Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Discontinued Operations

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Discontinued Operations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Discontinued Operations  
Discontinued Operations

Note 3 – Discontinued Operations

In January 2019, the Board approved a strategic shift to focus on the commercialization of the Company’s B-TRAN™ technology and a plan to suspend further power converter system development and sales while the Company located a buyer for its power conversion systems division. In addition, in January 2019, the Company implemented a reduction-in-force in connection with this exit activity and recognized an expense of $92,600 in involuntary termination benefits.

The Company’s power conversion system division, a component supplier to energy storage system integrators, had not achieved the necessary scale to generate positive cash flows. As the division was dependent on the ability of its customers to scale in the small commercial and industrial segment of the storage market and based on the sales forecasts and commitments provided by these customers, the Company did not expect its power conversion systems division to scale sufficiently in the short term, requiring an inflow of additional capital for the business. As such, the decision was made to exit the power conversion systems business and sell the division and the Company’s PPSA™ technology and focus on the Company’s B-TRAN™ technology.

As a result, the assets held for sale and discontinued operations criteria were met and the Company’s financial statements are presented in accordance with ASC 205. Under ASC 205‑20‑45‑10, during the period in which a component meets the assets held for sale and discontinued operations criteria, an entity must present the assets and liabilities of the discontinued operation separately in the asset and liability sections of the balance sheet for the comparative reporting periods. The prior period balance sheet should be reclassified for the held for sale items. For income statements, the current and prior periods should report the results of operations of the component in discontinued operations when comparative income statements are presented.

On September 19, 2019, the Company closed on the sale of its power conversion systems division to CE+T Energy Solutions, Inc. (“CE+T Energy”). The consideration consisted of $200,000 in cash and 50 shares of CE+T Energy’s common stock, issued on December 11, 2019, which represented a 5% ownership interest in CE+T Energy as of the closing date. The Company did not record any value of the equity consideration obtained in the sale as there is not currently a market for such shares and the Company does not have access to current financial information and future financial projections of CE+T Energy. CE+T Energy also assumed certain liabilities of the power conversion systems division in connection with the sale. The net cash proceeds from the sale were $23,587.

As a result of the sale, the Balance Sheets at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 do not include assets held for sale.

The following is a reconciliation of the major classes of line items constituting loss on discontinued operations to loss on discontinued operations shown in the Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

June 30, 

 

June 30, 

 

    

2019

    

2019

 

 

(unaudited)

Revenue

    

$

1,500

    

$

115,000

Cost of revenue

 

 

41,542

 

 

140,310

Research and development

 

 

24,766

 

 

185,050

General and administrative

 

 

13,468

 

 

38,974

Sales and marketing

 

 

(1,200)

 

 

34,917

Impairment (1)

 

 

265,000

 

 

405,000

Loss from discontinued operations

 

$

(342,076)

 

$

(689,251)


(1)

Impairment charge was calculated as the net book value of assets held for sale prior to the impairment less the expected net proceeds from the planned sale. The expected net proceeds were based on the estimated fair value of the net assets held for sale less the estimated cost to sell the net assets held for sale.