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Stock Market under the symbol NEON.
−Removed: As of March 2, 2020, there were approximately
−Removed: 150 stockholders of record of our common stock as determined by counting our record holders and the number of participants reflected
−Removed: in a security position listing provided to us by the Depository Trust Company.
−Removed: Because such “DTC participants”
−Removed: brokers and other institutions holding shares of our common stock on behalf of their customers, we do not know the actual number
−Removed: of unique “street name”
−Removed: stockholders represented by these record holders.
−Removed: There are no restrictions on our ability
−Removed: to pay dividends.
−Removed: It is currently the intention of the Board of Directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business
−Removed: and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Any future determination as to the payment of dividends
−Removed: will depend, among other factors, upon our earnings, capital requirements, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: As of March 3, 2021, there were 62 stockholders
+Added: of record of our common stock.
+Added: This does not include the number of shareholders that hold shares in “street name”
+Added: banks, brokers and other financial institutions.
+Added: Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
+Added: See Part III, Item
+Added: “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters”
+Added: for information
+Added: relating to our equity compensation plans.
+Added: Recent Sale of Unregistered Securities and Use of Proceeds
+Added: Purchases of Equity Securities By the Issuer and Affiliated
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual
−Removed: develops user interface and
−Removed: optical interactive touch and gesture solutions.
−Removed: Our patented technology offers multiple features including the ability to sense
−Removed: an object’s size, depth, velocity, pressure, and proximity to any type of surface.
−Removed: In 2010, we began licensing to Original
−Removed: Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) and Tier 1 suppliers who embed our technology into products they develop, manufacture
−Removed: Since 2010, our licensing customers have sold approximately 73 million devices that use our technology.
−Removed: In October 2017,
−Removed: we augmented our licensing business and started to manufacture and ship sensor modules that incorporate our technology.
−Removed: these embedded sensors to OEMs, ODM’s and Tier 1 suppliers for use in their products.
+Added: We develop advanced optical sensing solutions
+Added: for contactless touch, touch, gesture sensing, and in-cabin monitoring.
+Added: We market and sell our contactless touch, touch, and gesture
+Added: products and solutions using our zForce technology platform, and our in-cabin monitoring solutions using our MultiSensing technology
+Added: In 2010, we began licensing to OEMs and
+Added: Tier 1 suppliers who embed our technology into products they develop, manufacture and sell.
+Added: Since 2010, our licensing customers
+Added: have sold approximately 79 million devices that use our technology.
+Added: In October 2017, we augmented our licensing business and began
+Added: manufacturing and shipping sensor modules that incorporate our technology.
+Added: We sell these embedded sensors modules to OEMs, ODM’s
+Added: and Tier 1 suppliers for use in their products.
+Added: To reduce time to market, we started selling
+Added: AirBar in the fourth quarter of 2016, a Neonode branded consumer product, which incorporates one of our sensor modules to enable
+Added: laptop touchscreen functionalities, through distributors and directly to consumers.
+Added: We have no current plans to develop new Neonode
+Added: branded products for the consumer markets.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively,
+Added: we had entered into forty-two technology license agreements with global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
+Added: During the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020, we had fourteen customers using our touch technology in products that were being shipped to their customers.
+Added: of our license fees earned in 2020 and 2019 were from customer shipments of printers.
As of December 31, 2020, we had entered
−Removed: into forty-two technology license agreements with global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
−Removed: This compares with forty-one technology license
−Removed: agreements as of December 31, 2018.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, we had sixteen customers using our touch technology
−Removed: in products that were being shipped to their customers.
−Removed: The majority of our license fees earned in 2019 and 2018 were from customer
−Removed: shipments of printers.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, our license customers in the automotive and printer markets have not released all
−Removed: the products that are currently in development and that are planned to go into production and market release over the next 12 to
−Removed: We now offer our technology to our current
−Removed: and new customers under either a license agreement or a supply agreement, where we sell them a manufactured embedded sensor module
−Removed: that has been customized for use in their products.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, we entered into three supply agreements to purchase
−Removed: our embedded sensor modules with global OEMs, ODMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
−Removed: In addition to direct shipments to our customers, we distribute
−Removed: our embedded sensor modules through DigiKey.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, DigiKey sold and shipped 740 sensor module development kits.
−Removed: We anticipate our revenue will be generated by a combination of royalties from our existing and new license customers plus sales
−Removed: of our sensor modules.
−Removed: We intend to continue expanding our sensor
−Removed: module product offerings in 2020, including new sensors for delivery to the automotive and other key markets in 2090.
−Removed: that over time the sales of sensor modules may constitute the majority of our revenue.
−Removed: In the fourth quarter of 2016, we started
−Removed: selling AirBar, a Neonode branded consumer product incorporating one of our sensor modules, through distributors and directly to
−Removed: We have no current plans to develop new Neonode branded products for the consumer markets.
+Added: into eight agreements with value added resellers (“VARs”) for integration of our sensor modules in the products they
+Added: offer to global OEMs, ODMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
+Added: In addition to this, we distribute our embedded sensor modules through Digi-Key
+Added: Corporation and Serial Microelectronics HK Ltd.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, our two distributors sold and shipped 5,397 sensor modules
+Added: and related development kits.
+Added: We anticipate our future revenue will be generated by a combination of royalties from our existing
+Added: and new license customers plus sales of our sensor modules.
+Added: During 2020 and 2019, we continued to focus
+Added: our efforts on maintaining our current licensing customers and achieving design wins for new products both with current and future
+Added: We made investments enhancing the design of selected embedded sensor modules and setting-up partner networks for sales
+Added: and distribution.
+Added: We intend to continue expanding our sensor module product offerings in 2021, including new sensor modules for
+Added: delivery to our key markets.
+Added: We expect that over time the sales of sensor modules may constitute the majority of our revenue.
+Added: In 2020, we participated in a Swedish governmental program designed
+Added: to support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Under the program, we received tax credits, which were later repaid, reduced
+Added: social charges and subsidies to staff during a four month period of reduced working hours.
+Added: See Note 6 to our consolidated financial
+Added: statements for additional details.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements have
+Added: Our consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
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and its wholly owned subsidiaries, as well as Pronode Technologies AB (Sweden), a 51%
−Removed: majority owned subsidiary of Neonode Technologies AB.
−Removed: The non-controlling interests are reported below net loss including non-controlling
−Removed: interests under the heading “Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests”
−Removed: in the consolidated statements of
−Removed: operations, below comprehensive loss under the heading “Comprehensive income loss attributable to non-controlling interests”
+Added: majority owned subsidiary of Neonode Technologies AB, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries.
+Added: The non-controlling interests are reported
+Added: below net loss including non-controlling interests under the heading “Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests”
+Added: in the consolidated statements of operations, below comprehensive loss under the heading “Comprehensive income loss attributable
+Added: to non-controlling interests”
in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss and shown as a separate component of stockholders’
−Removed: equity in the consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets.
+Added: equity in the consolidated balance sheets.
See “Non-controlling Interests”
for further discussion.
−Removed: All inter-company accounts and transactions
−Removed: have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: All inter-company
+Added: accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The consolidated balance sheets at December
−Removed: 31, 2019 and 2018 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss and cash flows for the years ending 2019 and
−Removed: 2018 include our accounts and those of our wholly owned subsidiaries as well as Pronode Technologies AB (Sweden).
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’
+Added: equity and cash flows
+Added: for the years ended 2020 and 2019 include our accounts and those of our wholly owned subsidiaries as well as Pronode Technologies
The accounting policies affecting our financial
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Revenue Recognition
−Removed: We recognize revenue
−Removed: when control of products is transferred to our customers, and when services are completed and accepted by our customers;
−Removed: of revenue we recognize reflects the consideration we expect to receive for those products or services.
−Removed: Our contracts with customers
−Removed: may include combinations of products and services, for example, a contract that includes products and related engineering services.
−Removed: We structure our contracts such that distinct performance obligations, such as product sales or license fees, and related engineering
−Removed: services, are clearly defined in each contract.
−Removed: Sales of license fees
−Removed: and AirBar and sensor modules are on a per-unit basis;
−Removed: therefore, we generally satisfy performance obligations as units are shipped
−Removed: to our customers.
−Removed: Non-recurring engineering service performance obligations are satisfied as work is performed and accepted by
−Removed: our customers.
−Removed: We recognize revenue
−Removed: net of allowances for returns and any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.
−Removed: We treat all product shipping and handling charges (regardless of when they occur) as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer
−Removed: goods, therefore we treat all shipping and handling charges as expenses.
+Added: We recognize revenue when control of products
+Added: is transferred to our customers, and when services are completed and accepted by our customers;
+Added: the amount of revenue we recognize
+Added: reflects the consideration we expect to receive for those products or services.
+Added: Our contracts with customers may include combinations
+Added: of products and services, for example, a contract that includes products and related engineering services.
+Added: We structure our contracts
+Added: such that distinct performance obligations, such as product sales or license fees, and related engineering services, are clearly
+Added: defined in each contract.
+Added: Sales of license fees and AirBar and sensor
+Added: modules are on a per-unit basis;
+Added: therefore, we generally satisfy performance obligations as units are shipped to our customers.
+Added: Non-recurring engineering service performance obligations are satisfied as work is performed and accepted by our customers.
+Added: We recognize revenue net of allowances for
+Added: returns and any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.
+Added: We treat all product
+Added: shipping and handling charges (regardless of when they occur) as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer goods.
+Added: we treat all shipping and handling charges as expenses.
Licensing Revenues:
−Removed: We earn revenue from
−Removed: licensing our internally developed intellectual property (“IP”).
−Removed: We enter into IP licensing agreements that generally
−Removed: provide licensees the right to incorporate our IP components in their products, with terms and conditions that vary by licensee.
−Removed: Fees under these agreements may include license fees relating to our IP, and royalties payable to us following the distribution
−Removed: by our licensees of products incorporating the licensed technology.
−Removed: The license for our IP has standalone value and can be used
−Removed: by the licensee without maintenance and support.
−Removed: For technology license
−Removed: arrangements that do not require significant modification or customization of the underlying technology, we recognize technology
−Removed: license revenue when the license is made available to the customer and the customer has a right to use that license.
−Removed: of each reporting period, we record unbilled license fees, using prior royalty revenue data by customer to make accurate estimates
−Removed: of those royalties.
+Added: We earn revenue from licensing our internally developed intellectual
+Added: property (“IP”).
+Added: We enter into IP licensing agreements that generally provide licensees the right to incorporate our
+Added: IP components into their products, with terms and conditions that vary by licensee.
+Added: Fees under these agreements may include license
+Added: fees relating to our IP, and royalties payable to us following the distribution by our licensees of products incorporating
+Added: the licensed technology.
+Added: The license for our IP has standalone value and can be used by the licensee without maintenance and support.
+Added: For technology license arrangements that
+Added: do not require significant modification or customization of the underlying technology, we recognize technology license revenue
+Added: when the license is made available to the customer and the customer has a right to use that license.
+Added: At the end of each reporting
+Added: period, we record unbilled license fees, using prior royalty revenue data by customer to make estimates of those royalties.
Explicit return rights are not offered to
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Engineering Services:
−Removed: For technology license
−Removed: or sensor module contracts that require modification or customization of the underlying technology to adapt that technology to
−Removed: customer use, we determine whether the technology license or sensor module, and engineering consulting services represent separate
−Removed: performance obligations.
+Added: For technology license or sensor module
+Added: contracts that require modification or customization of the underlying technology to adapt that technology to customer use, we
+Added: determine whether the technology license or sensor module, and engineering consulting services represent separate performance obligations.
We perform our analysis on a contract-by-contract basis.
−Removed: If there are separate performance obligations,
−Removed: we determine the standalone selling price (“SSP”) of each separate performance obligation to properly recognize revenue
−Removed: as each performance obligation is satisfied.
−Removed: We provide engineering consulting services to our customers under a signed Statement
−Removed: of Work (“SOW”).
+Added: If there are separate performance obligations, we determine the standalone
+Added: selling price (“SSP”) of each separate performance obligation to properly recognize revenue as each performance obligation
+Added: is satisfied.
+Added: We provide engineering consulting services to our customers under a signed Statement of Work (“SOW”).
Deliverables and payment terms are specified in each SOW.
−Removed: We generally charge an hourly rate for engineering
−Removed: services, and we recognize revenue as engineering services specified in contracts are completed and accepted by our customers.
−Removed: Any upfront payments we receive for future non-recurring engineering services are recorded as unearned revenue until that revenue
−Removed: We believe that recognizing non-recurring
−Removed: engineering services revenues as progress towards completion of engineering services and customer acceptance of those services
−Removed: occurs best reflects the economics of those transactions, because engineering services as tracked in our systems correspond directly
−Removed: with the value to our customers of our performance completed to date.
−Removed: Hours performed for each engineering project are tracked
−Removed: and reflect progress made on each project and are charged at a consistent hourly rate.
−Removed: Revenues from engineering
−Removed: services contracts that are short-term in nature are recorded when those services are complete and accepted by customers.
−Removed: Revenues from engineering
−Removed: services contracts with substantive defined deliverables for which payment terms in the SOW are commensurate with the efforts required
−Removed: to produce such deliverables are recognized as they are completed and accepted by customers.
−Removed: Estimated losses on
−Removed: all SOW projects are recognized in full as soon as they become evident.
−Removed: In the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, no losses
−Removed: related to SOW projects were recorded.
+Added: We generally charge an hourly rate for engineering services, and we recognize
+Added: revenue as engineering services specified in contracts are completed and accepted by our customers.
+Added: Any upfront payments we receive
+Added: for future non-recurring engineering services are recorded as unearned revenue until that revenue is earned.
+Added: We believe that recognizing revenue from non-recurring engineering
+Added: services as progress towards completion of engineering services and customer acceptance of those services occurs best reflects
+Added: the economics of those transactions, because engineering services as tracked in our systems correspond directly with the value
+Added: to our customers of our performance completed to date.
+Added: Hours performed for each engineering project are tracked and reflect progress
+Added: made on each project and are charged at a consistent hourly rate.
+Added: Revenues from engineering services contracts
+Added: that are short-term in nature are recorded when those services are complete and accepted by customers.
+Added: Revenues from engineering services contracts
+Added: with substantive defined deliverables for which payment terms in the SOW are commensurate with the efforts required to produce
+Added: such deliverables are recognized as they are completed and accepted by customers.
+Added: Estimated losses on all SOW projects are
+Added: recognized in full as soon as they become evident.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded $47,000 of losses and
+Added: during the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no losses related to SOW projects recorded.
Sensor Modules Revenues:
−Removed: We earn revenue from
−Removed: sales of sensor modules hardware products to our OEM, ODM and Tier 1 supplier customers, who embed our hardware into their products,
−Removed: and from sales of branded consumer products that incorporate our sensor modules sold through distributors or directly to end users.
−Removed: These distributors are generally given business terms that allow them to return unsold inventory, receive credits for changes in
−Removed: selling prices, and participate in various cooperative marketing programs.
−Removed: Our sales agreements generally provide customers with
−Removed: limited rights of return and warranty provisions.
−Removed: The timing of revenue
−Removed: recognition related to AirBar modules depends upon how each sale is transacted - either point-of-sale or through distributors.
−Removed: We recognize revenue for AirBar modules sold point-of-sale (online sales and other direct sales to customers) when we provide the
−Removed: promised product to the customer.
−Removed: Because we generally
−Removed: use distributors to provide AirBar and sensor modules to our customers, however, we analyze the terms of distributor agreements
−Removed: to determine when control passes from us to our distributors.
−Removed: For sales of AirBar and sensor modules sold through distributors,
−Removed: revenues are recognized when our distributors obtain control over our products.
−Removed: Control passes to our distributors when we have
−Removed: a present right to payment for products sold to distributors, the distributors have legal title to and physical possession of products
−Removed: purchased from us, and the distributors have significant risks and rewards of ownership of products purchased.
−Removed: Distributors participate
−Removed: in various cooperative marketing and other incentive programs, and we maintain estimated accruals and allowances for these programs.
−Removed: If actual credits received by distributors under these programs were to deviate significantly from our estimates, which are based
−Removed: on historical experience, our revenue could be adversely affected.
−Removed: GAAP, companies
−Removed: may make reasonable aggregations and approximations of returns data to accurately estimate returns.
−Removed: Our AirBar returns and warranty
−Removed: experience to date has enabled us to make reasonable returns estimates, which are supported by the fact that our product sales
−Removed: involve homogenous transactions.
−Removed: The reserve for future sales returns is recorded as a reduction of our accounts receivable and
−Removed: revenue and was insignificant as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: If the actual future returns were to deviate from the historical
−Removed: data on which the reserve had been established, our revenue could be adversely affected.
+Added: We earn revenue from sales of sensor modules hardware products
+Added: to our OEM, ODM and Tier 1 supplier customers, who embed our hardware into their products, and from sales of branded consumer products
+Added: that incorporate our sensor modules that are sold through distributors or directly to end users.
+Added: These distributors are generally
+Added: given business terms that allow them to return unsold inventory, receive credits for changes in selling prices, and participate
+Added: in various cooperative marketing programs.
+Added: Our sales agreements generally provide customers with limited rights of return and warranty
+Added: The timing of revenue recognition related
+Added: to AirBar modules depends upon how each sale is transacted - either point-of-sale or through distributors.
+Added: We recognize revenue
+Added: for AirBar modules sold point-of-sale (online sales and other direct sales to customers) when we provide the promised product to
+Added: the customer.
+Added: Because we generally use distributors to
+Added: provide AirBar and sensor modules to our customers, however, we analyze the terms of distributor agreements to determine when control
+Added: passes from us to our distributors.
+Added: For sales of AirBar and sensor modules sold through distributors, revenues are recognized when
+Added: our distributors obtain control over our products.
+Added: Control passes to our distributors when we have a present right to payment for
+Added: products sold to distributors, the distributors have legal title to and physical possession of products purchased from us, and
+Added: the distributors have significant risks and rewards of ownership of products purchased.
+Added: Distributors participate in various cooperative
+Added: marketing and other incentive programs, and we maintain estimated accruals and allowances for these programs.
+Added: If actual credits
+Added: received by distributors under these programs were to deviate significantly from our estimates, which are based on historical experience,
+Added: our revenue could be adversely affected.
+Added: GAAP, companies may make reasonable aggregations
+Added: and approximations of returns data to accurately estimate returns.
+Added: Our AirBar and Module returns and warranty experience to date
+Added: has enabled us to make reasonable returns estimates, which are supported by the fact that our product sales involve homogenous
+Added: transactions.
+Added: The reserve for future sales returns is recorded as a reduction of our accounts receivable and revenue and was $78,000
+Added: as of December 31, 2020 and was insignificant as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: The warranty reserve is recorded as an accrued expense and
+Added: cost of sales and was $25,000 as of December 31, 2020 and insignificant as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: If the actual future returns were
+Added: to deviate from the historical data on which the reserve had been established, our revenue could be adversely affected.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance
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required payments.
−Removed: Inventory is stated at the lower of cost
−Removed: or net realizable value, using the first-in, first-out method (“FIFO”) valuation method.
−Removed: Net realizable value is the
−Removed: estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.
−Removed: Any adjustments to reduce the cost of inventories to their net realizable value are recognized in earnings in the current period.
−Removed: In 2018, after a comprehensive evaluation of our AirBar business we recorded a $0.4 million write-down for obsolete or slow moving
−Removed: AirBar component and finished goods inventory which is included in our cost of goods sold.
−Removed: In 2019, we wrote down advance payments
−Removed: for a module component and an additional reservation of slow moving AirBar components bought from a producing partner which together
−Removed: amounted to $0.3 million, which is included in our cost of goods.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s inventory consists primarily of components that will be used in the manufacturing
−Removed: of our sensor modules.
−Removed: We segregate inventory for reporting purposes by raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
+Added: Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value,
+Added: using the first-in, first-out method (“FIFO”) valuation method.
+Added: Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices
+Added: in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.
+Added: Any adjustments
+Added: to reduce the cost of inventories to their net realizable value are recognized in earnings in the current period.
+Added: In 2020, after
+Added: a comprehensive evaluation of our AirBar business we recorded a $28,000 write-down for obsolete or slow moving AirBar component
+Added: and finished goods inventory which is included in our cost of goods sold.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, our inventory consists
+Added: primarily of components that will be used in the manufacturing of our sensor modules.
+Added: We segregate inventory for reporting purposes
+Added: by raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
Investment in Joint Venture
We invested $3,000, a 50% interest in Neoeye
−Removed: We account for our investment using the equity method of accounting since the investment provides us the ability to exercise
−Removed: significant influence, but not control, over the investee.
−Removed: We are not required to guarantee any obligations of the JV and there
−Removed: have been no operations of Neoeye through December 31, 2019.
+Added: AB, which was sold in November 2020.
+Added: We accounted for our investment using the equity method of accounting since the investment
+Added: provided us the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the investee.
+Added: We were not required to guarantee
+Added: any obligations of the Joint Venture and there have been no operations of Neoeye AB during 2020.
Projects in Process
Projects in process consist of costs incurred
−Removed: toward the completion of various projects for certain customers.
+Added: during the completion of various projects for certain customers.
These costs are primarily comprised of direct engineering labor
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for each project is recognized in accordance with our revenue recognition policy.
−Removed: Costs capitalized in projects in process were
−Removed: $8,000 and $0 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: There were no costs capitalized in projects in
+Added: process as of December 31, 2020 and $8,000 as of December 31, 2019.
Property and Equipment
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Furniture and fixtures
−Removed: Equipment purchased under a finance lease is depreciated over
−Removed: the term of the lease, if that lease term is shorter than the estimated useful life.
+Added: Equipment purchased under a finance lease
+Added: is depreciated over the term of the lease, if that lease term is shorter than the estimated useful life.
Upon retirement or sale of property and
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Net income or loss;
−Removed: Transactions with owners acting in their capacity
−Removed: as owners, showing separately contributions from and distributions to owners;
+Added: Transactions with owners acting in their capacity as owners, showing separately contributions from and distributions to owners;
Each component of other comprehensive income or loss.
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31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Foreign currency translation (losses) were $(183,000) and $(357,000) during the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: Foreign currency translation gains (losses) were $235,000 and $(183,000) during the years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Net Loss per Share
−Removed: Net loss per share amounts have been computed based on the weighted-average
−Removed: number of shares of common stock outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: All shares of common stock and potential
−Removed: common stock equivalents in the calculations used to determine weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding have
−Removed: been adjusted to reflect the effects of the reverse stock split for all periods presented.
+Added: Net loss per share amounts have been computed
+Added: based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Net loss per share, assuming dilution
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exchange rates for the consolidated statements of operations were as follows:
−Removed: Years ended December 31,
Swedish Krona
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Engineering development fee revenues are deferred until engineering services have been completed and accepted by our customers.
−Removed: We defer AirBar and sensor modules revenues until distributors sell the products to their end customers
−Removed: GAAP, companies may make reasonable
−Removed: aggregations and approximations of returns data to accurately estimate returns.
−Removed: Our AirBar and sensor module returns and warranty
−Removed: experience to date has enabled us to make reasonable returns estimates, which are supported by the fact that our product sales
−Removed: involve homogenous transactions.
−Removed: The reserve for future sales returns is recorded as a reduction of our accounts receivable and
−Removed: revenue and was insignificant as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.
−Removed: The following table presents our deferred revenues by source
−Removed: (in thousands);
−Removed: Years ended December 31,
+Added: We defer sensor modules revenues until distributors sell the products to their end customers.
+Added: The following table presents our deferred
+Added: revenues by source (in thousands);
Deferred license fees revenues
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Deferred sensor modules revenues
−Removed: Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2016-02, “
−Removed: Leases (Topic 842) ”
−Removed: (“ASU 2016-02”).
−Removed: Under ASU 2016-02 (and subsequent accounting standards
−Removed: updates), lessees are required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement
−Removed: a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted
−Removed: and a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified
−Removed: asset for the lease term.
−Removed: The effective date of the new lease standard
−Removed: (ASC 842) was January 1, 2019, and we adopted the new standard on that date.
−Removed: We used the modified retrospective approach, which
−Removed: allowed us to make any necessary transition adjustments at January 1, 2019.
−Removed: We elected the optional transition method, which allowed
−Removed: us to continue to use disclosures required by the prior standard during 2019, the year of adoption.
−Removed: There were also several practical
−Removed: expedients available to make the transition more efficient and cost-effective for companies.
−Removed: We elected the package of three practical
−Removed: expedients available to us;
−Removed: doing so allowed us to not reassess existing leases.
−Removed: We currently have a limited number of leased
−Removed: capital assets, all of which were classified as finance leases under the new lease standard.
−Removed: We maintain a lease inventory for
−Removed: those assets;
−Removed: they are currently reported on our consolidated balance sheets under the new standard.
−Removed: We analyzed our operating
−Removed: leases, and included two material operating leases on our consolidated balance sheets beginning January 1, 2019.
−Removed: Because of the
−Removed: small number of assets we lease, we did not need to make systems changes to comply with the new standard.
−Removed: We continue to track
−Removed: leased assets outside of our accounting systems.
−Removed: We did not experience material changes in financial ratios, leasing practices,
−Removed: or tax reporting.
−Removed: In September 2016, the FASB issued ASU
−Removed: 2016-13, “
−Removed: Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326)-Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ”,
−Removed: (“ASU 2016-13”), supplemented by subsequent accounting standards updates.
−Removed: The new standard requires entities to measure
−Removed: all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions
−Removed: and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
−Removed: ASU 2016-13 and the subsequent accounting standards updates were scheduled to become
−Removed: effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: On October 16, 2019, the FASB voted to delay
−Removed: implementation of the new credit losses standard for smaller reporting companies, among other organizations, until fiscal years
−Removed: beginning after December 15, 2022.
−Removed: In the future, we will evaluate the impact ASU 2016-13 (and subsequent accounting standards
−Removed: updates) will have on our consolidated financial statements, specifically regarding our trade receivables;
−Removed: however, we do not expect
−Removed: any significant impact from implementation of the new standard.
−Removed: In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12,
−Removed: Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: New Accounting
+Added: Pronouncements
+Added: In September 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: 2016-13, Financial
+Added: Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326)-Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments , (“ASU 2016-13”), supplemented
+Added: by subsequent accounting standards updates.
+Added: The new standard requires entities to measure all expected credit losses for financial
+Added: assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
+Added: ASU 2016-13, as amended, is scheduled to become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption
+Added: In the future, we will evaluate the impact that ASU 2016-13, as amended, will have on our consolidated financial statements,
+Added: specifically regarding our trade receivables;
+Added: however, we do not expect any significant impact from implementation of the new standard.
+Added: In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes
Simplifying the Accounting for Income Tax , which simplifies the accounting for income taxes.
−Removed: will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
+Added: ASU 2019-12 will
+Added: become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
We are currently evaluating
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Results of Operations
−Removed: We develop user interface and optical interactive
−Removed: touch and gesture solutions.
−Removed: Since 2010, under our licensing agreements, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers have sold approximately 73 million
−Removed: devices that use our technology.
−Removed: In December 2017, we augmented our licensing business and started to manufacture and sell sensor
−Removed: modules that incorporate our technology.
−Removed: A summary of our financial results for the
−Removed: years ended December 31, is as follows (in thousands, except percentages):
−Removed: Percentage of revenue
−Removed: Sensor Modules
+Added: A summary of our financial results for
+Added: the years ended December 31, is as follows (in thousands, except percentages):
+Added: HMI Solutions
Percentage of revenue
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Cost of Sales:
−Removed: Sensor Modules
+Added: HMI Solutions
Percentage of revenue
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31, 2020 and 2019 were to customers located in the United States, Europe and Asia.
−Removed: The following table presents revenues by
−Removed: market and NRE for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands):
+Added: The decrease in total net revenues by 10.0%
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to 2019 was primarily caused by lower licensing revenues, offset by higher sensor
+Added: modules sales.
+Added: The following tables
+Added: present the net revenues distribution per business area and revenue stream for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars
+Added: in thousands):
+Added: HMI Solutions
+Added: Non-recurring engineering
+Added: Sensor modules
+Added: Non-recurring engineering
+Added: HMI Solutions
+Added: Net revenues from automotive
+Added: Net revenues from consumer electronics
+Added: Net revenues from military avionics
+Added: Net revenues from medical
+Added: Net revenues from distributors
+Added: Net revenues from other
+Added: The following table presents revenues by market and revenues
+Added: from NRE for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):
Revenues from Automotive
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Revenues from NRE
+Added: Other revenue
Revenues from Automotive
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Revenues from NRE
−Removed: We have historically licensed our technology
−Removed: to OEMs, ODM’s and Tier 1 suppliers who embed it in their products based upon our custom designs and we charge these customers
−Removed: a non-recurring fee to offset our engineering costs.
−Removed: We sell a Neonode branded consumer product, AirBar and in October 2017 we
−Removed: added sales of embedded sensor modules to our business model.
−Removed: Our sensor modules provide a hardware-based technology solution,
−Removed: which allows our customers a way to use our zForce AIR technology while forgoing the complex design and manufacturing phase associated
−Removed: with our licensing model.
−Removed: We now earn revenue from a combination of licensing plus selling our embedded sensor modules and AirBar.
−Removed: During 2019 and 2018 we continued to focus
−Removed: our efforts on maintaining our current licensing customers and achieve design wins for new products both with current and future
−Removed: We made investments enhancing the design of selected embedded sensor modules and setting-up partner networks for sales
−Removed: and distribution.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, we had entered
−Removed: into forty-two technology license agreements with global OEMs, ODMs and Tier 1 suppliers and sixteen of our customers are currently
−Removed: shipping products.
−Removed: This compares with forty-one technology license agreements with global OEMs, ODM’s and Tier 1 suppliers
−Removed: as of December 31, 2018.
−Removed: We expect to continue to earn license fees
−Removed: in future years and anticipate our customers will continue to release new products that embed our technology under a license agreement.
−Removed: License fees were the majority of our total revenue in the past three years and decreased by 25% in 2019 as compared to 2018, primarily
−Removed: due to a 87% decrease in license fees earned from our e-reader customers and 27% decrease in license fees earned from our printer
−Removed: customers partially offset by a 13% increase in license fees from our automotive customers.
−Removed: In addition to license fees, a portion of
−Removed: our revenues is attributable embedded sensor modules which we began selling in October 2017.
−Removed: We are focusing our efforts on markets
−Removed: such as medical technology, industrial control systems and avionics.
−Removed: During 2017, we entered into a U.S.
−Removed: distribution agreement
−Removed: with Digi-Key and they currently have a range of sensor modules and development kits for sale.
−Removed: We currently have supply agreements
−Removed: for sensor modules with three customers.
−Removed: We sold $560,000 and $227,000 of sensor modules in 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: Our revenues from license fees and sensor
−Removed: module sales may be negatively impacted in 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).
−Removed: Many of our customers source their
−Removed: components from suppliers in China.
−Removed: Uncertainty about the availability of these components, or the future demand for products due
−Removed: to a negative economic impact from the global spread of the coronavirus, may cause our customers to alter their purchasing decisions
−Removed: and reduce demand for their products, thereby adversely affecting our future results of operations.
−Removed: Non-recurring engineering fees (“NRE”)
−Removed: decreased 66% in 2019 as compared to 2018 due to a decline of new license customers and related NRE design projects.
−Removed: 2018, 0% and 80% of our total NRE fees were earned from automotive projects.
−Removed: In 2019, 62% of total NRE fees were earned from avionics
+Added: License fees were the majority of our total
+Added: revenue in the past three years and decreased by 23% in 2020 as compared to 2019, primarily due to a 27% decrease in license fees
+Added: earned from our customer within consumer electronics and 13% decrease in license fees earned from our automotive customers.
+Added: decrease is related to the generally slower sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic in combination with declining volumes from aging
+Added: customer contracts.
+Added: An increasing portion of our revenues for
+Added: 2020 was attributable to embedded sensor modules, which we began selling in October 2017.
+Added: We sold $950,000 and $560,000 of sensor
+Added: modules in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: While our revenues from license fees in
+Added: 2020 were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the demand for our customer products decreased, revenues from our sensor
+Added: module sales were positively impacted in 2020 due to the increased demand for contactless touch that they enable.
+Added: Revenues from NRE increased 247% in 2020
+Added: as compared to 2019 due to prototype projects within the military & avionics market.
+Added: In 2020, 84% of total NRE fees were earned
+Added: from military & avionics compared to 62% in 2019.
+Added: 88% of our NRE revenues derived from our HMI Solutions business area in 2020
compared to 68% in 2019.
−Removed: We expect to continue to earn NRE fees in 2020 and future years in all our three business areas.
−Removed: Our combined total gross margin was 90%
−Removed: in 2019 compared to 89% in 2018.
−Removed: The slight increase in total gross margin in 2019 as compared to 2018 is primarily due to higher
−Removed: margin on sales of sensor modules which was partially offset by an increase in valuation reserves for slow moving and obsolete
−Removed: inventory and lower gross margins on our NRE projects in 2019.
−Removed: In 2019, we wrote down an advance payment
−Removed: for module components and reserved 100% of AirBar components bought from a producing partner.
−Removed: These two transactions amount to
−Removed: $0.3 million.
−Removed: License fees accounted for 90% of total
−Removed: revenue in 2019 compared to 93% in 2018, with a 100% gross margin.
−Removed: NRE projects had a (53)% gross margin in 2019 compared to 21%
−Removed: in 2018 mainly due to investment of time in customer projects in new markets.
−Removed: Our cost of revenues includes the direct
−Removed: cost of production of certain customer prototypes, costs of engineering personnel, engineering consultants to complete the engineering
−Removed: design contracts and cost of goods sold for sensor modules includes fully burdened manufacturing costs, outsourced final assembly
−Removed: costs, and component costs of sensor modules.
+Added: We expect to continue to earn NRE fees in 2021 and future years from all three of our business areas.
+Added: Our combined total
+Added: gross margin was 82% in 2020 compared to 90% in 2019.
+Added: The decrease in total gross margin in 2020 as compared to 2019 was primarily
+Added: due to lower license revenues with 100% gross margin and increased sales of sensor modules with lower margins.
+Added: There were also
+Added: higher costs relating to write-down of slow moving and obsolete inventory in 2020.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, revenues
+Added: from our HMI Solutions business area accounted for 83% of total revenue compared to 91% in the same period in 2019 and revenues
+Added: from our HMI Products business area accounted for 17% of total revenue compared to 9% in the same period 2019.
+Added: There were no revenues
+Added: from our Remote Sensing Solutions business area for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020.
+Added: Our cost of revenues
+Added: includes the direct cost of production of certain customer prototypes, costs of engineering personnel, engineering consultants
+Added: to complete the engineering design contracts and cost of goods sold for sensor modules includes fully burdened manufacturing costs,
+Added: outsourced final assembly costs, and component costs of sensor modules.
Research and Development
−Removed: Product research and development (“R&D”)
−Removed: expenses for 2019 were 79% of total revenue compared to 62% in 2018.
−Removed: R&D in 2019 decreased 1% compared to 2018 primarily currency
−Removed: There were twenty-seven employees and seven consultants in our Research and Development department in 2019 compared to
−Removed: twenty-four employees and three consultants in 2018.
+Added: Product R&D expenses for 2020 were 69%
+Added: of total revenue compared to 79% in 2019.
+Added: R&D in 2020 decreased 21% compared to 2019 primarily due to lower staff expenses
+Added: in 2020, primarily as a result of the Swedish governmental COVID-19 support program.
+Added: There were 25 employees and two consultants
+Added: in our Research and Development department as of December 31, 2020 compared to 27 employees and seven consultants as of December
Our R&D groups are primarily tasked
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Sales and marketing expenses in 2020 increased 17% compared to 2019 primarily related
−Removed: to investment in a new partner program including marketing and sales promotion in the U.S.
−Removed: We had six employees and six consultants
−Removed: in our sales and marketing department in 2019 compared to six employees and three consultants in 2018.
−Removed: There is no stock-based
−Removed: compensation expense included in sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to approximately $6,000
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: to higher staff expenses in 2020.
+Added: We had six employees and seven consultants in our sales and marketing department as of December
+Added: 31, 2020 compared to six employees and six consultants as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: There is approximately $32,000 of stock-based compensation
+Added: expense included in sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to none for the year ended December
Our sales activities focus on OEM, ODM and
−Removed: Tier 1 customers who will license our technology or purchase and embed our touch sensor modules into their products.
−Removed: Our customers
−Removed: will then sell and market their products incorporating our technology to their customers.
−Removed: We expect to expand our licensing and
−Removed: sensor module sales and marketing activities in 2020 and future years to capture market share in our target markets.
+Added: Tier 1 customers, directly or through VARs, who license our technology or purchase and embed our touch sensor modules into their
General and Administrative
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Total G&A expenses in 2020 increased 3% from 2019.
−Removed: is primarily related to a write down of prepaid prototype work.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019, we had nine full-time employees and one
−Removed: consultant in our G&A department fulfilling management and accounting responsibilities compared to ten full-time employees
−Removed: and one consultant as of December 31, 2018.
−Removed: There is no non-cash stock-based compensation included in G&A expenses for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2019 compared to approximately $23,000 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
+Added: was primarily related to a one-time litigation expense, partly offset by lower staff expenses.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, we had
+Added: eight full-time employees and no consultants in our G&A department fulfilling management and accounting responsibilities compared
+Added: to nine full-time employees and one consultant as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: There is approximately $42,000 of non-cash stock-based
+Added: compensation included in G&A expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to none for the year ended December 31,
Interest Expense
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31, 2020 was $27,000 compared to $34,000 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The interest expense was mainly related to finance
+Added: The interest expense for both 2020 and 2019 was
+Added: mainly related to finance leases.
Foreign Currency Translation and
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31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Foreign currency translation gains or (losses) were $(183,000) and $(357,000) during the years
−Removed: ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
−Removed: Our effective tax rate was 0% in the year
+Added: Foreign currency translation gains or (losses) were $235,000 and $(183,000) during the years ended
+Added: December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: Our effective tax rate was 0% for the year
ended December 31, 2020 and 0% in the year ended 2019.
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Obligation and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We have a bank guarantee in favor of a
−Removed: manufacturing partner of $210,000 for AirBar packaging material.
−Removed: We do not have any other transactions, arrangements, or other
−Removed: relationships with unconsolidated entities that are reasonably likely to affect our liquidity or capital resources other than
−Removed: the operating leases incurred in the normal course of business.
+Added: We previously agreed to secure the value
+Added: of inventory purchased by one of our AirBars manufacturing partners.
+Added: At December 31, 2020, the guaranteed amount was decreased
+Added: from $210,000 to $100,000.
+Added: We do not have any other transactions, arrangements, or other relationships with unconsolidated entities
+Added: that are reasonably likely to affect our liquidity or capital resources other than the operating leases incurred in the normal
+Added: course of business.
We have no special purpose or limited purpose
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Operating Leases
−Removed: On August 22, 2016, we entered into a lease
−Removed: of office space located at 2880 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134.
−Removed: The lease is up for renewal in August 2020.
−Removed: On July 1, 2014, Neonode Technologies AB
−Removed: entered into a lease for 7,007 square feet of office space located at Storgatan 23C, Stockholm, Sweden.
−Removed: The lease agreement was
−Removed: renegotiated and renewed in December 2019 and is valid through November 2020.
−Removed: It is extended on a yearly basis unless written notice
−Removed: three months prior to expiration date.
+Added: We did not renew our lease for the office
+Added: space located at 2880 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134 in August 2020 and Neonode Inc.
+Added: now operates through a virtual office.
+Added: On December 1, 2020, Neonode Technologies
+Added: AB entered into a lease for 6,684 square feet of office space located at Karlavägen 100, Stockholm, Sweden.
+Added: The lease agreement
+Added: is valid through November 2022.
+Added: It is extended on a yearly basis unless written notice nine months prior to expiration date.
On December 1, 2015, Pronode Technologies
AB entered into a lease agreement for 9,040 square feet of workshop located at Faktorvägen 17, Kungsbacka, Sweden.
−Removed: is valid through December 9, 2020 and can be terminated with nine months’
+Added: can be terminated with nine months’
written notice before the termination date.
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543-1, Seoul, South Korea.
−Removed: The lease may be cancelled
−Removed: with 2 months’
+Added: The lease was terminated
+Added: on December 18, 2020 and we now only have a virtual office in South Korea.
On December 1, 2015, Neonode Taiwan Ltd.
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is renewed monthly.
−Removed: On September 1, 2019 we entered into a lease of office
−Removed: space located at NishiShinjuku Takagi Building, 1203 NishiShinjuku, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan.
+Added: On September 1, 2019 we entered into a lease
+Added: of office space located at NishiShinjuku Takagi Building, 1203 NishiShinjuku, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan.
The lease is valid through
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to Finance Lease
−Removed: In April 2014, we entered into a lease for
−Removed: certain specialized milling equipment.
−Removed: Under the terms of the lease agreement we are obligated to purchase the equipment at the
−Removed: end of the original six-year lease term for 10% of the original purchase price of the equipment.
−Removed: In accordance with relevant accounting
−Removed: guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
−Removed: The lease payments and depreciation period began on July 1, 2014 when the
−Removed: equipment went into service.
−Removed: The implicit interest rate of the lease is 4% per annum.
−Removed: Between the second and the fourth quarters
−Removed: of 2016, we entered into six leases for component production equipment.
−Removed: Under the terms of five of the lease agreements we are
−Removed: obligated to purchase the equipment at the end of the original 3 5-year lease terms for 5-10% of the original purchase price of
−Removed: the equipment.
−Removed: In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the leases are classified as finance leases.
−Removed: The lease payments
−Removed: and depreciation periods began between June and November 2016 when the equipment went into service.
−Removed: The implicit interest rate
−Removed: of the leases is currently approximately 3% per annum.
−Removed: One of the leases is a hire-purchase agreement where the equipment is required
−Removed: to be paid off after 5 years.
−Removed: In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
−Removed: payments and depreciation period began on July 1, 2016 when the equipment went into service.
−Removed: The implicit interest rate of the
−Removed: lease is currently approximately 3% per annum.
−Removed: In 2017, we entered into one lease for component
−Removed: production equipment.
−Removed: Under the terms of the lease agreement the lease will be renewed within one year of the end of the original
−Removed: four-year lease term.
−Removed: In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
−Removed: The lease payments
−Removed: and depreciation periods began in May 2017 when the equipment went into service.
−Removed: The implicit interest rate of the lease is currently
−Removed: approximately 1.5% per annum.
−Removed: In 2018, we entered into one lease for component
−Removed: production equipment.
−Removed: Under the terms of the agreement, the lease will be renewed within one year of the original four-year lease
+Added: In April 2014, we entered into a lease for certain specialized
+Added: milling equipment.
+Added: Under the terms of the lease agreement we are obligated to purchase the equipment at the end of the original
+Added: six-year lease term for 10% of the original purchase price of the equipment.
+Added: In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the
+Added: lease is classified as a finance lease.
+Added: The lease payments and depreciation period began on July 1, 2014 when the equipment went
+Added: into service.
+Added: On July 1, 2020 the lease contract was extended for one year.
+Added: The implicit interest rate of the extended lease period
+Added: is 9.85% per annum.
+Added: Between the second and fourth quarters of 2016, we entered into
+Added: six leases for component production equipment.
+Added: Under the terms of five of the lease agreements we are obligated to purchase the
+Added: equipment at the end of the original 3 5-year lease terms for 5-10% of the original purchase price of the equipment.
+Added: In accordance
+Added: with relevant accounting guidance the leases are classified as finance leases.
+Added: The lease payments and depreciation periods began
+Added: between June and November 2016 when the equipment went into service.
+Added: The implicit interest rate of the leases is currently approximately
+Added: 3% per annum.
+Added: One of the leases is a hire-purchase agreement where the equipment is required to be paid off after five years.
+Added: accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
+Added: The lease payments and depreciation period
+Added: began on July 1, 2016 when the equipment went into service.
+Added: The implicit interest rate of the lease is currently approximately
+Added: 3% per annum.
+Added: In 2017, we entered into a lease for component production equipment.
+Added: Under the terms of the lease agreement the lease will be renewed within one year of the end of the original four-year lease term.
In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
The lease payments and depreciation
−Removed: periods began in August 2018 when the equipment went into service.
+Added: periods began in May 2017 when the equipment went into service.
The implicit interest rate of the lease is currently approximately
1.5% per annum.
+Added: In 2018, we entered into a lease for component production equipment.
+Added: Under the terms of the agreement, the lease will be renewed within one year of the original four-year lease term.
+Added: In accordance
+Added: with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a finance lease.
+Added: The lease payments and depreciation periods began
+Added: in August 2018 when the equipment went into service.
+Added: The implicit interest rate of the lease is currently approximately 1.5% per
Non-Recurring
Engineering Development Costs
−Removed: On April 25, 2013, we entered into an Analog
−Removed: Device Development Agreement with an effective date of December 6, 2012 (the “NN1002 Agreement”) with Texas Instruments
−Removed: (“TI”) pursuant to which TI agreed to integrate our intellectual property into an ASIC.
−Removed: Under the terms of the NN1002
−Removed: Agreement, we agreed to pay TI $500,000 of non-recurring engineering costs at the rate of $0.25 per ASIC for each of the first
−Removed: 2 million ASICs sold.
+Added: On April 25, 2013, we entered into an Analog Device Development
+Added: Agreement with an effective date of December 6, 2012 (the “NN1002 Agreement”) with Texas Instruments (“TI”)
+Added: pursuant to which TI agreed to integrate our intellectual property into an ASIC.
+Added: Under the terms of the NN1002 Agreement, we agreed
+Added: to pay TI $500,000 of non-recurring engineering costs at the rate of $0.25 per ASIC for each of the first two million ASICs sold.
As of December 31, 2020, we had made no payments to TI under the NN1002 Agreement.
−Removed: On December 4, 2014, we entered into an
−Removed: Analog Device Development Agreement (the “NN1003 Agreement”) with STMicroelectronics International N.V.
−Removed: (“STMicro”)
−Removed: pursuant to which STMicro agreed to integrate our intellectual property into an ASIC.
−Removed: The NN1003 ASIC only can be sold by STMicro
−Removed: exclusively to our licensees.
−Removed: Under the terms of the NN1003 Agreement, we agreed to reimburse STMicro up to $835,000 of non-recurring
−Removed: engineering costs.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2019 we paid a total of $835,000 of the non-recurring engineering costs.
+Added: On December 4, 2014, we entered into an Analog Device Development
+Added: Agreement (the “NN1003 Agreement”) with STMicroelectronics International N.V.
+Added: (“STMicro”) pursuant to which
+Added: STMicro agreed to integrate our intellectual property into an ASIC.
+Added: The NN1003 ASIC can only be sold by STMicro exclusively to
+Added: our licensees.
+Added: Under the terms of the NN1003 Agreement, we agreed to reimburse STMicro up to $835,000 of non-recurring engineering
+Added: As of December 31, 2020 we have paid a total of $835,000 of the non-recurring engineering costs.
Liquidity and
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among other things:
−Removed: actual versus anticipated licensing of our technology;
−Removed: actual versus anticipated purchases of our sensor products, including AirBar;
−Removed: actual versus anticipated operating expenses;
+Added: licensing of our technology;
+Added: purchases of our sensor products, including AirBar;
+Added: operating expenses;
timing of our OEM customer product shipments;
timing of payment for our technology licensing agreements;
−Removed: actual versus anticipated gross profit margin;
+Added: gross profit margin;
ability to raise additional capital, if necessary.
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$10.5 million, as compared to $2.4 million as of December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Working capital (current assets less current
−Removed: liabilities) was $2.4 million as of December 31, 2019, compared to working capital of $8.2 million as of December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities for
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019 of $3.5 million was primarily the result of a net loss including noncontrolling interests
−Removed: of approximately $5.8 million.
−Removed: Cash used to fund net losses is offset by approximately $1.8 million in non-cash operating
−Removed: expenses, mainly comprised of depreciation, amortization and write-offs.
+Added: Working capital (current assets less current liabilities) was
+Added: $10.4 million as of December 31, 2020, compared to working capital of $2.4 million as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 of $5.8 million was primarily the result of a net loss including noncontrolling interests of approximately $6.3 million.
+Added: Cash used to fund net losses is offset by approximately $1.3 million in non-cash operating expenses, mainly comprised of depreciation,
+Added: amortization and stock based compensations.
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues
−Removed: decreased by approximately $397,000 as of December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Inventory decreased by approximately $124,000
+Added: increased by approximately $394,000 as of December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019.
+Added: Inventory increased by approximately $91,000
as of December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased
−Removed: approximately $454,000 as of December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018.
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased approximately
+Added: $444,000 as of December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019.
Net cash used in operating activities for
the year ended December 31, 2019 of $3.5 million was primarily the result of (i) a net loss including noncontrolling interests
−Removed: of approximately $3.9 million and (ii) approximately $40,000 in net cash provided in changes in operating assets and liabilities,
−Removed: primarily accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and
−Removed: deferred revenues.
−Removed: Cash used to fund net losses is offset by approximately $1.0 million in non-cash operating expenses, mainly
−Removed: comprised of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation.
−Removed: Accounts receivable decreased approximately
−Removed: $0.5 million as of December 31, 2018 compared with December 31, 2017.
−Removed: During 2018, we were successful in collecting cash
−Removed: from sales to our customers substantially in accordance with our standard payment terms to those customers.
+Added: of approximately $5.8 million and (ii) approximately $0.5 million in net cash provided in changes in operating assets and
+Added: liabilities, primarily accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued
+Added: expenses, and deferred revenues.
+Added: Cash used to fund net losses is offset by approximately $1.8 million in non-cash operating
+Added: expenses, mainly comprised of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation.
+Added: Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues
+Added: decreased approximately $397,000 as of December 31, 2019 compared with December 31, 2018.
+Added: During 2019, we were successful
+Added: in collecting cash from sales to our customers substantially in accordance with our standard payment terms to those customers.
Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased
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Deferred revenue decreased approximately
−Removed: $0.9 million during 2018 mainly related to recognition of prepaid license fees from two customers during 2018.
+Added: $429,000 during 2019.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: during the year ended December 31, 2020 of $13.6 million was mainly the result of issuance of common stock, partly offset by principal
+Added: payments on finance leases.
Net cash used by financing activities during
the year ended December 31, 2019 of $0.5 million was mainly the result of principal payments on finance leases.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: during the year ended December 31, 2018 was the result of net proceeds of approximately $4.6 million from the sale of our common
−Removed: This increase was offset by principal payments on finance leases of $0.6 million.
In the years ended December 31, 2020 and
−Removed: 2018, we purchased $89,000 and $236,000, respectively of fixed assets, consisting primarily of leasing equipment and engineering
−Removed: On December 28, 2018, we entered into a
−Removed: Securities Purchase Agreement with foreign investors as part of a non-brokered private placement pursuant to which we issued a
−Removed: total of 2,940,767 shares of common stock at $1.60 per share for a purchase price of $4.6 million in net proceeds.
−Removed: stock issued in the private placement was not registered for resale and we are not required under the Securities Purchase Agreement
−Removed: to register the issued stock for resale.
−Removed: The purchasers in the private placement included Neonode directors, Ulf Rosberg and Andreas
−Removed: Bunge, and members of management and certain employees of the Company, including former Chief Executive Officer Hakan Persson
−Removed: and former Chief Financial Officer Lars Lindqvist.
−Removed: The Neonode directors and members of management and employees individually
−Removed: purchased an aggregate of approximately $2 million of common stock as part of the private placement.
−Removed: In addition, major
−Removed: shareholder and now director Peter Lindell also purchased shares.
−Removed: Lindell and Mr.
−Removed: Rosberg are each a beneficial owner
−Removed: of approximately 18% of Neonode common stock.
−Removed: In March 2017, we filed a $20 million shelf
−Removed: registration statement with the SEC that became effective on March 24, 2017.
−Removed: Subject to the availability of sufficient shares
−Removed: of authorized common stock, we may from time to time issue shares of our common stock under our shelf registration in amounts,
−Removed: at prices, and on terms to be announced when and if the securities are offered.
−Removed: The specifics of any future offerings, along with
−Removed: the use of proceeds of any securities offered, will be described in a prospectus supplement and any other offering materials,
−Removed: at the time of the offering.
−Removed: Our shelf registration statement will expire on March 24, 2020.
−Removed: On September 27, 2018, the Company filed
−Removed: a certificate of amendment to its restated certificate of incorporate with the state of Delaware to effect a reverse stock split,
−Removed: effective October 1, 2018.
−Removed: The Company also filed a certificate of amendment to its restated certificate of incorporation with
−Removed: the state of Delaware to reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 10,000,000 shares.
−Removed: did not affect the number of authorized preferred stock of 1,000,000 shares.
−Removed: As a result of the reverse stock split,
−Removed: every ten shares of issued and outstanding common stock were converted into one share of common stock, without any change in the
−Removed: par value per share.
−Removed: No fractional shares were issued, therefore shareholders entitled to receive a fractional share in connection
−Removed: with the reverse stock split received a cash payment instead.
−Removed: There was no financial impact to the Company’s consolidated
−Removed: financial statements.
−Removed: All shares and per share information in this Form 10-K have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented
−Removed: to reflect the reverse stock split, including reclassifying any amount equal to the reduction in par value of common stock to additional
−Removed: paid-in capital.
−Removed: Effective June 11, 2019, the Company further
−Removed: amended its restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to 15,000,000 shares.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements included
−Removed: herein have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of operations and the realization of assets
−Removed: and the repayment of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: We aim to grow our revenues in all business
−Removed: areas and continue to implement various measures to improve our operational efficiencies.
−Removed: No assurances can be given that management
−Removed: will be successful in meeting its revenue targets and reducing its operating loss.
+Added: 2019, we purchased $60,000 and $89,000, respectively, of fixed assets, consisting primarily of engineering equipment.
+Added: Loan agreements
+Added: with Directors Rosberg and Lindell
+Added: On June 17, 2020, we entered into short-term
+Added: loan facilities (the “Loan Agreements”) with two entities beneficially owned respectively by each of Ulf Rosberg and
+Added: Peter Lindell, Directors of Neonode.
+Added: Pursuant to the Loan Agreements, each Director made 16,145,000 SEK (Swedish Krona), which
+Added: is approximately $1.7 million in U.S.
+Added: dollars, principal amount available to the Company.
+Added: The Company made an initial drawdown
+Added: of an aggregate of approximately $1.0 million under the Loan Agreements.
+Added: See Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements for
+Added: additional details on the Loan Agreements.
+Added: Private Placement
+Added: On August 7, 2020, we closed a private placement
+Added: (the “August 2020 Private Placement”) with certain institutional and accredited investors.
+Added: We issued a total of 1,611,845
+Added: shares of common stock at a price of $6.50 per share, and a total of 365 shares of Series C-1 Preferred Stock and 3,050 shares
+Added: of Series C-2 Preferred Stock, each with a conversion price of $6.50 per share and a stated value of $1,000 per share, for approximately
+Added: $13.9 million in gross proceeds.
+Added: The net proceeds from the private placement are being used for working capital purposes.
+Added: Ulf Rosberg and Peter Lindell, directors
+Added: of Neonode, and Urban Forssell, our Chief Executive Officer, purchased an aggregate of $3.05 million of the Series C-2 Preferred
+Added: Stock in the August 2020 Private Placement.
+Added: We issued 517 shares of Series C-2 Preferred
+Added: Stock to UMR Invest AB, an entity beneficially owned by Ulf Rosberg, in satisfaction of the outstanding indebtedness and accrued
+Added: interest under the Loan Agreement with UMR Invest AB.
+Added: Cidro Förvaltning AB, an entity associated with Mr.
+Added: Lindell purchased
+Added: 517 shares of Series C-2 Preferred Stock.
+Added: Following the closing, we used the proceeds from the sale of Series C-2 Preferred Stock
+Added: to Cidro Förvaltning AB to satisfy the outstanding indebtedness and accrued interest under the Loan Agreement with Cidro Holding
+Added: As a result of the repayments to each of UMR Invest AB and Cidro Holding AB, the Loan Agreements terminated in accordance with
+Added: Pursuant to the terms and the provisions
+Added: of the Securities Purchase Agreement, all 365 shares of Series C-1 Preferred Stock and 4,084 shares of Series C-2 Preferred Stock
+Added: (together, the “Series C Preferred Shares”) were converted into 684,378 shares of Neonode common stock on September
+Added: 24 and 29, 2020, respectively.
+Added: Prior to their conversion, the holders of
+Added: the Series C Preferred Shares were entitled to receive dividends at the rate per share of 5% per annum, totaling $33,000.
+Added: December 31, 2020, all of the preferred dividends have been paid.
+Added: We entered into a Registration Rights Agreement
+Added: (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the investors in the August 2020 Private Placement, pursuant to which we
+Added: filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the offer and sale
+Added: by the holders of the shares of common stock sold in the private placement, and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion
+Added: of the Series C Preferred Shares.
+Added: The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 18, 2020.
+Added: maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement will subject us to payment for liquidated damages.
+Added: In connection with the August 2020 Private
+Added: Placement, we incurred total offering costs of $879,000.
+Added: Future Sources of Liquidity
In the future, we may require sources of
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through public or private offerings if needed to provide us with sufficient liquidity.
−Removed: No assurances can be given that we will
−Removed: be successful in obtaining such additional financing on reasonable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If adequate funds are not available on acceptable
−Removed: terms, or at all, we may be unable to adequately fund our business plans and it could have a negative effect on our business,
−Removed: results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: In addition, no assurance can be given that stockholders will approve an increase
−Removed: in the number of our authorized shares of common stock.
−Removed: If funds and sufficient authorized shares are available, the issuance
−Removed: of equity securities or securities convertible into equity could dilute the value of shares of our common stock and cause the
−Removed: market price to fall, and the issuance of debt securities could impose restrictive covenants that could impair our ability to
−Removed: engage in certain business transactions.
+Added: No assurances can be given, however, that
+Added: we will be successful in obtaining such additional financing on reasonable terms, or at all.
+Added: If adequate funds are not available
+Added: on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be unable to adequately fund our business plans and it could have a negative effect on our
+Added: business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: In addition, no assurance can be given that stockholders will approve
+Added: an increase in the number of our authorized shares of common stock if needed.
+Added: The issuance of equity securities or securities convertible
+Added: into equity could dilute the value of shares of our common stock and cause the market price to fall, and the issuance of debt securities
+Added: could impose restrictive covenants that could impair our ability to engage in certain business transactions.
+Added: The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries
+Added: is the applicable local currency, the Swedish Krona, the Japanese Yen, the South Korean Won and the Taiwan Dollar.
+Added: They are subject
+Added: to foreign currency exchange rate risk.
+Added: Any increase or decrease in the exchange rate of the U.S.
+Added: Dollar compared to the Swedish
+Added: Krona, Japanese Yen, South Korean Won or Taiwan Dollar will impact our future operating results.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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