−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: Company commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 2, 2019 under the symbol “GRWG”.
−Removed: Prior to that
−Removed: date, our stock traded on the OTCQB Best Market since October 10, 2017, prior to which it was traded on the OTCQB Market since
−Removed: November 11, 2016.
−Removed: following table sets forth, for each quarter for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the reported high and low bid prices
−Removed: of our Common Stock.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
+Added: COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: MARKET INFORMATION
+Added: The Company commenced trading on the Nasdaq
+Added: Capital Market on December 2, 2019 under the symbol “GRWG”.
+Added: Prior to that date, our stock traded on the OTCQX Best
+Added: Market since October 10, 2017, prior to which it was traded on the OTCQB Market since November 11, 2016.
+Added: The following table sets forth, for each
+Added: quarter for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the reported high and low bid prices of our Common Stock.
Quarter Ended
7 unchanged sentences
March 31, 2019
−Removed: sales of substantial amounts of our shares in the public market could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time
−Removed: and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.
−Removed: approximate number of stockholders of record as of December 31, 2019 was 140.
−Removed: The number of stockholders of record
−Removed: does not include beneficial owners of our Common Stock, whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies,
−Removed: banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.
−Removed: have never paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock.
−Removed: We anticipate that we will retain funds and future earnings to support
−Removed: operations and to finance the growth and development of our business.
−Removed: Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the
−Removed: foreseeable future.
−Removed: Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend
−Removed: on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.
−Removed: In addition, the terms of any future debt or credit financings may preclude us from paying dividends.
−Removed: SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
+Added: Future sales of substantial amounts of
+Added: our shares in the public market could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability
+Added: to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.
+Added: The approximate number of stockholders
+Added: of record as of March 24, 2021 was 114.
+Added: The number of stockholders of record does not include beneficial owners of our
+Added: Common Stock, whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.
+Added: DIVIDEND POLICY
+Added: We have never paid any cash dividends on
+Added: our Common Stock.
+Added: We anticipate that we will retain funds and future earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and
+Added: development of our business.
+Added: Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Any future determination
+Added: to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations,
+Added: capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.
+Added: In addition, the terms of any future debt or
+Added: credit financings may preclude us from paying dividends.
+Added: RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
2019 Private Placement
−Removed: June 26, 2019, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 4,123,257 units of the Company’s securities at the
−Removed: price of $3.10 per unit pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
−Removed: Each unit consisted of (i) one share of Common Stock and (ii) one 3-year warrant, each entitling the holder to purchase one
−Removed: half share of Common Stock, at a price of $3.50 per share.
+Added: On June 26, 2019, the Company completed
+Added: a private placement of a total of 4,123,257 units of the Company’s securities at the price of $3.10 per unit pursuant to
+Added: Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
+Added: Each unit consisted of
+Added: (i) one share of Common Stock and (ii) one 3-year warrant, each entitling the holder to purchase one half share of Common Stock,
+Added: at a price of $3.50 per share.
The Company raised a total of $12,782,099 from 19 accredited investors.
2018 Private Placement
−Removed: January 17, 2018, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 36 units of its securities at the price of $250,000
−Removed: Each unit consists of (i) a .1% unsecured convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $250,000, and (ii)
−Removed: a 3-year warrant entitling the holder to purchase 37,500 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless
−Removed: The Company raised gross proceeds of $9,000,000 from 23 accredited investors in the offering.
−Removed: May 9, 2018, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 33.33 units of its securities at a price of $300,000 per
−Removed: unit to 3 accredited investors.
−Removed: Each unit consists of (i) 100,000 share of the Company’s Common Stock and (ii) 50,000 3-year
−Removed: warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $.35 per share.
−Removed: The Company raised an aggregate of $10,000,000
−Removed: gross proceeds in the offering.
−Removed: Private Placements
−Removed: March 10, 2017, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 825,000 units of its securities to 4 accredited investors.
−Removed: Each unit consists of (i) one share of the Company’s Common Stock and (ii) one 5-year warrant to purchase one share of Common
+Added: On January 17, 2018, the Company completed
+Added: a private placement of a total of 36 units of its securities at the price of $250,000 per unit.
+Added: Each unit consists of (i) a .1%
+Added: unsecured convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $250,000, and (ii) a 3-year warrant entitling the holder to purchase
+Added: 37,500 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless exercise.
+Added: The Company raised gross proceeds of
+Added: $9,000,000 from 23 accredited investors in the offering.
+Added: On May 9, 2018, the Company completed a
+Added: private placement of a total of 33.33 units of its securities at a price of $300,000 per unit to 3 accredited investors.
+Added: consists of (i) 100,000 share of the Company’s Common Stock and (ii) 50,000 3-year warrant to purchase one share of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $.35 per share.
The Company raised an aggregate of $10,000,000 gross proceeds in the offering.
−Removed: May 16, 2017, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 1,000,000 units of its securities to 27 accredited investors
−Removed: through GVC Capital LLC (“GVC Capital”) as its placement agent.
−Removed: Each unit consists of (i) one share of the Company’s
−Removed: Common Stock and (ii) one 5-year warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.75 per share.
−Removed: raised an aggregate of $2,000,000 gross proceeds in the offering.
−Removed: The Company paid GVC Capital total compensation for its services,
−Removed: (i) for a price of $100, 5-year warrants to purchase 75,000 shares at $2.00 per share and 5-year warrants to purchase 75,000 shares
−Removed: at $2.75 per share, (ii) a cash fee of $150,000, (iii) a non-accountable expense allowance of $60,000, and (iv) a warrant exercise
−Removed: fee equal to 3% of all sums received by the Company from the exercise of 750,000 warrants (not including 250,000 warrants issued
−Removed: to one investor) when they are exercised.
−Removed: Options and Stock Awards
−Removed: Company has a 2014 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and an Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Compensation
−Removed: Plan (which is pending shareholder approval) (the “2018 Plan”).
−Removed: inception to December 31, 2019, we have granted stock options under our 2014 Plan to purchase an aggregate of 2,273,500 shares
−Removed: at exercise prices ranging from $0.60 to $5.11 per share.
−Removed: Of the total options granted as of December 31, 2019, 1,778,333 have
−Removed: been exercised and 159,667 have been forfeited, resulting in 335,500 options outstanding.
−Removed: In addition, as of December 31, 2019,
−Removed: 375,000 stock awards have been issued under our 2014 Plan.
−Removed: inception to December 31, 2019, we have granted stock options under our 2018 Plan to purchase an aggregate of 1,661,500
−Removed: shares at exercise prices ranging from $2.25 to $4.45 per share.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, 7,500 options have been exercised
−Removed: and 11,667 forfeited under the 2018 Plan.
−Removed: In addition, as of December 31, 2019, 69,750 stock awards have been issued under
−Removed: our 2018 Plan.
−Removed: On February 7, 2020, the Board approved the amendment and restatement of the 2018 Plan to increase the number
−Removed: of shares issuable thereunder from 2,500,000 to 5,000,000, which amendment is pending shareholder approval.
+Added: Stock Options and Stock Awards
+Added: The Company has a 2014 Equity Compensation
+Added: Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and an Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2018 Plan”).
+Added: February 7, 2020, the Board approved the amendment and restatement of the 2018 Plan to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder
+Added: from 2,500,000 to 5,000,000, which amendment was approved by shareholders on May 11, 2020.
+Added: From inception to December 31, 2020, we
+Added: have granted stock options under our 2014 Plan to purchase an aggregate of 2,113,833 shares at exercise prices ranging from $0.60
+Added: to $5.11 per share.
+Added: Of the total options granted as of December 31, 2020, 2,058,833 have been exercised and 5,000 have been forfeited,
+Added: resulting in 50,000 options outstanding.
+Added: In addition, as of December 31, 2020, 375,000 stock awards have been issued under our
+Added: From inception to December 31, 2020, we
+Added: have granted stock options under our 2018 Plan to purchase an aggregate of 1,963,000 shares at exercise prices ranging from $2.25
+Added: to $17.39 per share.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, 438,895 options have been exercised and 37,667 forfeited under the 2018 Plan.
+Added: addition, as of December 31, 2020, 1,112,979 stock awards have been issued under our 2018 Plan.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
−Removed: following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our financial
−Removed: statements and the related notes and the other financial information included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: This discussion contains
−Removed: forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
−Removed: in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this report,
−Removed: particularly those under “Risk Factors.”
−Removed: Dollars in tabular format are presented in thousands, except per share data,
−Removed: or otherwise indicated.
−Removed: GrowGeneration
−Removed: (“GrowGeneration, together with all of its wholly- subsidiaries or the “Company”) was incorporated in
−Removed: Colorado in 2014 to build a national chain of hydroponic equipment and supply garden centers in the U.S.
−Removed: GrowGeneration is the
−Removed: largest and fastest growing chain of hydroponic garden centers in North America.
−Removed: Today, GrowGeneration is a service provider of
−Removed: a wide selection of supplies and equipment for commercial and home growers and a leading marketer and distributor of nutrients,
−Removed: growing media, advanced indoor garden, lighting and ventilation systems and accessories for hydroponic gardening.
−Removed: 27, 2020, the Company owns and operates a chain of twenty seven (27) retail hydroponic/gardening centers, with five (5) located
−Removed: in the state of Colorado, four (4) in the state of California, four (4) in the state of Michigan, two (2) in the state of Nevada,
−Removed: one (1) in the state of Washington, one (1) in the state of Oregon, four (4) in the State of Oklahoma, one (1) in the state of
−Removed: Rhode Island, three (3) in Maine, (1) in Florida , one (1) distribution facility in California and an online e-commerce store,
−Removed: Our plan is to acquire, open and operate hydroponic/gardening stores and related businesses throughout the United
−Removed: States and Canada.
−Removed: The Florida location was acquired in February 2020 and the fourth Oklahoma store was open in March 2020.
−Removed: 2019, we added Tony Sullivan, an experienced and proven multi-store operator, as our Chief Operating
−Removed: His initiatives include, but not be limited to, providing unwavering support to the 27 GrowGeneration Stores, adding
−Removed: new locations, integrating our e-commerce and store supply channels and leveraging synergies amongst interconnected departments,
−Removed: working to drive more cost efficiencies across all areas of our company.
−Removed: saw triple-digit growth in revenue in Colorado, Michigan and Nevada and double-digit growth in all other markets.
−Removed: business has risen over 100% for the same period year over year.
−Removed: GrowGeneration Management Corp, our commercial division, is
−Removed: now approaching sales of $5.0 million per quarter, and we added hundreds of new commercial accounts in 2019.
−Removed: With our success in
−Removed: Oklahoma, we opened our fourth location in the state, located in Tulsa, OK, a 40,000 Sq.
−Removed: super garden center, the largest
−Removed: hydroponic garden center in the US.
−Removed: Our private label program, under the Sunleaves brand, began to be stocked on our shelves
−Removed: and online in the fourth quarter of 2019.
−Removed: Our initial private label lineup includes a one- part micro and macro nutrient+ Cal
−Removed: mag powder line, for both cannabis and hemp farmers, a silica+ micronutrient booster and a root stimulant, all additives that
−Removed: can be used with any nutrient regimen.
−Removed: Additional private level products that will be on shelf in second quarter of 2020
−Removed: include, rope rachets for hoisting lighting, breathable fabric pots and T5 florescent lights for indoor gardens.
−Removed: improved the financial performance of the Company in all areas in 2019.
−Removed: Revenue was up 175% year over year, at $79.7 million.
−Removed: Adjusted EBITDA, for 2019 was slightly over $6,600,000, a positive $.20 per share.
−Removed: Our same store sales were up approximately
+Added: Not applicable.
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
+Added: FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
+Added: The following discussion and analysis
+Added: of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our financial statements and the related notes
+Added: and the other financial information included elsewhere in this report.
+Added: This discussion contains forward-looking statements that
+Added: involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements
+Added: as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this report, particularly those under “Risk
+Added: Factors.”
+Added: Dollars in tabular format are presented in thousands, except per share data, or otherwise indicated.
+Added: GrowGeneration Corp.
+Added: (together with all
+Added: of its wholly owned subsidiaries, collectively “GrowGeneration”
+Added: or the “Company”) was incorporated in Colorado
+Added: in 2014 and is the largest chain of hydroponic garden centers in North America and is a leading marketer and distributor of nutrients,
+Added: growing media, advanced indoor and greenhouse lighting, environmental control systems and accessories for hydroponic gardening.
+Added: GrowGeneration also owns and operates e-commerce platforms,www.growgeneration.com and www.agron.io, Canopy Crop Management Corp,
+Added: CharCoir Inc, and several proprietary private-label brands across multiple product categories from LED lighting to nutrients and
+Added: additives and environmental control systems for indoor cultivation.
+Added: 2020 Store Footprint
+Added: Currently, the Company owns and operates a chain of fifty two
+Added: (52) retail hydroponic/gardening stores, with eighteen (18) in the state of California, six (6) in the state of Michigan, eight
+Added: (8) located in the state of Colorado, five (5) in the State of Oklahoma, five (5) in Maine, two (2) in the state of Nevada, two
+Added: (2) in the state of Washington, two (2) in the state of Oregon, one (1) in the state of Rhode Island, one (1) in the state of Florida,
+Added: one (1) in the state of Arizona, one (1) in the state of Massachusetts, an online e-commerce store, GrowGeneration.com and a B2B e-commerce platform, agron.io We recently announced the signing of two leases in downtown Los Angeles and Rancho Dominguez,
+Added: CA, which are our 53 rd and 54 th locations.
+Added: Our plan is to continue to acquire, open and operate hydroponic/gardening
+Added: stores and related businesses throughout North America.
+Added: Revenue in 2020 was up 142.5% year over year, to $193.4 million.
+Added: EBITDA, for 2020 was approximately $19.2 million an increase of approximately $13.9 million over 2019, a 265% increase.
+Added: significant revenue increases in all key markets, Maine was up 144%, Oklahoma was up 255%, Michigan was up 243%, and Rhode Island
+Added: Same store revenues include 13 stores that generated $72.3 million in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020,
+Added: compared to $44.3 million in revenues for 2019, an increase of 63%.
+Added: Store Acquisitions and New Store Openings
+Added: Core to our growth strategy is to expand the number of our retail
+Added: garden centers throughout North America.
+Added: The hydroponic retail landscape is fragmented, which allows us to acquire the “best
+Added: of breed”
+Added: hydroponic operations.
+Added: In addition to the 12 states we are currently operating, we have identified new market opportunities
+Added: in states that include Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Mississippi and Missouri.
+Added: In 2020, we opened a second
+Added: hydroponic/gardening center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 40,000 square feet store operation and fulfillment center, and completed eight
+Added: (8) acquisitions, adding 14 locations in 2020.
+Added: To-date, the Company has acquired 14 new locations in the first quarter of 2021
+Added: and has an active target pipeline of acquisitions for the remainder of the year.
+Added: Commercial Sales Division
+Added: Our commercial division is focused on selling
+Added: end-to-end solutions for large commercial cultivators.
+Added: When a commercial customer gains a new cultivation license, they will need
+Added: to purchase lighting, benching, environmental control systems, irrigation, fertigation and other products to outfit their cultivation
+Added: Commercial customers typically purchase larger amounts and sizes of products.
+Added: We offer commercial customers volume pricing,
+Added: terms and financing.
+Added: Our commercial team manages thousands of commercial accounts across North America.
+Added: Our commercial division
+Added: collectively contributed approximately $49 million in revenue for 2020 compared to approximately $17 million for 2019, a 189% year
+Added: over year increase.
+Added: We have identified over 15,000 active licensed growers in North America and believe there is significant room
+Added: for us to expand our base of commercial customers.
+Added: E-Commerce/Omni Channel Division
+Added: Our digital strategy is focused on capturing
+Added: the home, craft and commercial growers online.
+Added: GrowGeneration.com offers over 10,000 hydroponic products all curated by our product
+Added: GrowGeneration.com offer customers the option to have their orders shipped directly to their locations, anywhere in North
+Added: America or alternatively customers can buy online and pick up in store.
+Added: Revenues for 2020 was approximately $10.6 million compared
+Added: to $4.8 million for 2019, an increase of 123%.
+Added: New visitors to our website were 1.2 million versus 477,000, an increase of 152%
year over year.
−Removed: Gross profit margins increased to 28.3%, an increase of 610 basis points year over year.
−Removed: We believe our
−Removed: strategies to increase margins are working, by purchasing in larger volumes and buying more efficiently.
−Removed: We saw significant
−Removed: revenue increases in all key markets.
−Removed: Colorado was up 114%, California 70%, Nevada 126 %, Michigan 200%, and Rhode Island 79%
−Removed: Our new stores in Oklahoma contributed $11.8 million in revenue and our stores in Maine added $6.2 million.
−Removed: Our e-commerce
−Removed: store, GrowGen.Pro added approximately $4.8 million in revenue.
+Added: Our online garden center closed 17,000 transaction versus 6,300, an increase of 170%.
+Added: On March 19, 2021, the Company
+Added: purchased the business-to-business ERP platform, Agron.io.
+Added: a leading wholesale agriculture portal that allows commercial growers
+Added: to manage their purchasing and logistics in one platform.
+Added: Agron.io offers commercial pricing, real-time inventory, and the largest product catalog in the industry, with over 10,000 products
+Added: in over 60 categories, including greenhouses, extraction, hemp, and commercial equipment.
+Added: The platform manages real-time product
+Added: updates, tier-pricing changes, case quantities, pallet quantities, profit margin projections, hazmat fees, ETL/UL listings and
+Added: state chemical regulations, as well as guarantees the latest shipping rates using API Pallet.
+Added: Our supply chain currently spans approximately 800,000 sq.
+Added: of retail and warehouse space, across 52 locations and 12 states.
+Added: Today, we operate distribution and fulfillment out of our 60,000
+Added: ft location in Sacramento, CA and 40,000 sq.
+Added: in Tulsa, OK.
+Added: We announced on March 9, 2021, the addition of a total of 122,000
+Added: ft., including 52,000 sq.
+Added: in downtown Los Angeles, CA and 70,000 sq.
+Added: in Rancho Dominguez, CA that will serve as distribution
+Added: and fulfillment locations for the Company.
+Added: We are in the process of building several additional locations that will serve as fulfillment
+Added: service centers, that includes a 25,000 sq.
+Added: location in Phoenix, AZ.
+Added: and a 58,000 sq.
+Added: location in Medley, FL.
+Added: these locations to be opened by the summer of 2021.
+Added: Brands and Private Label
+Added: GrowGeneration purchased Canopy Crop Management
+Added: Corp., in December 2020, the developer of the popular Power Si line of monosilicic acids products, a nutrient additive for plants
+Added: On March 12, 2021, the Company purchased Char Coir, a line of premium coco pots, cubes and medium.
+Added: Both Power Si and Char Coir
+Added: are brands that generate over $10,000,000 in annual sales.
+Added: We believe that expanding our private label offerings will have a positive
+Added: impact on our margins and profitability in the near term.
+Added: We use various trademarks, trade names and service marks in our private-
+Added: label business, including Ion Lighting, Sunleaves, powder nutrient and additive line, Optilume Bulbs, Blueprint controllers and
+Added: timers, Growxcess pots and containers, Harvest Edge, pruners, trellis and other gardening accessories, and Durabreeze fans and
+Added: dehumidifiers.
+Added: Both GrowGeneration and Where the Pros Go to Grow are the trademarks used brand and market our garden centers across
+Added: North America.
+Added: 2020 Financial Results
+Added: Revenue in 2020 was up 142.5% year over year, to $193.4 million.
+Added: Adjusted EBITDA, for 2020 was approximately $19.2 million an increase of approximately $13.9 million or 265% over 2019.
+Added: EBITDA per basic share, for 2020 was $0.44 compared to $0.16 for 2019.
+Added: Our same store sales were up approximately 63% year over
+Added: Store income as a percentage of revenue increased from 14.9% of revenues in 2019 to 16.7 % of revenues in 2020.
+Added: store operations increased $20.4 million, from $11.9 million in 2019 to $32.3 million in 2020.
+Added: We saw significant revenue increases
+Added: in all key markets, Maine up 144%, Oklahoma up 255%, Michigan up 243%, and Rhode Island up 150%.
+Added: Our e-commerce store, GrowGeneration.com
+Added: had revenues of approximately $10.6 million in 2020 up 123% from 2019.
Our commercial division generated approximately $49 million
−Removed: in revenue all of which is reflected in store revenues.
−Removed: With our significant top and bottom-line growth, we reduced our store
−Removed: operating expenses to 12.7% of revenues in 2019 compared to 18% in 2018 and our corporate overhead to 8.5% as a percentage of
−Removed: our revenue, not including non-cash expenditures.
−Removed: The Company has successfully completed the implementation of our Enterprise
−Removed: Resource Planning (“ERP”) platform, designed to lower costs, integrate our online and store sales and supply
−Removed: channels, improve departmental productivity, and provides forecasting and reporting tools.
−Removed: focuses on a variety of key indicators and operating metrics to monitor the financial condition and performance of the continuing
−Removed: operations of our business.
−Removed: These metrics include consumer purchases (point-of-sale data), market share, category growth, net
−Removed: sales, gross profit margins, income from operations, net income and earnings per share.
−Removed: We also focus on measures to optimize
−Removed: cash flow and return on invested capital, including the management of working capital and capital expenditures.
−Removed: 2019, the Company continued focusing its efforts on increasing its distributions through acquisitions and opening of new
−Removed: We increased our store footprint from 21 to 26 locations in 2019, which included three store
−Removed: closing/consolidations.
−Removed: Sales increased 175% between 2018 and 2019.
−Removed: The Company’s acquired e-commerce operation,
−Removed: HeavyGarden.com, rebranded as GrowGen.Pro, is the basis for an omni-channel strategy that is being developed now to enable
−Removed: e-commerce at all of the GrowGeneration locations.
−Removed: We expect this omni-channel rollout to commence in the second quarter of
−Removed: We formed wholly-owned subsidiaries GrowGeneration Canada Corp and GrowGeneration Hemp Corp in order to develop supply
−Removed: chain and sales strategies for both of these high value markets, in the U.S and Canada.
−Removed: Furthermore, the Company completed
−Removed: its implementation of an ERP system in all its operations, which is business process management software that allows an
−Removed: organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and automate many back office
−Removed: functions related to technology, services and human resources.
−Removed: raised in 2019 included a $12.8 million raise from 19 accredited investors.
−Removed: Capital raised in 2018 totaled $19 million, which
−Removed: was raised primarily from the three largest private equity firms, Gotham Green Partners, Navy Capital and Merida Capital Partners.
−Removed: December 2, 2019, the Company was approved to commence trading its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker
−Removed: symbol of “GRWG”.
−Removed: Prior to that date, the Company’s stock traded on the OTCQX Best Market since October 10,
−Removed: 2017, prior to which it traded on the OTCQB Market since November 11, 2016.
−Removed: to December 31, 2019, on February 26, 2020, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
−Removed: GrowGeneration Florida Corp, to purchase the assets of Healthy & Harvest, LLC with one location in Pembroke Pines, FL.
−Removed: connection with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered a three-year commercial lease for warehouse space, effective
−Removed: February 26, 2020 and subleased the store space whose current lease expires July 31, 2020.
−Removed: December 18, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Washington
−Removed: Corp, to purchase the assets of GrowWorld with one location in Portland, OR.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of the assets, the
−Removed: Company also entered into an assignment of lease, effective December 18, 2019, to rent the premises in Portland, OR.
−Removed: lease terminates on December 31, 2026.
−Removed: September 3, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Michigan
−Removed: Corp, to purchase the assets of Grand Rapids Hydroponics with one location in Grand Rapids, MI.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase
−Removed: of the assets, the Company also entered into a ten-year commercial lease agreement, effective from September 9, 2019, to rent
−Removed: the premises in Grand Rapids, MI.
−Removed: April 23, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Rhode
−Removed: Island Corp., to purchase the assets of GreenLife Garden Supply Corp., with two store locations in Maine and one in New Hampshire.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered into five-year commercial lease agreements, effective
−Removed: from May 9, 2019 and July 1, 2019, respectively, to rent the premises in York and Biddeford, Maine where store assets are located.
−Removed: January 26, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration California
−Removed: Corp., to purchase the assets from Palm Springs Hydroponics, Inc.
−Removed: located in Palm Springs, California.
−Removed: The acquisition was completed
−Removed: on February 7, 2019.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered into a commercial lease agreement
−Removed: with a term of five years and three months, effective from February 7, 2019 to April 30, 2024, to rent the premises where the
−Removed: assets were located to open a new store.
−Removed: January 26, 2019, the Company entered into another asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration
−Removed: Nevada Corp., to purchase the assets from Reno Hydroponics, Inc.
−Removed: located in Reno, Nevada.
−Removed: The acquisition was completed on February
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered into a one-year commercial lease agreement,
−Removed: effective from February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020, to rent the premises where the assets were located to open a new store.
−Removed: Company has since entered into a new lease expiring March 31, 2021.
−Removed: March 2019, the Company consolidated its store
−Removed: located in Canon City, CO with its Pueblo West, CO store.
−Removed: January 1, 2019 our two Santa Rosa, CA stores were consolidated into a single store at our Santa Rosa Moorland location acquired
−Removed: in July 2018.
−Removed: December 1, 2018, the Company entered into a lease agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Rhode Island,
−Removed: Corp., to rent certain premises located in Brewer, Maine, to be effective from December 1, 2018 to February 28, 2023.
−Removed: This premises
−Removed: will be used by the Company to open a new store.
−Removed: November 28, 2018, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Pueblo
−Removed: Corp., to purchase the assets of Chlorophyll, Inc., located in Denver, Colorado.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of the assets,
−Removed: the Company also entered into a five-year commercial lease agreement, effective from January 21, 2019, to rent the premises where
−Removed: the assets are located to open a new store.
−Removed: November 2018, the Company signed a commercial lease to open a 9,600 Sq.
−Removed: warehouse and product showroom in Tulsa to service
−Removed: the emerging legal cannabis cultivators in the State of Oklahoma.
−Removed: The lease is effective from January 1, 2019 to December
−Removed: The Company opened this store for business on February 1, 2019.
−Removed: October 2018, the Company consolidated its store
−Removed: located in Boulder, CO with our Denver, CO store.
−Removed: August 30, 2018, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement, amended on September 14, 2018, with Virgus, Inc.
−Removed: Heavy Gardens, an online store of hydroponic and garden supplies (“Heavy Gardens”) to purchase the assets of Heavy
−Removed: Gardens through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration HG Corp.
−Removed: The closing of the asset purchase took place on September
−Removed: August 23, 2018, the Company signed a commercial lease to open a 10,000 Sq.
−Removed: warehouse and product showroom in Oklahoma
−Removed: City to service the emerging legal cannabis cultivators in the State of Oklahoma.
−Removed: The lease is effective from October 1,
−Removed: 2018 to September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Company opened this store for business on October 1, 2018.
−Removed: June 28, 2018, the Company entered into a restated and amended asset purchase agreement to purchase the assets of a retail hydroponic
−Removed: store, Santa Rosa Hydroponics & Grower Supply Inc., located in Santa Rosa, California.
−Removed: On July 13, 2018, the parties entered
−Removed: into an amendment to the purchase agreement and conducted the closing of the asset purchase.
−Removed: In connection with the purchase of
−Removed: the assets, the Company also entered into a commercial lease agreement, effective from July 14, 2018 to July 13, 2023, to rent
−Removed: the premises where the assets were located.
−Removed: May 2018, the Company consolidated its store
−Removed: located in Colorado Springs, CO with our Denver, CO store and in April 2018, consolidated its store located in Pueblo West with
−Removed: its Pueblo Downtown store.
−Removed: May 9, 2018, GrowGeneration Corp.
−Removed: (the “Company”) completed a private placement (the “Offering”) of a
−Removed: total of 33.33 units (the “Units”) of the Company’s securities at the price of $300,000 per Unit pursuant to
−Removed: Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated
−Removed: under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Each Unit consists of (i) 100,000 shares of the Company’s $.001 par value common stock (the “Shares”)
−Removed: and (ii) 50,000 3-year warrants (the “Warrants”), each entitling the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock, at a price of $.35 per share or through cashless exercise.
−Removed: The Company raised a total of $10,000,000 from three
−Removed: accredited investors.
−Removed: April 12, 2018, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Michigan
−Removed: Corp., to purchase substantially all of the assets of Superior Growers Supply, Inc.’s business located in Michigan.
−Removed: In connection
−Removed: with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered into a commercial lease, effective from April 12, 2018 to April 11,
−Removed: 2023, to rent the premises where a part of the assets are located.
−Removed: The Company entered into two additional leases.
−Removed: Following this
−Removed: acquisition, the Company opened three stores in the state of Michigan.
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
+Added: in revenue all of which is reflected in store revenues versus $17 million in 2019, an increase of 188%.
+Added: With our significant top
+Added: line revenue growth, we reduced our store operating expenses to 9.7% of revenues in 2020 compared to 12.7% in 2019 and our corporate
+Added: overhead, excluding non-cash share-based compensation and depreciation, declined to 7% as a percentage of our revenue for 2020
+Added: compared to 8.5% of revenues for 2019.
+Added: The Company purchased a total of 14 stores
+Added: in 2020 and 12 stores in 2021, as of March 19, 2021.
+Added: The Company also completed the acquisitions of two leading product companies,
+Added: Canopy Crop Management in December 2020 and Char Coir in March 2021.
+Added: On February 26, 2020, the Company entered
+Added: into an asset purchase agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary, GrowGeneration Florida Corp, to purchase the assets of Healthy
+Added: & Harvest, LLC, with one location in Pembroke Pines, FL.
+Added: In connection with the purchase of the assets, the Company also entered
+Added: a three-year commercial lease for warehouse space, effective February 26, 2020 and subleased the store space whose current lease
+Added: expires July 31, 2020.
+Added: On June 16, 2020 we acquired certain assets
+Added: of H2O Hydroponics, LLC in a transaction valued at approximately $1.99 million.
+Added: Acquired intangibles and goodwill of approximately
+Added: $1.4 million represents the value expected to rise from organic growth and an opportunity to expand into a well-established market
+Added: for the Company.
+Added: Cash consideration was funded from the Company’s existing working capital.
+Added: On August 10, 2020 we acquired certain
+Added: assets of Benzakry Family Corp, d/b/a Emerald City Garden, in a transaction valued at $1 million.
+Added: Acquired intangibles and goodwill
+Added: of approximately $840,000 represents the value expected to rise from organic growth and an opportunity to expand into a well-established
+Added: market for the Company.
+Added: Cash consideration was funded from the Company’s existing working capital.
+Added: On October 20, 2020 the Company acquired
+Added: the assets of Big Green Tomato (“BGT”), a two-store chain in Battle Creek and Taylor,
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of BGT was approximately $9.1 million, including $6.0
+Added: in cash and common stock valued at approximately $3.1 million.
+Added: On October 12, 2020, the Company acquired
+Added: the assets of Hydroponics Depot, LLC, a single store located in Phoenix Arizona.
+Added: consideration for the purchase of Hydroponics Depots LLC was approximately $1.54 million, including $987,500 in cash and common stock valued
+Added: at approximately $548,000.
+Added: On November 17, 2020, the Company acquired the assets of The
+Added: GrowBiz, a five-store chain with four stores in California and one store in Oregon.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of
+Added: The GrowBiz was approximately $44.7 million, including $17.4 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $27.3 million.
+Added: On December 14, 2020, the Company acquired
+Added: the assets of Grassroots, a three-store chain in California.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Grassroots was approximately
+Added: $10 million, including $7.5 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $2.5 million.
+Added: On December 23, 2020, the Company acquired
+Added: the assets of Canopy Crop Management and its complete portfolio of products including the Power SI brand of mono-silicic acid-enriched
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Canopy Crop was approximately $9.2 million, including $5.4 million in
+Added: cash and common stock valued at approximately $3.8 million.
+Added: On January 25, 2021, the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of Indoor Garden & Lighting, Inc, a two-store chain of hydroponic and equipment
+Added: and indoor gardening supply stores serving the Seattle and Tacoma, Washington area.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase
+Added: of Garden & Lighting was approximately $1.63 million, including $1.1 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately
+Added: On February 1, 2021, the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of J.A.R.B., Inc d/b/a Grow Depot Maine, a two-store chain in Auburn and Augusta,
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Grow Depot Maine was approximately $2.1 million, including $1.7 million
+Added: in cash and common stock valued at approximately $411,000.
+Added: On February 15, 2021, the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of Grow Warehouse LLC, a four-store chain of hydroponic and organic garden stores
+Added: in Colorado (3) and Oklahoma (1).
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Grow Warehouse LLC was approximately $17.8
+Added: million, including $8.1 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $9.7 million.
+Added: On February 22, 2021, the Company purchased the assets of San
+Added: Diego Hydroponics & Organics, a four-store chain of hydroponic and organic garden stores
+Added: in San Diego, CA.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of San Diego Hydroponics was approximately $9.3 million, including
+Added: $4.8 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $4.5 million.
+Added: On March 12, 2021 the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of Charcoir Corporation, who sells an RHP-certified growing medium made from the
+Added: highest-grade coconut fiber.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Charcoir was approximately $16.3 million, including
+Added: $9.8 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $6.5 million.
+Added: On March 15, 2021 the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of 55 Hydroponics, a hydroponic and organic superstore located in Santa Ana, CA.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of 55 Hydroponics was approximately $6.1 million, including $5 million in cash and common
+Added: stock valued at approximately $1.1 million.
+Added: On March 15, 2021 the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of Aquarius, a hydroponic and organic garden store in Springfield, MA.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Aquarius was approximately $3.6 million, including $2.4 million in cash and common
+Added: stock valued at approximately $1.2 million.
+Added: On March 19, 2021 the Company purchased
+Added: the assets of Agron, LLC, an online seller of growing equipment.
+Added: The total consideration for the purchase of Agron was approximately
+Added: $11.3 million, including $6 million in cash and common stock valued at approximately $5.3 million.
+Added: CONDENSED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended
Year to Year Comparison
+Added: $ 193,365,479
+Added: $ 113,631,911
Cost of Sales
Operating expenses
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations
+Added: Income from operations
Other income (expense)
−Removed: Net Income (loss)
−Removed: $ (5,073,755 )
−Removed: revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 were approximately $79.7 million, compared to approximately $29 million for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2018, an increase of $50.7 million, or 175%.
−Removed: The increase in revenues is due to the addition of 10 new retail
−Removed: stores opened or acquired during 2019 for which there were no sales for these retail stores for the year ended December 31, 2018,
−Removed: and 8 stores and the e-commerce site opened or acquired at various times during 2018 that were open for all of 2019.
−Removed: the 10 new stores opened or acquired in 2019 were $26 million.
−Removed: Sales from the e-commerce site and the 8 stores opened in 2018
−Removed: were approximately $38.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to approximately $14.5 million for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The Company also had store closures and consolidations in 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: Sales of the closed and consolidated
−Removed: stores was approximately $909,000 for the year ended December 31, 2019 and approximately $4.5 million for the year ended December
−Removed: the Company continues to focus on the 9 markets noted below and the growth opportunities that exist in each market, we also are
−Removed: focusing on new store acquisitions, proprietary products, and developing our online sales with GrowGen.Pro and Amazon sales.
−Removed: Sales by Market
+Added: Pre-tax net income
+Added: Net revenues for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 were approximately $193.4 million, compared to approximately $79.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase
+Added: of approximately $113.6 million, or 142.5%.
+Added: The increase in revenues is due to 1) the addition of 14 new retail stores opened or
+Added: acquired during 2020 for which revenues were $31 million, 2) 11 stores opened or acquired at various times during 2019 that were
+Added: open for all of 2020 which had an increase in revenues of $51 million, 3) same store sales which increase 63% comparing 2020 to
+Added: 2019, which had an increase in revenues of approximately $28 million, 4) an increase in our ecommerce sales of $5.9 million from
+Added: 2019 to 2020 and 5) revenues of $300,000 from Canopy Crop Management Corp/Power SI, acquired in later December 2020.
+Added: While the Company continues to focus on
+Added: the 11 geographic markets noted below and the growth opportunities that exist in each market, we also are focusing on new store
+Added: acquisitions, proprietary products, private label products, and developing our online revenues with GrowGeneration.com and Amazon
+Added: Revenue by Market
Colorado market
5 unchanged sentences
Oklahoma market
+Added: Florida market
Oregon market
−Removed: Closed/consolidated locations
+Added: Arizona market
E-commerce site
+Added: Closed/consolidated locations
Total revenues
−Removed: Overall sales in the Colorado market increased
−Removed: approximately $8.8 million or 132%, as noted above, comparing the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2018, with a majority of that increase, $6 million, attributable to the acquisition of our new Denver north store location in
−Removed: January 2019.
−Removed: The remaining Colorado stores saw an increase of approximately $2.8 million from 2018 to 2019.
−Removed: We continue to focus
−Removed: selling efforts in building growth in this market primarily the commercial market.
−Removed: Our sales in the California market have seen
−Removed: growth of approximately $9.6 million or 161% primarily from the addition of 5 new stores through acquisitions during 2018, these
−Removed: 5 stores contributed revenue of $15.6 million in 2019, compared to $6 million in 2018, The California market experienced slower
−Removed: growth in 2018 as a result of a change in the regulatory environment, and the implementation of new rules and regulations which
−Removed: slowed the issuance of new licenses.
−Removed: However, the Company positioned itself well in 2018 with its acquisitions to take advantage
−Removed: of the new licenses issued.
−Removed: in the Rhode Island and Michigan markets are the result of new acquisitions in 2018 and one acquisition in Michigan in 2019.
−Removed: Island sales increased $3.7 million from 2018 to 2019, an increase of 79% and sales in Michigan increased $6.2 million or 200%
−Removed: from 2018 to 2019.
−Removed: In both Rhode Island and Michigan increases in commercial sales are primarily responsible for the overall increase.
−Removed: was a new market in 2019 as a result of us opening a new store in February 2019 and the acquisition of two stores in May 2019.
−Removed: revenue in the Nevada market increased by approximately $2.4 million, comparing the year ended December 31, 2019 to year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2018, primarily because of the acquisition of our Reno location in February 2019 that contributed $2.1 million in
−Removed: revenues in 2019.
−Removed: The Las Vegas store saw an increase of $329,000 or 17% from 2018 to 2019.
−Removed: The Company continues to focus on
−Removed: adding commercial customers in the Nevada market.
−Removed: in the Washington market increased $344,000 or 37% from 2018 to 2019, as the Company continues to focus on adding commercial customers
−Removed: in this location.
−Removed: was a new market in 2019, with an acquisition of a new store in December 2019.
−Removed: Company opened its first store in Oklahoma in October 2018, followed by new store openings in February 2019 and November
−Removed: Oklahoma has been a significant new market for the Company contributing sales of $11.8 million in 2019 compared to
−Removed: $463,000 in 2018.
−Removed: The Company has a very strong presence in this market and opened its fourth location in March 2020.
−Removed: Oklahoma has generated strong sales in both commercial and non-commercial customers.
−Removed: Company had the same 6 stores (four in Colorado, one in Washington and one in Nevada) opened for the entire year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: These same stores generated $13 million in sales for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $9.5 million
−Removed: in sales for the same period ended December 31, 2018, an increase of 36.4%.
−Removed: The increase in revenues in these six same store sales
−Removed: was primarily an increase in the commercial sales.
+Added: $ 193,365,479
+Added: $ 113,631,911
+Added: Overall revenues in the Colorado market
+Added: increased approximately $4.2 million or 27%, as noted above, comparing the year ended December 31, 2020 to the year ended December
+Added: The increase in revenues was due to our continued focus on selling efforts in building growth in this market primarily
+Added: the commercial market.
+Added: Our revenues in the California market have
+Added: seen growth of approximately $11.4 million or 74% and the increase was primarily from 1) the addition of 8 new stores through acquisitions
+Added: during 2020 that contributed $5 million in revenues, 2) 3 stores that comprise same store sales that had an increase in revenues
+Added: of $4.4 million and 3) 1 store acquired in 2019 that had an increase in revenues of $2 million.
+Added: The California market is the largest
+Added: market in the US and is a continuous focus of the Company relative to its growth strategy.
+Added: Revenues in the Rhode Island market increased
+Added: approximately $12.6 million or 150%.
+Added: The primary reason for the increase in revenues in the Rhode Island market was primarily due
+Added: to an increase in commercial sales with new regional and multi-state commercial customers.
+Added: Revenues in the Michigan market increased
+Added: approximately $22.6 million or 244%.
+Added: The increase was primarily from 1) increase in same store sales of $4.6 million, 2) two new
+Added: stores acquired in 2020, that had revenues of $1.9 million, 3) one acquisition in the third quarter of 2019 that resulted in an
+Added: increase in revenues of $9.7 million and 4) an acquisition of a new store in Lansing in 2020 that was consolidated with an existing
+Added: store in Lansing that had an increase in revenues of $6.4 million.
+Added: Revenues in the Maine market increased
+Added: approximately $8.9 million or 144%.
+Added: Maine was a new market in 2019 as a result of a new store opening in February 2019 and the
+Added: acquisition of two stores in May 2019.
+Added: 2020 represented a full year of revenues for the three stores.
+Added: Our revenues in the Nevada market increased
+Added: by approximately $590,000 or 13.5%, with the increase pretty evenly split between or Las Vegas and Reno stores.
+Added: Revenues in the Washington market increased
+Added: $262,000 or 21%, as the Company continues to focus on adding commercial customers in this market.
+Added: The Company opened its first store in Oklahoma
+Added: in October 2018, followed by new store openings in February 2019, November 2019 and March 2021.
+Added: Oklahoma has been a significant
+Added: new market for the Company contributing sales of $41.8 million in 2020 compared to $11.8 million for 2019, an increase for $30
+Added: million or 255%.
+Added: The Company has a very strong presence in this market and has generated strong sales in both commercial and non-commercial
+Added: Florida was a new market for us in 2020
+Added: as a result of an acquisition in that market in February 2020.
+Added: Revenues were approximately $9 million for 2020.
+Added: The market serves
+Added: a large number of commercial customers.
+Added: Revenues in the Oregon market were $8.2
+Added: million in 2020 compared to $154,000 in 2019.
+Added: Oregon was a new market with an acquisition in late December 2019, and an additional
+Added: acquisition in November 2020.
+Added: Arizona was also a new market for the Company
+Added: in 2020, with an acquisition in October 2020.
+Added: Revenues were $2.4 million, and we service both commercial and retail customers from
+Added: this location.
+Added: The ecommerce revenues generated for GrowGeneration.com
+Added: had an increase in revenue in 2020 of approximately $5.9 million or 123% from $4.8 million in 2019 to $10.6 million in 2020.
+Added: ecommerce growth is a result of marketing driving a significant number of new customers to the website.
+Added: Same Store Sales
+Added: The Company had the same 13 stores (4 in
+Added: Colorado, 3 in California, 2 in Michigan, 1 in Washington, 1 in Oklahoma, 1 in Rhode Island and 1 in Nevada) opened for the entire
+Added: year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: These same stores generated $72.3 million in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020,
+Added: compared to $44.3 million in revenues for 2019, an increase of 63%.
+Added: The increase in revenues in these 13 same store sales was primarily
+Added: an increase in commercial sales and from an increase in walk in traffic.
13 Same Stores
−Removed: of Goods Sold
−Removed: of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2019 increased approximately $34.6 million or 153.5%, to $57.2 million, compared
−Removed: to $22.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The increase in cost of goods sold was due to the 174.9% increase in revenues,
−Removed: comparing the year ended December 31, 2018 to 2019 primarily due to the increase in the number of stores between 2018 and 2019
−Removed: as noted in more detail above.
−Removed: profit was $22.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, as compared to $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018,
−Removed: an increase of approximately $16.1 million or 250.1%.
−Removed: Gross profit as a percentage of sales was 28.3% for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2019, compared to 22.2% for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The increase in the gross profit margin percentage in 2019 was
−Removed: due to (1) reduced pricing from vendors as a result of our increasing purchases from those vendors, and (2) the sale of product
−Removed: acquired in a large bulk purchase in the first quarter of 2019 at a substantial discount.
−Removed: The increase in the gross profit percentage
−Removed: was also due to the slight decrease in non-cash inventory valuation adjustments of approximately $870,000 in 2018, compared to
−Removed: $809,000 in 2019.
−Removed: The inventory valuation adjustments consist of a reserve for obsolete inventory as well as the write down of
−Removed: inventory resulting from physical inventory counts and to its current fair market value where that is lower than cost.
−Removed: expenses are comprised of store operations, primarily payroll, rent and utilities, and corporate overhead.
−Removed: Store operating costs
−Removed: were approximately $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to approximately $5.2 million for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2018, an increase of approximately $4.9 million or 94%.
−Removed: The increase in store operating costs was due to the addition
−Removed: of 10 new stores in 2019 and 9 new stores 2018.
−Removed: Revenues increased 174.9%, but store operating costs increased only 94%.
−Removed: operating costs as a percentage of sales were 12.7% for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to 18% for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2018, a 41% improvement.
−Removed: Store operating costs were positively impacted by the acquisitions of new stores in 2018 and 2019
−Removed: which have a lower percentage of operating costs to revenues due to their larger size and higher volume.
−Removed: The net impact, as noted
−Removed: above, resulted in lower store operating costs as a percentage of revenues.
−Removed: overhead is comprised of, share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative costs and corporate
−Removed: salaries and related expenses and were approximately $10.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to approximately
−Removed: $5.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Corporate overhead costs were 13% of revenue for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2019, compare to 18.9% for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The increase in salaries and related expense from 2018 to 2019 was
−Removed: due to the increase in corporate staff, primarily, accounting and finance, inventory management, sales and information technology,
−Removed: store operations, to support both current and future operations and to increase stores commercial sales.
−Removed: Corporate salaries as
−Removed: a percentage of sales were 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 5.7% for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: in this percentage is because corporate staff costs do not rise directly commensurate with the increase in revenues.
−Removed: Current corporate
−Removed: staff levels will not rise commensurate with increase in revenues in the future and the percentage of salaries to sales will decline.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses, comprised mainly of advertising and promotions, travel & entertainment, professional
−Removed: fees and insurance, was approximately $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 and approximately $1.6 million for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2018 with a majority of the increase in advertising and promotion and travel and entertainment.
−Removed: and administrative costs as a percentage of revenue was 4% for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to 5.5% for the year
+Added: Cost of Sales
+Added: Cost of sales for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 increased approximately $84.6 million or 146.5%, to approximately $142.3 million, compared to $57.7 million for the year
ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The decrease in this percentage once again is because the general and administrative costs do not rise
−Removed: commensurate with the increase in revenues.
−Removed: overhead includes non-cash expenses, consisting primarily of depreciation and share-based compensation, which was
−Removed: approximately $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to approximately $2.2 million for the year ended
+Added: The increase in cost of goods sold was directly attributable to the 142.5% increase in revenues, as detailed
+Added: above, comparing the year ended December 31, 2020 to 2019.
+Added: Gross profit was $51 million for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2020, as compared to $22 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of approximately $29 million
+Added: Gross profit as a percentage of sales was 26.4% for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 27.6% for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Income (Loss)
−Removed: Net income for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2019 was approximately $1.9 million, compared to a loss of approximately $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, an
−Removed: increase of $6.9 million.
−Removed: Net income for 2019 compared to the net loss for 2018 was primarily due to a 174.9% increase in revenues
−Removed: with only a 153.5% increase in cost of goods sold thereby increasing margin % and margin dollars by $16.1 million in 2019.
−Removed: operating costs increased only $4.9 million in 2019 compared to 2018, so the store operations contributed $11.6 million more in
−Removed: profit in 2019 than in 2018.
−Removed: As noted previously, corporate overhead increased $4.9 million over 2018 resulting in net income
−Removed: of $1.9 million for 2019, compared to a loss of $5.1 million for 2018.
−Removed: Net cash used in
−Removed: operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was approximately $3.3 million, compared to $1.5 million for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2018, an increase of approximately $1.8 million.
−Removed: Cash provided by operating activities is driven by
−Removed: our net income (loss) and adjusted by non-cash items as well as changes in operating assets and liabilities.
−Removed: adjustments primarily include depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, share based compensation expense and changes
−Removed: in valuation allowances.
−Removed: Non-cash adjustment totaled approximately $4.4 million and approximately $3.4 for the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, so non-cash adjustments had a greater impact on net cash provided by operating
−Removed: activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 than the same period in 2018.
−Removed: Despite net income of $1.9 million and non-cash
+Added: The decrease in the gross profit margin percentage in 2020 was due to a greater percentage of commercial and
+Added: ecommerce revenues as a percent of total revenue both of which have lower margins than in retail sales.
+Added: Commercial and ecommerce
+Added: represented 31% of all revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to 28% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: Operating expenses are comprised of store
+Added: operations, primarily payroll, rent and utilities, and corporate overhead.
+Added: Store operating costs were approximately $18.7 million
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2020 and approximately $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of approximately
+Added: $8.6 million or 85%.
+Added: The increase in store operating costs was directly attributable to 1) the addition of 14 new retail stores
+Added: opened or acquired during 2020 and 2) 11 stores opened or acquired at various times during 2019 that were open for all of 2020.
+Added: The addition of these stores, as discussed above, were the primary reasons for the increase in store operating costs.
+Added: Store operating
+Added: costs as a percentage of revenues were 9.7% for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 12.7% for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2019, a 24% reduction.
+Added: Store operating costs were positively impacted by 1) the opening of new and acquired stores throughout
+Added: 2020 which have lower percentage of operating costs to revenues due to their larger size and higher volume and 2) same store revenues
+Added: increased 63% comparing the year ended December 31, 2020 to the year ended December 31, 2019, which also contributed significantly
+Added: to lowering of the store operating costs as a percentage of revenues since the majority of store operating costs are fixed.
+Added: Corporate overhead, comprised of general
+Added: and administrative costs, share based compensation, depreciation and amortization and corporate salaries, was approximately $23.9
+Added: million for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to approximately $10.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: overhead was 12.4% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 13% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Corporate overhead,
+Added: excluding non-cash share-based compensation and depreciation and amortization, was 7.0% of revenues compared to 8.5% of revenues
+Added: for 2019 shows that non-cash expenses was a larger component of overhead cost in 2020 compared to 2019.
+Added: Non-cash costs included
+Added: in corporate overhead was 5.3% of revenues for 2020 compared to 4.4% of revenues for 2019.
+Added: The increase in non-cash expenses in
+Added: corporate overhead as a percentage of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily due to 1) the increase in non-cash
+Added: share-based compensation from approximately $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to approximately $7.9 million for
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $5.4 million and 2) the increase in depreciation and amortization from approximately
+Added: $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to approximately $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: in non-cash share-based compensation was primarily the result of several new executive employment agreements which became effective
+Added: January 1, 2020, which resulted in the vesting of common stock and common stock options at the start of the first quarter, as well
+Added: as options issued in 2018 and 2019 for options vesting in 2020.
+Added: The share-based awards associated with the new executive employment
+Added: agreements resulted in approximately one-third of the award being recognized as an expense in the first three months of 2020, due
+Added: to vesting, and the remaining two-thirds on the share-based awards are being recognized over a 24-month period commencing January
+Added: 2020 and ending December 2021, based on shared based award vesting in future periods.
+Added: The vesting of these shares and options was
+Added: significantly higher in 2020 than they will be in the periods subsequent to 2020.
+Added: The increase in depreciation and amortization
+Added: is due to the significant increase in both depreciable assets and acquired intangible assets being amortized over their useful
+Added: Salaries as a percentage of revenues were 4.4% for 2020 and 4.5% for 2019.
+Added: The increase in salaries expense from 2019 to
+Added: 2020, which increased $5.0 million, from $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to $8.6 million for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 was due primarily to the increase in corporate staff to support expanding store operations, including management, purchased
+Added: store integrations, accounting and finance, information systems, purchasing and commercial revenues support staff.
+Added: noted that when we consummate a new acquisition, purchasing and back-office accounting functions are stripped from the new acquisitions
+Added: and those functions are absorbed into our existing centralized purchasing and centralized accounting and finance departments, thus
+Added: delivering cost savings.
+Added: General and administrative expenses comprised
+Added: mainly of marketing, travel & entertainment, professional fees and insurance, was approximately $5 million for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and approximately $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, with a majority of the increase related
+Added: to marketing, insurance (both property and casualty and director and officers liability insurance), professional and legal fees.
+Added: The increase in professional and legal fees was due to the increase in acquisitions in 2020 and consulting fees for SOX 404 compliance.
+Added: General and administrative costs as a percentage of revenue were 2.6% for the year ended December 31, 2020, and 4% for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Net income for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 was approximately $5.3 million, compared to net income of approximately $1.3 million for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2019, an increase of $4 million.
+Added: Net income for 2020 compared to 2019 was primarily impacted by a 142.5%
+Added: increase in revenues, offset slightly by an increase in cost of goods sold of 147%.
+Added: Store operating costs as a percentage of
+Added: revenue was 9.7% in 2020 compared to 12.7% offsetting the increase in cost of goods sold.
+Added: Store income as a percentage of
+Added: revenue increased from 14.9% of revenues in 2019 to 16.7 % of revenues in 2020.
+Added: Income from store operations increased $20.4
+Added: million, from $11.9 million in 2019 to $32.3 million in 2020.
+Added: Corporate overhead, including non-cash costs, increased $13.6
+Added: million from $10.3 million in 2019 to $23.9 million in 2020.
+Added: In addition, net income was impacted by the provision for income
+Added: taxes which was $3.3 million for 2020 compared to $0 for 2019.
+Added: The Company had significant net operating loss carryforwards
+Added: which offset taxable income in 2019 thus resulting in no provision for income taxes.
+Added: CONDENSED Q4 2020 AND Q4 2019 RESULTS
+Added: OF OPERATIONS
+Added: For the Quarter Ended
+Added: Year to Year Comparison
+Added: Cost of Sales
+Added: Operating expenses
+Added: Income (loss) from operations
+Added: Other income (expense)
+Added: Pre-tax net income
+Added: $ (1,019,278 )
+Added: (1,295,7789 )
+Added: $ (1,019,278 )
+Added: Adjusted EBITDA
+Added: Adjusted EBITDA per share, basic
+Added: Highlights of Results of Operations
+Added: Comparing Q4 2020 to Q4 2019.
+Added: ● Revenues in Q4 2020 were $62 million,
+Added: an increase of 144% primarily the result of the addition of 14 stores in 2020 and an increase in same store sales of 58%
+Added: ● Margins were 25.8% in Q4 2020 compared
+Added: to 23.6% Q4 2019.
+Added: Q4 2020 had lower write-offs from physical inventories, resulting in slightly higher margins.
+Added: ● Operating cost, both store operating costs
+Added: and corporate overhead decreased substantially as a percentage of revenue.
+Added: Store operating costs were 10% of revenues for Q4 2020
+Added: compared to 10.8% for Q4 2019.
+Added: The decrease is due to a 58% increase in same store sales which reduces stores operating costs as
+Added: a percentage of revenues.
+Added: Corporate overhead was 11.5% of revenues for Q4 2020 compared to 17.1% for Q4 2019, a decrease of 33%,
+Added: and corporate overhead costs do not rise commensurate with the increase in revenues.
+Added: ● Pre-tax net income was 4.5% of revenue
+Added: for Q4 2020 compared to -4% for Q4 2019.
+Added: The increase in margin and the decrease in both store operating costs and corporate overhead
+Added: as a percentage of revenues resulted in the pre-tax net income of 4.5% of revenue.
+Added: ● Adjusted EBITDA was $5.6 million for Q4
+Added: 2020 compared to $911,000 for Q4 2019, an increase of 515%
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $214,000, compared to $3.3 million for the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2019, a decrease of approximately $3.1 million.
+Added: Cash provided by operating activities is driven by our net income and
+Added: adjusted by non-cash items as well as changes in operating assets and liabilities.
+Added: Non-cash adjustments primarily include
+Added: depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, share based compensation expense and changes in valuation allowances.
+Added: Non-cash adjustment totaled approximately $11.1 million and approximately $4.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019, respectively, so non-cash adjustments had a greater positive impact on net cash used in operating activities for
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020 than the same period in 2019.
+Added: Despite net income of approximately $5.3 million and non-cash
adjustments of $11.1 million for 2020, these positive adjustments were offset by increases in inventory of $19.2 million,
−Removed: increases in trade receivable of $3.8 million and increases in other current assets of $2.1 million offset by increases in
−Removed: trade accounts payable of $4.2 million, customer deposits of $2 million and other current liabilities of $500,000.
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2018 the net loss of $5.1 million was offset by non-cash adjustments totaling $3.4 million and the
−Removed: increases in current assets of $1.2 million were offset the increase in current liabilities of $1.3 million, so the net cash
−Removed: used in operating activities in 2018 was primarily related to the net loss.
−Removed: cash used in investing activities was approximately $11.8 for the year ended December 31, 2019 and approximately $6.4 million
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The increase in 2019 was due to the multiple asset acquisitions throughout 2019 and the purchase
−Removed: of vehicles and store equipment to support new store operations.
−Removed: During 2019, we opened or acquired 10 new stores and as such
−Removed: we incurred expenditures for store racking and displays, vehicles and other store furniture and fixtures.
−Removed: During 2018, we opened
−Removed: or acquired 9 new stores and as such we incurred expenditures for store racking and displays, vehicles and other store furniture
−Removed: and fixtures.
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was approximately $13 million and represented proceeds
−Removed: from the sale of Common Stock and exercise of warrants, net of offering costs, of $13.9 million offset by payments of long-term
−Removed: debt of $460,000.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 was approximately $21.3 million
−Removed: and was comprised of primarily from proceeds from the sales of Common Stock and exercise of warrants, net of offering costs of
−Removed: $12.9 million and proceeds from convertible debt of $8.9 million, net of payments of long-term debt of $455,000.
−Removed: of Non-GAAP Financial Information
−Removed: Company believes that the presentation of results excluding certain items in “Adjusted EBITDA,”
−Removed: such as non-cash equity
−Removed: compensation charges, provides meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors, facilitating the evaluation
−Removed: of performance across reporting periods.
+Added: increases in trade accounts and notes receivable of $3.5 million and increases in prepaids and other current assets of $9
+Added: million, offset by increases in trade accounts payable of $10 million, customer deposits of $2.6 million and other current
+Added: liabilities of $3.3 million.
+Added: Despite net income of $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 and non-cash adjustments
+Added: totaling $4.4 million, these positive adjustments were offset by increases in inventory of $10 million, increases in trade
+Added: receivable of $3.8 million and increases in prepaids and other current assets of $2.1 million, offset by increases in trade
+Added: accounts payable of $4.2 million, customer deposits of $2 million and other current liabilities of $495,000.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was
+Added: approximately $45.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 and approximately $11.8 million for the year ended December 31,
+Added: The increase in 2020 was due to the multiple asset acquisitions throughout 2020, 8 in total, in which we acquired inventory,
+Added: fixed assets, goodwill and other intangibles of $40.8 million and the purchase of vehicles and store equipment to support new store
+Added: operations of approximately $4 million.
+Added: During 2019, we acquired 8 new stores in which we purchased inventory, fixed assets, goodwill
+Added: and other intangibles of $9.5 million and the purchase of vehicles and store equipment to support new store operations of approximately
+Added: $2.2 million.
+Added: Net cash provided
+Added: by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $211 million and represented proceeds from the sale
+Added: of Common Stock and exercise of warrants, net of offering costs of $211.2 million, offset by payments of long-term debt of approximately
+Added: $114,400 and stock redemptions of approximately $118,800.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2019 was approximately $13.5 million and was comprised of primarily proceeds from the sales of Common Stock and exercise of
+Added: warrants, net of offering costs of $13.9 million, net of payments of long-term debt of $460,000.
+Added: Use of Non-GAAP
+Added: Financial Information
+Added: The Company believes
+Added: that the presentation of results excluding certain items in “Adjusted EBITDA,”
+Added: such as non-cash equity compensation
+Added: charges, provides meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors, facilitating the evaluation of performance
+Added: across reporting periods.
The Company uses these non-GAAP measures for internal planning and reporting purposes.
−Removed: These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be
−Removed: different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
−Removed: The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered
−Removed: in isolation or as a substitute for net income or net income per share prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
−Removed: forth below is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss):
−Removed: Net Income (loss)
−Removed: $ (5,073,755 )
+Added: These non-GAAP
+Added: measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from
+Added: non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
+Added: The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation
+Added: or as a substitute for net income or net income per share prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: As previously note, the Company has not been materially impacted
+Added: by COVID, as such EBITDA has been adjusted to show the impact of covid costs which we believe to be non-recurring.
+Added: Set forth below is a reconciliation
+Added: of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss):
Depreciation and Amortization
−Removed: Lease termination fees
−Removed: Audit fees related to business combinations
−Removed: Non-cash operating lease expense
−Removed: Inventory valuation adjustments
−Removed: Amortization of debt discount
−Removed: Share based compensation (option comp, warrant comp, stock issued for services)
+Added: Share based compensation (option compensation, warrant compensation, stock issued for services)
Adjusted EBITDA
1 unchanged sentence
Adjusted EBITDA per share, diluted
−Removed: AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
−Removed: of December 31, 2019, we had working capital of approximately $30.6 million, compared to working capital of approximately $21.6
−Removed: million as of December 31, 2018, an increase of approximately $9 million.
−Removed: The increase in working capital from December 31,
−Removed: 2018 to December 31, 2019 was due primarily to the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock, proceeds for a convertible debt offering
−Removed: and exercise of warrants totaling approximately $13.9 million.
−Removed: At December 31, 2019, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately
−Removed: We believe that existing cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to fund existing operations for the next twelve
−Removed: anticipate that we will need additional financing in the future to continue to acquire and open new stores.
−Removed: To date we have financed
−Removed: our operations through the issuance of the sale of Common Stock, warrants and convertible debentures.
−Removed: June 26, 2019, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 4,123,257 units of the Company’s securities at the
−Removed: price of $3.10 per unit pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
−Removed: Each unit consisted of (i) one share of Common Stock and (ii) one 3-year warrant, each entitling the holder to purchase one
−Removed: half share of Common Stock, at a price of $3.50 per share.
+Added: LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, we had
+Added: working capital of approximately $222.9 million, compared to working capital of approximately $29 million as of December 31,
+Added: 2019, an increase of approximately $193.9 million.
+Added: The increase in working capital from December 31, 2019 to December 31,
+Added: 2020 was due primarily to the net proceeds from the sale of Common Stock of $207.1 million and exercise of warrants totaling
+Added: approximately $3.8 million.
+Added: At December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $177.9 million.
+Added: Currently, we have no demands, commitments or uncertainties that would reduce our current working capital.
+Added: Our core strategy
+Added: continues to focus on expanding our geographic reach across the United States through organic growth and acquisitions.
+Added: Based on our strategy we may need to raise additional capital in the future through equity offerings and/or debt
+Added: We believe that some of our store acquisitions and new store openings can come from cash flow from
+Added: We anticipate that we will need additional
+Added: financing in the future to continue to acquire and open new stores.
+Added: To date we have financed our operations through the issuance
+Added: of the sale of Common Stock, warrants and convertible debentures.
+Added: Financing Activities
+Added: On December 11, 2020 the Company consummated
+Added: an underwritten public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock, which included the exercise in full of the underwriters’
+Added: option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments.
+Added: The shares were sold at a public offering price of $30 per share, generating gross proceeds of $172.5 million, before
+Added: deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses .
+Added: Net proceeds from the sales of common
+Added: stock, net of all offering costs and expenses was approximately $162.5 million.
+Added: On July 2, 2020 the Company consummated
+Added: an underwritten public offering of 8,625,000 shares of its common stock, which included the exercise in full of the underwriters’
+Added: option to purchase an additional 1,125,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments.
+Added: The shares were sold at a public offering price of $5.60 per share, generating gross proceeds of $48.3 million, before
+Added: deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses .
+Added: Net proceeds from the sales of common
+Added: stock, net of all offering costs and expenses was approximately $44.6 million.
+Added: 2019 Offerings
+Added: On June 26, 2019, the Company completed
+Added: a private placement of a total of 4,123,257 units of the Company’s securities at the price of $3.10 per unit pursuant to
+Added: Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
+Added: Each unit consisted of
+Added: (i) one share of Common Stock and (ii) one 3-year warrant, each entitling the holder to purchase one half share of Common Stock,
+Added: at a price of $3.50 per share.
The Company raised a total of $12,782,099 from 19 accredited investors.
−Removed: January 17, 2018, the Company completed a private placement of a total of 36 units of its securities at the price of $250,000
−Removed: Each unit consists of (i) a .1% unsecured convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $250,000, and (ii)
−Removed: a 3-year warrant entitling the holder to purchase 37,500 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless
−Removed: The Company raised gross proceeds of $9,000,000 from 23 accredited investors in the offering.
−Removed: May 9, 2018, (the Company completed a private placement of a total of 33.33 units of the Company’s securities at the price
−Removed: of $300,000 per unit pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
−Removed: unit consists of (i) 100,000 shares of the Company’s $.001 par value common stock and (ii) 50,000 3-year warrants, each
−Removed: entitling the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $.35 per share or through cashless
−Removed: The Company raised a total of $10,000,000 from three accredited investors.
−Removed: SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
−Removed: do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term is defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely
−Removed: to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity,
−Removed: capital expenditures or capital resources.
−Removed: ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
−Removed: Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: the first quarter of 2019, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02,
−Removed: Leases (ASC 842), which introduces the balance sheet recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those
−Removed: leases classified as operating leases under previous guidance.
−Removed: The Company has adopted the new lease standard using the new transition
−Removed: option issued under the amendments in ASU 2018-11, Leases , which allowed the Company to continue to apply the legacy guidance
−Removed: in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 840, Leases , in the comparative periods presented in the year of adoption.
+Added: OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
+Added: We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements
+Added: (as that term is defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect
+Added: on our financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
+Added: RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
+Added: Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: As of January 1, 2019, the Company adopted
+Added: the FASB ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842), which introduces the balance sheet recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities
+Added: by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous guidance.
+Added: The Company has adopted the new lease standard
+Added: using the new transition option issued under the amendments in ASU 2018-11, Leases , which allowed the Company to continue
+Added: to apply the legacy guidance in ASC 840, Leases , in the comparative periods presented in the year of adoption.
Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among
other things, allowed the Company to carry forward the historical lease classification.
−Removed: The Company made an accounting policy
−Removed: election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet.
−Removed: The Company will recognize those lease
−Removed: payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
−Removed: The impact of the adoption was an increase to the Company’s operating
−Removed: lease assets and liabilities on January 1, 2019 of $3.2 million.
−Removed: January 1, 2019, the Company also adopted ASU 2018-07, “Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.”
−Removed: ASU 2018-07 more closely aligns the accounting for employee and nonemployee share-based payments.
−Removed: The amendment is effective
−Removed: commencing in 2019 with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on our Financial
−Removed: August 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No.
−Removed: 33-10532, Disclosure
−Removed: Update and Simplification.
−Removed: These amendments eliminate, modify, or integrate into other SEC requirements certain disclosure rules.
−Removed: Among the amendments is the requirement to present an analysis of changes in stockholders’
−Removed: equity in the interim financial
−Removed: statements included in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
−Removed: The analysis, which can be presented as a footnote or separate statement,
−Removed: is required for the current and comparative quarter and year-to-date interim periods.
−Removed: The amendments are effective for all filings
−Removed: made on or after November 5, 2018.
−Removed: The Company adopted these amendments in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
−Removed: September 30, 2019.
−Removed: January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall:
−Removed: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and
−Removed: Financial Liabilities , which requires that (i) all equity investments, other than equity-method investments, in unconsolidated
−Removed: entities generally be measured at fair value through earnings and (ii) when the fair value option has been elected for financial
−Removed: liabilities, changes in fair value due to instrument-specific credit risk will be recognized separately in other comprehensive
−Removed: Additionally, the ASU 2016-01 changes the disclosure requirements for financial instruments.
−Removed: The new standard was effective
−Removed: for the Company starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.
−Removed: The adoption of this standard on January 1, 2019 did not have any
−Removed: effect on the consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosure.
−Removed: August 28, 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging,”
−Removed: which better aligns risk management
−Removed: activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance
−Removed: for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results.
−Removed: The amendments expand and refine hedge accounting
−Removed: for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and in some situations better align the recognition and presentation of the
−Removed: effects of the hedging instrument and the hedged item in the financial statements.
−Removed: The new standard was effective for the Company
−Removed: as of January 1, 2019.
−Removed: The adoption of this new standard on January 1, 2019 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial
−Removed: statements and footnote disclosures.
−Removed: Issued Accounting Pronouncements –
+Added: The Company made an accounting policy election
+Added: to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet.
+Added: The Company will recognize those lease payments
+Added: on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
+Added: The impact of the adoption was an increase to the Company’s operating lease
+Added: assets and liabilities on January 1, 2019 of $3.2 million.
+Added: On January 1, 2019, the Company also adopted
+Added: ASU 2018-07, “Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.”
+Added: ASU 2018-07 more closely aligns the accounting
+Added: for employee and nonemployee share-based payments.
+Added: The amendment is effective commencing in 2019 with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on our Financial Statements.
+Added: In August 2018, the SEC adopted amendments
+Added: to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No.
+Added: 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification.
+Added: These amendments
+Added: eliminate, modify, or integrate into other SEC requirements certain disclosure rules.
+Added: Among the amendments is the requirement to
+Added: present an analysis of changes in stockholders’
+Added: equity in the interim financial statements included in Quarterly Reports
+Added: on Form 10-Q.
+Added: The analysis, which can be presented as a footnote or separate statement, is required for the current and comparative
+Added: quarter and year-to-date interim periods.
+Added: The amendments are effective for all filings made on or after November 5, 2018.
+Added: adopted these amendments in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
+Added: In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13,
+Added: Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):
+Added: Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement .
+Added: The new guidance modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820.
+Added: The amendments in ASU 2018-13 are
+Added: effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019.
+Added: The adoption of this new guidance, effective January 1, 2020, did not have a material impact on our Financial Statements.
+Added: Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Pending Adoption
−Removed: June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses:
−Removed: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ,
−Removed: which changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments.
−Removed: For trade receivables and other instruments,
−Removed: entities will be required to use a new forward-looking expected loss model that generally will result in the earlier recognition
−Removed: of allowances for losses.
−Removed: For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, the losses will be recognized as allowances
−Removed: rather than as reductions in the amortized cost of the securities.
−Removed: This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning
−Removed: after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted only as of annual reporting
−Removed: periods beginning after December 15, 2018.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on
−Removed: the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):
−Removed: Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure
−Removed: Requirements for Fair Value Measurement .
−Removed: The new guidance modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements
−Removed: in Topic 820.
−Removed: The amendments in ASU 2018-13 are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those
−Removed: fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019.
−Removed: The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of ASU 2018-13 will have a
−Removed: material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or related financial statement disclosures.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: As an emerging growth company, the Company
+Added: is permitted to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies.
+Added: The Company has chosen to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
+Added: In June 2016, the FASB issued
+Added: 2016-13, “Financial Instruments —
+Added: Credit Losses (Topic 326),”
+Added: changing the impairment model for most
+Added: financial instruments by requiring companies to recognize an allowance for expected losses, rather than incurred losses as required
+Added: currently by the other-than-temporary impairment model.
+Added: The ASU will apply to most financial assets measured at amortized cost
+Added: and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, loans, available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities,
+Added: net investments in leases, and off-balance-sheet credit exposures.
+Added: In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: 2019-10, changing
+Added: effective dates for the new standards to give implementation relief to certain types of entities.
+Added: The Company is required to adopt
+Added: the new standards no later than January 1, 2023 according to ASU 2019-10, with early adoption allowed.
+Added: We are currently evaluating
+Added: the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04,
+Added: Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350):
+Added: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.
+Added: The guidance in ASU 2017-04 eliminates
+Added: the requirement to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure goodwill impairment.
+Added: Under the amendments in the new ASU, goodwill impairment testing will be performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting
+Added: unit with its carrying amount and recognizing an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting
+Added: unit’s fair value.
+Added: ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after
+Added: December 15, 2022 and should be applied on a prospective basis.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this
+Added: guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-02,
+Added: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the
+Added: general principles and also simplification of areas such as franchise taxes, step-up in tax basis goodwill, separate entity financial
+Added: statements and interim recognition of enactment of tax laws or rate changes.
+Added: The standard will be effective for annual reporting
+Added: periods beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim reporting periods within those periods.
+Added: We are currently evaluating
+Added: the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06,
+Added: Debt with Conversion and Other Options:
+Added: Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which
+Added: simplifies the accounting for certain instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments
+Added: and contracts on an entity’s own equity.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 removes from U.S.
+Added: GAAP the separation models for (1) convertible debt
+Added: with a cash conversion feature and (2) convertible instruments with a beneficial conversion feature.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 requires entities
+Added: to provide expanded disclosures about “the terms and features of convertible instruments,”
+Added: how the instruments have
+Added: been reported in the entity’s financial statements, and “information about events, conditions, and circumstances that
+Added: can affect how to assess the amount or timing of an entity’s future cash flows related to those instruments.”
+Added: ASU 2020-06 is effective for public business
+Added: entities that are not smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within
+Added: those fiscal years.
+Added: For all other entities, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim
+Added: periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on our condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
+Added: Not applicable.
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