NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Note 1: Organization and summary
of significant accounting policies
Nature of business
ThermoEnergy Corporation (“the Company”)
was incorporated in January 1988 for the purpose of developing and marketing advanced municipal and industrial wastewater treatment
and carbon reducing power generation technologies.
The Company’s
wastewater treatment systems are based on its proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation Technology (“CAST
®
”)
platform. The Company’s patented and proprietary platform technology is combined with off-the-shelf technologies
to provide systems that are inexpensive, easy to operate and reliable. The Company’s wastewater treatment systems have global
applications in metal finishing, heavy manufacturing, hydraulic fracturing, petrochemical, refining, aerospace, food and beverage
processing, pulp and paper, microchip and circuit board manufacturing and municipal wastewater. The CAST
®
platform technology is owned by its subsidiary, CASTion Corporation (“CASTion”).
The Company also
owns a patented pressurized oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass
into electricity while producing near zero air emissions and removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration
or beneficial reuse. This technology is intended to be used to build new or to retrofit old fossil fuel power plants globally with
near zero air emissions while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other
competing technology. The pressurized oxycombustion
technology is held in the Company’s subsidiary, ThermoEnergy
Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”).
Principles of consolidation and basis
of presentation
The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation. Financial results for Unity Power Alliance (“UPA”) as a Joint Venture are accounted for under the equity
method, as discussed in Note 3.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified
to conform to current year classifications.
The accompanying unaudited interim
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8-03 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for
complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring
accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014.
The preparation of these unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The balance sheet at December 31,
2013 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and
footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the financial statements and
footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed on March 31, 2014,
of ThermoEnergy Corporation.
Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no material changes to
the Company’s significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2014. For a complete summary of the
Company’s significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements
included in Item 8 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed on March
31, 2014.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2014, the FASB issued Accounting
Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-08, “Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity”,
which changes the criteria for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations.
ASU 2014-08 requires that an entity report as a discontinued operation only a disposal that represents a strategic shift in operations
that has a major effect on its operations and financial results. ASU 2014-08 is effective for public business entities for annual
periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted,
but only for a disposal (or classification as held for sale) that has not been reported in financial statements previously issued
or made available for issuance. The ASU must be applied prospectively. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance,
but does not believe that it will have a material impact on the consolidated results of operations or on its financial position.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Note 2: Management's consideration
of going concern matters
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, the Company has sustained substantial
losses from operations in recent years, and such losses have continued through the three-month period ended March 31,
2014.
At March 31, 2014, the Company had cash
of approximately $1.3 million, a decrease of approximately $1.2 million from December 31, 2013. The Company has incurred net losses
since inception, including a net loss of approximately $1.6 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2014 and had
an accumulated deficit of approximately $124.1 million at March 31, 2014.
Additionally, the Company’s
August 2013 Bridge Notes (see Note 4) and the Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory Note (see
Note 5) are technically in default due to the Company’s inability to repay these notes by their respective due dates.
On February 28, 2014, the Company entered into a Standstill Agreement where the holders of these notes agreed not to commence
enforcement, collection or similar proceedings with respect to these notes until May 1, 2014. The Company has not received a
Notice of Default from any of the holders of these notes as of the date of this filing.
In view of the matters described in the
preceding paragraph, recoverability of a major portion of the recorded asset amounts shown in the accompanying balance sheet is
dependent upon continued operations of the Company, which in turn is dependent upon the Company’s ability to meet its financing
requirements on a continuing basis, to maintain present financing, and to succeed in its future operations.
The financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts
and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.
These uncertainties raise substantial doubt
about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included in this Form 10-Q have been prepared
on a going concern basis and as such do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Management and the Company’s Board
of Directors continue to evaluate options for funding to continue operations under the Company’s existing structure. To date,
efforts to secure financing from new investors have been unsuccessful, and the likelihood that funding will be available from sources
outside of those who have provided financing in previous rounds is low. The Company continues to fulfill customer orders and to
develop its sales pipeline to generate future growth opportunities. Additionally, the Company continues to explore further reductions
in its operating costs through the elimination of certain non-essential expenses.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Note 3: Joint Ventures
Unity Power Alliance LLC
On March 8, 2012, the Company announced
the formation of Unity Power Alliance LLC (“UPA”). UPA was formed with the intention to work with partners and stakeholders
to develop and commercialize its pressurized oxycombustion technology. On July 16, 2012, Itea S.p.A. (“Itea”) acquired
a 50% ownership interest in UPA.
In September 2012, UPA was awarded
a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund a project under a special DOE program to
advance technologies for efficient, clean coal power and carbon capture. As part of UPA's project, in October 2012, the
Company received a $900,000 subcontract order from UPA to build a bench-scale “flameless” combustion reactor
under the grant using Itea’s design. As a subcontractor for this project, the Company was required by the DOE to
provide a guarantee that the project would be completed in its entirety. UPA and its subcontractors received contract
definitization during the first quarter of 2013 and began to receive funding. As of March 31, 2014, UPA has received funding
totaling $961,000 related to this grant from the DOE. The Company did not recognize any revenues, nor did it incur any
expenses related to its contract with UPA in the three-month period ended March 31, 2014. The Company recognized revenues
related to its contract with UPA totaling $157,000 in the three-month period ended March 31, 2013. The Company has recorded
revenues of $842,000 and expenses totaling $896,000 related to its contract with UPA since
inception. The Company has accounts receivable related to this contract of approximately $20,000 and $293,000 as of March 31,
2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
In October 2012, the Company and Itea entered
into a Loan Agreement with UPA through which funds required to maintain the operations of the joint venture would be loaned in
the form of notes receivable. The notes bear interest at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 2% per year, with interest calculated
monthly and added to the balance of the notes. The Company loaned $125,000 and $100,000 to UPA during the three months ended March
31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, notes receivable outstanding amount to $534,000 and
$406,000, respectively, which have been decreased to $0 as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2014 by the Company’s share
of net losses in UPA.
In accordance with ASC 810,
Consolidation
,
the Company determined that it holds a variable interest in UPA and that UPA is a variable-interest entity. However, the
Company has concluded that it is not required to consolidate the financial statements of UPA as of and for the three-month
period ended March 31, 2014. The Company reviewed the most significant activities of UPA and determined that because the
Company shares the power to direct the activities of UPA with Itea, it is not the primary beneficiary of UPA. Accordingly,
the financial results of UPA are accounted for under the equity method of accounting for investments. The Company decreased
the value of its investment in UPA by $128,000 and $54,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013,
respectively, to account for its share of net losses. The carrying value of the Company’s investment in the Joint
Venture is $0 as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, as the Company’s share of losses incurred by UPA exceeds the
Company’s investments.
Note 4: Short term borrowings
Short term borrowings consisted of the
following at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
|
|
March 31,
2014
|
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
|
August 2013 Bridge Notes, 12%, due February 1, 2014
|
|
$
|
4,000
|
|
|
$
|
4,000
|
|
On August 22, 2013 the Company
entered into Bridge Loan Agreements with four of its principal investors pursuant to which the investors agreed to make
bridge loans to the Company of $4 million in exchange for 12% Promissory Notes (the “August 2013 Bridge Notes”).
The August 2013 Bridge Notes bear interest at the rate of 12% per year and were due and payable on February 1, 2014. The
August 2013 Bridge Notes are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets.
On February 28, 2014 the Company entered into a Standstill Agreement with the holders of the August 2013 Bridge Notes and
the Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory Note (see Note 5), where the holders of these notes agreed not to commence
enforcement, collection or similar proceedings with respect to these notes until May 1, 2014. The August 2013 Bridge Notes
are technically in default as of March 31, 2014 due to the Company’s inability to repay the investors by the maturity
date; however, the Company has not received Notice of Default from any of the investors as of the date of this filing. The Company has accrued
interest at the default rate of 18% as of February 2, 2014, the day following the maturity date of the August 2013 Bridge
Notes.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Note 5: Convertible debt
Unsecured convertible debt consisted of
the following at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
|
|
March 31,
2014
|
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
|
Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory Note, 8%, due March 31, 2014, less discount of $0 at December 31, 2013 and $22 at December 31, 2013
|
|
$
|
2,191
|
|
|
$
|
2,083
|
|
Less: Current portion
|
|
|
(2,191
|
)
|
|
|
(2,083
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
On June 20, 2012, the Company issued a
Convertible Promissory Note dated April 1, 2012 in the principal amount of $1,877,217 to the Roenigk Family Trust in exchange for
a 5% Convertible Promissory Note issued on March 21, 2007 and due March 21, 2013 and a 5% Convertible Promissory Note issued on
March 7, 2008 and due March 7, 2013. The Note bears interest at the rate of 8% per annum until the maturity date, March 31, 2014. The principal amount and accrued interest
on the Note is convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at any time at the election of
the holder. Interest on the Note is payable semi-annually. The Company may, at its discretion, defer any scheduled interest payment
until the maturity date of the Note upon payment of a $5,000 deferral fee. The Company added $86,000 and $79,000 of accrued interest
to the principal balance of the Note during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company recognized
$22,000 and $20,000 in non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of the debt discount during the three-month periods
ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The debt discount has been amortized over the term of the related convertible debt
using the effective interest rate method.
On February 28, 2014,
the Company entered into a Standstill Agreement with the Roenigk Family Trust and the holders of the August 2013 Bridge
Notes (see Note 4), where the holders of these notes agreed not to commence enforcement, collection or similar proceedings
with respect to these notes until May 1, 2014. The Note is technically in default
as of April 1, 2014 due to the Company’s inability to repay the Roenigk Family Trust by the maturity date; however, the
Company has not received Notice of Default from the Roenigk Family Trust as of the date of this filing.
Note 6: Equity
At March 31, 2014, approximately 425 million
shares of Common Stock were reserved for future issuance under convertible debt and warrant agreements, stock option arrangements
and other commitments.
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Shares of the Company’s Series C
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock are convertible, at any time at the discretion of the holder, into ten shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, subject to conventional weighted-average anti-dilution adjustment in the event the Company issues or is deemed to
have issued shares of Common Stock at a price less than $0.076 per share.
The Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred
Stock will be redeemable, at a price equal to $0.76 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, at the election of
the holders of 66-⅔% of the then-outstanding shares, in three equal annual installments on or after December 31, 2017. As
of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, redemption requirements of the Series C Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock would be
approximately $3,509,500 in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Company has elected not to accrete the Series C Redeemable
Convertible Preferred Stock to its redemption value over the redemption period due to the low likelihood of redemption by the holders
of this series of stock.
Because of this redemption feature, this
class of preferred stock is recorded at its issuance date fair value and is classified as mezzanine equity on the Company’s
Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Stock Options
The following table presents option expense
included in expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014
and 2013:
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
89
|
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
Engineering, research and development
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
16
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
14
|
|
Option expense before tax
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
157
|
|
Benefit for income tax
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net option expense
|
|
$
|
71
|
|
|
$
|
157
|
|
No options were granted during the three-month
period ended March 31, 2014. The fair value of options granted during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 was estimated
at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
|
|
2013
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
1.01
|
%
|
Expected option life (years)
|
|
|
6.25
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
90
|
%
|
Expected dividend rate
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
The risk-free interest rate is based on
the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods over the expected life of the option. The expected option
life represents the weighted average period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to
vesting schedules and the Company’s historical exercise patterns. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility
of the Company’s common stock over the expected life of the option granted.
Option expense for the three-month periods
ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was calculated using an expected forfeiture rate of 5%.
A summary of the Company’s stock
option activity and related information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 follows:
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Exercise Price per
Share
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Exercise Price per
Share
|
|
Outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
31,508,077
|
|
|
$
|
0.22
|
|
|
|
24,896,678
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14,350,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(150,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.34
|
|
|
|
(5,151,102
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.29
|
|
Outstanding, end of period
|
|
|
31,358,077
|
|
|
$
|
0.22
|
|
|
|
34,095,576
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
Exercisable, end of period
|
|
|
17,104,952
|
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
|
|
15,248,701
|
|
|
$
|
0.38
|
|
The weighted average fair value of options
granted was approximately $0.07 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013. The weighted average fair value of options vested
was approximately $109,000 and $144,000 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Exercise prices for options outstanding
as of March 31, 2014 ranged from $0.0468 to $1.50. The weighted average remaining contractual life of those options was approximately
7.5 years at March 31, 2014. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options vested and exercisable was approximately
6.5 years at March 31, 2014.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
As of March 31, 2014, there was approximately
$468,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the
Company’s stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years. The Company
recognizes stock-based compensation on the graded-vesting method.
Warrants
At March 31, 2014, there were outstanding
warrants for the purchase of 136,881,302 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.10 per share to $0.55
per share (weighted average exercise price was $0.15 per share). The expiration dates of these warrants are as follows:
Year
|
|
Number
of
Warrants
|
|
2014
|
|
|
781,103
|
|
2015
|
|
|
296,293
|
|
2016
|
|
|
20,625,815
|
|
2017
|
|
|
44,570,061
|
|
2018
|
|
|
69,265,530
|
|
2019 and later
|
|
|
1,342,500
|
|
|
|
|
136,881,302
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note 7: Derivative Liabilities
The Company has periodically issued Common
Stock and Common Stock purchase warrants with anti-dilution provisions as additional consideration with certain debt instruments.
Additionally, certain debt instruments have been convertible into shares of the Company’s Series C Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock, which are convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock and have anti-dilution provisions and liquidation
preferences. Because these instruments contain provisions that are not indexed to the Company’s stock, the Company is required
to record these as derivative instruments.
Liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 are as follows: (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
Description
|
|
Balance as of
March 31, 2014
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
Derivative liabilities – long-term portion
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
The Monte Carlo Simulation lattice model
was used to determine the fair values at March 31, 2014. The significant assumptions used were: exercise price of $0.076; the Company’s
stock price on March 31, 2014, $0.024; expected volatility of 60%; risk free interest rate of 1.32%; a remaining contract term
of 48 months; and probability of financing options and effects on the Company’s capitalization.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in
the fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities classified as Level 3 for the three-month periods ended March 31,
2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Balance at beginning of period
|
|
$
|
186
|
|
|
$
|
2,234
|
|
Change in fair value
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
|
(907
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
|
$
|
1,327
|
|
Note 8: Commitments and contingencies
Accrued payroll and sales taxes,
which includes penalties and interest related to state taxing authorities, totaled $235,000 and $545,000 as of March 31, 2014
and December 31, 2013, respectively. The Company is actively in the process of settling the remaining tax liabilities with
the various state taxing authorities and expects to finalize these settlements in the second quarter of 2014.
The Company is involved from time to time
in litigation incidental to the conduct of its business. Judgments could be rendered or settlements entered that could adversely
affect the Company’s operating results or cash flows in a particular period. The Company routinely assesses all of its litigation
and threatened litigation as to the probability of ultimately incurring a liability and records its best estimate of the ultimate
loss in situations where it assesses the likelihood of loss as probable.