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TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on assumptions that we have made in light of our industry experience and our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments, and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you read and consider this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve risks, uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control), and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual operating and financial performance and cause our performance to differ materially from the performance anticipated in the forward-looking statements. We believe these factors include, but are not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove incorrect, our actual operating and financial performance may vary in material respects from the performance projected in these forward-looking statements. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
As a result of these and other factors, we may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
NOTE REGARDING COMPANY REFERENCES
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “Twin Vee,” “the Company,” “we” and “our” refer to Twin Vee PowerCats Co.
Summary Risk Factors
The following is a summary of the key risks relating to the Company. A more detailed description of each of these risks can be found below in Part II—Item 1A. “Risk Factors.”
| ● | General economic conditions, particularly in the U.S., affect our industry, demand for our products and our business, and results of operations. | |
| ● | The COVID-19 global pandemic and other natural phenomena. | |
| ● | Our ability to meet our manufacturing workforce needs is crucial to our results of operations and future sales and profitability. | |
| ● | There is limited public information on our operating history. | |
| ● | Interest rates and energy prices affect product sales | |
| ● | Our annual and quarterly financial results are subject to significant fluctuations depending on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. |
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| ● | We depend on our network of independent dealers, face increasing competition for dealers and have little control over their activities. | |
| ● | Our success depends, in part, upon the financial health of our dealers and their continued access to financing. | |
| ● | Unfavorable weather conditions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, especially during the peak boating season. | |
| ● | A natural disaster, the effects of climate change, or disruptions at our manufacturing facility could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. | |
| ● | If we fail to manage our manufacturing levels while still addressing the seasonal retail pattern for our products, our business and margins may suffer. | |
| ● | We have a large, fixed cost base that will affect our profitability if our sales decrease. | |
| ● | We may be required to repurchase inventory of certain dealers. | |
| ● | Termination or interruption of informal supply arrangements could have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations. | |
| ● | We rely on one manufacturer to supply our engines and do not have any long terms commitments from such manufacturer | |
| ● | Product liability, warranty, personal injury, property damage and recall claims may materially affect our financial condition and damage our reputation. | |
| ● | Significant product repair and/or replacement due to product warranty claims or product recalls could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations. | |
| ● | Demand in the powerboat industry is highly volatile. | |
| ● | General economic conditions, particularly in the U.S., affect our industry, demand for our products and our business, and results of operations | |
| ● | Our industry is characterized by intense competition, which affects our sales and profits. | |
| ● | We have identified weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future. |
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO, INC.
(F/K/A TWIN VEE CATAMARANS, INC.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| (Note 1) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable | ||||||||
| Marketable securities | ||||||||
| Inventories | ||||||||
| Due from affiliated companies | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| Marketable securities – non current | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Operating lease right of use asset | ||||||||
| Security deposit | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Contract liability | ||||||||
| Warranty reserve | ||||||||
| Note payable - related party | ||||||||
| Due to affiliated companies | ||||||||
| Operating lease right of use liability | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Paycheck Protection Program Loan | ||||||||
| Economic Injury Disaster Loan | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability - noncurrent | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock: authorized; $ par value; shares issued and outstanding | ||||||||
| Common stock: authorized; $ par value; and shares issued and outstanding, respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO, INC.
(F/K/A TWIN VEE CATAMARANS, INC.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cost of products sold | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | ||||||||||||||||
| Salaries and wages | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and design | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional fees | ||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Other income | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Loss on disposal of assets | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Gain from insurance recovery | ||||||||||||||||
| Net change in fair value of marketable securities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Total other income (expenses) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic and dilutive loss per share of common stock | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO, INC.
(F/K/A TWIN VEE CATAMARANS, INC.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
For the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2020
| Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income for the period | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
For the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2021
| Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders' | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income for the period | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net income for the period | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued for cash | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | — | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO, INC.
(F/K/A TWIN VEE CATAMARANS, INC.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
| September 30, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Cash Flows From Operating Activities | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Stock based compensation | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
| Loss on disposal of asset | ||||||||
| Change of ROU and lease liabilities | ||||||||
| Net change in fair value of marketable securities | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Inventories | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | ||||||||
| Accrued liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Contract liabilities | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows From Investing Activities | ||||||||
| Net purchases of investment in trading marketable securities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows From Financing Activities | ||||||||
| Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | ||||||||
| Proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loan | ||||||||
| Proceeds from EIDL loan | ||||||||
| Advances from related parties | ||||||||
| Repayment to related parties | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Finance lease payments | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||
| Cash at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental Cash Flow Information | ||||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Non Cash Investing and Financing Activities | ||||||||
| Increase in the right-of-use asset and lease liability | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO.
(F/K/A TWIN VEE CATAMARANS, INC.)
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (“Twin Vee”) was incorporated as Twin Vee Catamarans, Inc., in the state of Florida, on December 1, 2009. On April 7, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Conversion to register and incorporate in the state of Delaware and changed the company name to Twin Vee PowerCats Co. The Certificate of Incorporation for Twin Vee PowerCats Co. was also filed on April 7, 2021.
On September 1, 2021, the Company formed Fix My Boat, Inc., (“Fix My Boat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary. Fix My Boat will utilize a franchise model for marine mechanics across the country. While Fix My Boat was established, there was no activity through September 30, 2021.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Twin Vee PowerCats Co. and the wholly owned subsidiary, Fix My Boat, Inc.
The Company operates two separate entities. Each of these entities is consolidated. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP ”) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements.
In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2021 and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Company’s Prospectus on Form 424(b)(4) filed with the SEC on July 22, 2021.
Common Stock Split
On May 13, 2021, the Company effected a forty
thousand
Use of Estimates
The preparation of 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 expenses during the reporting period. Some of these judgments can be subjective and complex, and, consequently, actual results may differ from these estimates.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all highly
liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. On September 30, 2021 and December 31,
2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $
Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject
the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of trade receivables. Credit risk on trade receivables is mitigated
as a result of the Company’s use of trade letters of credit, dealer floor plan financing arrangements, and the geographically
diversified nature of the Company’s customer base. The Company minimizes the concentration of credit risk associated with
its cash by maintaining its cash with high quality federally insured financial institutions. However, cash balances in excess of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limit of $
Marketable Securities
Our investments in debt securities are carried at either amortized cost or fair value. Investments in debt securities that the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are carried at amortized cost and classified as held-to-maturity. Investments in debt securities that are not classified as held-to-maturity are carried at fair value and classified as either trading or available-for-sale. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in net income.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from the sale of boats, motors and trailers to its independent dealers. The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied and control over promised goods is transferred to the dealer. For the majority of sales, this occurs when the product is released to the carrier responsible for transporting it to a dealer. The Company typically receives payment within five business days of shipment. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration it expects to receive in exchange for a product. The Company offers dealer incentives that include wholesale rebates, retail rebates and promotions, floor plan reimbursement or cash discounts, and other allowances that are recorded as reductions of revenues in net sales in the statements of operations. The consideration recognized represents the amount specified in a contract with a customer, net of estimated incentives the Company reasonably expects to pay. The estimated liability and reduction in revenue for dealer incentives is recorded at the time of sale. Subsequent adjustments to incentive estimates are possible because actual results may differ from these estimates if conditions dictate the need to enhance or reduce sales promotion and incentive programs or if dealer achievement or other items vary from historical trends. Accrued dealer incentives are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets.
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 which was adopted at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 using the modified retrospective method. The Company did not recognize any cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption as the effect was immaterial.
Payment received for the future sale of a boat
to a customer is recognized as a customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the balance sheet. Customer deposits
are recognized as revenue when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer. During the period ended September 30,
2021 and year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had customer deposits of $
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Rebates and Discounts
Dealers earn wholesale rebates based on purchase volume commitments and achievement of certain performance metrics. The Company estimates the amount of wholesale rebates based on historical achievement, forecasted volume, and assumptions regarding dealer behavior. Rebates that apply to boats already in dealer inventory are referred to as retail rebates. The Company estimates the amount of retail rebates based on historical data for specific boat models adjusted for forecasted sales volume, product mix, dealer and consumer behavior, and assumptions concerning market conditions. The Company also utilizes various programs whereby it offers cash discounts or agrees to reimburse its dealers for certain floor plan interest costs incurred by dealers for limited periods of time, generally ranging up to nine months.
Shipping and Handling Costs
All manufactured boats are free on board (FOB), from the Fort Pierce manufacturing plant. Dealers are required to either pick up the boats themselves or contract with a transporter.
Research and Development
The Company expenses research and development costs relating to new product development as they are incurred. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, research and development costs amounted to $61,091 and $0, respectively.
Other Revenue Recognition Matters
Dealers generally have no right to return unsold boats. Occasionally, the Company may accept returns in limited circumstances and at the Company’s discretion under its warranty policy. The Company may be obligated, in the event of default by a dealer, to accept returns of unsold boats under its repurchase commitment to floor financing providers, who are able to obtain such boats through foreclosure. The repurchase commitment is on an individual unit basis with a term from the date it is financed by the lending institution through the payment date by the dealer, generally not exceeding 30 months.
The Company has excluded sales and other taxes assessed by a governmental authority in connection with revenue-producing activities from the determination of the transaction price for all contracts. The Company has not adjusted net sales for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between the transfer of the promised goods and the customer’s payment is expected to be one year or less.
Supplier Concentrations
The Company is dependent on the ability of its suppliers to provide products on a timely basis and on favorable pricing terms. The loss of certain principal suppliers or a significant reduction in product availability from principal suppliers could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Business risk insurance is in place to mitigate the business risk associated with sole suppliers for sudden disruptions such as those caused by natural disasters.
The Company is dependent on third-party equipment
manufacturers, distributors, and dealers for certain parts and materials utilized in the manufacturing process. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2021, the Company purchased all engines for its boats under a supply agreement with a single vendor.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, total purchases from this vendor were $
2. Marketable securities
Investments in debt securities that are not classified as held-to-maturity are carried at fair value and classified as either trading or available-for-sale. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in net loss.
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The following tables show the Company’s fair value marketable securities by investment category as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | Level 2 | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | Level 2 | |||||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||||||
Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by observable market data.
We classify our marketable securities as trading securities as of September 30, 2021.
3. Inventories
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 inventories consisted of the following:
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Raw Materials | $ | $ | ||||||
| Work in Process | ||||||||
| Finished Product | ||||||||
| Total Inventory | $ | $ | ||||||
4. Property and Equipment
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, property and equipment consisted of the following:
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Machinery and equipment | $ | $ | ||||||
| Furniture and fixtures | ||||||||
| Leasehold improvements | ||||||||
| Software and website development | ||||||||
| Computer hardware and software | ||||||||
| Boat molds | ||||||||
| Electric prototypes and tooling | ||||||||
| Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense of property
and equipment for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 is $
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5. Leases – Related Party
Operating right of use (“ROU”)
assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date. Operating lease liabilities represent the
present value of lease payments not yet paid. Operating right of use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset and
is based upon the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepayments or accrued lease payments, initial direct costs, lease
incentives, and impairment of operating lease assets. To determine the present value of lease payments not yet paid, we estimate
incremental secured borrowing rates corresponding to the maturities of the leases. We used the U.S. Treasury rate of
Our office lease contains rent escalations over the lease term. We recognize expense for this office lease on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, tenant incentives used to fund leasehold improvements are recognized when earned and reduce our right-of-use asset related to the lease. These are amortized through the right-of-use asset as reductions of expense over the lease term.
The Company leases its office and warehouse
facilities, and the land which are located at 3101 S US-1, Fort Pierce, Florida (the “Property”) from Visconti Holdings,
LLC. Visconti Holdings, LLC is a single member LLC that holds the ownership of the property, and its sole member is Joseph C
Visconti, the CEO and majority shareholder of the Company. The Company entered into the lease on January 1, 2020, and as amended
January 1, 2021, the lease has a term of five years. The current base rent payment is $
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At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, supplemental balance sheet information related to leases were as follows:
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Operating lease ROU asset | $ | $ | ||||||
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Operating lease liabilities: | ||||||||
| Current portion | $ | $ | ||||||
| Non-current portion | ||||||||
| Total lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
At September 30, 2021, future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:
| Year Ending December 31, | |||||
| 2021 (excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2021) | $ | ||||
| 2022 | |||||
| 2023 | |||||
| 2024 | |||||
| 2025 | |||||
| Total lease payment | |||||
| Less imputed interest | ( | ) | |||
| Total | $ | ||||
The following summarizes other supplemental information about the Company’s operating lease:
| September 30, 2021 | ||||
| Weighted average discount rate | % | |||
| Weighted average remaining lease term (years) | ||||
| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
| September 30, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | $ | ||||||
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6. Accrued Liabilities
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Accrued wages and benefits | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued bonus | ||||||||
| Accrued operating expenses | ||||||||
| Interest | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Total accrued liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
7. Notes Payable – Paycheck Protection Program
In response to the coronavirus disease (“Covid-19”) COVID-19 pandemic, the PPP round 2 was established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). Companies who met the eligibility requirements set forth by the PPP round 2 could qualify for PPP loans. If the loan proceeds are fully utilized to pay qualified expenses, the full principal amount of the PPP loan, along with any accrued interest, may qualify for loan forgiveness, subject to potential reduction based on whether the company can demonstrate at least a 25% reduction in gross receipts between comparable quarters in 2019 and 2020. The Company has applied for forgiveness.
On March 19, 2021, the Company received a loan
of $
8. Notes Payable – SBA EIDL Loan
On April 22, 2020, the Company received an
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) in the amount of $
As part of the EIDL loan, the Company granted the SBA a continuing security interest in and to any and all collateral to secure payment and performance of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company to the SBA under the EIDL loan. The collateral includes substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Company.
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A summary of the minimum maturities of term debt follows for the years ending December 31, 2021.
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9. Related Party Transactions
On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into
a loan and promissory note with Joseph C. Visconti, the CEO and majority shareholder of the Company. The principal amount of the
loan was $
As discussed in note 5, the Company has leased its facilities from a company owned by its CEO.
During the nine months ended September 30,
2021, and 2020, the Company had purchases of $
During the nine months ended September 30,
2021, and 2020, the Company received cash of $
During nine months ended September 30, 2021,
and 2020, the Company recorded management fees of $
After taking into account the activity described
the balance due to affiliated companies was $
10. Commitments and Contingencies
Repurchase Obligations
Under certain conditions, the Company is obligated
to repurchase new inventory repossessed from dealerships by financial institutions that provide credit to the Company’s dealers.
The maximum obligation of the Company under such floor plan agreements totaled approximately $
COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has caused business disruption through mandated and voluntary closings of multiple industries. While disruption is currently expected to be temporary, there is considerable uncertainty regarding the duration of the closings. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts future results, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the coronavirus and the action to contain it or treat its impact, among others. At this time, the Company cannot estimate with meaningful precision the potential impact of COVID-19 to its financial and operational results.
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Litigation
The Company is currently involved in various civil litigation in the normal course of business none of which is considered material.
11. Stockholder’s Equity
On April 7, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (see Note 1) which authorizes the Company to issue shares of common stock and shares of preferred stock, each with a par value of $.
On May 13, 2021, the Company effected a
On July 23, 2021, the Company, consummated
its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of shares of its common stock (“Shares”) at
a public offering price of $ per Share, generating gross proceeds of $
Common Stock Warrants
As of September 30, 2021, the Company has outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock issuable at a weighted-average exercise price of $ per share that were issued to the representative of the underwriters in connection with the IPO. There was no warrant activity during the quarter ended September 30, 2021 other than the warrant issuance.
Equity Compensation Plans
The Company maintains an equity compensation plan under which it may award employees, directors and consultants incentive and non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other stock based awards with terms established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors which has been appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the plans. As of September 30, 2021, there were $ shares remaining available for grant under these plans.
Accounting for Stock -Based Compensation
Stock Compensation Expense - For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $ and $ of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company did not issue any stock-based compensation expense.
Stock
Options. Under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan the Company has issued
stock options. A stock option grant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation to purchase a
certain number of shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. The Company typically issues options that vest pro
rata on a monthly basis over 36 months. Under the terms of the Plan, the contractual life of the option grants may not
exceed ten years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company issued options that expire ten
years from the date of grant. In July 2021, the Company granted under its 2021 Stock Incentive Plan stock options to
purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Joseph Visconti, stock options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Preston Yarborough, stock options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Donna Barnett, stock options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Pete Melvin, stock options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Neil Ross and stock options to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock to Steven A. Shallcross. The stock option awards to Mr. Visconti, Mr. Yarborough and Ms.
Barnett vest pro rata on a monthly basis over 36 months, subject to the officer’s continuous service to the Company on each
applicable vesting date. The stock option awards to Mr. Melvin, Mr. Ross and Mr. Shallcross vest pro rata on a monthly basis over 12
months, subject to the director’s continuous service to the Company on each applicable vesting date. The options are
exercisable for a period of ten
years from the date of grant and have an exercise price of $
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In August 2021, the Company granted under its 2021 Stock Incentive Plan stock options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to its employees. The stock option awards to the employees vest on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date. The options are exercisable for a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant and have an exercise price of $4.10 per share.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, $ was expensed, and as of September 30, 2021, $1,303,142 remains unamortized and is expected to vest over 34 months. The intrinsic value of the options outstanding as of September 30, 2021 is $.
The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes model to determine fair value of stock option awards on the date pf grant. The Company utilized the following assumptions for option grants during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021:
| Nine Months Ended | ||||
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| Expected term | - years | |||
| Expected average volatility | % | |||
| Expected dividend yield | ||||
| Risk-free interest rate | – | % | ||
The expected volatility of the option is determined using historical volatilities based on historical stock price of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The Company estimated the expected life of the options granted based upon historical weighted average of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The risk-free interest rate is determined using the U.S. Department of the Treasury yield curve rates with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the option. The Company has never paid a dividend, and as such the dividend yield is 0.0%
| Options Outstanding | Weighted Average | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of | Weighted Average | Remaining life | |||||||||||||||
| Options | Exercise Price | (years) | Fair value of option | ||||||||||||||
| Outstanding, December 31, 2020 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
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| Exercised | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Forfeited/canceled | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Outstanding, September 30, 2021 | $ | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
| Exercisable options, September 30, 2021 | $ | ||||||||||||||||
13 Major Customers
During the nine months ended September 30,
2021, five customers had sales of over 10% of our total sales, combined the five customers
represented
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14. Gain from Insurance recovery
During
May 2021, the Company experienced a thermal event on the electric boat prototype rendering it unusable for further testing. Additionally, the
Company experienced a building fire in one of the outer storage buildings resulting in the need for demolition. This had no impact
on production as this was an extra storage building not necessary for business operations. The Company recorded a loss on disposal
of asset from fire of $
15. Subsequent Events
Management evaluated all additional events subsequent to the balance sheet date through to November 14, 2021, the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, and determined the following items:
On October 1, 2021, Carrie Gunnerson was appointed
Chief Financial Officer of Twin Vee PowerCats Co. In connection with the Board of Directors appointment of Mrs. Gunnerson as Chief
Financial Officer, the Company and Mrs. Gunnerson entered into a five-year employment agreement (the Employment Agreement). The
Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $
On October 13, 2021, the Company signed a land purchase agreement give it the right to acquire a 14.5-acre parcel near the waterfront in Fort Pierce, Florida. The terms of the agreement grant the Company a 60-day due diligence period that ends on December 6. The Company is then provided with 150 days to accomplish necessary site and zoning approvals before closing on the site.
On October 15, 2021, Electra Power Sprots, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Twin Vee PowerCats Co., was incorporated in the state of Delaware. On October 29, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment and changed the company name to Forza X1, Inc.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Forward-Looking Statements.” Our actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. You should also review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
We are a designer, manufacturer and marketer of recreational and commercial power catamaran boats. We believe our company has been an innovator in the recreational and commercial power catamaran industry. We currently have 10 gas-powered models in production ranging in size from our 24-foot, dual engine, center console to our newly designed 40-foot offshore 400 GFX. Our twin-hull catamaran running surface, known as a symmetrical catamaran hull design, adds to the Twin Vee ride quality by reducing drag, increasing fuel efficiency, and offering users a stable riding boat. Twin Vee’s home base operations in Fort Pierce Florida is a 7.5-acre facility with several buildings totaling over 75,000 square feet. We employ approximately 115 people, some of whom have been with our company for over twenty years.
Our boats allow consumers to use them for a wide range of recreational activities including fishing, diving and water skiing and commercial activities including transportation, eco tours, fishing and diving expeditions. We believe that the performance, quality, and value of our boats position us to achieve our goal of increasing our market share and expanding the power catamaran boating market. We primarily sell our boats through a current network of 13 independent boat dealers in 15 locations across North America and the Caribbean who resell our boats to the end user Twin Vee customers. We continue recruiting efforts for high quality boat dealers and seek to establish new dealers and distributors domestically and internationally to distribute our boats as we grow our production and introduce new models.
During the quarter ending September 30, 2021 we shifted our focus from our IPO efforts to expanding our production. As we moved toward our goal of more than doubling production from one boat a week during the business slowdown in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, to four boats per week, our operating expenses increased. More specifically, our headcount increased as we hired additional production employees and midlevel managers resulting in higher salaries and wages. We are continuing to employ higher qualified production and administrative staff to increase our efficiency and quality control. We have spent additional time and resources training employees and implementing standard operating procedures to not only increase production and top line revenue but to also improve quality and efficiencies. Another key factor in increasing production is mold development, during the quarter we moved forward with production of our 28-, 34- and 40-foot molds. We are working with third party vendors on the 28 and the 40, but we were able to use internal resources to develop the 34-foot molds. Adding these molds not only increases our product offering, but also enable us to have more boat in production at one time, increasing our overall through put. All the aforementioned molds will be completed in the 4th quarter, the 34 molds were complete in early October, and we were able to take our first production boat to the Fort Lauderdale boat show on October 28th.
We also recently launched our wholly owned subsidiary, Fix My Boat Inc. Fix My Boat, will be the first nationally branded, mobile marine service company utilizing a franchise model for marine mechanics across the country. We hired, Matt Gustafson, as our VP of Operations, and we are in the process of establishing our web and ap platforms, as well as setting our standard product offering, our operating procedures, fixed pricing.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020
The following table provides certain selected financial information for the periods presented:
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||
| September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | Change | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 4,118,246 | $ | 2,498,218 | $ | 1,620,028 | 65 | % | ||||||||
| Cost of products sold | $ | 2,508,170 | $ | 1,798,288 | $ | 709,882 | 39 | % | ||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 1,610,076 | $ | 699,930 | $ | 910,146 | 130 | % | ||||||||
| Operating expenses | $ | 1,932,610 | $ | 947,488 | $ | 985,122 | 104 | % | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | $ | (322,534 | ) | $ | (247,558 | ) | $ | (74,976 | ) | 30 | % | |||||
| Other (expense) income | $ | (60,743 | ) | $ | 47,034 | $ | (107,777 | ) | (229 | %) | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (383,277 | ) | $ | (200,524 | ) | $ | (182,703 | ) | 91 | % | |||||
| Net loss per common share: Basic and Diluted | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.05 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | 20 | % | |||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted | 6,282,700 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Net Sales and Cost Sales
Our net sales increased $1,620,028, or 65% to $4,118,246 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 from $2,498,218 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. This increase was due to an increase in the number of boats sold during the three months ended September 30, 2021. The number of our boats sold during the three months ended September 30,2021 increased 33% over the three months ended September 30, 2020, due to our increased production plan that we focused on during the third quarter of 2021, enabling us to produce more boats during the quarter. Additionally, we have increased our sale prices to help offset the increases in operating expenses described below, in addition to increased costs of product parts and components and our increased inventory that we are maintaining to protect against supply chain shortages.
Gross Profit
Gross profits increased by $910,146, or 130% to $1,610,076 for the three months ended September 30,2021 from $699,930 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. Gross profit as a percentage of sales, for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was 39% and 28% respectively. In the third quarter of 2020, demand for our product was just starting to strengthen after the initial impacts of COVID-19, additional discounts were offered to stimulate sales, which impacted our gross profit in the period ending September 30, 2020.
Total Operating Expenses
Our total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $1,932,610 and $947,488 respectively. Operating expenses as a percentage of sales were 47% compared to 38% in the prior year.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by approximately 104%, or $261,611 to $512,982 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $251,371 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The majority of that increase resulted from expenses totaling $162,482 incurred from being publicly traded company, which we did not incur in the prior period. Directors and officers insurance, filing fees and investor relations are some of these expenses. We also incurred increases in repairs and maintenance, insurance, EPA compliance and hiring expenses, totaling approximately $85,000 along with numerous other smaller increases.
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Salaries and wages increased by approximately 92%, or $584,069 to $1,222,062 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $637,993 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in salaries and wages of $316,000 was the result of aggressively ramping up of production, which required increasing our production staff and adding mid-level staff. Included in salaries and wages for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was stock based compensation expense of $87,000 due to the issuance of options to employees. We have also offered bonuses to attain our production goals and have accrued approximately $69,000 for payment of such bonuses during the three months ended September 30, 2021. Not only were we focused on increasing production during the quarter, but we also dedicated significant resources during the quarter to completing our 340 GFX molds, which added to overtime wages, which accounted for approximately $38,000 of the salaries and wages during the quarter. The remaining increase of salaries and wages during the three months ended September 30, 2021 is associated with taxes and benefits.
Engineering expenses increased by $61,091 to $61,091 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, from $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020. Part of the use of proceeds from our IPO, was the development of an electric boat and an electric motor.
Professional fees increased by 321%, or $80,329 to $105,384 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $25,056 for the three months ended 2020. This increase was also due to the additional costs we incurred associated with being public. We engaged the services of an outside financial consultant, as well as an audit firm for quarterly reporting and SEC legal counsel to fulfill our public company reporting obligations.
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 remained relatively consistent to the prior year corresponding quarter.
Our other income (expenses) decreased by 229%, or $107,777 to an expense of $60,743 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to income of $47,034 for the three months ended, 2020. In 2020 we received a tax refund of $79,658, which we did not receive in 2021, this attributes to approximately $80,000 of the difference.
Net Loss
Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 was $383,277 and $200,524 respectively. We continue to deal with the fallout of the global pandemic, as well as the impact of additional costs of growth, but are encouraged by our continued increase in revenue. Basic and dilutive loss per share of common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 was ($0.06) and ($0.05).
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020
The following table provides certain selected financial information for the periods presented:
| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||
| September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | Change | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 10,623,460 | $ | 6,885,679 | $ | 3,737,781 | 54 | % | ||||||||
| Cost of products sold | $ | 6,209,334 | $ | 4,321,067 | $ | 1,888,267 | 44 | % | ||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 4,414,126 | $ | 2,564,612 | $ | 1,849,514 | 72 | % | ||||||||
| Operating expenses | $ | 4,698,831 | $ | 2,673,958 | $ | 2,024,873 | 76 | % | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | $ | (284,705 | ) | $ | (109,346 | ) | $ | (175,359 | ) | 160 | % | |||||
| Other income (expenses) | $ | 84,228 | $ | (36,046 | ) | $ | (120,274 | ) | (334 | %) | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (200,477 | ) | $ | (145,392 | ) | $ | (55,085 | ) | 38 | % | |||||
| Basic and dilutive income per share of common stock | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.00 | (0 | %) | ||||||
| Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding | 4,769,200 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
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Net Sales and Cost Sales
Our net sales increased by $3,737,781, or 54% to $10,623,460 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $6,885,679 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We attribute the large increase in net sales to a strengthening economy during 2021 compared to 2020.During the first half of 2020, we were impacted significantly by COVID-19, during the 3rd quarter of 2020 we started to see a rebound in sales as the economy started to strengthen. The number of our boats sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 increased 37% over the number of our boats sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, due not only to the strengthening economy over 2020, but also our increased production plan that we focused on during the third quarter of 2021. Additionally, we have increased our sale prices to help offset the increases in operating expenses described below, in addition to increased costs of product parts and components and our increased inventory that we are maintaining to protect against supply chain shortages. Our average revenue per unit for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is up approximately 12% over revenue per unit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Gross Profit
Gross profit increased by $1,849,514 or 72% to 4,414,126 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021from $2,564,612 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was 42% as compared to 37% for the same period in fiscal 2020.
Total Operating Expenses
Our total operating expenses increased by $2,024,873, or 76% to $4,698,831 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021from $2,673,958 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Operating expenses as a percentage of sales were 44% and 39% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, respectively.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by 54% or $381,690 to $1,090,583 for the nine months ending September 30, 2021, from $708,893 nine months ending September 30, 2020. A significant portion of the increase, totaling $162,482, resulted from expenses incurred in connection with being a publicly traded company, which we did not incur in the prior period. Repairs and maintenance increased by approximately $119,000 and our electric consumption also increased by approximately $22,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2021 compared to the prior year comparable period due in large part to our production increase.
Salaries and wage increased by 81% or $1,432,884 to $3,197,476 for the nine months ending September 30, 2021from $1,764,592 for the nine months ending September 30, 2020. Throughout 2021, we have been aggressively working on increasing production, this included increasing our production staff as well as adding mid-level staff, increased overtime for employees, resulting in approximately $967,000 of additional salaries and wage expense for the nine months ending September 30, 2021 as compared to for the nine months ending September 30, 2020. During the nine months ended for the nine months ending September 30, 2021, we also started accruing year-end bonuses based on employment agreements and milestones, which accruals couple with bonuses already paid to employees in 2021 account for approximately $230,000 of the increase. Our non- cash compensation, which resulted from option grants was approximately $87,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2021. The non- cash compensation and cash Board fees incurred during the nine months ending September 30, 2021 had not been incurred prior to our IPO. The remained of the increase is due to associated taxes and benefits resulting from the increase in head count.
Engineering expenses for the nine months ended September 2021, and 2020 were $61,091 and $0, respectively. Part of the use of proceeds from our IPO, was the development of an electric boat and an electric motor.
Professional fees for the nine months ended September 2021 and 2020 were $217,592 compared to $104,519, respectively. This increase is also due to the expenses incurred from being public. We engaged the services of an outside financial consultant, as well as an audit firm for quarterly reporting and SEC legal counsel in order to fulfill our public company reporting obligations.
Depreciation expenses for the nine months ended September 2021 and 2020 were $132,089 and $95,954.
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Our other income (expenses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 were $84,228 and ($36,046) respectively. In 2021, we incurred losses on the disposal of assets which was offset by a gain from insurance recovery, which netted to $180,000, Other income (expenses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021was also reduced by approximately $84,000 of interest expense.
Net Loss
Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020 was $200,477 and $145,392 respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
A primary source of funds for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was net cash received from our initial public offering, and to a lesser extent proceeds from paycheck protection program loan. Our primary use of cash was related to increasing inventory levels to meet the high level of demand. With uncertainty on component availability, prolonged lead time and rising prices, we have been bringing in inventory far earlier than previous years.
The following table provide selected financial data about us as of September 30, 2021 and December 31,2020.
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,978,908 | $ | 891,816 | ||||
| Current assets | $ | 15,633,851 | $ | 1,834,942 | ||||
| Current liabilities | $ | 2,897,452 | $ | 1,440,067 | ||||
| Working capital | $ | 12,765,278 | $ | 394,875 | ||||
As of September 30, 2021, we had sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet ongoing expenses for at least twelve months from the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As of September 30, 2021, we had $8,978,908 of cash and cash equivalents total current assets were $15,633,851, total assets were $22,628,984, and our total liabilities were $5,313,134. Liabilities were comprised of long-term liabilities of $2,444,561, and current liabilities of $2,897,452, which included accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $2,151,071, warranty reserve of $75,000, contract liability of $162,637, due to affiliated companies of $115,043 and current portion of operating lease right of use liability of $364,822. As of December 31, 2020, we had $891,816 of cash, total current assets were $1,834,942, total assets were $4,504,566 and our total current liabilities of $1,440,067 and total liabilities of $2,955,726. which included long-term operating lease liabilities for the lease of our facility.
Our stockholders’ equity increased from $1,548,840 as of December 31, 2020, to $17,315,850 as of September 30, 2021, as a result of completing our initial public offering.
Accumulated deficit was $1,178,145 as of September 30, 2021 compared to accumulated deficit of $1,006,547 as of December 31, 2020.
Our working capital increased by $12,370,403 from $394,875 as of December 31,2020, as compared to $12,765,278 on September 30, 2021, due primarily to the net proceeds received from our IPO.
We believe cash, cash equivalents, and cash from operations will provide sufficient cash to finance operations for at least twelve months from the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Cash Flow
| Three Months Ended | Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | $ Change | % Change | 2020 | 2019 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | (743,435 | ) | $ | (290,529 | ) | $ | (452,906 | ) | 156 | % | $ | 640,253 | $ | (152,259 | ) | $ | 792,512 | (521 | %) | ||||||||||||
| Cash used in investing activities | $ | (7,323,287 | ) | $ | (177,045 | ) | $ | (7,146,242 | ) | 4,036 | % | $ | (200,452 | ) | $ | (675,740 | ) | $ | 475,288 | (70 | %) | |||||||||||
| Cash provided by financing activities | $ | 16,153,814 | $ | 518,462 | $ | 15,635,352 | 3,016 | % | $ | 236,441 | $ | 1,019,824 | $ | (783,383 | ) | (77 | %) | |||||||||||||||
| Net Change in Cash | $ | 8,087,092 | $ | 50,888 | $ | 8,036,204 | 15,792 | % | $ | 676,242 | $ | 191,825 | $ | 484,417 | 253 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Cash Flow from Operating Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, net cash flows used in operating activities was approximately $743,000 compared to $291,000 used during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We have increased inventory level by $1,515,118, due to supply chain delays. that continue to impact lead time and parts availability. Prepaid expenses and other current assets increased by $685,000, primarily due to Directors and Officers Insurance being paid upfront. Our net loss from operation was approximately $172,000, which was decreased by non-cash expenses of approximately $476,000, primarily due to depreciation and stock-based compensation.
Cash Flow from Investing Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we used approximately $7,323,000 for investment activities, compared to $177,045 used during the nine months ended September 30,2020. Approximately, $6,101,461 was invested in marketable securities and $1,222,000 was used to purchase property and equipment. The majority of the money for property and equipment was invested into molds for new model boats, approximately $393,000, building roof repairs and ventilation system improvements of approximately $359,000, new production equipment of approximately $152,000, and electric boat tooling and prototype expenses of approximately 164,000.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $16,154,000, compared to $518,462 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily consisting of net proceeds from our IPO of $15,852,000, and to a lesser extent from the proceeds of a PPP loan of approximately $608,000 and $33,000 from repayments of advances from related parties of $33,000, offset by repayment to related parties of approximately $340,000.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SIGNIFICANT JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES
We believe that several accounting policies are important to understanding our historical and future performance. We refer to these policies as “critical” because these specific areas generally require us to make judgments and estimates about matters that are uncertain at the time we make the estimate, and different estimates—which also would have been reasonable—could have been used, which would have resulted in different financial results.
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Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates based on historical experience and make various assumptions, which management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, which form the basis for judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein contain a summary of our significant accounting policies. We consider the following accounting policies critical to the understanding of the results of our operations:
Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 which was adopted at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 using the modified retrospective method. The Company did not recognize any cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption as the effect was immaterial.
Payment received for the future sale of a boat to a customer is recognized as a customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the balance sheet. Customer deposits are recognized as revenue when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States “U.S. GAAP” requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Included in those estimates are assumptions about allowances for inventory obsolescence, useful life of fixed assets, warranty reserves and bad-debt reserves.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Net realizable value is defined as sales price less cost of completion, disposable and transportation and a normal profit margin. Production costs, consisting of labor and overhead, are applied to ending finished goods inventories at a rate based on estimated production capacity. Excess production costs are charged to cost of products sold. Provisions have been made to reduce excess or obsolete inventories to their net realizable value.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Management assesses the recoverability of its long-lived assets when indicators of impairment are present. If such indicators are present, recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the undiscounted net cash flows estimated to result from those assets over the remaining life to the assets’ net carrying amounts. If the estimated undiscounted net cash flows are less than the net carrying amount, the assets would be adjusted to their fair value, based on appraisal or the present value of the undiscounted net cash flows.
Product Warranty Costs
As required by FASB ASC Topic 460, Guarantees, the Company is including the following disclosure applicable to its product warranties.
The Company accrues for warranty costs based on the expected material and labor costs to provide warranty replacement products. The methodology used in determining the liability for warranty cost is based upon historical information and experience. The Company’s warranty reserve is calculated as the gross sales multiplied by the historical warranty expense return rate.
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Leases
The Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”), using the modified retrospective adoption method with an effective date of January 1, 2019. This standard requires all lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments.
Under Topic 842, the Company applied a dual approach to all leases whereby the Company is a lessee and classifies leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the Company. Lease classification is evaluated at the inception of the lease agreement.
Paycheck Protection Program
U.S. GAAP does not contain authoritative accounting standards for forgivable loans provided by governmental entities to a for-profit entity. Absent authoritative accounting standards, interpretative guidance issued and commonly applied by financial statement preparers allows for the selection of accounting policies amongst acceptable alternatives. Based on the facts and circumstances, the Company determined it most appropriate to account for the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan proceeds as an in-substance government grant by analogy to International Accounting Standards 20 “(IAS 20)”, Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance. Under the provisions of IAS 20, “a forgivable loan from government is treated as a government grant when there is reasonable assurance that the entity will meet the terms for forgiveness of the loan.” IAS 20 does not define “reasonable assurance”; however, based on certain interpretations, it is analogous to “probable” as defined in FASB ASC Subtopic 450-20-20 under U.S. GAAP, which is the definition the Company has applied to its expectations of PPP loan forgiveness. Under IAS 20, government grants are recognized in earnings on a systematic basis over the periods in which the Company recognizes costs for which the grant is intended to compensate (i.e., qualified expenses). Further, IAS 20 permits for the recognition in earnings either (1) separately under a general heading such as other income, or (2) as a reduction of the related expenses. The Company has elected to recognize government grant income separately within other income to present a clearer distinction in its financial statements between its operating income and the amount of net income resulting from the PPP loan and forgiveness.
Income Taxes
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company follows the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 740, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. At December 31, 2020, the Company does not believe it has any uncertain tax positions that would require either recognition or disclosure in the accompanying financial statements.
Income or loss and credits from the Company are passed through to the shareholders and reported on the shareholders’ income tax returns. As such, there is no provision for income taxes. If applicable, the Company would recognize interest and penalties associated with tax matters as part of operating expenses and include accrued interest and penalties with the related tax liability in its financial statements.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined under Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2021. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We have adopted and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is collected, recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules of the SEC. Our disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2021, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such a date, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, as further described below.
Previously Reported Material Weakness
As disclosed in Part II—Item 1A. “Risk Factors” contained elsewhere in this Quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting relating to (i) lack of segregation of duties and (ii) the level of review of our internally prepared financial statements. In addition, our auditor identified during its testing of our December 20 20 balances an error in inventory in the approximate amount of $227,000 for the use of the wrong unit of measure for an inventory item which resulted in a misstatement within inventory and cost of sales. Other errors were also discovered during testing of our December 31, 2019 balances that included differences between the ledger and supporting schedules relating to inventory, property and equipment, accounts payable, accrued expenses, additional paid-in capital, revenue, cost of sales, gross margin and general and administrative expenses. As such, the auditor provided us with a letter stating that our internal controls with respect to the financial close and financial reporting do not include a sufficient process to reconcile the accounts to supporting records and an independent review process to ensure U.S. GAAP financial statements are free from error. We have determined that these control deficiencies constituted material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our condensed consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. These deficiencies could result in additional misstatements to our condensed consolidated financial statements that would be material and would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Remediation Plan
Management has developed and is executing a remediation plan to address the previously disclosed material weaknesses. We are actively engaged in the remediation of each of the outstanding material weaknesses, including the retention of a full-time controller and utilizing the assistance of outside advisors where appropriate.
To remediate the existing material weaknesses, additional time is required to demonstrate the effectiveness of the remediation efforts. The material weaknesses cannot be considered remediated until the applicable remedial controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. As of September 30, 2021, the material weakness has not been remediated.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the three months ended September 30, 2021, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a 15(f) and 15d 15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition or cash flows. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the following risks, together with all the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. If any of the following risks actually materializes, our operating results, financial condition and liquidity could be materially adversely affected.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
There is limited public information on our operating history.
Our limited public operating history makes evaluating our business and prospects difficult. Although we were formed in 2003, we did not provide public reports on the results of operations until our 2020 fiscal year. We only have two years of audited financial statements. Your investment decision will not be made with the same data as would be available as if we had a longer history of public reporting.
Our ability to meet our manufacturing workforce needs is crucial to our results of operations and future sales and profitability.
We rely on the existence of an available hourly workforce to manufacture our products. We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and retain qualified employees to meet current or future manufacturing needs at a reasonable cost, or at all. For instance, the demand for skilled employees has increased recently with the low unemployment rates in Florida where we have manufacturing facilities. Also, although none of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, we cannot assure you that our employees will not elect to be represented by labor unions in the future. Additionally, competition for qualified employees could require us to pay higher wages to attract a sufficient number of employees. Significant increases in manufacturing workforce costs could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We have a large, fixed cost base that will affect our profitability if our sales decrease.
The fixed cost levels of operating a powerboat manufacturer can put pressure on profit margins when sales and production decline. Our profitability depends, in part, on our ability to spread fixed costs over a sufficiently large number of products sold and shipped, and if we make a decision to reduce our rate of production, gross or net margins could be negatively affected. Consequently, decreased demand or the need to reduce production can lower our ability to absorb fixed costs and materially impact our financial condition or results of operations.
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Interest rates and energy prices affect product sales.
Our products are often financed by our dealers and retail powerboat consumers, we envision this continuing as we expand our operations and grow our network of distributors. This may not occur if interest rates meaningfully rise because higher rates increase the borrowing costs and, accordingly, the cost of doing business for dealers and the cost of powerboat purchases for consumers. Higher energy costs result in increases in operating expenses at our manufacturing facility and in the expense of shipping products to our dealers. In addition, increases in energy costs may adversely affect the pricing and availability of petroleum- based raw materials, such as resins and foams that are used in our products. Also, higher fuel prices may have an adverse effect on demand for our boats, as they increase the cost of ownership and operation and the pries at which we sell the boats. Therefore, higher interest rates and fuel costs can adversely affect consumers’ decisions relating to recreational powerboating purchases.
Our business may be materially affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has and may continue to cause disruptions to our business and operational plans. These disruptions may include disruptions resulting from (i) shortages of employees, (ii) unavailability of contractors and subcontractors, (iii) interruption of, or price fluctuations in, supplies from third parties upon which we rely, (iv) restrictions that governments impose to address the COVID-19 outbreak, and (v) restrictions that we and our contractors and subcontractors impose to ensure the safety of employees and others. To date, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced shortages in obtaining the 150 horsepower motors that are supplied to us by Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., which historically have been used in approximately 15% of our boats. In addition, we have also been subject to increased prices for materials resulting generally from supply chain shortages. We also have increased our inventory of parts and components, spending additional funds before we have purchase orders. Continued delays in our supply chain could adversely impact our production and, in turn, our revenues. Further, it is presently not possible to predict the extent or durations of these disruptions. These disruptions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such adverse effect could be rapid and unexpected. These disruptions may severely affect our ability to carry out our business plans for 2021 and 2022.
There are no assurances that our Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan will be forgivable in whole or in part.
On March 19, 2021, we received a loan in the amount of $608,224 under the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program round 2 provided by SunTrust/Trust Bank. The loan bears interest at 1.0% per year and matures 5 years from the loan origination date. No payments are due until the earlier of the application for forgiveness or ten months from the end of the twenty-four week covered period. Section 1106 of the CARES Act as amended by Section 3(c) of the Flexibility Act, allows for all or a portion of the loan to be forgiven, based on certain criteria being met including that the use of the loan proceeds for qualifying expenses, which include payroll costs, rent, and utility costs, having no more than 300 employees and us providing sufficient support that we have experienced a 25% reduction in gross receipts between comparable quarters in 2019 and 2020. Although we believe that we meet the criteria for full loan forgiveness, the determination of such forgiveness is made by the Small Business Administration, after review of a loan forgiveness application, which has been completed and submitted. Without formal written approval from the Small Business Administration, we cannot provide certainty that we will obtain forgiveness of the loan in whole or in part.
Our annual and quarterly financial results are subject to significant fluctuations depending on various factors, many of which are beyond our control.
Our sales and operating results can vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year depending on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to:
| ● | Seasonal consumer demand for our products; | |
| ● | Discretionary spending habits; | |
| ● | Changes in pricing in, or the availability of supply in, the powerboat market; | |
| ● | Failure to maintain a premium brand image; | |
| ● | Disruption in the operation of our manufacturing facilities; | |
| ● | Variations in the timing and volume of our sales; | |
| ● | The timing of our expenditures in anticipation of future sales; | |
| ● | Sales promotions by us and our competitors; | |
| ● | Changes in competitive and economic conditions generally; | |
| ● | Consumer preferences and competition for consumers’ leisure time; | |
| ● | Impact of unfavorable weather conditions; | |
| ● | Changes in the cost or availability of our labor; and | |
| ● | Increased fuel prices. |
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Due to these and other factors, our results of operations may decline quickly and significantly in response to changes in order patterns or rapid decreases in demand for our products. We anticipate that fluctuations in operating results will continue in the future.
Unfavorable weather conditions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, especially during the peak boating season.
Adverse weather conditions in any year in any particular geographic region may adversely affect sales in that region, especially during the peak boating season. Sales of our products are generally stronger just before and during spring and summer, which represent the peak boating months, and favorable weather during these months generally has a positive effect on consumer demand. Conversely, unseasonably cool weather, excessive rainfall, reduced rainfall levels, or drought conditions during these periods may close area boating locations or render boating dangerous or inconvenient, thereby generally reducing consumer demand for our products. Our annual results would be materially and adversely affected if our net sales were to fall below expected seasonal levels during these periods. We may also experience more pronounced seasonal fluctuation in net sales in the future as we expand our businesses. There can be no assurance that weather conditions will not have a material effect on the sales of any of our products.
A natural disaster, the effects of climate change, or other disruptions at our manufacturing facility could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We rely on the continuous operation of our only manufacturing facility in Stuart, Florida for the production of our products. Any natural disaster or other serious disruption to our facility due to fire, flood, earthquake, or any other unforeseen circumstance would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Changes in climate could adversely affect our operations by limiting or increasing the costs associated with equipment or fuel supplies. In addition, adverse weather conditions, such as increased frequency and/or severity of storms, or floods could impair our ability to operate by damaging our facilities and equipment or restricting product delivery to customers. The occurrence of any disruption at our manufacturing facility, even for a short period of time, may have an adverse effect on our productivity and profitability, during and after the period of the disruption. These disruptions may also cause personal injury and loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment, and environmental damage. Although we maintain property, casualty, and business interruption insurance of the types and in the amounts that we believe are customary for the industry, we are not fully insured against all potential natural disasters or other disruptions to our manufacturing facility.
If we fail to manage our manufacturing levels while still addressing the seasonal retail pattern for our products, our business and margins may suffer.
The seasonality of retail demand for our products, together with our goal of balancing production throughout the year, requires us to manage our manufacturing and allocate our products to our dealer network to address anticipated retail demand. Our dealers must manage seasonal changes in consumer demand and inventory. If our dealers reduce their inventories in response to weakness in retail demand, we could be required to reduce our production, resulting in lower rates of absorption of fixed costs in our manufacturing and, therefore, lower margins. As a result, we must balance the economies of level production with the seasonal retail sales pattern experienced by our dealers. Failure to adjust manufacturing levels adequately may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on our network of independent dealers, face increasing competition for dealers, and have little control over their activities.
A significant portion of our sales are derived from our network of independent dealers. We typically manufacture our boats based upon indications of interest received from dealers who are not contractually obligated to purchase any boats. While our dealers typically have purchased all of the boats for which they have provided us with indications of interest, it is possible that a dealer could choose not to purchase boats for which it has provided an indication of interest (e.g., if it were to have reached the credit limit on its floor plan), and as a result we once experienced, and in the future could experience, excess inventory and costs. For fiscal 2020, our top five dealers accounted for 33% of our total boats sold. The loss of a significant dealer could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The number of dealers supporting our products and the quality of their marketing and servicing efforts are essential to our ability to generate sales. Competition for dealers among other boat manufacturers continues to increase based on the quality, price, value, and availability of the manufacturers’ products, the manufacturers’ attention to customer service, and the marketing support that the manufacturer provides to the dealers. We face intense competition from other boat manufacturers in attracting and retaining dealers, affecting our ability to attract or retain relationships with qualified and successful dealers. Although our management believes that the quality of our products in the performance sport boat industry should permit us to maintain our relationships with our dealers and our market share position, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or improve our relationships with our dealers or our market share position. In addition, independent dealers in the boating industry have experienced significant consolidation in recent years, which could result in the loss of one or more of our dealers in the future if the surviving entity in any such consolidation purchases similar products from a competitor. A substantial deterioration in the number of dealers or quality of our network of dealers would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our success depends, in part, upon the financial health of our dealers and their continued access to financing.
Because we sell nearly all of our products through dealers, their financial health is critical to our success. Our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected if the financial health of the dealers that sell our products suffers. Their financial health may suffer for a variety of reasons, including a downturn in general economic conditions, rising interest rates, higher rents, increased labor costs and taxes, compliance with regulations, and personal financial issues.
In addition, our dealers require adequate liquidity to finance their operations, including purchases of our products. Dealers are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could unfavorably affect their liquidity positions, including, among other things, continued access to adequate financing sources on a timely basis on reasonable terms. These sources of financing are vital to our ability to sell products through our distribution network. Access to financing generally facilitates our dealers’ ability to purchase boats from us, and their financed purchases reduce our working capital requirements. If financing were not available to our dealers, our sales and our working capital levels would be adversely affected.
We may be required to repurchase inventory of certain dealers.
Many of our dealers have floor plan financing arrangements with third-party finance companies that enable the dealers to purchase our products. In connection with these agreements, we may have an obligation to repurchase our products from a finance company under certain circumstances, and we may not have any control over the timing or amount of any repurchase obligation nor have access to capital on terms acceptable to us to satisfy any repurchase obligation. This obligation is triggered if a dealer defaults on its debt obligations to a finance company, the finance company repossesses the boat, and the boat is returned to us. Our obligation to repurchase a repossessed boat for the unpaid balance of our original invoice price for the boat is subject to reduction or limitation based on the age and condition of the boat at the time of repurchase, and in certain cases by an aggregate cap on repurchase obligations associated with a particular floor plan financing program. To date, we have not been obligated to repurchase any boats under our dealers’ floor plan financing arrangements, and we are not aware of any applicable laws regulating dealer relations which govern our relations with the dealers or would require us to repurchase any boats. However, there is no assurance that a dealer will not default on the terms of a credit line in the future. In addition, applicable laws regulating dealer relations may also require us to repurchase our products from our dealers under certain circumstances, and we may not have any control over the timing or amount of any repurchase obligation nor have access to capital on terms acceptable to us to satisfy any repurchase obligation. If we were obligated to repurchase a significant number of units under any repurchase agreement or under applicable dealer laws, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.
We rely on third-party suppliers in the manufacturing of our boats.
We depend on third-party suppliers to provide components and raw materials essential to the construction of our boats. While we believe that our relationships with our current suppliers are sufficient to provide the materials necessary to meet present production demand, we cannot assure you that these relationships will continue or that the quantity or quality of materials available from these suppliers will be sufficient to meet our future needs, irrespective of whether we successfully implement our growth strategy. We expect that our need for raw materials and supplies will increase. Our suppliers must be prepared to ramp up operations and, in many cases, hire additional workers and/or expand capacity in order to fulfill the orders placed by us and other customers. Operational and financial difficulties that our suppliers may face in the future could adversely affect their ability to supply us with the parts and components we need, which could significantly disrupt our operations.
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Termination or interruption of informal supply arrangements could have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.
Although we have long term relationships with many of our suppliers, we do not have any formal agreements with any suppliers for the purchase of parts needed and our purchases are made on a purchase order basis. We have no binding commitment from our suppliers to supply any specified quantity of materials needed within any specified time period. In the event that our suppliers receive a large number of orders from other customers, there is a possibility that they will not be able to support our needs. If any of our current suppliers were to be unable to provide needed products to us, there can be no assurance that alternate supply arrangements will be made on satisfactory terms. If we need to enter into supply arrangements on unsatisfactory terms, or if there are any delays to our supply arrangements, it could adversely affect our business and operating results.
We rely on one manufacturer to supply our engines and do not have any long terms commitments from such manufacturer.
We currently rely on one manufacturer, Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. for the supply of our board engines. We do not have any long-term commitments from Suzuki to supply any specified number of engines and therefore cannot guarantee that there will be adequate supply of our engines. To date, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced shortages in obtaining the 150-horsepower motors that are supplied to us by Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., which historically have been used in approximately 15% of our boats. Although we believe we have sufficient supply of our other engines, due to supply chain shortages, we may not be able to obtain engines in the future from other manufacturers if Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. should be unable to satisfy our needs. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., and other manufacturers may not be able to provide us with engines in a timely manner due to supply chain shortages and even if other manufacturers are able to fulfill our engine needs they may not be able to do so at the same price as we currently pay for the engines we install in our boats, which could result in lower profit margins or us increasing the price of our boats in order to maintain profit margins which could adversely impact demand for our boats.
Product liability, warranty, personal injury, property damage and recall claims may materially affect our financial condition and damage our reputation.
We are engaged in a business that exposes us to claims for product liability and warranty claims in the event our products actually or allegedly fail to perform as expected or the use of our products results, or is alleged to result, in property damage, personal injury or death. Although we maintain product and general liability insurance of the types and in the amounts that we believe are customary for the industry, we are not fully insured against all such potential claims. Our products involve kinetic energy, produce physical motion and are to be used on the water, factors which increase the likelihood of injury or death. Our products contain Lithium-ion batteries, which have been known to catch fire or vent smoke and flame, and chemicals which are known to be, or could later be proved to be, toxic carcinogenic. Any judgment or settlement for personal injury or wrongful death claims could be more than our assets and, even if not justified, could prove expensive to contest.
We may experience legal claims in excess of our insurance coverage or claims that are not covered by insurance, either of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Adverse determination of material product liability and warranty claims made against us could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and harm our reputation. In addition, if any of our products or components in our products are, or are alleged to be, defective, we may be required to participate in a recall of that product or component if the defect or alleged defect relates to safety. Any such recall and other claims could be costly to us and require substantial management attention.
Significant product repair and/or replacement due to product warranty claims or product recalls could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
We provide a hull warranty for structural damage of up to ten years. In addition, we provide a three-year limited fiberglass small parts warranty on all on some small fiberglass parts and components such as consoles Gelcoat is covered up to one year. Additionally, fiberglass lids, plastic lids, electrical panels, bilge pumps, aerator pumps or other electrical devices (excluding stereos, depth finders, radar, chart plotters except for installation if installed by Twin Vee Powercats, Inc.), steering systems, electrical panels, and pumps are covered under a one-year basic limited systems warranty. Some materials, components or parts of the boat that are not covered by our limited product warranties are separately warranted by their manufacturers or suppliers. These other warranties include warranties covering engines purchased from suppliers and other components.
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Our standard warranties require us or our dealers to repair or replace defective products during such warranty periods at no cost to the consumer. Although we employ quality control procedures, sometimes a product is distributed that needs repair or replacement. The repair and replacement costs we could incur in connection with a recall could adversely affect our business. In addition, product recalls could harm our reputation and cause us to lose customers, particularly if recalls cause consumers to question the safety or reliability of our products.
The nature of our business exposes us to workers’ compensation claims and other workplace liabilities.
Certain materials we use require our employees to handle potentially hazardous or toxic substances. While our employees who handle these and other potentially hazardous or toxic materials receive specialized training and wear protective clothing, there is still a risk that they, or others, may be exposed to these substances. Exposure to these substances could result in significant injury to our employees and damage to our property or the property of others, including natural resource damage. Our personnel are also at risk for other workplace-related injuries, including slips and falls. We may in the future be subject to fines, penalties, and other liabilities in connection with any such injury or damage. Although we currently maintain what we believe to be suitable and adequate insurance in excess of our self-insured amounts, we may be unable to maintain such insurance on acceptable terms or such insurance may not provide adequate protection against potential liabilities.
If we are unable to comply with environmental and other regulatory requirements, our business may be exposed to material liability and/or fines.
Our operations are subject to extensive and frequently changing federal, state, local, and foreign laws and regulations, including those concerning product safety, environmental protection, and occupational health and safety. Some of these laws and regulations require us to obtain permits and limit our ability to discharge hazardous materials into the environment. If we fail to comply with these requirements, we may be subject to civil or criminal enforcement actions that could result in the assessment of fines and penalties, obligations to conduct remedial or corrective actions, or, in extreme circumstances, revocation of our permits or injunctions preventing some or all of our operations. In addition, the components of our boats must meet certain regulatory standards, including stringent air emission standards for boat engines. Failure to meet these standards could result in an inability to sell our boats in key markets, which would adversely affect our business. Moreover, compliance with these regulatory requirements could increase the cost of our products, which in turn, may reduce consumer demand.
While we believe that we are in material compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and foreign regulatory requirements, and hold all licenses and permits required thereunder, we cannot assure you that we will, at all times, be able to continue to comply with applicable regulatory requirements. Compliance with increasingly stringent regulatory and permit requirements may, in the future, cause us to incur substantial capital costs and increase our cost of operations, or may limit our operations, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition.
As with most boat construction businesses, our manufacturing processes involve the use, handling, storage, and contracting for recycling or disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. The failure to manage or dispose of such hazardous substances and wastes properly could expose us to material liability or fines, including liability for personal injury or property damage due to exposure to hazardous substances, damages to natural resources, or for the investigation and remediation of environmental conditions. Under environmental laws, we may be liable for remediation of contamination at sites where our hazardous wastes have been disposed or at our current facility, regardless of whether our facility is owned or leased or whether the environmental conditions were created by us, a prior owner or tenant, or a third-party. While we do not believe that we are presently subject to any such liabilities, we cannot assure you that environmental conditions relating to our prior, existing, or future sites or operations or those of predecessor companies will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition.
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Our industry is characterized by intense competition, which affects our sales and profits.
The performance sport boat category and the powerboat industry as a whole are highly competitive for consumers and dealers. We also compete against consumer demand for used boats. Competition affects our ability to succeed in both the markets we currently serve and new markets that we may enter in the future. Competition is based primarily on brand name, price, product selection, and product performance. We compete with several large manufacturers that may have greater financial, marketing, and other resources than we do and who are represented by dealers in the markets in which we now operate and into which we plan to expand. We also compete with a variety of small, independent manufacturers. We cannot assure you that we will not face greater competition from existing large or small manufacturers or that we will be able to compete successfully with new competitors. Our failure to compete effectively with our current and future competitors would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We face increasing competition for dealers and have little control over their activities.
We face intense competition from other performance sport boat manufacturers in attracting and retaining dealers and customers, affecting our ability to attract or retain relationships with qualified and successful dealers and consumers looking to purchase boats. Although our management believes that the quality of our products in the boat industry should permit us to maintain our relationships with our dealers and our market share position, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or improve our relationships with our dealers or our market share position. In addition, independent dealers in the boating industry have experienced significant consolidation in recent years, which could result in the loss of one or more of our dealers in the future if the surviving entity in any such consolidation purchases similar products from a competitor. A substantial deterioration in the number of dealers or quality of our network of dealers would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our sales may be adversely impacted by increased consumer preference for other leisure activities or used boats or the supply of new boats by competitors in excess of demand.
Our boats are not necessities and in times of economic hardship, consumers may cease purchasing non-essential items. Demand for our boats may be adversely affected by competition from other activities that occupy consumers’ leisure time and by changes in consumer life style, usage pattern or taste. Similarly, an overall decrease in consumer leisure time may reduce consumers’ willingness to purchase and enjoy our boats.
During the economic downturn that commenced in 2008, there was a shift in consumer demand toward purchasing more used boats, primarily because prices for used boats are typically lower than retail prices for new boats. If this were to occur again, it could have the effect of reducing demand among retail purchasers for our new boats. Also, while we have balanced production volumes for our boats to meet demand, our competitors could choose to reduce the price of their products, which could have the effect of reducing demand for our new boats. Reduced demand for new boats could lead to reduced sales by us, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our sales and profitability depend, in part, on the successful introduction of new products.
Market acceptance of our products depends on our technological innovation and our ability to implement technology in our boats. Our sales and profitability may be adversely affected by difficulties or delays in product development, such as an inability to develop viable or innovative new products. Our failure to introduce new technologies and product offerings that consumers desire could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. If we fail to introduce new features or those we introduce fail to gain market acceptance, our bottom line may suffer.
We are developing the Twin 240E, a fully electric version of our popular 24-foot center console PowerCat. The 240 E will be Twin Vee’s first fully electric I/O powertrain system that will combine an advanced battery pack, converter, high-efficiency motor, and proprietary union assembly between the transmission, electric motor design, and control software. If we experience delays in the development of the electric I/O powertrain system for the boat, fail to bring the Twin 240E to market as and when planned or if it fails to gain market acceptance, our bottom line may also suffer.
In addition, some of our direct competitors and indirect competitors may have significantly more resources to develop and patent new technologies. It is possible that our competitors will develop and patent equivalent or superior technologies and other products that compete with ours. They may assert these patents against us and we may be required to license these patents on unfavorable terms or cease using the technology covered by these patents, either of which would harm our competitive position and may materially adversely affect our business.
We also cannot be certain that our products or features have not infringed or will not infringe the proprietary rights of others. Any such infringement could cause third parties, including our competitors, to bring claims against us, resulting in significant costs and potential damages.
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Our success depends upon the continued strength of our brand, the value of our brand, and sales of our products could be diminished if we, the consumers who use our products, or the sports and activities in which our products are used are associated with negative publicity.
We believe that our brand is a significant contributor to the success of our business and that maintaining and enhancing our brand is important to expanding our consumer and dealer base. Failure to continue to protect our brand may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. We expect that our ability to develop, maintain and strengthen the Twin Vee brand will also depend heavily on the success of our marketing efforts. To further promote our brand, we may be required to change our marketing practices, which could result in substantially increased advertising expenses, including the need to use traditional media such as television, radio and print. Many of our current and potential competitors have greater name recognition, broader customer relationships and substantially greater marketing resources than we do. If we do not develop and maintain strong brands, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be materially and adversely impacted.
Negative publicity, including that resulting from severe injuries or death occurring in the sports and activities in which our products are used, could negatively affect our reputation and result in restrictions, recalls, or bans on the use of our products. If the popularity of the sports and activities for which we design, manufacture, and sell products were to decrease as a result of these risks or any negative publicity, sales of our products could decrease, which could have an adverse effect on our net sales, profitability, and operating results. In addition, if we become exposed to additional claims and litigation relating to the use of our products, our reputation may be adversely affected by such claims, whether or not successful, including by generating potential negative publicity about our products, which could adversely impact our business and financial condition.
We may not be able to execute our manufacturing strategy successfully, which could cause the profitability of our products to suffer.
Our manufacturing strategy is designed to improve product quality and increase productivity, while reducing costs and increasing flexibility to respond to ongoing changes in the marketplace. To implement this strategy, we must be successful in our continuous improvement efforts, which depend on the involvement of management, production employees, and suppliers. Any inability to achieve these objectives could adversely impact the profitability of our products and our ability to deliver desirable products to our consumers.
We may need to raise additional capital that may be required to grow our business, and we may not be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to us or at all.
Operating our business and maintaining our growth efforts will require significant cash outlays and advance capital expenditures and commitments. Although the proceeds of our initial public offering should be sufficient to fund our operations, if cash on hand and cash generated from operations and from our initial public offering are not sufficient to meet our cash requirements, we will need to seek additional capital, potentially through debt or equity financings, to fund our growth. We cannot assure you that we will be able to raise needed cash on terms acceptable to us or at all. Financings may be on terms that are dilutive or potentially dilutive to our stockholders, and the prices at which new investors would be willing to purchase our securities may be lower than the price per share of our common stock in our initial public offering. The holders of new securities may also have rights, preferences or privileges which are senior to those of existing holders of common stock. If new sources of financing are required, but are insufficient or unavailable, we will be required to modify our growth and operating plans based on available funding, if any, which would harm our ability to grow our business.
If we fail to manage future growth effectively, we may not be able to market or sell our products successfully.
Any failure to manage our growth effectively could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. We plan to expand our operations in the near future. Our future operating results depend to a large extent on our ability to manage this expansion and growth successfully. Risks that we face in undertaking this expansion include:
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| ● | training new personnel; | |
| ● | forecasting production and revenue; | |
| ● | expanding our marketing efforts, including the marketing of a new powertrain that we intend to develop; | |
| ● | controlling expenses and investments in anticipation of expanded operations; | |
| ● | establishing or expanding design, manufacturing, sales and service facilities; | |
| ● | implementing and enhancing administrative infrastructure, systems and processes; and | |
| ● | addressing new markets. |
We intend to continue to hire a number of additional personnel, including design and manufacturing personnel and service technicians for our electric boats and powertrains. Competition for individuals with experience designing, manufacturing and servicing electric boats is intense, and we may not be able to attract, assimilate, train or retain additional highly qualified personnel in the future. The failure to attract, integrate, train, motivate and retain these additional employees could seriously harm our business and prospects.
The loss of one or a few customers could have a material adverse effect on us.
A few customers have in the past, and may in the future, account for a significant portion of our revenues in any one year or over a period of several consecutive years. For example, during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 two dealers represented 23% of our sales. The loss of business from a significant customer could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We depend upon our executive officers and we may not be able to retain them and their knowledge of our business and technical expertise would be difficult to replace.
Our future success will depend in significant part upon the continued service of our executive officers. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to attract or retain such persons. We do not have an insurance policy on the life of our chief executive officer, and we do not have “key person” life insurance policies for any of our other officers or advisors. The loss of the technical knowledge and management and industry expertise of any of our key personnel could result in delays in product development, loss of customers and sales and diversion of management resources, which could adversely affect our operating results.
Certain of our shareholders have sufficient voting power to make corporate governance decisions that could have a significant influence on us and the other stockholders.
Our parent company currently owns approximately 57.14% of our outstanding common stock. Our Chief Executive Officer is the Chief Executive Officer of our parent company and a member of its board of directors in addition to owning 56.14% of the outstanding common stock of our parent company. As a result, our Chief Executive Officer does and will have significant influence over our management and affairs and over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. In addition, this concentration of ownership may delay or prevent a change in our control and might affect the market price of our common stock, even when a change in control may be in the best interest of all stockholders. Furthermore, the interests of this concentration of ownership may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders. Accordingly, our Chief Executive Officer could cause us to enter into transactions or agreements that we would not otherwise consider.
We may attempt to grow our business through acquisitions or strategic alliances and new partnerships, which we may not be successful in completing or integrating.
We may in the future enter into acquisitions, such as our current search for a waterfront property and the 14.5 acre parcel for which we have an option to acquire pursuant to the land purchase agreement we executed in October 2021, and strategic alliances that will enable us to acquire complementary skills and capabilities, offer new products, expand our consumer base, enter new product categories or geographic markets, and obtain other competitive advantages. We cannot assure you, however, that we will identify acquisition candidates or strategic partners that are suitable to our business, obtain financing on satisfactory terms, complete acquisitions or strategic alliances, or successfully integrate acquired operations into our existing operations. Once integrated, acquired operations may not achieve anticipated levels of sales or profitability, or otherwise perform as expected. Acquisitions also involve special risks, including risks associated with unanticipated challenges, liabilities and contingencies, and diversion of management attention and resources from our existing operations. Similarly, our partnership with leading franchises from other industries to market our products or with third-party technology providers to introduce new technology to the market may not achieve anticipated levels of consumer enthusiasm and acceptance, or achieve anticipated levels of sales or profitability, or otherwise perform as expected.
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We rely on network and information systems and other technologies for our business activities and certain events, such as computer hackings, viruses or other destructive or disruptive software or activities may disrupt our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Network and information systems and other technologies are important to our business activities and operations. Network and information systems-related events, such as computer hackings, cyber threats, security breaches, viruses, or other destructive or disruptive software, process breakdowns or malicious or other activities could result in a disruption of our services and operations or improper disclosure of personal data or confidential information, which could damage our reputation and require us to expend resources to remedy any such breaches. Moreover, the amount and scope of insurance we maintain against losses resulting from any such events or security breaches may not be sufficient to cover our losses or otherwise adequately compensate us for any disruptions to our businesses that may result, and the occurrence of any such events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. The risk of these systems-related events and security breaches occurring has intensified, in part because we maintain certain information necessary to conduct our businesses in digital form stored on cloud servers. While we develop and maintain systems seeking to prevent systems-related events and security breaches from occurring, the development and maintenance of these systems is costly and requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated. Despite these efforts, there can be no assurance that disruptions and security breaches will not occur in the future. Moreover, we may provide certain confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in connection with our businesses, and while we obtain assurances that these third parties will protect this information, there is a risk that this information may be compromised.
Likewise, data privacy breaches by employees or others with permitted access to our systems may pose a risk that sensitive data may be exposed to unauthorized persons or to the public. While we have invested in protection of data and information technology, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent breakdowns or breaches in our systems that could adversely affect our business. The occurrence of any of such network or information systems-related events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Intellectual Property Risks
A significant portion of our intellectual property is not protected through patents or formal copyright registration. As a result, we do not have the full benefit of patent or copyright laws to prevent others from replicating our products, product candidates and brands.
We have not protected our intellectual property rights through patents or formal copyright registration, and we do not currently have any patent applications pending other than our new patent application that we filed for our propulsion system being developed. There can be no assurance that any patent will issue or if issued that the patent will protect our intellectual property. As a result, we may not be able to protect our intellectual property and trade secrets or prevent others from independently developing substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or from otherwise gaining access to our intellectual property or trade secrets. In such an instance, our competitors could produce products that are nearly identical to ours resulting in us selling less products or generating less revenue from our sales.
Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
We rely on trade secrets, know-how and technology, which are not protected by patents, to protect the intellectual property behind our electric powertrain and for the construction of our boats. We have recently begun to use confidentiality agreements with our collaborators, employees, consultants, outside collaborators and other advisors to protect our proprietary technology and processes. We intend to use such agreements in the future, but these agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases, we could not assert any trade secret rights against such party. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.
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We may need to defend ourselves against patent, copyright or trademark infringement claims, which may be time-consuming and would cause us to incur substantial costs.
The status of the protection of our intellectual property is unsettled as we do not have any issued patents, registered trademarks or registered copyrights for most of our intellectual property and other than one patent application, we have not applied for the same. Companies, organizations or individuals, including our competitors, may hold or obtain patents, trademarks or other proprietary rights that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use, develop, sell or market our powerboats and electric powertrains or use third-party components, which could make it more difficult for us to operate our business. From time to time, we may receive communications from third parties that allege our products or components thereof are covered by their patents or trademarks or other intellectual property rights. Companies holding patents or other intellectual property rights may bring suits alleging infringement of such rights or otherwise assert their rights. If we are determined to have infringed upon a third party’s intellectual property rights, we may be required to do one or more of the following:
| ● | cease making, using, selling or offering to sell processes, goods or services that incorporate or use the third-party intellectual property; | |
| ● | pay substantial damages; | |
| ● | seek a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property right, which license may not be available on reasonable terms or at all; | |
| ● | redesign our boats or other goods or services to avoid infringing the third-party intellectual property; | |
| ● | establish and maintain alternative branding for our products and services; or | |
| ● | find-third providers of any part or service that is the subject of the intellectual property claim. |
In the event of a successful claim of infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a license to the infringed technology or other intellectual property right, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In addition, any litigation or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, negative publicity and diversion of resources and management attention.
Risks Related to Our Industry
Demand in the powerboat industry is highly volatile.
Volatility of demand in the powerboat industry, especially for recreational powerboats and electric powerboats, may materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. The markets in which we will be competing have been subject to considerable volatility in demand in recent periods. Demand for recreational powerboat and electric powerboat sales depends to a large extent on general, economic and social conditions in a given market. Historically, sales of recreational powerboats decrease during economic downturns. We have fewer financial resources than more established powerboat manufacturers to withstand adverse changes in the market and disruptions in demand.
General economic conditions, particularly in the U.S., affect our industry, demand for our products and our business, and results of operations.
Demand for premium boat brands has been significantly influenced by weak economic conditions, low consumer confidence, high unemployment, and increased market volatility worldwide, especially in the U.S. In times of economic uncertainty and contraction, consumers tend to have less discretionary income and tend to defer or avoid expenditures for discretionary items, such as our products. Sales of our products are highly sensitive to personal discretionary spending levels. Our business is cyclical in nature and its success is impacted by economic conditions, the overall level of consumer confidence and discretionary income levels. Any substantial deterioration in general economic conditions that diminishes consumer confidence or discretionary income may reduce our sales and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We cannot predict the duration or strength of an economic recovery, either in the U.S. or in the specific markets where we sell our products. Corporate restructurings, layoffs, declines in the value of investments and residential real estate, higher gas prices, higher interest rates, and increases in federal and state taxation may each materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Consumers often finance purchases of our products. Although consumer credit markets have improved, consumer credit market conditions continue to influence demand, especially for boats, and may continue to do so. There continue to be fewer lenders, tighter underwriting and loan approval criteria, and greater down payment requirements than in the past. If credit conditions worsen, and adversely affect the ability of consumers to finance potential purchases at acceptable terms and interest rates, it could result in a decrease in the sales of our products.
Global economic conditions could materially adversely impact demand for our products and services.
Our operations and performance depend significantly on economic conditions. Global financial conditions continue to be subject to volatility arising from international geopolitical developments and global economic phenomenon, as well as general financial market turbulence, including a significant recent market reaction to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), resulting in a significant reduction in many major market indices. Uncertainty about global economic conditions could result in material adverse effects on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Access to public financing and credit can be negatively affected by the effect of these events on U.S. and global credit markets. The health of the global financing and credit markets may affect our ability to obtain equity or debt financing in the future and the terms at which financing, or credit is available to us. These instances of volatility and market turmoil could adversely affect our operations and the trading price of our common shares resulting in:
| ● | customers postponing purchases of our products and services in response to tighter credit, unemployment, negative financial news and/or declines in income or asset values and other macroeconomic factors, which could have a material negative effect on demand for our products and services; and | |
| ● | third-party suppliers being unable to produce parts and components for our products in the same quantity or on the same timeline or being unable to deliver such parts and components as quickly as before or subject to price fluctuations, which could have a material adverse effect on our production or the cost of such production. |
Risks Relating to Ownership of our Common Stock
Terms of subsequent financings may adversely impact your investment.
We may have to engage in common equity, debt, or preferred stock financing in the future. Your rights and the value of your investment in our securities could be reduced. Interest on debt securities could increase costs and negatively impacts operating results. Preferred stock could be issued in series from time to time with such designation, rights, preferences, and limitations as needed to raise capital. The terms of preferred stock could be more advantageous to those investors than to the holders of common shares. In addition, if we need to raise more equity capital from the sale of common shares, institutional or other investors may negotiate terms at least as, and possibly more, favorable than the terms of your investment. Common shares which we sell could be sold into any market which develops, which could adversely affect the market price.
If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our company, or if they issue unfavorable commentary about us or our industry or downgrade our common stock, the price of our common stock could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will depend in part on the research and reports that third-party securities analysts publish about our company and our industry. We may be unable or slow to attract research coverage and if one or more analysts cease coverage of our company, we could lose visibility in the market. In addition, one or more of these analysts could downgrade our common stock or issue other negative commentary about our company or our industry. As a result of one or more of these factors, the trading price of our common stock could decline.
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The obligations associated with being a public company will require significant resources and management attention, which may divert from our business operations.
As a result of our initial public offering, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Exchange Act requires that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we establish and maintain effective internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. As a result, we have and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting, and other expenses that we did not previously incur.
We have identified weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future.
As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems and resources.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial reporting.
We do not yet have effective disclosure controls and procedures, or internal controls over all aspects of our financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and in accordance with GAAP. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. We will be required to expend time and resources to further improve our internal controls over financial reporting, including by expanding our staff. However, we cannot assure you that our internal control over financial reporting, as modified, will enable us to identify or avoid material weaknesses in the future.
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses identified to date include (i) lack of segregation of duties and (ii) the level of review of our internally prepared financial statements. In addition, our auditor identified during its testing of our December 31, 2019 balances an error in inventory in the approximate amount of $227,000 for the use of the wrong unit of measure for an inventory item which resulted in a misstatement within inventory and cost of sales. Other errors were also discovered during testing of our December 31, 2019 balances that included differences between the ledger and supporting schedules relating to inventory, property and equipment, accounts payable, accrued expenses, additional paid-in capital, revenue, cost of sales, gross margin and general and administrative expenses. As such, the auditor provided us with a letter stating that our internal controls with respect to the financial close and financial reporting do not include a sufficient process to reconcile the accounts to supporting records and an independent review process to ensure U.S. GAAP financial statements are free from error. Accordingly, our internal controls over financial reporting were not and have not been designed or operating effectively.
We are expending time and resources to further improve our internal controls over financial reporting, including by expanding our staff; however we still do not have sufficient staff for proper segregation of duties . However, we cannot assure you that our internal control over financial reporting, as modified, will enable us to identify or avoid material weaknesses in the future.
We have not yet retained sufficient staff or engaged sufficient outside consultants with appropriate experience in GAAP presentation, especially of complex instruments, to devise and implement effective disclosure controls and procedures, or internal controls. We will be required to expend time and resources hiring and engaging additional staff and outside consultants with the appropriate experience to remedy these weaknesses. We cannot assure you that management will be successful in locating and retaining appropriate candidates; that newly engaged staff or outside consultants will be successful in remedying material weaknesses thus far identified or identifying material weaknesses in the future; or that appropriate candidates will be located and retained prior to these deficiencies resulting in material and adverse effects on our business.
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Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in conditions in our business, including increased complexity resulting from our international expansion. Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results of management reports and independent registered public accounting firm audits of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock.
Our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to audit the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until after we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our internal control over financial reporting is documented, designed or operating. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting could have a material and adverse effect on our business and operating results and cause a decline in the market price of our common stock.
Our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as a public company could have a material adverse effect on our business and share price.
Prior to the completion of our initial public offering, we have not had to independently comply with Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, starting with the second annual report that we would expect to file with the SEC. We anticipate being required to meet these standards in the course of preparing our financial statements as of and for the year ending December 31, 2022, and our management will be required to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for such year. Additionally, once we are no longer an emerging growth company, as defined by the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis. The rules governing the standards that must be met for our management to assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing, and possible remediation.
Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are in the process of reviewing, documenting, and testing our internal control over financial reporting, but we are not currently in compliance with, and we cannot be certain when we will be able to implement, the requirements of Section 404(a). We may encounter problems or delays in implementing any changes necessary to make a favorable assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any public accounting firm after we cease to be an emerging growth company. If we cannot favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on our internal controls after we cease to be an emerging growth company, investors could lose confidence in our financial information and the price of our common stock could decline.
Additionally, the existence of any material weakness or significant deficiency requires management to devote significant time and incur significant expense to remediate any such material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and management may not be able to remediate any such material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in a timely manner. The existence of any material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting could also result in errors in our financial statements that could require us to restate our financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, and cause stockholders to lose confidence in our reported financial information, all of which could materially and adversely affect our business and share price.
For as long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with certain reporting requirements, including those relating to accounting standards and disclosure about our executive compensation, that apply to other public companies.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and (iii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and of stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We have elected to adopt these reduced disclosure requirements. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive as a result of our taking advantage of these exemptions and as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
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We could remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years or until the earliest of (a) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (b) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed fiscal quarter, and (c) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the preceding three-year period.
We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in the Exchange Act, and have elected to take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies. To the extent that we continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, after we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as an “emerging growth company” may continue to be available to us as a “smaller reporting company,” including exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirements pursuant to SOX and reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements. We will continue to be a “smaller reporting company” until we have $250 million or more in public float (based on our common stock) measured as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or, in the event we have no public float (based on our common stock) or a public float (based on our common stock) that is less than $700 million, annual revenues of $100 million or more during the most recently completed fiscal year.
Our common stock price may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.
It is possible that an active trading market will not continue or be sustained, which could make it difficult for investors to sell their shares of our common stock at an attractive price or at all.
Volatility in the market price of our common stock may prevent investors from being able to sell their shares at or above the price you paid for them. Many factors, which are outside our control, may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly, including those described elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section and this prospectus, as well as the following:
| ● | Our operating and financial performance and prospects; | |
| ● | Our quarterly or annual earnings or those of other companies in our industry compared to market expectations; | |
| ● | Conditions that impact demand for our products; | |
| ● | Future announcements concerning our business or our competitors’ businesses; | |
| ● | The public’s reaction to our press releases, other public announcements, and filings with the SEC; | |
| ● | The size of our public float; | |
| ● | Coverage by or changes in financial estimates by securities analysts or failure to meet their expectations; | |
| ● | Market and industry perception of our success, or lack thereof, in pursuing our growth strategy; | |
| ● | Strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings; | |
| ● | Changes in laws or regulations that adversely affect our industry or us; | |
| ● | Changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations, or principles; | |
| ● | Changes in senior management or key personnel; | |
| ● | Issuances, exchanges or sales, or expected issuances, exchanges or sales of our capital stock; | |
| ● | Changes in our dividend policy; | |
| ● | Adverse resolution of new or pending litigation against us; and | |
| ● | Changes in general market, economic, and political conditions in the U.S. and global economies or financial markets, including those resulting from natural disasters, terrorist attacks, acts of war, and responses to such events. |
As a result, volatility in the market price of our common stock may prevent investors from being able to sell their common stock at or above the initial public offering price or at all. These broad market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In addition, price volatility may be greater if the public float and trading volume of our common stock is low. As a result, investors may suffer a loss on your investment.
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Additionally, recently, securities of certain companies have experienced significant and extreme volatility in stock price due to short sellers of shares of common stock, known as a “short squeeze.” These short squeezes have caused extreme volatility in those companies and in the market and have led to the price per share of those companies to trade at significantly inflated rates that is disconnected from the underlying value of the company. Many investors who have purchased shares in those companies at an inflated rate face the risk of losing a significant portion of their original investment as the price per share has declined steadily as interest in those stocks have abated. While we have no reason to believe our shares would be the target of a short squeeze, there can be no assurance that we won’t be in the future, and investors may lose a significant portion or all of their investment if you purchase our shares at a rate that is significantly disconnected from our underlying value.
We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future.
We presently have no intention to pay dividends on our common stock at any time in the foreseeable future. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Furthermore, our ability to declare and pay dividends may be limited by instruments governing future outstanding indebtedness we may incur.
FINRA sales practice requirements may limit your ability to buy and sell our common shares, which could depress the price of our shares.
FINRA rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status and investment objectives, among other things. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability such speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, FINRA requirements may make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common shares, which may limit an investors ability to buy and sell our shares, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares and, thereby, depress their market prices.
Volatility in our common shares price may subject us to securities litigation.
The market for our common shares may have, when compared to seasoned issuers, significant price volatility, and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management’s attention and resources.
We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and may not use them effectively.
Our management has broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from our initial public offering, and investors do not have the opportunity to assess whether the net proceeds are being used appropriately. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the net proceeds from our initial public offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their initial intended use. The failure by our management to apply those funds effectively could harm our business.
Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of our company, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
Provisions in our corporate charter and our bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of our company that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Among other things, these provisions:
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| ● | our board of directors is divided into three classes, one class of which is elected each year by our stockholders with the directors in each class to serve for a three-year term; | |
| ● | the authorized number of directors can be changed only by resolution of our board of directors; | |
| ● | directors may be removed only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of our voting stock, whether for cause or without cause; | |
| ● | our bylaws may be amended or repealed by our board of directors or by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of our stockholders; | |
| ● | stockholders may not call special meetings of the stockholders or fill vacancies on the board of directors; | |
| ● | our board of directors will be authorized to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock, the rights of which will be determined at the discretion of the board of directors and that, if issued, could operate as a “poison pill” to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer to prevent an acquisition that our board of directors does not approve; | |
| ● | our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, and therefore our stockholders holding a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding will be able to elect all of our directors; and | |
| ● | our stockholders must comply with advance notice provisions to bring business before or nominate directors for election at a stockholder meeting. |
Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for certain types of state actions that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of us, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, or other employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our certificate of incorporation or bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The exclusive forum provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. To the extent that any such claims may be based upon federal law claims, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
These exclusive-forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, employees, control persons, underwriters, or agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, employees, control persons, underwriters, or agents. Additionally, a court could determine that the exclusive forum provision is unenforceable, and our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. If a court were to find these provisions of our bylaws inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
| (a) | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
None.
| (c) | Use of Proceeds. |
On July 22, 2021, we closed our initial public offering pursuant to which we offered and sold 3,000,000 shares of our common stock at an offering price of $6.00 per share (for aggregate gross proceeds of $18,000,000), pursuant to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (as amended) (File No. 333-255134), which was declared effective by the SEC on July 20, 2021, as amended by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 MEF (File No. 333-258058) filed with the SEC on July 20, 2021 and effective as of the date of filing. After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $1,260,000, and other offering expenses payable by us of approximately $1,567,150, we received approximately $15,849,037 in net proceeds from our initial public offering. ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc. acted as the representative of the several underwriters for the offering. We also granted a 45-day option to the representative of the underwriters to purchase up to 450,000 additional shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any, which expired unexercised.
There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our final prospectus, dated July 20, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on July 22, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The primary use of the net proceeds from our initial public offering continues to be, as follows: (i) approximately $1,500,000 for production and marketing of our larger fully equipped boats. Due to their size, the larger boats will require us to acquire specialized equipment such as overhead cranes and industrial grade gantry systems to lift and move the boats, engines and load the boats on extra-large custom designed boat trailers; (ii) approximately $2,500,000 for the design, development, testing, manufacturing and marketing of our new line of electric boats; (iii) approximately $6,000,000 for the design, development, testing, manufacturing and marketing of our fully electric propulsion system; (iv) approximately $3,500,000 for acquisition of waterfront property and development of the Electra Power Sports- EV Innovation & Testing Center, in Fort Pierce, Florida to build, design and manufacture our electric propulsion systems and (v) the balance for working capital.
No payments were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning ten percent or more of our common stock or to their associates, or to our affiliates, other than payments in the ordinary course of business to officers for salaries. Pending the uses described, we have invested the net proceeds in our operating cash account.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
The exhibits filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are set forth on the Exhibit Index. The Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| * | Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| TWIN VEE POWERCATS CO. | ||
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Joseph C. Visconti |
| Joseph C. Visconti | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| (Principal Executive Offi cer) | ||
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Carrie Gunnerson |
| Carrie Gunnerson | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Joseph C. Visconti, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Twin Vee PowerCats Co.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financing reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |
| b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Joseph C. Visconti | |||
| Name: Joseph C. Visconti | |||||
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 OR RULE 15d-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Carrie Gunnerson, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Twin Vee PowerCats Co.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, his report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Carrie Gunnerson |
| Name: Carrie Gunnerson | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph C. Visconti, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Joseph C. Visconti | |
| Name: Joseph C. Visconti | |||
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (the “Registrant”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Donna Barnett, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
| Date: November 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Carrie Gunnerson |
| Name: Carrie Gunnerson | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Statement of Financial Position [Abstract] | ||
| Preferred stock, shares authorized | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Preferred stock, par value | $ 0.001 | $ 0.001 |
| Preferred stock, shares issued | 0 | 0 |
| Preferred stock, shares outstanding | 0 | 0 |
| Common stock, shares authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Common stock, par value | $ 0.001 | $ 0.001 |
| Common stock, shares issued | 7,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Common stock, shares outstanding | 7,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
|
| Income Statement [Abstract] | ||||
| Net sales | $ 4,118,246 | $ 2,498,218 | $ 10,623,460 | $ 6,885,679 |
| Cost of products sold | 2,508,170 | 1,798,288 | 6,209,334 | 4,321,067 |
| Gross profit | 1,610,076 | 699,930 | 4,414,126 | 2,564,612 |
| Operating expenses: | ||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 512,982 | 251,371 | 1,090,583 | 708,893 |
| Salaries and wages | 1,222,062 | 637,993 | 3,197,476 | 1,764,592 |
| Research and design | 61,091 | 61,091 | ||
| Professional fees | 105,384 | 25,056 | 217,592 | 104,519 |
| Depreciation | 31,091 | 33,068 | 132,089 | 95,954 |
| Total operating expenses | 1,932,610 | 947,488 | 4,698,831 | 2,673,958 |
| Loss from operations | (322,534) | (247,558) | (284,705) | (109,346) |
| Other income (expense): | ||||
| Other income | 148 | 79,658 | 148 | 79,658 |
| Interest expense | (50,315) | (32,624) | (85,468) | (115,704) |
| Loss on disposal of assets | (254,600) | |||
| Gain from insurance recovery | 434,724 | |||
| Net change in fair value of marketable securities | (10,576) | (10,576) | ||
| Total other income (expenses) | (60,743) | 47,034 | 84,228 | (36,046) |
| Net loss | $ (383,277) | $ (200,524) | $ (200,477) | $ (145,392) |
| Basic and dilutive loss per share of common stock | $ (0.06) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.04) | $ (0.04) |
| Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding | 6,282,700 | 4,000,000 | 4,769,200 | 4,000,000 |
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (“Twin Vee”) was incorporated as Twin Vee Catamarans, Inc., in the state of Florida, on December 1, 2009. On April 7, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Conversion to register and incorporate in the state of Delaware and changed the company name to Twin Vee PowerCats Co. The Certificate of Incorporation for Twin Vee PowerCats Co. was also filed on April 7, 2021.
On September 1, 2021, the Company formed Fix My Boat, Inc., (“Fix My Boat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary. Fix My Boat will utilize a franchise model for marine mechanics across the country. While Fix My Boat was established, there was no activity through September 30, 2021.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Twin Vee PowerCats Co. and the wholly owned subsidiary, Fix My Boat, Inc.
The Company operates two separate entities. Each of these entities is consolidated. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP ”) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements.
In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2021 and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Company’s Prospectus on Form 424(b)(4) filed with the SEC on July 22, 2021.
Common Stock Split
On May 13, 2021, the Company effected a forty thousand (40,000)-for-one stock split to the shareholder of record as of May 13, 2021. The stock split was in the form of a common stock dividend of new shares and all share and per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of 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 expenses during the reporting period. Some of these judgments can be subjective and complex, and, consequently, actual results may differ from these estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. On September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $8,978,908 and $891,816, respectively.
Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of trade receivables. Credit risk on trade receivables is mitigated as a result of the Company’s use of trade letters of credit, dealer floor plan financing arrangements, and the geographically diversified nature of the Company’s customer base. The Company minimizes the concentration of credit risk associated with its cash by maintaining its cash with high quality federally insured financial institutions. However, cash balances in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limit of $250,000 are at risk. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $8,728,908 and $641,816, respectively, in excess of FDIC insured limits.
Marketable Securities
Our investments in debt securities are carried at either amortized cost or fair value. Investments in debt securities that the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are carried at amortized cost and classified as held-to-maturity. Investments in debt securities that are not classified as held-to-maturity are carried at fair value and classified as either trading or available-for-sale. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in net income.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from the sale of boats, motors and trailers to its independent dealers. The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied and control over promised goods is transferred to the dealer. For the majority of sales, this occurs when the product is released to the carrier responsible for transporting it to a dealer. The Company typically receives payment within five business days of shipment. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration it expects to receive in exchange for a product. The Company offers dealer incentives that include wholesale rebates, retail rebates and promotions, floor plan reimbursement or cash discounts, and other allowances that are recorded as reductions of revenues in net sales in the statements of operations. The consideration recognized represents the amount specified in a contract with a customer, net of estimated incentives the Company reasonably expects to pay. The estimated liability and reduction in revenue for dealer incentives is recorded at the time of sale. Subsequent adjustments to incentive estimates are possible because actual results may differ from these estimates if conditions dictate the need to enhance or reduce sales promotion and incentive programs or if dealer achievement or other items vary from historical trends. Accrued dealer incentives are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets.
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 which was adopted at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 using the modified retrospective method. The Company did not recognize any cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption as the effect was immaterial.
Payment received for the future sale of a boat to a customer is recognized as a customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the balance sheet. Customer deposits are recognized as revenue when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer. During the period ended September 30, 2021 and year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had customer deposits of $162,637 and $6,784, respectively, and is expected to be recognized as revenue within a one-year period.
Rebates and Discounts
Dealers earn wholesale rebates based on purchase volume commitments and achievement of certain performance metrics. The Company estimates the amount of wholesale rebates based on historical achievement, forecasted volume, and assumptions regarding dealer behavior. Rebates that apply to boats already in dealer inventory are referred to as retail rebates. The Company estimates the amount of retail rebates based on historical data for specific boat models adjusted for forecasted sales volume, product mix, dealer and consumer behavior, and assumptions concerning market conditions. The Company also utilizes various programs whereby it offers cash discounts or agrees to reimburse its dealers for certain floor plan interest costs incurred by dealers for limited periods of time, generally ranging up to nine months.
Shipping and Handling Costs
All manufactured boats are free on board (FOB), from the Fort Pierce manufacturing plant. Dealers are required to either pick up the boats themselves or contract with a transporter.
Research and Development
The Company expenses research and development costs relating to new product development as they are incurred. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, research and development costs amounted to $61,091 and $0, respectively.
Other Revenue Recognition Matters
Dealers generally have no right to return unsold boats. Occasionally, the Company may accept returns in limited circumstances and at the Company’s discretion under its warranty policy. The Company may be obligated, in the event of default by a dealer, to accept returns of unsold boats under its repurchase commitment to floor financing providers, who are able to obtain such boats through foreclosure. The repurchase commitment is on an individual unit basis with a term from the date it is financed by the lending institution through the payment date by the dealer, generally not exceeding 30 months.
The Company has excluded sales and other taxes assessed by a governmental authority in connection with revenue-producing activities from the determination of the transaction price for all contracts. The Company has not adjusted net sales for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between the transfer of the promised goods and the customer’s payment is expected to be one year or less.
Supplier Concentrations
The Company is dependent on the ability of its suppliers to provide products on a timely basis and on favorable pricing terms. The loss of certain principal suppliers or a significant reduction in product availability from principal suppliers could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Business risk insurance is in place to mitigate the business risk associated with sole suppliers for sudden disruptions such as those caused by natural disasters.
The Company is dependent on third-party equipment manufacturers, distributors, and dealers for certain parts and materials utilized in the manufacturing process. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company purchased all engines for its boats under a supply agreement with a single vendor. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, total purchases from this vendor were $2,805,739 and $1,475,873, respectively.
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| Marketable securities | 2. Marketable securities
Investments in debt securities that are not classified as held-to-maturity are carried at fair value and classified as either trading or available-for-sale. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in net loss.
The following tables show the Company’s fair value marketable securities by investment category as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by observable market data.
We classify our marketable securities as trading securities as of September 30, 2021.
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| Inventories | 3. Inventories
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 inventories consisted of the following:
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| Property and Equipment | 4. Property and Equipment
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, property and equipment consisted of the following:
Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 is $132,089 and $95,954, respectively.
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| Leases – Related Party | 5. Leases – Related Party
Operating right of use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date. Operating lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid. Operating right of use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset and is based upon the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepayments or accrued lease payments, initial direct costs, lease incentives, and impairment of operating lease assets. To determine the present value of lease payments not yet paid, we estimate incremental secured borrowing rates corresponding to the maturities of the leases. We used the U.S. Treasury rate of 0.36% and 1.67% at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Our office lease contains rent escalations over the lease term. We recognize expense for this office lease on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, tenant incentives used to fund leasehold improvements are recognized when earned and reduce our right-of-use asset related to the lease. These are amortized through the right-of-use asset as reductions of expense over the lease term.
The Company leases its office and warehouse facilities, and the land which are located at 3101 S US-1, Fort Pierce, Florida (the “Property”) from Visconti Holdings, LLC. Visconti Holdings, LLC is a single member LLC that holds the ownership of the property, and its sole member is Joseph C Visconti, the CEO and majority shareholder of the Company. The Company entered into the lease on January 1, 2020, and as amended January 1, 2021, the lease has a term of five years. The current base rent payment is $30,000 per month including property taxes and the lease required a $25,000 security deposit. The base rent will increase five percent (5%) on the anniversary of each annual term.
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, supplemental balance sheet information related to leases were as follows:
At September 30, 2021, future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:
The following summarizes other supplemental information about the Company’s operating lease:
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At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
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| Notes Payable – Paycheck Protection Program | 7. Notes Payable – Paycheck Protection Program
In response to the coronavirus disease (“Covid-19”) COVID-19 pandemic, the PPP round 2 was established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). Companies who met the eligibility requirements set forth by the PPP round 2 could qualify for PPP loans. If the loan proceeds are fully utilized to pay qualified expenses, the full principal amount of the PPP loan, along with any accrued interest, may qualify for loan forgiveness, subject to potential reduction based on whether the company can demonstrate at least a 25% reduction in gross receipts between comparable quarters in 2019 and 2020. The Company has applied for forgiveness.
On March 19, 2021, the Company received a loan of $608,224 under the PPP round 2 provided by SunTrust/Trust Bank. The loan bears interest at 1.0%. No payments are due until the earlier of the application for forgiveness or ten months from the end of the twenty-four week covered period. The loan and interest would be paid back over a period of 5 years from the loan origination date if the loan is not forgiven under the terms of the PPP. Funds from the loan may only be used for payroll and other qualified costs, as defined.
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| Notes Payable – SBA EIDL Loan | 8. Notes Payable – SBA EIDL Loan
On April 22, 2020, the Company received an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) in the amount of $499,900. The loan is in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The loan is a 30-year loan with an interest rate of 3.75%, monthly payments of $2,437 to begin April 22, 2022, under the EIDL program, which is administered through the SBA. Under the guidelines of the EIDL, the maximum term is 30 years; however, terms are determined on a case-by-case basis based on each borrower’s ability to repay and carry an interest rate of 3.75%. The EIDL loan has an initial deferment period wherein no payments are due for twenty-four months from the date of disbursement. The EIDL loan may be prepaid by the Company at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The proceeds from this loan must be used solely as working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the EIDL loan, the Company granted the SBA a continuing security interest in and to any and all collateral to secure payment and performance of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company to the SBA under the EIDL loan. The collateral includes substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Company.
A summary of the minimum maturities of term debt follows for the years ending December 31, 2021.
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| Related Party Transactions | 9. Related Party Transactions
On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into a loan and promissory note with Joseph C. Visconti, the CEO and majority shareholder of the Company. The principal amount of the loan was $525,500, together with a simple interest rate of 6% on the balance of principal remaining unpaid. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company repaid $27,850. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding amount of the note payable was $0 and $27,850, respectively.
As discussed in note 5, the Company has leased its facilities from a company owned by its CEO.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, the Company had purchases of $90,417 and $0, respectively, from a related party. The Company paid $90,417 to our parent company, Twin Vee PowerCats, Inc., to purchase a 36-foot used catamaran boat.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, the Company received cash of $33,128 and $117,406 from its affiliate companies and paid $339,576 and $647,744 to its affiliate companies, respectively.
During nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, the Company recorded management fees of $31,500 and $0, respectively, paid to its shareholder parent company.
After taking into account the activity described the balance due to affiliated companies was $115,043 at September 30,2021.
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| Commitments and Contingencies | 10. Commitments and Contingencies
Repurchase Obligations
Under certain conditions, the Company is obligated to repurchase new inventory repossessed from dealerships by financial institutions that provide credit to the Company’s dealers. The maximum obligation of the Company under such floor plan agreements totaled approximately $2,844,000 and $1,790,000 as of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company incurred no impact from repurchase events during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and year ended December 31, 2020.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has caused business disruption through mandated and voluntary closings of multiple industries. While disruption is currently expected to be temporary, there is considerable uncertainty regarding the duration of the closings. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts future results, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the coronavirus and the action to contain it or treat its impact, among others. At this time, the Company cannot estimate with meaningful precision the potential impact of COVID-19 to its financial and operational results.
Litigation
The Company is currently involved in various civil litigation in the normal course of business none of which is considered material.
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| Stockholder’s Equity | 11. Stockholder’s Equity
On April 7, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (see Note 1) which authorizes the Company to issue shares of common stock and shares of preferred stock, each with a par value of $.
On May 13, 2021, the Company effected a forty-thousand (40,000)-for-one stock split to the shareholder of record as of May 13, 2021. The stock split was in the form of a common stock dividend of 3,999,900 new shares and all share and per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split.
On July 23, 2021, the Company, consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of shares of its common stock (“Shares”) at a public offering price of $ per Share, generating gross proceeds of $18,000,000, which netted to the Company $15,849,037 after offering expenses. The Company had granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to additional Shares to cover over-allotment., which option expired unexercised.
Common Stock Warrants
As of September 30, 2021, the Company has outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock issuable at a weighted-average exercise price of $ per share that were issued to the representative of the underwriters in connection with the IPO. There was no warrant activity during the quarter ended September 30, 2021 other than the warrant issuance.
Equity Compensation Plans
The Company maintains an equity compensation plan under which it may award employees, directors and consultants incentive and non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other stock based awards with terms established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors which has been appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the plans. As of September 30, 2021, there were $ shares remaining available for grant under these plans.
Accounting for Stock -Based Compensation
Stock Compensation Expense - For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $ and $ of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company did not issue any stock-based compensation expense.
Stock Options. Under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan the Company has issued stock options. A stock option grant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation to purchase a certain number of shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. The Company typically issues options that vest pro rata on a monthly basis over 36 months. Under the terms of the Plan, the contractual life of the option grants may not exceed ten years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company issued options that expire ten years from the date of grant. In July 2021, the Company granted under its 2021 Stock Incentive Plan stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Joseph Visconti, stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Preston Yarborough, stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Donna Barnett, stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Pete Melvin, stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Neil Ross and stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to Steven A. Shallcross. The stock option awards to Mr. Visconti, Mr. Yarborough and Ms. Barnett vest pro rata on a monthly basis over 36 months, subject to the officer’s continuous service to the Company on each applicable vesting date. The stock option awards to Mr. Melvin, Mr. Ross and Mr. Shallcross vest pro rata on a monthly basis over 12 months, subject to the director’s continuous service to the Company on each applicable vesting date. The options are exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant and have an exercise price of $5.80 per share.
In August 2021, the Company granted under its 2021 Stock Incentive Plan stock options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to its employees. The stock option awards to the employees vest on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date. The options are exercisable for a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant and have an exercise price of $4.10 per share.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, $ was expensed, and as of September 30, 2021, $1,303,142 remains unamortized and is expected to vest over 34 months. The intrinsic value of the options outstanding as of September 30, 2021 is $.
The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes model to determine fair value of stock option awards on the date pf grant. The Company utilized the following assumptions for option grants during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021:
The expected volatility of the option is determined using historical volatilities based on historical stock price of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The Company estimated the expected life of the options granted based upon historical weighted average of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The risk-free interest rate is determined using the U.S. Department of the Treasury yield curve rates with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the option. The Company has never paid a dividend, and as such the dividend yield is 0.0%
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| Major Customers | 13 Major Customers
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, five customers had sales of over 10% of our total sales, combined the five customers represented 67% of total sales. During the nine months end September 30, 2020, three customers had sales of over 10% of our total sales, combined the three customers represented 33% of total sales.
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| Gain from Insurance recovery | 14. Gain from Insurance recovery
During May 2021, the Company experienced a thermal event on the electric boat prototype rendering it unusable for further testing. Additionally, the Company experienced a building fire in one of the outer storage buildings resulting in the need for demolition. This had no impact on production as this was an extra storage building not necessary for business operations. The Company recorded a loss on disposal of asset from fire of $249,499 and gain from insurance recovery of $434,724, during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
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| Subsequent Events | 15. Subsequent Events
Management evaluated all additional events subsequent to the balance sheet date through to November 14, 2021, the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, and determined the following items:
On October 1, 2021, Carrie Gunnerson was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Twin Vee PowerCats Co. In connection with the Board of Directors appointment of Mrs. Gunnerson as Chief Financial Officer, the Company and Mrs. Gunnerson entered into a five-year employment agreement (the Employment Agreement). The Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $175,000 and a potential performance bonus of up to 30% of the base salary as well as severance and other standard employment benefits. As an inducement for Mrs. Gunnerson to join the Company and as additional compensation, the Board of Directors awarded her options to purchase 136,000 share of the Company’s common stock an exercise price of $ per share (the Option Agreement). These options vest over a five-year period.
On October 13, 2021, the Company signed a land purchase agreement give it the right to acquire a 14.5-acre parcel near the waterfront in Fort Pierce, Florida. The terms of the agreement grant the Company a 60-day due diligence period that ends on December 6. The Company is then provided with 150 days to accomplish necessary site and zoning approvals before closing on the site.
On October 15, 2021, Electra Power Sprots, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Twin Vee PowerCats Co., was incorporated in the state of Delaware. On October 29, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment and changed the company name to Forza X1, Inc. |
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| Organization | Organization
Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (“Twin Vee”) was incorporated as Twin Vee Catamarans, Inc., in the state of Florida, on December 1, 2009. On April 7, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Conversion to register and incorporate in the state of Delaware and changed the company name to Twin Vee PowerCats Co. The Certificate of Incorporation for Twin Vee PowerCats Co. was also filed on April 7, 2021.
On September 1, 2021, the Company formed Fix My Boat, Inc., (“Fix My Boat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary. Fix My Boat will utilize a franchise model for marine mechanics across the country. While Fix My Boat was established, there was no activity through September 30, 2021.
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| Principles of Consolidation | Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Twin Vee PowerCats Co. and the wholly owned subsidiary, Fix My Boat, Inc.
The Company operates two separate entities. Each of these entities is consolidated. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
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| Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP ”) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not contain all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements.
In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all the adjustments necessary (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) to present the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2021 and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Company’s Prospectus on Form 424(b)(4) filed with the SEC on July 22, 2021.
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| Common Stock Split | Common Stock Split
On May 13, 2021, the Company effected a forty thousand (40,000)-for-one stock split to the shareholder of record as of May 13, 2021. The stock split was in the form of a common stock dividend of new shares and all share and per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split.
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| Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates
The preparation of 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 expenses during the reporting period. Some of these judgments can be subjective and complex, and, consequently, actual results may differ from these estimates.
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. On September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $8,978,908 and $891,816, respectively.
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| Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk | Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of trade receivables. Credit risk on trade receivables is mitigated as a result of the Company’s use of trade letters of credit, dealer floor plan financing arrangements, and the geographically diversified nature of the Company’s customer base. The Company minimizes the concentration of credit risk associated with its cash by maintaining its cash with high quality federally insured financial institutions. However, cash balances in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limit of $250,000 are at risk. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $8,728,908 and $641,816, respectively, in excess of FDIC insured limits.
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| Marketable Securities | Marketable Securities
Our investments in debt securities are carried at either amortized cost or fair value. Investments in debt securities that the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are carried at amortized cost and classified as held-to-maturity. Investments in debt securities that are not classified as held-to-maturity are carried at fair value and classified as either trading or available-for-sale. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities are included in net income.
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| Revenue Recognition | Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from the sale of boats, motors and trailers to its independent dealers. The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied and control over promised goods is transferred to the dealer. For the majority of sales, this occurs when the product is released to the carrier responsible for transporting it to a dealer. The Company typically receives payment within five business days of shipment. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration it expects to receive in exchange for a product. The Company offers dealer incentives that include wholesale rebates, retail rebates and promotions, floor plan reimbursement or cash discounts, and other allowances that are recorded as reductions of revenues in net sales in the statements of operations. The consideration recognized represents the amount specified in a contract with a customer, net of estimated incentives the Company reasonably expects to pay. The estimated liability and reduction in revenue for dealer incentives is recorded at the time of sale. Subsequent adjustments to incentive estimates are possible because actual results may differ from these estimates if conditions dictate the need to enhance or reduce sales promotion and incentive programs or if dealer achievement or other items vary from historical trends. Accrued dealer incentives are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets.
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 which was adopted at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 using the modified retrospective method. The Company did not recognize any cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption as the effect was immaterial.
Payment received for the future sale of a boat to a customer is recognized as a customer deposit, which is included in contract liabilities on the balance sheet. Customer deposits are recognized as revenue when control over promised goods is transferred to the customer. During the period ended September 30, 2021 and year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had customer deposits of $162,637 and $6,784, respectively, and is expected to be recognized as revenue within a one-year period.
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| Rebates and Discounts | Rebates and Discounts
Dealers earn wholesale rebates based on purchase volume commitments and achievement of certain performance metrics. The Company estimates the amount of wholesale rebates based on historical achievement, forecasted volume, and assumptions regarding dealer behavior. Rebates that apply to boats already in dealer inventory are referred to as retail rebates. The Company estimates the amount of retail rebates based on historical data for specific boat models adjusted for forecasted sales volume, product mix, dealer and consumer behavior, and assumptions concerning market conditions. The Company also utilizes various programs whereby it offers cash discounts or agrees to reimburse its dealers for certain floor plan interest costs incurred by dealers for limited periods of time, generally ranging up to nine months.
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| Shipping and Handling Costs | Shipping and Handling Costs
All manufactured boats are free on board (FOB), from the Fort Pierce manufacturing plant. Dealers are required to either pick up the boats themselves or contract with a transporter.
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| Research and Development | Research and Development
The Company expenses research and development costs relating to new product development as they are incurred. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, research and development costs amounted to $61,091 and $0, respectively.
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| Other Revenue Recognition Matters | Other Revenue Recognition Matters
Dealers generally have no right to return unsold boats. Occasionally, the Company may accept returns in limited circumstances and at the Company’s discretion under its warranty policy. The Company may be obligated, in the event of default by a dealer, to accept returns of unsold boats under its repurchase commitment to floor financing providers, who are able to obtain such boats through foreclosure. The repurchase commitment is on an individual unit basis with a term from the date it is financed by the lending institution through the payment date by the dealer, generally not exceeding 30 months.
The Company has excluded sales and other taxes assessed by a governmental authority in connection with revenue-producing activities from the determination of the transaction price for all contracts. The Company has not adjusted net sales for the effects of a significant financing component because the period between the transfer of the promised goods and the customer’s payment is expected to be one year or less.
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| Supplier Concentrations | Supplier Concentrations
The Company is dependent on the ability of its suppliers to provide products on a timely basis and on favorable pricing terms. The loss of certain principal suppliers or a significant reduction in product availability from principal suppliers could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Business risk insurance is in place to mitigate the business risk associated with sole suppliers for sudden disruptions such as those caused by natural disasters.
The Company is dependent on third-party equipment manufacturers, distributors, and dealers for certain parts and materials utilized in the manufacturing process. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company purchased all engines for its boats under a supply agreement with a single vendor. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, total purchases from this vendor were $2,805,739 and $1,475,873, respectively.
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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
May 13, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
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| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |||||
| Common Stock Split | (40,000)-for-one | ||||
| Common stock dividend | 3,999,900 | ||||
| Cash at beginning of period | $ 8,978,908 | $ 891,816 | $ 266,462 | $ 215,574 | |
| FDIC insured limit | 250,000 | ||||
| FDIC uninsured amount | 8,728,908 | 641,816 | |||
| Customer deposits | 162,637 | 6,784 | |||
| Account payables | $ 2,805,739 | $ 1,475,873 |
Marketable securities (Details) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items] | ||
| Marketable securities | $ 6,090,885 | |
| Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | ||
| Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items] | ||
| Marketable securities | 5,570,483 | |
| Certificates of Deposit [Member] | ||
| Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items] | ||
| Marketable securities | $ 520,402 |
Inventories (Details) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] | ||
| Raw Materials | $ 2,072,464 | $ 763,633 |
| Work in Process | 288,913 | 173,043 |
| Finished Product | 90,417 | |
| Total Inventory | $ 2,451,794 | $ 936,676 |
Property and Equipment (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
9 Months Ended | |
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Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
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| Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ 132,089 | $ 95,954 |
Leases - Related Party (Details) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Leases [Abstract] | ||
| Operating lease ROU asset | $ 1,646,700 | $ 1,279,595 |
| Operating lease liabilities: | ||
| Current portion | 364,822 | 295,374 |
| Non-current portion | 1,336,437 | 1,015,759 |
| Total lease liabilities | $ 1,701,259 | $ 1,311,133 |
Leases - Related Party (Details1) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Leases [Abstract] | ||
| 2021 (excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2021) | $ 90,000 | |
| 2022 | 373,800 | |
| 2023 | 396,900 | |
| 2024 | 416,745 | |
| 2025 | 437,582 | |
| Total lease payment | 1,715,027 | |
| Less imputed interest | (13,768) | |
| Total | $ 1,701,259 | $ 1,311,133 |
Leases - Related Party (Details 2) - USD ($) |
9 Months Ended | |
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Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
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| Leases [Abstract] | ||
| Weighted average discount rate | 0.36% | |
| Weighted average remaining lease term (years) | 4 years 3 months | |
| Operating lease cost | $ 293,022 | $ 248,652 |
| Total lease cost | $ 293,022 | $ 248,652 |
Leases – Related Party (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
9 Months Ended | |
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Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | ||
| Interest rate | 0.36% | 1.67% |
| Visconti Holdings L L C [Member] | ||
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | ||
| Lease term | 5 years | 5 years |
| Lease payment | $ 30,000 | |
| Security deposit | $ 25,000 |
Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Payables and Accruals [Abstract] | ||
| Accrued wages and benefits | $ 254,300 | $ 60,988 |
| Accrued bonus | 68,500 | 0 |
| Accrued operating expenses | 63,131 | 0 |
| Interest | 28,879 | 62,317 |
| Other | 77,395 | 19,631 |
| Total accrued liabilities | $ 492,205 | $ 142,936 |
Notes Payable – Paycheck Protection Program (Details Narrative) - P P P Loan [Member] |
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| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |
| Loan | $ 608,224 |
| Interest rate | 1.00% |
Notes Payable - SBA EIDL Loan (Details) |
Dec. 31, 2021
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| Notes Payable Sba Eidl Loan | |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 | 1,846 |
| 2023 | 9,459 |
| 2024 | 9,820 |
| 2025 | 10,195 |
| 2026 and thereafter | $ 501,566 |
Notes Payable – SBA EIDL Loan (Details Narrative) - E I D L [Member] |
1 Months Ended |
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| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |
| Loan amount | $ 499,900 |
| Loan term | 30 years |
| Interest rate | 3.75% |
| Periodic payments | $ 2,437 |
Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
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Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Repayment of related party debt | $ 339,576 | $ 647,744 | ||
| Advances from related parties | 33,129 | 117,406 | ||
| Due from Affiliates | 115,043 | |||
| Joseph C Visconti [Member] | ||||
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Principal amount | $ 525,500 | |||
| Interest rate | 6.00% | |||
| Repayment of related party debt | 27,850 | |||
| Related party notes payable | 0 | $ 27,850 | ||
| Relatedparty [Member] | ||||
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Repayment of related party debt | 339,576 | 647,744 | ||
| Purchased from related party | 90,417 | 0 | ||
| Advances from related parties | 33,128 | 117,406 | ||
| Management fees | 31,500 | $ 0 | ||
| Twin Vee Powercats [Member] | ||||
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Repayment of related party debt | $ 90,417 | |||
Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
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| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | ||
| Maximum obligation | $ 2,844,000 | $ 1,790,000 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions (Details) |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Expected average volatility | 49.00% |
| Expected dividend yield | |
| Risk-free interest rate | 72.00% |
| Risk-free interest rate | 78.00% |
| Minimum [Member] | |
| Expected term | 4 years 11 months 8 days |
| Maximum [Member] | |
| Expected term | 5 years |
Schedule of Expected Volatility Of Option (Details) |
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| Equity [Abstract] | |
| Outstanding at beginning of period | shares | |
| Outstanding at beginning of period | $ / shares | |
| Granted | shares | 592,500 |
| Granted | $ / shares | $ 5.51 |
| Granted | 10 years |
| Fair value of options | $ | $ 1,389,713 |
| Exercised | shares | |
| Exercised | $ / shares | |
| Forfeited | shares | |
| Forfeited | $ / shares | |
| Outstanding at end of period | shares | 592,500 |
| Outstanding at end of period | $ / shares | $ 5.51 |
| Outstanding at end of period | 9 years 8 months 23 days |
| Exercisable at end of period | shares | 29,194 |
| Exercisable at end of period | $ / shares | $ 5.80 |
| Exercisable at end of period | 9 years 8 months 8 days |
Major Customers (Details Narrative) - Sales [Member] |
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Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
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| Five Customer [Member] | ||
| Product Information [Line Items] | ||
| Concentration percentage | 67.00% | |
| Three Customer [Member] | ||
| Product Information [Line Items] | ||
| Concentration percentage | 33.00% | |
Gain from Insurance recovery (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
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May 31, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
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| Gain From Insurance Recovery | |||||
| Loss on disposal of asset | $ 249,499 | $ (254,600) | |||
| Gain from insurance recovery | $ 434,724 | ||||
Subsequent Events (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||
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Oct. 01, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
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| Subsequent Event [Line Items] | |||||
| Base salary | $ 1,222,062 | $ 637,993 | $ 3,197,476 | $ 1,764,592 | |
| Exercise Price | $ 5.80 | $ 5.80 | |||
| Subsequent Event [Member] | Carrie Gunners [Member] | |||||
| Subsequent Event [Line Items] | |||||
| Base salary | $ 175,000 | ||||
| Options purchase | 136,000 | ||||
| Exercise Price | $ 3.87 | ||||