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fall behind future competitors, we are highly focused on protecting our intellectual property both domestically and abroad.
−Removed: following highlights recent material developments in our business in the three months ended June 30, 2024:
−Removed: April 2024, 12,100 stock options issued during 2023 and 8,300 stock options issued during the six months ended June 30, 2024 were forfeited in connection with the termination
−Removed: of employees with the Company.
−Removed: restricted stock units (“RSUs”) were granted to a contractor on May 1, 2024 in consideration for services rendered in
−Removed: the first quarter of 2024.
−Removed: May 6, 2024, 1,477,892 pre-funded warrants issued during the three months ended March 31, 2024 were exercised for 1,477,892 shares
−Removed: of common stock for a total of $15.
−Removed: May 8, 2024, the Company announced its receipt of a major grant from New York State Excelsior Jobs Program worth up to $2.8 million.
−Removed: The grant, following a strategic low-cost power award from New York Power Authority (NYPA) in April 2024, signifies additional state-level
−Removed: investment in the Company’s expanding operations.
−Removed: With growth exceeding NY State’s forecasts, the Company expects to
−Removed: create up to or over 280 new jobs from 2025 to 2030 and if achieved will receive cash benefits for the creation of these jobs, amounting
−Removed: to $2.8 million received over the next 10 years.
−Removed: May 14, 2024, the Company and Worksport New York Operations Corporation (“Worksport New York”) entered into an Omnibus
−Removed: Amendment of Loan Documents (the “Loan Amendment”) with Northeast Bank (the “Lender”) in connection with
−Removed: that certain secured loan agreement, dated May 4, 2022 (the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company, as the guarantor,
−Removed: Worksport New York, as the borrower (the “Borrower”), and the Lender in connection with the Company’s purchase
−Removed: of its 152,847 square foot facility and 18 acres of land in West Seneca, New York on May 6, 2022 for a total purchase price of $8,150,000.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Loan Amendment, effective as of May 10, 2024, the Lender extended the initial maturity date of the Loan from May
−Removed: 10, 2024 to August 10, 2024 (the “Extended Maturity Date”).
−Removed: The Company also agreed to pay the Lender an extension fee
−Removed: of $106,000 (the “Extension Fee”) which was deemed fully earned as of the date of the Loan Amendment.
−Removed: However, the Lender
−Removed: agreed to postpone payment of the Extension Fee until the occurrence of (i) the Loan not being repaid in full by or on the Extended
−Removed: Maturity Date;
−Removed: or (ii) the Loan being accelerated following an Event of Default or Termination Date (as defined in the Forbearance
−Removed: Agreement dated as of February 4, 2024, by and between the Company, Worksport New York and the Lender).
−Removed: If the Loan is repaid in
−Removed: full on or prior to the Extended Maturity Date, the Lender has agreed to waive the Extension Fee.
−Removed: In addition to the Extension Fee,
−Removed: the Company agreed to pay the Lender an exit fee of $106,000 (the “Exit Fee”) in the event the Loan is not repaid in
−Removed: full on or prior to the Extended Maturity Date or if the Loan has been accelerated following an Event of Default or in connection
−Removed: with a Termination Event (as defined in the Forbearance Agreement).
−Removed: If the Loan is repaid in full on or prior to the Extended Maturity
−Removed: Date (and not as a result of an acceleration following a Termination Event), the Company will not be required to pay the Exit Fee.
−Removed: May 29, 2024, the Company entered into a common stock warrant exercise inducement offer letter (the “Inducement Offer Letter”)
−Removed: with a certain holder (the “Holder”) of existing warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an
−Removed: exercise price of $1.34 per share issued on November 2, 2023 (the “Existing Warrants”), pursuant to which the Holder
−Removed: agreed to exercise for cash its Existing Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock,
−Removed: at a reduced exercised price of $0.5198 per share, in consideration for the Company’s agreement to issue new warrants (the
−Removed: “Inducement Warrants”) to purchase up to 12,950,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.5198 per share.
−Removed: The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $3,638,600 from the exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Holder
−Removed: and the sale of the Inducement Warrants, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.
−Removed: May 29, 2024, the Company announced it had been issued a new utility patent from the United States Patent & Trademark Office
−Removed: related to its highly anticipated SOLIS Solar Tonneau Cover.
−Removed: RSUs were granted to two contractors on May 30, 2024 in consideration for services rendered over the prior year.
−Removed: June 5, 2024, the Company announced the formation of a new sales partnership with a prominent Midwest distributor operating within
−Removed: the automotive industry.
−Removed: June 13, 2024, the Company was awarded “Innovator of the Year” by Buffalo Business First – recognizing the Company’s
−Removed: commitment to pioneering advancements in the automotive sector.
−Removed: June 26, 2024, the Company announced it had strategically decided to design its Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm such that
−Removed: its SOLIS Solar Power System will be able to charge not only the Company’s COR Portable Battery Generator system but also most
−Removed: other portable power stations and power banks on the market.
+Added: following highlights recent material developments in our business in the three months ended September 30, 2024:
+Added: July 11, 2024, the Company launched a new dealer webpage to facilitate sales to tonneau cover dealers by offering a simplified ordering
+Added: July 19, 2024, the Company, as the guarantor, and Worksport New York Operations Corporation as well as Worksport USA Operations Corporation,
+Added: entered into a $6,000,000 Revolving Financing and Assignment Agreement with an external lending entity with a maturity of 24 months
+Added: from initial funding (July 2026).
+Added: Upon transaction close, the Company drew down approximately $5.06 million of the Revolving Credit
+Added: Facility, net of $790,000 of interest reserve required to be withheld to ensure interest payments by the Company.
+Added: The Company used
+Added: $4.73 million of the drawn down amount to refinance the Company’s mortgage on the Company’s real property located at
+Added: 2500 North America Dr.
+Added: in West Seneca, New York, and additionally drew approximately $330,000 to fund operations.
+Added: July 23, 2024, the Company engaged in stock option repricing for certain employees, executive officers, and members of the board
+Added: of directors of the Company.
+Added: All included options’ exercise prices were repriced to $0.7042 – the closing price per share
+Added: of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on July 23, 2024.
+Added: The Repriced Options consisted of certain
+Added: outstanding stock options that had been granted under the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: and 2022 Stock Incentive Plan as of the Effective Date.
+Added: August 6, 2024, through a partnership with Firework, the Company launched a new live sales feature to drive direct to consumer sales.
+Added: August 13, 2024, the Company hosted its first live earnings call.
+Added: September 3, 2024, the Company launched its new Dealer Sales Initiative, which represents a sharp expansion of its sales team to
+Added: driver sales amount dealers.
+Added: September 4, 2024, the Company announced an expansion of it’s product lines to service a wider range of truck models.
+Added: September 4, 2024, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Worksport USA Operations Corporation, entered into a $1,487,200
+Added: credit and security agreement with an external lending entity with a maturity of 36 months from initial funding (September 2027).
+Added: Upon transaction close, the Company received net proceeds of $1,437,998.
+Added: The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Worksport New
+Added: York Operations Corporation, serve as guarantors on the loan.
+Added: September 11, 2024, the Company published results from a lab test in which it found that the COR Hub + Battery, which carries over
+Added: 1.7 kWh of power, added approximately seven miles of range to a Tesla Model 3 when used as a Level 1 power source.
Factors Affecting our Performance
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healthy trading volume.
+Added: has fallen since it’s 2022 highs, although inflation rates are still above the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: for the first time since the Federal Reserves’ sharp post-Covid interest rate hike, during it’s September meeting, the Federal
+Added: Reserve announced it is lowering the overnight borrowing rate by 50 basis points, and it gave guidance of an additional 50 basis point
+Added: cut by end of FY24.
+Added: It is possible these interest rate cuts result in an increase in inflation.
Prices and Supply Chain Issues
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Regardless, the Company is closely monitoring international shipping costs.
−Removed: transition towards domestic manufacturing and assembly is anticipated to largely offset these higher costs, as we believe we will be
−Removed: less exposed to higher international shipping costs.
−Removed: We are also identifying North American suppliers of our products’ components
−Removed: and will prioritize transport by rail when possible to avoid high trucking costs.
+Added: Further, there is a risk of worker strikes within
+Added: our supply chain, such as the October US port workers strike that was postponed to January, 2025, causing higher import prices for our
+Added: raw materials and finished goods.
+Added: are also identifying North American suppliers of our products’ components and will prioritize transport by rail when possible to
+Added: avoid high trucking costs.
+Added: Our transition towards domestic manufacturing and assembly is anticipated to largely offset these higher costs,
+Added: as we believe we will be less exposed to higher international shipping costs.
February 2022, Russia initiated significant military action against Ukraine.
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we do not have any direct operations or significant sales in the Middle East, geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflicts in the region,
−Removed: particularly between Israel and Hamas, may lead to global economic instability and fluctuating energy prices that could materially affect
−Removed: our business.
−Removed: It is not possible to predict the broader consequences of the Israel-Hamas war, including related geopolitical tensions,
−Removed: and the measures and actions taken by other countries in respect thereof, which could materially adversely affect global trade, currency
−Removed: exchange rates, regional economies and the global economy.
−Removed: While it is difficult to predict the impact of any of the foregoing, the Israel-Hamas
−Removed: war may increase our costs, disrupt our supply chain, reduce our sales and earnings, impair our ability to raise additional capital when
−Removed: needed on acceptable terms, if at all, or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: particularly between Israel and Hamas, and more recently Israel and Hezbollah, may lead to global economic instability and fluctuating
+Added: energy prices that could materially affect our business.
+Added: It is not possible to predict the broader consequences of the Israeli wars,
+Added: including related geopolitical tensions, and the measures and actions taken by other countries in respect thereof, which could materially
+Added: adversely affect global trade, currency exchange rates, regional economies and the global economy.
+Added: While it is difficult to predict the
+Added: impact of any of the foregoing, the Israeli wars may increase our costs, disrupt our supply chain, reduce our sales and earnings, impair
+Added: our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all, or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
are subject to foreign exchange risk as we manufacture certain products and components in China, market extensively in both Canadian
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OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Months Ended June 30, 2024 compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
−Removed: the three months ended June 30, 2024, revenues from our entire line of products was $1,921,539, as compared to $199,851 for the three
−Removed: months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Year-over-year sales increased by approximately 862%.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2024, revenue generated
−Removed: in Canada was $31,853 as compared to $0 for the same period in 2023.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2024, revenue generated in the
−Removed: United States was $1,889,686, compared to $199,851 for the same period in 2023, an increase of 846%.
−Removed: increased during the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the same period the prior year due to increased sales of tonneau covers
−Removed: to a private label partner, various dealers and distributors, and end users via the Company’s online marketplaces.
+Added: Months Ended September 30, 2024 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2024, net sales from our entire line of products was $3,122,359, as compared to $458,483 for
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Year-over-year net sales increased by approximately 581%.
+Added: For the three months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024, net sales generated in Canada was $28,751 as compared to $4,225 for the same period in 2023.
+Added: For the three months
+Added: ended September 30, 2024, net sales generated in the United States was $3,093,608 compared to $454,258 for the same period in 2023, an
+Added: increase of 581% .
+Added: increased during the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period the prior year due to increased sales of tonneau
+Added: covers to a private label partner, various dealers and distributors, and end users via the Company’s online marketplaces.
continues to focus on establishing new and strengthening existing business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales channels while
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and sales campaigns.
−Removed: For business-to-business channels, we have created all necessary marketing/sales materials and policies as well
−Removed: as an online dealer marketplace, and we are now actively contacting thousands of leads and presenting our product offerings to various
−Removed: dealers, jobbers, and retailers across the United States and Canada.
−Removed: We intend to gradually increase output capacity through refined
−Removed: production processes and increased personnel.
−Removed: from online retailers of our products increased from $18,163 during the three months ended June 30, 2023, to $897,213 during the three
−Removed: months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Online retailers accounted for 47% of total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to
−Removed: 9% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Distributor sales increased for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared with the
−Removed: three months ended June 30, 2023, with sales of $63,926 and $0, respectively.
−Removed: Distributors accounted for 3% of total revenue for the
−Removed: three months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Private label sales increased from $181,688 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, to $960,400 for
−Removed: the three months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Private label sales accounted for 50% of total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: We expect to continue to grow our fields of business as we develop unique products with enhanced utility to offer to other prospective
−Removed: clients in the U.S.
+Added: For business-to-business channels, we have created all necessary marketing/sales materials, policies, and teams
+Added: as well as an online dealer marketplace, and we are now actively contacting thousands of leads and presenting our product offerings to
+Added: various dealers, jobbers, and retailers across the United States and Canada.
+Added: We intend to gradually increase output capacity through
+Added: refined production processes and increased personnel.
+Added: sales from online retailers of our products increased from $21,599 during the three months ended September 30, 2023, to $1,594,368
+Added: during the three months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: Online retailers accounted for 51% of total net sales for the three months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024, compared to 5% for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Distributor net sales increased for the three
+Added: months ended September 30, 2024, compared with the three months ended September 30, 2023, with net sales of $114,681 and $4,225,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Distributors accounted for 4% of total net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: Private label net
+Added: sales increased from $432,659 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, to $1,413,310 for the three months ended September 30,
+Added: Private label net sales accounted for 45% of total net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: We expect to continue to
+Added: grow our fields of business as we develop unique products with enhanced utility to offer to other prospective clients in the U.S.
and Canadian markets.
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Manufacturers with the intention of distributing through them as well.
−Removed: of sales increased by 960%, from $153,288 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, to $1,624,910 for the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: Our cost of sales, as a percentage of sales, was approximately 85% and 77% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: The increase in the cost of sales as a percentage of sales was primarily due to increased sales of domestically-produced hard covers.
−Removed: We consistently secure a 20% gross margin on soft covers sold to private labels, as these soft covers are drop shipped from our Chinese
−Removed: suppliers at a fixed cost.
−Removed: However, our margins on domestically manufactured hard covers is dependent on the cost of raw materials, which
−Removed: fluctuates, as well as overhead, which has been high due to manufacturing inefficiencies and low production volumes – both of which
−Removed: are actively being mitigated as we streamline manufacturing processes and allocate more existing human capital and machinery resources
−Removed: away from design engineering and testing towards production.
+Added: of sales increased by 680%, from $368,796 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, to $2,875,186 for the three months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024.
+Added: Our cost of sales, as a percentage of net sales, was approximately 92% and 80% for the three months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Our cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased primarily driven
+Added: by two factors:
+Added: (1) strategic discounting aimed at boosting traffic to our direct-to-consumer online marketplace, and (2) overhead allocation
+Added: associated with sold inventory produced in previous periods, which had limited production volumes.
+Added: Our discounting strategy is part of
+Added: a broader initiative to enhance market presence and build brand awareness.
+Added: We anticipate that this will position us for sustained customer
+Added: engagement in future periods, during which discounting may not be necessary to the same extent.
+Added: Additionally, overhead absorption was
+Added: higher due to the allocation of fixed costs over a smaller production volume in prior periods.
+Added: As production volume grows and our manufacturing
+Added: process becomes more efficient, we expect to allocate these costs across a larger base.
+Added: This scaling will be facilitated by reallocating
+Added: more of our existing human capital and machinery resources from design engineering and testing functions toward production.
+Added: is intended to support ongoing production increases and drive long-term efficiencies in our cost structure.
provide our distributors and online retailers an “all-in” wholesale price.
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are able to pick up product directly from our stocking warehouse.
−Removed: expenses increased for the three months ended June 30, 2024 by $422,095, from $3,785,282 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 to
−Removed: $4,207,377, due to the following factors:
−Removed: and administrative expenses increased by $1,201,585, from $1,744,801 in 2023 to $2,946,386
−Removed: The increase was related to increased research and development activities, increased
−Removed: employment of support personnel including engineers,
−Removed: and increases in wages and salaries as we seek to expand our operations and further develop
−Removed: our products.
−Removed: and marketing expenses decreased by $69,920, from $548,712 for 2023 to $478,792 for 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in sales and marketing is primarily attributable to the completion of several
−Removed: marketing agreements and lower cost of in-house marketing campaigns to create brand and product
−Removed: fees, which include accounting, legal, and consulting fees, decreased from $1,491,453 in
−Removed: 2023 to $766,563 in 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in professional fees was due primarily to insourcing
−Removed: of certain business processes and fewer equity grants to third parties for services rendered.
−Removed: realized a loss on foreign exchange of $15,636 during 2024, compared to a loss on foreign exchange of $316 for the prior
−Removed: period due to conversions between CAD and USD.
+Added: expenses increased for the three months ended September 30, 2024 by $143,193, from $4,009,196 for the three months ended September 30,
+Added: 2023 to $4,152,389, due to the following factors:
+Added: and administrative expenses decreased by $216,233, from $3,091,488 in 2023 to $2,875,255 in 2024.
+Added: General and administrative is constant
+Added: with a slight decrease compared to prior year as the Company begins to shift its focus to production and research and development
+Added: and marketing expenses increased by $280,391, from $380,847 for 2023 to $661,238 for 2024.
+Added: The increase in sales and marketing is
+Added: primarily attributable to the Company’s marketing campaign to create brand and product awareness.
+Added: fees, which include accounting, legal, and consulting fees, increased from $539,126 in 2023 to $621,728 in 2024.
+Added: The increase in
+Added: professional fees was due primarily to payment of commissions to third parties, stock options modification, and
+Added: its associated fees.
+Added: realized a gain on foreign exchange of $5,832 during 2024, compared to a gain on foreign exchange of $2,265 for the prior period
+Added: due to conversions between CAD and USD.
Income and Expenses
−Removed: reported net other expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 of $102,651, compared to a loss of $58,736 for three months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Net other expenses can be attributed to decreased interest and rental
−Removed: loss for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $4,013,399, compared to a net loss of $3,797,455 for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: reported net other expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2024 of $229,701, compared to a $29,789 for three months ended September
+Added: Net other expenses can be attributed to increased interest expense and decreased rental income.
+Added: loss for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was $4,134,917, compared to a net loss of $3,949,298 for the three months ended September
30, 2023 – an increase of 4.7%.
−Removed: The increase in the net loss can be attributed to the increase in various operating expenses as we focus
−Removed: on expanding our operations, research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain.
−Removed: Months Ended June 30, 2024 compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
−Removed: the six months ended June 30, 2024, revenues from our entire line of products was $2,434,176, as compared to $231,776 for the six months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Year-over-year sales increased by approximately 950%.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, revenue generated
−Removed: in Canada was $51,890, as compared to $2,655 for the same period in 2023.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, revenue generated in
−Removed: the United States was $2,382,286 compared to $229,121 for the same period in 2023, an increase of 940%.
−Removed: increased during the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the same period the prior year due to increased sales of tonneau covers
−Removed: to a private label partner, various dealers and distributors, as well as end users via the Company’s online marketplaces.
−Removed: continues to focus on establishing new and strengthening existing business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales channels while
−Removed: also strengthening customer support to increase customer satisfaction and enable high product turnover.
−Removed: For business-to-consumer channels,
−Removed: we have configured our product offerings in a manner conducive to cost-effective marketing, allowing us to securely invest in marketing
−Removed: and sales campaigns.
−Removed: For business-to-business channels, we have created all necessary marketing/sales materials and policies as well
−Removed: as an online dealer marketplace, and we are now actively contacting thousands of leads and presenting our product offerings to various
−Removed: dealers, jobbers, and retailers across the United States and Canada.
−Removed: We intend to gradually increase output capacity through refined
−Removed: production processes and increased personnel.
−Removed: from online retailers of our products increased from $42,437 during the six months ended June 30, 2023, to $921,623 during the six months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Online retailers accounted for 38% of total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 18% for
−Removed: the six months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Distributor sales increased for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared with the six months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2023, with sales of $86,773 and $2,655, respectively.
−Removed: Distributor sales accounted for 3% of total revenue for the six
−Removed: months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Private label sales increased from $188,684 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, to $1,425,780 for the
−Removed: six months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Private label sales accounted for 59% of total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: to continue to grow our fields of business as we develop unique products with enhanced utility to offer to other prospective clients
+Added: The increase in the net loss can be attributed to the increase in various operating expenses as
+Added: we focus on expanding our operations, research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain.
+Added: Months Ended September 30, 2024 compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
+Added: the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net sales from our entire line of products was $5,556,535, as compared to $690,259 for the
+Added: nine months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Year-over-year net sales increased by approximately 705%.
+Added: For the nine months ended September
+Added: 30, 2024, net sales generated in Canada was $80,530 as compared to $6,961 for the same period in 2023.
+Added: For the nine months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024, net sales generated in the United States was $5,476,005 compared to $683,298 for the same period in 2023, an
+Added: increase of 701% .
+Added: sales increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period the prior year due to increased net
+Added: sales of tonneau covers to a private label partner, various dealers and distributors, as well as end users via the Company’s
+Added: online marketplaces.
+Added: The Company continues to focus on establishing new and strengthening existing business-to-consumer and
+Added: business-to-business net sales channels while also strengthening customer support to increase customer satisfaction and enable high
+Added: product turnover.
+Added: For business-to-consumer channels, we have configured our product offerings in a manner conducive to
+Added: cost-effective marketing, allowing us to securely invest in marketing and sales campaigns.
+Added: For business-to-business channels, we
+Added: have created all necessary marketing/sales materials and policies as well as an online dealer marketplace, and we are now actively
+Added: contacting thousands of leads and presenting our product offerings to various dealers, jobbers, and retailers across the United
+Added: States and Canada.
+Added: We intend to gradually increase output capacity through refined production processes and increased
+Added: sales from online retailers of our products increased from $62,827 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, to $2,446,053
+Added: during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: Online retailers accounted for 44% of total net sales for the nine months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024, compared to 9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Distributor net sales increased for the nine months
+Added: ended September 30, 2024, compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2023, with net sales of $204,158 and $6,961,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Distributor net sales accounted for 4% of total net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: Private label
+Added: net sales increased from $620,471 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, to $2,906,324 for the nine months ended September
+Added: Private label net sales accounted for 52% of total net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
+Added: continue to grow our fields of business as we develop unique products with enhanced utility to offer to other prospective clients in
and Canadian markets.
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Manufacturers with the intention of distributing through them as well.
−Removed: of sales increased by 1,114%, from $173,045 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, to $2,100,091 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Our cost of sales, as a percentage of sales, was approximately 86% and 75% for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: The increase in the cost of sales as a percentage of sales was primarily due to increased sales of domestically-produced hard covers.
−Removed: We consistently secure a 20% gross margin on soft covers sold to private labels, as these soft covers are drop shipped from our Chinese
−Removed: suppliers at a fixed cost.
−Removed: However, our margins on domestically manufactured hard covers is dependent on the cost of raw materials, which
−Removed: fluctuates, as well as overhead, which has been high due to manufacturing inefficiencies and low production volumes – both of which
−Removed: are actively being mitigated as we streamline manufacturing processes and allocate more existing human capital and machinery resources
−Removed: away from design engineering and testing towards production.
+Added: of sales increased by 818%, from $541,841 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, to $4,975,277 for the nine months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024.
+Added: Our cost of sales, as a percentage of net sales, was approximately 89% and 78% for the nine months ended
+Added: September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Our cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased primarily driven
+Added: by two factors:
+Added: (1) strategic discounting aimed at boosting traffic to our direct-to-consumer online marketplace, and (2) overhead allocation
+Added: associated with sold inventory produced in previous periods, which had limited production volumes.
+Added: Our discounting strategy is part of
+Added: a broader initiative to enhance market presence and build brand awareness.
+Added: We anticipate that this will position us for sustained customer
+Added: engagement in future periods, during which discounting may not be necessary to the same extent.
+Added: Additionally, overhead absorption was
+Added: higher due to the allocation of fixed costs over a smaller production volume in prior periods.
+Added: As production volume grows and our manufacturing
+Added: process becomes more efficient, we expect to allocate these costs across a larger base.
+Added: This scaling will be facilitated by reallocating
+Added: more of our existing human capital and machinery resources from design engineering and testing functions toward production.
+Added: is intended to support ongoing production increases and drive long-term efficiencies in our cost structure.
provide our distributors and online retailers an “all-in” wholesale price.
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are able to pick up product directly from our stocking warehouse.
−Removed: expenses increased for the six months ended June 30, 2024 by $556,901, from $7,327,398 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 to $7,884,299,
−Removed: due to the following factors:
−Removed: and administrative expenses increased by $1,746,291, from $3,874,413 in 2023 to $5,620,704
−Removed: The increase was related to increased research and development activities, increased
−Removed: employment of support personnel including engineers, and increases in wages and salaries as we seek to expand our operations and further develop
−Removed: our products.
+Added: expenses increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 by $700,094, from $11,336,594 for the nine months ended September 30,
+Added: 2023 to $12,036,668, due to the following factors:
+Added: and administrative expenses increased by $1,530,058, from $6,965,901 in 2023 to $8,495,959 in 2024.
+Added: The increase was related to increased
+Added: research and development activities, increased employment of support personnel including engineers, and increases in wages and salaries
+Added: as we seek to expand our operations and further develop our products.
and marketing expenses decreased by $267,103, from $1,473,910 for 2023 to $1,206,807 for 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in sales and marketing is primarily attributable to the completion of several
−Removed: marketing agreements and lower cost of in-house marketing campaigns to create brand and product
−Removed: fees, which include accounting, legal, and consulting fees, decreased from $2,360,064 in
−Removed: 2023 to $1,710,341 in 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in professional fees was due primarily to insourcing
−Removed: of certain business processes and fewer equity grants to third parties for services rendered.
−Removed: realized a loss on foreign exchange of $7,685 during 2024, compared to a gain on foreign exchange of $142 for the prior period due
−Removed: to conversions between CAD and USD.
+Added: The decrease in sales and marketing
+Added: is primarily attributable to the completion of several marketing agreements and lower cost of in-house marketing campaigns to create
+Added: brand and product awareness.
+Added: fees, which include accounting, legal, and consulting fees, decreased from $2,899,190 in 2023 to $2,332,069 in 2024.
+Added: in professional fees was due primarily to insourcing of certain business processes and fewer equity grants to third parties for services
+Added: realized a loss on foreign exchange of $1,853 during 2024, compared to a gain on foreign exchange of $2,407 for the prior period
+Added: due to conversions between CAD and USD.
Income and Expenses
−Removed: reported net other expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 of $177,842, compared to net expenses of $52,058 for the six
−Removed: months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Other expenses can be attributed to decreased interest and rental
−Removed: loss for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $7,728,056, compared to a net loss of $7,320,725 for the six months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: reported net other expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 of $407,543, compared to net expenses of $81,847 for the nine
+Added: months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Other expenses can be attributed to decreased interest and rental income.
+Added: loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $11,862,973, compared to a net loss of $11,270,023 for the nine months ended September
30, 2023 – an increase of 5.3%.
−Removed: The increase in the net loss can be attributed to the increase in various operating expenses as we focus on
−Removed: expanding our operations, research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain.
+Added: The increase in the net loss can be attributed to the increase in various operating expenses as
+Added: we focus on expanding our operations, research and development, manufacturing, and supply chain.
and Capital Resources;
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During the three and
−Removed: six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had a net loss of $4,013,399 (2023 – $3,797,455) and $7,728,056 (2023 – $7,320,725),
+Added: nine months ended September 30, 2024 ,
+Added: the Company had a net loss of $ 4,134,917 (2023 – $3,949,298)
+Added: and $ 11,862,973 (2023 – $11,270,023),
respectively.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2024, the Company has working capital of $8,489,246 (December 31, 2023 – $1,956,894) and had an accumulated
−Removed: deficit of $56,041,233 (December 31, 2023 – $48,313,177).
−Removed: The Company has not generated profit from operations since inception
−Removed: and to date has relied on debt and equity financings for continued operations.
−Removed: The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern
−Removed: is dependent upon the ability to generate cash flows from operations and obtain equity and/or debt financing.
−Removed: The Company intends to
−Removed: continue funding operations through equity and debt financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures,
−Removed: working capital and other cash requirements in the long term.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the steps management is taking will be successful.
−Removed: the Company having mostly completed its purchasing of large manufacturing machinery, operational costs are expected to remain elevated
−Removed: and, thus, further decrease cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Concurrently, the Company intends to continue its ramp-up of manufacturing and
−Removed: increasing sales volumes in the second half of 2024, which should mitigate the effects of operational costs on cash and cash equivalents;
−Removed: this view is supported by the fact that the manufacturing facility of the Company was completed for initial production output in 2023
−Removed: and started to generate revenue in the third quarter of 2023, registering its highest quarterly sales total in the Company’s history
−Removed: in the second quarter of 2024.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024 , the Company has working capital of $5,880,926
+Added: (December 31, 2023 – $1,956,894) and had an
+Added: accumulated deficit of $60,176,150 (December 31, 2023 – $48,313,177).
+Added: The Company has not generated profit from operations since inception and to date has relied on debt and equity financings for continued
+Added: The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability to generate cash flows from operations
+Added: and obtain equity and/or debt financing.
+Added: The Company intends to continue funding operations through equity and debt financing arrangements,
+Added: which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements in the long term.
+Added: no assurance that the steps management is taking will be successful.
+Added: the Company having completed its purchasing of large manufacturing machinery for current output needs, operational costs are expected
+Added: to remain elevated and, thus, further decrease cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: Concurrently, the Company intends to continue its ramp-up of
+Added: manufacturing and increasing sales volumes in the second half of 2024, which should mitigate the effects of operational costs on cash
+Added: and cash equivalents;
+Added: this view is supported by the fact that the manufacturing facility of the Company was completed for initial production
+Added: output in 2023 and started to generate revenue in the third quarter of 2023, registering its highest quarterly sales total in the Company’s
+Added: history in the third quarter of 2024.
Company has successfully raised cash, and it is positioned to do so again if deemed necessary or strategically advantageous.
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gross sales price of the shares of common stock sold.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2024, the Company has sold and issued 604,048 shares of common stock
−Removed: in consideration for net proceeds of $780,356 under the ATM Agreement.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, the Company has sold and issued 604,048 shares of common
+Added: stock in consideration for net proceeds of $780,356 under the ATM Agreement.
November 2, 2023, the Company consummated a registered direct offering pursuant to which it sold 1,925,000 shares of common stock and
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other offering expenses payable by the Company.
−Removed: July 19, 2024, the Company, as the guarantor, and Worksport New York Operations Corporation as well as Worksport USA Operations
−Removed: Corporation, entered into a $6 million Revolving Financing and Assignment Agreement with an external lending entity, Amerisource
−Removed: Business Capital.
−Removed: Upon transaction close, the Company drew down approximately $5.06 million of the Revolving Credit Facility, net of
−Removed: $790,000 of interest reserve required to be withheld to ensure interest payments by the Company.
−Removed: The Company used $4.73 million of
−Removed: the drawn down amount to refinance the Company’s mortgage on the Company’s real property located at 2500 North America
−Removed: in West Seneca, New York, and additionally drew approximately $330,000 in accounts receivables, leaving approximately $940,000
−Removed: available for Accounts Receivable financing under the Agreement as of the deal close date.
+Added: July 19, 2024, t he Company, as the guarantor, and Worksport
+Added: New York Operations Corporation as well as Worksport USA Operations Corporation, entered into a $6 million Revolving Financing and Assignment
+Added: Agreement with an external lending entity, Amerisource Business Capital.
+Added: Upon transaction close, the Company drew down approximately
+Added: $5.06 million of the Revolving Credit Facility, net of $790,000 of interest reserve required to be withheld to ensure interest payments
+Added: by the Company.
+Added: The Company used $4.73 million of the drawn down amount to refinance the Company’s mortgage on the Company’s
+Added: real property located at 2500 North America Dr.
+Added: in West Seneca, New York, and additionally drew approximately $330,000 to fund operations.
+Added: September 4, 2024, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Worksport USA Operations Corporation, entered into a $1,487,200
+Added: credit and security agreement with an external lending entity with a maturity of 36 months from initial funding (September 2027).
+Added: transaction close, the Company received net proceeds of $1,437,998.
+Added: The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Worksport New York Operations
+Added: Corporation, serve as guarantors on the loan.
date, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity consist of net proceeds from public and private securities offerings and cash
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Flow Activities
−Removed: increased from $3,365,778 at December 31, 2023, to $3,426,089 at June 30, 2024 – an increase of $60,311 or 2%.
−Removed: The increase was
−Removed: primarily due to the closing of a sale of shares as well as a warrant inducement during the six months ended June 30, 2024, raising approximately
−Removed: of June 30, 2024, we had current assets of $10,743,200 (December 31, 2023 – $9,123,506) and current liabilities of $2,253,954 (December
−Removed: 31, 2023 – $7,166,612).
−Removed: As of June 30, 2024, we had working capital of $8,489,246 (December 31, 2023 – $1,956,894) and an
−Removed: accumulated deficit of $56,041,233 (December 31, 2023 – $48,313,177).
−Removed: cash used by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $6,421,292, compared to $6,018,704 in the prior period,
−Removed: primarily driven by a larger net loss during the six months ended June 30, 2024, and partially offset by the issuance of shares, stock
−Removed: options, and warrants for services.
−Removed: receivable increased at June 30, 2024 by $160,264 and increased by $263,874 in the prior period.
−Removed: The increase in accounts receivable
−Removed: was due to larger sales volume with business-to-business customers.
−Removed: increased at June 30, 2024 by $2,755,252, and at June 30, 2023 by $1,533,492, as a result of our stockpiling components for
−Removed: production as well as finished goods to fulfill rising demand for our domestically-produced tonneau covers.
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and
−Removed: deposits decreased by $1,345,434 at June 30, 2024, and increased by $14,280 at June 30, 2023 due to deposits used and made by us
−Removed: for the purchase of manufacturing equipment and inventory, respectively.
−Removed: payable and accrued liabilities decreased at June 30, 2024 by $59,989 compared to a decrease of $828,757 in the prior period.
−Removed: cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $335,787 compared to $2,663,046 in the prior period.
−Removed: decrease in investing activities was primarily attributable to higher capital expenditure on various manufacturing equipment in 2023.
−Removed: cash generated by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $6,817,390 compared to net cash used from financing
−Removed: activities of $36,772 in the prior period.
+Added: decreased from $3,365,778 at December 31, 2023, to $1,857,685 at September 30, 2024 – a decrease of $1,508,093 or 45%.
+Added: of September 30, 2024, we had current assets of $8,887,057 (December 31, 2023 – $9,123,506) and current liabilities of $3,006,131
+Added: (December 31, 2023 – $7,166,612).
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, we had working capital of $5,880,926 (December 31, 2023 – $1,956,894)
+Added: and an accumulated deficit of $60,176,150 (December 31, 2023 – $48,313,177).
+Added: cash used by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $7,959,212, compared to $8,194,347 in the prior period.
+Added: While net loss increased by $592,950 and non-cash payments decreased by $1,585,718, they were more than offset by a $2,413,803 decrease
+Added: in cash used in operating assets and liabilities relative to the prior period, which reflects the Company’s improved inventory
+Added: storage and consumption efficiency.
+Added: receivable increased at September 30, 2024 by $3,320 and increased by $455,509 in the prior period.
+Added: This small increase relative to the
+Added: prior period was due to there being a small increase in business-to-business sales relative to the prior period.
+Added: increased at September 30, 2024 by $2,506,568, and at September 30, 2023 by $2,205,697, as a result of our purchasing more raw materials
+Added: for increased output to fulfill rising demand for our domestically-produced tonneau covers.
+Added: Prepaid expenses and deposits decreased by
+Added: $1,240,649 at September 30, 2024, and decreased by $26,200 at September 30, 2023 due to deposits
+Added: used and made by us for the purchase of inventory.
+Added: payable and accrued liabilities increased at September 30, 2024 by $1,004,819 compared to a decrease of $152,474 in the prior period.
+Added: cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $500,760 compared to $3,512,469 in the prior period.
+Added: The decrease in investing activities was primarily attributable to higher capital expenditure on various manufacturing equipment in 2023.
+Added: cash generated by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $6,951,879 compared to net cash generated by
+Added: financing activities of $51,637 in the prior period.
+Added: Cash generated from financing activities increased as the Company issued additional
+Added: shares, warrants and access to credit lines compared to 2023.
Accounting Policies
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