR CONTINUING OPERATIONS
−Removed: the years ended
−Removed: from Continuing operations
+Added: For the years ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Loss from Continuing operations
$ ( 7,678,629 )
$ ( 6,395,385 )
−Removed: loss in noncontrolling interest
−Removed: stock dividends
−Removed: loss applicable to common shareholders
+Added: Less (loss)/gain in noncontrolling interest
+Added: Preferred stock dividends
+Added: Net loss applicable to common shareholders
( 7,340,403 )
( 6,524,906 )
−Removed: Average Number of Shares-Basic & Diluted
−Removed: per share - Basic & Diluted - Continuing Operations
−Removed: Currency Translation Gain and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
+Added: Weighted Average Number of Shares-Basic & Diluted
+Added: Loss per share - Basic & Diluted - Continuing Operations
+Added: $ ( 15,760.64 )
+Added: Currency Translation (Loss)/Gain and Comprehensive Income Loss
countries in which the Company operates, and the functional currency is other than the U.S.
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Resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a component of
−Removed: accumulated other comprehensive income on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: accumulated other comprehensive loss on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
For the years ending September 30, 2024, and September
−Removed: 30, 2022, comprehensive loss includes a gain of $ 699,181 and a loss of $ 518,927 , respectively, which were entirely from foreign currency
+Added: 30, 2023, comprehensive loss includes a loss of $ 127,409 and a gain of $ 699,181 , respectively, which were entirely from foreign currency
of and for the year ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company used the following exchange rates.
SCHEDULE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE
−Removed: Exchange rate at September 30, 2022
−Removed: Approximate weighted average exchange rate For the year
−Removed: ended September 30, 2022
−Removed: Exchange rate at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Approximate weighted average exchange rate For the year
−Removed: ended September 30, 2023
+Added: Approximate weighted
+Added: Approximate weighted
+Added: average exchange rate
+Added: average exchange rate
+Added: Exchange rate at
+Added: For the three months ended
+Added: Exchange rate at
+Added: For the year ended
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2023
+Added: September 30, 2023
Great Britain Pound
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statement of operations or retained earnings.
−Removed: The reclassifications center around the reclassification of the assets and liabilities of the Company’s discontinued
−Removed: operations now under the headings “Assets of discontinued operations” and “Liabilities of discontinued operations”
−Removed: on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and the operational results of the discontinued operations under the heading of “Loss
−Removed: from discontinued operations, net of tax” on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations.
+Added: The reclassification was to the caption “Short-term investments” which has
+Added: been reclassified to “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and “Gain/(loss)
+Added: on marketable securities to “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
+Added: following table illustrates the reclassifications made.
+Added: OF RECLASSIFICATIONS
+Added: September 30, 2023
+Added: CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
+Added: As previously reported
+Added: Reclassification
+Added: Short-term investments
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: For the year ended September 30, 2023
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: As previously reported
+Added: Reclassification
+Added: Gain/(loss) on marketible securities
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: $ ( 458,534 )
+Added: $ ( 458,476 )
+Added: Payments on bank loans
+Added: $ ( 488,689 )
+Added: Payments on debt
+Added: $ ( 1,044,370 )
+Added: $ ( 488,689 )
+Added: $ ( 1,533,059 )
of an Immaterial Error in Previously Issued Financial Statements
−Removed: Subsequent to the issuance
−Removed: of our financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022, an immaterial error was identified and has been corrected in our historical
−Removed: information related to the calculation of earnings per share.
−Removed: The original calculation did not take into account the fair value of the
−Removed: Series 1 Preferred Stock dividends declared during the period.
−Removed: Additionally, as discussed above the amount of earnings per share for
−Removed: discontinued operations was not presented.
−Removed: The effects of the correction to the individual effected line items
−Removed: in our Consolidated Statement of Operations are as follows:
+Added: to the issuance of our financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023, immaterial errors were identified and has been corrected
+Added: in our historical information related to the cash flow presentation of non-cash royalty income.
+Added: The original presentation had non-cash
+Added: royalty income presented in Trade receivables – related party.
+Added: Additionally, Shares issued to pay for services was presented in the supplemental disclosure of the cash flow presentation,
+Added: but not presented on the face of the financial.
+Added: effects of the correction to the individual effected line items in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are as follows.
SCHEDULE OF ERROR CORRECTIONS AND PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS
−Removed: September 30, 2022
+Added: For the year ended September 30, 2023
As previously reported
−Removed: Loss per share - Basic & Diluted
−Removed: Continuing Operations
−Removed: Discontinued Operations
+Added: Non-cash royalty income
+Added: Trade receivables - related party
+Added: $ ( 1,143,342 )
+Added: $ ( 1,099,070 )
+Added: Shares issued to pay for services
+Added: Accounts payable
+Added: $ ( 215,800 )
Company accounts for business combinations under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification
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results of operations are consolidated as of and subsequent to the acquisition date.
+Added: Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No.
+Added: 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326):
+Added: of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Update 2016-13”).
+Added: Update 2016-13 replaced the incurred loss model with an expected
+Added: loss model, which is referred to as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model.
+Added: The CECL model is applicable to the
+Added: measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost, including but not limited to trade receivables.
+Added: business entities, the new standard became effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim
+Added: periods within that reporting period.
+Added: On October 1, 2023, the Company implemented this standard
+Added: and there has been no material change to the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: following table illustrates the effect of implementation of Update 2016-13 on the current expected credit losses for the following line
+Added: items on the consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: OF EFFECT IMPLEMENTATION ON CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
+Added: October 1, 2023 As reported under
+Added: September 30, 2023 Pre-ASC 326 Adoption
+Added: Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
+Added: Trade receivables, net
+Added: Contract assets, net
+Added: Royalties receivable, net - related party
+Added: Note receivable, net - related party
+Added: The Company carries its accounts
+Added: receivables net of an allowance for credit losses.
+Added: The measurement and recognition of credit losses involves the use of judgment.
+Added: assessment of expected credit losses includes consideration of current and expected economic conditions, market and industry factors
+Added: affecting the Company’s customers (including their financial condition), the aging of account balances, historical credit loss
+Added: experience, customer concentrations, and customer creditworthiness.
+Added: Management evaluates its experience with historical losses and then
+Added: applies this historical loss ratio to financial assets with similar characteristics.
+Added: The Company’s historical loss ratio or its
+Added: determination of risk pools may be adjusted for changes in customer, economy, market or other circumstances.
+Added: The Company may also establish
+Added: an allowance for credit losses for specific receivables when it is probable that the receivable will not be collected, and the loss can
+Added: be reasonably estimated.
+Added: Amounts are written off against the allowance when they are considered to be uncollectible, and reversals of
+Added: previously reserved amounts are recognized if a specifically reserved item is settled for an amount exceeding the previous estimate.
+Added: Company will utilize the Probability-of-default method for financing receivables and loans.
+Added: Expected credit losses are determined by
+Added: multiplying the probability of default (i.e., the probability the asset will default within the given time frame) by the loss given default
+Added: (the percentage of the asset not expected to be collected because of default).
+Added: The Company considers sources of repayment associated
+Added: with a financial asset when determining its credit losses, including collection against the collateral and certain embedded credit enhancements,
+Added: such as guarantees or insurance.
+Added: The allowance for credit losses was immaterial as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: following table illustrates the current expected credit losses activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: OF EXPECTED CREDIT LOSSES ACTIVITY
+Added: October 1, 2023
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: For the year ended
+Added: October 1, 2023
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2024
+Added: Trade receivables, net
+Added: Trade receivables, net - related party
+Added: Trade receivables, net
+Added: Contract assets, net
+Added: Royalties receivable, net - related party
+Added: Note receivable, net - related party
Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective
−Removed: October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, “Business Combinations (Topic 805):
−Removed: Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
−Removed: from Contracts with Customers (“ASU No.
−Removed: 2021-08 will require companies to apply the definition of a performance
−Removed: obligation under ASC Topic 606 to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities (i.e., deferred revenue) relating to
−Removed: contracts with customers that are acquired in a business combination.
−Removed: Under current U.S.
−Removed: GAAP, an acquirer generally recognizes assets
−Removed: acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, including contract assets and contract liabilities arising from revenue contracts
−Removed: with customers, at fair value on the acquisition date.
−Removed: 2021-08 will result in the acquirer recording acquired contract assets
−Removed: and liabilities on the same basis that would have been recorded by the acquiree before the acquisition under ASC Topic 606.
−Removed: is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The Company has adopted this ASU as of October
−Removed: 1, 2022, and applied it to the Heisey Mechanical Ltd.
−Removed: acquisition .
June 30, 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):
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after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements.
−Removed: June 2016 the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326):
−Removed: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
−Removed: Instruments, which makes significant changes to the accounting for credit losses on financial assets and disclosures about them.
−Removed: guidance applies to a wide variety of financial assets including trade receivables and contract assets and is effective for the Company
−Removed: for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods therein.
−Removed: The new guidance on the current expected
−Removed: credit loss (‘CECL”) impairment model requires an estimate of expected credit losses, measured over the contractual life
−Removed: of an asset, that considers forecasts of future economic conditions in addition to information about past events and current conditions.
−Removed: It requires entities to consider the risk of loss even if it is remote, which may result in the recognition of credit losses on assets
−Removed: that do not have evidence of credit deterioration.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the impact
−Removed: of this ASU on our financial statements.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on the consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
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The Company is currently evaluating the impact
−Removed: of our pending adoption of ASU 2023-07 on our consolidated financial statements.
+Added: of our pending adoption of ASU 2023-07 on the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires
+Added: public entities to disclose consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and for income
+Added: It also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures.
+Added: The guidance is effective
+Added: for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The Company is required
+Added: to adopt this standard prospectively in fiscal year 2026 for the annual reporting period ending September 30, 2026.
+Added: The Company is currently
+Added: in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement (Topic 220):
+Added: Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation
+Added: Disclosures, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”, that requires public companies to disclose, in interim and reporting
+Added: periods, additional information about certain expenses in the financial statements.
+Added: ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual periods beginning
+Added: after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted and is effective
+Added: on either a prospective basis or retrospective basis.
+Added: The Company is currently assessing the potential impacts of adoption on the consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20), which clarifies the requirements
+Added: for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion.
+Added: is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted for all entities that have adopted the amendments in Update 2020-06.
+Added: Adoption can be on a prospective or
+Added: retrospective basis.
+Added: The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption on the consolidated financial statements.
Company does not believe that any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material
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3 – SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
−Removed: the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, the Company reorganized its reporting segments to be in line with its current structure.
−Removed: reports and evaluates financial information for three current segments:
−Removed: the Security segment, Industrial Services segment and the Corporate
−Removed: The historical segment information has been recast to conform to the current segment structure.
−Removed: All intersegment transactions have been eliminated, values are presented net of eliminations.
−Removed: Operating segments
−Removed: The Company determines its reporting units in accordance with the
−Removed: Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 280, Segment Reporting.
−Removed: The Company evaluates a reporting unit by first identifying its operating segments under ASC 280.
−Removed: The Company operates as four operating
−Removed: segments which is reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker.
−Removed: operating decision-maker is responsible for the allocation of resources and assessing the performance of the operating segment and has
−Removed: been identified as Saagar Govil, the CEO of the Company.
+Added: Company’s reporting segments consist of Security and Industrial Services.
+Added: Additionally, the Company’s operational structure
+Added: also reports unallocated corporate expenses.
+Added: All intersegment transactions have been eliminated and values are presented net of eliminations.
+Added: Company determines its reporting units in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
+Added: Codification (“ASC”) 280, Segment Reporting.
+Added: The Company evaluates a reporting unit by first identifying its operating segments
+Added: under ASC 280.
+Added: The Company operates as two operating segments and unallocated corporate expenses which is reported in a manner consistent
+Added: with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker.
+Added: The chief operating decision-maker is responsible for the
+Added: allocation of resources and assessing the performance of the operating segment and has been identified as Saagar Govil, the CEO of the
+Added: corporate expenses mainly relate to payroll and benefits for corporate officers, investor relation expenses, accounting expenses related
+Added: audit and taxes, legal expenses related to corporate matters, consulting expenses related to accounting and corporate matters, and interest
+Added: expense on notes payable.
Security segment operates under the Vicon brand that deliver cutting-edge software and hardware technologies:
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Industrial Services
−Removed: Year ended September 30, 2023
−Removed: Year ended September 30, 2022
+Added: For the year ended September 30, 2024
+Added: the year ended September 30, 2023
Industrial Services
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Operating expenses
−Removed: Sales, general, and administrative
+Added: General, and administrative
Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Goodwill impairment
Research and development
+Added: Goodwill Impairment
Operating (loss)/income
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$ ( 1,511,508 )
−Removed: Other income/(expense)
+Added: Other (expense)/income
$ ( 492,330 )
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$ ( 2,206,604 )
+Added: $ ( 166,369 )
+Added: $ ( 4,437,082 )
+Added: $ ( 4,489,605 )
September 30,
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Industrial Services
−Removed: Discontinued operations
Company generates revenue from product sales and services from its subsidiaries located in the United States, the United Kingdom, and
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUE FROM PRODUCT SALES AND SERVICES FROM ITS SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: For the year ended
September 30,
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ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Company’s fair value assets for the years ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, are as follows;
−Removed: SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS
−Removed: Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
−Removed: Significant Other Observable Inputs
−Removed: Significant Unobservable Inputs
−Removed: Balance as of
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Investment in marketable securities (included in short-term investments)
−Removed: Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
−Removed: Significant Other Observable Inputs
−Removed: Significant Unobservable Inputs
−Removed: Balance as of
+Added: Company’s fair value assets for the years ended September 30, 2024, are as follows.
+Added: SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE OF LIABILITIES
+Added: Quoted Prices
+Added: Identical Assets
September 30,
−Removed: Investment in marketable securities (included in short-term investments)
+Added: Warrant liabilities
+Added: September 30, 2023, the Company had no fair value assets or liabilities.
+Added: summary of the warrant liabilities activity for the year ended September 30, 2024, is as follows.
+Added: SCHEDULE OF THE WARRANT LIABILITIES ACTIVITY
+Added: Series A Warrants
+Added: Series B Warrants
+Added: Prefunded Warrants
+Added: Warrant Liabilities at September 30, 2023
+Added: Warrants Issued
+Added: Warrants Exercised
+Added: ( 1,060,113 )
+Added: ( 3,190,320 )
+Added: ( 4,250,433 )
+Added: Fair market revaluation
+Added: ( 6,022,169 )
+Added: ( 1,903,933 )
+Added: ( 7,840,951 )
+Added: Warrant Liabilities at September 30, 2024
5 – RESTRICTED CASH
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Additionally, there was $ 100,000 of restricted cash in escrow per the purchase agreement with Heisey
−Removed: Mechanical, Ltd..
+Added: Mechanical, Ltd, an additional $ 325,340 in escrow related to bond requirements on certain public projects, and $ 66,935 in deposit guarantees.
6 – TRADE RECEIVABLES, NET
receivables, net consists of the following.
−Removed: OF TRADE RECEIVABLES, NET
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: SCHEDULE OF TRADE RECEIVABLES, NET
September 30,
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Trade receivables
−Removed: Allowance for doubtful accounts
+Added: Allowance for credit losses
Accounts receivables,
+Added: receivables, net were $ 5,399,216 at September 30, 2022.
receivables include amounts due for shipped products and services rendered.
−Removed: Allowance for doubtful accounts includes estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make the required payments.
+Added: for credit losses include estimated losses resulting from the application of the CECL method to our trade receivables.
7 – PREPAID AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
and other current assets consist of the following.
−Removed: OF PREPAID AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
+Added: SUMMARY OF PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
September 30, 2024
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Deferred costs
+Added: Short-term investments
Prepaid income taxes
VAT and GST tax receivable
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other assets total
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets total
8 – INVENTORY, NET
net of reserves, consist of the following.
−Removed: OF INVENTORY, NET
+Added: SCHEDULE OF INVENTORY, NET
September 30,
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Finished goods
−Removed: Inventory, gross
−Removed: Allowance for inventory obsolescence
−Removed: ( 1,088,377 )
−Removed: Inventory –net of allowance for inventory obsolescence
+Added: Inventory, net
9 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
and equipment are summarized as follows.
−Removed: OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
+Added: SUMMARY OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
September 30,
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Property and equipment, net
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: of property and equipment totaled approximately $ 1,026,075
−Removed: and $ 1,752,098
−Removed: for fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively recorded as general and administrative expenses on the Company’s
−Removed: consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income/(loss).
+Added: Company completed the annual impairment test of property and equipment and determined that there was no impairment
+Added: as the fair value of property and equipment substantially exceeded their carrying values at September 30, 2024.
+Added: Depreciation and
+Added: amortization of property and equipment totaled approximately $ 1,328,741 and
+Added: $ 1,026,075 for
+Added: fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively and are recorded as general and administrative expenses on the
+Added: Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
+Added: Additionally, depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
+Added: of approximately $ 53,895 and $ 33,256 for fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively and are recorded as cost of
+Added: revenues, Security on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
10 – GOODWILL
−Removed: Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by segment, are as follows
+Added: in the carrying amount of goodwill, by segment, are as follows.
SCHEDULE OF GOODWILL BY SEGMENT
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Balance at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Impairment losses
−Removed: ( 3,316,000 )
−Removed: ( 3,316,000 )
−Removed: Reclassified to assets held for sale
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2022
+Added: Purchase price allocation adjustment
Balance at September 30, 2024
−Removed: For the year ended September 30, 2023, no impairment of the Company’s
−Removed: goodwill was recorded and for the year ended September 30,2022, an impairment of the Company’s goodwill of $ 3,316,000 was recorded.
+Added: the year ended September 30, 2024, $ 530,475 of impairment of the Company’s goodwill was recorded.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, accumulated impairment losses of $ 3,846,475 and $ 3,316,000 related to the Security segment
+Added: have been recorded.
11 - OTHER ASSETS
+Added: November 13, 2020, and January 19, 2022, Cemtrex made $ 500,000 investments, on July 18, 2023, and October 5, 2023, made additional $ 100,000
+Added: investments, and on October 17, 2024, and November 18, 2024, made additional $ 50,000 investments on each respective date, via a simple
+Added: agreement for future equity (“SAFE”) in MasterpieceVR.
+Added: The SAFE provides that the Company will automatically receive shares
+Added: of the entity based on the conversion rate of future equity rounds up to a valuation cap, as defined.
+Added: MasterpieceVR is a software company
+Added: that is developing software for content creation using virtual reality.
+Added: The investment is included in other assets in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated balance sheet and the Company accounts for this investment and recorded at cost.
+Added: No impairment has been recorded for the
+Added: years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
assts consists of the following.
−Removed: OF OTHER ASSETS
+Added: SCHEDULE OF OTHER ASSETS
September 30, 2024
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expenses consist of the following.
−Removed: OF ACCRUED EXPENSES
+Added: SCHEDULE OF ACCRUED EXPENSES
September 30, 2024
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Accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued payable on inventory in transit
Accrued payroll
Accrued warranty
−Removed: Accrued expenses total total
+Added: Accrued expenses total
13 – DEFERRED REVENUE
Company’s deferred revenue as of and for the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, are as follows.
−Removed: OF DEFERRED REVENUE
+Added: SCHEDULE OF DEFERRED REVENUE
For the year ended
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Deferred software revenues
+Added: ( 2,677,329 )
+Added: ( 2,156,552 )
Deferred revenue at end of period
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Long-term deferred revenue at end of period
+Added: the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $ 1,555,423 , and $ 1,190,479 , respectively, that was previously
+Added: included in the beginning balance of deferred revenues.
14 - CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITES
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OF CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
−Removed: For the year ended
September 30, 2024
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( 14,850,020 )
+Added: Net (billings in excess of costs)/earnings in excess of billings, Ending balance
+Added: $ ( 268,997 )
+Added: the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $ 905,319 and $ 369,835 , respectively, that was previously
+Added: included in the beginning balance of contract liabilities.
+Added: OF CONTRACT ASSETS AND CONTACT LIABILITIES
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2023
+Added: For the year ended
September 30, 2024
−Removed: Included in the accompanying balance sheet under the following captions
−Removed: Contract assets
−Removed: Contract liabilites
+Added: September 30, 2023
+Added: Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts
+Added: Contract asset, beginning balance
+Added: Changes in revenue billed, contract price or cost estimates
+Added: Contract asset, net, ending balance
+Added: Billings in Excess of Costs and Estimated Earnings on Uncompleted Contracts
+Added: Contract liability, beginning balance
+Added: $ ( 369,890 )
+Added: Changes in revenue billed, contract price or cost estimates
+Added: Contract liability, ending balance
+Added: $ ( 1,254,204 )
+Added: $ ( 980,319 )
+Added: Net Billings in Excess of Costs and Estimated Earnings on Uncompleted Contracts
+Added: Net billings in excess of costs, beginning balance
+Added: Changes in revenue billed, contract price or cost estimates
+Added: $ ( 1,027,879 )
+Added: Net billings in excess of costs, ending balance
+Added: $ ( 268,997 )
Company is party to contracts where we lease property from others under contracts classified as operating leases.
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approximately 3.3 years at September 30, 2024, and 3 years at September 30, 2023.
−Removed: Lease liabilities were $ 2,348,689 with $ 741,487 classified
−Removed: as short-term at September 30, 2023, and $ 2,576,963 with $ 754,495 , classified as short-term at September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The weighted average
−Removed: discount rate used to measure lease liabilities was approximately 5.66 % at September 30, 2023, and 2022.
−Removed: The Company used the rate implicit
−Removed: in the lease, where known, or its incremental borrowing rate as the rate used to discount the future lease payments.
−Removed: Company also made the accounting policy decision not to recognize lease assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or
−Removed: Company’s corporate segment leases approximately 100
−Removed: square feet of office space in Brooklyn, NY on a month-to-month lease at a rent of $ 600
−Removed: per month with $ 4,200 of expense for the year ended September 30, 2023 and approximately 911
−Removed: square feet of office space in Clovis, CA on a month-to-month lease at a monthly rent of $ 4,930
−Removed: with $ 5,550 of expense for the year ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The expense is under the caption “General and administrative” on the Company’s Consolidated Statement
−Removed: of Operations.
+Added: The weighted average discount rate used to measure
+Added: lease liabilities was approximately 6.54 % at September 30, 2024, and 2023.
+Added: The Company used the rate implicit in the lease, where known,
+Added: or its incremental borrowing rate as the rate used to discount the future lease payments.
+Added: Company’s corporate segment leases approximately 100 square feet of office space in Brooklyn, NY on a month-to-month lease at a
+Added: rent of $ 600 per month with $ 7,200 of expense for the year ended September 30, 2024 and approximately 911 square feet of office space
+Added: in Clovis, CA on a month-to-month lease at a monthly rent of $ 4,202 with $ 58,996 of expense for the year ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: expense is under the caption “General and administrative” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liabilities recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30,
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Operating Leases
−Removed: 2028 & Thereafter
Undiscounted lease payments
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Discounted lease payments
+Added: Less short-term operating lease liabilities
+Added: Long-term operating lease liabilities
costs for the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 are set forth below.
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Operating lease costs
+Added: Short-term lease costs
Total lease cost
16 – LINES OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
−Removed: January 12, 2023, the Company entered into a standstill agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC.
−Removed: The lender has agreed to refrain and
−Removed: forbear temporarily from making redemptions under the notes for a period ending on April 12, 2023.
−Removed: In addition, the company has agreed
−Removed: to an increase of the outstanding balance of the note issued on September 30, 2021, for the original amount of $ 5,755,000 by $ 148,000 ,
−Removed: and the outstanding balance of the note issued on February 22, 2022, for the original amount of $ 9,205,000 by $ 303,422 .
−Removed: The aggregate
−Removed: amount of $ 451,422 has been recorded as interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations and Consolidated
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flow.
−Removed: February 15, 2023, the Company and Fulton Bank agreed to an amendment to the Master Agreement Regarding Financial Covenants and Financial
−Removed: Deliverables dated September 22, 2020.
−Removed: March 3, 2023, the Company and NIL Funding agreed at an amendment to the term loan agreement dated September 18, 2018.
−Removed: This agreement
−Removed: amends the maturity date to December 31, 2024 , and amends the interest rate to 11.5 %.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company paid $ 10,000 in fees
−Removed: and made an additional principal payment of $ 100,000 on March 29, 2023, and is required to make another additional principal payment
−Removed: of $ 100,000 on or before March 29, 2024.
−Removed: The Company has accounted for this amendment as a debt modification.
−Removed: May 3, 2023, the Company and Streeterville Capital, LLC.
−Removed: agreed to an amendment to the note issued on September 30, 2021, for the original
−Removed: amount of $ 5,755,000 .
−Removed: The agreement extends the maturity date to June 30, 2024 , in exchange for a fee of 5 % of the outstanding balance
−Removed: or approximately $ 252,912 added to the outstanding balance of the note.
−Removed: The Company has accounted for this amendment as a debt modification.
−Removed: April 3, 2023, the Company and SeKureID Solutions Corp., entered into a software license agreement, where the company obtained the right
−Removed: to use source code for its security products in exchange for $ 1,125,000 payable in (15) fifteen equal monthly installments of $ 75,000 .
−Removed: The current balance of $ 675,000 is presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023, under Short-term liabilities,
−Removed: net of unamortized original issue discounts.
−Removed: July 1, 2023, as part of the Heisey acquisition, the Company issued a note payable to Heisey Mechanical, Ltd.
−Removed: In the amount of $ 240,000 .
−Removed: This note carries interest of 6 % and is payable one year from the date of the note.
−Removed: The current balance of $ 240,000 is presented on the
−Removed: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023, under the caption Short-term liabilities, net of unamortized original issue discounts.
−Removed: July 1, 2023, as part of the Heisey acquisition, the Company acquired a loan from Fulton Bank in the amount of $ 2,160,000 .
−Removed: The loan carries
−Removed: interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 2.8 % and matures on July 1, 2030 .
−Removed: August 30, 2023, the Company acquired a mortgage in the amount of $ 1,200,000 from Fulton Bank to finance the purchase of the properties
−Removed: formerly owned by Heisey Mechanical Ltd.
−Removed: The mortgage carries interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 2.8 % and matures
−Removed: on September 30, 2043 .
−Removed: OF LINES OF CREDIT AND LIABILITIES
−Removed: Interest Rate
+Added: line of credit
+Added: October 5, 2023, the Company obtained a revolving line of credit in the amount of $ 5,000,000 from Pathward, N.A.
+Added: The interest rate will
+Added: be a rate which is equal to three percentage points ( 3 %) in excess of that rate shown in the Wall Street Journal as the prime rate (the
+Added: “Effective Rate”) and matures twenty-four months from the closing date.
+Added: This loan is secured by the Company’s eligible
+Added: accounts receivable and eligible finished goods inventory.
+Added: The Company’s ability to borrow against the line of credit is limited
+Added: by the value of the eligible assets.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, the Company had enough eligible assets to access the full credit line.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: The funds were used to pay the NIL Funding term loan
+Added: and will fund operations of the Vicon entity.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, this loan had a balance of $ 3,125,011 , with no remaining unamortized
+Added: loan origination fees.
+Added: There were $ 1,874,989 in available funds as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: August 31, 2023, the Company and Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”) entered into a standstill agreement for the
+Added: two notes held by Streeterville Capital, LLC.
+Added: The terms of this agreement are the earlier of (a) the date that is ninety (90) days from
+Added: the Effective Date, and (b) the date that the Company completes an equity offering on either Form S-1 or Form S-3 (the “Standstill
+Added: Period”), Streeterville Capital, LLC will not seek to redeem any portion of the Notes, and (c) the Company agrees to prepay to
+Added: Lender fifty percent ( 50 %) of the net proceeds received by Borrower in connection with all equity financings until such time as Borrower
+Added: has raised at least $ 5,000,000 in aggregate net proceeds.
+Added: April 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Standstill Agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”) in which
+Added: Streeterville agreed not to seek to redeem any portion of its two outstanding notes with the Company for a period of one year expiring
+Added: on April 30, 2025, with $ 239,813 classified as short-term , and in exchange, the Company agreed to pay to Streeterville the greater of
+Added: $ 4,000,000 or fifty percent ( 50 %) of the net proceeds the Company receives from the sale of any of its common stock or preferred stock
+Added: during the Standstill Period.
+Added: To date, the Company has paid Streeterville $ 4,588,897 under this agreement.
+Added: Payable to Bank
+Added: September 5, 2024, the Company acquired a loan from Fulton Bank in the amount of $ 312,000 in order to fund new equipment for Advanced
+Added: Industrial Services, Inc.
+Added: This loan carries interest of SOFR plus 2.37 % per annum.
+Added: This loan carries loan covenants which the Company
+Added: was in compliance with as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: This loan is secured by the assets of the Company.
+Added: December 5, 2023, the Company acquired a loan from HDFC Bank in the amount of ₹ 2,352,700 ($ 28,219 on date of loan acquisition)
+Added: in order to fund a vehicle for Cemtrex Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Inc.
+Added: This loan carries interest of 8.7 % per annum.
+Added: This loan was paid
+Added: in full prior to the maturity date on June 3, 2024.
+Added: OF LINES OF CREDIT AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES
September 30,
September 30,
−Removed: Fulton Bank loan $ 5,250,000 for the purchase of AIS $ 5,000,000 of the proceeds went to the direct purchase of AIS.
−Removed: SOFR plus 2.37 %( 5.35 % as of September 30, 2022)
−Removed: Fulton Bank loan $ 400,000 fund equipment for AIS.
−Removed: SOFR plus 2.37 % ( 5.35 % as of September 30, 2022)
+Added: Interest Rate
Fulton Bank - $360,000 fund equipment for AIS.
−Removed: The Company was in compliance with loan covenants as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with loan covenants as of September 30, 2024.
This loan is secured by certain assets of the Company.
SOFR plus 2.37% (7.33% as of September 30, 2024 and 7.68% as of September 30, 2023).
+Added: Fulton Bank - $ 360,000 fund equipment for AIS.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with loan covenants as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: This loan is secured by certain assets of the Company.
+Added: SOFR plus 2.37 % ( 7.33 % as of September 30, 2024 and 7.68 % as of September 30, 2023).
+Added: Fulton Bank - $ 312,000 fund equipment for AIS.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with loan covenants as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: This loan is secured by certain assets of the Company.
+Added: SOFR plus 2.37 % ( 7.33 % as of September 30, 2024 and 7.68 % as of September 30, 2023).
Fulton Bank mortgage $ 2,476,000 .
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This loan is secured by the underlying asset.
−Removed: SOFR plus 2.62 % ( 7.93 % on September 30, 2023 and 5.6 % as of September 30, 2022).
+Added: SOFR plus 2.62 % ( 7.58 % on September 30, 2024 and ( 7.93 % on September 30, 2023).
Fulton Bank (HEISEY) - $ 1,200,000 mortgage loan;
requires monthly principal and interest payments through August 1, 2043 with a final payment of remaining principal on September 1, 2043 ;
−Removed: The loan is collateralized by 615 Florence Street and 740 Barber Street.
−Removed: SOFR plus 2.80 % per annum ( 8.11 % as of September 30, 2023).
−Removed: Fulton Bank (HEISEY) - promissory note related to purchase of Heisey;
+Added: The loan is collateralized by 615 Florence Street and 740 Barber Street and guaranteed by AIS and Cemtrex.
+Added: SOFR plus 2.80 % per annum ( 7.76 % as of September 30, 2024 and 8.11 % as of September 30, 2023).
+Added: Fulton Bank (HEISEY) - $ 2,160,000 .
+Added: promissory note related to purchase of Heisey;
requires 84 monthly principal and interest payments ;
−Removed: The note is collateralized by all assets and guaranteed by the Parent;
+Added: The note is collateralized by the Heisey assets and guaranteed by the Parent;
matures in 2030.
−Removed: SOFR plus 2.8 % per annum ( 8.11 % as of September 30, 2023)
−Removed: Note payable - $ 439,774 .
−Removed: For the purchase of VDI.
−Removed: Payable in two installments on October 26, 2021, and October 26, 2022.
−Removed: Note payable - $ 5,755,000 - Less original issue discount $ 750,000 and legal fees $ 5,000 , net cash received $ 5,000,000 Unamortized original issue discount balance of $ 0 and $ 250,000 , as of September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 respectively.
+Added: SOFR plus 2.80 % per annum ( 7.76 % as of September 30, 2024 and 8.11 % as of September 30, 2023).
+Added: Note payable - $ 5,755,000 - Less original issue discount $ 750,000 and legal fees $ 5,000 , net cash received $ 5,000,000 Unamortized original issue discount balance of $ 0 , as of September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023.
Note payable - $ 9,205,000 .
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28,572 shares of common stock valued at $ 700,400 recognized as additional original issue discount.
−Removed: Unamortized original issue discount balance of $ 0 and $ 1,064,778 as of September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 respectivly.
+Added: Unamortized original issue discount balance of $ 0 as of September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023.
Note Payable - $ 240,000 For the purchase of Heisey Mechanical, Ltd.
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Software License Agreement - $ 1,125,000 , for the purchase of software source code for use in our Security segment products
−Removed: Total lines of credit and secured liabilities
Current maturities
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( 14,507,711 )
−Removed: Unamortized original issue discount
−Removed: ( 1,305,778 )
−Removed: Lines of credit and secured liabilities, Long Term
+Added: Long-term debt
maturities of the Company’s long-term debt over the next 5 years are as follows.
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Fulton Bank - $360,000
+Added: Fulton Bank - $ 360,000
+Added: Fulton Bank - $ 312,000
Fulton Bank - $ 2.16 Mil
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Notes Payable
−Removed: Software License Agreement
17 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: of September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022, there was $ 3,806 payable due to Ducon Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: and $ 19,133 , respectively, payable
−Removed: due to Ducon Technologies, Inc., which is controlled by Aron Govil, the Company’s Founder and Former Director and CFO.
−Removed: As of September
−Removed: 30, 2023, there were $ 637,208 of receivables due from Ducon Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: The Company has negotiated a payment agreement regarding
−Removed: past receivables and other liabilities due to Cemtrex, Inc.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, there was $ 0
+Added: and $ 3,806 ,
+Added: respectively, payable due to Ducon Technologies, Inc., which is controlled by Aron Govil, the Company’s Founder and Former Director
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, there were $ 637,208
+Added: of receivables due from Ducon Technologies, Inc.
+Added: The Company negotiated a payment agreement regarding past receivables and other liabilities due to Cemtrex, Inc.
totaling $ 761,585 .
−Removed: This agreement is in the form of a secured promissory
−Removed: note earning interest at a rate of 5 % per annum and matures on July 31, 2024 .
−Removed: Receivables of $ 708,512 representing the amount due from
−Removed: Ducon to Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
−Removed: the Company’s subsidiary based in India has been written off in fiscal 2022 to bad debt
−Removed: and appears on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations under general and administrative expenses.
+Added: This agreement was in the form of a secured promissory note earning interest at a rate of 5 %
+Added: per annum and matured on July
+Added: The Company did not receive payment
+Added: on this note at the maturity date and placed a full allowance on the note during fiscal year 2024 and appears on the Company’s
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss under general and administrative expenses.
February 26, 2021, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release with Aron Govil regarding a dispute over an alleged misappropriation
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with Management concluded the settlement represented fair value.
−Removed: discussed above, Mr.
Govil also executed a secured promissory note (the “Note”) in the amount of $ 1,533,280 .
−Removed: The Note matures
−Removed: and is due in full in two years and bears interest at 9 % per annum and is secured by all of Mr.
+Added: The Note matured and was due in full
+Added: in two years and boar interest at 9 % per annum and was secured by all of Mr.
Govil’s assets.
−Removed: agreed to sign an affidavit confessing judgment in the event of a default on the Note.
−Removed: While the Company believes the note is fully collectible,
−Removed: in accordance with ASC 450-30, Gain Contingencies, the Company determined the gain will not be recognized until the note is paid.
−Removed: the note and associated gain is not presented on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations
−Removed: and Comprehensive Income/(Loss).
+Added: Govil also agreed to sign an affidavit
+Added: confessing judgment in the event of a default on the Note.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 450-30, Gain Contingencies, the Company determined
+Added: the gain will not be recognized until the note is paid.
+Added: Accordingly, the note and associated gain is not presented on the Company’s
+Added: consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: The Company has not received payment on
+Added: this note to date.
November 22, 2022, the Company entered into two Asset Purchase Agreements and one Simple Agreement for Future Equity (“SAFE”)
−Removed: with the Company’s CEO, Saagar Govil, to secure the sale of the subsidiaries Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, and Cemtrex XR,
−Removed: Inc., which include the brands SmartDesk, Cemtrex XR, Virtual Driver Interactive, Bravo Strong, and good tech (formerly Cemtrex Labs),
−Removed: Govil (see NOTE 1).
−Removed: of September 30, 2023, there was $ 476,134 in trade receivables due from these companies and $ 64,703 in accounts payables.
+Added: with the Company’s CEO, Saagar Govil, to secure the sale of the subsidiaries Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, which include
+Added: the brand SmartDesk, and Cemtrex XR, Inc., which include the brands Cemtrex XR, Virtual Driver Interactive, Bravo Strong, and good tech
+Added: (formerly Cemtrex Labs), to Mr.
+Added: The successor Company conducts business under the name CXR, Inc.
+Added: November 22, 2022, the Company completed the above disposition for the following consideration.
+Added: comprised of:
+Added: in cash payable at Closing;
+Added: royalty of all revenues on the Business to be paid 90 days after the end of each calendar
+Added: year for the next three years;
+Added: and should the total sum of royalties due be less than $ 820,000
+Added: at the end of the three-year period, Purchaser shall be obligated to pay the difference between
+Added: $ 820,000 and the royalties paid.
+Added: Advanced Technologies, Inc.
+Added: in cash payable at Closing;
+Added: royalty of all revenues on the Business to be paid 90 days after the end of each calendar
+Added: year for the next 5 years ;
+Added: in SAFE (common equity) at any subsequent fundraising or exit above $5,000,000 with a $10,000,000
+Added: Company’s Board of Directors, excluding Saagar Govil who abstained from all voting on these agreements, approved these actions
+Added: and agreements.
+Added: to the on-going losses and risk associated with the SmartDesk business the Company has valued the royalty and SAFE agreement associated
+Added: with the SmartDesk sale at $ 0 and considers such consideration to be a gain contingency.
+Added: All receivables due from SmartDesk, Inc, have
+Added: a full allowance placed on them, no payments have been received.
+Added: on sales projections for Cemtrex XR, Inc., the Company does not believe that it will exceed the sales levels required to exceed the $ 820,000
+Added: royalties due and has not accounted for any additional royalties at this time.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 310 – Receivables, the
+Added: Company has discounted the royalties due to $ 660,621 and during the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 the Company recognized $ 53,126
+Added: and $ 44,272 of royalties due, respectively, and will amortize the remaining amount over the period the royalties are due.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: the Company received $ 76,000 in royalty payments.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, there was $ 685,788 in
+Added: trade receivables due from CXR, Inc.
Of these receivables $ 60,628
−Removed: $ 132,102 are related to costs paid by Cemtrex related to payroll during the transition of employees to the new company and some subscription
−Removed: services that are set up on auto pay with a credit card.
−Removed: The remaining $ 344,032 is related to services provided by Cemtrex Technologies
+Added: related to costs paid by Cemtrex related to payroll during the transition of employees to the new company and some subscription services
+Added: that are set up on auto pay with a credit card.
+Added: related to the current amount of royalties due and the remaining $ 409,752
+Added: related to services provided by Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
in the normal course of business.
−Removed: During Fiscal year 2023, the Company recognized $ 1,522,102 of revenue from these companies.
−Removed: During fiscal year 2023, $ 38,027 of trade receivables were reserved for by the Company’s subsidiary Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
−Removed: Due to regulations by the Indian tax authority.
−Removed: The Company will keep this allowance in place but considers the debt to be collectable.
−Removed: These balances are presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the captions “Trade receivables - related party” and
−Removed: “Accounts payable - related party”.
−Removed: of September 30, 2023, there were royalties receivable from the sale of Cemtrex, XR, Inc.
−Removed: of $ 704,893 , $ 30,000 is considered short-term and reported under the caption
−Removed: “Trade receivables - related party”.
+Added: These balances are presented on the
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption “Trade receivables - related party”.
+Added: The long-term balance of royalties of
+Added: presented on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption “Note receivable, net - related party”.
+Added: Fiscal year 2024, the Company recognized $ 665,520
+Added: revenue from CXR, Inc.
18 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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as otherwise provided in the certificate of designation, preferences and rights or as required by law, the Series 1 Preferred will vote
−Removed: together with the shares of our common stock (and not as a separate class) at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: required by law, each holder of shares of Series 1 Preferred will be entitled to two votes for each share of Series 1 Preferred held
+Added: together with the shares of our common stock (and not as a separate class) at any annual or special meetings of stockholders.
+Added: as required by law, each holder of shares of Series 1 Preferred will be entitled to two votes for each share of Series 1 Preferred held
on the record date as though each share of Series 1 Preferred were 2 shares of our common stock.
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as applicable:
−Removed: to our Series A preferred stock, common stock and any other class of capital stock we issue in the future unless the terms of that
−Removed: stock provide that it ranks senior to any or all of the Series 1 Preferred;
−Removed: a parity with any class of capital stock we issue in the future the terms of which provide that it will rank on a parity with any
−Removed: or all of the Series 1 Preferred;
−Removed: to each class of capital stock issued in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such capital stock will rank senior
−Removed: to the Series 1 Preferred and the common stock;
+Added: to our Series A preferred stock, common stock and any other class of capital stock we issue
+Added: in the future unless the terms of that stock provide that it ranks senior to any or all of
+Added: the Series 1 Preferred;
+Added: a parity with any class of capital stock we issue in the future the terms of which provide
+Added: that it will rank on a parity with any or all of the Series 1 Preferred;
+Added: to each class of capital stock issued in the future the terms of which expressly provide
+Added: that such capital stock will rank senior to the Series 1 Preferred and the common stock;
to all of our existing and future indebtedness.
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from all holders or may choose the shares to be redeemed by lot or by any other equitable method.
−Removed: March 30, 2020, the Company amended the Certificate of Designation (the “Amended Certificate of Designation”) for our Series
−Removed: 1 Preferred Stock (the “Series 1 Stock”).
−Removed: The Amended Certificate of Designation increased the number of authorized preferred
−Removed: shares under the designation for our Series 1 Preferred Stock from 3,000,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares.
+Added: Company’s Series 1 Preferred Stock was suspended from the Nasdaq Capital Market on January 22, 2024.
+Added: The Series 1 Preferred Stock
+Added: is now quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol “CETXP.”
+Added: filed a Form 25 on March 21, 2024.
+Added: The deregistration of the Company’s Series 1 Preferred Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange
+Added: Act became effective 90 days after filing of the Form 25.
the year ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, 235,762 and 213,894 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock were issued to pay dividends to holders
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The Company currently holds 64,100 shares of Series 1 Stock in Treasury stock.
−Removed: July 29, 2022, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
−Removed: notifying the Company that, because the closing bid price for the Company’s Series 1 preferred stock listed on Nasdaq was below
−Removed: $1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company no longer met the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq
−Removed: Capital Market under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2), requiring a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Price
−Removed: Requirement”) .
−Removed: On January 26, 2023, the Company received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq
−Removed: notifying the Company that, it had been granted an additional 180 days or until July 24, 2023, to regain compliance with the Minimum
−Removed: Bid Price Requirement based on the Company meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all
−Removed: other applicable requirements for initial listing on the Capital Market with the exception of the bid price requirement, and the Company’s
−Removed: written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.
−Removed: On September 8, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (“Panel”) informing the Company that the
−Removed: Panel has granted the Company a temporary exception to regain compliance with The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”
−Removed: or the “Exchange”) Listing Rule 5555(a)(1) (the “Bid Price Rule”) by no later than January 19, 2024.
−Removed: has announced a special meeting of Series 1 Preferred stock shareholders scheduled for December 26, 2023, to approve the reverse stock
August 22, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cemtrex, Inc.
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securities laws, including Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act.
+Added: the year ended September 30, 2024, the Company has bought back and later cancelled 71,951 shares into treasury for $ 69,705 under the
+Added: Share Repurchase Program approved on August 22, 2023, that allows the Company to repurchase shares of the Series 1 Preferred Stock through
+Added: various means, including through privately negotiated transactions and through an open market program.
Board also authorized the Company to enter into written trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
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and alternative investment opportunities.
−Removed: Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock, $ 0.001 par value.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, there were 1,045,789 shares
−Removed: issued and outstanding and at September 30, 2022, there were 754,711 shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: January 25, 2023, the Company completed a 35:1 reverse stock split on its common stock.
−Removed: All share and per share data have been retroactively
−Removed: adjusted for this reverse split.
−Removed: On February 2, 2023, 19,314 shares were issued for rounding shares of the reverse stock split.
−Removed: the year ended September 30, 2023, 241,655 shares of the Company’s common stock have been issued to satisfy $ 780,140 of notes payable,
−Removed: $ 769,860 in accrued interest, and $ 367873 of excess value of shares issued recorded as interest expense.
−Removed: the year ended September 30, 2023, 30,103 shares of the Company’s common stock have been issued in exchange for services valued
−Removed: at $ 215,800 .
+Added: October 2, 2024, and November 26, 2024, the Company completed a 60:1 and 35:1 , respectively, reverse stock split on its common
+Added: All share and per share data have been retroactively adjusted for the reverse splits.
+Added: August 2, 2024, the Company increased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 shares, $ 0.001 par
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, there were 14,176 shares issued and outstanding and at September 30, 2023, there were 498 shares
+Added: issued and outstanding.
+Added: 2024 Equity Financing
+Added: May 1, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Aegis Capital Corp., in connection with a firm commitment underwritten
+Added: public offering (the “Offering”), providing for the issuance of (i) 554,705 units (the “Common Units”), each
+Added: consisting of one share of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”), a warrant to purchase one share of common stock
+Added: at an exercise price of $0.85 per share, which warrant will expire on the two-and-a-half year anniversary of the original issuance date
+Added: (the “Series A Warrants”), and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.85 per share, which
+Added: warrant will expire on the five-year anniversary of the original issuance date (the “Series B Warrants”);
+Added: and (ii) 11,210,000
+Added: pre-funded units (the “Pre-funded Units”), each consisting of one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock
+Added: (the “Pre-funded Warrants”), a Series A Warrant and a Series B Warrant.
+Added: The purchase price of each Unit was $0.85, and the
+Added: purchase price of each Pre-Funded Unit was $0.849.
+Added: The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time
+Added: until all of the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full.
+Added: addition, the Company granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase additional 1,764,705 shares of common stock and/or Pre-Funded
+Added: Warrants, representing up to 15 % of the number of common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the Offering, and/or additional 1,764,705
+Added: Series A Warrants representing up to 15 % of the Series A Warrants sold in the Offering, and/or additional 1,764,705 Series B Warrants
+Added: representing up to 15 % of the Series B Warrants sold in the Offering to cover over-allotments, if any.
+Added: The Offering closed on May 3,
+Added: An aggregate of 11,764,705 Units (which includes 554,705 shares of common stock), 11,210,000 Pre-Funded Units (which includes 11,210,000
+Added: Pre-Funded Warrants), and a Series A Warrant and a Series B Warrant were sold in the Offering.
+Added: On May 3, 2024, the Underwriter partially
+Added: exercised its over-allotment option with respect to 1,764,705 Series A Warrants and 1,764,705 Series B Warrants.
+Added: The aggregate gross
+Added: proceeds to the Company were $ 10,035,293 , before deducting underwriting discounts and other issuance expenses of $ 995,333 .
+Added: The underwriting
+Added: discounts and other issuance expenses were expensed since the Series A, Series B, and Pre-Funded Warrants were each determined to be
+Added: liabilities and recorded at their fair value.
+Added: 2024 Warrants
+Added: Company evaluated the Series A, Series B, and Prefunded Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) in accordance with the guidance
+Added: at ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined that the Warrants are precluded
+Added: from being considered indexed to the entity’s own stock, resulting in the Warrants being classified as a liability.
+Added: The fair value
+Added: of the Series A Warrants was determined based on the stock price on issuance of $ 0.277 multiplied by the total number of shares of common
+Added: stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A alternative cashless exercise.
+Added: Under the alternative cashless exercise, the Holder is entitled
+Added: to receive three times the normal number of shares issued in a cash exercise.
+Added: The Series A Holder may only execute the alternative
+Added: cashless exercise after Stockholder Approval (and received June 17, 2024);
+Added: at the time of issuance, Stockholder Approval was deemed perfunctory
+Added: and almost certain to occur, and the most likely settlement option would be through the alternative cashless exercise.
+Added: In addition, beginning on the date of the Warrant Stockholder Approval, the Warrants will contain a reset of the
+Added: exercise price to a price equal to the lesser of (i) the then-current exercise price and (ii) lowest volume weighted average price for
+Added: the five trading days immediately preceding and immediately following the date we effect a reverse stock split in the future with a proportionate
+Added: adjustment to the number of shares underlying the Warrants.
+Added: As such, upon
+Added: issuance, the total fair value of the Series A Warrants was $ 11,242,940 , which was based on 40,588,230 units issued under the alternative
+Added: cashless exercise.
+Added: The measurement of fair value of the Series B Warrants were determined utilizing a Black-Scholes model considering
+Added: all relevant assumptions current at the date of issuance (i.e., share price of $ 0.277 , exercise price of $ 0.85 , term of five years , volatility
+Added: of 132 %, risk-free rate of 4.5 %, and expected dividend rate of 0 %).
+Added: The grant date fair value of these Series B Warrants was estimated
+Added: to be $ 2,942,711 on May 3, 2024, and such warrants
+Added: were classified as liabilities.
+Added: Due to the nominal exercise price, the fair value of the Prefunded Warrants was based on the intrinsic
+Added: value of each Warrant on the grant date.
+Added: The intrinsic value was calculated based on the May 3, 2024, stock price of $ 0.277 and the strike
+Added: price of $ 0.001 , resulting in a total fair value of $ 3,105,170 .
+Added: The total fair value of the Warrants upon issuance was $ 17,290,821 .
+Added: that the gross proceeds received of $ 10,035,292 was less than the total fair value of the liability classified Warrants, the Company
+Added: recorded a loss on excess fair value of $ 7,255,528 at issuance.
+Added: the year ended September 30, 2024, the Company issued 5,603
+Added: shares of common stock to satisfy the Prefunded Warrants described above and 2,100
+Added: shares of common stock to satisfy 1,469,531 Series
+Added: SCHEDULE SHARES ISSUABLE UNDER WARRANTS OUTSTANDING
+Added: Warrant Shares
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Contractual Term
+Added: Outstanding at September 30, 2023
+Added: Warrants granted
+Added: Warrants exercised
+Added: ( 15,618,593 )
+Added: Warrants forfeited
+Added: Warrants cancelled
+Added: Outstanding at September 30, 2024
+Added: Exercisable at September 30, 2024
19 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
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a stock option for 6 shares.
−Removed: These options have an exercise price of $ 56.00 per share, which vested upon grant and they expire after
+Added: These options have an exercise price of $ 117,281.88 per share, which vested upon grant, and they expire
+Added: after seven years.
Additionally, Mr.
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2 shares of the Corporation’s common stock, CETX at an exercise price of $ 201,660.48 per share vesting on September 25,
−Removed: April 28, 2022, the Company granted Brian Kwon, Manpreet Singh, Chris Wagner, and Metodi Filipov, all Directors of the Company, stock
−Removed: options for 2,931 shares each, 11,724 in the aggregate.
−Removed: These options have an exercise price of $ 13.65 per share, which vest over one
−Removed: year , and expire after five years .
−Removed: The options granted to Mr.
−Removed: Wagner were cancelled upon his resignation from the Board on November 8,
−Removed: following weighted-average assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the common stock option liability for the options granted
−Removed: to Brian Kwon, Manpreet Singh, Chris Wagner, and Metodi Filipov;
−Removed: OF FAIR VALUE STOCK OPTION WEIGHTED AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS
−Removed: April 28, 2022
−Removed: Expected term
−Removed: Risk-free interest rate
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Expected dividend yield
−Removed: the years ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 the Company recognized $ 106,839 and $ 155,507 of share-based compensation expense on its
−Removed: outstanding options, respectively.
−Removed: The share-based compensation is listed under the caption “General and administrative”
−Removed: expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 the Company recognized $ 30,325 and $ 106,839 of share-based compensation expense on its outstanding
+Added: options, respectively.
+Added: The share-based compensation is listed under the caption “General and administrative” expenses on
+Added: the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
of September 30, 2024, there was $ 33,071 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options, which is expected
to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.5 years.
−Removed: OF STOCK OPTIONS ACTIVITY
−Removed: Number of Options
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
+Added: SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTIONS ACTIVITY
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Term (in years)
Outstanding at September 30, 2022
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Outstanding at September 30, 2023
+Added: Options granted
+Added: Options exercised
+Added: Options forfeited
+Added: Options cancelled
+Added: Outstanding at September 30, 2024
Vested and exercisable at September 30, 2024
20 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
−Removed: Company’s Industrial Services segment owns approximately (i) 25,000 square feet of warehouse space in Manchester, PA (ii) approximately
−Removed: 43,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in York, PA (iii) approximately 33,500 square feet of office and warehouse space and
−Removed: 0.71 acres of land in a non-contiguous lot utilized for outdoor storage space in Columbia, PA.
−Removed: The IS segment also leases approximately
−Removed: 15,500 square feet of warehouse space in Emigsville, PA from a third party in a three-year lease at a monthly rent of $ 5,099 expiring
−Removed: on August 31, 2025 .
−Removed: Company’s Security segment leases (i) approximately 6,700 square feet of office and warehouse space in Pune, India from a third
−Removed: party in an five year lease at a monthly rent of $ 6,453 (INR 456,972 ) expiring on February 28, 2024 , (ii) approximately 30,000 square
−Removed: feet of office and warehouse space in Hauppauge, NY from a third party in a seven-year lease at a monthly rent of $ 28,719 expiring on
−Removed: March 31, 2027 , (iii) approximately 9,400 square feet of office and warehouse space in Hampshire, England in a fifteen-year lease with
−Removed: at a monthly rent of $ 7,329 (£ 5,771 ) which expires on March 24, 2031 and contains provisions to terminate in 2026 , and (iv) approximately
−Removed: 911 square feet of office space in Clovis, CA on a month-to-month lease at a monthly rent of $ 4,930 .
+Added: time to time, the Company and its subsidiaries are involved in legal proceedings that are incidental to the operation of our business.
+Added: The Company continues to defend vigorously against all claims.
+Added: Although the ultimate outcome of any legal matter cannot be predicted
+Added: with certainty, based on present information, including assessment of the merits of the particular claim, as well as current accruals
+Added: and insurance coverage, the Corporation does not expect that such legal proceedings will have a material adverse impact on its consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
21 – INCOME TAXES
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sourced earnings.
−Removed: September 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $ 74,648,921 of
−Removed: federal and $ 51,175,344 of
−Removed: state net operating losses.
−Removed: net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will begin to expire in 2037 for federal purposes and in 2037 for state purposes.
−Removed: company is currently reviewing net operating losses for Section 382 limitation purposes and will make any required adjustments to
−Removed: the net operating losses at the completion of the study.
+Added: September 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $ 15,052,834
+Added: of federal, $ 5,209,518
+Added: of state, and $ 1,646,625
+Added: of foreign net operating loss carryforwards.
+Added: net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will begin to expire in 2030 for federal purposes and in 2026 for state
+Added: The company is currently reviewing net operating losses for Section 382 limitation purposes and will make any
+Added: required adjustments to the net operating losses at the completion of the study.
following is a geographical breakdown of loss before the provision for income taxes.
−Removed: OF (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR TAX
+Added: SCHEDULE OF (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR TAX
Year ended September 30,
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$ ( 6,279,077 )
−Removed: ( 1,397,394 )
Loss before provision for income taxes
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provision for income taxes consisted of the following.
−Removed: OF PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
+Added: SCHEDULE OF PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
September 30, 2024
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Total (benefit)/provision for income taxes
−Removed: $ ( 209,345 )
−Removed: Effective Income tax rate
following is a reconciliation of the effective income tax rate to the federal and state statutory rates.
−Removed: OF EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE RECONCILIATION
+Added: SCHEDULE OF EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE RECONCILIATION
For the Fiscal Year
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Return to provision
+Added: State Rate Change
Goodwill impairment
−Removed: SEC settlement payment
−Removed: PPP loan forgiveness
+Added: Write-Off of Related Party Note with Majority Owner
+Added: Issuance Costs - Equity Financing
+Added: Fair Value Adjustments on Warrants
Global intangible income
−Removed: Permanent differences
−Removed: Effective rate
+Added: Other permanent differences
+Added: Effective Tax Rate
components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are summarized as follows.
−Removed: OF DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
+Added: SCHEDULE OF DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
September 30, 2024
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Net operating Loss carryforwards
+Added: Inventory and other reserves
Allowance for bad debt
−Removed: Warrants (interest expense)
+Added: Interest Expense Limitation
+Added: Capitalized R&D
Warranty reserve
−Removed: Capitalized research and development
Total gross deferred taxes
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Deferred Tax Liabilities:
−Removed: Inventory and other Reserves
+Added: Deferred revenue
Prepaid expenses
Goodwill amortization
−Removed: ( 1,165,010 )
Total deferred tax liabilities
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Total deferred tax assets (liabilities)
−Removed: Management has concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred
−Removed: tax assets will not be realized and has reduced the asset by a valuation allowance.
+Added: has concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized and has reduced the asset by a valuation
+Added: 22 – BUSINESS COMBINATION
+Added: July 1, 2023, the Company under AIS, completed the acquisition of a leading service contractor and steel fabricator that specializes
+Added: in industrial and water treatment markets, Heisey Mechanical, Ltd.
+Added: (“Heisey”) based in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
+Added: The real estate
+Added: of the business was purchased at fair market value on August 30, 2023, for $ 1,500,000 in a separate transaction.
+Added: provides the water treatment industry with a variety of fabricated vessels and equipment including ASME pressure vessels, heat exchangers,
+Added: mix tanks, reactors, and other specialized fabricated equipment.
+Added: Additionally, the contracting team assists with installation and service
+Added: of fabricated items.
+Added: The company has over 33,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space in its facility and an experienced staff of
+Added: fabricators, welders, and field mechanics.
+Added: purchase price allocation presented below compares the preliminary allocation which was developed based on an estimate of fair values
+Added: of Heisey’s identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of July 1, 2023, compared to the final
+Added: consideration transferred and allocation of Heisey’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities, are as follows.
+Added: SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
+Added: Consideration Transferred:
+Added: Seller’s note
+Added: Financed amount
+Added: Total consideration transferred
+Added: Purchase Price Allocation:
+Added: Contract assets
+Added: Machinery and equipment
+Added: Contract liabilities
+Added: Accrued expenses
+Added: Total consideration transferred
+Added: unaudited pro forma summary below presents the results of operations as if the Heisey acquisition occurred on October 1, 2022.
+Added: adjustments for the twelve months ended September 30, 2023, includes $ 127,800 of depreciation expense from acquired fixed assets, $ 127,883
+Added: of interest expense on the debt used in the acquisition.
+Added: The pro forma summary uses estimates and assumptions based on information available
+Added: Management believes the estimates and assumptions to be reasonable; however, actual results may have differed significantly
+Added: from this unaudited pro forma financial information.
+Added: The unaudited pro forma information does not reflect any cost savings, operating
+Added: synergies or revenue enhancements that might have been achieved from combining the operations.
+Added: SCHEDULE OF PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
+Added: For the year ended
+Added: September 30, 2023
+Added: ( 9,173,748 )
+Added: August 30, 2023, the Company acquired a mortgage in the amount of $ 1,200,000 from Fulton Bank to finance the purchase of the properties
+Added: formerly owned by Heisey Mechanical Ltd.
+Added: The mortgage carries interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 2.8 % and matures
+Added: on September 30, 2043.
23 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
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In accordance with ASC 310 – Receivables, the
−Removed: Company has discounted the royalties due and during the nine-month ended September 30, 2023, has recognized $ 704,893 of royalties due
−Removed: and will amortize the remaining amount over the period the royalties are due.
+Added: Company has discounted the royalties due to $ 660,621 and during the years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023 the Company recognized $ 53,126
+Added: and $ 44,272 of royalties due, respectively, and will amortize the remaining amount over the period the royalties are due.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: the Company received $ 76,000 in royalty payments.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, there was $ 685,788 in trade receivables due from CXR, Inc.
+Added: Of these receivables $ 60,628 are related to costs paid
+Added: by Cemtrex related to payroll during the transition of employees to the new company and some subscription services that are set up on
+Added: auto pay with a credit card.
+Added: $ 215,408 is related to the current amount of royalties due and the remaining $ 409,752 is related to services
+Added: provided by Cemtrex Technologies Pvt.
+Added: in the normal course of business.
+Added: These balances are presented on the Consolidated Balance
+Added: Sheets under the caption “Trade receivables - related party”.
+Added: The long-term balance of royalties of $ 456,611 is presented
+Added: on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption “Note receivable, net - related party”.
+Added: During Fiscal
+Added: year 2024, the Company recognized $ 665,520 of revenue from CXR, Inc.
following table summarizes the loss on the sale recorded during fiscal year 2023, included in Income/(loss) from discontinued operations,
−Removed: net of tax in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of Operations:
+Added: net of tax in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations.
SUMMARY OF LOSS ON SALE
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Net assets sold
−Removed: Pretax loss on sale of Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, and Cemtrex XR, Inc.Companies
+Added: Pretax loss on sale of Cemtrex Advanced Technologies, Inc, and Cemtrex XR, Inc.
$ ( 2,455,341 )
−Removed: and liabilities included within discontinued operations on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30,
−Removed: 2023, and September 30, 2022, are as follows;
−Removed: OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED WITHIN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Current assets
−Removed: Cash and equivalents
−Removed: Trade receivables, net
−Removed: Inventory –net of allowance for inventory obsolescence
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other assets
−Removed: Total current assets
−Removed: Property and equipment, net
−Removed: Current liabilities
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Short-term liabilities
−Removed: Deposits from customers
−Removed: Accrued expenses
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: Long-term liabilities
−Removed: Deferred revenue
−Removed: Total long-term liabilities
−Removed: Total liabilities
the first quarter of fiscal 2023, Vicon completed the closure of its discontinued operating entity Vicon Systems, Ltd.
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The net amount of $ 89,085 is recognized
−Removed: on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Income Statement as part of the Loss on Discontinued Operations.
+Added: on the Company’s Consolidated Income Statement as part of the Loss on Discontinued Operations.
from discontinued operations, net of tax and the loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, of Cemtrex Advanced Technologies,
and Cemtrex XR, Inc., sold during the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, which are presented in total as discontinued operations,
−Removed: net of tax in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30,
−Removed: 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
+Added: net of tax in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, are as follows.
+Added: SCHEDULE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED WITHIN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Year ended September 30,
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations
−Removed: ( 2,673,707 )
Amortization of discounted royalties
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$ ( 2,838,053 )
−Removed: $ ( 2,674,507 )
24 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
has evaluated subsequent events up to the date the consolidated financial statements were issued.
−Removed: Centrex concluded that the following
+Added: The Company concluded that the following
subsequent events have occurred and require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
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shares issued subsequent to financial statements date
−Removed: December 13, 2023, 9,853 shares of common stock were issued to satisfy $ 40,000 of accounts payable for services related to a consulting
−Removed: October 5, 2023, the Company made an additional $ 100,000 investment via a simple agreement for future equity (“SAFE”) in
−Removed: MasterpieceVR.
−Removed: The SAFE provides that the Company will automatically receive shares of the entity based on the conversion rate of future
−Removed: equity rounds up to a valuation cap, as defined.
−Removed: line of credit and payment of NIL funding term loan
−Removed: October 5, 2023, the Company obtained a revolving line of credit in the amount of $ 5 Million from Pathward, N.A..
−Removed: The interest rate will
−Removed: be a rate which is equal to three percentage points ( 3 %) in excess of that rate shown in the Wall Street Journal as the prime rate (the
−Removed: “Effective Rate”).
−Removed: The funds will be used to pay the NIL Funding term loan and to fund operations of the Vicon entity.
+Added: various dates subsequent to September 30, 2024, 1,324,503 shares of common stock were issued to satisfy Series A Warrants with an aggregate strike price value of $ 9,998,205 and
+Added: a fair market value of $ 21,515,777 .
+Added: various dates subsequent to September 30, 2024, 333,650 shares of common stock were issued to satisfy Series B Warrants with an aggregate
+Added: strike price value of $ 1,050,597 and a fair market value of $ 1,095,731 .
+Added: various dates during November and December 2024, 51,833 shares of common stock were issued to make up for fractional shares from the
+Added: November 26, 2024 reverse stock split.
+Added: October 17, 2024, and November 18, 2024, the Company made an additional $ 50,000 investment, on each date via a simple agreement for future
+Added: equity (“SAFE”) in MasterpieceVR.
+Added: The SAFE provides that the Company will automatically receive shares of the entity based
+Added: on the conversion rate of future equity rounds up to a valuation cap, as defined.
+Added: Stock Reverse Stock Split
+Added: October 2, 2024 and November 26, 2024, the Company completed a 60:1 and 35:1 , respectively, reverse stock split of its common stock.
+Added: All share and per share data have been retroactively adjusted for the reverse splits.
+Added: Issuance of Note payable
+Added: November 21, 2024, the Company issued a note payable to Streeterville Capital, LLC, in the amount of $ 580,000 .
+Added: This note carries interest
+Added: of 8 % and matures on May 21, 2026 .
+Added: deduction of an original issue discount of $ 75,000 and legal fees of $ 5,000 , the Company received $ 500,000 in cash.
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