−Removed: Management’s Discussion and
−Removed: Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion, which focuses on our results
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by reducing drag, increasing fuel efficiency, and offering users a stable riding boat.
−Removed: We have additionally, launched the AquaSport line
+Added: Additionally, we have launched the AquaSport line
of monohull boats which are expected to appeal to first-time boat buyers,
−Removed: the freshwater market, and consumers that prefer a monohull
−Removed: boat, increasing our potential customer base across the nation and moving us outside on the niche catamaran market.
−Removed: Twin Vee’s home
−Removed: base operations in Fort Pierce Florida is a 7.5-acre facility with several buildings totaling over 75,000 square feet.
+Added: the freshwater market, and consumers that prefer a
+Added: monohull boat, increasing our potential customer base across the nation and beyond the catamaran market.
+Added: Twin Vee’s home base operations
+Added: in Fort Pierce Florida is a 7.5-acre facility with several buildings totaling approximately 100,000 square feet.
We currently employe
approximately 65 employees.
−Removed: We have organized our business into three operating segments:
−Removed: (i) our gas-powered
−Removed: boat segment which manufactures and distributes gas-powered boats;
−Removed: (ii) our electric-powered boat segment which is developing fully electric
−Removed: boats, through our controlling interest subsidiary, Forza and (iii) our franchise segment which is developing a standard product offering
−Removed: and will be selling franchises across the United States through our wholly owned subsidiary, Fix My Boat, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
−Removed: Our gas-powered boats allow consumers to use them
−Removed: for a wide range of recreational activities including fishing, diving and water skiing and commercial activities including transportation,
−Removed: eco tours, fishing and diving expeditions.
−Removed: We believe that the performance, quality and value of our boats position us to achieve our
−Removed: goal of increasing our market share and expanding the power catamaran boating market.
−Removed: We currently primarily sell our boats through a
−Removed: current network of 43 independent boat dealers in locations across North America and the Caribbean who resell our boats to the end user
−Removed: Twin Vee customers.
−Removed: We continue recruiting efforts for high quality boat dealers and seek to establish new dealers and distributors domestically
−Removed: and internationally to distribute our boats as we grow our production and introduce new models.
−Removed: Our gas-powered boats are currently outfitted
−Removed: with gas-powered outboard combustion engines.
−Removed: Due to the growing demand for sustainable, environmentally
−Removed: friendly electric and alternative fuel commercial and recreational vehicles, Forza, is designing and developing a line of electric-powered
−Removed: Forza’s electric boats are being designed as fully integrated electric boats including the hull, outboard motor and control
−Removed: To date, Forza X1 has built-out and tested multiple Forza company units, including:
−Removed: three offshore-style catamarans, two bay boat-style
−Removed: catamarans, one deck boat and three 22-foot center console (F22) monohulls.
−Removed: In addition, Forza has also electrified a pontoon boat for
−Removed: a major national pontoon manufacturer.
−Removed: Forza is in the process of an additional pontoon electrification project and are building an additional
−Removed: five monohulls.
−Removed: Each build cycle includes improvements and involves extensive duration and performance testing.
−Removed: The engine design and
−Removed: lower units and the control systems are continuously improved with each iteration.
−Removed: Cooling system improvements have also been prioritized
−Removed: and have yielded a myriad of benefits to runtime, speed, and range.
−Removed: Forza continues to iterate the engine design, including value engineering
−Removed: of parts and lightweighting of engine components.
−Removed: Forza is experimenting with our first 300 HP stacked motor design.
−Removed: Forza is uncertain
−Removed: as to when it will obtain revenues from the sale of these fully integrated electric boats.
−Removed: Forza will continue to build and test prototype
−Removed: engines and boats for the next six to nine months.
−Removed: During the year ended December31, 2023, we saw a small
−Removed: increase in revenue.
−Removed: Our Company’s objectives have been to add new, larger boat models to our GFX lineup, expand our dealers and
−Removed: distribution network, and increase unit production to fulfill our customer and dealer orders.
−Removed: The average selling price of our units did
−Removed: decrease by 16%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, to approximately $137,692.
−Removed: This is due to the inclusion of our monohull boats which
−Removed: have an average selling price of approximately $62,000 per unit.
−Removed: The addition of the monohull boat accounted for 18% of our total sales
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: Consumers can use our boats for a wide range of recreational
+Added: activities including fishing, diving and water skiing and commercial activities including transportation, eco tours, fishing and diving
+Added: We believe that the performance, quality and value of our boats position us to achieve our goal of increasing our market
+Added: share and expanding the power catamaran boating market.
+Added: We currently primarily sell our boats through a current network of 43 independent
+Added: boat dealers in locations across North America and the Caribbean who resell our boats to the end user Twin Vee customers.
+Added: recruiting efforts for high quality boat dealers and seek to establish new dealers and distributors domestically and internationally to
+Added: distribute our boats as we grow our production and introduce new models.
+Added: Our boats are currently outfitted with gas-powered outboard combustion
+Added: During the year ended December31, 2024, we experienced
+Added: a dramatic decrease in revenue.
+Added: Our objectives have been to assist dealers with selling through field inventory, add new models like the
+Added: GFX2 model line introduced in 2024, expand our dealer and distribution network, and increase unit production to fulfill our customer and
+Added: dealer orders.
+Added: The average selling price of our units increased by 19%, for the year ended December 31, 2024, to approximately $167,096.
+Added: This is due to the higher proportion of larger Twin Vee models sold versus smaller Aquasport models.
Recent Developments
−Removed: On April 20, 2023 we incorporated AquaSport Co., a
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiary, in the state of Florida in connection with our plan to lease the AQUASPORT™ boat brand and manufacturing
−Removed: facility in White Bluff, TN.
−Removed: On May 5, 2023, we and AquaSport Co.
−Removed: entered into an agreement with Ebbtide Corporation (“Ebbtide”)
−Removed: providing AquaSport Co.
−Removed: with the right to acquire assets, AQUASPORT™ boat brand, trademarks, 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility
−Removed: situated on 18.5 acres in White Bluff, TN, related tooling, molds, and equipment to build five AquaSport models ranging in size from 21
−Removed: to 25-foot boats (the “AquaSport Assets”).
−Removed: Under the agreement, AquaSport Co.
−Removed: has the right to
−Removed: purchase the AquaSport assets from Ebbtide for $3,100,000 during the five-year term of the Agreement (or extension period), less credit
−Removed: for a $300,000 security deposit paid by us and $16,000 a month for any rent paid under the Agreement by AquaSport Co.
−Removed: will lease the AquaSport assets from Ebbtide under the agreement at a monthly rent of $22,000 pending AquaSport Co.’s acquisition
−Removed: of the AquaSport assets.
−Removed: The lease is for a term of five years, commencing June 1, 2023, with one option to renew the lease for an additional
−Removed: The White Bluff, TN, AquaSport facility was opened
−Removed: to produce the AquaSport legacy line of monohull boats.
−Removed: While there was interest in the legacy models, we’ve seen light demand for
−Removed: these models from our dealer network and customers.
−Removed: We’ve seen much higher demand for the newly designed AquaSport models currently
−Removed: manufactured in our Fort Pierce, FL, facility.
−Removed: Lower demand for these legacy models, coupled with
−Removed: the current economic headwinds in the boating industry, led us to close the Tennessee facility in November 2023, and to consolidate its
−Removed: manufacturing operations in our Florida facility.
−Removed: We remain dedicated to the AquaSport brand and will continue to design and produce new
−Removed: models, including the 240 CC which is now available for sale, and the 280 CC, which will be available over the next quarter.
−Removed: In late December 2023, One Water informed us that they were going to discontinue some of their relationships with
−Removed: manufactures, and Twin Vee was one of those relationships.
−Removed: We have found that One Water struggled to achieve sales of our Twin Vee production
−Removed: line due to their unfamiliarity with powered catamarans.
−Removed: We continue to work with OneWater to help them connect and sell units to end
−Removed: We have also started working with dealers that are experienced with our products and have proven to be successful in understanding
−Removed: the benefits of our products and how to achieve sales.
+Added: On November 26, 2024 (the
+Added: “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, by and between us, Twin Vee Merger Sub, Inc.
+Added: and Forza, Merger
+Added: Sub was merged with and into Forza (the “Merger”), with Forza surviving the Merger as our wholly-owned subsidiary.
+Added: effective time of the Merger, (a) each outstanding share of common stock of Forza , par value $0.001 per share of Forza (the “Forza
+Added: Common Stock”) (other than any shares held by Twin Vee) was converted into the right to receive 0.611666275 shares of Twin Vee common
+Added: stock, par value $0.001 per share for an aggregate of 5,355,000 shares of our common stock (the “Twin Vee Common Stock”),
+Added: (b) each outstanding Forza stock option, whether vested or unvested, that had not previously been exercised prior to such time was converted
+Added: into an option to purchase 0.611666275 shares of Twin Vee Common Stock for each share of Forza Common Stock covered by such option, (c)
+Added: each outstanding warrant to purchase shares of Forza Common Stock was assumed by Twin Vee and converted into a warrant to purchase 0.611666275
+Added: shares of Twin Vee Common Stock for each share of Forza Common Stock for which such warrant was exercisable for prior to the Effective
+Added: Time, and (d) the 7,000,000 shares of Forza Common Stock held by Twin Vee were cancelled.
+Added: The issuance of shares of
+Added: Twin Vee Common Stock to the former shareholders of Forza was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration
+Added: statement on Form S-4 (File No.
+Added: 333-281788), as amended, filed by Twin Vee with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
+Added: and declared effective on October 10, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”).
+Added: At the effective time of
+Added: the Merger, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the size of Twin Vee’s board of directors (the “Board”)
+Added: was set at five, Joseph Visconti, Preston Yarborough, Neil Ross and Kevin Schuyler remained as directors of Twin Vee and Marcia Kull was
+Added: appointed as a director of Twin Vee.
+Added: Effective as of the effective time of the Merger, Bard Rockenbach and James Melvin resigned as directors
+Added: of Twin Vee and any committees thereof.
+Added: Nasdaq Compliance
+Added: On November 7, 2024, we received written notification
+Added: from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) granting our request for a 180-day extension to regain compliance with Nasdaq
+Added: Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
+Added: Compliance may be achieved automatically and without further action if the closing bid price of our common stock
+Added: is at or above $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days at any time prior to May 5, 2025, Nasdaq will notify us when it determines
+Added: that we have regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and the matter will be closed.
+Added: On November 11, 2024, we held the 2024 Annual Meeting.
+Added: At the 2024 Annual Meeting, our stockholders approved the issuance of shares of common stock to Forza stockholders pursuant to the terms
+Added: of the Merger Agreement and an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio within the range
+Added: of 1-for-2 to 1-for-20.
+Added: Sale Agreement
+Added: with Revver Digital, LLC
+Added: On February 4, 2025, we entered into an agreement
+Added: (the “Sale Agreement”), effective February 4, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), with Revver Digital, LLC, a Delaware
+Added: limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of One Water Marine Inc.
+Added: (“OWM”), providing us with the right to acquire
+Added: certain intellectual property of OWM (the “OWN Intellectual Property”) related to (a) the online marketplace, advertisement,
+Added: marketing, and sale services of yachts, boats, and yacht and boat accessories and (b) arranging of loans, insurance, and warranty services
+Added: related to yachts and boats under the brands “Yachts for Sale” and “Boats for Sale” through the websites available
+Added: at the domains (the “Domains”) “yachtsforsale.com” and “boatsforsale.com” (the “Business”).
+Added: Pending the closing of the sale to us of the OWN Intellectual Property, the Sale Agreement grants us a license to use and sublicense the
+Added: OWN Intellectual Property to conduct the Business in consideration of:
+Added: (a) the payment to OWM of a monthly revenue-sharing royalty (the
+Added: “Revenue-Sharing Royalty”) of six percent (6%) of the Aggregate Subscription Revenue (as defined) of the Business;
+Added: a credit to OWM of $500 per OWM dealer who lists boats or yachts on the Domains during such period (the “Dealer Storefront Credit”).
+Added: On the date of the closing (the “Closing”) of the sale to us of the OWN Intellectual Property, the Sale Agreement provides
+Added: that in consideration of the transfer of, and as a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for, the OWM Intellectual Property,
+Added: we will assume certain liabilities of OWM related to the Business and pay to OWM $5,000,000 (the “Minimum Purchase Price”),
+Added: less the aggregate amount of all Revenue-Sharing Royalties paid to OWM through such date and the aggregate amount of all Dealer Storefront
+Added: Credits accrued for the benefit of OWM through such date (the “Remaining Purchase Price”).
Financial Condition
−Removed: We finished the year with revenue up 4% over the prior year.
−Removed: Our cash, cash equivalents, restricted
−Removed: cash and marketable securities were $21 million at December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Our property, plant, and equipment along with prepaid expenses went
−Removed: up notably, as we have invested in additional boat molds for new model, equipment to support our increased production levels, and leasehold
−Removed: improvements to improve the quality of our products.
+Added: We finished the year with revenue down 57% compared
+Added: to the prior year.
+Added: Our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities were $7.7 million at December 31, 2024.
+Added: Our property,
+Added: plant, and equipment went up as we invested in additional boat molds for new model, equipment to support our increased production levels,
+Added: and leasehold improvements to improve the quality of our products and new and expanded production facilities
Results of Operations
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Loss from operations
−Removed: $ (11,987,299 )
−Removed: $ (6,021,708 )
−Removed: $ (5,965,591 )
−Removed: $ (2,205,103 )
−Removed: $ (1,976,809 )
−Removed: $ (9,782,196 )
−Removed: $ (5,793,414 )
−Removed: $ (3,988,782 )
−Removed: Basic and dilutive income per share of
−Removed: Weighted average number of shares of
−Removed: common stock outstanding
+Added: Other expense
+Added: Basic and dilutive income per share of common stock
+Added: Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding
Net Sales and Cost Sales
−Removed: Our net sales increased $1,438,187, or 4% to $33,425,911
+Added: Our net sales decreased $19,037,395, or 57% to $14,388,517
for the year ended December 31, 2024 from $33,425,912 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The number of boats sold during fiscal year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2023 increased 21% over the number of our boats sold during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: However, our average
−Removed: cost per unit decreased approximately $26,000.
−Removed: In 2023, we introduced our monohull line of boats.
−Removed: These are low-cost entry-level boats,
−Removed: in a very competitive sector.
−Removed: We believe that adding a full line up of monohull boats will allow us to continue to increase our net sales
−Removed: year over year.
−Removed: In 2023, 40% of our sales or approximately $6,000,000, were attributed to our 220 monohull,
−Removed: Gross profits decreased by $933,779, or 9% to $9,723,027 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2023 from $10,656,806 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Gross profit as a percentage of sales, for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2023 and 2022 was 29% and 33% respectively.
−Removed: We attribute the 4% decline in gross profit percentage to decreased demand in the marine sector.
+Added: ended December 31, 2024 decreased 63% compared to the number of our boats sold during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: our average cost per unit increased approximately $27,000.
+Added: The increase in average price per boat was due to the higher percentage of
+Added: Twin Vee boats compared to Aquasport boats, which have generally lower prices than Twin Vee boats.
+Added: Gross profits decreased by $4,018,313, or 123% to
+Added: a negative $751,425 for the year ended December 31, 2024 from $3,266,888 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: Gross profit as a percentage
+Added: of sales, for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was negative 5% and positive 10% respectively.
+Added: We attribute the decline in gross
+Added: profit percentage to inefficiencies in production resulting from a significant drop in demand in the marine sector.
Total Operating Expenses
−Removed: Our total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: were $21,710,326 and $16,678,514 respectively.
−Removed: Operating expenses as a percentage of sales were 65% compared to 52% in the prior year.
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by approximately 35%, or
−Removed: $974,781 to $3,734,406 for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $2,759,625 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Our advertising
−Removed: and marketing expenses increased 296%, from $112,319 for the year ended December 31, 2022, to $331,911 for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: This is due to increased expenses associated with our new AquaSport line and the Forza Electrafication event.
−Removed: Our rent expense increased
−Removed: 31%, or $134,456 to $567,602 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The increase was due to Forza Tech Center being rent for a full year
−Removed: compared to only 3 months in 2022, resulting in an increase of $118,900;
−Removed: along with a 5% increase for our rent in Fort Pierce.
−Removed: expense increased $77,889, due to Forza utilizing Recruiting firs to hire two Engineers.
−Removed: Filing fee and investor relations fees increased
−Removed: $85,286, due to Forza being public for an entire year in 2023, compared to only a partial year in 2022.
−Removed: Dues and subscriptions increased
−Removed: $163,812 for the year ended December 31, 2023, this is due to subscriptions related to our new ERP system, training and safety, marketing
−Removed: related subscriptions, option tracking and engineering related subscriptions.
−Removed: Expenses related to travel increased by $202,619, for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2023, this was due to required travel for staff to go to our three different facilities as well as international
−Removed: travel related to Forza.
−Removed: We also saw an increase of $60,341 for the year ended December 31, 2023, for our workers compensation expense
−Removed: due to our increased employment levels.
−Removed: Numerous other items make up the remaining increase approximately $24,000 of increased selling,
−Removed: general and administrative expense increase.
−Removed: Salaries and wage related expenses increased by approximately
+Added: Operating expenses for the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2024 and 2023 were $13,800,344 and $15,254,187, respectively, a decrease of $1,453,843 or 10%.
+Added: As a percentage of revenues operating expenses
+Added: were 96% compared to 46% in the prior year, largely due to the high fixed cost nature of our business on a 57% reduction in revenues partially
+Added: offset by the benefit of significantly reduced spending at Forza throughout 2024.
+Added: Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024
+Added: included an impairment charge of $1,674,000 related to the impairment of the partially constructed Forza building based on an appraisal
+Added: prior to the merger of Twin Vee and Forza.
+Added: Before the impact of this charge, operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023 were $12,126,344 and $15,254,187, respectively, a decrease of $3,127,843 or 21%.
+Added: As a percentage of revenues, before the impact of
+Added: the impairment charge, operating expenses were 84% compared to 46% in the prior year, largely due to the high fixed cost nature of our
+Added: business on a 57% reduction in revenues partially offset by the benefit of significantly reduced spending at Forza throughout 2024.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased
+Added: by approximately 17%, or $638,538 to $3,095,868 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $3,734,406 for the year ended December
+Added: Salaries and wage-related expenses decreased by approximately
34%, or $2,566,622 to $4,906,819 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $7,473,441 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The increase in salaries and wages of $1,458,260 was the result of aggressively ramping up of production, which required increasing our
−Removed: production and adding mid-level staff.
−Removed: Included in salaries and wages for the year ended December 31, 2023 was a non-cash stock-based
−Removed: compensation expense of $1,902,749, which was an increase of $453,997 from the prior year, due to the issuance of options to employees.
−Removed: We have also incurred production and executive bonus expense increase of $42,300 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Our cost of benefits,
−Removed: primarily health insurance, holiday pay and 401K, increased by approximately $178,996, due to our increase in headcount.
−Removed: board fees increased by $60,375 in 2023, during the year ended December 31, 2022 we only incurred board fees for a portion of the year
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, we incurred $123,048 and $0 in commission expense.
−Removed: The remaining
−Removed: increase of salaries and wages during the year ended December 31, 2021 was associated with payroll taxes and benefits.
−Removed: Professional fees increased by 29%, or $283,351 to $1,249,388 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2023, compared to $966,037 for the year ended 2022.
−Removed: Professional fees related to Forza increased $194,692 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2023, as we carried the costs of audit and legal fees of a public organization for an entire year compared to only a partial year
−Removed: The remaining increase was due to consulting services to install and manage our new ERP
−Removed: Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2023 increased by 144%, or $799,633 to $1,353,383 for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $553,750 in December 31, 2022.
−Removed: our IPO in 2021 we have made significant investments in equipment, leasehold improvements and boat molds that resulted in an increased
−Removed: our depreciation expense.
−Removed: Research and design expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $1,443,569
−Removed: compared to $941,533, for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: These expenses are associated with our development of our electric propulsion
−Removed: system for Forza.
−Removed: Other income increased by 866%, or $1,976,809 to
+Added: decline is primarily related to significant reductions in headcount at Forza, partially offset by $310,000 in special bonuses paid to
+Added: certain executives upon the successful merger of Twin Vee and Forza.
+Added: Included in salaries and wages for the year ended December 31, 2024
+Added: was a non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $1,202,474, which represented a decrease of $700,275 from the prior year, due primarily
+Added: to the forfeiture of options following the departure of certain senior executives at both Twin Vee and Forza during 2024 partially offset
+Added: by the addition of a new executive officer at Twin Vee and further issuances of options to existing employees.
+Added: Also resulting from the
+Added: reduction in headcount year over year were related reductions in the cost of benefits, primarily health insurance, holiday pay and 401K.
+Added: Professional fees increased by 34%, or $420,086 to
$1,669,474 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $1,249,388 for the year ended 2023.
−Removed: The increase in other income is
−Removed: primarily the result of $1,267,055 in Employee Retention Credit income.
−Removed: We incurred an increase in net gain in fair value of our
−Removed: marketable securities of $191,722, compared to a net loss in fair value of our marketable securities of $133,988 in 2022, due to
−Removed: improved financial market.
−Removed: Additionally, we recorded $909,215 in dividend income during 2023, compared to $0, in 2022.
−Removed: ended December 31, 2023 we did see an increase in interest expense of $57,002.
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $9,479,511, compared to
−Removed: $5,793,414 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We have spent much of the last two year assembling the tools and people necessary to
−Removed: increase production levels.
−Removed: While our revenue levels increased, our expenses also increased.
−Removed: Toward the end of 2023, market condition
−Removed: worsened, forcing us to close the Tennessee facility and consolidate operation in Fort Pierce.
−Removed: That coupled with the additional expenses
−Removed: associated with being a public company and our research and development efforts for our electric boat division, resulted in a net loss
−Removed: With these investments, we are building the foundation for our future, not only for our gas powered boats, but also for our
−Removed: electric boat division.
−Removed: We have decreased our head count significantly and work to right size the business for the current state of the
−Removed: economy, while keep our core strengths intact.
−Removed: Basic and dilutive loss per share of common stock increased for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2023 to ($0.76) compared to ($0.67) for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: The increase in professional fees related
+Added: primarily to the merger between Twin Vee and Forza.
+Added: Costs incurred were for legal representation, auditor consents, fairness opinions,
+Added: appraisals, filings and the like.
+Added: Depreciation and amortization expense for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2024 increased by 29%, or $391,834 to $1,745,217 for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $1,353,383 for the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: This increase is due to significant investments in equipment, leasehold improvements and boat molds that
+Added: resulted in an increased depreciation expense.
+Added: Research and development expenses for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2024, was $586,378 compared to $1,443,569, for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: This reduction was due to the discontinuance
+Added: of the development of our electric propulsion system for Forza.
+Added: Other income decreased by 75%, or $1,663,240 to $541,863
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $2,205,103 for the year ended, 2023.
+Added: The decrease in other income is primarily the result
+Added: of $1,267,055 in Employee Retention Credit income received in 2023, which is not recurring in 2024, and lower overall dividends and interest
+Added: on investments resulting from the liquidation of investments to fund operations and capital investments.
+Added: Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024, was
+Added: $14,009,906, compared to $9,782,196 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: 2024 was a challenging year with overall boat production down
+Added: 63%, which worsened throughout the year.
+Added: We managed both variable and fixed operating costs, including reducing then shutting down the
+Added: Forza research and development operation.
+Added: The deleveraging of our fixed costs on such a low revenue base in 2024 led to significant losses.
+Added: We have decreased our head count significantly and continue to right-size the business for the current state of the economy, while keep
+Added: our core strengths intact.
+Added: Basic and dilutive loss per share of common stock increased for the year ended December 31, 2024 to ($1.10)
+Added: compared to ($0.76) for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: A primary source of funds for the year ended December 31, 2023 was net cash
−Removed: received from our secondary offering, as well as Forza’s initial public and secondary offering and revenue generated from operations.
−Removed: Our primary use of cash was related to funding the expansion of our operations through capital improvements, adding staff, and increasing
−Removed: inventory levels.
−Removed: Our priority over the next several months is to minimize new purchase orders and to deploy as much of this inventory
−Removed: as possible into new production.
−Removed: The following table provide selected financial data
+Added: A primary source of funds for the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2024 was net cash received from sales of our equity securities and those of Forza during prior fiscal years and revenue generated
+Added: from operations.
+Added: Our primary use of cash was related to funding the low-level revenue related cash losses from operations and capital
+Added: improvements.
+Added: Our priority over the next year is to grow our revenue base while managing working capital including improving inventory
+Added: The following table provides selected financial data
about us as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
−Removed: Marketable securities
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Restricted cash
Current assets
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Working capital
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, we had sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet
−Removed: ongoing expenses for at least twelve months from the date of the filing of this Annual Report.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, we had $21,218,175
−Removed: of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities, total current assets of $26,646,318, and total assets of $39,846,713.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, we had sufficient cash and
+Added: cash equivalents to meet ongoing expenses for at least twelve months from the date of the filing of this Annual Report.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2024, we had $7,706,240 of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities, total current assets of $10,419,141,
+Added: and total assets of $25,887,905.
Our total liabilities were $6,671,055.
−Removed: Our total liabilities were comprised of current liabilities of $4,216,345 which included accounts
−Removed: payable and accrued liabilities of $3,474,538, contract liability of $44,195, finance lease liability of $214,715 and current portion
−Removed: of operating lease right of use liability of $482,897, and long-term liabilities of $3,580,753.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had $23,501,007
−Removed: of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, marketable securities of $2,927,518, total current assets of $29,887,529 and total assets
−Removed: of $38,231,480.
−Removed: Our total current liabilities were $3,791,063 and total liabilities of $5,210,591 which included long-term operating lease
−Removed: liabilities for the lease of our facility.
−Removed: We believe that our cash and cash equivalents will provide sufficient resources
−Removed: to finance operations for the next 12 months.
−Removed: In addition to cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities, we anticipate
−Removed: that we will be able to rely, in part, on cash flows from operations in order to meet our liquidity and capital expenditure needs in the
−Removed: We do anticipate Forza’s expenses to increase during the next year as it constructs its planned manufacturing facility
−Removed: in McDowell, North Carolina, the cost of which we expect will be paid for through the proceeds of Forza’s initial public offering,
−Removed: its secondary offering and certain grant funding, provided the conditions to receipt of the grant funding are met, of which there can
−Removed: be no assurance.
−Removed: Cash used in operating
−Removed: $ (6,934,773 )
−Removed: $ (4,146,031 )
+Added: Our total liabilities were comprised of current liabilities of
+Added: $3,747,990, which included accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $3,009,331, contract liability of $80,000, finance lease liability
+Added: of $221,929 and current portion of operating lease right of use liability of $436,730, and long-term liabilities of $2,923,065.
+Added: December 31, 2023, we had $16,755,233 of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, $4,462,942 of marketable securities, total current assets
+Added: of $26,646,318 and total assets of $39,846,713.
+Added: Our total current liabilities were $4,216,345 and total liabilities of $7,797,098 which
+Added: included long-term operating lease liabilities for the lease of our facility.
+Added: We believe that our cash and cash equivalents will
+Added: provide sufficient resources to finance operations for the next 12 months.
+Added: In addition to cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and
+Added: marketable securities, we anticipate that we will be able to rely, in part, on cash flows from operations in order to meet our liquidity
+Added: and capital expenditure needs in the next year.
+Added: We also anticipate the sale of our partially constructed McDowell, North Carolina facility
+Added: to generate cash.
+Added: Cash used in operating activities
Cash used in investing activities
−Removed: $ (6,629,021 )
−Removed: Cash provided by financing
−Removed: (14,049,320 )
+Added: Cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Cash at end of year
Cash Flow from Operating Activities
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash flows used in operating activities
−Removed: was $6,934,773 compared to $4,146,030 during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We have increased inventory levels by $1,296,045, due to
−Removed: having three different manufactures for engines and to bringing inventory in for the Tennessee facility, and due to our increased product
−Removed: Our net loss was $9,782,196, was decreased by non-cash expenses of approximately $4,062,597 primarily due to stock-based compensation
−Removed: of $1,902,749, depreciation of $1,353,383, change of right-of-use asset and lease liabilities of $474,630, change in inventory reserve
−Removed: of $419,616 and net change in fair value of marketable securities of $87,781.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, our accounts payable
−Removed: increased $333,346, due to our increase in inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets decreases by $419,195, due to not being
−Removed: required to prepay for incoming engines, as we were in 2022.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, our operating lease liabilities decreased
−Removed: $479,315 and our accrued liabilities decreased by $165,257.
−Removed: Contract liabilities increased by $38,895.
−Removed: Accounts receivable increased by $65,993.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash flows
+Added: used in operating activities was $6,973,617 compared to $6,934,773 during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: We have decreased net inventory
+Added: levels by $2,418,098, due to managing inventory as well as other working capital items to align with the significant reduction in revenues
+Added: and production in 2024.
+Added: Our net loss was $14,009,906, decreased by non-cash expenses, primarily due to stock-based compensation of $1,177,140,
+Added: depreciation and amortization of $1,745,217, impairment of property & equipment of $1,674,000, change of right-of-use asset and lease
+Added: liabilities of $464,304, and loss on disposal of property & equipment of $172,684.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, our accounts
+Added: payable decreased $183,947 due to our decrease in inventory and production.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, our operating lease
+Added: liabilities decreased $482,897 and our accrued liabilities decreased by $281,259.
Cash Flow from Investing Activities
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We increased our property and equipment
−Removed: by $5,162,478, we invested in marketable securities of $1,343,702 and we realized a gain on the sale of marketable securities, available
−Removed: for sale of $103,941.
−Removed: The majority of the property and equipment purchased were molds for our boat production, for AquaSport and Twin
−Removed: Vee, investing and additional $3,593,709.
−Removed: We further spent $1,119,758 on the land in Tennessee and in North Carolina.
−Removed: We also spent approximately
−Removed: $714,991 on machinery and equipment.
+Added: by $6,341,675, we sold marketable securities of $4,462,942.
+Added: The majority of the property and equipment purchased were molds for our boat
+Added: production, for Twin Vee, and additions to facilities in both North Carolina and Ft.
+Added: Pierce Florida.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: was approximately $6,818,021 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $20,867,340 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: cash flow from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 included proceeds of $6,996,015 and deferred offering cost of
−Removed: $66,463 from a follow on underwritten public offering for Forza in June 2023.
−Removed: Additional cash
−Removed: used for financing activities of $90,153 was related to equipment financing, and $21,379 was used for a Forza buy back of
−Removed: The cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31,2022, included $20,936,825 in net proceeds from the Forza offering.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash used
+Added: by financing activities was approximately $213,744 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $6,818,020 for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023.
+Added: The cash flow from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2024 included only finance lease payments
+Added: while for the year ended December 31, 2023, cash provided by finance activities was primarily from proceeds of $6,996,015 and deferred
+Added: offering cost of $66,463 from a follow-on underwritten public offering for Forza in June 2023.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
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we evaluate our estimates based on historical experience and make various assumptions,
−Removed: which management believes to be reasonable under
−Removed: the circumstances, which form the basis for judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
−Removed: from other sources.
+Added: which management believes to be reasonable under the
+Added: circumstances, which form the basis for judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from
+Added: other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
9 unchanged sentences
to retained earnings upon adoption as the effect was immaterial.
−Removed: Payment received for the future sale of a boat to a customer is recognized as a
−Removed: customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Customer deposits are recognized as revenue
−Removed: when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer.
+Added: Payment received for the future sale of a boat to
+Added: a customer is recognized as a customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: deposits are recognized as revenue when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer.
Use of Estimates
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
−Removed: Management assesses the recoverability of its long-lived assets when indicators of
−Removed: impairment are present.
−Removed: If such indicators are present, the recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the undiscounted
−Removed: net cash flows estimated to result from those assets over the remaining life to the assets’ net carrying amounts.
−Removed: If the estimated
−Removed: undiscounted net cash flows are less than the net carrying amount, the assets would be adjusted to their fair value, based on appraisal
−Removed: or the present value of the undiscounted net cash flows.
+Added: Management assesses the recoverability of its long-lived
+Added: assets when indicators of impairment are present.
+Added: If such indicators are present, the recoverability of these assets is determined by
+Added: comparing the undiscounted net cash flows estimated to result from those assets over the remaining life to the assets’ net carrying
+Added: If the estimated undiscounted net cash flows are less than the net carrying amount, the assets would be adjusted to their fair
+Added: value, based on appraisal or the present value of the undiscounted net cash flows.
Product Warranty Costs
35 unchanged sentences
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