−Removed: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN
−Removed: following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of KULR Technology Group, Inc.
−Removed: ("KULR")
−Removed: and its wholly-owned subsidiary, KULR Technology Corporation (“KTC”) (collectively referred to as “KULR”
−Removed: or the “Company”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
−Removed: financial statements and the notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: References in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations to “us”,
−Removed: “we”, “our” and similar terms refer to the Company.
−Removed: This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
−Removed: Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains statements that are forward-looking.
−Removed: These statements are based on current
−Removed: expectations and assumptions that are subject to risk, uncertainties and other factors.
−Removed: These statements are often identified by
−Removed: the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,”
−Removed: “intend,” “could,” “estimate,” or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations.
−Removed: Actual results could differ materially because of the factors discussed in “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual
−Removed: Report, and other factors that we may not know.
−Removed: Technology Group, Inc., through our wholly-owned subsidiary KULR Technology Corporation, develops and commercializes high-performance
−Removed: thermal management technologies for electronics, batteries, and other components across an array of applications.
−Removed: Currently, we
−Removed: are focused on targeting the following applications:
−Removed: electric vehicles and autonomous driving systems (collectively referred to
−Removed: herein as “E-Mobility”);
−Removed: artificial intelligence and Cloud computing;
−Removed: energy storage;
−Removed: and 5G communication technologies.
−Removed: Our proprietary core technology is a carbon fiber material, with roots in aerospace and defense, which provides what we believe
−Removed: to be superior thermal conductivity and heat dissipation in an ultra-lightweight and pliable material.
−Removed: By leveraging our proprietary
−Removed: cooling solutions that have been developed through longstanding partnerships with NASA, the Jet Propulsion Lab and others, our
−Removed: products and services make E-Mobility battery powered products safer and more stable.
−Removed: management believes that the E-Mobility industry has created and will create significant new opportunities for the
−Removed: application of our technology and know-how.
−Removed: We believe these new opportunities will be further driven by certain changing
−Removed: preferences that we have observed in younger generations that must increasingly cope with higher population density, global
−Removed: warming, and the rapidly evolving communications and computing needs of their personal devices and the surrounding
−Removed: infrastructure.
−Removed: As a result, we predict that the younger generations will increasingly prefer to attend meetings by video
−Removed: rent a car, bike, or scooter, or call an app-based car service instead of owning a vehicle;
−Removed: and leverage the
−Removed: Cloud to perform tasks traditionally done in person, such as shopping for lunch, clothes, electronics and other consumer
−Removed: goods that also leverages an expanding E-Mobility delivery network.
−Removed: addition to evolving demands led by consumer-preferences, we have observed trending manufacturer-led opportunities in industries
−Removed: that have become increasingly more reliant on the Cloud, on portability and on high-demand processing power.
−Removed: For example, car manufacturers
−Removed: are increasingly providing options that take over the responsibility for driving, diagnosing its own service requirements and analyzing
−Removed: on-board systems data and efficiency.
−Removed: The communications and entertainment industries are leveraging increasingly more powerful
−Removed: and portable devices to deliver live and high-definition content and experiences.
−Removed: These innovations will require high bandwidth
−Removed: communication devices that can handle the power drain and computational requirements to keep up with the sophisticated security
−Removed: and software tools that will power these advanced product offerings.
−Removed: As a result of these manufacturer and consumer trends, we
−Removed: believe that the new generations of high-powered, small form-factor semiconductors are out-pacing the ability to control unwanted
−Removed: heat generation in lithium ion batteries.
−Removed: The above-described advances in micro technology,
−Removed: portable power, and compact energy efficient devices linked to an ever-widening Internet of Things (“IoT”) via the
−Removed: Cloud are driving opportunities that form the focus of the Company’s business development plan.
−Removed: We believe that our
−Removed: core technology and historical development focus on improving lithium-ion battery performance and safety, positions us in a competitively
−Removed: advantageous position to enhance key components to the evolving mobile applications for a wide range of consumer products and IoT.
−Removed: We have found that as chip performance increases, power consumption increases, and more heat is generated as a byproduct.
−Removed: When chip size reduces, there is an increased potential for a hot spot on the chip, which can degrade system performance, or even
−Removed: cause spontaneous combustion.
−Removed: However, electronic system components must operate within a specific temperature range on both the
−Removed: high and low end to operate properly.
−Removed: After strenuous testing, we believe we have developed heat management solutions that significantly
−Removed: improve upon traditional heat storage and dissipation solutions and improve upon their rigidity and durability.
−Removed: We also believe
−Removed: that the traditional solutions are not equipped to handle the evolving marketplace.
−Removed: However, through a combination of custom design
−Removed: services and provision of proprietary hardware solutions, our products reduce manufacturing complexity and provide a lighter weight
−Removed: solution than traditional thermal management materials and, we believe, can meet the heat management demands of components and
−Removed: batteries being designed into the newest mobile technologies and applications.
−Removed: management’s growth strategy has put particular focus on targeting E-Mobility applications for its core technology.
−Removed: we are well-positioned to provide a broad range of E-mobility solutions, and intend to expand our business through internal growth
−Removed: and acquisition.
−Removed: In the case of acquisitions, we seek to acquire businesses in related markets that are synergistic to our existing
−Removed: operations, technologies, and management experience.
−Removed: This focus will highlight markets in which we can:
−Removed: (1) integrate our existing
−Removed: technology into the acquiree’s product offerings or simultaneously offer our products and services through the acquiree’s
−Removed: customer base and channels;
−Removed: (2) gain a leading market position and provide vertically integrated services where we can secure economies
−Removed: of scale, premium market positioning, and operational synergies;
−Removed: and/or (3) establish a leading position in selected markets and
−Removed: channels of the acquiree through a joint broad-based, hi-tech, E-Mobility branding campaign.
−Removed: We have developed an acquisition discipline
−Removed: based on a set of financial, market and management criteria to evaluate opportunities.
−Removed: To date, we have evaluated two acquisition
−Removed: opportunities under such criteria and, together with the management of the potential target, determined that the anticipated synergies
−Removed: would not be realized in the anticipated timetable.
−Removed: If we were to successfully close an acquisition, we would seek to integrate
−Removed: it while minimizing disruption to our existing operations and those of the acquired business, while exploiting the technical and
−Removed: managerial synergies from integration.
+Added: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
+Added: The following discussion
+Added: and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of KULR Technology Group, Inc.
+Added: ("KULR") and its wholly-owned
+Added: subsidiary, KULR Technology Corporation (“KTC”) (collectively referred to as “KULR” or the “Company”)
+Added: as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements
+Added: and the notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: References in this
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations to “us”, “we”,
+Added: “our” and similar terms refer to the Company.
+Added: This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
+Added: and Results of Operations contains statements that are forward-looking.
+Added: These statements are based on current expectations and
+Added: assumptions that are subject to risk, uncertainties and other factors.
+Added: These statements are often identified by the use of words
+Added: such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
+Added: “could,” “estimate,” or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations.
+Added: Actual results
+Added: could differ materially because of the factors discussed in “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report, and other
+Added: factors that we may not know.
+Added: KULR Technology Group, Inc.,
+Added: through our wholly-owned subsidiary KULR Technology Corporation, develops and commercializes high-performance thermal management
+Added: technologies for batteries, electronics, and other components across an array of battery-powered applications.
+Added: For aerospace and
+Added: Department of Defense (“DOD”) applications, our solutions target high performance applications in direct energy, hypersonic
+Added: vehicles and satellite communications.
+Added: For commercial applications, our main focus is a total solution to battery safety and sustainability
+Added: by which we aim to mitigate the effects of thermal runaway propagation which has been known to cause random fires in lithium-ion
+Added: (“Li-ion”) batteries.
+Added: This total battery safety solution can be used for electric vehicles, energy storage, battery
+Added: recycling transportation, cloud computing and 5G communication devices.
+Added: Our proprietary core technology is a carbon fiber material
+Added: that provides what we believe to be superior thermal conductivity and heat dissipation for an ultra-lightweight and pliable material.
+Added: By leveraging our proprietary cooling solutions that have been developed through longstanding partnerships with advanced technology
+Added: users like NASA, the Jet Propulsion Lab and others, our products and services make commercial battery powered products safer and
+Added: electronics systems cooler and lighter.
+Added: KULR’s business
+Added: model continues to evolve from being a component supplier, to providing more design and testing services to our customers.
+Added: next step of evolution is to provide total system solutions to address market needs.
+Added: In order to scale up as a systems provider
+Added: more quickly and efficiently in (i) the Li-ion battery energy storage and recycling markets, (ii) battery cell design and safety
+Added: testing, and (iii) advanced thermal management systems, such as hypersonic vehicles, KULR will actively seek partners for joint
+Added: venture, technology licensing and other strategic partnership models.
+Added: The goal is to leverage the Company’s thermal design
+Added: technology expertise to create market leading products, which KULR will take to market directly to capture more value for KULR
+Added: shareholders.
We have not yet achieved
−Removed: profitability and expect to continue to incur cash outflows from operations.
−Removed: It is expected that our research and development and
−Removed: general and administrative expenses will continue to increase and, as a result, we will eventually need to generate significant
−Removed: product revenues to achieve profitability.
−Removed: These conditions indicate that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern within one year after the financial statement issuance date.
−Removed: Historically, we have been able to raise funds
−Removed: to support our business operations, although there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional funds in
−Removed: Furthermore, as described below, we remain focused on growing our operations in order to limit cash outflows and eventually
−Removed: achieve profitability, although no assurances can be made that we will achieve such goals.
+Added: profitability and expect to continue to incur cash outflows from operations, as a result, we will eventually need to generate
+Added: significant revenues to achieve profitability.
+Added: Until that time we shall have to continue to raise cash as and when required through
+Added: the sale of stock.
Recent Developments
−Removed: In January 2020, an
−Removed: outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, was identified in Wuhan, China.
−Removed: Through the first quarter of 2020, the disease
−Removed: became widespread around the world, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic.
−Removed: Our business is dependent
−Removed: on developing new markets and new products to be used on a global basis, thus restrictions on travel could lead to reduced demand
−Removed: for our products and interruptions to supply chains.
−Removed: Also, the local regulations such as “Shelter in Place” will affect
−Removed: our ability to maintain regular R&D and manufacturing schedules as well as the capability to meet customer demands timely.
−Removed: Given the uncertainty around the extent and timing of the potential future spread or mitigation of the Coronavirus and around the
−Removed: imposition or relaxation of protective measures, we cannot reasonably estimate the impact to our future results of operations,
−Removed: cash flows, or financial condition.
−Removed: Decontamination Solutions
−Removed: In response to the
−Removed: unprecedented demand for solutions to combat the spread of COVID-19 (and other viruses) and in response to an opportunity that
−Removed: arose in connection with our ongoing customer engagements and strategic relationships, we recently explored the launch of a suite
−Removed: of commercial and consumer products that utilize a Hypochlorous-Acid based microbial decontamination liquid.
−Removed: assurance can be made that we will be able to commercialize these decontamination products or that there will be demand for such
−Removed: products, we believe that we are capable of producing or acquiring substantial quantities of the decontamination liquid to deploy
−Removed: in a suite of decontamination delivery products and technology that we are actively developing.
−Removed: In order to advance these
−Removed: efforts and to test the efficacy of the decontamination liquid, we engaged an independent lab to test our solution but we do not
−Removed: yet have any lab results.
Paycheck Protection Program Loan
−Removed: On April 27, 2020,
−Removed: we received the proceeds of a $155,226 loan in connection with the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) being administered
+Added: On April 27, 2020, we
+Added: received the proceeds of a $155,226 loan in connection with the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) being administered
by the Small Business Administration.
+Added: The Company believes that it will qualify for loan forgiveness under the terms of the PPP
+Added: In January 2020,
+Added: an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, was identified in Wuhan, China.
+Added: Through the first quarter of 2020, the disease
+Added: became widespread around the world, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic.
+Added: is dependent on developing new markets and new products to be used on a global basis, thus restrictions on travel led to reduced
+Added: demand for our products and interruptions to supply chains.
+Added: Also, the local regulations such as “Shelter in Place”
+Added: affected our ability to maintain regular R&D and manufacturing schedules as well as the capability to meet customer demands
+Added: in a timely manner.
+Added: Given the uncertainty around the extent and timing of the potential future spread or mitigation of the Coronavirus
+Added: and around the imposition or relaxation of protective measures, we cannot reasonably estimate the impact to our future results
+Added: of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement
+Added: and Notes Payable
On February 27, 2020,
−Removed: we entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YAII PN, Ltd., a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership (“YAII”),
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company may, at its discretion, periodically sell to YAII up to $8,000,000 of shares Common Stock.
−Removed: share of Common Stock purchased under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Shares”), YAII will pay the Company
−Removed: 80% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the OTC Markets OTCQB or other principal market on
−Removed: which the Common Stock is traded for the five days immediately following the date the Company delivers notice requiring YAII to
−Removed: purchase the Shares under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement.
−Removed: The Company agreed to issue, without receiving additional
−Removed: consideration, to YAII 95,847 shares of Common Stock as commitment shares in consideration for entering into the Standby Equity
−Removed: Distribution Agreement.
−Removed: Note Purchase Agreement and Promissory
−Removed: The Company also entered
−Removed: into a Note Purchase Agreement, dated February 27, 2020, with YAII, pursuant to which YAII purchased a full recourse promissory
−Removed: note (the “Note”) in the original principal amount of $1,500,000 (“Principal Amount”).
−Removed: In consideration
−Removed: for the issuance of the Note by the Company, the purchase price of the Note paid by YAII was equal to the Principal Amount minus
−Removed: an original issue discount equal to 6%.
−Removed: The Note bears no interest and will become immediately due and payable on May 31, 2021
−Removed: or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise upon the occurrence of an event of default, as set forth in the Note.
−Removed: will repay the Principal Amount in monthly installments as set forth in the Note.
−Removed: The Company may, at its discretion, prepay any
−Removed: installment amount or the principal amount, subject to a payment premium equal to the 10% of the amount being prepaid.
−Removed: PPR Product License and Supply Agreement
−Removed: - Americase’s Battery Bag
−Removed: On April 13, 2020, we announced that it
−Removed: entered into a license and supply agreement with Americase, LLC, granting a license for Americase’s use of our passive propagation
−Removed: resistant (PPR) technology and agreeing to supply our PPR materials for Americase’s “Battery Bag”
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019,
−Removed: we sold an aggregate of 1,361,059 shares of common stock at $0.66 per share to accredited investors for aggregate gross cash proceeds
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019,
−Removed: 16,371 shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, were converted into 818,550 shares of common stock.
−Removed: Customer Engagements
−Removed: During the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019, we successfully added to our list of active customers and continue to expand our relationships with prospective
−Removed: Typically, a new customer engagement starts out with initial service projects that include the analysis of customer
−Removed: heat management challenges, evaluation of potential solutions and designs, and selection of solutions that may be addressed by
−Removed: our existing product or that require new designs and features, leading to new general or custom products.
−Removed: The process of designing
−Removed: next generation products for prospective customers is lengthy.
−Removed: However, we believe we have made significant progress working with
−Removed: existing and prospective customers on developing product solutions.
−Removed: Once customer solutions are identified and developed, we expect
−Removed: the customer to submit product purchase orders.
−Removed: Although no assurances can be made that such purchase orders would be placed, such
−Removed: orders could not only lead to higher-volume production sales but could (i) generate significantly higher gross margins as compared
−Removed: to the earlier engagement stage service projects, and (ii) provide greater prospects for scaling.
−Removed: Active Development Projects
−Removed: As we continue to advance
−Removed: our new customer engagements and submit our solutions against competitor solutions in various independent and customer testing,
−Removed: we believe our carbon-fiber based electronics and battery cooling technologies are superior to traditionally used heat sinks (such
−Removed: as aluminum and copper heat sinks) and thermal interface materials (such as thermal gels and pads).
−Removed: We believe that our solutions
−Removed: are not only generally more thermally conductive, but also lighter in weight and in many cases offer product design flexibility.
−Removed: For instance, our HYDRA TRS products have been independently tested to show that they have outperformed our competitors’
−Removed: solutions in preventing cell-to-cell thermal runaway propagation and requiring higher trigger temperatures at which the thermal
−Removed: runaway event occurs.
−Removed: Our TRS battery storage bags were selected by the U.S.
−Removed: government’s NASA to transport and store laptop
−Removed: batteries aboard the International Space Station.
−Removed: Additionally, we are currently working with top tier companies in the medical
−Removed: device, electric aircraft, and global automaker industries on designing safer, more effective battery heat sink solutions.
−Removed: No assurances
−Removed: can be made, however, that any of our active development projects will result in continued or future sales revenues.
−Removed: Standby Equity Distribution Agreement
+Added: we entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (“SEDA”) with YAII PN, Ltd., a Cayman Island exempt limited
+Added: partnership (“YAII”).
+Added: Under the terms of this Agreement, the Company raised an aggregate of $2,292,695 from the facility.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $5,707,305 available in connection with the SEDA, however, so long as warrants
+Added: issued on December 31, 2020 in an unrelated transaction remain outstanding, the Company may not issue shares in connection with
+Added: variable rate transactions.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued notes to YAII in the aggregate amount
+Added: of $4,000,000, of which the Company repaid principal on the notes in the aggregate amount of $1,550,000 ($791,000 was repaid from
+Added: proceeds from the SEDA).
+Added: Subsequent to December 31, 2020, the Company repaid principal on the notes in the aggregate amount of
+Added: Registered Direct Offering
+Added: On December 31, 2020, we closed a registered
+Added: direct offering conducted pursuant to a securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers set
+Added: forth on the signature page thereto (the “Purchasers”) for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 6,400,001 shares
+Added: of our common stock (the “Shares”), and warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 6,400,001 shares of common stock
+Added: (“Warrants”), at a combined purchase price of $1.25 per Share and Warrant.
+Added: The aggregate gross proceeds to us were
+Added: equal to approximately $8 million.
+Added: The Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until December 31,
+Added: 2025, at an exercise price of $1.25 per share.
+Added: Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC and Maxim Group LLC acted as co-placement agents
+Added: in connection with the registered direct offering.
+Added: We paid the co-placement agents a cash fee of 7.0% of the gross proceeds we
+Added: received under the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: We also reimbursed the co-placement agents for certain out-of-pocket accountable expenses
+Added: incurred by them in connection with this offering of $50,000.
+Added: We paid total approximate offering expenses, other than the placement
+Added: agent fees, of approximately $170,000, which includes the co-placement agents’ reimbursable expenses, legal, financial advisory
+Added: fees, accounting, printing costs, listing fees, and various other expenses associated with registering and issuing the shares.
+Added: We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for capital expenditures, as well as for working capital and general corporate
+Added: The Shares and Warrants (and underlying shares)
+Added: were offered, and will be issued, pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, dated December 29, 2020, to the Prospectus included in
+Added: our Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
+Added: 333- 232614) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July
+Added: 11, 2019 and declared effective on August 1, 2019.
+Added: Appointment of Keith Cochran
+Added: On March 8, 2021, our
+Added: Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Keith Cochran as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company,
+Added: to hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of office, a successor is duly elected and qualified, or the earlier
+Added: of such officer’s death, resignation, disqualification, or removal.
+Added: As compensation for his
+Added: services as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Mr.
+Added: Cochran will receive:
+Added: (1) a salary of $250,000 per annum
+Added: and commensurate benefits;
+Added: (2) 2,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which shares shall vest, so long
+Added: Cochran remains employed by the Company, in four (4) equal yearly installments, with the first installment amount to vest
+Added: on March 1, 2022 and annually thereafter;
+Added: and (3) eligibility, also subject to Mr.
+Added: Cochran’s continued employment with the
+Added: Company, for incentive based grants of up to 1,500,000 shares, which shall be earned upon the Company achieving certain market
+Added: capitalization milestones.
+Added: Appointment of Independent Directors
On February 20, 2021,
−Removed: the Company entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YAII PN, Ltd., a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership
−Removed: (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company may, at its discretion, periodically sell to Investor up to $8,000,000
−Removed: of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Offering”), par value $0.0001 per share.
−Removed: For each share of Common
−Removed: Stock purchased under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Shares”), the Investor will pay the Company
−Removed: 80% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the OTC Markets OTCQB or other principal market on
−Removed: which the Common Stock is traded for the five days immediately following the date the Company delivers notice requiring the Investor
−Removed: to purchase the Shares under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement.
−Removed: The Investor’s
−Removed: obligation to purchase the Shares under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement is subject to certain conditions, including
−Removed: the Company maintaining the effectiveness of a registration statement for the securities sold under the Standby Equity Distribution
−Removed: Agreement, and is limited to $100,000 per advance.
−Removed: In addition, the Company may not request advances if the Shares to be issued
−Removed: would result in the investor owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, with any such request being
−Removed: automatically modified to reduce the advance amount.
−Removed: The commitment period under the Standby Equity Distribution
−Removed: Agreement commenced on February 27, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) and expires on the earliest to occur of (i) first day
−Removed: of the month following the twenty-four months after the Effective Date, (ii) on which the Investor has purchased an aggregate amount
−Removed: of $8,000,000 of Shares under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, or (iii) the date the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement
−Removed: is earlier terminated.
−Removed: The Standby Equity
−Removed: Distribution Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Investor, indemnification
−Removed: rights and other obligations of the parties.
−Removed: The Company has the right to terminate the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement at
−Removed: any time upon prior written notice, at no cost to the Company, provided that (i) there are no outstanding advances which have yet
−Removed: to be issued and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor.
−Removed: The Company agreed
−Removed: to issue to the Investor 95,847 shares of Common Stock as commitment shares in consideration for entering into the Standby Equity
−Removed: Distribution Agreement.
−Removed: The Company will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of these commitment shares.
−Removed: The Offering will
−Removed: be made pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
−Removed: 333-232614), filed with the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Commission on July 11, 2019, and pursuant to a prospectus supplement or prospectus supplements or successor registration
−Removed: statements, or otherwise, under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
−Removed: thereunder (the “Securities Act”).
−Removed: The Company expects to use the proceeds from the Offering for
−Removed: working capital and other corporate purposes, including the repayment of any outstanding debt.
−Removed: The Investor has covenanted not
−Removed: to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of the Company’s shares of Common
−Removed: In connection with the Offering, the Company paid the Investor a structuring fee equal to $15,000 and agreed to pay a financial
−Removed: advisor an 8% fee on any aggregate gross proceeds of each Offering received by the Company from the sale of Shares that exceeds
−Removed: Note Purchase Agreement and Promissory
−Removed: The Company also entered
−Removed: into a Note Purchase Agreement, dated February 27, 2020, with the Investor, pursuant to which the Investor purchased a full recourse
−Removed: promissory note (the “Note”) in the original principal amount of $1,500,000 (“Principal Amount”).
−Removed: In consideration
−Removed: for the issuance of the Note by the Company, the purchase price of the Note paid by the Investor was equal to the Principal Amount
−Removed: minus an original issue discount equal to 6%.
−Removed: The Note bears no
−Removed: interest and will become immediately due and payable on May 31, 2021 or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise upon the occurrence
−Removed: of an event of default, as set forth in the Note.
−Removed: The Company will repay the Principal Amount in monthly installments as set forth
−Removed: The Company may, at its discretion, prepay any installment amount or the principal amount, subject to a payment premium
−Removed: equal to the 10% of the amount being prepaid.
−Removed: The Company paid a
−Removed: financial advisor a $130,000 advisory fee in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement and Note.
+Added: the Board, contingent upon the Company’s common stock being approved for uplisting to a national exchange, approved the
+Added: appointment of Morio Kurosaki as an independent member of the Board.
+Added: Kurosaki will also serve as chair of the Audit Committee.
+Added: As such, the Board has determined that Mr.
+Added: Kurosaki is a financial expert within the meaning of SEC regulations.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: Kurosaki will serve as a member of both the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
+Added: In connection with his
+Added: appointments, Mr.
+Added: Kurosaki will be compensated (1) $10,000 per quarter, beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting, and
+Added: (2) 20,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which shares shall vest equally in 5,000 share increments per
+Added: quarter beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting.
+Added: On February 20, 2021,
+Added: the Board, contingent upon the Company’s common stock being approved for uplisting to a national exchange, approved the
+Added: appointment of Stayce D.
+Added: Harris as an independent member of the Board.
+Added: Harris will also serve as chair of the Compensation
+Added: Additionally, Ms.
+Added: Harris will serve as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
+Added: In connection with her
+Added: appointments, Ms.
+Added: Harris will be compensated (1) $10,000 per quarter, beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting, and
+Added: (2) 20,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which shares shall vest equally in 5,000 share increments per
+Added: quarter beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting.
+Added: On February 20, 2021,
+Added: the Board, contingent upon the Company’s common stock being approved for uplisting to a national exchange, approved the
+Added: appointment of Joanna D.
+Added: Massey as an independent member of the Board.
+Added: Massey will also serve as chair of the Nominating and
+Added: Governance Committee.
+Added: Additionally, Ms.
+Added: Massey will serve as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.
+Added: In connection with her
+Added: appointments, and subject to the receipt of her acknowledgment of the same, Ms.
+Added: Massey will be compensated (1) $10,000 per quarter,
+Added: beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting, and (2) 20,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which
+Added: shares shall vest equally in 5,000 share increments per quarter beginning on and subject to approval for uplisting.
+Added: Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock
+Added: During the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, KULR issued an aggregate of 56,778 shares of our common stock upon voluntary conversions of 5.11 shares of
+Added: our Series C Preferred Stock.
+Added: Effective as of December
+Added: 31, 2020, KULR issued an aggregate of 177,885 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 177,885 shares
+Added: of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, upon a deemed automatic conversion of 18.90 shares of our Series
+Added: C Preferred Stock, after which there remained no further Series C Preferred Stock outstanding.
+Added: Although the conversion shares
+Added: were issued subsequent to the deemed automatic conversion, in connection with a registered direct offering that closed on December
+Added: 31, 2020, the conversions were made effective as of December 31, 2020 pursuant to an automatic conversion feature of the Series
+Added: C Preferred Stock under which the stated value of each share was converted into the same securities issued in the registered direct
+Added: offering at an effective conversion price of 85% of the aggregate purchase price of such securities.
+Added: Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock
+Added: During the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2020, KULR issued an aggregate of 25,758 shares of our common stock upon conversion of 515 shares of our Series B
+Added: Preferred Stock.
+Added: Subsequent to the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2020, KULR issued an aggregate of 698,600 shares of our common stock upon conversion of 13,972 shares of our
+Added: Series B Preferred Stock, after which there remained no further Series B Preferred Stock outstanding.
Consolidated Results of Operations
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Total revenue
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, we generated $830,398 and $1,274,028 of revenues, a decrease of $443,630, or 35%.
−Removed: Our revenues during
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019 consisted of sales of our component product, CFV thermal management solution, sales of an Original
−Removed: Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) product as well as certain research and development contract services.
−Removed: during the year ended December 31, 2018 consisted of sales of our component product, CFV thermal management solution, sales of
−Removed: an Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) product as well as certain research and development contract services.
−Removed: are still in the early stages of business growth and development of customer relationships which typically begin on a project by
−Removed: project basis, leading to limited volume trials and eventually, product sales.
−Removed: As a result, in the absence of a large installed
−Removed: customer base, our sales can be lumpy and vary from one period to another.
−Removed: The decrease in revenue in 2019 was due to contracts
−Removed: that ended during 2018.
−Removed: Our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was generated from 27 and 13 different customers,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Cost of Revenues and Gross Margins
−Removed: Cost of revenues consists
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, we generated $623,965 and $830,398 of revenues from 25 and 27 customers, respectively, representing a decrease
+Added: of $206,433, or 25%.
+Added: Revenue from product sales during the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased by 45% compared to the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to a large DOD contract of about $355,000 received during the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The customer has pushed its next shipment of product to 2021.
+Added: Product sales during these periods included sales of our component
+Added: products, CFV thermal management solutions, ISC battery cells and devices, patented technology, and thermal FTI materials.
+Added: from services increased by 131% for the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, due to increased
+Added: project requirements from some of our new and existing customers.
+Added: Our service revenues, which include certain research and development
+Added: contracts and onsite engineering services, were not hampered by restrictions arising from working under COVID-19 shelter-in-place
+Added: We are still in the early
+Added: stages of business growth and development of customer relationships which typically begin on a project-by-project basis, leading
+Added: to limited volume trials and eventually, product sales.
+Added: As a result, in the absence of a large installed customer base, our sales
+Added: can be lumpy and vary from one period to another.
+Added: Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin
+Added: Cost of revenues consisted
of the cost of our products as well as labor expenses directly related to product sales or research contract services.
−Removed: Generally, we earn
−Removed: greater margins on revenue from products as compared to revenue from services, so product mix plays an important part in our reported
+Added: Generally, we earn greater
+Added: margins on revenue from products as compared to revenue from services, so product mix plays an important part in our reported
average margins for any period.
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Furthermore, our solutions are new and do not necessarily fit into pre-existing patterns of purchase commitment.
−Removed: Accordingly, the
−Removed: business activity cycle between expression of initial customer interest to shipping, acceptance and billing can be lengthy, unpredictable
−Removed: and lumpy, which can influence the timing, consistency and reporting of sales growth.
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, cost of revenues was $226,505 and $336,654, respectively, a decrease of $110,149, or 33%.
−Removed: was primarily due to decreased volume of contracts in the 2019 period, which required less labor and materials.
−Removed: We generated a
−Removed: gross profit of $603,893 and $937,374 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: This represents a decrease
−Removed: in gross profit of $333,841, primarily resulting from the decrease in product revenue due to contracts that ended during 2018.
−Removed: Our gross profit on sales is broadly similar in both periods at 73% for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to 74% for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: the business activity cycle between expression of initial customer interest to shipping, acceptance and billing can be lengthy,
+Added: unpredictable and lumpy, which can influence the timing, consistency and reporting of sales growth.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, cost of revenues was $169,016 and $226,505, respectively, representing a decrease of $57,489, or 25%.
+Added: was primarily due to reduced costs as a result of reduced revenues.
+Added: The gross margin percentage was 73% for both of the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Research and Development
Research and development
−Removed: (“R&D”) include expenses incurred in connection with the R&D of our CFV thermal management solution and non-cash
+Added: (“R&D”) included expenses incurred in connection with the R&D of our CFV thermal management solution and non-cash
stock-based compensation expenses.
R&D expenses are expensed as they are incurred.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, R&D expenses decreased by $ 5,919, or 1% to $502,225 from $508,144 for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2018.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, R&D expenses were $289,772 and $502,225, respectively, representing a decrease of $212,453 or 42%.
+Added: decrease is attributable to reductions in salaries and other salary related costs, such as payroll taxes and other benefits, implemented
+Added: during the end of the first quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19, as well as a reduction in head count between the comparable periods.
+Added: We expect that our R&D
+Added: expenses will increase as we expand our future operations.
Selling, General and Administrative
−Removed: Selling, general and
−Removed: administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, payroll taxes and other benefits, legal and professional fees, stock-based
−Removed: compensation, marketing, travel, rent and office expenses.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $ 429,877, or 17% to $2,080,941
−Removed: from $2,510,818 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The decrease is primarily due to decreased non-cash stock-based compensation
−Removed: expense of approximately $221,000 due to certain awards becoming fully vested in the second quarter of 2018, decreased salaries
−Removed: and other benefits of approximately $78,000 due to lower headcount, decreased professional fees of approximately $101,000 partially
−Removed: offset by increased rent expense of approximately $35,000 due to entering into a new lease agreement in May 2018.
−Removed: Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019, other income (expense) decreased by $23,829 to $(480) from $23,349 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: decrease is primarily due to other income recognized during the year ended December 31, 2018 as a result of changes in the changes
−Removed: in the fair value of accrued issuable equity.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative
+Added: expenses consisted primarily of salaries, payroll taxes and other benefits, legal and professional fees, stock-based compensation,
+Added: marketing, travel, rent and office expenses.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses were $2,505,609 and $2,080,941, respectively, an increase of $424,668,
+Added: The increase is primarily due to increases of approximately $529,000 for marketing and advertising expense and $262,000
+Added: for stock-based compensation related to consultants and employees, partially offset by decreases of approximately $116,000 of
+Added: travel, meals, and entertainment expense due to COVID-19 restrictions, $99,000 of rent expense due to the termination of an operating
+Added: lease during the end of the fourth quarter of 2019, $30,000 of professional fees, $98,000 of payroll and benefits due to salary
+Added: reductions implemented during the end of the first quarter of 2020 as a result of COVID-19, and $17,000 of conference and seminar
+Added: expenses due to the travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders as a result of COVID-19.
+Added: Other (Expenses) Income
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, other expenses were $509,664 and $480, respectively, representing an increase of $509,184.
+Added: The increase is
+Added: primarily attributable to the amortization of debt discount recorded in connection with notes payable issued in 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, cash used in operating activities was $1,188,339 and $1,359,114, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019, we had cash balances of $8,880,140 and $108,857, respectively, and working capital (deficit) of $6,202,985 and $(824,481),
+Added: respectively.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, cash used in operating activities was $2,730,253 and $1,188,339, respectively.
Our cash used in operations
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $1,979,753, adjusted for non-cash expenses in
−Removed: the aggregate amount of $237,990, as well as $553,424 of net cash provided by changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Our cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $2,058,239, adjusted
−Removed: for net non-cash expenses in the aggregate amount of $453,022, as well as $246,103 of net cash provided by changes in the levels
−Removed: of operating assets and liabilities.
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019, cash used in investing activities was $0 compared to cash used in investing activities of $16,609 during the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2018 was due to purchases of
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019 and 2018, cash provided by financing activities was $1,067,300 and $709,858, respectively.
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $2,850,096, adjusted for non-cash expenses
+Added: in the aggregate amount of $864,929, as well as $754,086 of net cash used to fund changes in the levels of operating assets and
+Added: Our cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $1,979,753,
+Added: adjusted for non-cash expenses in the aggregate amount of $237,990, as well as $553,424 of net cash provided by changes in the
+Added: levels of operating assets and liabilities.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, cash used in investing activities was $46,087 and $0, respectively.
+Added: Cash used in investing activities during
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020 was related to the purchases of equipment.
+Added: For the years ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, cash provided by financing activities was $11,547,623 and $1,067,300, respectively.
Cash provided by financing
−Removed: activities during the year ended December 31, 2019 was due to the gross proceeds of common stock offering of $898,300 and proceeds
−Removed: from the issuance of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of $184,000, partially offset by cash offering cost paid of $15,000.
−Removed: Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2018 was due to the net proceeds of common stock offering
−Removed: of $679,000 and proceeds from the issuance of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of $30,858.
+Added: activities during the year ended December 31, 2020 was due to the net proceeds from notes payable of $3,710,000, proceeds from
+Added: the Paycheck Protection Program loan of $155,226, proceeds from the sale of our common stock pursuant to the SEDA agreement of
+Added: $1,501,696, and proceeds from the sale of common stock and warrants received in a public offering of $8,000,001.
+Added: These amounts
+Added: were partially offset by $340,000 for the payment of debt issuance costs, $759,000 for the repayments on notes and $720,300 of
+Added: cash paid in offering costs related to sale of our equity securities.
+Added: Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2019 was due to the gross proceeds of common stock offering of $898,300 and proceeds from the issuance of our Series
+Added: C Convertible Preferred Stock of $184,000, partially offset by cash offering costs paid of $15,000.
+Added: Subsequent to December
+Added: 31, 2020, we made cash payments totaling $1,050,000 to pay down a portion of the outstanding principal due under our notes payable.
We have not yet achieved
profitability and expect to continue to incur cash outflows from operations.
−Removed: It is expected that our research and development and
−Removed: general and administrative expenses will continue to increase and, as a result, we will eventually need to generate significant
−Removed: product revenues and/or raise additional capital to fund our operations.
−Removed: These conditions indicate that there is substantial doubt
−Removed: about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the financial statement issuance date.
−Removed: Through December 31, 2019 we funded our operations on a month-to-month basis through the issuance of equity securities.
−Removed: to year end, on February 27, 2020, we entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (“SEDA”), as described
−Removed: in Note 11 to these consolidated financial statements, as a result of which we drew down a note for $1,500,000 and established
−Removed: an equity based line of credit of up to an additional $6,500,000 to fund our ongoing business cash needs.
+Added: It is expected that our research and development
+Added: and general and administrative expenses will continue to increase and, as a result, we will eventually need to generate significant
+Added: revenues and/or raise additional capital to fund our operations.
+Added: Although our management believes our current cash on hand is
+Added: sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date these financial statements
+Added: are issued, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain funds on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, on a go-forward
+Added: If we are unable to obtain adequate funds on reasonable terms, we may be required to significantly curtail or discontinue
+Added: operations or obtain funds by entering into financing agreements on unattractive terms.
+Added: Our operating needs include the planned
+Added: costs to operate our business, including amounts required to fund working capital and capital expenditures.
Our consolidated financial
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accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”), which contemplate our continuation as a going concern and the
−Removed: realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
−Removed: The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities
−Removed: presented in the consolidated financial statements do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement values.
−Removed: consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: GAAP”), which contemplate our continuation as a going concern and
+Added: the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
+Added: The carrying amounts of assets and
+Added: liabilities presented in the consolidated financial statements do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There are no off-balance
−Removed: sheet arrangements between us and any other entity that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on financial
−Removed: conditions, changes in financial conditions, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
−Removed: resources that is material to stockholders.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our consolidated financial statements included within this Annual Report for our
+Added: sheet arrangements between us and any other entity that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on
+Added: financial conditions, changes in financial conditions, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures
+Added: or capital resources that is material to stockholders.
Critical Accounting Policies
+Added: See Note 2 – Summary
+Added: of Significant Accounting Policies of our consolidated financial statements included within this Annual Report for our critical
+Added: accounting policies.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our consolidated financial statements included within this Annual Report for a summary
−Removed: of recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
−Removed: ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: See Note 2 – Summary
+Added: of Significant Accounting Policies of our consolidated financial statements included within this Annual Report for a summary of
+Added: recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
+Added: DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting
company, as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1) and are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
+Added: See “Index to Consolidated
+Added: Financial Statements” which appears on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
+Added: WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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