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 conversion 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.

In September 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, received at closing, and 50 shares of CE+T Energy’s common stock, issued in December 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 was not a market for such shares and the Company did 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. In December 2020, the Company and CE+T Energy entered into an agreement whereby CE+T Energy would repurchase the Company’s shares of CE+T Energy’s common stock for $25,000.

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

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

(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. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a loss on the sale of discontinued operations of $9,107.