−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: for historical information contained in this report, the matters discussed are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: When used in this report, words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “could”, “estimates”,
−Removed: “expects”, “may”, “plans”, “potential” and “intends” and similar expressions,
−Removed: as they relate to the Company or its management, identify forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Our operations involve risks and uncertainties,
−Removed: many of which are outside our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations
−Removed: and whether the forward-looking statements ultimately prove to be correct.
−Removed: We have based these forward-looking statements largely on
−Removed: our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of
−Removed: operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs.
−Removed: Such forward-looking
−Removed: statements are based on the beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available
−Removed: to the Company’s management.
−Removed: Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following:
−Removed: of business and economic conditions;
−Removed: the impact of competitive products and their pricing;
+Added: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: Except for historical information
+Added: contained in this report, the matters discussed are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: When used in this
+Added: report, words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”,
+Added: “may”, “plans”, “potential” and “intends” and similar expressions, as they relate to the
+Added: Company or its management, identify forward-looking statements.
+Added: Our operations involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside
+Added: our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations and whether the forward-looking
+Added: statements ultimately prove to be correct.
+Added: We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections
+Added: about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term
+Added: and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs.
+Added: Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the
+Added: Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company’s management.
+Added: the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following:
+Added: the effect of business and economic conditions;
+Added: impact of competitive products and their pricing;
unexpected manufacturing or supplier problems;
−Removed: the Company’s ability to maintain sufficient credit arrangements;
−Removed: changes in governmental standards by which our environmental
−Removed: control products are evaluated and the risk factors reported from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports, including its recent
−Removed: report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments.
−Removed: was incorporated in 1998 in the state of Delaware and has evolved through strategic acquisitions and internal growth into a leading multi-industry
−Removed: Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to “we”, “our”, “us”, “Company”,
−Removed: “registrant”, “Cemtrex” or “management” refer to Cemtrex, Inc.
+Added: the Company’s ability to maintain
+Added: sufficient credit arrangements;
+Added: changes in governmental standards by which our environmental control products are evaluated and the risk
+Added: factors reported from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports, including its recent report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The Company undertakes
+Added: no obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments.
+Added: General Overview
+Added: Cemtrex was incorporated in 1998
+Added: in the state of Delaware and has evolved through strategic acquisitions and internal growth into a leading multi-industry company.
+Added: the context requires otherwise, all references to “we”, “our”, “us”, “Company”, “registrant”,
+Added: “Cemtrex” or “management” refer to Cemtrex, Inc.
and its subsidiaries.
−Removed: Company’s reporting segments consist of Security and Industrial Services.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company’s operational structure
−Removed: also reports unallocated corporate expenses.
−Removed: Security segment operates under the brand of its majority owned subsidiary, Vicon Industries, Inc.
−Removed: (“Vicon”), which provides
−Removed: end-to-end security solutions to meet the toughest corporate, industrial, and governmental security challenges.
−Removed: Vicon’s products
−Removed: include browser-based video monitoring systems and analytics-based recognition systems, cameras, servers, and access control systems
−Removed: for every aspect of security and surveillance in industrial and commercial facilities, federal prisons, hospitals, universities, schools,
−Removed: and federal and state government offices.
−Removed: Vicon provides innovative, mission critical security and video surveillance solutions utilizing
−Removed: Artificial Intelligence (AI) based data algorithms.
−Removed: Industrial Services segment operates under the brand, Advanced Industrial Services (“AIS”), which offers single-source expertise
−Removed: and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers.
−Removed: AIS installs high precision equipment in a wide variety of industrial markets like automotive, printing & graphics, industrial automation,
−Removed: packaging, and chemicals, among others.
−Removed: AIS is a leading provider of reliability-driven maintenance and contracting solutions for machinery,
−Removed: packaging, printing, chemical, and other manufacturing markets.
−Removed: The focus is on customers seeking to achieve greater asset utilization
−Removed: and reliability to cut costs and increase production from existing assets, including small projects, sustaining capital, turnarounds,
−Removed: maintenance, specialty welding services, and high-quality scaffolding.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S.
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and
−Removed: assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and the related disclosures at the date of the
−Removed: financial statements and during the reporting period.
−Removed: Although these estimates are based on our knowledge of current events, our actual
−Removed: amounts and results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: The estimates made are based on historical factors, current circumstances, and
−Removed: the experience and judgment of our management, who continually evaluate the judgments, estimates and assumptions and may employ outside
−Removed: experts to assist in the evaluations.
−Removed: of our accounting policies are deemed “significant”, as they are both most important to the financial statement presentation
−Removed: and require management’s most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect
−Removed: of matters that are inherently uncertain.
−Removed: For a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see “Management’s Discussion
−Removed: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
−Removed: of Operations – For the three months ended December 31, 2024, and 2023
−Removed: Security segment revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2024, decreased by $3,714,102 or 41% to $5,453,699 from $9,167,801
−Removed: for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: This decrease is due to unexpected delays in orders for security technology products under
−Removed: our Vicon brand.
−Removed: Industrial Services segment revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2024, increased by $575,835 or 7%, to $8,286,200 from $7,710,365,
−Removed: for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The Company’s reporting
+Added: segments consist of Security and Industrial Services.
+Added: Additionally, the Company’s operational structure also reports unallocated
+Added: corporate expenses.
+Added: Cemtrex’s Security segment
+Added: operates under the brand of its majority owned subsidiary, Vicon Industries, Inc.
+Added: (“Vicon”), which provides end-to-end security
+Added: solutions to meet the toughest corporate, industrial, and governmental security challenges.
+Added: Vicon’s products include browser-based
+Added: video monitoring systems and analytics-based recognition systems, cameras, servers, and access control systems for every aspect of security
+Added: and surveillance in industrial and commercial facilities, federal prisons, hospitals, universities, schools, and federal and state government
+Added: Vicon provides innovative, mission critical security and video surveillance solutions utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI)
+Added: based data algorithms.
+Added: Industrial Services
+Added: Cemtrex’s Industrial Services
+Added: segment operates under the brand, Advanced Industrial Services (“AIS”), which offers single-source expertise and services
+Added: for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers.
+Added: high precision equipment in a wide variety of industrial markets like automotive, printing & graphics, industrial automation, packaging,
+Added: and chemicals, among others.
+Added: AIS is a leading provider of reliability-driven maintenance and contracting solutions for machinery, packaging,
+Added: printing, chemical, and other manufacturing markets.
+Added: The focus is on customers seeking to achieve greater asset utilization and reliability
+Added: to cut costs and increase production from existing assets, including small projects, sustaining capital, turnarounds, maintenance, specialty
+Added: welding services, and high-quality scaffolding.
+Added: Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates
+Added: Our discussion and analysis of
+Added: our financial condition and results of operations are based upon the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements,
+Added: which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S.
+Added: preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
+Added: GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that
+Added: affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and the related disclosures at the date of the financial statements
+Added: and during the reporting period.
+Added: Although these estimates are based on our knowledge of current events, our actual amounts and results
+Added: could differ from those estimates.
+Added: The estimates made are based on historical factors, current circumstances, and the experience and judgment
+Added: of our management, who continually evaluate the judgments, estimates and assumptions and may employ outside experts to assist in the evaluations.
+Added: Certain of our accounting policies
+Added: are deemed “significant”, as they are both most important to the financial statement presentation and require management’s
+Added: most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently
+Added: For a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: Results of Operations – For the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, and 2024
+Added: Our Security segment revenues
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased by $8,896,220 or 110% to $16,981,152 from $8,084,932 for the three months ended March
+Added: This increase is due to a large sale valued at $10,375,000 for security technology products under our Vicon brand.
+Added: represents 61% of the revenue for this segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
+Added: Our Industrial Services segment
+Added: revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, increased by $1,194,454 or 13%, to $10,269,117 from $9,074,663, for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2024.
This increase is mainly due to increased demand for the segment’s services.
−Removed: Profit for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was $5,701,936 or 41% of revenues as compared to gross profit of $7,082,399 or 42%
−Removed: of revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: profit in our Security segment was $2,839,759 or 52% of the segment’s revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as
−Removed: compared to gross profit of $4,516,947or 49% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Gross profit percentage
−Removed: was up due to the mix of product sold in the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: profit in our Industrial Services segment was $2,862,177 or 35% of the segment’s revenues for the three months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2024, as compared to gross profit of $2,565,452 or 33% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: profit as a percentage of revenues increased due to improved margins on projects in the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared
−Removed: to the three months ended December 31 2023.
−Removed: and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2024, increased $121,323 or 2% to $7,093,289 from $6,971,966 for
−Removed: the three months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly related to increased fringe benefits,
−Removed: legal expenses, rent, and travel.
−Removed: and Development Expenses
−Removed: and Development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2024, were $890,083 compared to $848,805 for the three months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2023, an increase of $41,278 or 5%.
−Removed: Research and Development expenses are related to the Security Segment’s development
−Removed: of next generation solutions associated with security and surveillance systems software.
−Removed: Income/Expense
−Removed: expense for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was $26,265,257, as compared to $505,272 for the three months ended December 31,
−Removed: Other expense for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was mainly driven by losses on excess fair value of the warrants of
−Removed: $15,796,105 which represents the difference between the fair value of the shares issued and the value of the warrants exercised and losses
−Removed: on changes in fair value of warrant liability of $10,020,212 which represents the change in the fair value of the of the warrants unexercised
−Removed: at the measurement period.
−Removed: for Income Taxes
−Removed: the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had income tax expense from continuing operations of $120,538 and $70,751,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: The provision for income tax is estimated based upon the current income projections of the Company, the effective rate
−Removed: of the prior year, and the Company’s current ability to utilize net loss carryforwards.
−Removed: The Company’s effective tax rate
−Removed: for the three months ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, was (.42%) and (5.69%) respectively.
−Removed: Company’s business and operations have been affected by inflation during the periods for which financial information is presented.
−Removed: In response, the Company has instituted price increases and initiated cost-saving measures to mitigate the effects of inflation on operations.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: capital was $4,130,393 at December 31, 2024, compared to working capital of $8,103,457 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: This includes cash and
−Removed: equivalents and restricted cash of $5,464,254 at December 31, 2024, and $5,420,392 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in working capital
−Removed: was primarily due to the increase in current maturities of long-term debt, and accrued expenses.
−Removed: The increases
−Removed: in accrued expenses are mainly related to a large order in the Security segment, the revenues of this order are
−Removed: to be recognized in the next quarter.
−Removed: used by operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 was $1,201,817 and $3,139,073, respectively.
−Removed: negative operating cash flow was mainly the result of our net loss less the losses on the warrant liabilities, which were non-cash in
−Removed: nature, combined with operating changes in trade payables, and inventory.
−Removed: receivables decreased by $1,956,874 or 18% to $9,202,802 at December 31, 2024, from $11,159,676 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in
−Removed: trade receivables is attributable to decreased sales in the Security segment.
−Removed: used by investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was $1,008,899 compared to $390,310 used for the three months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, were driven by the Company’s purchase
−Removed: of property and equipment and investment in Masterpiece VR.
−Removed: Investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023, were driven
−Removed: by the Company’s purchase of property and equipment and investment in Masterpiece VR.
−Removed: provided by financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, was $2,387,449 compared to providing cash of $998,099
−Removed: for the three months ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024, were primarily driven
−Removed: by the proceeds from the Company’s revolving line of credit, note payable, and the exercise of 333,650 Series B Warrants.
−Removed: activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023, were primarily driven by the proceeds from the Company’s revolving line
−Removed: of credit and payments on the Company’s debt.
−Removed: Company’s working capital may not be sufficient to cover operating costs which indicates substantial doubt regarding the Company’s
−Removed: ability to continue as a going concern, the Company has historically, from time to time, satisfied and may continue to satisfy certain
−Removed: short-term liabilities through the issuance of common stock, thus reducing our cash requirement to meet our operating needs.
−Removed: has $5,464,254 in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company has (i) secured a
−Removed: line of credit for its Vicon brand to fund operations, which as of December 31, 2024, has available capacity of $903,102, (ii) continually
−Removed: reevaluated its pricing model on our Vicon brand to improve margins on those products, (iii) entered into a Standstill Agreement with
−Removed: Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”) in which Streeterville agreed not to seek to redeem any portion of its two outstanding
−Removed: notes with the Company expiring on April 30, 2025 in exchange, the Company agreed to pay to Streeterville the greater of $4,000,000 or
−Removed: fifty percent (50%) of the net proceeds the Company receives from the sale of any of its common stock or preferred stock during the Standstill
−Removed: To date, the company has paid Streeterville $4,588,897 under this agreement.
−Removed: the event additional capital is raised through equity offerings and/or debt is satisfied with equity, it may have a dilutive effect on
−Removed: our existing stockholders.
−Removed: While the Company believes these plans if successful, would be sufficient to meet the capital demands of our
−Removed: current operations for at least the next twelve months, there is no guarantee that we will succeed.
−Removed: Overall, there is no guarantee that
−Removed: cash flow from our existing or future operations and any external capital that we may be able to raise will be sufficient to meet our
−Removed: working capital needs.
−Removed: The Company currently does not have adequate cash or available liquidity/available capacity on our lines of credit
−Removed: to meet our short or long-term needs.
−Removed: Absent an ability to raise additional outside capital and restructure or refinance all or a portion
−Removed: of our debt, the Company will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due over the next twelve months beyond the issuance date.
−Removed: segment of the Company’s operations has positioned itself for growth and the Company’s long-term objectives include, increasing
−Removed: marketing and sales for the Company’s products and services in each segment, increasing the Company’s presence through collaboration
−Removed: partnerships in each segment and through strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses for each segment.
−Removed: These long-term objectives
−Removed: will require sufficient cash to complete, and the Company expects to fund these objectives with cash on hand, issuance of debt, and from
−Removed: proceeds from the sale of the Company’s securities, which may not be sufficient to fully implement our growth initiatives.
−Removed: unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to this uncertainty.
+Added: Gross Profit for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, was $12,165,455 or 45% of revenues as compared to gross profit of $6,969,416 or 40% of revenues for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit in our Security segment
+Added: was $8,803,856 or 52% of the segment’s revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to gross profit of $4,112,969
+Added: or 51% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit percentage was up due to the mix of products
+Added: sold in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit in our Industrial
+Added: Services segment was $3,361,599 or 33% of the segment’s revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to gross
+Added: profit of $2,826,447 or 31% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit as a percentage of revenues
+Added: increased due to improved margins on projects in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: General and Administrative Expenses
+Added: General and administrative expenses
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2025, decreased $249,415 or 4% to $6,770,742 from $7,020,157 for the three months ended March 31,
+Added: The decrease in general and administrative expenses is mainly related to decreased general and administrative expenses, legal expenses,
+Added: short-term rent, and travel.
+Added: Research and Development Expenses
+Added: Research and Development expenses
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2025, were $777,889 compared to $951,400 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of
+Added: $173,511 or 18%.
+Added: Research and Development expenses are related to the Security Segment’s development of next generation solutions
+Added: associated with security and surveillance systems software.
+Added: Other Income/Expense
+Added: Other income for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, was $4,104,211, as compared to expense of $448,039 for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Other income for the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2025, was mainly driven by gains on changes in fair value of warrant liability of $4,707,374 which represents
+Added: the change in the fair value of the of the warrants unexercised at the measurement period.
+Added: Other expense for the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2024, was mainly driven by interest on the Company’s debt.
+Added: Provision for Income Taxes
+Added: During the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company had income tax expense from continuing operations of $110,525 and $100,004, respectively.
+Added: The provision
+Added: for income tax is estimated based upon the current income projections of the Company, the effective rate of the prior year, and the Company’s
+Added: current ability to utilize net loss carryforwards.
+Added: The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and
+Added: 2024, was 1.26% and (6.76%) respectively.
+Added: Results of Operations – For the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, and 2024
+Added: Our Security segment revenues
+Added: for the six months ended March 31, 2025, increased by $5,182,118 or 30% to $22,434,851 from $17,252,733 for the six months ended March
+Added: This increase is due to a large sale valued at $10,375,000 for security technology products under our Vicon brand.
+Added: represents 46% of the revenue for this segment for the six months ended March 31, 2025.
+Added: Our Industrial Services segment
+Added: revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2025, increased by $1,770,289 or 11%, to $18,555,317 from $16,785,028, for the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: This increase is mainly due to increased demand for the segment’s services.
+Added: Gross Profit for the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, was $17,867,391 or 44% of revenues as compared to gross profit of $14,021,815 or 41% of revenues for the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit in our Security segment
+Added: was $11,643,615 or 52% of the segment’s revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to gross profit of $8,629,916
+Added: or 50% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit percentage was up due to the mix of products
+Added: sold in the six months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit in our Industrial
+Added: Services segment was $6,223,776 or 34% of the segment’s revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to gross profit
+Added: of $5,391,899 or 32% of the segment’s revenues for the period ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Gross profit as a percentage of revenues increased
+Added: due to improved margins on projects in the six months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: General and Administrative Expenses
+Added: General and administrative expenses
+Added: for the six months ended March 31, 2025, decreased $128,092 or 1% to $13,864,031 from $13,992,123 for the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: The decrease in general and administrative expenses is mainly related to decreased salaries, other operating expenses, and travel.
+Added: Research and Development Expenses
+Added: Research and Development expenses
+Added: for the six months ended March 31, 2025, were $1,667,972 compared to $1,800,205 for the six months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of
+Added: $132,233 or 7%.
+Added: Research and Development expenses are related to the Security Segment’s development of next generation solutions
+Added: associated with security and surveillance systems software.
+Added: Other Income/Expense
+Added: Other expense for the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, was $22,161,046, as compared to $953,311 for the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Other income for the six months
+Added: ended March 31, 2025, was mainly driven by losses on excess fair value of the warrants of $15,796,105 which represents the difference
+Added: between the fair value of the shares issued and the value of the warrants exercised and losses on changes in fair value of warrant liability
+Added: of $5,312,838, which represents the change in the fair value of the of the warrants unexercised at the measurement period.
+Added: Provision for Income Taxes
+Added: During the six months ended March
+Added: 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company had income tax expense from continuing operations of $231,063 and $170,755, respectively.
+Added: The provision
+Added: for income tax is estimated based upon the current income projections of the Company, the effective rate of the prior year, and the Company’s
+Added: current ability to utilize net loss carryforwards.
+Added: The Company’s effective tax rate for the six months ended March 31, 2025, and
+Added: 2024, was (1.17%) and (6.27%) respectively.
+Added: Effects of Inflation
+Added: The Company’s business and
+Added: operations have been affected by inflation during the periods for which financial information is presented.
+Added: In response, the Company has
+Added: instituted price increases and initiated cost-saving measures to mitigate the effects of inflation on operations.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: Working capital was $5,037,130
+Added: at March 31, 2025, compared to working capital of $8,103,457 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: This includes cash and equivalents and restricted
+Added: cash of $6,066,033 at March 31, 2025, and $5,420,392 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: The decrease in working capital was primarily due to the increase
+Added: the current maturities of the Company’s long-term liabilities.
+Added: Cash provided by operating
+Added: activities for the six months ended March 31, 2025, was $1,600,532 and used $2,752,236 of cash for the six-month period ended March
+Added: Our operating cash flow was mainly the result of our net loss, less the non-cash adjustments, combined with operating
+Added: changes in inventory, accrued expenses, and contract liabilities.
+Added: Trade receivables increased by
+Added: $1,556,316 or 14% to $12,715,992 at March 31, 2025, from $11,159,676 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: The increase in trade receivables is attributable
+Added: to the remaining balance on the large sale in the Security segment, expected to be collected in the next quarter.
+Added: Cash used by investing activities
+Added: for the six months ended March 31, 2025, was $1,436,452 compared to $455,308 used for the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Investing activities
+Added: for the six months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, were driven by the Company’s purchase of property and equipment and investment
+Added: in Masterpiece VR.
+Added: Cash provided by financing
+Added: activities for the six months ended March 31, 2025, was $1,032,254 compared to $1,250,540 for the six months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: Financing activities for the six months ended March 31, 2025, were primarily driven by the proceeds from the Company’s
+Added: revolving line of credit, note payable, and the exercise of 333,650 Series B Warrants.
+Added: Financing activities for the six months ended
+Added: March 31, 2024, were primarily driven by the proceeds from the Company’s revolving line of credit and payments on the
+Added: Company’s debt.
+Added: The Company’s working capital
+Added: may not be sufficient to cover operating costs which indicates substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as
+Added: a going concern, the Company has historically, from time to time, satisfied and may continue to satisfy certain short-term liabilities
+Added: through the issuance of common stock, thus reducing our cash requirement to meet our operating needs.
+Added: The Company has $6,066,033 in cash
+Added: and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of March 31, 2025.
+Added: Additionally, the Company has (i) secured a line of credit for its Vicon
+Added: brand to fund operations, which as of March 31, 2025, has available capacity of approximately 133,000, (ii) continually reevaluated its pricing model
+Added: on our Vicon brand to improve margins on those products, (iii) entered into a Standstill Agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”)
+Added: in which Streeterville agreed not to seek to redeem any portion of its two outstanding notes with the Company expiring on April 30, 2025
+Added: in exchange, the Company agreed to pay to Streeterville the greater of $4,000,000 or fifty percent (50%) of the net proceeds the Company
+Added: receives from the sale of any of its common stock or preferred stock during the Standstill Period.
+Added: To date, the company has paid Streeterville
+Added: $4,588,897 under this agreement.
+Added: In the event additional capital
+Added: is raised through equity offerings and/or debt is satisfied with equity, it may have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders.
+Added: the Company believes these plans, if successful, would be sufficient to meet the capital demands of our current operations for at least
+Added: the next twelve months, there is no guarantee that we will succeed.
+Added: Overall, there is no guarantee that cash flow from our existing or
+Added: future operations and any external capital that we may be able to raise will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs.
+Added: currently does not have adequate cash or available liquidity/available capacity on our lines of credit to meet our short or long-term
+Added: Absent an ability to raise additional outside capital and restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt, the Company will
+Added: be unable to meet its obligations as they become due over the next twelve months beyond the issuance date.
+Added: Each segment of the Company’s
+Added: operations has positioned itself for growth and the Company’s long-term objectives include increasing marketing and sales for the
+Added: Company’s products and services in each segment, increasing the Company’s presence through collaboration partnerships in each
+Added: segment and through strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses for each segment.
+Added: These long-term objectives will require sufficient
+Added: cash to complete, and the Company expects to fund these objectives with cash on hand, issuance of debt, and from proceeds from the sale
+Added: of the Company’s securities, which may not be sufficient to fully implement our growth initiatives.
+Added: The unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to this uncertainty.
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