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FORWARD-LOOKING
+Added: objective of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation is to allow investors to
+Added: view the Company from management’s perspective, considering items that would have a material impact on future operations.
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere
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Singing Machine Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “SMC”, “The Singing Machine”),
−Removed: and its three wholly-owned subsidiaries SMC (Comercial Offshore De Macau) Limitada (“Macau Subsidiary”), SMC Logistics, Inc.
−Removed: (“SMC-L”) and SMC-Music, Inc.(“SMC-M”) are primarily engaged in the development, marketing, and sale of consumer
−Removed: karaoke audio systems, accessories, musical instruments and musical recordings.
−Removed: The products are sold by SMC to retailers and distributors
−Removed: for resale to consumers.
−Removed: products are sold throughout North America, Europe and Australia primarily through major mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs, on-line
−Removed: retailers and to a lesser extent department stores, lifestyle merchants, direct mail catalogs and showrooms, music and record stores,
−Removed: and specialty stores.
+Added: and wholly-owned subsidiaries SMC (Comercial Offshore De Macau) Limitada (“Macau Subsidiary”), SMC Logistics, Inc.
+Added: SMC-Music, Inc.
+Added: (“SMCM”) and SMC (HK) Limited (“SMH”), are primarily engaged in the development, marketing, and
+Added: sale of consumer karaoke audio equipment, accessories and musical recordings.
+Added: The products are sold directly to distributors and retail
+Added: products are sold throughout North America, Europe and Australia primarily through major mass merchandisers and warehouse
+Added: clubs, on-line retailers and to a lesser extent department stores, lifestyle merchants, direct mail catalogs and showrooms, music and
+Added: record stores, and specialty stores.
Representative
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quarter, combined, accounted for approximately 81% and 86% of net sales in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: of the date of this report, Digital Power Lending, LLC (“Digital Power Lending ”)
+Added: beneficially owns and BitNile Holdings, Inc.
+Added: (“BitNile Holdings”) and Milton C.
+Added: Ault, III (“Ault,” and collectively
+Added: with Digital Power Lending and BitNile Holdings, “BitNile”) may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 1,683,000 shares
+Added: of our common stock or approximately 54.4% of our outstanding shares.
+Added: Digital Power Lending is a wholly owned subsidiary of BitNile Holdings.
+Added: Ault is the Executive Chairman of BitNile Holdings.
+Added: longs as BitNile continues to hold more than 50% of the voting power of our Company, we
+Added: will be a “controlled company” as defined under Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
+Added: so long as we are a controlled company under Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, we are permitted to elect to rely on certain exemptions from corporate
+Added: governance rules, including:
+Added: exemption from the rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors;
+Added: exemption from the rule that the compensation of our CEO must be determined or recommended solely by independent directors;
+Added: exemption from the rule that our director nominees must be selected or recommended solely by independent directors.
+Added: of New Directors
+Added: July 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company increased the number of directors to eight and appointed
+Added: Bernardo Melo, James Turner and Kenneth Cragun as directors.
+Added: Melo, Turner and Cragun will serve as members of the Board
+Added: until the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their
+Added: earlier death, resignation or removal.
+Added: Turner and Cragun were recommended for nomination by BitNile, the Company’s majority
+Added: stockholder, and evaluated and nominated by the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
January 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus
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We may also experience logistical issues with when we receive inventory and the timing of customer demand which could result in potential
−Removed: future reductions in profit margins and/or the need for additional inventory reserves.
−Removed: Fiscal 2021, we experienced growth in our karaoke, microphone, and toy categories as the pandemic increased demand for home entertainment.
−Removed: For the current fiscal year, demand from consumers and retailers continue to remain strong led by shortages of toys and home entertainment
−Removed: product availability in the market.
+Added: reductions in profit margins and/or the need for additional inventory reserves.
extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on our operational and financial performance in the future will depend on future developments,
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in our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: INFLATION AND UNFAVORABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS AND RESULTS.
+Added: global or regional economic conditions may be triggered by numerous developments beyond our control, including inflation, geopolitical
+Added: events, health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and other events that trigger economic volatility on a global or regional basis.
+Added: Those types of unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect our business and financial results.
+Added: In particular, a significant
+Added: deterioration in economic conditions, including economic slowdowns or recessions, increased unemployment levels, inflationary pressures
+Added: or disruptions to credit and capital markets, could lead to decreased consumer confidence and consumer spending more generally, thus
+Added: reducing consumer demand for our products.
+Added: For example, in 2021 and continuing into 2022, the United States has experienced a rapid increase
+Added: in inflation levels of over 9%, which is now at a 40-year historic high.
+Added: While we have experienced a significant decrease in container
+Added: costs for inbound containers due to decreased demand in general, we are continuing to see increases in drayage costs due to cost of fuel
+Added: increases as well as significant charges from the Port of Los Angeles such as “port congestion fees” and other surcharges
+Added: due to inflation.
+Added: The cost of labor, employee benefits, pallets and warehouse supplies and other logistics related costs continue to
+Added: increase at record rates.
+Added: Such heightened inflationary levels may negatively impact consumer disposable income and discretionary spending
+Added: and, in turn, reduce consumer demand for our products and increase our costs.
OF OPERATIONS
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain items related to our consolidated statements of income as a percentage
−Removed: of net sales for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
−Removed: Singing Machine Company, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: of Goods Sold
−Removed: and administrative expenses
−Removed: and amortization
+Added: of net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
+Added: CONDENDSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: For Three Months Ended
+Added: June 30, 2022
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: Cost of Goods Sold
Operating Expenses
−Removed: (Loss) from Operations
−Removed: Income (Expenses)
−Removed: from Paycheck Protection Plan loan forgiveness
−Removed: - related party
−Removed: from damaged goods insurance claim
−Removed: from extinguishment of accounts payable
−Removed: Other Income (expenses), net
−Removed: Before Income Tax Provision
−Removed: Tax Provision
−Removed: ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 COMPARED TO THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
−Removed: sales for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 increased to approximately $21,244,000 from approximately $16,973,000 an increase of approximately
−Removed: $4,271,000 as compared to the same period ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The increase in net sales was primarily due to strong demand for products
−Removed: and goods that shipped late in the season due to the late arrival of goods that were scheduled to ship in the previous quarter but were
−Removed: significantly delayed at the Port of Los Angeles due to global logistics issues affecting all industries.
−Removed: profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 increased to approximately $5,309,000 from approximately $4,974,000 an increase of approximately
−Removed: $335,000 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: The increase in net sales contributed approximately $1,252,000 to the increase
−Removed: in gross profit but was offset by a reduction in gross profit margin of approximately $917,000.
−Removed: profit margin for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was 25.0% compared to 29.3% for the three months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: There was a decrease in Carpool Karaoke (“CPK) product sales, of approximately $2,256,000, which accounted for approximately 2.9
−Removed: margin points of the 4.3 gross profit margin point decrease with the remaining 1.4 point decrease primarily due to product cost increases
−Removed: in raw materials and a significant increase in freight costs due to global logistics issues that were only partially passed on to customers.
−Removed: the quarter ended December 31, 2021, total operating expenses increased to approximately $3,616,000 compared to approximately $3,481,000
−Removed: from the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: This represents an increase in total operating expenses of approximately $135,000 from the quarter
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The increase in operating expenses is primarily due to an increase in general and administrative expenses of
−Removed: approximately $229,000.
−Removed: There was an increase in pallet expenses, warehouse supplies and expense and temporary labor at our California
−Removed: facility of approximately $206,000 due to an increase in third party logistics business as well as price increases due to inflation and
−Removed: supply chain shortages.
−Removed: There was an increase in legal, accounting, consulting fees and investor relations expenses of approximately
−Removed: $138,000 primarily related to the private placement transaction (see Note 10 - AUGUST 2021 PRIVATE PLACEMENT).
−Removed: There was an increase
−Removed: in bad debt reserve expense of approximately $165,000 related to the increase in net sales and accounts receivable.
−Removed: These increases were
−Removed: offset by a decrease in payroll expenses of approximately $295,000 primarily due to significant decrease in executive bonus accruals
−Removed: during the three months ended December 31, 2021 compared to the three month period ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: FROM OPERATIONS
−Removed: was income from operations of approximately $1,694,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021 compared to income from operations
−Removed: of approximately $1,493,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The increase in income from operations of approximately $201,000
−Removed: was primarily due to the increase in gross profit offset by the increase in operating expenses as explained above.
−Removed: INCOME (EXPENSES)
−Removed: expenses increased by approximately $103,000 to approximately $165,000 in other expenses, net for the three months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2021 compared to approximately $61,000 in other expenses, net for the same period ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: During the three months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020 there was a gain from related party of approximately $188,000 from related party accounts receivable that had previously
−Removed: been written off as uncollectible.
−Removed: During the three months ended December 31, 2021 there was a reduction in interest expense and finance
−Removed: amortization costs of approximately $85,000 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020 which offset the gain from related party.
−Removed: the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company recognized an income tax provision of approximately $103,000 and $264,000,
−Removed: respectively, due to management’s best estimate of the Company’s full year effective tax rate of approximately 11.1% and
−Removed: 23.0%, respectively.
−Removed: the three months ended December 31, 2021 there was net income of approximately $1,426,000 compared to net income of approximately $1,167,000
−Removed: for the same period a year ago.
−Removed: The decrease in net income was primarily due to the same reasons discussed in Income from Operations,
−Removed: Other Income (Expenses) and Income Taxes.
−Removed: MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 COMPARED TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
−Removed: sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 increased to approximately $44,679,000 from $42,310,000 an increase of approximately
−Removed: $2,369,000 as compared to the same period ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to sales increases in two “club store” customers
−Removed: that increased their assortment due to increased consumer demand and was offset by a decrease in CPK product sales.
−Removed: profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 decreased to approximately $10,215,000 from approximately $11,759,000 a decrease of
−Removed: approximately $1,544,000 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: Despite the increase in net sales, which contributed approximately
−Removed: $658,000 increase in gross profit margin, this increase was offset by a decrease of approximately $2,202,000 in gross profit margin or
−Removed: approximately 4.9 margin points on products sold.
−Removed: profit margin for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was 22.9% compared to 27.8% for the nine months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: was a decrease in CPK product sales, (that yield a substantially higher gross profit margin than our traditional product) of approximately
−Removed: $2,493,000, which accounted for approximately 2.5 margin points of the 4.9 gross profit margin point decrease.
−Removed: The remaining decrease
−Removed: of approximately 2.4 points of gross margin was primarily due to product cost increases in raw materials and a significant increase in
−Removed: freight costs due to global logistics issues that were only partially passed on to customers.
−Removed: the nine months ended December 31, 2021, total operating expenses decreased to approximately $8,261,000 compared to approximately $8,599,000
−Removed: from the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: This represents a decrease in total operating expenses of approximately $338,000 from the nine
−Removed: months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The decrease in operating expenses is primarily due to a decrease in selling expenses of $547,000.
−Removed: was a decrease in freight expenses of approximately $460,000 associated with a decrease in outbound freight as two major club accounts
−Removed: did not have special projects requiring the company to ship freight prepaid instead of collect as well as inbound freight expense reduction
−Removed: due to a decrease in product returns.
−Removed: There was a reduction in royalty expense of approximately $325,000 primarily due to the reduction
−Removed: in CPK sales as explained in net sales.
−Removed: These decreases in selling expenses were offset by an increase in discretionary marketing expense
+Added: Selling expenses
+Added: General and administrative expenses
+Added: Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Total Operating Expenses
+Added: Income (Loss) from Operations
+Added: Other (Expenses) Income
+Added: Gain from Paycheck Protection Plan loan forgiveness
+Added: Gain - related party
+Added: Interest expense
+Added: Finance costs
+Added: Total Other (Expenses) Income, net
+Added: Loss Before Income Tax Benefit
+Added: Income Tax Benefit
+Added: ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 COMPARED TO THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2021
+Added: sales for the three months ended June 30, 2022 increased to approximately $11,692,000 from approximately $6,066,000 an increase of approximately
+Added: $5,626,000 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The increase in net sales was primarily due to an initial spring product
+Added: set in one major customer’s consumer electronics department which contributed approximately $3,140,000 of the increase with the
+Added: remaining increase primarily due to another major customer that opted to receive product via direct import and accelerated their delivery
+Added: profit for the three months ended June 30, 2022 increased to approximately $3,181,000 from approximately $1,578,000 an increase of approximately
+Added: $1,603,000 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The increase in net sales contributed approximately $1,463,000 with the
+Added: remaining increase due to improvement of gross profit margin of approximately $140,000.
+Added: profit margin for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was 27.2% compared to 26.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: reason for the increase in gross profit margin was due to the favorable product mix for one major customer’s initial product set
+Added: as indicated in net sales above which included several new products in their product assortment that yield higher margins.
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2022, total operating expenses increased to approximately $3,034,000 compared to approximately $2,068,000
+Added: during the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: This represents an increase in total operating expenses of approximately $966,000 from the
+Added: three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The increase in operating expenses is primarily due to an increase in general and administrative expenses
of approximately $949,000.
−Removed: decreases in selling expenses of approximately $547,000 were offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses of approximately
−Removed: $223,000 primarily due to an increase in legal, accounting, consulting fees and investor relations expenses primarily related to the
−Removed: private placement transaction (see Note 10 - AUGUST 2021 PRIVATE PLACEMENT).
+Added: There was an increase in pallet expenses, warehouse supplies and expense and temporary labor at our California
+Added: facility of approximately $262,000 due to an increase in third party logistics business, a one-time project associated with the initial
+Added: product set in a major customer’s consumer electronics department (see NET SALES), as well as price increases due to inflation
+Added: and supply chain shortages.
+Added: There was an increase in legal, professional, investor relations and stock exchange listing fees of approximately
+Added: $222,000 primarily related to the public offering and Nasdaq up-listing in May 2022 (see NOTE 12 -PUBLIC OFFERING AND NASDAQ UPLISTING).
+Added: There was an increase in compensation of approximately $172,000 primarily due to compensation for new members of the board of directors
+Added: and officers’ incentive bonuses.
+Added: There was an increase in bad debt reserve expense of approximately $151,000 related to required
+Added: reserves commensurate with the increase in net sales and accounts receivable.
+Added: The remaining increase was primarily due to one-time ERP
+Added: system projects, increases in costs due to inflation and increases selling and administrative variable expenses commensurate with the
+Added: increase in net sales.
FROM OPERATIONS
−Removed: was income from operations of approximately $1,954,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 compared to income from operations
−Removed: of approximately $3,160,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The decrease in income from operations of approximately $1,206,000
−Removed: was primarily due to the reduction in operating expenses offset by the decrease in gross profit as explained above.
−Removed: INCOME (EXPENSES)
−Removed: income decreased by approximately $920,000 to approximately $294,000 in other income, net for the nine months ended December 31, 2021
−Removed: compared to approximately $1,214,000 in other income, net for the same period ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: During the nine months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021 there were one-time gains of approximately $696,000 primarily due to forgiveness of the loan under the Paycheck Protection Program
−Removed: of approximately $448,000 which included principal and interest and there was an accounts payable forgiveness of approximately $236,000
−Removed: from one vendor on goods that were damaged in the prior year compared to a recovery of approximately $1,068,000 in out-of-pocket expenses
−Removed: relating to a prior year damaged goods insurance claim during the nine months ended December 31 2020 and accounts payable forgiveness
−Removed: of $390,000 from the vendor who caused the damaged goods problem.
−Removed: During the nine months ended December 31, 2020 there was a gain from
−Removed: related party of approximately $188,000 from related party accounts receivable that had previously been written off as uncollectible.
−Removed: The remaining variance in other income, net was primarily due to a decrease in interest expense and amortization of deferred financing
−Removed: costs associated with the financing terms of the Crestmark Facility and IHC Facility.
−Removed: the nine months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company recorded an income tax provision of approximately $249,000 and an approximately
−Removed: $1,006,000, respectively, due to management’s best estimate of the Company’s full year effective tax rate of approximately
−Removed: 11.1% and 23.0%, respectively.
−Removed: the nine months ended December 31, 2021 there was net income of approximately $2,000,000 compared to net income of approximately $3,368,000
−Removed: for the same period a year ago.
−Removed: The decrease in net income was primarily due to the same reasons discussed in Income from Operations,
−Removed: Other Income (Expenses) and Income Taxes.
+Added: was income from operations of approximately $147,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to a loss from operations of approximately
+Added: $490,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The increase in income from operations of approximately $637,000 was primarily due
+Added: to the increase in gross profit offset by the increase in operating expenses as explained above.
+Added: (EXPENSES) INCOME
+Added: expenses increased by approximately $511,000 to approximately $168,000 in other expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared
+Added: to approximately $343,000 in other income, net for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2022,
+Added: there was an increase in interest expense of approximately $60,000 as the Company had outstanding borrowings of $2,500,000 on the IHC
+Added: inventory financing facility during the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to borrowings of approximately $365,000 outstanding
+Added: borrowings during the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2021 there was a one-time gain from the
+Added: forgiveness of the Payroll Protection Plan loan of approximately $448,000.
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of approximately $5,000 and $28,000, respectively,
+Added: due to management’s best estimate of the Company’s full year effective tax rate of approximately 24.1% and 19.1%, respectively.
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2022 there was a net loss of approximately $16,000 compared to a net loss of approximately $119,000 for
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: The decrease in the net loss was primarily due to the same reasons discussed in Income from Operations,
+Added: Other (Expenses) and Income Taxes.
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
−Removed: of December 31, 2021, Singing Machine had cash on hand of approximately $7,375,000 as compared to cash on hand of approximately $823,000
−Removed: on December 31, 2020.
−Removed: We had working capital of approximately $9,811,000 as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: was approximately $3,113,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: During the nine months ended December 31, 2021 there was an
−Removed: increase in accounts receivable of approximately $10,124,000 due to a seasonal increase in sales and an increase in inventories of approximately
−Removed: $5,933,000 due to in-transit and receipt of inventory intended for peak season shipments but were received too late to ship due to global
−Removed: logistics issues.
−Removed: These increases in net cash used in operating activities were offset by an increase in in accounts payable and accrued
−Removed: expenses of approximately $4,531,000 due to delayed receipt of seasonal purchases of product for the peak season due to global logistics
−Removed: There was a decrease in amounts due from Crestmark Bank of approximately $4,557,000 as cash collected in excess of amounts due
−Removed: on the revolving credit during the first quarter was used to pay for the seasonal increase in inventory.
−Removed: There was a seasonal increase
−Removed: in reserve for sales returns of approximately $1,962,000.
−Removed: cash provided by operating activities was approximately $165,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: During the nine months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020 there was a decrease in insurance receivable of approximately $1,268,000 as we received proceeds for the one-time
−Removed: damaged goods incident that occurred in the prior fiscal year as well as a gain from the extinguishment of accounts payable of $390,000
−Removed: from one vendor related to the damaged goods issue.
−Removed: There was a decrease in inventory of approximately $1,781,000 as the Company sold
−Removed: excess inventory left over from the prior fiscal year.
−Removed: There was a seasonal increase in reserves for sales returns of approximately $1,742,000.
−Removed: There was an increase in accrued expenses of approximately $580,000 primarily due to seasonal co-op promotion allowances, commissions
−Removed: and royalties.
−Removed: These increases in cash provided by operations were offset by an increase in accounts receivable of approximately $7,056,000
−Removed: due to peak season sales.
−Removed: There was an increase in amounts due from banks of approximately $1,172,000 due to cash collected in excess
−Removed: of amounts due on the revolving credit facilities with Crestmark Bank.
−Removed: There was a reduction in refunds due to customers of approximately
−Removed: $705,000 primarily due to settlement of prior year damaged goods claims with one major customer.
−Removed: There was a decrease in accounts payable
−Removed: of approximately $1,470,000 as the Company sold off excess inventory from the prior year and did not need to purchase as much new inventory
−Removed: to fulfill orders.
−Removed: cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $78,000 as compared to approximately
−Removed: $89,000 used in investing activities for the same period ended a year ago and consisted primarily of purchases of molds and tooling for
−Removed: new products.
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $6,979,000 compared to cash provided
+Added: of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash on hand of approximately $2,278,000 as compared to cash on hand of approximately $1,383,000 on
+Added: June 30, 2021.
+Added: We had working capital of approximately $12,006,000 as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was approximately
+Added: $4,149,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2022 there was an increase in accounts receivable
+Added: of approximately $7,002,000 due to an increase in sales to two major customers as explained in net sales above.
+Added: This increase in net
+Added: cash used in operating activities was offset by an increase in in accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $1,839,000 primarily
+Added: due to payment of prior season’s inventory that arrived late due to global logistics issues.
+Added: There was a decrease in inventory
+Added: of approximately $1,205,000 primarily due to a decrease in-transit inventory from March 31, 2022 as new product for the initial spring
+Added: product set at one major customer was shipped during the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: cash provided by operating activities was approximately $794,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: During the three months ended
+Added: June 30, 2021 there was a decrease in amounts due from Crestmark Bank of approximately $4,214,000 as cash collected in excess of amounts
+Added: due on accounts receivable financing was transferred to operating cash.
+Added: There was an increase in accounts payable of approximately $3,813,000
+Added: primarily related to the purchase of inventory for the upcoming peak season.
+Added: These increases to cash provided by operating expenses were
+Added: offset by an increase in accounts receivable of approximately $3,251,000 due to the increase in sales to two major customers and an increase
+Added: in inventories of approximately $2,880,000 due to an earlier build-up of inventory for the upcoming peak season due to global logistics
+Added: issues and risks.
+Added: cash used in investing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $22,000 as compared to approximately $56,000
+Added: used in investing activities for the same period ended a year ago and consisted primarily of purchases of molds and tooling for new products.
+Added: cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $4,159,000 compared to cash provided
by financing activities of approximately $248,000 for the same period ended of the prior year.
−Removed: We borrowed approximately $8,562,000 from
−Removed: our Crestmark Facility and IHC Facility for working capital.
−Removed: In August 2021, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1,838,000
−Removed: from the execution of private placement and stock redemption agreements as summarized in the next two paragraphs.
−Removed: These financing activities
−Removed: were offset by a payment of $150,000 on the subordinated related party debt, payment of deferred finance charges associated with the
−Removed: closing of the Crestmark and IHC Facilities of approximately $38,000 with the remaining difference used to pay scheduled installments
−Removed: on installment notes and finance leases.
−Removed: August 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with large institutional
−Removed: investors and a strategic investor for private placement of (i) 16,500,001 shares of its common stock (the “Shares”) together
−Removed: with common warrants to purchase up to 16,500,000 shares of common stock for an exercise price of $0.35 per share, and (ii) 16,833,333
−Removed: pre-funded warrants (“Pre-Funded Warrants”) with each Pre-Funded Warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an
−Removed: exercise price of $0.01 per share, together with Common Warrants to purchase up to 16,833,333 shares of common stock at an exercise price
−Removed: of $0.35 per share (the “Private Placement”).
−Removed: Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants
−Removed: are hereinafter referred to as the “Warrant Shares”.
−Removed: The closing of the Private Placement took place on August 10, 2021,
−Removed: when the Shares, Common Warrants, and Pre-Funded Warrants were delivered to the purchasers and funds, in the amount of approximately
−Removed: $9,800,000, were received by the Company.
−Removed: Approximately $7,200,000 of the funds received were used to execute the Redemption Agreement
−Removed: as explained in the next paragraph.
−Removed: The Company received an increase in working capital of approximately $1,800,000 of working capital
−Removed: after settlement of expenses associated with closing of these transactions.
−Removed: August, 2021, the Company entered into a stock redemption agreement (the “Redemption Agreement”) with Koncepts International
−Removed: Limited (“Koncepts”) and Treasure Green Holdings, Ltd.
−Removed: (“Treasure Green”), pursuant to which the Company agreed
−Removed: to redeem 19,623,155 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Redeemed Shares”).
−Removed: The closing of the transactions set forth
−Removed: in the Redemption Agreement took place on August 10, 2021, at which time the Redeemed Shares were assigned and transferred back to the
−Removed: Company and the Company paid approximately $7,200,000 to Koncepts and Treasure Green.
−Removed: The Redeemed Shares were retired and are available
−Removed: for reissuance in the future.
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2020 was approximately $402,000.
−Removed: We received loan proceeds
−Removed: from Crestmark in the amount of approximately $444,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program with the remaining variance primarily due
−Removed: to repayments of installment and capital lease payments.
−Removed: In the prior fiscal year we received approximately $284,000 from a financing
−Removed: arrangement with Dimension Funding to finance implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system.
−Removed: This increase in cash provided
−Removed: by financing activities were offset by payments of finance leases and the bank term note of approximately $136,000.
−Removed: June 16, 2020, the Company executed an Intercreditor Revolving Credit Facility with Crestmark and IHC on eligible accounts receivable
−Removed: and inventory which replaced the Company’s previous revolving credit facility with PNC Bank which was terminated on June 16, 2020
−Removed: (See Note 6 – Bank Financing).
−Removed: As of this filing, we have borrowed approximately $2,500,000 on the IHC Facility, is the maximum
−Removed: loan amount on eligible inventory allowed by this facility and borrowed approximately $1,000,000 on our Crestmark Facility which will
−Removed: make available up to $10,000,000 of eligible accounts receivable as the fiscal year progresses.
−Removed: As of this filing the Company has approximately
−Removed: no additional borrowings currently available from the Crestmark facility until the end of February as per the facility agreement at which
−Removed: time the Company will have approximately $1,000,000 available on the facility.
−Removed: May 5, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds from Crestmark in the amount of approximately $444,000 under the Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (“PPP”).
−Removed: The PPP was established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”),
−Removed: which provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying
−Removed: The loans and accrued interest may be forgivable to the extent the Company uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including
−Removed: payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels.
−Removed: The amount of loan forgiveness may be reduced if the borrower
−Removed: terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eligible period.
−Removed: The unforgiven portion of the PPP loan is payable over two years
−Removed: at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments until a forgiveness application has been accepted and reviewed by the Small Business
−Removed: Administration (“SBA”), and the SBA provided Crestmark with the loan forgiveness amount.
−Removed: In June 2021 the Company received
−Removed: notification from the SBA that the loan had been forgiven in its entirety.
−Removed: For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, a gain of approximately
−Removed: $448,000 (including principal and interest) from the forgiveness of the loan was included in other income and expenses in the accompanying
−Removed: condensed consolidated statements of income.
−Removed: August 2019, a major customer received goods that were significantly water damaged due to excess moisture absorbed in pallets shipped
−Removed: by the factory.
−Removed: As a result we incurred a loss in cash flow of approximately $1,559,000 in revenue and approximately $849,000 in additional
−Removed: out of pocket expenses to retrieve, inspect, warehouse and properly destroy the goods in the prior fiscal year.
−Removed: As of this filing we
−Removed: have we recovered approximately $2,336,000 from our cargo insurance coverage which settled approximately $1,268,000 in insurance claim
−Removed: receivable with the remaining proceeds reflected in other income and (expenses) as a gain from damaged goods insurance claim in the condensed
−Removed: consolidated statement of income.
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 the gain from damaged goods insurance claim was
−Removed: approximately $0 and $1,068,000, respectively.
−Removed: We also secured vendor invoice credits of $390,000 from the factory that caused the damage
−Removed: which is reflected as gain from extinguishment of accounts payable in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: believe that current working capital, cash expected to be generated from our operating forecast, along with the availability of cash
−Removed: from our credit facilities (See Note 6 – BANK FINANCING) assuming that they are revised and or extended, will be adequate to meet
−Removed: the Company’s liquidity requirements for at least twelve months from the filing of this report.
−Removed: As both the Crestmark Bank (“Crestmark
−Removed: Facility”) and the Iron Horse Credit (“IHC”) Facility (“IHC Facility”) are set to expire on June 15, 2022,
−Removed: the Company expects to negotiate a revision or extension of these debt facilities upon their maturity, however, there can be no assurance
−Removed: that such revision or extension will occur or at what terms.
+Added: In May 2022, we received net proceeds
+Added: of approximately $3,363,000 from the public offering we executed in conjunction with our up-listing to Nasdaq as summarized in the next
+Added: two paragraphs.
+Added: In addition, during the three-months ended June 30, 2022, we received proceeds of approximately $816,000 from the exercise
+Added: of pre-funded and common stock warrants.
+Added: All proceeds were used for working capital.
+Added: May 23, 2022, the “Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Aegis Capital
+Added: Corp., who acted as the sole underwriter (the “Underwriter”), in a firm commitment underwritten public offering (the “Offering”)
+Added: pursuant to which the Company sold to the Underwriter 1,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per
+Added: share (the “Common Stock”) for gross proceeds of $4,000,000 prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and
+Added: other estimated offering expenses of approximately $637,000.
+Added: The price to the public in the Offering was $4.00 per Share, before underwriting
+Added: discounts and commissions.
+Added: The offering closed on May 26, 2022.
+Added: The Company received net proceeds of approximately $3,363,000 which was
+Added: used for working capital.
+Added: May 24, 2022, the Company’s Common Stock was approved to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MICS”
+Added: and began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 24, 2022.
+Added: currently have an Intercreditor Revolving Credit Facility with Crestmark Bank for a $10.0 million facility (decreasing to $5.0 million
+Added: in off-peak season) on eligible accounts receivable under an evergreen arrangement that terminates upon written notice by the Company
+Added: and is subject to a termination fee if terminated by the Company anytime other than the annual renewal date of June 11.
+Added: a $2.5 million facility on eligible inventory with Iron Horse Credit that was to expire on June 11, 2022.
+Added: However, absent any termination
+Added: notice given by the Company to IHC, the current financing arrangement automatically renewed for another twelve-month term and is subject
+Added: to a termination fee if terminated by the Company prior to the twelve-month renewal date.
+Added: of this filing, we have borrowed approximately $2,500,000 on the IHC Facility, which is the maximum loan amount allowed on eligible inventory
+Added: and no borrowings on our Crestmark Facility which will make available up to $10.0 million of eligible accounts receivable as the next
+Added: twelve months progress as long as the loan is in place.
+Added: As of this filing the Company has approximately $3,000,000 currently available
+Added: from these two credit facilities based on eligible inventory with IHC and eligible accounts receivable with Crestmark.
+Added: believe that our cash on hand, working capital (net of cash), cash expected to be generated from our operating forecast, along with the
+Added: availability of cash from our credit facilities (See Note 7 –FINANCING) will be adequate to meet the Company’s liquidity
+Added: requirements for at least twelve months from the filing of this report.
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