−Removed: for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
−Removed: of Equity Securities.
−Removed: Units began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “SHLL.U”
−Removed: on February 28, 2019.
−Removed: Commencing on April 22, 2019, holders
−Removed: of the Units could elect to separately trade the shares of Class A common stock and Warrants comprising the Units.
−Removed: of Class A common stock and Warrants that are separated trade on the NYSE under the symbols “SHLL”
−Removed: and “SHLL
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Those Units not separated continue to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “SHLL.U.”
−Removed: March 20, 2020, there was one holder of record of our Units, one holder of record of our Class A common stock, five holders of
−Removed: record of our Class B common stock, two holders of record of our Warrants and one holder of record of our Private Placement Warrants.
−Removed: have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings,
−Removed: if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors
−Removed: at such time.
−Removed: In February 2019, we effected a stock dividend of 718,750 shares of Class B common stock.
−Removed: Also in February 2019,
−Removed: our Sponsor transferred 1,265,625 Founder Shares to Tortoise Borrower.
−Removed: In March 2019, our Sponsor transferred 40,000 Founder Shares
−Removed: to each of our independent directors.
−Removed: Also in March 2019, our Sponsor forfeited 643,520 Founder Shares for no consideration, resulting
−Removed: in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 4,439,605 Founder Shares.
−Removed: Our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does
−Removed: not anticipate declaring any other stock dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection
−Removed: with our business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection
−Removed: Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
−Removed: Sales of Unregistered Securities;
−Removed: Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
−Removed: November 2018, our Sponsor purchased 5,750,000 Founder Shares for $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share.
−Removed: The Founder Shares
−Removed: will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the initial business combination.
−Removed: 2019, we effected a stock dividend of 718,750 shares of our Class B common stock, resulting in our Sponsor holding an aggregate
−Removed: of 6,468,750 Founder Shares (up to 843,750 shares of which were subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters of our Initial
−Removed: Public Offering did not exercise their over-allotment option).
−Removed: On March 4, 2019, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment
−Removed: option and on March 7, 2019, the underwriters waived the remainder of their over-allotment option.
−Removed: In connection therewith, our
−Removed: Sponsor forfeited 643,520 Founder Shares for cancellation by us.
−Removed: On February 27, 2019, our Sponsor transferred 1,265,625 Founder
−Removed: Shares to Tortoise Borrower.
−Removed: On March 4, 2019, Tortoise Borrower transferred 1,265,625 Founder Shares to Atlas Point Fund pursuant
−Removed: to the Forward Purchase Agreement and our Sponsor transferred 40,000 Founder Shares to each of our independent directors.
−Removed: Founder Shares were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in Section
−Removed: 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: Simultaneously
−Removed: with the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, Tortoise Borrower purchased from us an aggregate of 6,660,183 Private Placement
−Removed: Warrants (for a purchase price of approximately $6.66 million).
−Removed: Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to
−Removed: purchase one share of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.
−Removed: The sale of the Private Placement Warrants
−Removed: was made pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: the Closing Date, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 23,300,917 Units, including 800,917 Units that were issued pursuant
−Removed: to the underwriters’
−Removed: partial exercise of their over-allotment option.
−Removed: The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit,
−Removed: generating gross proceeds to us of approximately $233.0 million.
−Removed: March 4, 2019, simultaneously with the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, we completed the private sale of 6,660,183
−Removed: Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant to Tortoise Borrower, generating gross proceeds to us of approximately
−Removed: $6.66 million.
−Removed: Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co.
−Removed: LLC and UBS Securities LLC served as underwriters for our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: The securities
−Removed: sold in our Initial Public Offering were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1
−Removed: 333-229537) (the “Registration Statement”).
−Removed: The SEC declared the Registration Statement effective on February
−Removed: November 7, 2018 (date of inception) through the Closing Date, we incurred approximately $13.36 million for costs and expenses
−Removed: related to our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: In connection with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we paid a total of approximately
−Removed: $4.64 million in underwriting discounts and commissions.
−Removed: In addition, the underwriters agreed to defer approximately $8.13 million
−Removed: in underwriting discounts and commissions, which amount will be payable upon consummation of the initial business combination.
−Removed: Prior to the closing of our Initial Public Offering, our Sponsor advanced us $580,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses
−Removed: of our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: On March 29, 2019, a total of $580,000 was repaid to our Sponsor out of the $1,000,000 of proceeds
−Removed: from our Initial Public Offering that were allocated for the payment of offering expenses other than underwriting discounts and
−Removed: There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our Initial Public Offering as described in
−Removed: our final prospectus filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019.
−Removed: deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions (excluding the deferred portion of approximately $8.13 million, which amount
−Removed: will be payable upon consummation of the initial business combination) and offering expenses, the total net proceeds from our
−Removed: Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were approximately $234.4 million, of which approximately
−Removed: $233.0 million (or $10.00 per Unit sold in our Initial Public Offering) was placed in the Trust Account.
−Removed: Financial Data.
−Removed: are a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: As a result, pursuant to Item 301(c) of Regulation
−Removed: S-K, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
−Removed: Management’s
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock
−Removed: exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “initial
−Removed: business combination”).
−Removed: On the Closing Date, we completed our Initial Public Offering of 23,300,917 Units, including 800,917
−Removed: Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’
−Removed: partial exercise of their over-allotment option.
−Removed: The Units were sold
−Removed: at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to us of approximately $233.0 million.
−Removed: We incurred offering costs of
−Removed: approximately $13.36 million, inclusive of approximately $8.13 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
−Removed: March 4, 2019, simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, we completed the private sale of 6,660,183
−Removed: Private Placement Warrants to Tortoise Borrower at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant, generating gross proceeds to us of approximately
−Removed: $6.66 million.
−Removed: Approximately
−Removed: $233.0 million of the net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants has been deposited
−Removed: in the Trust Account.
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, other than the withdrawal of interest to pay franchise and income
−Removed: taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earliest of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of the initial business
−Removed: (ii) the redemption of any public shares that have been properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to
−Removed: amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100%
−Removed: of such public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial
−Removed: Public Offering;
−Removed: and (iii) the redemption of 100% of the public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business combination
−Removed: within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or March 4, 2021 (the “Combination Period”).
−Removed: proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority
−Removed: over the claims of our public stockholders.
−Removed: connection with our Initial Public Offering, we entered into a Forward Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Atlas Point Fund agreed
−Removed: to purchase up to an aggregate maximum amount of $150,000,000 of either (i) a number of Forward Purchase Units for $10.00 per
−Removed: unit or (ii) a number of Forward Purchase Shares for $9.67 per share, in a private placement that will close simultaneously with
−Removed: the closing of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Whether we will issue Atlas Point Fund Forward Purchase Units valued at $10.00
−Removed: per unit or Forward Purchase Shares valued at $9.67 per share will be determined at our election, and in our sole discretion,
−Removed: at least 10 business days prior to the closing of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The Forward Purchase Agreement is subject
−Removed: to conditions, including Atlas Point Fund giving us its irrevocable written consent to purchase the Forward Purchase Securities
−Removed: no later than five days after we notify Atlas Point Fund of our intention to meet to consider entering into a definitive agreement
−Removed: for a proposed initial business combination.
−Removed: Atlas Point Fund may grant or withhold its consent to the purchase entirely within
−Removed: its sole discretion.
−Removed: Accordingly, if Atlas Point Fund does not consent to the purchase, it will not be obligated to purchase the
−Removed: Forward Purchase Securities.
−Removed: are currently in the process of locating suitable targets for an initial business combination.
−Removed: We intend to effectuate an initial
−Removed: business combination using cash from the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, the sale of the Private Placement Warrants,
−Removed: the private placement of Forward Purchase Securities, and from additional issuances, if any, of our capital stock, debt or a combination
−Removed: of cash, stock and debt.
−Removed: We are pursuing acquisition opportunities and, at any given time, may be in various stages of due diligence
−Removed: or preliminary discussions with respect to a number of potential acquisitions.
−Removed: From time to time, we may enter into non-binding
−Removed: letters of intent, but we are currently not subject to any definitive merger or acquisition (or similar) agreement with respect
−Removed: to any business combination.
−Removed: However, we cannot assure you that we will identify any suitable target candidates or, if identified,
−Removed: that we will be able to complete the acquisition of such candidates on favorable terms or at all.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: Market Information
+Added: Our common stock is
+Added: currently listed on the NYSE under the symbols “HLYN”.
+Added: Prior to the consummation of the business combination agreement
+Added: (“Business Combination”), our common stock was listed on the NYSE under the symbols “SHLL”.
+Added: As of February
+Added: 23, 2021, there were 170,255,200 holders of record of our Common Stock.
+Added: Dividend Policy
+Added: We have not paid
+Added: any cash dividends on our common stock to date.
+Added: We may retain future earnings, if any, for future operations, expansion and debt
+Added: repayment and has no current plans to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
+Added: Any decision to declare and pay dividends
+Added: in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) and will depend on, among other
+Added: things, our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors that the
+Added: Board may deem relevant.
+Added: In addition, our ability to pay dividends may be limited by covenants of any existing and future outstanding
+Added: indebtedness we or our subsidiaries incur.
+Added: We do not anticipate declaring any cash dividends to holders of the common stock in
+Added: the foreseeable future.
+Added: Recent Sales of
+Added: Unregistered Equity Securities
+Added: We had no sales of
+Added: unregistered equity securities during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that were not previously reported
+Added: in a Current Report on Form 8-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
+Added: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
+Added: This item has been
+Added: omitted based on the Company’s status as a smaller reporting company.
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction
+Added: with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
+Added: Dollar amounts in this
+Added: discussion are expressed in millions, except as otherwise noted.
+Added: The following discussion contains forward-looking statements
+Added: that reflect future plans, estimates, beliefs and expected performance.
+Added: The forward-looking statements are dependent upon events,
+Added: risks and uncertainties that may be outside of our control.
+Added: Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in
+Added: these forward-looking statements.
+Added: Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to,
+Added: those identified below and those discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-K, particularly in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors.
+Added: undertake, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
+Added: information, new developments or otherwise, except to the extent that such disclosure is required by applicable law.
+Added: Hyliion is a Delaware
+Added: corporation headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas.
+Added: On October 1, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), Tortoise Acquisition Corp.
+Added: (“TortoiseCorp”) entered into a Business Combination with each of the shareholders of Hyliion Inc.
+Added: (“Legacy Hyliion”),
+Added: and consummated the merger contemplated by the Business Combination, with Legacy Hyliion surviving the merger as a wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiary of TortoiseCorp.
+Added: As a result of the Business Combination, we became a NYSE listed company.
+Added: Our mission is to
+Added: be the leading provider of electrified powertrain solutions for the commercial vehicle industry.
+Added: Our goal is to reduce the carbon
+Added: intensity and the GHG emissions of the transportation sector by providing electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial
+Added: vehicles at the lowest TCO.
+Added: Our solutions utilize our proprietary battery systems, control software and data analytics, combined
+Added: with fully integrated electric motors and power electronics, to produce electrified powertrain systems that either augment, in
+Added: the case of our Hybrid system, or fully replace, in the case of the Hypertruck ERX system, traditional diesel or natural gas fueled
+Added: powertrains and improve their performance.
+Added: By reducing both GHG emissions and TCO, our environmentally conscious solutions support
+Added: our customers’
+Added: pursuit of their sustainability and financial objectives.
+Added: We are currently developing
+Added: two electrified powertrain systems for long-haul Class 8 commercial vehicles:
+Added: our Hybrid system and our Hypertruck ERX system.
+Added: Our Hybrid system has been installed in low volumes on our initial customers’
+Added: commercial vehicles.
+Added: Across the customer installations
+Added: and over the entire Hyliion fleet we have accumulated millions of real world road miles on Class 8 commercial vehicles.
+Added: system can either be installed on a new vehicle during assembly and prior to entering fleet service or retrofit to an existing
+Added: in-service vehicle.
+Added: Our Hypertruck ERX system is in the development stage with vehicles being built for testing and validation.
+Added: Our Hypertruck ERX system’s design and technology leverages the experience and operating data from our Hybrid system to replace
+Added: the traditional diesel powertrain installed in new vehicles.
+Added: Our Hypertruck ERX system will offer commercial vehicle owners and
+Added: operators a net carbon negative electrified powertrain option for Class 8 commercial vehicles, when using certain Renewable Natural
+Added: Gas (“RNG”).
+Added: Our initial expected
+Added: deliveries of our Hypertruck ERX systems to customers are designed to have their batteries recharged with Compressed Natural Gas
+Added: (“CNG”).
+Added: CNG fueled recharging is preferable due to both the current comparable cost of fuels and existing availability
+Added: of CNG refueling infrastructure.
+Added: Class 8 commercial vehicles can currently be refueled with CNG through existing, geographically
+Added: diverse and third-party accessible natural gas refueling stations established across North America.
+Added: Globally, RNG, CNG and liquefied
+Added: natural gas (“LNG”) are used widely for land-based transport and trucking and Hyliion believes there are established,
+Added: geographically diverse and third-party accessible refueling stations available in certain areas in which Hyliion expects it may
+Added: sell its electrified powertrain solutions in the future.
+Added: We believe there is opportunity for adoption of our electrified powertrain
+Added: solutions across Europe.
+Added: This existing and accessible refueling infrastructure will significantly reduce the buildout time and
+Added: cost required to utilize our Hypertruck ERX system as compared to other proposed potential electrified solutions.
+Added: See “Risk
+Added: Factors —
+Added: Our future growth is dependent upon the commercial trucking industry’s willingness to adopt alternative fuel,
+Added: hybrid and electric vehicles.”
+Added: Our Hybrid and Hypertruck
+Added: ERX systems are designed to be installed on most major Class 8 commercial vehicles, which gives our customers the flexibility to
+Added: continue using their preferred vehicle brands and maintain their existing fleet maintenance and operations strategies.
+Added: Hybrid system deployments include leaders in the transportation and logistics sector.
+Added: We are focusing its initial marketing
+Added: efforts on large fleet operators as well as companies committed to reducing the overall environmental impact and fuel costs of
+Added: their owned and operated trucking fleets.
+Added: Comparability
+Added: of Financial Information
+Added: historical operations and statements of assets and liabilities may not be comparable to our operations and statements of assets
+Added: and liabilities as a result of the Business Combination and becoming a public company.
+Added: Combination and Public Company Costs
+Added: On October 1, 2020,
+Added: we consummated the merger contemplated by the Business Combination, with Legacy Hyliion surviving the merger as a wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiary of TortoiseCorp.
+Added: Immediately prior
+Added: to the closing of the Business Combination, all shares of issued and outstanding redeemable convertible preferred stock converted
+Added: into shares of Legacy Hyliion common stock and all outstanding convertible note payables plus accrued interest converted into shares
+Added: of Legacy Hyliion common stock at the discount rates set forth in the original agreements.
+Added: Upon the consummation of the Business
+Added: Combination, each share of Legacy Hyliion common stock issued and outstanding was cancelled and converted into the right to receive
+Added: the Per Share Merger Consideration.
+Added: Additionally, Legacy Hyliion issued 1,000,000 shares of Legacy Hyliion common stock with a
+Added: grant date fair value of $10.00 per share to one of the convertible noteholders in connection with the Commercial Matters Agreement.
+Added: the closing of the Business Combination, TortoiseCorp’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to, among
+Added: other things, increase the total number of authorized shares of capital stock to 260,000,000 shares, of which 250,000,000 shares
+Added: were designated common stock, $.0001 par value per share, and of which 10,000,0000 shares were designated preferred stock, $0.0001
+Added: par value per share.
+Added: In connection with
+Added: the Business Combination, a number of investors purchased from the Company an aggregate of 30,750,000 shares of common stock (the
+Added: “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $307.5 million pursuant
+Added: to separate subscription agreements entered into effective June 18, 2020 (the “PIPE”).
+Added: The PIPE investment closed simultaneously
+Added: with the consummation of the Business Combination.
+Added: Additionally, a purchaser purchased 1,750,000 TortoiseCorp units (consisting
+Added: of one share of common stock and one half of one warrant, the “Forward Purchase Units”), consisting of 1,750,000 shares
+Added: of common stock (“Forward Purchase Shares”) and warrants to purchase 875,000 shares of common stock (“Forward
+Added: Purchase Warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $17.5 million pursuant to a forward purchase agreement entered into
+Added: effective February 6, 2019, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Agreement, dated June 18,
+Added: Legacy Hyliion was
+Added: deemed the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination based on an analysis of the criteria outlined in Accounting Standards
+Added: Codification (“ASC”) 805.
+Added: The determination was primarily based on Legacy Hyliion’s stockholders prior to the
+Added: Business Combination having a majority of the voting interests in the combined company, Legacy Hyliion’s board of directors
+Added: comprising a majority of the board of directors of the combined company, Legacy Hyliion’s existing shareholders’
+Added: over decisions regarding the election and removal of directors and officers of the combined company’s board of directors,
+Added: and Legacy Hyliion’s senior management comprising the senior management of the combined company.
+Added: Accordingly, for accounting
+Added: purposes, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Legacy Hyliion issuing stock for the net assets of TortoiseCorp,
+Added: accompanied by a recapitalization.
+Added: The net assets of TortoiseCorp are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or intangible
+Added: assets recorded.
+Added: As a result of the
+Added: Business Combination, we became a NYSE listed company, which will require us to hire additional personnel and implement procedures
+Added: and processes to address public company regulatory requirements and customary practices.
+Added: We expect to incur additional annual expenses
+Added: as a public company for, among other things, directors’
+Added: and officers’
+Added: liability insurance, director fees and additional
+Added: internal and external accounting, legal and administrative resources, including increased audit, compliance, and legal fees.
+Added: Factors Affecting Operating Results
+Added: believe that our performance and future success depend on several factors that present significant opportunities for us but also
+Added: pose risks and challenges, including but not limited to those discussed below and in Item 1A “Risk Factors”.
+Added: commercialization of our drivetrain solutions
+Added: We expect to derive
+Added: future revenue from our Hybrid systems and Hypertruck ERX system.
+Added: Our Demonstrator Hybrid system is available today, offering customers
+Added: the immediate ability to lower costs and improve environmental impact, and we intend to introduce our improved next generation
+Added: Hybrid system for customer deliveries in late 2021.
+Added: Our Hypertruck ERX system is projected to be delivered to customers for evaluation
+Added: and testing in late 2021 with commercial availability projected for 2022.
+Added: In order to reach commercialization, we must purchase
+Added: and integrate related property and equipment, as well as achieve several research and development milestones.
+Added: We anticipate that
+Added: a substantial portion of our capital resources and efforts in the near future will be focused on the continued development and
+Added: commercialization of our drivetrain solutions.
+Added: The amount and timing of our future funding requirements, if any, will depend on
+Added: many factors, including the pace and results of our research and development efforts, as well as factors that are outside of our
+Added: As discussed above
+Added: in more detail, we have deployed demonstration Hybrid system units to a number of companies, and our Hypertruck ERX system is generating
+Added: interest from companies who have received demonstration Hybrid system units and potential new customers.
+Added: Components of Statements of Operations
+Added: and Development Expense
+Added: and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for the discovery and development of our electrified powertrain solutions,
+Added: which include:
+Added: personnel-related
+Added: expenses including salaries, benefits, travel and share-based compensation, for personnel performing research and development
+Added: paid to third parties such as consultants and contractors for outsourced engineering services;
+Added: related to materials, supplies and third-party services;
+Added: for equipment used in research and development activities;
+Added: of general overhead costs.
+Added: expect research and development costs to increase for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development
+Added: activities to achieve operational and commercial goals.
+Added: General and Administrative Expense
+Added: general and administrative expenses consist of personnel-related expenses for our corporate, executive, finance, sales, marketing
+Added: and other administrative functions, expenses for outside professional services, including legal, audit and accounting services,
+Added: as well as expenses for facilities, depreciation, amortization, travel, sales and marketing costs.
+Added: Personnel-related expenses
+Added: consist of salaries, benefits and share-based compensation.
+Added: expect our selling, general and administrative expenses to increase for the foreseeable future as we scale headcount with the
+Added: growth of its business, and as a result of operating as a public company, including compliance with the rules and regulations
+Added: Securities and Exchange Commission, legal, audit, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities and
+Added: other administrative and professional services.
+Added: Income (Expense), Net
+Added: income and expenses consist primarily of interest expense incurred on our debt obligations, interest income earned on our investments,
+Added: remeasurement gain or loss associated with the change in the fair value on our convertible notes payable derivative liabilities
+Added: and a loss on the extinguishment of our convertible notes payable.
of Operations
−Removed: have neither engaged in any significant operations nor generated any operating revenue to date.
−Removed: Our only activities from inception
−Removed: through the Closing Date related to our formation and our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: Although we have not generated operating revenue,
−Removed: we have generated non-operating income in the form of investment income from investments held in the Trust Account.
−Removed: to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company, as well as costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans.
−Removed: the period from November 7, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018, we had a net loss of approximately $600, which consisted
−Removed: of approximately $600 in general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, we had net income of approximately $2.3 million, which consisted of approximately $3.9 million
−Removed: in investment income, offset by approximately $465,000 in general and administrative expenses, $100,000 in related-party administrative
−Removed: expenses, $200,000 in franchise tax expense and approximately $768,000 in income tax expense.
−Removed: Concern Consideration
−Removed: the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial sale of Founder Shares to our Sponsor.
−Removed: Additionally, our Sponsor advanced us funds totaling approximately $580,000 pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”)
−Removed: to cover expenses related to our Initial Public Offering and certain operating expenses.
−Removed: On March 29, 2019, we repaid the Note
−Removed: to our Sponsor in full.
−Removed: Subsequent to the Closing Date, our liquidity needs have been satisfied through the net proceeds from
−Removed: the sale of the Private Placement Warrants not held in the Trust Account and an aggregate of $812,000 of interest income released
−Removed: from the Trust Account since inception to fund income tax payments.
−Removed: of December 31, 2019, we had approximately $916,000 of cash in our operating account and approximately $3.0 million of investment
−Removed: income earned from investments held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes (less
−Removed: up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses).
−Removed: connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”)
−Removed: Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to
−Removed: Continue as a Going Concern,”
−Removed: management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises
−Removed: substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets
−Removed: or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after March 4, 2021.
−Removed: Party Transactions
−Removed: November 2018, our Sponsor paid $25,000 in offering expenses on our behalf in exchange for the issuance of 5,750,000 Founder Shares.
−Removed: In February 2019, we effected a stock dividend of 718,750 Founder Shares, resulting in our Sponsor holding an aggregate of 6,468,750
−Removed: Founder Shares (up to 843,750 shares of which were subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters did not exercise their
−Removed: over-allotment option).
−Removed: On March 4, 2019, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option and on March 7, 2019,
−Removed: the underwriters waived the remainder of their over-allotment option.
−Removed: In connection therewith, our Sponsor forfeited 643,520 Founder
−Removed: Shares for cancellation by us.
−Removed: The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold
−Removed: in our Initial Public Offering except that the Founder Shares are shares of Class B common stock which automatically convert into
−Removed: shares of Class A common stock at the time of the initial business combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions,
−Removed: as described in more detail below.
−Removed: holders of the Founder Shares have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder
−Removed: Shares until the earlier to occur of:
−Removed: (i) one year after the completion of the initial business combination and (ii) subsequent
−Removed: to the initial business combination, (a) if the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00
−Removed: per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading
−Removed: days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the consummation of the initial business combination,
−Removed: and (b) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of
−Removed: our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
−Removed: Placement Warrants
−Removed: Simultaneously
−Removed: with the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, we completed the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to Tortoise Borrower,
−Removed: generating gross proceeds of approximately $6.66 million.
−Removed: Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one share of the Company’s
−Removed: Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.
−Removed: A portion of the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants
−Removed: was added to the proceeds from our Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account.
−Removed: If the initial business combination is not
−Removed: completed within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account
−Removed: will be used to fund the redemption of the public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement
−Removed: Warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable for cash and exercisable on a cashless basis
−Removed: so long as they are held by Tortoise Borrower or its permitted transferees.
−Removed: Borrower agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Private Placement Warrants until 30
−Removed: days after the completion of the initial business combination.
−Removed: Payable to Our Sponsor
−Removed: November 7, 2018, our Sponsor agreed to advance us funds to cover expenses related to our Initial Public Offering pursuant to
−Removed: This Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of 180 days and the closing of our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: The Company borrowed approximately $580,000 under the Note, and repaid the Note in full on March 29, 2019.
−Removed: Administrative
−Removed: Services Agreement
−Removed: to an administrative services agreement between us and our Sponsor dated February 27, 2019, we agreed to pay our Sponsor a total
−Removed: of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative services.
−Removed: Upon completion of the initial
−Removed: business combination or our liquidation, the agreement will terminate.
−Removed: We incurred $100,000 for expenses in connection with the
−Removed: administrative services agreement for the year ended December 31, 2019, which is reflected in the accompanying statement of operations.
−Removed: On March 29, 2019, our Sponsor assigned all of its rights, interests and obligations under the administrative services agreement
−Removed: to Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: Held in Trust Account
−Removed: portfolio of investments held in the Trust Account are comprised solely of an investment in a money market fund that comprises
−Removed: treasury securities classified as trading securities.
−Removed: Trading securities are presented on the balance sheets at fair
−Removed: value at the end of each reporting period.
−Removed: Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included
−Removed: in gain on marketable securities (net), dividends and interest, held in the Trust Account in our statement of operations.
−Removed: fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices in active markets.
−Removed: A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
−Removed: account for the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with FASB ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities
−Removed: from Equity.”
−Removed: Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability and
−Removed: measured at fair value.
−Removed: Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that
−Removed: feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain
−Removed: events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity.
−Removed: At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are
−Removed: classified as stockholders’
−Removed: Our Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be
−Removed: outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events.
−Removed: We recognize changes in redemption value immediately
−Removed: as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of the security at the end of each reporting period.
−Removed: Increases or decreases in
−Removed: the carrying value amount of redeemable shares of Class A common stock are affected by charges against additional paid-in capital.
−Removed: Accordingly, as of December 31, 2019, 22,366,276 shares of Class A common stock subject to conditional redemption are presented
−Removed: as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’
−Removed: equity section of our balance sheet.
−Removed: Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”
−Removed: (“ASU 2019-12”), which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes.
−Removed: removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent
−Removed: This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December
−Removed: 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements
−Removed: and related disclosures.
−Removed: do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have
−Removed: a material impact on our financial statements.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: of December 31, 2019, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: of December 31, 2019, we did not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term
−Removed: On February 27, 2019, we entered into an administrative services agreement with our Sponsor, pursuant to which we
−Removed: have agreed to pay our Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative
−Removed: Upon completion of the initial business combination or our liquidation, the agreement will terminate.
−Removed: On March 29, 2019,
−Removed: our Sponsor assigned all of its rights, interests and obligations under the administrative services agreement to Tortoise Capital
−Removed: Advisors, L.L.C.
−Removed: underwriters of our Initial Public Offering were entitled to underwriting discounts and commissions of 5.5%, of which 2.0% (approximately
−Removed: $4.64 million) was paid at the closing of our Initial Public Offering and 3.5% (approximately $8.13 million) was deferred.
−Removed: deferred underwriting discounts and commissions will become payable to the underwriters upon the consummation of the initial business
−Removed: combination and will be paid from the amounts held in the Trust Account.
−Removed: The underwriters are not entitled to any interest accrued
−Removed: on the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions.
−Removed: JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies.
−Removed: We qualify as an “emerging growth company”
−Removed: and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting
−Removed: pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies.
−Removed: We are electing to delay the adoption
−Removed: of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant
−Removed: dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies.
−Removed: As a result, our
−Removed: financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public
−Removed: company effective dates.
+Added: of Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
+Added: following table summarizes our results of operations on a consolidated basis for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
+Added: Years Ended December 31,
+Added: (in thousands, except earing per share)
+Added: Operating expenses:
+Added: Research and development
+Added: Selling, general, and administrative
+Added: Loss from operations
+Added: Other income (expense):
+Added: Interest expense
+Added: Interest income
+Added: Change in fair value of convertible notes payable derivative liabilities
+Added: Loss on extinguishment of debt
+Added: Total other expense
+Added: Net loss attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
+Added: Net loss per share, basic and diluted
+Added: Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
+Added: and Development
+Added: Research and development
+Added: expenses increased by $3.3 million from $9.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to $12.6 million for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 as a result of increased expenditures for external consultancy by $2.2 million, and increased expenditures for components
+Added: utilized in the development process were increased by $1.1 million in our efforts to finalize the design of our Hybrid system and
+Added: continue the design and testing of our Hypertruck ERX system during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: General and Administrative
+Added: Selling, general,
+Added: and administrative expenses increased by $6.8 million from $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to $9.6 million for
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to additional costs incurred to operate as a public company which, include increased
+Added: expenditures for personnel and benefits by $2.4 million, increased expenditures for directors and officers insurance by $1.2 million,
+Added: increased expenditures for legal and professional fees by $2.8 million, increase in facilities leases by $0.2 million, and increased
+Added: expenditures for other expenses by $0.2 million.
+Added: Other Income (Expense)
+Added: other expense increased by $14.9 million from $2.1 million of other expense for the year ended December 31, 2019 to $17.0 million
+Added: of other expense for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase was primarily due to the following:
+Added: Loss on extinguishment of debt of $10.2 million for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 that is attributable to the extinguishment of convertible notes in connection with the Business Combination.
+Added: expense increased by $2.2 million from $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 to $5.5 million for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, primarily due to our convertible notes payable.
+Added: There was a $3.2 million issuance of a convertible note
+Added: payable debt obligation in January 2020 and $16.8 million issuances of convertible note payable debt obligations at various
+Added: points of 2019 were outstanding for a full year in 2020, resulting in an increase in paid-in-kind interest incurred in 2020.
Additionally,
−Removed: we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
−Removed: Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,”
−Removed: we choose to rely on
−Removed: such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system
−Removed: of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) provide all of
−Removed: the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank
−Removed: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding
−Removed: mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and
−Removed: the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items
−Removed: such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of our CEO’s compensation to median
−Removed: employee compensation.
−Removed: These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our Initial Public Offering
−Removed: or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,”
−Removed: whichever is earlier.
−Removed: and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
−Removed: are a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: As a result, pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation
−Removed: S-K, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
+Added: all convertible notes payable issuances contained certain embedded features, which were required to be bifurcated and separately
+Added: accounted for as derivative liabilities that were recognized at issuance as a liability and a corresponding debt discount,
+Added: which was then amortized to interest expense over the term of the associated convertible notes payable.
+Added: years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, interest expenses consisted primarily of (a) interest payable in kind at an annual
+Added: stated rate of 6.0% for a total of $1.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively, (b) convertible note payable discount amortization
+Added: of $3.8 million and $2.5 million, respectively and (c) financing costs of $0.5 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively.
+Added: A loss from the change in fair value of convertible notes payable derivative
+Added: liabilities of $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 and a gain from the change in fair value of convertible notes
+Added: payable derivative liabilities of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: Prior to the Business
+Added: Combination, the Company’s operations were financed through private placements of redeemable convertible preferred stock
+Added: and the issuance of convertible notes payable.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, our principal sources of liquidity were our cash and cash
+Added: equivalents in the amount of $389.7 million, which are primarily invested in money market funds.
+Added: On November 30, 2020,
+Added: we issued a notice of redemption to the warrant holders for a redemption of all of the outstanding warrants, on a cash or in the
+Added: case of the Private Placement Warrants on a cashless basis.
+Added: As a result, we raised gross proceeds of $140.8 million, $16.3 million
+Added: of which was received during the first quarter of 2021.
+Added: As of the date of
+Added: this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have yet to generate revenue from our core business operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, our
+Added: current assets were $608.1 million, consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents of $389.7 million, short-term investments
+Added: of $201.9 million, and prepaid expenses of $16.4 million.
+Added: Our current liabilities were $4.7 million primarily comprised of accounts
+Added: payable, accrued expenses, operating lease liabilities, and our Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) loan.
+Added: We believe the credit
+Added: quality and liquidity of our investment portfolio as of December 31, 2020 is strong and will provide sufficient liquidity to satisfy
+Added: operating requirements, working capital purposes and strategic initiatives.
+Added: The unrealized gains and losses of the portfolio may
+Added: remain volatile as changes in the general interest environment and supply/demand fluctuations of the securities within our portfolio
+Added: impact daily market valuations.
+Added: To mitigate the risk associated with this market volatility, we deploy a relatively conservative
+Added: investment strategy focused on capital preservation and liquidity whereby no investment security may have a final maturity of more
+Added: than 36 months from the date of acquisition or a weighted average maturity exceeding 18 months..
+Added: Eligible investments under the
+Added: Company’s investment policy bearing a minimum credit rating of A1, A-1, F1 or higher for short-term investments and A2, A,
+Added: or higher for longer-term investments include money market funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, and municipal securities.
+Added: Additionally, all of our debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity as we have the intent and ability to hold these investment
+Added: securities to maturity, which minimizes the realized losses that we would recognize.
+Added: However, even with this approach we may incur
+Added: investment losses as a result of unusual or unpredictable market developments, and we may experience reduced investment earnings
+Added: if the yields on investments deemed to be low risk remain low or decline further due to unpredictable market developments.
+Added: these unusual and unpredictable market developments may also create liquidity challenges for certain of the assets in our investment
+Added: Based on our past
+Added: performance, we believe our current assets will be sufficient to continue and execute on our business strategy and meet our capital
+Added: requirements for the next twelve months.
+Added: Our primary short-term cash needs are paying operating expenses and servicing outstanding
+Added: indebtedness.
+Added: We expect to continue to incur net losses in the short term, as we continue to execute on our strategic initiatives
+Added: by (i) completing the development and commercialization of the hybrid and electrified drive systems for long haul “Class
+Added: semi-tractors, (ii) scale the Company’s operations to meet anticipated demand, and (iii) hiring of personnel.
+Added: actual results could vary materially and negatively as a result of a number of factors including, but not limited to, those discussed
+Added: in the section “Risk Factors.”
+Added: following table summarizes our net cash provided by or used in operating activities, investing activities and financing activities
+Added: for the periods indicated and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included
+Added: in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: (in thousands)
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in)
+Added: Operating activities
+Added: Investing activities
+Added: Financing activities
+Added: Net change in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: cash used in operating activities
+Added: For the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, cash flows used in operating activities was $23.0 million.
+Added: The cash used primarily related to a net loss of
+Added: $39.2 million, adjusted for changes in working capital accounts and certain non-cash expense of $18.9 million (including $10.2
+Added: million related to the loss on extinguishment of convertible notes payable, $4.2 million related to amortization of debt discount,
+Added: $1.4 million related to a loss from the change in fair value of the convertible notes payable derivative liabilities, $1.1 million
+Added: related to paid-in-kind interest on convertible notes payable, $0.9 million related to non-cash lease expense, $0.9 million related
+Added: to depreciation and amortization, and $0.3 million related to share-based compensation).
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2019, cash flows used in operating activities were $11.1 million.
+Added: The cash used primarily related
+Added: to a net loss of $14.1 million, adjusted for changes in working capital accounts and certain non-cash expense of $4.5 million
+Added: (including $1.3 million related to non-cash lease expense, $1.0 million related to depreciation and amortization, $1.1 million
+Added: related to a gain from the change in fair value of the convertible notes payable derivative liabilities, $2.5 million related
+Added: to amortization of the debt discount, $0.7 million related to paid-in-kind interest on convertible notes payable and $0.1 million
+Added: related to share-based compensation).
+Added: cash used in investing activities
+Added: cash used in investing activities primarily relates to the purchase of investments during the year ended December 31, 2020 and
+Added: totaled $238.1 million.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities primarily relates to the purchase of capital expenditures primarily
+Added: attributable to equipment and machinery, demonstration and test vehicles, leasehold improvements, office furniture and equipment
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2019 and totaled $0.3 million.
+Added: cash used in investing activities is expected to increase substantially as we purchase additional property and equipment as we
+Added: continue the development of our Hybrid and Hypertruck ERX systems and scale the manufacturing operations to meet anticipated demand.
+Added: cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Cash provided by
+Added: financing activities was $644.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, which was primarily due to net proceeds of $516.5
+Added: million from the Business Combination and PIPE, proceeds from the exercise of warrants of $124.5 million, the issuance of $3.2
+Added: million of convertible notes payable in exchange for cash, proceeds of $0.9 million from the PPP loan, partially offset by the
+Added: payments for financing costs of $0.5 million and finance lease obligations of $0.2 million.
+Added: provided by financing activities was $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, which was primarily due to the issuance
+Added: of $16.8 million of convertible notes payable in exchange for cash, partially offset by the repayment on finance lease obligations
+Added: of $0.2 million.
+Added: Sheet Arrangements
+Added: the periods presented, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as
+Added: structured finance or special purpose entities, which were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements.
+Added: Accounting Policies and Estimates
+Added: consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: The preparation of these consolidated financial
+Added: statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure
+Added: of contingent assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet date, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting
+Added: Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable, the
+Added: results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.
+Added: Actual results could
+Added: differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material to our financial statements.
+Added: believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these
+Added: policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.
+Added: our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our financial statements (see Note 2 in the accompanying audited
+Added: consolidated financial statements), we believe that the following accounting policies require a greater degree of judgment and
+Added: Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating
+Added: our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: We account for share-based
+Added: payments that involve the issuance of shares of our common stock to employees and nonemployees and meet the criteria for share-based
+Added: awards as share-based compensation expense based on the grant-date fair value of the award.
+Added: periods prior to the Business Combination, we issued stock option awards to employees and nonemployees under the Hyliion Inc.
+Added: 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”), as amended in August 2017 and approved by the board of directors (the
+Added: “Board”).
+Added: Outstanding stock options, whether vested or unvested, under the 2016 Plan to purchase shares of Legacy
+Added: Hyliion common stock granted under the 2016 Plan converted into stock options for shares of the combined company’s common
+Added: stock upon the same terms and conditions that were in effect with respect to such stock options immediately prior to the Business
+Added: Combination, after giving effect to the Exchange Ratio.
+Added: No further grants can be made under the 2016 Plan.
+Added: periods subsequent to the Business Combination, share-based awards will be issued under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020
+Added: Plan”).
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, no awards were issued under the 2020 Plan.
+Added: fair value of the stock options issued to employees and nonemployees under the 2016 Plan was estimated at each grant date using
+Added: the Black-Scholes model which requires the input of the following subjective assumptions:
+Added: The length of time grantees will retain their vested stock options before
+Added: exercising them for employees and the contractual term of the option for nonemployees (“expected term”),
+Added: The volatility of our common stock price over the expected term,
+Added: The expected dividends, and
+Added: The risk-free interest rate over the option’s expected term.
+Added: summary of the significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock option awards during the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
+Added: Years Ended December 31,
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Expected term (in years)
+Added: Risk-free interest rate
+Added: Expected dividend yield
+Added: The expected volatility was determined by examining the historical volatilities of a group of industry
+Added: peers, as the Company did not have any trading history for our Legacy Hyliion common stock.
+Added: Expected term:
+Added: For employees, the expected term is determined
+Added: using the “simplified”
+Added: method, as prescribed by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
+Added: 107, Share-Based
+Added: Payment, to estimate on a formula basis the expected term of the Company’s employee stock options, which are considered
+Added: to have “plain vanilla”
+Added: characteristics.
+Added: For nonemployees, the expected term represents the contractual term of
+Added: Risk-free interest rate:
+Added: The risk-free interest rate was based
+Added: upon quoted market yields for the United States Treasury instruments with terms that were consistent with the expected term
+Added: of the stock options.
+Added: Expected dividend yield:
+Added: The expected dividend yield was based
+Added: on Legacy Hyliion’s history and management’s current expectation regarding future dividends.
+Added: factors change, and we utilize different assumptions, share-based compensation cost on future award grants may differ significantly
+Added: from share-based compensation cost recognized on past award grants.
+Added: Higher volatility and longer expected terms result in an increase
+Added: to share-based compensation determined at the date of grant.
+Added: Future share-based compensation cost will increase to the extent
+Added: that we grant additional share-based awards to employees and non-employees.
+Added: If there are any modifications or cancellations of
+Added: the underlying unvested securities, we may be required to accelerate any remaining unearned share-based compensation cost or incur
+Added: incremental cost.
+Added: Share-based compensation cost affects our research and development expenses and selling, general and administrative
+Added: on our fair value of common stock of $16.48 at December 31, 2020 and our estimated fair value of common stock of $0.34 at December
+Added: 31, 2019, the aggregative intrinsic value of the vested and unvested options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding
+Added: at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $113.8 million and $0.3 million, respectively.
+Added: recognized share-based compensation of $0.3 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: We recognize and adjustment to share-based compensation expense in the period in which forfeitures occur.
+Added: The effect of forfeiture
+Added: adjustments during 2020 and 2019 was insignificant.
+Added: future periods, we expect share-based compensation to increase, due in part to our existing unrecognized share-based compensation
+Added: and as we issue additional share-based awards to continue to attract and retain employees.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, there was
+Added: $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based payments, which is expected to be recognized over an average
+Added: period of 2.6 years.
+Added: We recognize deferred
+Added: taxes for temporary differences between the basis of assets and liabilities for financial statement and income tax purposes.
+Added: December 31, 2020, we had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $82.2 million and state net operating loss
+Added: carryforwards of $12.5 million that expire in various years starting in 2036.
+Added: The Company also has R&D credits of $0.3 million
+Added: that begin to expire in 2037.
+Added: Under Section 382
+Added: of the Code, substantial changes in our ownership may result in an annual limit on the amount of net operating loss carryforwards
+Added: that could be utilized in the future to offset our taxable income.
+Added: Generally, this limitation may arise in the event of a cumulative
+Added: change in ownership of more than 50% within a three-year period.
+Added: We have completed such analysis and determined that such ownership
+Added: change occurred in 2017.
+Added: This will limit the usage of our 2017 and prior year net operating losses, and will cause $2.0 million
+Added: of such losses to expire unused, regardless of future taxable income.
+Added: No other such ownership changes have occurred through December
+Added: Due to this, as well as our overall profitability estimate as noted above, we have recorded a full valuation allowance
+Added: related to our net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of the ultimate realization
+Added: of the future benefits of those assets.
+Added: policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.
+Added: There was no accrued interest
+Added: or penalties related to uncertain tax positions and no amounts have been recognized in our statements of operations for the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.
+Added: Growth Company Status
+Added: Section 102(b)(1)
+Added: of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards
+Added: until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not
+Added: have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting
+Added: The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements
+Added: that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable.
+Added: We elected not to opt out of such
+Added: extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public
+Added: or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt
+Added: the new or revised standard, until such time we are no longer considered to be an emerging growth company.
+Added: At times, we may elect
+Added: to early adopt a new or revised standard.
+Added: See Note 2 of the accompanying audited financial statements for the recent accounting
+Added: pronouncements adopted and the recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted for the years ending December 31, 2020, and 2019.
+Added: addition, we intend to rely on the other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
+Added: Subject to certain
+Added: conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an emerging growth company, we intend to rely on such exemptions, we are not required
+Added: to, among other things:
+Added: (a) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal control over financial
+Added: reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
+Added: (b) provide all of the compensation disclosure that
+Added: may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;
+Added: with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation
+Added: or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor
+Added: discussion and analysis);
+Added: and (d) disclose certain executive compensation-related items such as the correlation between executive
+Added: compensation and performance and comparisons of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.
+Added: will remain an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act until the earliest of (a) the last day of our first fiscal year
+Added: following the fifth anniversary of the Closing, (b) the last date of our fiscal year in which we have total annual gross
+Added: revenue of at least $1.07 billion, (c) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer”
+Added: the rules of the SEC with at least $700.0 million of outstanding securities held by non-affiliates or (d) the date on which
+Added: we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the previous three years.
+Added: and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by us as
+Added: of the specified effective date.
+Added: Unless otherwise discussed, we believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are
+Added: not yet effective will not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations under adoption.
+Added: See Recent Accounting
+Added: Pronouncements issued, not yet adopted under Note 2 –
+Added: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the
+Added: 2020 consolidated financial statements for more information about recent accounting pronouncements, the timing of their adoption
+Added: and our assessment, to the extent we have made one, of their potential impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
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