Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with the Company’s  December 31, 2022 audited Consolidated Financial Statements and include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state the information set forth herein. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and, as permitted by such rules and regulations, omit certain information and footnote disclosures necessary to present the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of  December 31, 2022 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year or any future periods.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Pulse Biosciences, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions, if any, have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Financial Statements and accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Estimates include, but are not limited to, the valuation of cash equivalents, the valuation and recognition of share-based compensation, income taxes, and the useful lives assigned to long-lived assets. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors and adjusts those estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company continually evaluates the accounting policies and estimates used in preparing the consolidated financial statements. There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Valuation of Inventory

Inventory is stated at lower of cost or net realizable value. The Company establishes the inventory basis by determining the cost based on standard costs approximating the purchase costs on a first-in, first-out basis. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The cost basis of the Company’s inventory will be reduced for any products that are considered excessive or obsolete based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. At  December 31, 2022, the inventory balance was fully written off due to excessive and obsolete inventory and the Company does not plan to capitalize further inventory in relation to the dermatology market.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The Company recognized revenue at a point in time when it satisfied performance obligations by transferring control of promised goods to its customers. The amount of revenue recognized was equal to the consideration which the Company was entitled to in exchange for the promised goods, excluding any amounts assessed by government authorities for taxes which might have been collected from a customer. Sales contracts often involved the sale and delivery of multiple products, each of which typically represented a separate performance obligation in the contract. While the Company has sold these products on a stand-alone basis at their respective stand-alone selling prices (“SSP”), initial customer contracts primarily involved the bundling of products which were delivered concurrently to the customer. In such instances, the full consideration of the contract was recognized upon shipment of the products. The Company generally required receipt of full payment prior to shipment, however, from time to time, payment terms were extended to customers upon which the Company performed a necessary credit evaluation to ensure future collectability of the outstanding balance. The accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2023 is zero and the Company has therefore not recorded an allowance against the accounts receivable balance. Refer to Note 10 for further details.

Product Warranty

The Company provides a standard warranty on eligible products which provides the customer assurances that the products comply with the agreed-upon specifications. The standard warranty does not provide any services in addition to those assurances. The Company accrued a warranty reserve for products sold based upon the best estimate of the nature, frequency, and costs of future claims. These estimates are inherently uncertain given the short history of sales, and changes to the historical or projected warranty experience  may cause material changes to the warranty reserve in the future. The warranty reserve is included within accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets. Warranty expense was recorded as a component of Cost of Revenues in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Warranty accrual activity consisted of the following for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Beginning balance	$	50	$	80
Add: Accruals for warranties issued during the period		—		17
Less: Adjustment for inventory at cost and excessive and obsolete inventory		—		—
Ending balance	$	50	$	97

Net Loss per Share

The Company calculates basic net loss per share by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by giving effect to all potential dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. For purposes of this calculation, options to purchase common stock and common stock warrants are considered common stock equivalents. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share.

Basic and diluted net loss per common share is the same for all periods presented because all warrants, stock options and restricted stock units outstanding are anti-dilutive.

The following outstanding stock options, and warrants were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the periods presented because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Common stock warrants		7,208,193		—
Common stock options		5,608,210		5,558,884
Total		12,816,403		5,558,884

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There are no recent accounting pronouncements that impact the Company’s operations.