UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to _______.
Commission file number: 001-33899
Digital Ally, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-0064269
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
9705 Loiret Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone, including area code: (913) 814-7774
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None.
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
NASDAQ
(Title of class)
(Name of each exchange on which registered)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. Yes No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files). Yes No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (229.405 of this
chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or
a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes No
As of June 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of the Company’s common equity held by non-affiliates computed by
reference to the closing price ($3.11) of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was: $6,407,687.
The number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 23, 2015 was: 3,770,692
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.
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FORM 10-K
DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
DECEMBER 31, 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 1B.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
PART II
Business
Risk Factors
Unresolved Staff Comments
Properties
Legal Proceedings
Mine Safety Disclosures
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Item 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
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Item 6.
Item 7.
Item 7a.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Purchases of Equity Securities
Selected Financial Data
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
Item 9A
Item 9B.
Controls and Procedures
Other Information
PART III
Item 10.
Item 11.
Item 12.
Item 13.
Item 14.
PART IV
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Item 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
SIGNATURES
Signatures
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should,"
"expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," "intends," and other
variations of these words or comparable words. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or
other characterizations of events, circumstances or trends and that do not relate to historical matters are forward-
looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations or forecasts of future
events, can be affected by inaccurate assumptions, and are subject to various business risks and known and unknown
uncertainties, a number of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements contained in this document, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, including the risks that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we
cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by
law, we do not undertake to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to
actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
As used in this annual report, “Digital Ally,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to
Digital Ally, Inc., unless otherwise indicated.
PART I
Item 1. Business.
Overview
Digital Ally produces digital video imaging and storage products for use in law enforcement, security and
commercial applications. Our current products are an in-car digital video/audio recorder contained in a rear-view
mirror for use in law enforcement and commercial fleets, a weather-resistant mobile digital video recording system
for use on motorcycles, ATV’s and boats, a miniature digital video system designed to be worn on an individual’s
body; a system that provides our law enforcement customers with audio/video surveillance from multiple vantage
points; a digital video/audio recorder contained in a flashlight sold to law enforcement agencies and other security
organizations; and a hand-held laser speed detection device that it is offering primarily to law enforcement agencies.
The Company has active research and development programs to adapt its technologies to other applications. The
Company has the ability to integrate electronic, radio, computer, mechanical, and multi-media technologies to create
unique solutions to address needs in a variety of other industries and markets, including mass transit, school bus, taxi
cab and the military. We sell our products to law enforcement agencies and other security organizations, consumer
and commercial fleet operators through direct sales domestically and third-party distributors internationally. We
have several new and derivative products in research and development that we anticipate will begin commercial
production during 2015.
Corporate History
We were incorporated in Nevada on December 13, 2000 as Vegas Petra, Inc. From that date until
November 30, 2004, when we entered into a Plan of Merger with Digital Ally, Inc., a Nevada corporation which was
formerly known as Trophy Tech Corporation (the “Acquired Company”), we had not conducted any operations and
were a closely-held company. In conjunction with the merger, we were renamed Digital Ally, Inc.
The Acquired Company, which was incorporated on May 16, 2003, engaged in the design, development,
marketing and sale of bow hunting-related products. Its principal product was a digital video recording system for
use in the bow hunting industry. It changed its business plan in 2004 to adapt its digital video recording system for
use in the law enforcement and security markets. We began shipments of our in-car digital video rear view mirror in
March 2006.
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On January 2, 2008, we commenced trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “DGLY.”
We conduct our business from 9705 Loiret Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. Our telephone number is (913) 814-
7774.
Products
We produce and sell digital audio/video recording, storage and other products, including the following
product series:
in-car, digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror which is designed for
law enforcement purposes. Products using this system are marketed under the DVM-100, DVM-
400, DVM-500 Plus, DVM-750, and DVM-800 series;
in-car, digital audio/video system that is compact and mobile to allow for a variety of installation
locations within a car and designed for law enforcement purposes. This product is marketed under
the MicroVU HD label;
in-car, digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror that serves as an “event
recorder” for commercial fleet and mass transit applications, such as ambulances, taxis and buses.
Products using this system are marketed under the DVM-250 and DVM-250 Plus series;
all-weather, mobile digital audio/video system that is designed for motorcycle, ATV and boat uses
and marketed as the DVM-440 Ultra;
miniature, body-worn digital audio/video camera marketed as the FirstVU HD system;
hand-held, speed detection system known based on LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and
marketed as our Laser Ally system;
software system that provides audio/video surveillance from multiple vantage points in order to
more fully capture an event and allows the operator to quickly and easily reassemble the various
recording devices;
cost-effective, fully expandable, law enforcement cloud storage solution powered by Microsoft
Azure that provides redundant and security-enhanced storage of all uploaded video;
web-based software for commercial fleet tracking and monitoring that features and manages video
captured by our Video Event Data Recorders of incidents that require attention; and
digital audio/video system that is integrated into a large law-enforcement style flashlight and
marketed as our DVF-500 system;
Historically, these product series were used primarily in law enforcement applications, all of which use the
core competency of our technology in digital video compression, recording and storage. During 2011, we completed
the launch of several derivative products as “event recorders” that can be used in taxi cab, limousine, ambulance and
other commercial fleet vehicle applications. We have launched additional derivative during 2012 through 2014. We
also intend to produce and sell other digital video products in the future. These products incorporate our standards-
based digital compression capability that allows the recording of significant time periods on a chip and circuit board
which can be designed into small forms and stored.
In-Car Digital Video Mirror System – DVM-100, DVM-400, DVM-750, and DVM-800
In-car video systems for patrol cars are now a necessity and have generally become standard. Current
systems are primarily digital based systems with cameras mounted on the windshield and the recording device
generally in the trunk, headliner, dashboard, console or under the seat of the vehicle. Most manufacturers have
already developed and transitioned completely to digital video, but some have not transitioned totally to a fully
solid-state digital system and continue to rely on hard-drive or DVD based systems which are less reliable and
susceptible to heat, cold and vibration.
Our digital video rear view mirror unit is a self-contained video recorder, microphone and digital storage
system that is integrated into a rear-view mirror, with a monitor, GPS and 900 MHz audio transceiver. Our system is
more compact and unobtrusive than certain of our competitors because it requires no recording equipment to be
located in other parts of the vehicle.
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Our in-car digital video rear view mirror has the following features:
wide angle zoom color camera;
standards-based video and audio compression and recording;
system is concealed in the rear view mirror, replacing factory rear view mirror;
monitor in rear-view mirror is invisible when not activated;
eliminates need for analog tapes to store and catalogue;
easily installs in any vehicle;
archives to computers (wirelessly) and to DVDs, CD-ROMs, or file servers;
900 MHz audio transceiver with automatic activation;
marks exact location of incident with integrated GPS;
playback using Windows Media Player;
optional wireless download of stored video evidence;
proprietary software protects the chain of custody; and
records to rugged and durable solid state memory.
Compact HD Quality In-Car Digital Video (not in a rear-view mirror)-MicroVu HD
The MicroVu is a compact in-car video system that is mobile (not mounted in a rear-view mirror) which
provides up to 1080p HD video recording. The MicroVu is very compact as the complete system is only 4” long by
1” high. The MicroVu is designed for simple installation and features advanced automatic login (RFID log-in) and
interoperability with our body cameras through our VuLink products.
In-Car Digital Video “Event Recorder” System – DVM-250 and DVM-250 Plus
We believe there are several other markets and industries that may find our in-car digital video rear view
mirror unit useful, such as the ambulance, school bus, mass transit and delivery service industries. We market a
product designed to address these commercial fleet markets with the DVM-250 and DVM-250 Plus Event
Recorders. The DVM-250 is a rear-view mirror based digital audio and video recording system with many, but not
all of, the features of our DVM-500 Plus and DVM-750 mirror systems at a lower price point. The DVM-250 is
designed to capture “events,” such as wrecks and erratic driving or other abnormal occurrences, for evidentiary or
training purposes. These potential markets may find our units attractive from both a feature and cost perspective,
compared to other providers. Our marketing efforts indicate that these commercial fleets are adopting this
technology, in particular the ambulance and taxi-cab markets.
All-Weather Mobile Digital Video Systems – DVM-440 Ultra
These systems are derivatives of our in-car video systems, but are more rugged and water-proofed to handle
a more hostile outdoor environment. These systems can be used in many applications and are designed specifically
for use on motorcycles, ATVs and boats. The MicroVu is a smaller system than the DVM-440 Ultra measuring
three inches by four and one-quarter inches by one inch and is designed for easy and unobtrusive use. Current
systems are digital and VHS-based with cameras mounted in the frame of the motorcycle, ATV or boat and the
recording device generally in the saddle-bag or other compartment. Most manufacturers have already developed or
at least have begun transitioning to digital video, but many have had problems obtaining the appropriate technology.
Miniature Body-Worn Digital Video System – FirstVU HD
This system is also a derivative of our in-car video systems, but is much smaller and lighter, more rugged
and water-resistant to handle a hostile outdoor environment. These systems can be used in many applications and
are designed specifically to be clipped to an individual’s pocket or other outer clothing. The unit is self-contained
and requires no external battery or storage devices. Current systems offered by competitors are digital based, but
generally require a battery pack and/or storage device to be connected to the camera by wire or other means. We
believe that our FirstVU HD product is more desirable for potential users than our competitors’ offerings because of
its video quality, small size, shape and lightweight characteristics.
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Hand-Held Speed Detection System – Laser Ally
This system is a lightweight, hand-held speed detection device that uses LIDAR (Light Detection and
Ranging) technology rather than the traditional radar systems, which use sound waves. LIDAR systems are used in
high congestion traffic areas that require extreme accuracy and identification of the subject vehicles. This system
uses new technology that prevents the Laser Ally from being detected by current detectors or jammed by current
jamming devices. This system was developed and manufactured by a third party vendor for us.
VuLink, FleetVU Manager and VuVault.net
The VuLink system provides our law enforcement customers with audio/video surveillance from multiple
vantage points in order to more fully capture an event and it allows the operator to quickly and easily reassemble the
various recording devices. The VuLink enables body cameras and in-car video systems to be automatically or
manually activated simultaneously.
VuVault.net is a cost-effective, fully expandable, law enforcement cloud storage solution powered by
Microsoft Azure that provides redundant and security-enhanced storage of all uploaded videos.
FleetVU Manager is our web-based software for commercial fleet tracking and monitoring that features and
manages video captured by our Video Event Data Recorders of incidents that require attention, such as accidents.
This software solution features our cloud-based web porta that utilizes many of the features of our VUVault.NET
law-enforcement cloud-based storage solution.
Other Products
During the last year, we have focused our research and development efforts to meet the varying needs of
our customers, enhance our existing products and commence development of new products and product categories.
Our research and development efforts are intended to maintain and enhance our competitiveness in the market niche
we have carved out, as well as positioning us to compete in diverse markets outside of law enforcement.
Market and Industry Overview
Historically, our primary market has been domestic and international law enforcement agencies. In 2012,
we expanded our scope by pursuing the commercial fleet vehicle and mass transit markets. In the future, given
sufficient capital and market opportunity, we may address markets for private security, homeland security, general
consumer and commercial. We have made inroads into certain commercial fleet and the ambulance service provider
market, confirming that our DVM-250 product series and FleetVU Manager can become a significant revenue
producer for us.
Law Enforcement
We believe that a valuable use of our various digital audio/video products may be the recording of roadside
sobriety tests. Without some form of video or audio recording, court proceedings usually consist of the police
officer’s word against that of the suspect. Records show that conviction rates increase substantially where there is
video evidence to back up officer testimony. Video evidence also helps to protect police departments against
frivolous lawsuits.
The largest source of police video evidence today is in-car video. Unfortunately, some police cars still do
not have in-car video, and in those that do, the camera usually points forward rather than to the side of the road
where the sobriety test takes place. The in-car video is typically of little use for domestic violence investigations,
burglary or theft investigations, disorderly conduct calls or physical assaults. In all of these cases, the digital video
flashlight and the FirstVU HD may provide recorded evidence of the suspect’s actions and reactions to police
intervention.
Additionally, motorcycle patrolmen rarely have video systems. We believe that the digital video flashlight
can become an essential tool for the motorcycle policeman to provide evidence not previously available. We also
have developed the DVM-500 Ultra as a mobile application of our digital video recording system that can be used
by motorcycle police and water patrol.
Crime scene investigations, including detailed photography, are typically a large part of the budgets of
metropolitan police forces. The digital video flashlight and the FirstVU may record a significant portion of such
evidence at a much lower cost for gathering, analyzing and storing data and evidence.
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Commercial and Other Markets
There are numerous potential applications for our digital audio/video camera products. We believe that
other markets for our digital video systems, including the derivatives currently being developed, include private
investigators, SWAT team members, over-the-road trucking fleets, airport security, municipal fire departments, and
the U.S. military. Other commercial markets for our digital video systems include real estate appraisers, plumbers
and electricians.
Private Security Companies
There are thousands of private security agencies in the United States employing a large number of guards.
Police forces use video systems for proof of correct conduct by officers, but private security services usually have no
such tool. We believe that the digital video flashlight and the FirstVU HD are excellent management tools for these
companies to monitor conduct and timing of security rounds. In addition to the digital video flashlight and FirstVU
HD, the digital video security camera can provide fill-in security when guards have large areas to cover or in areas
that do not have to be monitored around the clock.
Homeland Security Market
In addition to the government, U.S. corporations are spending heavily for protection against the potential of
terrorist attacks. Public and private-sector outlays for antiterrorism measures and for protection against other forms
of violence are significant. These are potential markets for our products.
Manufacturing
We have entered into contracts with manufacturers for the assembly of the printed circuit boards used in
our products. Dedicated circuit board manufacturers are well-suited to the assembly of circuit boards with the
complexity found in our products. Dedicated board manufacturers can spread the extensive capital equipment costs
of circuit board assembly among multiple projects and customers. Such manufacturers also have the volume to
enable the frequent upgrade to state-of-the-art equipment. We have identified multiple suppliers who meet our
quality, cost, and performance criteria. We intend to use more than one source for circuit board assembly to ensure
a reliable supply over time. We use contract manufacturers to manufacture our component subassemblies and may
eventually use them to perform final assembly and testing. Due to the complexity of our products, we believe that it
is important to maintain a core of knowledgeable production personnel for consistent quality and to limit the
dissemination of sensitive intellectual property and will continue this practice. In addition, such technicians are
valuable in our service and repair business to support our growing installed customer base. We had a non-exclusive
supply and distribution agreement with DragonEye Technology, LLC regarding the sale and distribution of our
Laser Ally product. This vendor developed and was the only manufacturer of this product. The agreement
contained specified terms and required us to purchase minimum quantities over a 42-month period which ended
February 2014. We had remaining obligations to purchase approximately $635,000 at its contractual termination
date of February 2014. We became aware of certain breaches of the contract by the manufacturer, filed a lawsuit on
June 15, 2013 against Dragoneye and ceased all purchases under the agreement. See “Legal Proceedings” for further
details.
We also contract with a manufacturer in Asia for the production of our DVM-100, DVM-400, DVM-250,
DVM-250 Plus and DVM-800 products. The contract has no minimum purchase requirements and has an initial
term through July 2016. We have the right to exercise three additional options to extend the contract for three
additional years each. The Company is exploring different contract manufacturers for these product lines.
License Arrangements
We have entered into several agreements, including agreements with Sasken-Ingenient Technologies, Inc.
(“Sasken”) and Lead Technologies (“Lead”), to license certain software products to be used in our video products.
The licensors have written certain software for specific Texas Instrument chips which are included in our products.
The licenses generally require upfront payments and contain automatic renewal provisions unless either party
notifies the other of its intent to not renew prior to expiration or unless the agreement is terminated due to a material
breach by the other party.
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The following is a summary of our license agreements as of December 31, 2014:
License Type
Production software license
agreement
Effective
Date
Expiration
Date
April 2005
April 2015
Software sublicense agreement October 2007
October 2015
Terms
Automatically renews for one year
periods unless terminated by either party.
Automatically renews for one year
periods unless terminated by either party.
Sales and Marketing
In recent years, we have principally changed to an employee-based, direct sales force for domestic selling
efforts that enables us to control and monitor its daily activities. In this connection, we have reduced the size of
certain territories and consequently increased the sales personnel and changed the number of domestic sales
territories to 18 in order to better penetrate the market. The outside sales team is supported by a team of 10 inside
sales coordinators, 5 telesales specialists, and a pre-sales solution design team. We believe our employee-based
model encourages our sales personnel in lower performing territories to improve their efforts and, consequently,
their sales results. Our executive team also supports sales agents with significant customer opportunities by
providing pricing strategies and customer presentation assistance. Our technical support personnel may also provide
sales agents with customer presentations and product specifications in order to facilitate sales activities.
We use our direct sales force and our international distributors to market our products. Our key
promotional activities include:
attendance at industry trade shows and conventions;
direct sales, with a force of industry-specific sales individuals who identify, call upon and build
on-going relationships with key purchasers and targeted industries;
print advertising in journals with specialized industry focus;
support of our direct sales with passive sales systems, including inside sales and e-commerce;
web advertising, including supportive search engines and website and registration with appropriate
direct mail campaigns targeted to potential customers;
sourcing entities;
public relations, industry-specific venues, as well as general media, to create awareness of our
brand and our products, including membership in appropriate trade organizations; and
brand identification through trade names associated with us and our products.
Competition
The law enforcement and security surveillance markets are extremely competitive. Competitive factors in
these industries include ease of use, quality, portability, versatility, reliability, accuracy and cost. There are direct
competitors with competitive technology and products in the law enforcement and surveillance markets for all of our
products and those we have in development. Many of these competitors have significant advantages over us,
including greater financial, technical, marketing and manufacturing resources, more extensive distribution channels,
larger customer bases and faster response times to adapt new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements. Our primary competitors include L-3 Mobile-Vision, Inc., Coban Technologies, Inc., Watchguard,
Kustom Signals, Panasonic System Communications Company, International Police Technologies, Inc. and a
number of other competitors who sell or may in the future sell in-car video systems to law enforcement agencies.
Our primary competitors in the body-worn camera market include Taser International, Inc. and VieVU, Inc. We face
similar and intense competitive factors for our event recorders in the commercial fleets and mass transit markets as
we do in the law enforcement and security surveillance markets. We will also compete with any company making
surveillance devices for residential and commercial use. There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete
successfully in these markets. Further, there can be no assurance that new and existing companies will not enter the
law enforcement and security surveillance markets in the future.
The commercial fleet security and surveillance markets are also very competitive. There are direct
competitors for our DVM-250 “event recorders” which several may have greater financial, technical marketing, and
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manufacturing resources than we do. Our primary competitors in the commercial fleet sctor include Lytx, Inc.
(previously DriveCam, Inc.) and SmartDrive Systems.
Intellectual Property
Our ability to compete effectively will depend on our success in protecting our proprietary technology, both
in the United States and abroad. We have filed for patent protection in the United States and certain other countries
to cover certain design aspects of our products. However, we license the critical technology on which our products
are based from third parties, including Sasken-Ingenient Technologies, Inc. and Lead Technologies.
Some of these patent applications are still under review by the U.S. Patent Office and, therefore, we have
not yet been issued all of the patents that we applied for in the United States. We were issued several patents during
2014 including a patent on our VuLink product which provides automatic bi-directional triggering of our body-worn
camera and our in-car video systems. No assurance can be given which, or any, of the patents relating to our existing
technology will be issued from the United States or any foreign patent offices. Additionally, no assurance can be
given that we will receive any patents in the future based on our continued development of our technology, or that
our patent protection within and/or outside of the United States will be sufficient to deter others, legally or
otherwise, from developing or marketing competitive products utilizing our technologies.
We have entered into supply and distribution agreements with several companies that produce certain of
our products, including our Laser Ally, FirstVU HD, DVM-100, DVM-250, DVM-500 Ultra, and DVM-800
products. These supply and distribution agreements contain certain confidentiality provisions that protect our, as
well as the third party manufacturers’ proprietary technology.
In addition to seeking patent protection, we rely on trade secrets, know-how and continuing technological
advancement to seek to achieve and thereafter maintain a competitive advantage. Although we have entered into or
intend to enter into confidentiality and invention agreements with our employees, consultants and advisors, no
assurance can be given that such agreements will be honored or that we will be able to effectively protect our rights
to our unpatented trade secrets and know-how. Moreover, no assurance can be given that others will not
independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or otherwise gain access to
our trade secrets and know-how.
Employees
We had 106 full-time employees as of December 31, 2014. Our employees are not covered by any
collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced a work stoppage. We believe that our relations with
our employees are good.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
Not applicable.
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2.
Properties.
We entered into a non-cancellable, long-term facility lease in September 2012 to combine all of our
operations into one location, commencing in November 2012. The new facility contains approximately 33,776
square feet and is located at 9705 Loiret Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219. The lease will terminate on April 1,
2020. The monthly rent ranges from $35,634 to $38,533 over the term.
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings.
On June 8, 2009, we filed suit against Z3Technologies, LLC (“Z3”) in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Kansas claiming breach of a production software license agreement entered into during October 2008 and the
rescission of a second limited license agreement entered into during January 2009. Among other claims, we asserted
that Z3 failed to deliver the material required under the contracts; that the product that was delivered by Z3 was
defective and/or unusable; and that the January 2009 contract should be rescinded and declared void, unenforceable
and of no force or effect. We paid license fees and made other payments to Z3 totaling $265,000 under these
contracts. Z3 denied our claims and filed counterclaims that allege we did not have the right to terminate the
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contracts and therefore that it was damaged for loss of profits and related damages. In those counterclaims, Z3
sought to recover approximately $4.5 million from us exclusive of “prejudgment interest.” Our insurance carrier
settled a portion of the counterclaims under our director and officer liability insurance policy. The counterclaims
that were not resolved by that settlement remained in controversy.
The trial of those claims began on June 25, 2012 and concluded with a jury verdict on July 3, 2012. The
principal parts of the verdict were (i) an award of $30,000 to us on grounds that Z3 had breached its 2008 contract
with us; (ii) an award of $15,000 in favor of Z3 by finding that we had breached the 2008 contract by failing to pay
the balance of certain engineering fees; and (iii) an award of $100,000 in favor of Z3 based on the Court’s finding
that we breached the 2009 contract by failing to place an initial order for so-called “DM-365 modules” from Z3. As
a result, the net judgment against us was $85,000. Further, despite our arguments at trial, the court also refused to
reconsider the interlocutory summary judgment rulings rendered against us prior to trial in the amount of $445,000,
which became final upon conclusion of the trial. Accordingly, the total judgment entered against us was $530,000
and no prejudgment interest on that sum was awarded.
Both parties appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and on May 16 2014, the
Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment in part and reversed it in part. As a result of the Court’s decision, our
obligation to Z3 aggregated approximately $600,697, including pre-judgment and post-judgment interest. In July
2012 at the inception of the appeal, we deposited $662,500 for a bond as security for the obligation represented by
the judgment. In July 2014 we paid the final judgment regarding Z-3 litigation from the funds held in the form of a
bond and classified as restricted cash. The remainder of the funds held in the bond was remitted back to us and the
bond was extinguished at that time. The litigation is now completed and no obligations or liabilities remain between
the parties.
On June 5, 2013, we filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas against Dragoneye. We
had entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Dragoneye on May 1, 2010 under which we were granted
the right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement device and derivatives to our
customers under the trade name LaserAlly. The parties amended the agreement on January 31, 2012. In our
complaint we allege that Dragoneye breached the contract because it failed to maintain as confidential information
our customer list; it infringed on our trademarks, including LaserAlly and Digital Ally; it tortiously interfered with
our existing contracts and business relationships with our dealers, distributors, customers and trading partners; and it
engaged in unfair competition and the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Statutes. We amended the complaint to
include claims regarding alleged material defects in the products supplied under the agreement. During 2014, the
parties agreed in principle to resolve their claims; however, the parties have been unable to negotiate the terms of a
final settlement agreement. Under the agreement in principle, we would have paid all outstanding and unpaid
invoices, including interest at 10% per annum, through the date the settlement agreement was to be executed. Such
amount approximated $210,000, which we have recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at December
31, 2014. In return, Dragoneye was to cancel our remaining obligation to purchase LaserAlly products and accept
responsibility for and correct the material defects in the products delivered to us under the contract at its cost. As a
result of the parties’ failure to reach terms of a final settlement, we are now seeking the court to require Dragoneye
to accept the return of all product currently in inventory (approximates $1,280,000) for a full refund as a result of
alleged material defects in the products. We have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment seeking the court to order
Dragoneye to accept the return of all inventory and refund our purchase price. The Court has not yet acted upon our
Motion.
On June 18, 2013, we filed a lawsuit as the plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of
Kansas against BCM Electronics Corp. SDN BHD (“BCM”), which is one of our foreign vendors. We requested the
court to award damages related to the alleged breach of contract regarding the failure of BCM to provide the
component parts required under two purchase orders (“PO’s”). We also asked the court to declare the two PO’s
cancelled and terminated as a result of BCM’s failure to perform. Finally, we requested a temporary, preliminary
and permanent injunction to prohibit BCM from using or disclosing any of our trade secrets together with reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred as a result of this action. The court issued a default judgment against
BCM on August 23, 2013 totaling $255,000 and, as a result, we cancelled the open payables we had with BCM
(approximately $59,000) in the third quarter 2013. We have not accrued any other amounts related to the default
judgment due to the uncertainty of collection. We will record any recovery as income if and when it occurs.
On October 25, 2013, we filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to
eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S.
Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that our mobile video
surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 patent. We became aware that Utility had recently mailed
letters to current and prospective purchasers of our mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of
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such systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 patent would create liability for them for patent
infringement. We reject Utility’s assertion and will vigorously defend the right of end-users to purchase such
systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the
lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The court’s decision
was not a ruling on the merits of the case. We appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit has affirmed the Courts
previous decision.
In addition, we initiated proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 patent through a request for inter partes review of
the ‘556 patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). We received notice that the USPTO
has granted our request to examine the validity of certain claims of Utility's '556 patent. In its decision, the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board declared that "we are persuaded, on this record, that [Digital Ally] demonstrates a
reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing the unpatentability of claims 1-7 and 9-25 of the '556 patent." Utility
must now appear before the Board and defend the validity of its patent.
On June 4, 2014 we filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”) in the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit we contend that Utility has defamed us and
illegally interfered with our contracts, customer relationships and business expectancies by falsely asserting to our
customers and others that our products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.
Our suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contract and violation of the
Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of one of our employees, in
violation of that employee's Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with us. In addition to damages, we
seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things,
continuing to threaten or otherwise interfere with our customers. The Court is currently hearing testimony and
reviewing evidence relative to our Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, which we
filed contemporaneously with our complaint against Utility.
On June 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
against us alleging infringement of the ‘556 patent.” The suit was served on us on June 20, 2014. As alleged in
our first filed lawsuit described above, we believe the ‘556 patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further,
proceedings seeking to invalidate the ‘556 patent already has been accepted by the USPTO, as noted above. We
believe that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and we will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us.
An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our
business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity. The Court has stayed all proceedings
with respect to this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review being performed by the USPTO.
On or about May 22, 2014, Stephen Gans, a former director and former principal shareholder of us, filed a
complaint in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada that asserts claims against us and Stanton E.
Ross, Leroy C. Richie, Daniel F. Hutchins and Elliot M. Kaplan (the “Defendant Directors”), who are members of
its Board of Directors. We were served with the complaint on May 28, 2014. Among other things, the complaint
alleges (i) that the Defendant Directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to consider a financing proposal
offered by Mr. Gans and his affiliates; and (ii) that the Defendant Directors, acting at the direction of Stanton E.
Ross, did not independently and objectively evaluate Mr. Gans’ protestations about certain alleged transactions
between us and Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., and by so doing, breached their fiduciary duties. We and the
Defendant Directors will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us and them. We and the Defendant
Directors have filed a response denying all of the plaintiff’s allegations and have asserted counter-claims that allege
that Gans committed improper acts that included: (a) failing to disclose the nature and substance of an SEC
investigation of Gans; (b) engaging in potential insider trading; (c) misappropriating our confidential information;
(d) attempting to use his position as a director to personally enrich himself; and (e) making unauthorized,
misleading, and factually inaccurate filings to the SEC about us.
On December 11, 2014, the parties agreed in principle to compromise and dismiss with prejudice,
substantially all of their claims. Within the scope of that settlement are each of the “shareholder derivative claims”
that Gans had asserted against us and/or the Defendant Directors. The settlement to which the parties have agreed
will result in no monetary recovery by any party. The Court must approve the settlement of any shareholder
derivative claim, which settlement is set for hearing by court on March 20, 2015. We believe the settlement will be
approved at that hearing, although we can offer no assurances in this regard. If approved, the settlement will
conclude this litigation resulting in no material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
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We are also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative
proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-
related matters. Management believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be
material to its business or its financial condition.
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
PART II
Market Prices
Our common stock commenced trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on January 2, 2008 under the
symbol “DGLY,” and continues to do so. From July 2007 until we became listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market,
our common stock was traded on the OTC Bulletin Board and prior to that it was quoted in the “Pink Sheets.”
The high/low closing prices of our common stock were as follows for the periods below. In addition, the
quotations below reflect inter-dealer bid prices without retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not
represent actual transactions:
Year Ended December 31, 2014
High Close
Low Close
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Year Ended December 31, 2013
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
$9.97
$6.49
$33.59
$21.00
$4.63
$8.88
$16.63
$14.79
$6.00
$3.03
$3.10
$10.41
$3.16
$3.80
$6.98
$7.50
Holders of Common Stock
As of December 31, 2014, we had approximately 86 shareholders of record for our common stock.
Dividend Policy
To date, we have not declared or paid cash dividends on our shares of common stock. The holders of our
common stock will be entitled to non-cumulative dividends on the shares of common stock, when and as declared by
our board of directors, in its discretion. We intend to retain all future earnings, if any, for our business and do not
anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will
be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions
and such other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Our board of directors adopted the 2005 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2005 Plan”) on
September 1, 2005. The 2005 Plan authorizes us to reserve 312,500 shares of our common stock for issuance upon
exercise of options and grant of restricted stock awards. At December 31, 2014, there were 403 shares available for
issuance under the 2005 Plan.
On January 17, 2006, our board of directors adopted the 2006 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“2006 Plan”). The 2006 Plan authorizes us to reserve 187,500 shares for future grants under it. At December 31,
2014, there were 1,730 shares available for issuance under the 2006 Plan.
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On January 24, 2007, our board of directors adopted the 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan authorizes us to reserve 187,500 shares for future grants under it. At December 31,
2014, there were 2,217 shares available for issuance under the 2007 Plan.
On January 2, 2008, our board of directors adopted the 2008 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“2008 Plan”). The 2008 Plan authorizes us to reserve 125,000 shares for future grants under it. At December 31,
2014, there were 874 shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan.
On March 18, 2011, our board of directors adopted the 2011 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“2011 Plan”). The 2011 Plan authorizes us to reserve 62,500 shares for future grants under it. At December 31,
2014, there were 1,189 shares available for issuance under the 2011 Plan.
On March 22, 2013, our board of directors adopted the 2013 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“2013 Plan”). The 2013 Plan was amended on March 28, 2014 and November 14, 2014 to increase the number of
shares authorized and reserved for issuance under the 2013 Plan to a total of 300,000. At December 31, 2014, there
were 91,000 shares available for issuance under the 2013 Plan, as amended.
The 2005 Plan, 2006 Plan, 2007 Plan, 2008 Plan, 2011 Plan and 2013 Plan are referred to as the “Plans.”
The Plans authorize us to grant (i) to the key employees incentive stock options (except for the 2007 Plan)
to purchase shares of common stock and non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of common stock and
restricted stock awards, and (ii) to non-employee directors and consultants’ non-qualified stock options and
restricted stock. The Compensation Committee of our board of directors administers the Plans by making
recommendations to the board or determinations regarding the persons to whom options or restricted stock should be
granted and the amount, terms, conditions and restrictions of the awards.
The Plans allow for the grant of incentive stock options (except for the 2007 Plan), non-qualified stock
options and restricted stock awards. Incentive stock options granted under the Plans must have an exercise price at
least equal to 100% of the fair market value of the common stock as of the date of grant. Incentive stock options
granted to any person who owns, immediately after the grant, stock possessing more than 10% of the combined
voting power of all classes of our stock, or of any parent or subsidiary corporation, must have an exercise price at
least equal to 110% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. Non-statutory stock options
may have exercise prices as determined by our Compensation Committee.
The Compensation Committee is also authorized to grant restricted stock awards under the Plans. A
restricted stock award is a grant of shares of the common stock that is subject to restrictions on transferability, risk
of forfeiture and other restrictions and that may be forfeited in the event of certain terminations of employment or
service prior to the end of a restricted period specified by the Compensation Committee.
On July 31, 2008, we filed registration statements on Form S-8 and an amendment to a previously filed
Form S-8 with the SEC which registered 812,500 shares to be issued upon exercise of the stock options underlying
the 2005 Plan, 2006 Plan, 2007 Plan and 2008 Plan. On March 28, 2012, we filed a registration statement on Form
S-8, which registered 62,500 shares to be issued upon exercise of stock options underlying the 2011 Stock Plan. On
July 25, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8, which registered 100,000 shares to be issued upon
exercise of stock options underlying the 2013 Stock Plan. On October 1, 2014 we filed a registration statement on
Form SB, which registered 100,000 additional shares underlying the 2013 Plan.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the stock option plans adopted by the Company
as of December 31, 2014:
Plan category
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
(a)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
(b)
Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
Total all plans .......................................
280,384
90,359
370,743
$19.08
$18.64
$18.97
95,196
2,217
97,413
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On March 24, 2014, the Company completed a private placement of $2.0 million aggregate principal
amount of a Secured Convertible Note, which bore interest at 6% per annum, payable quarterly, and was secured by
all assets of the Company. Principal payments were not required until the sixth month after origination and continue
ratably for the remaining 18-month term. The principal and interest payments could be made through the payment
of cash or in-kind by transferring unrestricted and fully registered shares in an amount equivalent to 80% of the
volume weighted average trading price for the 20 consecutive trading days preceding the payment date. The
Secured Convertible Note was convertible to common shares at the holder’s option at a conversion price of $8.55
per share at any time the Secured Convertible Note is outstanding. In addition, the Company could force conversion
if the market price exceeded $17.10 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.
In connection with the private placement the Company issued a Warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of common
stock at $10.00 per share. The Warrant was exercisable immediately and expired March 24, 2019. The Secured
Convertible Note and Warrant contained anti-dilution provisions and restrict the incurrence of additional secured
indebtedness. WestPark Capital, a broker-dealer registered with Finra, acted as Placement Agent for the Company in
the transaction and received a fee of $120,000 for its services and the Company reimbursed all other third party costs
of the transaction, including legal fees which was approximately $104,500. The Company used the net proceeds of
this facility for general working capital purposes. During the third quarter 2014 the Company issued 433,620 shares
of its common stock under a registration statement on Form S-3 upon full conversion of the Secured Convertible Note
and exercise of the Warrant. The holder converted the Secured Convertible Note during the third quarter at prices
ranging from $6.25 to $8.55 per share resulting in 310,707 shares of common stock being issued. A total of 136,621
shares of common stock with exercise prices of the $7.32 were issued in conjunction with the Warrant exercise.
On August 28, 2014, the Company completed a second private placement (the “Second Private
Placement”) with the same holder of a $4.0 million secured convertible note (the “$4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note”), which bore interest at the rate of 6% per annum, payable quarterly, and was secured by all assets of the
Company. Principal payments were not required until the sixth month after origination and continue ratably for the
remaining 18-month term. The principal and interest payments could be made through the payment of cash or in-
kind by transferring unrestricted and fully registered shares in an amount equivalent to 80% of the volume weighted
average trading price for the 20 consecutive trading days preceding the payment date. The $4.0 million Secured
Convertible Note was convertible to common shares at the holder’s option at a conversion price of $6.10 per share at
any time it was outstanding. In addition, the Company could force conversion if the market price exceeded $12.20
per share for 20 consecutive trading days. In connection with the anti-dilution provisions of the Warrant issued with
the Secured Convertible Note, the Company was required to increase the number of shares to be issued upon the
exercise of the March 2014 Warrant to 136,621 from 100,000 and to reduce the exercise price to $7.32 from $10.00
per share.
During February 2015, the holder of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note completed the full
conversion of the principal and related interest into an aggregate of 661,213 shares of common stock under a
registration statement on Form S-3.
In connection with the Second Private Placement the Company issued a second warrant (the “August
Warrant”) exercisable to purchase 262,295 shares of common stock at $7.32 per share. The August Warrant is
exercisable immediately and expires August 28, 2019. The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note contains anti-
dilution provisions and restrict the incurrence of additional secured indebtedness and the August Warrant contains
anti-dilution provisions and restrict the incurrence of additional secured indebtedness. WestPark Capital, a broker-
dealer registered with Finra, acted as Placement Agent for the Company in the transaction and received a fee of
$240,000 for its services and the Company reimbursed all other third party costs of the transaction, including legal
fees which was approximately $104,500. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this facility for general
working capital purposes.
The offer and sale of the securities issued in the two private placements were made pursuant to the
exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, including pursuant to Rule 506 thereunder.
Such offers and sales were made solely to an “accredited investor” under Rule 506 and were made without any form
of general solicitation and with full access to any information requested by the investor regarding the Company or
the securities offered in the private placements.
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In September 2014, the Company issued 56,250 shares of common stock to complete the exercise of
warrants to the holder of the $2.5 million subordinated note and 28,188 shares of common stock to complete the
exercise of warrants issued for consulting services relating to the placement of the $2.5 million subordinated note.
Such issuances were made pursuant to the applicable warrant agreements and the exemption from registration
provided by Section 4(2) of the Act. The Company received no cash proceeds because the holders utilized cashless
exercise provisions in exercising their warrants. The Company paid no consideration to any party in connection
with the exercises.
On December 4, 2014, the Company issued 6,000 shares of common stock to the holder of the $4.0 million
Secured Convertible Note to complete the conversion of $36,600 of principal at the conversion price of $6.10 per
share.
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
Item 7.
Operation.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “plan,” “future,” “continue,” and other expressions that are
predictions of or indicate future events and trends and that do not relate to historical matters identify forward-
looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations or forecasts of future
events, can be affected by inaccurate assumptions, and are subject to various business risks and known and unknown
uncertainties, a number of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements contained in this document, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A wide variety of factors could cause
or contribute to such differences and could adversely impact revenues, profitability, cash flows and capital needs.
There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this document will, in fact, transpire or
prove to be accurate.
Factors that could cause or contribute to our actual results differing materially from those discussed herein or
for our stock price to be adversely affected include, but are not limited to: (1) our losses in recent years, including
fiscal 2013 and 2014, that in turn could cause us to be unable to pay our subordinated debt as required; (2) macro-
economic risks from the effects of the economic downturn and decrease in budgets for the law-enforcement
community; (3) our ability to increase revenues, increase our margins and return to consistent profitability in the
current economic environment; (4) our operation in developing markets and uncertainty as to market acceptance of
our technology and new products; (5) the impact of the federal government’s stimulus program on the budgets of
law enforcement agencies, including the timing, amount and restrictions on funding; (6) our ability to deliver our
new product offerings as scheduled and have such new products perform as planned or advertised; (7) whether there
will be commercial markets, domestically and internationally, for one or more of our new products, and the degree
to which the interest shown in our new products, including the FirstVU HD, VuLink and VuVault.net, will continue
to translate into sales during 2015; (8) our ability to maintain or expand our share of the market for our products in
the domestic and international markets in which we compete, including increasing our international revenues to their
historical levels; (9) our ability to produce our products in a cost-effective manner; (10) competition from larger,
more established companies with far greater economic and human resources; (11) our ability to attract and retain
quality employees; (12) risks related to dealing with governmental entities as customers; (13) our expenditure of
significant resources in anticipation of a sale due to our lengthy sales cycle and the potential to receive no revenue in
return; (14) characterization of our market by new products and rapid technological change; (15) our dependence on
sales of our DVM-800, DVM-750 and DVM-500 Plus products; (16) potential that stockholders may lose all or part
of their investment if we are unable to compete in our markets and return to profitability; (17) defects in our
products that could impair our ability to sell our products or could result in litigation and other significant costs; (18)
our dependence on key personnel; (19) our reliance on third party distributors and representatives for our marketing
capability; (20) our dependence on a few manufacturers and suppliers for components of our products and our
dependence on domestic and foreign manufacturers for certain of our products; (21) our ability to protect technology
through patents; (22) our ability to protect our proprietary technology and information as trade secrets and through
other similar means; (23) risks related to our license arrangements; (24) our revenues and operating results may
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fluctuate unexpectedly from quarter to quarter; (25) sufficient voting power by coalitions of a few of our larger
stockholders, including directors and officers, to make corporate governance decisions that could have significant
effect on us and the other stockholders; (26) sale of substantial amounts of our common stock that may have a
depressive effect on the market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock; (27) possible issuance of
common stock subject to options and warrants that may dilute the interest of stockholders; (28) our ability to comply
with Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404 as it may be required; (29) our nonpayment of dividends and lack of
plans to pay dividends in the future; (30) future sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock that
could depress the trading price of our common stock, lower our value and make it more difficult for us to raise
capital; (31) our additional securities available for issuance, which, if issued, could adversely affect the rights of the
holders of our common stock; (32) our stock price is likely to be highly volatile due to a number of factors,
including a relatively limited public float; and (33) indemnification of our officers and directors.
Current Trends and Recent Developments for the Company
Overview
We supply technology-based products utilizing our portable digital video and audio recording capabilities, for
the law enforcement and security industries and for the commercial fleet and mass transit markets. We have the
ability to integrate electronic, radio, computer, mechanical, and multi-media technologies to create unique solutions
to our customers’ requests. We began shipping our flagship digital video mirror (“DVM”) in March 2006. We have
developed additional products to complement our DVM-750 and DVM-500 Plus in-car video products, including
lower priced in-car video mirrors (the DVM-100, DVM-400 and DVM-800), speed detection (Laser Ally) and body
worn camera (FirstVU HD) products designed for law enforcement usage. Furthermore, we added digital video
mirrors (the DVM-250 and DVM-250 Plus) that serve as “event recorders” for the commercial fleet and mass transit
markets in order to expand our customer base beyond the traditional law enforcement agencies. We launched our
FirstVU HD and the DVM-800 in June and December 2013, respectively. In 2014, we added the VuLink product
and VUVault.net, our cloud based storage solution. We have additional research and development projects that we
anticipate will result in several new product launches in 2015. We believe that the launch of these new products will
help to diversify and increase our product offerings.
We experienced operating losses for all but one of the quarters during 2014 and 2013. The following is a
summary of our recent operating results on a quarterly basis:
For the Three Months Ended:
December 31,
2014
September 30,
2014
June 30,
2014
March 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
September 30,
2013
June 30,
2013
March 31,
2013
$5,419,611
$4,666,713
$3,449,754
$ 3,908,341
$3,505,358
$4,488,527
$5,051,895
$4,780,549
3,211,532
2,461,933
1,928,389
2,320,939
1,749,422
2,425,326
3,037,815
2,895,927
59.3%
52.8%
55.9%
59.4%
49.9%
54.0%
60.1%
60.6%
3,548,365
3,502,492
2,894,039
2,867,091
3,323,380
3,261,988
3,059,054
2,714,510
(336,833)
(1,040,559)
(965,650)
(546,152)
(1,573,958)
(836,662)
(21,239)
181,417
(6.2%)
(22.3)%
(28.0)%
(14.0%)
(44.9%)
(18.6)%
(0.4)%
3.8%
$(901,115)
$(6,402,558)
($988,089)
$ (871,499)
$(1,638,649)
$(905,836)
$(67,151)
$113,695
Total revenue
Gross profit
Gross profit
margin
percentage
Total selling,
general and
administrative
expenses
Operating
income (loss)
Operating
margin
percentage
Net income
(loss)
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Our business is subject to substantial fluctuations on a quarterly basis as reflected in the significant
variations in revenues and operating results in the above table. These variations result from the timing of large
individual orders and the traction gained by our new products, such as the FirstVU HD and DVM-800. We reported
an operating loss of $336,833 on revenues of $5,419,611 for fourth quarter 2014 compared to an operating loss of
$1,040,559 on revenues of $4,666,713 for third quarter 2014, an operating loss of $965,650 on revenues of
$3,449,754 for second quarter 2014, and an operating loss of $546,152 on revenues of $3,908,341 for first quarter
2014. Our revenues increased in fourth quarter 2014 and were higher than the prior twelve quarters. Our gross
margin percentage increased to 59.3% in the fourth quarter 2014 from 52.8% in the third quarter 2014. Our selling,
general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were higher in the fourth quarter 2014 compared to third quarter
2014, second quarter 2014 and first quarter 2014. The primary reason for the increased SG&A expenses in third
quarter 2014 and fourth quarter 2014 compared to prior quarters were legal fees associated with ongoing litigation.
Our international revenues during 2014 decreased to $961,763 from $1,159,183 in 2013.
We expect to continue to experience significant fluctuations in revenues in 2015 due to the timing of
orders from international, as well as domestic customers. For 2015, we are focusing on increasing
revenues and improving gross margins in addition to reducing our general and administrative costs.
We plan, however, to continue to invest in research, development, sales and marketing resources on a
prudent basis. Our inventory levels increased during 2014 compared to 2013 primarily due to
increases in finished goods inventory in our digital video mirror products in anticipation of increased
orders in the first quarter of 2015 and the need to secure long lead time component inventory for our
DVM-750 and FirstVU HD products to meet such anticipated orders.
Revenues increased in fourth quarter 2014 to $5,419,611 from $4,666,713 in third quarter 2014. We
attribute the increased revenues to market acceptance of our new products, including an order in
excess of $1,000,000 from a large state police contract customer for our new DVM-800 product. In
addition, we are experiencing strong demand for our FirstVU HD body-worn camera, which demand
resulted from the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri that occurred in August and September 2014. We
have significantly increased the number of test and evaluation units issued to prospects for our body
worn cameras and anticipate the increased demand for the body-worn cameras will continue for 2015
and beyond, although we can make no assurances in this regard.
We have recently launched additional products to complement our DVM-500 Plus and DVM-750 in-
car video products in an effort to diversify our sources of revenue. In 2014, we launched our VuLink
and intend to launch the new MicroVU HD in car video system in 2015. In 2013, we launched the
FirstVU HD body worn camera and in late December we launched our new DVM-800 in car video
system. The DVM-250 event recorders introduced in 2011 are designed for commercial fleet
operators, which allows us to seek new customers outside of law enforcement. The DVM-800 and
FirstVU HD, introduced in 2013, contributed 51% of the total sales for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2014, compared to 5% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013.
Our gross profit on sales increased to 59.3% during fourth quarter 2014 from 52.8% during third
quarter 2014. We attribute the increase in gross margins during fourth quarter 2014 to the transition of
our sales mix to our newer products with greater margins, such as the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD. We
will continue our focus on reducing the costs of our products through changes to our supply chain,
where we are emphasizing outsourcing of component part production and changing our supply chain
vendors to lower cost alternative suppliers throughout the world. However, we are experiencing
increased price competition and pressure from certain of our competitors that has led to pricing
discounts on larger contract opportunities and we reduced our retail pricing on our FirstVU HD
product during the third quarter 2014. We expect that this pricing pressure will continue as our
competitors attempt to regain market share and revive sales and that it will have some negative impact
on our efforts to improve gross margins during 2015.
Our international revenues were $961,763 (6% of total revenues) and $1,159,183 (7% of total
revenues) for the years ended December 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively. We received substantial
purchase orders from our Mexican distributor in October 2014. Nonetheless, we were disappointed in
our overall international revenues given the high level of bidding activity. We have provided a
number of bids to international customers; however, international sale cycles generally take longer
than domestic business. We believe that our new products may appeal to international customers, in
particular the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD, although we can make no assurances in this regard.
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Our recent operating losses caused deterioration in our cash flow and liquidity in fiscal 2014 and 2013.
In 2011, we borrowed $2,500,000 under two unsecured subordinated notes (the "Notes") payable to a
private, third party lender. The Notes are due and payable in full on May 30, 2015 and may be prepaid
without penalty at any time. On March 24, 2014, we borrowed $2,000,000 under the Secured
Convertible Note, which was converted into our common stock during third quarter 2014. On August
25, 2014, we borrowed an additional $4,000,000 under the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note,
which bore interest at 6% per annum, payable quarterly, and was secured by all of our assets. During
February 2015, the holder of the note elected to convert fully the $4.0 million principal balance and
related accrued interest into 661,213 common shares. At December 31, 2014, we had available cash
balances of $4,549,716, including $1.5 million of restricted cash, and approximately $6.9 million of
working capital, primarily in the form of inventory and accounts receivable. We have no institutional
credit lines available to provide additional working capital as of such date. The $1.5 million cash
restriction terminated on February 13, 2015 upon shareholder approval of issuance of shares beyond
the NASDAQ Share Cap.
We are party to several lawsuits, including with DragonEye, Gans and, in particular, Utility. During
2013 and 2014, Utility undertook a campaign whereby it mailed letters to current and prospective
customers threatening that purchases of our systems would create liability for them for patent
infringement. In response we filed proceedings to invalidate their patent and to seek monetary
damages from Utility for defamation and illegally interfering with our contracts, customer relations
and business expectancies as a result of their falsely asserting to our customers and others that our
patents infringe their patent. We believe these actions by Utility have significantly affected our
business by misleading our customers and potential customers which reduced our revenues and
income. We have expended significant legal fees in defending in these matters. See Litigation.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet debt nor did we have any transactions, arrangements, obligations
(including contingent obligations) or other relationships with any unconsolidated entities or other persons that may
have material current or future effect on financial conditions, changes in the financial conditions, results of
operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenue or expenses.
We are a party to operating leases and license agreements that represent commitments for future payments
(described in Note 11 to our condensed consolidated financial statements) and we have issued purchase orders in the
ordinary course of business that represent commitments to future payments for goods and services.
We entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Dragoneye on May 1, 2010 under which we were
granted the exclusive worldwide right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement
device and derivatives to our customers. The term of the agreement was 42 months after the date Dragoneye began
full scale production of the product, which commenced in August 2010 after final certification of the product was
obtained. The agreement had minimum purchase requirements of 1,000 units per period over three commitment
periods. On January 31, 2012, the supply and distribution agreement was amended to reduce the minimum purchase
commitment over the second and third years by 52% compared to the original commitment. We agreed to release
our world-wide right to exclusively market the product to the law enforcement community in exchange for the
reduction in the purchase commitment.
The agreement originally required minimum order quantities that represent a remaining unfulfilled
commitment to acquire $634,680 of product as of December 31 2014. Dragoneye is responsible for all warranty,
damage or other claims, losses or liabilities related to the product and is obligated to defend and indemnify us
against such risks. We held approximately $1,280,000 of such products in finished goods inventory as of September
30, 2014 and had sold approximately 960 units since the beginning of the agreement through December 31, 2014.
We filed a lawsuit on June 15, 2013 against Dragoneye for breaching the contract. See “Legal
Proceedings.” We discontinued purchases of additional units as of that date.
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For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013
Results of Operations
Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent sub-sections is an analysis
of our operating results for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, represented as a percentage of total
revenues for each respective year:
Revenue
......................................................................................................
Cost of revenue .................................................................................................
Gross profit ...........................................................................................
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Research and development expense .......................................................
Selling, advertising and promotional expense ........................................
Stock-based compensation expense .......................................................
Litigation charge and related expenses ...................................................
General and administrative expense .......................................................
Total selling, general and administrative expenses ...........................................
Operating loss ......................................................................................
Change in warrant derivative liabilities .............................................................
Change in fair value of secured convertible notes payable ...............................
Secured convertible note payable issuance expenses ........................................
Other income and interest expense, net .............................................................
Loss before income tax benefit .........................................................................
Income tax expense (benefit) ............................................................................
Net loss………………………………………………………………...
Net loss per share information:
Years Ended
December 31,
2014
2013
100%
43%
57%
17%
19%
5%
—%
33%
74%
(17%)
(26%)
(4%)
(3%)
(3%)
(53%)
—%
(53%)
100%
43%
57%
21%
15%
4%
1%
29%
70%
(13%)
—%
—%
—%
(1%)
(14%)
—%
(14%)
Basic …………………………………………………………………..
$ (3.54)
$ (1.17)
Diluted ...................................................................................................
$ (3.54)
$ (1.17)
Revenues
Our current product offerings include the following:
Product
Description
DVM-500 Plus An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
DVM-750
MicroVU HD
primarily designed for law enforcement customers.
DVM-440 Ultra An all-weather mobile digital audio/video system that is designed for
motorcycle, ATV and boat users mirror primarily for law enforcement
customers.
An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
primarily designed for law enforcement customers.
A compact in-car digital audio/video system that records in high definition
primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an internal
fixed focus camera that records in high definition quality.
An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an
integrated fixed focus camera.
An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system uses an
external zoom camera.
DVM-100
DVM-400
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Retail
Price
$4,295
$4,295
$4,995
$2,595
$1,895
$2,795
DVM-250
DVM-800
Laser Ally
FirstVU HD
VuLink
An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
primarily designed for commercial fleet customers. We also offer the DVM-
250 Plus which has additional features and retails for $1,295.
An in-car digital audio/video system that is integrated into a rear view mirror
primarily designed for law enforcement customers. This system can use an
internal fixed focus camera or two external cameras for a total of four video
streams. We also offer the Premium Package which has additional warranty and
retails for $3,995
A hand-held mobile speed detection and measurement device that uses light
beams rather than sound waves to measure the speed of vehicles.
A body-worn digital audio/video camera system primarily designed for law
enforcement customers.
An in-car device that enables an in-car digital audio/video system and a body
worn digital audio/video camera system to automatically and simultaneously
start recording.
$ 995
$3,495
$1,995
$ 795
$ 495
We sell our products and services to law enforcement and commercial customers in the following manner:
Sales to domestic customers are made directly to the end customer (typically a law enforcement
agency or a commercial customer) through or our direct sales force, who are our employees.
Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the end customer.
Sales to international customers are made through independent distributors who purchase products
from us at a wholesale price and sell to the end user (typically law enforcement agencies or a
commercial customer) at a retail price. The distributor retains the margin as its compensation for its
role in the transaction. The distributor generally maintains product inventory, customer receivables
and all related risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to
the distributor consistent with the terms of the distribution agreement.
Repair parts and services for domestic and international customers are generally handled by our
inside customer service employees. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the repair parts and
acceptance of the service or materials by the end customer.
We may discount our prices on specific orders when considering the size of the order, the specific customer
and the competitive landscape. We believe that our systems are cost competitive compared to our principal
competitors and generally are lower priced when considering comparable features and capabilities.
Revenues for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were derived from the following sources:
Years ended
December 31,
DVM-800
DVM-500 Plus
FirstVu HD and FirstVu
DVM-100 & DVM-400
DVM-250 & DVM- 250 Plus
DVM-750
Laser Ally
Repair and service
2014
40%
11%
11%
7%
5%
4%
2%
2%
Accessories and other revenues
18%
2013
2%
39%
3%
10%
7%
16%
3%
2%
18%
100%
100%
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We experienced a change in the sales mix of our products for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared
to the year ended December 31, 2013. Our newer products, the DVM-800 and the FirstVU HD, contributed 51% of
total sales for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, compared to 5% for the comparable period ending
December 31, 2013. We expect the sales mix will continue to transition from the DVM-500 Plus and DVM -750
product lines to the newer products during 2015.
Revenues for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $17,444,419 and $17,826,329,
respectively, a decrease of $381,910 (2%), due to the following factors:
Our revenues decreased approximately 2% for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to the
year ended December 31, 2013. Revenues were negatively impacted over the first six months of
2014 due to the actions of Utility Associates, Inc. in sending threatening letters to our customers and
potential customers and the overall challenging economy that continued to affect state, county and
municipal budgets that fund our law enforcement customers. However, we had an improvement in
revenues during the final six months of the year ended December 31, 2014. The improvement is
likely attributable to the increased attention to the benefits of video evidence caused by the civil
unrest in Ferguson, Missouri and our legal actions to stop Utility’s letter writing campaign and our
lawsuits to recover damages from Utility for its actions. We have had a large increase in inquiries,
test and evaluation units and pilot programs since the events in Ferguson, Missouri and are hopeful
these will culminate in sales as the potential customers evaluate our body-worn and in-car video
camera solutions.
Our average order size decreased slightly from approximately $2,680 in the year ended December
31, 2013 to $2,615 during the year ended December 31, 2014. We shipped nine individual orders in
excess of $100,000, for a total of approximately $3.8 million in revenue, in the year ended December
31, 2013 compared to six orders individually in excess of $100,000, for total revenue of
approximately $2.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2014. We maintained consistent retail
pricing on our law enforcement mirror models during 2014 and do not plan any material changes in
pricing during 2015, including the new products recently introduced. Our newer mirror-based
products include the DVM-800, which is sold at lower retail pricing levels compared to our legacy
products. We are experiencing some price competition and discounting from our competitors as
they attempt to regain market share. In that regard, we have lowered the retail price of our FirstVU
HD product to $795. For certain opportunities that involve multiple units and/or multi-year
contracts, we have occasionally discounted our products to gain or retain market share and revenues.
The DVM-800 and First VU HD, introduced in 2013, contributed 51% of total sales for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2014, compared to 5% for the comparable period ending December 31,
2013. We expect the sales mix will continue to migrate from the DVM 500-Plus and DVM-750
product lines to the newer products in 2015.
Our international revenues decreased to $961,763, representing 6% of total revenues, during the year
ended December 31, 2014 compared to $1,159,183, representing 7% of total revenues, during the
year ended December 31, 2013. We received a substantial purchase order from our distributor in
Mexico during October 2014, which was shipped in the fourth quarter 2014. Nonetheless, our 2014
international revenues were below our expectations given the high level of bidding during the year.
We have provided a number of bids to international customers; however, international sale cycles
generally take longer than domestic business. We also believe that our new products may appeal to
international customers, in particular the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD, although we can make no
assurances in this regard.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue on units sold for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $7,521,626 and
$7,717,839, respectively, a decrease of $196,213 (3%). The decrease in cost of goods sold is primarily due to the
2% decrease in revenues and the transition of our sales mix to our newer products with greater margins, such as the
DVM-800 and FirstVU HD. Cost of sales as a percentage of revenues was 43% for both of the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013. Our goal is to maintain cost of sales as a percentage of revenues at 40% or less
during 2015. Improving gross margins through reductions in conversion costs (engineering changes and rework)
and manufacturing inefficiencies are main focuses of management and engineering. In addition, we have
reorganized our production and manufacturing operations by placing a greater emphasis upon contract
manufacturers, including those located offshore. Uncertainties regarding the size and timing of large international
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orders make it difficult for us to maintain efficient production and staffing levels if all orders are processed through
our manufacturing facility. By outsourcing more of our production requirements to contract manufacturers, we
believe that we can benefit from greater volume purchasing and production efficiencies and reduce our fixed and
semi-fixed overhead costs. We believe that our manufacturers will be able to ramp up production quickly in order to
meet the varying demands of our international customers. We expect that our newer product offerings, in particular
the DVM-800 and FirstVU HD, should improve our cost of goods sold as a percentage of sales. We do not expect
to incur significant capital expenditures to ramp up production of the new products because our internal process is
largely assembling subcomponents, testing and shipping of completed products or we use contract manufacturers.
We rely on our subcontractors to produce finished circuit boards that represent the primary components of our
products, thereby reducing our need to purchase capital equipment.
We had $600,578 and $260,713 in reserves for obsolete and excess inventories at December 31, 2014 and
December 31, 2013, respectively. Total raw materials and component parts were $2,987,124 and $2,204,216 at
December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, an increase of $782,908 (36%). The increase in raw
materials and component parts is primarily attributable to increased forecasts for the FirstVU HD and DVM-750
products and the need to secure long lead component inventory items in advance of production. Finished goods
balances were $6,576,480 and $6,097,254 at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, an increase
of $497,226 (8%). The increase in finished goods was primarily in test and evaluation inventory products we had
outstanding with prospective customers at December 31, 2014, particularly for FirstVU HD’s being tested by
prospective customers. Finished goods at December 31, 2014 consist primarily of the Laser Ally products, and
reasonable levels of our DVM-500 Plus and DVM-750 products for expected orders. The reserve for excess and
obsolete inventory as a percent of total inventory balances increased to 6.1% as of December 31, 2014 compared to
3.1% at December 31, 2013. The increase in the inventory reserve is due to the change in sales mix to the DVM-
800 platform, which has resulted in a higher level of excess component parts of the older versions of our legacy
products. We believe the reserves are appropriate given our inventory levels at December 31, 2014.
Gross Profit
Gross profit for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $9,922,793 and $10,108,490,
respectively, a decrease of $185,697 (2%). The decrease is commensurate with the 2% decrease in revenues and the
fact that cost of sales as a percentage of revenues was constant at 43% for the year’s ended December 31, 2014 and
2013. Our goal is to improve our margins based on the expected margins of our newer products, in particular the
DVM-800 and FirstVU HD, if they continue to gain traction in the marketplace and we increase commercial
production in 2015. In addition, as revenues increase from these products, we will seek to further improve our
margins from these new products through economies of scale and more efficiently utilizing fixed manufacturing
overhead components. We plan to continue our initiative on more efficient management of our supply chain
through outsourcing production, quantity purchases and more effective purchasing practices.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $12,811,987 and $12,358,932 for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $453,055 (4%). Selling, general and administrative
expenses as a percentage of sales increased to 74% from 70% in 2014 and 2013. The significant components of
selling, general and administrative expenses are as follows:
The significant components of selling, general and administrative expenses are as follows:
Research and development expense ....................................................
Selling, advertising and promotional expense .....................................
Stock-based compensation expense ....................................................
Professional fees and expense .............................................................
Executive, sales, and administrative staff payroll ...............................
Litigation charge and related expenses ................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Total……………………………………………………………...
Year ended December 31,
2014
$ 2,905,407
3,340,764
834,593
1,153,985
2,012,552
—
2,564,686
$ 12,811,987
2013
$ 3,669,022
2,699,884
705,612
603,375
2,058,839
208,316
2,413,884
$ 12,358,932
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Research and development expense. We continue to focus on bringing new products to market, including
updates and improvements to current products. Our research and development expenses totaled $2,905,407 and
$3,669,022 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a decrease of $763,615 (21%). We
launched our VuLink and MicroVU HD product during 2014 and early 2015 together with VUVault.net, our cloud-
based storage solution. Further, we launched the FirstVU HD at the end of June 2013 and the DVM-800 in
December 2013, which contributed to the research and development expenses being higher for the twelve months
ended December 31, 2013 compared to December 31, 2014. In addition, the decrease in research and development
expenses in 2014 was attributable to our discontinuing an in-car video project that utilized contract engineers. We
employed a total of 22 engineers at December 31, 2014, most of whom are dedicated to research and development
activities for new products compared to 30 engineers at December 31, 2013. Research and development expenses as
a percentage of total revenues were 17% in 2014 and 21% in 2013. We have active research and development
projects on several new products, as well as upgrades to our existing product lines. We consider our research and
development capabilities and new product focus to be a competitive advantage and will continue to invest in this
area on a prudent basis.
Selling, advertising and promotional expenses. Selling, advertising and promotional expense totaled
$3,340,764 and $2,699,884 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $640,880
(24%). Salesman salaries and commissions represent the primary components of these costs and were $2,729,589
and $2,237,989 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $491,600 (22%). The
effective commission rate was 15.6% and 12.6% for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
We hired additional territory salesmen during the last half of 2013 to provide better coverage of the domestic
market, which contributed to the increased effective commission rate for the twelve months ended December 31,
2014.
Promotional and advertising expenses totaled $611,175 during the year ended December 31, 2014
compared to $461,895 during the year ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $149,280 (32%). The increase is
primarily attributable to increased media advertising in trade publications and other marketing initiatives designed to
help penetrate new commercial markets for our DVM-250 Plus event recorders, introduce our FirstVU HD and
develop awareness of the DVM-800 in the law enforcement channel during 2014.
Stock-based compensation expense. Stock based compensation expense totaled $834,593 and $705,612
for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $128,981 (18%). The increase is
primarily due to the amortization of the restricted stock granted during 2014 to our officers, directors, and other
employees that had the effect of increasing the stock compensation expense for the year ended December 31, 2014
compared to 2013.
Professional fees and expense. Professional fees and expenses totaled $1,153,985 and $603,375 for the
years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $550,610 (91%). Professional fees during
2014 were related primarily to normal public company matters, intellectual property matters and litigation matters.
The increase in professional fees and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to 2013 is primarily
attributable to higher litigation expenses related to DragonEye, Gans and Utility Associates litigation. See
Litigation for details.
Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll. Executive, sales and administrative staff payroll
expenses totaled $2,012,552 and $2,058,839 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a
decrease of $46,287 (2%). This decrease is primarily attributable to cost containment measures implemented
during 2014. However, we may have to hire additional technical support staff to handle field inquiries and
installation matters in the future because our installed customer base has expanded and additional technical support
will be required for our new products, such as the DVM-800, FirstVU HD and VULink.
Litigation charge and related expenses. Litigation charges and expenses totaled $-0- and $208,316 for the
years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a decrease of $208,316 (100%). On June 5, 2013, the
Company filed a lawsuit against Dragoneye, one of its domestic vendors. Management reviewed the status of the
case with Company counsel and determined it was appropriate to accrue a loss of $208,316 at December 31, 2013.
See Litigation for details.
Other. Other selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $2,564,686 and $2,413,884 for the years
ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $150,802 (6%). The increase in 2014 was
primarily attributable to increased amortization expense in 2014 as patents and trademarks that were no longer
active or being pursued were expensed.
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Operating Loss
For the reasons previously stated, our operating loss was $2,889,194 and $2,250,442 for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a deterioration of $638,752 (28%). Operating loss as a percentage of
revenues increased to 17% in 2014 from 13% in 2013.
Interest Income
Interest income increased to $13,660 for the year ended December 31, 2014 from $11,390 in 2013.
Change in Warrant Derivative Liabilities
The holder of the Secured Convertible Note exercised its Warrant on August 30, 2014 and September 15,
2014 with the change in value of the warrant derivative totaling $3,233,068 being recognized as a non-cash charge
to operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 representing the increase in our stock price over the
exercise price at the respective exercise dates.
The August Warrant was treated as a derivative liability for accounting purposes and the estimated fair
value of the warrant derivative as of the issuance date of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note was $2,038,032
which was recorded as a current liability in the accompanying Balance Sheet. Changes in the fair value of the
warrant derivative totaled $1,193,694 for the year ended December 31, 2014.
On December 4, 2014, the holder of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note exercised its right to
convert $36,600 principal amount into 6,000 shares of common stock of the Company at the conversion price of
$6.10 per share. The increase in fair market value of these 6,000 shares over the $36,600 principal retired was
$89,400 representing the increase in our stock price over the conversion rate as of the conversion date.
Change in Fair Value of Secured Convertible Notes Payable
We elected to account for and record our Secured Convertible Note and $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note on their fair value basis. The change in fair market value of the Secured Convertible Note associated with the
conversion of debt was $384,614 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 representing the increase in
the Company’s stock price over the conversion rate as of the respective conversion dates. As of December 31, 2014
the fair market value of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note was $3,273,431 representing a change in fair
market value for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 totaling $302,552. Accordingly, the total change in
fair value of the two secured convertible notes payable was $687,166 for the twelve months ended December 31,
2014.
Secured Convertible Notes Issuance Expenses
We elected to account for and record our Secured Convertible Note and $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note on a fair value basis. Accordingly, we were required to expense the related issuance costs to other expense
during the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. Such costs totaled $579,066 and included $360,000 in
placement agent fees and the remainder was primarily legal fees.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) decreased to ($5,589) for the year ended December 31, 3014 from $19,073 in
2013. The decrease is attributable to the reduction in fair value and disposal of marketable securities in the twelve
months ended December 31, 2014.
Interest Expense
We incurred interest expense of $499,744 and $277,961 during the years ended December 31, 2014 and
2013, respectively, an increase of $221,783 (80%). The increase in interest expense reflects the Secured Convertible
Note and the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note issued in March and August 2014, both of which borer interest
at the rate of 6% per annum. We issued an aggregate of $2.5 million of subordinated notes during 2011 which
remain outstanding and bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum. The maturity date of the subordinated notes are
due and payable in full on May 30, 2015. On March 24, 2014, we issued the Secured Convertible Note that
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remained outstanding until its full conversion in three separate tranches between July 1, 2014 and September 19,
2014. On August 28, 2014, we issued the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note bearing interest at the rate of 6%
per annum. Principal payments were not due for the first six months, then ratably for its remaining 18-month term.
In December 2014, $36,600 of the principal balance was converted to equity by the holder of the $4.0 million
Secured Convertible Note.
We amortized $132,447 representing the discount associated with the $2.5 million subordinated note during
the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. The total remaining unamortized discount at December 31, 2014 was
$55,187 related to the $2.5 million subordinated note.
Loss before Income Tax Benefit
As a result of the above, we reported a loss before income tax benefit of $9,163,261 and $2,497,940 for the
years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a deterioration of $6,665,321 (267%).
Income Tax Benefit
We recorded no income tax benefit related to our losses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013,
respectively, due to our overall net operating loss carryforwards available. We have further determined to continue
providing a full valuation reserve on our net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014. During 2014, we
increased our valuation reserve on deferred tax assets by $4,722,000 whereby our deferred tax assets continue to be
fully reserved due to our recent operating losses.
We had approximately $18,758,000 of net operating loss carryforwards and $1,570,000 of research and
development tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2014 available to offset future net taxable income.
Net Loss
As a result of the above, we reported net losses of $9,163,261 and $2,497,940 for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a deterioration of $6,665,321 (267%).
Basic and Diluted Loss per Share
The basic and diluted loss per share was $3.54 and $1.17 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013,
respectively, for the reasons previously noted. All outstanding stock options were considered antidilutive and
therefore excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013
because of the net loss reported for each period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overall:
During 2011, we borrowed a total of $2.5 million under an unsecured credit facility (the “Notes”) with a
private, third-party lender. The Notes bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum and are payable interest only on a
monthly basis. The Notes are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such term is defined in
the Notes. On December 4, 2013, we entered into an agreement with the lender that extended the maturity dates of
the Notes from May 30, 2014 to May 30, 2015.
The Notes are unsecured and do not prevent us from obtaining new senior secured financings. We may
seek additional credit facilities to complement the Notes and provide us with funding should the need arise to
finance growth or other expenditures.
On March 24, 2014, the Company completed a private placement of $2.0 aggregate principal amount of the
Secured Convertible Note. The Secured Convertible Note bore interest at 6% per annum payable quarterly and was
secured by all assets of the Company. In addition, the holder was also issued detachable warrants to acquire
130,000 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share. On July 10, 2014 the Company and the holder of the Secured
Convertible Note entered into an agreement under which the Company reduced the conversion price of the Note to
$6.25 per share during the period from July 11 to July 14, 2014. During the foregoing period the holder converted
$1,777,778 principal amount and $2,963 accrued interest on the Secured Convertible Note into 284,928 shares of
common stock of the Company. On July 15, 2014 the conversion price returned to $8.55 per share. The holder of
the Secured Convertible Note exercised its right to convert the remaining outstanding principal on the Secured
Convertible Note into 26,263 shares of common stock of the Company in two separate tranches on August 28, 2014
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and September 19, 2014. In addition, the holder also exercised its warrants to purchase 130,000 common shares
resulting in cash proceeds of $951,600 during 2014 and utilized the cashless exercise feature for the remaining 6,621
shares.
On August 28, 2014, the Company completed the Second Private Placement to the holder of the Secured
Convertible Note and issued the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note, which bore interest at 6% per annum,
payable quarterly, and was secured by all assets of the Company. Principal payments were not required until the
sixth month after origination and continued ratably for the remaining 18-month term. The principal and interest
payments could be made through the payment of cash or in-kind by transferring unrestricted and fully registered
shares in an amount equivalent to 80% of the volume weighted average trading price for the 20 consecutive trading
days preceding the payment date. The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note was convertible to common shares at
the holder’s option at a conversion price of $6.10 per share at any time it was outstanding. In addition, the Company
could force conversion if the market price exceeded $12.20 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.
On December 4, 2014, the holder of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note converted $36,600 of
principal to shares of common stock and in February 2015 the holder exercised it conversion rights on the remaining
principal and accrued interest balances in exchange for an additional 655,213 shares of common stock. In
connection with the Second Private Placement the Company issued the August Warrant exercisable to purchase
262,295 shares of common stock at $7.32 per share. The Warrant is exercisable immediately and expires August 28,
2019. The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note and August Warrant contained anti-dilution provisions and
restricted the incurrence of additional secured indebtedness. The Company paid a placement agent fee of $240,000
and approximately $101,500 of other third party costs for the transaction, which included legal fees. The Company
intends to use the funds generated by this credit facility to provide the working capital for its operations in 2015.
In connection with the anti-dilution provisions of the Warrant issued with the Secured Convertible Note,
the Company was required to increase the number of shares to be issued upon the exercise of the March 2014
Warrant to 136,621 from 100,000 and to reduce the exercise price to $7.32 from $10.00 per share.
In accordance with the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note the Company was required to maintain
minimum cash balance of not less than $1.5 million until such time as the Company satisfied all of the “Equity
Conditions,” as defined in the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note. Such Equity Conditions includes the
Company’s shareholders approving the issuance of shares above the Exchange Cap. The $1.5 million minimum
cash balance has been reported as restricted cash separate from cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated
balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. On February 13, 2015, the shareholders approved the issuance of shares
above the Exchange Cap thereby releasing the restriction on the cash balances.
We had $4,549,487 (including restricted cash of $1.5 million) of available cash and equivalents and net
working capital of approximately $6.9 million as of December 31, 2014. Net working capital as of December 31,
2014 includes approximately $3.0 million of accounts receivable and $9.2 million of inventory. Management
believes that it can reduce inventory levels during 2015 to provide funding for operations; however, no assurances
can be given in that regard.
Cash and cash equivalents balances: As of December 31, 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents with
an aggregate balance of $3,049,716, (which excludes $1.5 million of restricted cash) an increase from a balance of
$454,978 at December 31, 2013. Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent
subsections are the main elements of the $2,594,509 net increase in cash during the year ended December 31, 2014:
Operating activities: $3,172,812 of net cash used in operating activities. Net cash used in operating
activities was $3,173,041 and $564,660 for the year ended December 31, 2014
and 2013, respectively, a deterioration of $2,608,381. The deterioration was
primarily the result of our net loss, increases in accounts receivable and
inventory, and decreases in the litigation accrual offset by increases in deferred
revenue and accounts payable. Our goal is to increase revenues, return to
profitability and decrease our inventory levels during 2015, thereby providing
positive cash flows from operations, although there can be no assurances that we
will be successful in this regard.
Investing activities: $1,348,319 of net cash used in investing activities. Cash used in investing
activities was $1,348,319 and $336,993 for the years ended December 31, 2014
and 2013, respectively. In connection with the $4.0 million Secured Convertible
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Note issued in August 2014, we are required to maintain a minimum cash
balance of not less than $1.5 million until such time as we satisfy all of the
“Equity Conditions,” as defined in the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note
(see Note 7). The $1.5 million minimum cash balance has been reported as
restricted cash separate from cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated
balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. During July 2014 we paid the final
judgment regarding the Z-3 litigation (See “Litigation”) from the funds held in
the form of a bond and classified as restricted cash. The remainder of the funds
held in the bond was remitted back to us and the bond was extinguished at that
time. In 2014, we incurred costs for patent applications on our proprietary
technology utilized in our new products and included in intangible assets.
During 2013, we acquired tooling for our new FirstVU HD product line.
Financing activities: $7,115,869 of net cash provided by financing activities. Cash provided by
financing activities was $7,115,869 and $653,459 for the years ended December
31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. On March 24, 2014, we issued the Secured
Convertible Note in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000, the proceeds
of which were used for general working capital purposes. We paid $224,438 of
debt issuance costs related to the Secured Convertible Note in the twelve months
ended December 31, 2014. On August 25, 2014, we issued the $4.0 million
Secured Convertible Note. We paid $355,628 of debt issuance costs related to it
in the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. We also received
approximately $1.78 million of proceeds in 2014 from the exercise of stock
options and warrants. The net cash provided in 2013 was primarily related to
the exercise of stock options. During 2013 and 2014, we acquired capital
equipment financed through capital lease obligations and payments on such
obligations represented the cash used in financing activities.
The net result of these activities was an increase in cash of $2,594,509 to $3,049,716 for the year ended
December 31, 2014.
Commitments:
We had $4,549,716 (including restricted cash of $1.5 million) of cash and cash equivalent balances and net
positive working capital approximating $6.9 million as of December 31, 2014. Accounts receivable balances
represented $3,043,899 of our net working capital at December 31, 2014. We intend to collect our outstanding
receivables on a timely basis and reduce the overall level during 2015, which would help to provide positive cash
flow to support our operations during 2015. Inventory represented $9,243,455 of our net working capital at
December 31, 2014 and finished goods represented $6,576,480 of total inventory. We are actively managing the
level of inventory and our goal is to reduce such levels during 2015 by our sales activities, which should provide
additional cash flow to help support our operations during 2015.
Capital Expenditures. We had no material commitments for capital expenditures at December 31, 2014.
Lease commitments-Operating Leases. We have a long-term operating lease agreement for office and
warehouse space that expires in April 2020. We have also entered into month-to-month leases for equipment and
facilities. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $397,724 and $398,624, respectively,
related to these leases. Following are our minimum lease payments for each year and in total.
Year ending December 31:
2015 .............................................................................................
2016 .............................................................................................
2017 ............................................................................................
2018 ..............................................................................................
2019 ..............................................................................................
Thereafter .....................................................................................
$ 433,965
439,707
445,449
451,248
457,327
154,131
$2,381,827
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License agreements. We have several license agreements under which we have been assigned the rights to
certain licensed materials used in our products. Certain of these agreements require us to pay ongoing royalties
based on the number of products shipped containing the licensed material on a quarterly basis. Royalty expense
related to these agreements aggregated $27,053 and $36,645 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013,
respectively.
Following is a summary of our licenses as of December 31, 2014:
License Type
Production software license
agreement
Effective
Date
Expiration
Date
April 2005
April 2015
Terms
Automatically renews for one year periods unless
terminated by either party.
Software sublicense agreement
October 2007
October 2015 Automatically renews for one year periods unless
terminated by either party.
Supply and distribution agreement.
We entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Dragoneye on May 1, 2010 under which we were
granted the exclusive worldwide right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement
device and derivatives to our customers. The term of the agreement was 42 months after the date Dragoneye began
full scale production of the product, which commenced in August 2010 when final certification of the product was
obtained. The agreement had minimum purchase requirements of 1,000 units per period over three commitment
periods. On January 31, 2012, the supply and distribution agreement was amended to reduce the minimum purchase
commitment over the second and third years by 52% compared to the original commitment. We agreed to release
our world-wide right to exclusively market the product to the law enforcement community in exchange for the
reduction in the purchase commitment.
The agreement originally required minimum order quantities that represent a remaining unfulfilled
commitment to acquire $634,680 of product through December 31, 2014. Dragoneye is responsible for all warranty,
damage or other claims, losses or liabilities related to the product and is obligated to defend and indemnify us
against such risks. We held approximately $1,280,000 of such products in finished goods inventory as of December
31, 2014 and had sold approximately 960 units since the beginning of the agreement through December 31, 2014.
We filed a lawsuit on June 15, 2013 against Dragoneye for breaching the contract. See “Legal
Proceedings.” We discontinued purchases of additional units as of that date.
Litigation.
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations. Although
there can be no assurances, based on the information currently available, management believes that it is probable
that the ultimate outcome of each of the actions will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
statements of the Company. However, an adverse outcome in certain of the actions could have a material adverse
effect on the financial results of the Company in the period in which it is recorded.
On June 8, 2009, we filed suit against Z3Technologies, LLC (“Z3”) in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Kansas claiming breach of a production software license agreement entered into during October 2008 and the
rescission of a second limited license agreement entered into during January 2009. Among other claims, we asserted
that Z3 failed to deliver the material required under the contracts; that the product that was delivered by Z3 was
defective and/or unusable; and that the January 2009 contract should be rescinded and declared void, unenforceable
and of no force or effect. We paid license fees and made other payments to Z3 totaling $265,000 under these
contracts. Z3 denied our claims and filed counterclaims that allege we did not have the right to terminate the
contracts and therefore that it was damaged for loss of profits and related damages. In those counterclaims, Z3
sought to recover approximately $4.5 million from us exclusive of “prejudgment interest.” Our insurance carrier
settled a portion of the counterclaims under our director and officer liability insurance policy. The counterclaims that
were not resolved by that settlement remained in controversy.
The trial of those claims began on June 25, 2012 and concluded with a jury verdict on July 3, 2012. The
principal parts of the verdict were (i) an award of $30,000 to us on grounds that Z3 had breached its 2008 contract
with us; (ii) an award of $15,000 in favor of Z3 by finding that we had breached the 2008 contract by failing to pay
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the balance of certain engineering fees; and (iii) an award of $100,000 in favor of Z3 based on the Court’s finding
that we breached the 2009 contract by failing to place an initial order for so-called “DM-365 modules” from Z3. As
a result, the net judgment against us was $85,000. Further, despite our arguments at trial, the court also refused to
reconsider the interlocutory summary judgment rulings rendered against us prior to trial in the amount of $445,000,
which became final upon conclusion of the trial. Accordingly, the total judgment entered against us was $530,000
and no prejudgment interest on that sum was awarded.
Both parties appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and on May 16 2014, the
Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment in part and reversed it in part. As a result of the Court’s decision, the
Company’s obligation to Z3 aggregated approximately $600,697, including pre-judgment and post-judgment
interest. In July 2012 at the inception of the appeal, Digital deposited $662,500 for a bond as security for the
obligation represented by the judgment.
In July 2014 the Company paid the final judgment regarding Z-3 litigation from the funds held in the form
of a bond and classified as restricted cash. The remainder of the funds held in the bond was remitted back to the
Company and the bond was extinguished at that time. The litigation is now completed and no obligations or liabilities
remain between the parties.
On June 5, 2013, we filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas against Dragoneye. We
had entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Dragoneye on May 1, 2010 under which we were granted
the right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement device and derivatives to our
customers under the trade name LaserAlly. The parties amended the agreement on January 31, 2012. In our
complaint we allege that Dragoneye breached the contract because it failed to maintain as confidential information
our customer list; it infringed on our trademarks, including LaserAlly and Digital Ally; it tortiously interfered with
our existing contracts and business relationships with our dealers, distributors, customers and trading partners; and it
engaged in unfair competition under the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Statutes. We amended the complaint to
include claims regarding alleged material defects in the products supplied under the agreement. During 2014, the
parties agreed in principle to resolve their claims; however, the parties have been unable to negotiate the terms of a
final settlement agreement. Under the agreement in principle, we would have paid all outstanding and unpaid
invoices, including interest at 10% per annum, through the date the settlement agreement was to be executed. Such
amount approximated $210,000 and has been recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at December 31,
2014. In return, Dragoneye was to cancel our remaining obligation to purchase LaserAlly products and accept
responsibility for and correct the material defects in the products delivered to us under the contract at its cost. As a
result of the parties’ failure to reach terms of a final settlement, we are now seeking the court to require Dragoneye
to accept the return of all product currently in inventory (approximately $1,280,000) for a full refund as a result of
alleged material defects in the products. We have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment seeking the court to order
Dragoneye to accept the return of all inventory and refund our purchase price. The Court has not yet acted upon our
Motion.
On June 18, 2013, we filed a lawsuit as the plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of
Kansas against BCM Electronics Corp. SDN BHD (“BCM”), which is one of our foreign vendors. We requested the
court to award damages related to the alleged breach of contract regarding the failure of BCM to provide the
component parts required under two purchase orders (“PO’s”). We also asked the court to declare the two PO’s
cancelled and terminated as a result of BCM’s failure to perform. Finally, we requested a temporary, preliminary
and permanent injunction to prohibit BCM from using or disclosing any of our trade secrets together with reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred as a result of this action. The court issued a default judgment against
BCM on August 23, 2013 totaling $255,000 and, as a result, we cancelled the open payables we had with BCM
(approximately $59,000) in the third quarter 2013. We have not accrued any other amounts related to the default
judgment due to the uncertainty of collection. Any recovery will be recorded as income if and when it occurs.
On October 25, 2013, we filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to
eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S.
Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that our mobile video
surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 patent. We became aware that Utility had mailed letters
to current and prospective purchasers of our mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of such
systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 patent would create liability for them for patent
infringement. We reject Utility’s assertion and will vigorously defend the right of end-users to purchase such
systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the
lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The court’s decision
was not a ruling on the merits of the case. We appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit has affirmed the Courts
previous decision.
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In addition, we have begun proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 patent through a request for inter partes review
of the ‘556 patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). We received notice that the
USPTO has granted our request to examine the validity of certain claims of Utility's '556 patent. In its decision, the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board declared that "we are persuaded, on this record, that [Digital Ally] demonstrates a
reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing the unpatentability of claims 1-7 and 9-25 of the '556 patent." Utility
must now appear before the Board and defend the validity of its patent.
On June 4, 2014 we filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”) in the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit we contend that Utility has defamed us and
illegally interfered with our contracts, customer relationships and business expectancies by falsely asserting to our
customers and others that our products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.
Our suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contract and violation of the
Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of one of our employees, in
violation of that employee's Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with us. In addition to damages, we
seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things,
continuing to threaten or otherwise interfere with our customers. The Court is currently hearing testimony and
reviewing evidence relative to our Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, which we
filed contemporaneously with our complaint against Utility.
On June 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
against us alleging infringement of the ‘556 patent.” The suit was served on us on June 20, 2014. As alleged in
our first filed lawsuit described above, we believe the ‘556 patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further,
proceedings seeking to invalidate the ‘556 patent already has been accepted by the USPTO, as noted above. We
believe that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and we will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us.
An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our
business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity. The Court has stayed all proceedings
with respect to this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review being performed by the USPTO.
On or about May 22, 2014, Stephen Gans, a former director and former principal shareholder of us, filed a
complaint in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada that asserts claims against us and Stanton E.
Ross, Leroy C. Richie, Daniel F. Hutchins and Elliot M. Kaplan (the “Defendant Directors”), who are members of
our Board of Directors. We were served with the complaint on May 28, 2014. Among other things, the complaint
alleges (i) that the Defendant Directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to consider a financing proposal
offered by Mr. Gans and his affiliates; and (ii) that the Defendant Directors, acting at the direction of Stanton E.
Ross, did not independently and objectively evaluate Mr. Gans’ protestations about certain alleged transactions
between us and Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., and by so doing, breached their fiduciary duties. We and the
Defendant Directors will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us and them. We and the Defendant
Directors have filed a response denying all of the plaintiff’s allegations and have asserted counter-claims that allege
that Gans committed improper acts that included: (a) failing to disclose the nature and substance of an SEC
investigation of Gans; (b) engaging in potential insider trading; (c) misappropriating our confidential information;
(d) attempting to use his position as a director to personally enrich himself; and (e) making unauthorized,
misleading, and factually inaccurate filings to the SEC about us.
On December 11, 2014, the parties agreed in principle to compromise and dismiss with prejudice
substantially all of their claims. Within the scope of that settlement are each of the “shareholder derivative claims”
which Gans had asserted against us and/or the Defendant Directors. The settlement to which the parties have agreed
will result in no monetary recovery by any party. The Court must approve the settlement of any shareholder
derivative claim, which is set for hearing by court on March 20, 2015. We believe that the settlement will be
approved at that hearing which will conclude this litigation resulting in no material effect on the Company’s
financial position, results of operations and cash flows, although we can offer no assurances in this regard.
We are also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative
proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-
related matters. Management believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be
material to its business or its financial condition.
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401 (k) Plan. We sponsor a 401(k) retirement savings plan for the benefit of our employees. The plan, as
amended, requires us to provide 100% matching contributions for employees who elect to contribute up to 3% of
their compensation to the plan and 50% matching contributions for employee’s elective deferrals on the next 2% of
their contributions. We made matching contributions totaling $156,071 and $125,190 for the years ended December
31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Each participant is 100% vested at all times in employee and employer matching
contributions.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our significant accounting policies are summarized in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements
included in Item 1, “Financial Statements,” of this report. While the selection and application of any accounting
policy may involve some level of subjective judgments and estimates, we believe the following accounting policies
are the most critical to our financial statements, potentially involve the most subjective judgments in their selection
and application, and are the most susceptible to uncertainties and changing conditions:
Revenue Recognition/ Allowance for Doubtful Accounts;
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory;
Warranty Reserves;
Stock-based Compensation Expense;
Accounting for Income Taxes; and
Determination of Fair Value Calculation for Financial Instruments and Derivatives.
Revenue Recognition / Allowances for Doubtful Accounts. Revenue is recognized for the shipment of
products or delivery of service when all four of the following conditions are met:
(i)
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
(ii) Delivery has occurred;
(iii) The price is fixed or determinable; and
(iv) Collectability is reasonably assured.
We review all significant, unusual or nonstandard shipments of product or delivery of services as a routine
part of our accounting and financial reporting process to determine compliance with these requirements.
Our principal customers are state, local and federal law enforcement agencies, which historically have been
low risks for uncollectible accounts. However, we do have commercial customers and international distributors that
present a greater risk for uncollectible accounts than such law enforcement customers and we consider a specific
reserve for bad debts based on their individual circumstances. Our historical bad debts have been negligible, with
less than $148,000 charged off as uncollectible on cumulative revenues of $165.9 million since we commenced
deliveries during 2006. As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we had provided a reserve for doubtful
accounts of $65,977 and $55,033, respectively.
We periodically perform a specific review of significant individual receivables outstanding for risk of loss
due to uncollectibility. Based on our specific review, we consider our reserve for doubtful accounts to be adequate
as of December 31, 2014. However, if the balance due from any significant customer ultimately becomes
uncollectible, then our allowance for bad debts will not be sufficient to cover the charge-off and we will be required
to record additional bad debt expense in our statement of operations.
Allowance for Excess and Obsolete Inventory. We record valuation reserves on our inventory for
estimated excess or obsolete inventory items. The amount of the reserve is equal to the difference between the cost
of the inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market
conditions. On a quarterly basis, management performs an analysis of the underlying inventory to identify reserves
needed for excess and obsolescence. Management uses its best judgment to estimate appropriate reserves based on
this analysis. In addition, we adjust the carrying value of inventory if the current market value of that inventory is
below its cost.
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Inventories consisted of the following at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
Raw material and component parts .........................
Work-in-process ......................................................
Finished goods ........................................................
Subtotal ...........................................................
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory .............
Total ................................................................
December 31,
2014
$2,987,124
280,429
6,576,480
December 31,
2013
$2,204,216
5,714
6,097,254
9,844,033
(600,578)
$ 9,243,455
8,307,184
(260,713)
$ 8,046,471
We balance the need to maintain strategic inventory levels to ensure competitive delivery performance to
our customers against the risk of inventory obsolescence due to changing technology and customer requirements.
As reflected above, our inventory reserves represented 6.1% of the gross inventory balance at December 31, 2014,
compared to 3.1% of the gross inventory balance at December 31, 2013. Finished goods at December 31, 2014
consist primarily of the Laser Ally products, and reasonable levels of our DVM-500 Plus and DVM-750 products
for expected orders. Raw material inventory balances were 36% higher at December 31, 2014 compared to
December 31, 2013, due to increased forecasts for FirstVU HD and DVM-750 products and the need to secure long
lead time inventory components in advance of production. The increase in the inventory reserve is due to the
change in sales mix to the DVM-800 platform, which has resulted in a higher level of excess component parts of the
older versions of our legacy products. We believe the reserves are appropriate given our inventory levels at
December 31, 2014.
If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management or
significant engineering changes to our products that are not anticipated and appropriately managed, additional
inventory write-downs may be required in excess of the inventory reserves already established.
Warranty Reserves. We generally provide up to a two-year parts and labor warranty on our products to our
customers. Provisions for estimated expenses related to product warranties are made at the time products are sold.
These estimates are established using historical information on the nature, frequency, and average cost of claims.
We actively study trends of claims and take action to improve product quality and minimize claims. Our warranty
reserves were increased to $247,082 as of December 31, 2014 compared to $167,970 as of December 31, 2013,
which reflects the increased number of units under warranty and the resolution of the wireless transfer module
failures experienced in early 2012. We recently introduced the FirstVU HD and DVM-800, for which we have
limited experience and will monitor our reserve for all warranty claims. There is a risk that we will have higher
warranty claim frequency rates and average cost of claims than our history has indicated on our legacy mirror
products on our new products for which we have limited experience. Actual experience could differ from the
amounts estimated requiring adjustments to these liabilities in future periods.
Stock-based Compensation Expense. We grant stock options to our employees and directors and such
benefits provided are share-based payment awards that require us to make significant estimates related to
determining the value of our share-based compensation. Our expected stock-price volatility assumption is based on
historical volatilities of the underlying stock which are obtained from public data sources and there were 24,000
options granted during the year ended December 31, 2014
If factors change and we develop different assumptions in future periods, the compensation expense that we
record in the future may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period. There is a high
degree of subjectivity involved when using option pricing models to estimate share-based compensation. Changes
in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect our estimates of fair values of our share-based
compensation. Certain share-based payment awards, such as employee stock options, may expire worthless or
otherwise result in zero intrinsic value compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and
reported in our financial statements. Alternatively, values may be realized from these instruments that are
significantly in excess of the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial
statements. Although the fair value of employee share-based awards is determined using an established option
pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market
transaction.
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In addition, we are required to net estimated forfeitures against compensation expense. This requires us to
estimate the number of awards that will be forfeited prior to vesting. If actual forfeitures in future periods are
different than our initial estimate, the compensation expense that we ultimately record may differ significantly from
what was originally estimated. The estimated forfeiture rate for unvested options outstanding as of December 31,
2014 range from 0% to 10%.
Accounting for Income Taxes. Accounting for income taxes requires significant estimates and judgments
on the part of management. Such estimates and judgments include, but are not limited to, the effective tax rate
anticipated to apply to tax differences that are expected to reverse in the future, the sufficiency of taxable income in
future periods to realize the benefits of net deferred tax assets and net operating losses currently recorded and the
likelihood that tax positions taken in tax returns will be sustained on audit.
As required by authoritative guidance, we record deferred tax assets or liabilities based on differences
between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using currently enacted rates that will be in effect
when the differences are expected to reverse. Authoritative guidance also requires that deferred tax assets be
reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will
not be realized. As of December 31, 2013, cumulative valuation allowances in the amount of $7,970,000 were
recorded in connection with the net deferred income tax assets. Based on a review of our deferred tax assets and
recent operating performance, we determined that our valuation allowance should be increased to $12,692,000 to
fully reserve our deferred tax assets at December 31, 2014. We determined that it was appropriate to continue to
provide a full valuation reserve on our net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014 because of the overall net
operating loss carryforwards available. We expect to continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until we
determine that we can sustain a level of profitability that demonstrates our ability to realize these assets. To the
extent we determine that the realization of some or all of these benefits is more likely than not based upon expected
future taxable income, a portion or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed. Such a reversal would be
recorded as an income tax benefit and, for some portion related to deductions for stock option exercises, an increase
in shareholders' equity.
As required by authoritative guidance, we have performed a comprehensive review of our portfolio of
uncertain tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by the FASB, an uncertain tax position
represents our expected treatment of a tax position taken in a filed tax return, or planned to be taken in a future tax
return, that has not been reflected in measuring income tax expense for financial reporting purposes. We have no
recorded liability as of December 31, 2014 representing uncertain tax positions.
We have generated substantial deferred income tax assets related to our operations primarily from the
charge to compensation expense taken for stock options, certain tax credit carryforwards and net operating loss
carryforwards. For us to realize the income tax benefit of these assets, we must generate sufficient taxable income
in future periods when such deductions are allowed for income tax purposes. In some cases where deferred taxes
were the result of compensation expense recognized on stock options, our ability to realize the income tax benefit of
these assets is also dependent on our share price increasing to a point where these options have intrinsic value at
least equal to the grant date fair value and are exercised. In assessing whether a valuation allowance is needed in
connection with our deferred income tax assets, we have evaluated our ability to generate sufficient taxable income
in future periods to utilize the benefit of the deferred income tax assets. We continue to evaluate our ability to use
recorded deferred income tax asset balances. If we fail to generate taxable income for financial reporting in future
years, no additional tax benefit would be recognized for those losses, since we will not have accumulated enough
positive evidence to support our ability to utilize net operating loss carryforwards in the future. Therefore, we may
be required to increase our valuation allowance in future periods should our assumptions regarding the generation of
future taxable income not be realized.
Determination of Fair Value for Financial Instruments and Derivatives. During 2014 in two separate
transactions the Company issued a total of $6.0 million of secured convertible notes with detachable warrants to
purchase common stock. The Company elected to record the secured convertible notes on their fair value basis. In
addition, the warrants to purchase common stock contained anti-dilution provisions that required them to be
accounted for as derivative liabilities. Management was required to determine the fair value of these financial
instruments outstanding as of the December 31, 2014 for financial reporting purposes.
In accordance with ASC Topic 820 — Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), the
Company utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market
approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or
comparable assets, liabilities or a group of assets or liabilities, such as a business.
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ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure
fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:
•
•
•
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active markets for similar
assets or liabilities)
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining
the fair value)
The following table represents the Company’s hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair
value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014.
Liabilities
Secured convertible note
Warrant derivative liabilities
Inflation and Seasonality
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ 3,273,431
$ 2,186,214
$ 5,459,645
$ 3,273,431
$ 2,186,214
$ 5,459,645
Inflation has not materially affected us during the past fiscal year. We do not believe that our business is
seasonal in nature however; generally we generate higher revenues during the second half of the calendar year
compared to the first half.
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The financial statements of the Company are included as an exhibit to this annual report on Form 10-K
commencing on page F-1.
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures.
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of
our disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the control objectives, as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their evaluation as of
December 31, 2014, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our principal executive
officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a
reasonable assurance level to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including this Annual Report, were recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and was accumulated and communicated to
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management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed 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 and includes those policies and procedures that:
Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of our assets;
Provide reasonable assurance that the transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts
and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and
directors; and
Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use
or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those
systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement
preparation and presentation. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the
risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In connection with the filing of this annual report on Form 10-K, our management assessed the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014. In making this assessment,
our management used the criteria set forth by 1992 Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our assessment using the
framework in 1992 Internal Control – Integrated Framework, management believes that, as of December 31, 2014,
our internal control over financial reporting is effective.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding
internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that
permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the year ended
December 31, 2014, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls
over financial reporting.
Item 9B.
Other Information.
None.
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Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
PART III
Information with respect to our directors and executive officers, is incorporated herein by reference to our
definitive proxy statement, to be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014 (our “2015 Proxy
Statement”).
Information with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, is incorporated herein by reference to our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Information with respect to our code of business conduct and ethics is incorporated herein by reference to
our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Information with respect to our corporate governance disclosures is incorporated herein by reference to our
2015 Proxy Statement.
Item 11.
Executive Compensation.
Information with respect to the compensation of our executive officers and our directors is incorporated
herein by reference to our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters.
Information with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related
stockholder matters, is incorporated herein by reference to our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Information with respect to certain relationships and related transactions, and director independence is
incorporated herein by reference to our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
Information with respect to the fees paid to and services provided by our principal accountants is
incorporated herein by reference to our 2015 Proxy Statement.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
PART IV
(a)
The following documents are filed as part of this annual report on Form 10-K:
1.
Consolidated Financial Statements:
The consolidated financial statements required to be included in Part II, Item 8, Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data, begin on Page F-1 and are submitted as a separate section of
this annual report.
2.
Financial Statement Schedules:
All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or are not required, or because the
required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes in this annual
report.
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Filed
Herewith
3.
Exhibits:
Exhibit
Number
2.1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4.1
4.2
5.1
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
10.11
10.12
10.13
Description
Plan of Merger among Vegas Petra, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and
Digital Ally, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its stockholders, dated
November 30, 2004.
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated
December 13, 2004.
Amended and Restated By-laws of Registrant.
Audit Committee Charter, dated September 22, 2005.
Compensation Committee Charter, dated September 22, 2005
Nominating Committee Charter dated December 27, 2007.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
Nominating and Governance Charter, Amended and Restated as of
February 25, 2010.
Strategic Planning Committee Charter, dated June 28, 2009.
Certificate of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209 of Digital Ally, Inc.
Form of Common Stock Certificate.
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
Opinion of Quarles & Brady LLP as to the legality of securities being
registered (includes consent).
2005 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
2006 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
Form of Stock Option Agreement (ISO and Non-Qualified) 2005
Stock Option Plan.
Form of Stock Option Agreement (ISO and Non-Qualified) 2006
Stock Option Plan.
Promissory Note Extension between Registrant and Acme Resources,
LLC, dated May 4, 2006, in the principal amount of $500,000.
Promissory Note between Registrant and Acme Resources, LLC,
dated September 1, 2004, in the principal amount of $500,000.
Promissory Note Extension between Registrant and Acme Resources,
LLC, dated October 31, 2006.
Software License Agreement with Ingenient Technologies, Inc.,
dated March 15, 2004.*
Software License Agreement with Ingenient Technologies, Inc.,
dated April 5, 2005.*
Stock Option Agreement with Daniels & Kaplan, P.C., dated
September 25, 2006.
Memorandum of Understanding with Tri Square Communications
(Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. dated November 29, 2005.
2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
Form of Stock Option Agreement (ISO and Non-Qualified) 2007
Stock Option Plan.
10.14
Amendment to 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
10.15
2008 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
10.16
Form of Stock Option Agreement (ISO and Non-Qualified) 2008
Stock Option Plan.
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Incorporated by Reference to:
Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Form SB-2,
filed October 16, 2006, No. 333-138025
(the “October 2006 Form SB-2).
Exhibit 3.1 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 3.2 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 3.3 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 3.4 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 3.5 of the Annual Report on Form
10KSB for the Year ending December 31,
2007.
Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form
8-K dated November 20, 2009.
Exhibit 3.7 of the Annual Report on Form
10K for the Year ending December 31,
2009.
Exhibit 3.8 of the Annual Report on Form
10K for the Year ending December 31,
2009.
Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed August 30,
2012.
Exhibit 4.1 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 4.2 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 5.1 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
Exhibit 10.1 of the October 2006 Form SB-
2.
Exhibit 10.2 of the October 2006 Form SB-
2.
Exhibit 10.3 of the October 2006 Form SB-
2.
Exhibit 10.4 of the October 2006 Form SB-
2.
Exhibit 10.5 of the October 2006 Form SB-
2.
Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Amendment
No. 1 to Form SB-2, filed January 31, 2007,
No. 333-138025 (“Amendment No. 1 to
Form SB-2”)
Exhibit 10.7 of Amendment No. 1 to Form
SB-2.
Exhibit 10.8 of Amendment No. 1 to Form
SB-2.
Exhibit 10.9 of Amendment No. 1 to Form
SB-2.
Exhibit 10.10 of Amendment No. 1 to Form
SB-2.
Exhibit 10.11 of Amendment No. 1 to Form
SB-2.
Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Form S-8,
filed October 23, 2007, No. 333-146874.
Exhibit 10.13 of the Annual Report on
Form 10KSB for the Year ending December
31, 2007.
Exhibit 10.14 of the Annual Report on
Form 10KSB for the Year ending December
31, 2007.
Exhibit 10.15 of the Annual Report on
Form 10KSB for the Year ending December
31, 2007.
Exhibit 10.16 of the Annual Report on
Form 10KSB for the Year ending December
31, 2007.
10.18
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
10.23
10.24
10.25
10.26
10.27
10.28
10.29
10.30
10.31
10.32
10.33
10.34
10.35
10.36
10.37
10.38
10.39
10.40
10.41
10.42
10.43
10.44
10.45
10.46
10.47
10.17
Promissory Note with Enterprise Bank dated February 13, 2009.
First Amendment to Promissory Note with Enterprise Bank dated
February 13, 2009.
First Amendment to Promissory Note with Enterprise Bank dated
June 30, 2009.
Modification and Renewal of Promissory Note with Enterprise Bank
dated February 1, 2010.
Forms of Restricted Stock Agreement for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plans.
Loan Modification or Renewal Agreement of Promissory Note with
Enterprise Bank dated March 2, 2011.
2011 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
Exhibit 10.17 of the Annual Report on
Form 10KSB for the Year ending December
31, 2007.
Exhibit 10.18 of the Annual Report on
Form 10K for the Year ending December
31, 2008.
Exhibit 10.19 of the Quarterly Report on
Form 10Q for the Quarter ending June 30,
2008.
Exhibit 10.20 of the Annual Report on
Form 10K for the Year ending December
31, 2009.
Exhibit 10.21 of the Annual Report on
Form 10K for the Year ending December
31, 2009.
Exhibit 10.22 of the Annual Report on
Form 10K for the Year ending December
31, 2010.
Exhibit 10.23 to Form 8-K filed June 1,
2011
Exhibit 10.24 to Form 8-K filed June 1,
2011
Form of Stock Option Agreement for 2011 Stock Option and
Restricted Stock Plan
8% Subordinated Promissory Note in principal amount of $1,500,000 Exhibit 10.25 to Form 8-K filed June 3,
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
2011
Exhibit 10.26 to Form 8-K filed June 3,
2011
8% Subordinated Promissory Note in principal amount of $1,000,000 Exhibit 10.27 to Form 8-K filed November
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Allonge to 8% Subordinated Promissory Note in principal amount of
$1,000,000
Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Second Allonge to 8% Subordinated Note, dated July 24, 2012.
Allonge to 8% Subordinated Note ($1.0 million) dated July 24, 2012.
Second Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrants (300,000
shares) dated July 24, 2012.
Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrants (150,000 shares)
dated July 24, 2012.
Third Allonge to 8% Subordinated Note, dated December 4, 2013.
Second Allonge to 8% Subordinated Note ($1.0 million) dated
December 4, 2013.
Common Stock Purchase Warrant (40,000 shares), dated December
4, 2013
Securities Purchase Agreement
Registration Rights Agreement
Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note
Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
Pledge and Security Agreement
Patent Assignment for Security
Trademarks Assignment for Security
Guaranty
Deposit Account Control Agreement
Form of Voting Agreement
10, 2011
Exhibit 10.28 to Form 8-K filed November
10, 2011
Exhibit 10.29 to Form 8-K filed November
10, 2011
Exhibit 10.30 to Form 8-K filed November
10, 2011
Exhibit 10.31 to Form 8-K filed July 30,
2012
Exhibit 10.32 to Form 8-K filed July 30,
2012
Exhibit 10.33 to Form 8-K filed July 30,
2012
Exhibit 10.34 to Form 8-K filed July 30,
2012
Exhibit 10.35 to Form 8-K filed December
9, 2013
Exhibit 10.36 to Form 8-K filed December
9, 2013
Exhibit 10.37 to Form 8-K filed December
9, 2013
Exhibit 10.38 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.39 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.40 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.41 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.42 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.43 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.44 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.45 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.46 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.47 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
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10.48
10.49
10.50
10.51
10.52
10.53
10.54
10.55
10.56
10.57
10.58
10.59
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Securities Purchase Agreement
Registration Rights Agreement
Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note
Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement
Patent Assignment for Security
Trademarks Assignment for Security
Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement
Deposit Account Control Agreement-incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.46 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
March 25, 2014
Form of Voting Agreement
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
10.60
Reaffirmation Agreement
10.61
10.62
14.1
Senior Secured Convertible Note
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.
21.1
Subsidiaries of Registrant
23.1
23.2
24.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
99.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP (Included in 5.1 above)
Power of Attorney.
Certificate of Stanton E. Ross, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant
to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certificate of Stanton E. Ross, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certificate of Thomas J. Heckman, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Audited Financial Statements of Digital Ally, Inc. as of and for the
years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
XBRL Instance Document.
101.INS**
101.SCH** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL** XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.LAB** XBRL Taxonomy Labels Linkbase Document.
101.PRE** XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.
Exhibit 10.48 to Form 8-K filed March 21,
2014
Exhibit 10.49 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.50 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.51 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.52 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.53 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.54 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.55 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.56 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.57 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.58 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.59 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.60 to Form 8-K filed August 25,
2014
Exhibit 10.61 to Form 8-K filed August 28,
2014
Exhibit 10.62 to Form 8-K filed August 28,
2014
Exhibit 3.5 of the Annual Report on Form
10KSB for the Year ending December 31,
2007.
Exhibit 21.1 of the Annual Report on Form
10K for the Year ending December 31,
2014.
Exhibit 5.1 of the October 2006 Form SB-2.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
* Information marked [*] has been omitted pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Request filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been granted has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
** The XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this annual report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability of that Section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
filing or document.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
DIGITAL ALLY, INC.,
a Nevada corporation
By:
/s/ STANTON E. ROSS
Stanton E. Ross
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Stanton E. Ross to execute in the name of each such
person who is then an officer or director of the registrant, and to file, any amendments to this Annual Report on
Form 10-K necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, which
amendments may make such changes in such Report as such attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been
signed below by following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature and Title
/s/ STANTON E. ROSS
Stanton E. Ross, Director and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ LEROY C. RICHIE
Leroy C. Richie, Director
/s/ ELLIOT M. KAPLAN
Elliot M. Kaplan, Director
/s/ DANIEL F. HUTCHINS
Daniel F. Hutchins, Director
/s/ THOMAS J. HECKMAN
Thomas J. Heckman, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and
Principal Accounting Officer
Date
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
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DIGITAL ALLY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page(s)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm .......................................
F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2014 and 2013 .................................
F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013 ...............................................................................
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013 ...............................................................................
F-4
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013 ..............................................................................
F-6 - F-7
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements ......................................................... F-8 - F-25
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors
Digital Ally, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Digital Ally, Inc. (a Nevada
corporation) and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of
its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control
over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Digital Ally, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31,
2014 and 2013, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Kansas City, Missouri
March 23, 2015
F-2
DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND DECEMBER 31, 2013
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
Current assets:
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents ...................................................................................................
Restricted cash .....................................................................................................................
Accounts receivable-trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $65,977 – 2014 and $55,033 – 2013............................................................................
Accounts receivable-other ...................................................................................................
Inventories ..........................................................................................................................
Prepaid expenses .................................................................................................................
$ 3,049,716
1,500,000
$ 454,978
—
3,043,899
139,204
9,243,455
372,326
1,835,780
153,563
8,046,471
402,823
Total current assets ......................................................................................
17,348,600
10,893,615
Furniture, fixtures and equipment ...............................................................................................
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization ........................................................................
4,228,139
3,182,473
4,559,504
3,621,432
Restricted cash ............................................................................................................................
Intangible assets, net ...................................................................................................................
Other assets .................................................................................................................................
1,045,666
938,072
—
245,684
234,342
662,500
267,281
245,045
Total assets ..........................................................................................................................
$18,874,292
$13,006,513
Current liabilities:
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable .................................................................................................................
Accrued expenses ................................................................................................................
Secured convertible note payable-current ............................................................................
Subordinated note payable-current, net of discount of $55,187 – 2014 and $0 – 2013 .....
Derivative liabilities ............................................................................................................
Capital lease obligation-current ...........................................................................................
Deferred revenue-current .....................................................................................................
Income taxes payable ...........................................................................................................
Customer deposits................................................................................................................
$ 2,410,876
1,142,973
2,019,720
2,444,813
2,186,214
61,140
138,052
7,954
1,878
$ 1,441,151
1,471,458
—
—
—
91,279
6,000
8,615
1,878
Total current liabilities .................................................................................
10,413,620
3,020,381
Long-term liabilities:
Subordinated note payable-long term, net of discount of $0 – 2014 and $187,634 – 2013
Secured convertible note payable-long term, at fair value ...................................................
Litigation accrual-long term ................................................................................................
Capital lease obligation-long term .......................................................................................
Deferred revenue-long term .................................................................................................
—
1,253,711
—
3,849
939,100
2,312,366
—
530,000
64,989
24,000
Total long term liabilities ............................................................................................................
2,196,660
2,931,355
Commitments and contingencies .................................................................................................
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 9,375,000 shares authorized; shares
issued: 3,092,497 – 2014 and 2,284,048 – 2013 ..............................................................
Additional paid in capital .....................................................................................................
Treasury stock, at cost (shares: 63,518 – 2014 and 63,518 - 2013) .....................................
Accumulated deficit .............................................................................................................
3,092
33,326,908
(2,157,226)
2,284
24,955,220
(2,157,226)
(24,908,762)
(15,745,501)
Total stockholders’ equity ............................................................................
6,264,012
7,054,777
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity ................................................................
$18,874,292
$13,006,513
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013
Year ended
December 31,
2014
2013
Product revenue ........................................................................................
Other revenue ..............................................................................................
Total revenue ...............................................................................................
Cost of revenue ............................................................................................
Gross profit ........................................................................................
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Research and development expense ...................................................
Selling, advertising and promotional expense ....................................
Stock-based compensation expense ...................................................
Litigation charges and related expenses .............................................
General and administrative expense ...................................................
Total selling, general and administrative expenses ......................................
Operating loss ....................................................................................
Interest income ............................................................................................
Change in warrant derivative liabilities .......................................................
Change in fair value of secured convertible notes payable ..........................
Secured convertible note payable issuance expense ....................................
Other income (expense) ...............................................................................
Interest expense ...........................................................................................
Loss before income tax expense
Income tax expense (benefit) .......................................................................
....................................................................................................
Net loss
Net loss per share information:
$16,889,224
555,195
17,444,419
7,521,626
9,922,793
2,905,407
3,340,764
834,593
—
5,731,223
12,811,987
(2,889,194)
13,660
(4,516,162)
(687,166)
(579,066)
(5,589)
(499,744)
(9,163,261)
—
$(9,163,261)
$17,012,827
813,502
17,826,329
7,717,839
10,108,490
3,669,022
2,699,884
705,612
208,316
5,076,098
12,358,932
(2,250,442)
11,390
—
—
—
19,073
(277,961)
(2,497,940)
—
$(2,497,940)
Basic ...................................................................................................
Diluted ...............................................................................................
$ (3.54)
$ (3.54)
$ (1.17)
$ (1.17)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic ...................................................................................................
Diluted ...............................................................................................
2,590,002
2,590,002
2,135,016
2,135,016
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013
Balance, January 1, 2013 ......................................................
Common Stock
Shares
2,099,082
Amount
$2,099
Additional
Paid In
Capital
Treasury
stock
$23,304,401
$(2,157,226)
Accumulated
deficit
$(13,247,561)
Total
$7,901,713
Stock-based compensation ...................................................
—
—
705,612
Restricted common stock grant ............................................
100,000
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options...
81,801
100
82
(100)
740,200
Common shares surrendered in connection with cashless
exercise of stock options .................................................
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of common stock
purchase warrants ............................................................
Common shares surrendered in connection with cashless
exercise of common stock purchase warrants .................
Issuance of common stock purchase warrants related to
extension of subordinated note payable...........................
Net loss .................................................................................
(381)
(1)
(3,336)
4,687
5
18,739
(1,141)
(1)
(16,116)
—
—
—
—
205,820
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(2,497,940)
705,612
—
740,282
(3,337)
18,744
(16,117)
205,820
(2,497,940)
Balance, January 1, 2014 ......................................................
2,284,048
2,284
24,955,220
(2,157,226)
(15,745,501)
7,054,777
Stock-based compensation ...................................................
—
—
834,593
Restricted common stock grant ............................................
192,500
Restricted common stock forfeitures ....................................
(6,190)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options...
100,637
192
(6)
101
(192)
6
835,168
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of common stock
purchase warrants ............................................................
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of secured
convertible note payable to equity ..................................
Issuance of common stock for accrued interest on secured
convertible note payable that was converted to equity ...
Common shares surrendered in connection with cashless
exercise of common stock purchase warrants .................
Common shares surrendered in connection with cashless
exercise of stock options ................................................
Net loss .................................................................................
221,820
222
4,405,455
316,716
317
2,294,339
484
0
2,963
(17,447)
(17)
17
(71)
—
(1)
—
(661)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(9,163,261)
834,593
—
—
835,269
4,405,677
2,294,656
2.963
—
(662)
(9,163,261)
Balance, December 31, 2014 ................................................
3,092,497
$3,092
$33,326,908
$(2,157,226)
$(24,908,762)
$ 6,264,012
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net loss ................................................................................................
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows
used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization .....................................................
Loss on equipment disposal .........................................................
Secured convertible note payable expenses .................................
Stock based compensation ...........................................................
Change in derivative liabilities ....................................................
Change in fair value of secured convertible note payable ............
Provision for inventory obsolescence ..........................................
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable ..................................
Change in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in:
Accounts receivable - trade..........................................................
Accounts receivable - other .........................................................
Inventories ...................................................................................
Prepaid expenses..........................................................................
Other assets ..................................................................................
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable .........................................................................
Accrued expenses ........................................................................
Litigation accrual .........................................................................
Income taxes payable ...................................................................
Deferred revenue .........................................................................
2014
2013
$(9,163,261)
$(2,497,940)
605,792
2,135
579,066
834,593
4,516,162
687,166
339,865
4,341
(1,219,063)
20,962
(1,536,849)
(15,118)
10,703
969,725
(325,522)
(530,000)
(661)
1,047,152
428,999
—
—
705,612
—
—
(116,617)
(15,160)
1,136,034
(82,415)
(635,133)
(115,217)
(3,599)
(79,056)
677,934
—
1,898
30,000
Net cash used in operating activities ....................................................
(3,172,812)
(564,660)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of furniture, fixtures and equipment ...................................
Additions to intangible assets ..............................................................
Restricted cash related to secured convertible note .............................
Restricted cash for appealed litigation .................................................
Net cash used in investing activities ....................................................
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from secured convertible notes payable ...............................
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants ........................
Debt issuance expense for secured convertible notes payable .............
Payments on capital lease obligation ...................................................
(433,932)
(76,887)
(1,500,000)
662,500
(1,348,319)
6,000,000
1,786,214
(579,066)
(91,279)
(275,468)
(61,525)
—
—
(336,993)
—
739,572
(10,000)
(76,113)
Net cash provided by financing activities ............................................
7,115,869
653,459
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents .................................. 2,594,738
(248,194)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ..........................................
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ....................................................
454,978
703,172
$ 3,049,716 $454,978
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash payments for interest...................................................................
$ 264,696 $ 215,664
Cash payments for income taxes .........................................................
$ 10,661
$ 3,923
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Restricted common stock grant ............................................................
$ 192
$ 100
Restricted common stock forfeitures ....................................................
$ (6)
$ —
Issuance of common stock purchase warrants for issuance costs of
subordinated notes payable ................................................................
$ —
$ 205,820
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2014
2013
Capital expenditures financed by capital lease obligations ..................
$ —
$ 45,371
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and
warrants ..............................................................................................
$ 835,269
$ —
Common stock surrendered in cashless exercise of stock options and
warrants ..............................................................................................
$ 662
$ —
Conversion of secured convertible note into common stock ..................
$ 2,294,656
Issuance of stock purchase warrants with convertible note payable .......
$ 2 ,393,905
$ —
$ —
Issuance of common stock for accrued interest ......................................
$ 2,963
$ —
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Business:
Digital Ally, Inc. (the “Digital Ally”) and subsidiary (collectively, the “Company”) produces digital video
imaging, audio recording and related storage products for use in law enforcement and security applications. Its
current products are an in-car digital video/audio recorder contained in a rear-view mirror for use in law
enforcement and commercial fleets, a weather-resistant mobile digital video recording system for use on
motorcycles, ATV’s and boats, a miniature digital video system designed to be worn on an individual’s body; a
system that provides our law enforcement customers with audio/video surveillance from multiple vantage points; a
digital video/audio recorder contained in a flashlight sold to law enforcement agencies and other security
organizations; and a hand-held laser speed detection device that it is offering primarily to law enforcement agencies.
The Company has active research and development programs to adapt its technologies to other applications. The
Company has the ability to integrate electronic, radio, computer, mechanical, and multi-media technologies to create
unique solutions to address needs in a variety of other industries and markets, including mass transit, school bus, taxi
cab and the military.
The Company was originally incorporated in Nevada on December 13, 2000 as Vegas Petra, Inc. and had no
operations until 2004. On November 30, 2004, Vegas Petra, Inc. entered into a Plan of Merger with Digital Ally,
Inc., at which time the merged entity was renamed Digital Ally, Inc.
The following is a summary of the Company’s Significant Accounting Policies:
Basis of Consolidation:
The accompanying financial statements include the consolidated accounts of Digital Ally and its wholly-
owned subsidiaries, Digital Ally International, Inc, and Medical Devices Ally, LLC. All intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated during consolidation.
Digital Ally formed Digital Ally International, Inc. during August 2009 to facilitate the export sales of its
products. In addition, Medical Devices Ally, LLC was formed in July 2014 and has been inactive since formation.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
The carrying amounts of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts
receivable, accounts payable and subordinated note payable, approximate fair value because of the short-term nature
of these items. The Company accounts
for its secured convertible notes payable and derivative liabilities on its fair value basis.
Revenue Recognition:
Revenues from the sale of products are recorded when the product is shipped, title and risk of loss have
transferred to the purchaser, payment terms are fixed or determinable and payment is reasonably assured.
Customers do not have a right to return the product other than for warranty reasons for which they would only
receive repair services or replacement product.
The Company sells its products and services to law enforcement and commercial customers in the following
manner:
Sales to domestic customers are made direct to the end customer (typically a law enforcement
agency or a commercial customer) through its direct sales force, which is composed of its
employees. Revenue is recorded when the product is shipped to the end customer.
Sales to international customers are made through independent distributors who purchase products
from the Company at a wholesale price and sell to the end user (typically law enforcement agencies
or a commercial customer) at a retail price. The distributor retains the margin as its compensation
for its role in the transaction. The distributor generally maintains product inventory, customer
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receivables and all related risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue is recorded when the product is
shipped to the distributor consistent with the terms of the distribution agreement.
Repair parts and services for domestic and international customers are generally handled by our
inside customer service employees. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the repair parts and
acceptance of the service or materials by the end customer.
Sales taxes collected on products sold are excluded from revenues and are reported as an accrued expense in
the accompanying balance sheets until payments are remitted.
Other revenue is comprised of revenues from repair services and the sale of scrap and excess raw material and
component parts. Revenue is recognized upon shipment of the product and acceptance of the service or materials by
the end customer.
Extended warranties are offered on selected products and when a customer purchases an extended warranty
the associated proceeds are treated as deferred revenue and recognized over the term of the extended warranty.
Sales returns and allowances aggregated $558,943 and $653,884 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and
2013, respectively. Obligations for sales returns and allowances are recognized at the time of sales on an accrual
basis. The accrual is determined based upon historical return rates adjusted for known changes in key variables
affecting these return rates.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America 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 amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents include funds on hand, in bank and short-term investments with original maturities
of ninety (90) days or less.
Cash and cash equivalents that are restricted as to withdrawal or use under the terms of the secured note
payable are presented as restricted cash separate from cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet.
Accounts Receivable:
Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful receivables
based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a weekly basis. The Company determines the allowance for
doubtful accounts by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial
condition, credit history, and current economic conditions. Trade receivables are written off when deemed
uncollectible. Recoveries of trade receivables previously written off are recorded when received.
A trade receivable is considered to be past due if any portion of the receivable balance is outstanding for more
than thirty (30) days beyond terms. No interest is charged on overdue trade receivables.
Inventories:
Inventories consist of electronic parts, circuitry boards, camera parts and ancillary parts (collectively,
“components”), work-in-process and finished goods, and are carried at the lower of cost (First-in, First-out Method)
or market value. The Company determines the estimate for the reserve for slow moving or obsolete inventories by
regularly evaluating individual inventory levels, projected sales and current economic conditions.
Furniture, fixtures and equipment:
Furniture, fixtures and equipment is stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation. Additions and
improvements are capitalized while ordinary maintenance and repair expenditures are charged to expense as
incurred. Depreciation is recorded by the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset, which
ranges from three to ten years.
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Intangible assets:
Intangible assets include deferred patent costs and license agreements. Legal expenses incurred in preparation
of patent application have been deferred and will be amortized over the useful life of granted patents. Costs incurred
in preparation of applications that are not granted will be charged to expense at that time. The Company has entered
into several sublicense agreements under which it has been assigned the exclusive rights to certain licensed materials
used in its products. These sublicense agreements generally require upfront payments to obtain the exclusive rights
to such material. The Company capitalizes the upfront payments as intangible assets and amortizes such costs over
their estimated useful life.
Debt:
The Company’s debt securities are accounted for at amortized cost, except where the Company has elected to
account for its secured convertible notes payable on its fair value basis.
Long-Lived Assets:
Long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment and purchased intangible assets subject to
amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for
possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or
asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an
undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair
value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models,
quoted market values and third-party appraisals, as considered necessary. As of December 31, 2014 and December
31, 2013, there were no impairment indicators that required the Company to test for impairment in the carrying
value of long-lived assets.
Warranties:
The Company’s products carry explicit product warranties that extend up to two years from the date of
shipment. The Company records a provision for estimated warranty costs based upon historical warranty loss
experience and periodically adjusts these provisions to reflect actual experience. Accrued warranty costs are
included in accrued expenses. Extended warranties are offered on selected products and when a customer purchases
an extended warranty the associated proceeds are treated as deferred revenue and recognized over the term of the
extended warranty.
Customer Deposits:
The Company requires deposits in advance of shipment for certain customer sales orders, in particular when
accepting orders from foreign customers for which the Company does not have a payment history. Customer
deposits are reflected as a current liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Shipping and Handling Costs:
Shipping and handling costs for outbound sales orders totaled $70,889 and $80,127 for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Such costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses
in the statements of operations.
Advertising Costs:
Advertising expense includes costs related to trade shows and conventions, promotional material and supplies,
and media costs. Advertising costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. The Company incurred
total advertising expense of approximately $611,175 and $461,895 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and
2013, respectively. Such costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated
statements of operations.
Income Taxes:
Deferred taxes are provided for by the liability method wherein deferred tax assets are recognized for
deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are
recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when,
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in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of
enactment.
The Company applies the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 740 - Income Taxes that provides a framework for accounting for uncertainty
in income taxes and provided a comprehensive model to recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial
statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. It initially recognizes tax positions
in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax
authorities. Such tax positions are initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is
greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of
the position and all relevant facts. Application requires numerous estimates based on available information. The
Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating its tax positions and tax benefits, and it recognized
tax positions and tax benefits may not accurately anticipate actual outcomes. As it obtains additional information,
the Company may need to periodically adjust its recognized tax positions and tax benefits. These periodic
adjustments may have a material impact on its consolidated statements of operations.
The Company’s policy is to record estimated interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income
taxes as income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations. There was no interest expense related to
the underpayment of estimated taxes during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. There have been no
penalties in 2014 and 2013.
Research and Development Expenses:
The Company expenses all research and development costs as incurred. Development costs of computer
software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when a product’s
technological feasibility has been established and ending when a product is available for general release to
customers. In most instances, the Company’s products are released soon after technological feasibility has been
established. Costs incurred subsequent to achievement of technological feasibility were not significant, and
software development costs were expensed as incurred during 2014 and 2013.
Stock-Based Compensation:
The Company grants stock-based compensation to its employees, board of directors and certain third party
contractors. Share-based compensation arrangements may include the issuance of options to purchase common
stock in the future or the issuance of restricted stock, which generally are subject to vesting requirements. The
Company records stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based compensation granted after January 1, 2006
based on the grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes these compensation costs on a straight-line basis over
the requisite service period of the award.
The Company estimates the grant-date fair value of stock-based compensation using the Black-Scholes
valuation model. Assumptions used to estimate compensation expense are determined as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
Expected term is determined using the contractual term and vesting period of the award;
Expected volatility of award grants made in the Company’s plan is measured using the weighted
average of historical daily changes in the market price of the Company’s common stock over the
period equal to the expected term of the award;
Expected dividend rate is determined based on expected dividends to be declared;
Risk-free interest rate is equivalent to the implied yield on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bonds with a
maturity equal to the expected term of the awards; and
Forfeitures are based on the history of cancellations of awards granted and management’s analysis of
potential forfeitures.
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Segments of Business:
Management has determined that its operations are comprised of one reportable segment: the sale of speed
detection and digital audio and video recording devices. For the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, sales by
geographic area were as follows:
Sales by geographic area:
United States of America ........................................
Foreign ....................................................................
Year ended December 31,
2013
2014
16,479,656
961,763
$ 17,441,419
16,667,146
1,159,183
$ 17,826,329
Sales to customers outside of the United States are denominated in U.S. dollars. All Company assets are physically
located within the United States.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts
with Customers" ("ASU 2014-09"), which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects
to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing
revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The standard is effective for interim and
annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative
effect transition method. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company has not yet selected a transition method and
is currently evaluating the standard and the impact on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.
NOTE 2. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of accounts
receivable. Sales to domestic customers are typically made on credit and the Company generally does not require
collateral while sales to international customers require payment before shipment or backing by an irrevocable letter
of credit. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and maintains an
allowance for estimated losses. Accounts are written off when deemed uncollectible and accounts receivable are
presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts totaled $65,977 and
$55,033 as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
The Company sells through a network of unaffiliated distributors for international sales and employee-based
sales agents for domestic sales. No international distributor individually exceeded 10% of total revenues and no
customer receivable balance exceeded 10% of total accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2014 and
2013.
The Company purchases finished circuit boards and other proprietary component parts from suppliers located
in the United States and on a limited basis from Asia. Although the Company obtains certain of these components
from single source suppliers, management has located or is in process of locating alternative suppliers to reduce the
risk in most cases to supplier problems that could result in significant production delays. The Company has not
historically experienced any significant supply disruptions from any of its principal vendors and does not anticipate
future supply disruptions. The Company acquires most of its components on a purchase order basis and does not
have long-term contracts with its suppliers.
The Company has entered into agreements with two unaffiliated companies (the “Manufacturers”) to develop,
license and manufacture certain products that the Company offers for sale to its customers. Currently, these
products represent approximately 54% of the Company’s total revenue; and are expected to increase in the future to
the extent that they may represent an even more significant portion of the Company’s total revenue. These products
can only be manufactured by the Manufacturers, except in situations where the Manufacturers are unable for any
reason to supply the products. Backup proprietary documentation for each product is required to be maintained
offsite by each Manufacturer thereby allowing the Company to continue production in such cases where the
Manufacturers are unable to supply the product. The Manufacturers are located in the United States and in Asia.
Natural disasters, financial stress, bankruptcy and other factors may cause conditions that would disrupt either
Manufacturer’s ability to supply such products in quantities needed by the Company. It would take time for
management to locate and activate alternative suppliers to replace the Manufacturers should it become necessary,
which could result in significant production delays. The Company has discontinued purchases from one of the
manufacturers of the LaserAlly product and is re-evaluating such product line.
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NOTE 3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE – ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
The allowance for doubtful accounts receivable was comprised of the following for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
Beginning balance ...................................................
Provision for bad debts ............................................
Charge-offs to allowance, net of recoveries ...........
Ending balance ........................................................
December 31,
2014
$55,033
10,944
—
December 31,
2013
$70,193
—
(15,160)
$65,977
$55,033
NOTE 4. INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
Raw material and component parts .........................
Work-in-process ......................................................
Finished goods ........................................................
Subtotal ...........................................................
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory .............
Total ................................................................
December 31,
2014
$2,987,124
280,429
6,576,480
December 31,
2013
$2,204,216
5,714
6,097,254
9,844,033
(600,578)
$ 9,243,455
8,307,184
(260,713)
$ 8,046,471
Finished goods inventory includes units held by potential customers and sales agents for test and evaluation
purposes. The cost of such units totaled $645,300 and $340,093 as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013,
respectively.
NOTE 5. FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT
Furniture, fixtures and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2014 and December 31,
2013:
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment..................
Warehouse and production equipment .....................
Demonstration and tradeshow equipment ..............
Leasehold improvements .........................................
Website development ..............................................
Other equipment .....................................................
Total cost ..............................................................
Estimated
Useful Life
3-10 years
3-5 years
2-5 years
2-5 years
3 years
3 years
December 31,
2014
$2,193,877
1,386,427
442,112
188,414
11,178
6,131
December 31,
2013
$2,184,460
1,368,666
735,558
188,414
11,178
71,228
4,228,139
4,559,504
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization ...
(3,182,473)
(3,621,432)
Net furniture, fixtures and equipment ......................
$1,045,666
$ 938,072
Depreciation and amortization of furniture fixtures and equipment aggregated $324,206 and $321,560 for the years
ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
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NOTE 6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consisted of the following at December 31, 2014 and 2013:
December 31, 2014
Accumulated
amortization
Net carrying
value
Gross value
December 31, 2013
Gross value
Accumulated
amortization
Net carrying
value
Amortized intangible assets:
Licenses .................................. $255,000
Patents and Trademarks ......... 106,995
$255,000 $ —
64,491
42,504
$255,000
50,679
$255,000
22,204
$ —
28,475
361,995
277,204
64,491
305,679
277,204
28,475
Unamortized intangible assets:
Patents and trademarks
pending ........................ 181,193
—
181,193
238,806
—
238,806
Total ............................... $543,188
======
==
$297,504 $ 245,684
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=
$544,485
========
$277,204
=======
$ 267,281
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Patents and trademarks pending will be amortized beginning at the time they are issued by the appropriate
authorities. If issuance of the final patent or trademark is denied, then the amount deferred will be immediately
charged to expense.
Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $98,484 and $11,904,
respectively. Estimated amortization for intangible assets with definite lives for the next five years ending
December 31 and thereafter is as follows:
Year ending December 31:
2015 ............................................................................................
2016 ............................................................................................
2017 .............................................................................................
2018 .............................................................................................
2019 and thereafter.......................................................................
$27,049
23,762
13,680
—
—
$64,491
NOTE 7. SUBORDINATED NOTES PAYABLE, SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLE, AND
CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS
Subordinated Notes Payable. Subordinated notes payable is comprised of the following:
Subordinated notes payable, at par ......................................................
Unamortized discount .........................................................................
$2,500,000
(55,187)
Total notes payable
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt
2,444,813
2,444,813
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
$2,500,000
(187,634)
2,312,366
—
Subordinated notes payable, long-term
$ —
$2,312,366
During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company, in two separate transactions, borrowed an aggregate
of $2.5 million under two unsecured notes payable to a private, third-party lender. The loans were funded in May and
November 2011 and both are represented by promissory notes (the "Notes") that bear interest at the rate of 8% per
annum and are payable interest only on a monthly basis. The maturity date of the original Note in the principal amount
of $1,500,000 was extended from May 30, 2012 to May 30, 2013 in conjunction with the issuance of the second Note
during November 2011. Both Notes were due and payable in full on May 30, 2013 and could be prepaid without
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penalty at any time. The Notes are subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such term is defined
in the Notes.
The Company granted the lender warrants (the "Warrants") exercisable to purchase a total of 56,250 shares
of its common stock at an exercise price of $8.00 per share (as modified) until November 30, 2013. The exercise
price for the Warrants exercisable to purchase 37,500 shares issued with the first Note was reduced from $12.00 per
share to $8.00 per share in consideration for the extension of the first Note’s maturity date. The Company paid fees
totaling $147,500 to an unaffiliated entity and issued warrants exercisable to purchase 13,750 shares of its Common
Stock on the same terms and conditions as the Warrants for its services relating to the transactions, including the
modification of the warrants issued pursuant to the first Note.
The Company allocated $236,726 of the proceeds of the Notes to additional paid-in-capital, which
represented the grant date fair value of the Warrant for 56,250 common shares issued to the lender and the warrant
for 13,750 shares issued to the unaffiliated third party who arranged the transactions. In addition, the cash fees paid
to the unaffiliated third party totaling $147,500 is included in the discount on the Notes. The modification of the
original Note that occurred during November 2011 was treated as an early extinguishment of the debt.
On July 24, 2012, the Company entered into an agreement with the third party lender that extended the
maturity date of the Notes from May 30, 2013 to May 30, 2014. In connection with the extension, the Company
reduced the exercise price for the Warrants exercisable to purchase 56,250 shares previously granted to the lender
from $8.00 to $4.00 and extended their expiration date from November 30, 2013 to November 30, 2015. The
Company issued an unaffiliated third party a warrant exercisable to purchase 6,250 shares of Common Stock at a
price of $4.00 per share through November 30, 2015 for its services in connection with the extension of the maturity
dates of the Notes. Additionally, the Company reduced the exercise price of warrants it had issued to such firm in
May and November 2011 from $8.00 per share to $4.00 per share and extended their maturity dates to November
30, 2015. Such warrants are exercisable to purchase 13,750 shares of Common Stock. The Company allocated
$38,052 to additional paid in capital, which represented the grant date fair value of the new warrants issued to the
independent third party in July 2012 and the modification of the warrants for reducing the exercise price from $8.00
to $4.00 associated with extending the maturity date of the Note from May 30, 2013 to May 30, 2014. The
restructuring of the Notes that occurred in July 2012 was treated as a modification of the debt and the remaining
unamortized discount of the notes payable will be amortized to interest expense ratably over the modified terms of
the Notes.
On December 4, 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with the same third party lender to extend
the maturity date of the Notes from May 30, 2014 to May 30, 2015. In connection with the extension, the Company
granted the lender warrants exercisable to purchase 40,000 shares of its common stock at $8.50 per share through
December 3, 2018. The Company also paid fees totaling $10,000 to an unaffiliated third party and issued a warrant
exercisable to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $8.50 per share through December 3, 2018 for
its services in connection with the extension of the maturity dates of the Notes. The Company allocated $205,820 to
additional paid in capital, which represented the grant date fair value of the new warrants issued to the lender and the
unaffiliated third party who arranged the transaction. In addition, the cash fees paid to the unaffiliated third party
totaling $10,000 were included in the discount on the Notes. The restructuring of the Notes that occurred in
December 2013 was treated as a modification of the debt and the remaining unamortized discount of the notes
payable will be amortized to interest expense ratably over the modified terms of the Notes. The discount amortized
to interest expense totaled $132,447 and $73,400 for the years ended December 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively.
Secured Convertible Note Payable
Secured convertible note payable, at fair value .................................... $ 3,273,431
(2,019,720)
Less: Current maturities
Secured convertible note payable, long-term
$ 1,253,711
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
$ —
—
$ —
On March 24, 2014, the Company completed a private placement of $2.0 million aggregate principal
amount of a Secured Convertible Note (the “Secured Convertible Note”). The Secured Convertible Note bore
interest at 6% per annum payable quarterly and was secured by all assets of the Company. Principal payments were
not required until the sixth month after issuance and continued ratably for the remaining 18-month term of the
Secured Convertible Note. The principal and interest payments could be made through the payment of cash or in-
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kind by transferring unrestricted and fully registered shares in an amount equivalent to 80% of the volume weighted
average trading price for the 20 consecutive trading days preceding the payment date. The Secured Convertible
Note was convertible to common shares at the holder’s option at a conversion price of $8.55 per share at any time
the Secured Convertible Note is outstanding. In addition, the Company had the right to force conversion if the
market price exceeded $17.10 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.
In connection with the private placement the Company issued a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of
common stock (the “Warrant”) at $10.00 per share. The Warrant was exercisable immediately and expired March
24, 2019. The Secured Convertible Note and Warrant contained anti-dilution provisions and restricted the incurrence
of additional secured indebtedness. The Company paid a placement agent fee of $120,000 and approximately
$104,500 of third party costs for the transaction, which included legal fees. The Company elected to account for the
Secured Convertible Note on its fair value basis, therefore, all related debt issuance expenses which totaled
$224,438 was charged to other expenses in March 2014.
On July 10, 2014 the Company and the holder of the Secured Convertible Note entered into an agreement
under which they reduced the conversion price to $6.25 per share during the period from July 11 to July 14, 2014.
During the foregoing period the holder converted $1,777,778 principal amount and $2,963 accrued interest on the
Secured Convertible Note into 284,928 shares of common stock of the Company. On July 15, 2014 the conversion
price returned to $8.55 per share. The holder of the Secured Convertible Note exercised its right to convert the
remaining outstanding principal into common stock of the Company in two separate tranches on August 28, 2014
and September 19, 2014.
The change in fair market value of the Secured Convertible Note associated with the conversion of debt to
equity was $384,614, representing the increase in the Company’s stock price over the conversion rate as of the
respective conversion dates. The holder also exercised its Warrant on August 30, 2014 and September 15, 2014
with the change in value of the warrant derivative totaling $3,330,210 being recognized as a loss in the statement of
operations that represented the increase in the Company’s stock price over the exercise price at the respective
exercise dates.
In connection with the anti-dilution provisions of the Warrant issued with the Secured Convertible Note
private placement, the company was required to increase the number of shares to be issued upon the exercise of the
Warrant to 136,621 from 100,000 and to reduce the exercise price to $7.32 from $10.00 per share.
On August 28, 2014, the Company completed a second private placement to the holder of the Secured
Convertible Note of $4.0 million aggregate principal amount of a Secured Convertible Note (the “$4.0 million
Secured Convertible Note”). The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note bore interest at 6% per annum, payable
quarterly, and was secured by all assets of the Company. Principal payments were not required until the sixth month
after origination and continued ratably for the remaining 18-month term of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note. The principal and interest payments could be made through the payment of cash or in-kind by transferring
unrestricted and fully registered shares in an amount equivalent to 80% of the volume weighted average trading
price for the 20 consecutive trading days preceding the payment date. The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note
was convertible to common shares at the holder’s option at a conversion price of $6.10 per share at any time it was
outstanding. In addition, the Company could force conversion if the market price exceeded $12.20 per share for 20
consecutive trading days.
In connection with the second private placement the Company issued a warrant (the “August Warrant”) to
purchase 262,295 shares of common stock at $7.32 per share. The August Warrant is exercisable immediately and
expires August 28, 2019. The $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note and August Warrant contain anti-dilution
provisions and restrict the incurrence of additional secured indebtedness.
The August Warrant was treated as a derivative liability for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the
Company has estimated the fair value of the warrant derivative as of the date the $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note was issued at $992,521. Changes in the fair value of the warrant derivative liabilities totaled $1,193,694
through December 31, 2014, which is included in changes in warrant derivative liabilities in the accompanying
Statement of Operations.
On December 4, 2014, the holder of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note exercised its right to
convert $36,600 principal on the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note into 6,000 shares of common stock of the
Company at the conversion price of $6.10 per share. The increase in fair market value of these 6,000 shares over the
$36,600 principal retired was $89,400, representing the increase in the Company’s stock price over the conversion
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rate as of the conversion date. Such amount was recognized as a charge to the income statement during the year
ended December 31, 2014 and included in change in fair value of secured convertible notes payable.
The Company paid a placement agent fee of $240,000 and approximately $101,500 of third party costs for
the transaction, which included legal fees. The Company elected to account for the $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note on its fair value basis, therefore, all related debt issuance expenses which totaled $354,628 were charged to
other expenses in the year ended December 31, 2014. The fair market value of the $4.0 million Secured Note was
$3,273,431 at December 31, 2014 and the $302,552 change in fair market value of the note was included in change
in fair value of secured notes payable in the accompanying Statement of Operations.
The holder of the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note had no right to convert the Secured Convertible
Notes or exercise the Warrants to the extent that such conversions or exercises would result in the holder being the
beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s stock. In addition, the holder had no right to convert the $4.0
million Secured Convertible Note or exercise the August Warrant if the issuance of shares of the common stock
upon such conversion or exercise would breach the Company’s limitation under the applicable Nasdaq listing rules
(the “Exchange Cap”). For these purposes the Exchange Cap limit applicable to such conversions or exercises of the
Secured Convertible Note and the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note and the Warrant and August Warrant will
be based upon the aggregation of such instruments as one issuance and on the number of shares the Company had
issued and outstanding when it issued the Secured Convertible Note and Warrant in March 2014. The Exchange
Cap limitation would not apply if the Company’s shareholders approve issuances above the Exchange Cap.
The Company was required to maintain a minimum cash balance of not less than $1.5 million until such
time as the Company satisfies all of the “Equity Conditions,” as defined in the $4.0 million Secured Convertible
Note. Such Equity Conditions includes the Company’s shareholders approving the issuance of shares above the
Exchange Cap. The $1.5 million minimum cash balance has been reported as restricted cash separate from cash and
cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.
The Company called a Special Meeting of Shareholders in which it sought approval from its shareholders
for issuances of shares above the Exchange Cap. On February 13, 2015 its shareholders gave such approval.
Thereafter, in February 2015 the holder converted the entire principal balance of the $4.0 million Secured
Convertible Note into 655,738 shares of common stock 5,475 shares for the accrued interest thereon.
Capital Leases. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable capital leases having terms in
excess of one year are as follows:
Year ending December 31:
2015 .............................................................................................
2016 ............................................................................................
2017 ............................................................................................
2018 ............................................................................................
2019 and thereafter ......................................................................
Total future minimum lease payments ........................................
Less amount representing interest ...............................................
Present value of minimum lease payments .................................
Less current portion ....................................................................
Capital lease obligations, less current portion .............................
$ 63,728
3,961
—
—
—
67,689
2,700
64,989
61,140
$ 3,849
Assets under capital leases are included in furniture, fixtures and equipment as follows:
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment ....................
Less: accumulated amortization .................................
December 31,
2014
$280,304
(135,115)
December 31,
2013
$280,304
(64,572)
Net furniture, fixtures and equipment .........................
$145,189
$215,732
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NOTE 8. Fair Value Measurement
In accordance with ASC Topic 820 — Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), the Company
utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market approach uses
prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets,
liabilities or a group of assets or liabilities, such as a business.
ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair
value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:
•
•
•
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active markets for similar
assets or liabilities)
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining
the fair value)
The following table represents the Company’s hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair
value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014.
Liabilities
Secured convertible note
Warrant derivative liabilities
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ 3,273,431
$ 2,186,214
$ 5,459,645
$ 3,273,431
$ 2,186,214
$ 5,459,645
NOTE 9 . ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses consisted of the following at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
Accrued warranty expense .................................................................
Accrued sales commissions ...............................................................
Accrued payroll and related fringes ...................................................
Accrued insurance .............................................................................
Accrued rent ......................................................................................
Accrued litigation and related charges ...............................................
........................................................................................
Other
December 31,
2014
$ 247,082
89,600
154,851
December 31,
2013
$ 167,970
53,172
389,807
81,431
67,387
260,634
53,666
255,709
291,416
208,316
293,390
$1,142,973
$1,471,458
Accrued warranty expense was comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:
Beginning balance ........................................ $167,970
Provision for warranty expense .................... 198,266
Charges applied to warranty reserve ............. (119,154)
2014
2013
$173,385
144,752
(150,167)
Ending balance… …………………………... $247,082
$167,970
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NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES
The components of income tax (provision) benefit for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as
follows:
Current taxes:
Federal .....................................................
State ..........................................................
Total current taxes ........................................
Deferred tax (provision) benefit ....................
2014
2013
$ —
—
—
—
$ —
—
—
—
Income tax (provision) benefit ......................
$ —
$ —
A reconciliation of the income tax (provision) benefit at the statutory rate of 34% for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013 to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
U.S. Statutory tax rate .................................................
State taxes, net of Federal benefit ...............................
State tax credits ...........................................................
Federal Research and development tax credits ...........
Stock based compensation .........................................
Common stock issued upon conversion of promissory
note and related common stock purchase warrants ....
Change in valuation reserve on deferred tax assets ...
Other, net ....................................................................
Income tax (provision) benefit ....................................
2014
34.0%
6.2%
0.0%
2.9%
1.9%
6.7%
(51.5)%
(0.2)%
0.0%
2013
34.0%
13.3%
3.4%
8.9%
(1.5)%
0.0%
(63.0)%
4.9%
0.0%
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2014 and
2013 are as follows:
Deferred tax assets:
Stock-based compensation ......................................
Start-up costs ............................................................
Inventory reserves ....................................................
Uniform capitalization of inventory costs ................
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable ............
Other reserves ..........................................................
Equipment depreciation ..........................................
Deferred revenue ......................................................
Derivative liabilities .................................................
Accrued expenses ....................................................
Net operating loss carryforward ...............................
Research and development tax credit carryforward .
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforward .........
State jobs credit carryforward ..................................
State research and development credit carryforward
Other ........................................................................
2014
2013
$ 1,206,000
180,000
240,000
97,000
26,000
2,000
82,000
433,000
601,000
275,000
7,531,000
1,568,000
90,000
230,000
280,000
33,000
$ 1,320,000
175,000
105,000
30,000
20,000
5,000
100,000
—
—
445,000
4,005,000
1,305,000
90,000
230,000
285,000
20,000
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Total deferred tax assets ................................................
Valuation reserve .....................................................
12,874,000
(12,692,000)
8,135,000
(7,970,000)
Net deferred tax assets ..................................................
Deferred tax liabilities:
Domestic international sales company .....................
182,000
165,000
(182,000)
(165,000)
Net deferred tax assets (liability) ..................................
$ —
$ —
Net deferred tax asset (liability) are classified in our
consolidated balance sheets as follows:
Current .....................................................................
Non-current ..............................................................
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
The valuation allowance on deferred tax assets totaled $12,692,000 and $7,970,000 as of December 31, 2014
and December 31, 2013, respectively. We record the benefit we will derive in future accounting periods from tax
losses and credits and deductible temporary differences as “deferred tax assets,” which are included in the caption
“Deferred income taxes, net” on our consolidated balance sheets. In accordance with Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) 740, “Income Taxes,” we record a valuation allowance to reduce the carrying value of our
deferred tax assets if, based on all available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax
assets will not be realized.
The economic recession and its effect on state and local governmental budgets in particular remained weak
in 2014 and 2013 and we incurred operating losses during this period. Law enforcement agencies are our primary
customer and are typically funded through state and local tax rolls. The economy showed improvement in 2014 and
2013, but the establishment of a long-term positive impact on the state and local budgets is still uncertain at best.
Despite the improvement in general economic conditions and our ongoing cost containment efforts, we incurred
additional losses in 2014 and 2013 that placed us in a three-year cumulative loss position at December 31, 2014 and
2013. Accordingly, we determined there was not sufficient positive evidence regarding our potential for future
profits to outweigh the negative evidence of our three-year cumulative loss position under the guidance provided in
ASC 740. Therefore, we determined to increase our valuation allowance by $4,722,000 to continue to fully reserve
our deferred tax assets at December 31, 2014. We expect to continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until we
determine that we can sustain a level of profitability that demonstrates our ability to realize these assets. To the
extent we determine that the realization of some or all of these benefits is more likely than not based upon expected
future taxable income, a portion or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed. Such a reversal would be
recorded as an income tax benefit and, for some portion related to deductions for stock option exercises, an increase
in shareholders' equity.
At December 31, 2014, the Company had available approximately $18,758,000 of net operating loss
carryforwards available to offset future taxable income generated. Such tax net operating loss carryforwards expire
between 2026 and 2034. In addition, the Company had research and development tax credit carryforwards totaling
$1,570,000 available as of December 31, 2014, which expire between 2023 and 2034.
The Internal Revenue Code contains provisions under Section 382 which limit a company's ability to utilize
net operating loss carry-forwards in the event that it has experienced a more than 50% change in ownership over a
three-year period. Current estimates prepared by the Company indicate that due to ownership changes which have
occurred, approximately $765,000 of its net operating loss and $175,000 of its research and development tax credit
carryforwards are currently subject to an annual limitation of approximately $1,151,000, but may be further limited
by additional ownership changes which may occur in the future. As stated above, the net operating loss and research
and development credit carryforwards expire between 2026 and 2033, allowing the Company to potentially utilize
all of the limited net operating loss carry-forwards during the carryforward period.
As discussed in Note 1, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," tax positions are evaluated in a two-
step process. The Company first determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained
upon examination. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, it is then measured to
determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The tax position is measured as the largest
amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Management has
identified no tax positions taken that would meet or exceed these thresholds and therefore there are no gross interest,
penalties and unrecognized tax expense/benefits that are not expected to ultimately result in payment or receipt of
cash in the consolidated financial statements.
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The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are closed for examination purposes by relevant statute
and by examination for 2011 and all prior tax years.
The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 varied from the expected statutory rate
due to the Company continuing to provide a 100% valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets. The Company
determined that it was appropriate to continue the full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets as of December
31, 2014 primarily because of the current year operating losses.
NOTE 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Leases. We have a non-cancelable long-term operating lease agreement for office and
warehouse space that expires during April 2020. We have also entered into month-to-month leases for equipment
and storage facilities. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $397,724 and $398,624,
respectively, related to these leases. Following are our minimum lease payments for each year and in total.
Year ending December 31:
2015 .............................................................................................
2016 .............................................................................................
2017 ............................................................................................
2018 ..............................................................................................
2019 ..............................................................................................
Thereafter .....................................................................................
$ 433,965
439,707
445,449
451,248
457,327
154,131
$2,381,827
License agreements. The Company has several license agreements under which it has been assigned the
rights to certain licensed materials used in its products. Certain of these agreements require the Company to pay
ongoing royalties based on the number of products shipped containing the licensed material on a quarterly basis.
Royalty expense related to these agreements aggregated $27,053 and $36,645 for the years ended December 31,
2014 and 2013, respectively.
Supply and distribution agreement. The Company entered into a supply and distribution agreement with
Dragoneye Technology, LLC (“Dragoneye”) on May 1, 2010 under which it was granted the exclusive world-wide
right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement device and derivatives to its customers.
The term of the agreement was 42 months after the date Dragoneye began full scale production of the product which
commenced in August 2010 and final certification of the product was obtained. The agreement had minimum
purchase requirements of 1,000 units per period over three commitment periods. On January 31, 2012, the
agreement was amended to reduce the minimum purchase commitment over the second and third years by 52% of
the original commitment. The Company agreed to release its world-wide right to exclusively market the product to
the law enforcement community in exchange for the reduction in the purchase commitment.
The agreement originally required minimum order quantities that represent a remaining unfulfilled
commitment to acquire $634,680 of product as of December 31 2014. Dragoneye is responsible for all warranty,
damage or other claims, losses or liabilities related to the product and is obligated to defend and indemnify us
against such risks. The Company held approximately $1,280,000 of such products in finished goods inventory as of
December 31, 2014 and had sold approximately 960 units since the beginning of the agreement through December
31, 2014.
The Company filed a lawsuit on June 15, 2013 against Dragoneye for breaching the contract. See
“Litigation” below. The Company discontinued purchases of additional units as of that date.
Litigation. The Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations.
Although there can be no assurances, based on the information currently available, management believes that it is
probable that the ultimate outcome of each of the actions will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
financial statements of the Company. However, an adverse outcome in certain of the actions could have a material
adverse effect on the financial results of the Company in the period in which it is recorded.
On June 8, 2009, we filed suit against Z3Technologies, LLC (“Z3”) in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Kansas claiming breach of a production software license agreement entered into during October 2008 and the
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rescission of a second limited license agreement entered into during January 2009. Among other claims, we asserted
that Z3 failed to deliver the material required under the contracts; that the product that was delivered by Z3 was
defective and/or unusable; and that the January 2009 contract should be rescinded and declared void, unenforceable
and of no force or effect. We paid license fees and made other payments to Z3 totaling $265,000 under these
contracts. Z3 denied our claims and filed counterclaims that allege we did not have the right to terminate the
contracts and therefore that it was damaged for loss of profits and related damages. In those counterclaims, Z3
sought to recover approximately $4.5 million from us exclusive of “prejudgment interest.” Our insurance carrier
settled a portion of the counterclaims under our director and officer liability insurance policy. The counterclaims that
were not resolved by that settlement remained in controversy.
The trial of those claims began on June 25, 2012 and concluded with a jury verdict on July 3, 2012. The
principal parts of the verdict were (i) an award of $30,000 to us on grounds that Z3 had breached its 2008 contract
with us; (ii) an award of $15,000 in favor of Z3 by finding that we had breached the 2008 contract by failing to pay
the balance of certain engineering fees; and (iii) an award of $100,000 in favor of Z3 based on the Court’s finding
that we breached the 2009 contract by failing to place an initial order for so-called “DM-365 modules” from Z3. As
a result, the net judgment against us was $85,000. Further, despite our arguments at trial, the court also refused to
reconsider the interlocutory summary judgment rulings rendered against us prior to trial in the amount of $445,000,
which became final upon conclusion of the trial. Accordingly, the total judgment entered against us was $530,000
and no prejudgment interest on that sum was awarded.
Both parties appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and on May 16 2014, the
Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment in part and reversed it in part. As a result of the Court’s decision, the
Company’s obligation to Z3 aggregated approximately $600,697, including pre-judgment and post-judgment
interest. In July 2012 at the inception of the appeal, we deposited $662,500 for a bond as security for the obligation
represented by the judgment.
In July 2014 we paid the final judgment regarding Z-3 litigation from the funds held in the form of a bond
and classified as restricted cash. The remainder of the funds held in the bond was remitted back to us and the bond
was extinguished at that time. The litigation is now completed and no obligations or liabilities remain between the
parties.
On June 5, 2013, we filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas against Dragoneye. We
had entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Dragoneye on May 1, 2010 under which we were granted
the right to sell and distribute a proprietary law enforcement speed measurement device and derivatives to our
customers under the trade name LaserAlly. The parties amended the agreement on January 31, 2012. In our
complaint we allege that Dragoneye breached the contract because it failed to maintain as confidential information
our customer list; it infringed on our trademarks, including LaserAlly and Digital Ally; it tortiously interfered with
our existing contracts and business relationships with our dealers, distributors, customers and trading partners; and it
engaged in unfair competition and violated the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Statutes. We amended the complaint
to include claims regarding alleged material defects in the products supplied under the agreement. During 2014, the
parties agreed in principle to resolve their claims; however, the parties have been unable to negotiate the terms of a
final settlement agreement. Under the agreement in principle, we would have paid all outstanding and unpaid
invoices, including interest at 10% per annum, through the date the settlement agreement was to be executed. Such
amount approximated $210,000 and has been recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at December 31,
2014. In return, Dragoneye was to cancel our remaining obligation to purchase LaserAlly products and accept
responsibility for and correct the material defects in the products delivered to us under the contract at its cost. As a
result of the parties’ failure to reach terms of a final settlement, we are now seeking the court to require Dragoneye
to accept the return of all product currently in inventory (approximately $1,280,000) for a full refund as a result of
alleged material defects in the products. We have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment seeking the court to order
Dragoneye to accept the return of all inventory and refund our purchase price. The Court has not yet acted upon our
Motion.
On June 18, 2013, we filed a lawsuit as the plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of
Kansas against BCM Electronics Corp. SDN BHD (“BCM”), which is one of our foreign vendors. We requested the
court to award damages related to the alleged breach of contract regarding the failure of BCM to provide the
component parts required under two purchase orders (“PO’s”). We also asked the court to declare the two PO’s
cancelled and terminated as a result of BCM’s failure to perform. Finally, we requested a temporary, preliminary
and permanent injunction to prohibit BCM from using or disclosing any of our trade secrets together with reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred as a result of this action. The court issued a default judgment against
BCM on August 23, 2013 totaling $255,000 and as a result, we cancelled the open payables we had with BCM
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(approximately $59,000) in the third quarter 2013. We have not accrued any other amounts related to the default
judgment due to the uncertainty of collection. We will record any recovery as income if and when it occurs.
On October 25, 2013, we filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to
eliminate threats by a competitor, Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), of alleged patent infringement regarding U.S.
Patent No. 6,831,556 (the “ ‘556 patent”). Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that our mobile video
surveillance systems do not infringe any claim of the ‘556 patent. We became aware that Utility had mailed letters
to current and prospective purchasers of our mobile video surveillance systems threatening that the use of such
systems purchased from third parties not licensed to the ‘556 patent would create liability for them for patent
infringement. We reject Utility’s assertion and will vigorously defend the right of end-users to purchase such
systems from providers other than Utility. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed the
lawsuit because it decided that Kansas was not the proper jurisdictional forum for the dispute. The court’s decision
was not a ruling on the merits of the case. We appealed the decision and the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court’s
previous decision.
In addition, we have begun proceedings to invalidate the ‘556 patent through a request for inter partes review
of the ‘556 patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The Company received notice that
the USPTO has granted our request to examine the validity of certain claims of Utility's '556 patent. In its decision,
the Patent Trial and Appeal Board declared that "we are persuaded, on this record, that [Digital Ally] demonstrates a
reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing the unpatentability of claims 1-7 and 9-25 of the '556 patent." Utility
must now appear before the Board and defend the validity of its patent.
On June 4, 2014 we filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”) in the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit we contend that Utility has defamed us and
illegally interfered with our contracts, customer relationships and business expectancies by falsely asserting to our
customers and others that our products violate the ‘556 Patent, of which Utility claims to be the holder.
Our suit also includes claims against Utility for tortious interference with contract and violation of the
Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUSTA), arising out of Utility’s employment of one of our employees, in
violation of that employee's Non-Competition and Confidentiality agreements with us. In addition to damages, we
seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting Utility from, among other things,
continuing to threaten or otherwise interfere with our customers. The Court is currently hearing testimony and
reviewing evidence relative to our Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, which we
filed contemporaneously with our complaint against Utility.
On June 13, 2014, Utility filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
against us alleging infringement of the ‘556 patent.” The suit was served on us on June 20, 2014. As alleged in
our first filed lawsuit described above, we believe the ‘556 patent is both invalid and not infringed. Further,
proceedings seeking to invalidate the ‘556 patent already has been accepted by the USPTO, as noted above. We
believe that the suit filed by Utility is without merit and we will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us.
An adverse resolution of the foregoing litigation or patent proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our
business, prospects, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity. The Court has stayed all proceedings
with respect to this lawsuit pending the outcome of the patent review being performed by the USPTO.
On or about May 22, 2014, Stephen Gans, a former director and former principal shareholder of us, filed a
complaint in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada that asserts claims against us and Stanton E.
Ross, Leroy C. Richie, Daniel F. Hutchins and Elliot M. Kaplan (the “Defendant Directors”), who are members of its
Board of Directors. We were served with the complaint on May 28, 2014. Among other things, the complaint alleges
(i) that the Defendant Directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to consider a financing proposal offered by
Mr. Gans and his affiliates; and (ii) that the Defendant Directors, acting at the direction of Stanton E. Ross, did not
independently and objectively evaluate Mr. Gans’ protestations about certain alleged transactions between us and
Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., and by so doing, breached their fiduciary duties. We and the Defendant Directors
will vigorously defend the claims asserted against us and them. We and the Defendant Directors have filed a response
denying all of the plaintiff’s allegations and have asserted counter-claims that allege that Gans committed improper
acts that included: (a) failing to disclose the nature and substance of an SEC investigation of Gans; (b) engaging in
potential insider trading; (c) misappropriating our confidential information; (d) attempting to use his position as a
director to personally enrich himself; and (e) making unauthorized, misleading, and factually inaccurate filings to the
SEC about us.
On December 11, 2014, the parties agreed in principle, to compromise and dismiss with prejudice,
substantially all of their claims. Within the scope of that settlement are each of the “shareholder derivative claims”
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which Gans had asserted against us and the Defendant Directors. The settlement to which the parties have agreed
will result in no monetary recovery by any party. The Court must approve the settlement of any shareholder
derivative claim which is set for hearing by court on March 20, 2015. The Company believes the settlement will be
approved at that hearing which will conclude this litigation resulting in no material effect on the Company’s
financial position, results of operations and cash flows, although no assurances can be offered in this regard.
We are also involved as a plaintiff and defendant in ordinary, routine litigation and administrative
proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, including customer collections, vendor and employment-
related matters. Management believes the likely outcome of any other pending cases and proceedings will not be
material to its business or its financial condition.
401 (k) Plan. In July 2008, the Company amended and restated its 401(k) retirement savings plan. The
amended plan requires the Company to provide 100% matching contributions for employees who elect to contribute
up to 3% of their compensation to the plan and 50% matching contributions for employee’s elective deferrals on the
next 2% of their contributions. The Company has made matching contributions totaling $156,071 and $125,190 for
the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Each participant is 100% vested at all times in
employee and employer matching contributions.
NOTE 12.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company recorded pretax compensation expense related to the grant of stock options and restricted stock
issued of $834,593 and $705,612 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had adopted six separate stock option and restricted stock plans: (i)
the 2005 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2005 Plan”), (ii) the 2006 Stock Option and Restricted Stock
Plan (the “2006 Plan”), (iii) the 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2007 Plan”), (iv) the 2008 Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2008 Plan”), (v) the 2011 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2011
Plan”) and (vi) the 2013 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2013 Plan”). These Plans permit the grant of
stock options or restricted stock to its employees, non-employee directors and others for up to a total of 1,075,000
shares of common stock. The Company believes that such awards better align the interests of its employees with
those of its shareholders. Option awards have been granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of the
Company’s stock at the date of grant with such option awards generally vesting based on the completion of
continuous service and having ten-year contractual terms. These option awards provide for accelerated vesting if
there is a change in control (as defined in the Plans) or the death or disability of the holder. The Company has
registered all shares of common stock that are issuable under its Plans with the SEC. A total of 2,587 options
remain available for grant under the various Plans as of December 31, 2014.
In addition to the Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plans described above, the Company has issued other
options outside of these Plans to non-employees for services rendered that are subject to the same general terms as
the Plans, of which 1,250 options are fully vested and remain outstanding as of December 31, 2014.
The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation
model. The assumptions used for determining the grant-date fair value of options granted during the year ended
December 31, 2014 are reflected in the following table:
Expected term of the options in years
Expected volatility of Company stock
Expected dividends
Forfeiture rate
2-5 years
80%
None
10%
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The following is a summary of stock options outstanding:
Options
Outstanding at January 1, 2014 ....................................................................
Granted ..............................................................................................
Exercised ...........................................................................................
Forfeited ............................................................................................
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Shares
506,107
24,000
(103,988)
(55,376)
$ 19.33
3.25
(8.70)
(24.08)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 ..................................................
370,743
$ 18.97
Exercisable at December 31, 2014 ...............................................................
275,955
$ 23.51
Weighted-average fair value for options granted during the period at fair value
24,000
$ 2.32
The Plans allow for the cashless exercise of stock options. This provision allows the option holder to
surrender/cancel options with an intrinsic value equivalent to the purchase/exercise price of other options exercised.
There were a total of 3,923 shares with a value of $72,572 surrendered pursuant to cashless exercises during the year
ended December 31, 2014.
At December 31, 2014, the aggregate intrinsic value of all options outstanding was approximately $1,874,526
and the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable was approximately $969,261. The aggregate intrinsic value
of options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2014 was $1,393,339.
As of December 31, 2014, the unamortized portion of stock compensation expense on all existing stock
options was $92,797, which will be recognized over the next thirty-nine months.
The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual life
for outstanding and exercisable options under the Company’s option plans as of December 31, 2014:
Outstanding options
Exercisable options
Exercise price range
Number of
options
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
life
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
life
Number of
options
$0.01 to $3.99 ....................................................................
$4.00 to $6.99 ....................................................................
$7.00 to $9.99 ....................................................................
$10.00 to $12.99.................................................................
$13.00 to $15.99.................................................................
$16.00 to $18.99.................................................................
$19.00 to $29.99.................................................................
$30.00 to $55.00.................................................................
64,624
40,250
56,872
52,808
51,439
1,375
6,500
96,875
8.3 years
7.8 years
3.0 years
2.4 years
5.6 years
2.3 years
4.6 years
2.9 years
19,813
18,523
46,747
52,808
33,314
1,375
6,500
96,875
7.9 years
7.2 years
2.2 years
2.4 years
5.5 years
2.3 years
4.6 years
2.9 years
370,743
4.7 years
275,955
3.7 years
yearsyears
Restricted stock grants. The Board of Directors has granted restricted stock awards under the Plans.
Restricted stock awards are valued on the date of grant and have no purchase price for the recipient. Restricted stock
awards typically vest over six months to four years corresponding to anniversaries of the grant date. Under the
Plans, unvested shares of restricted stock awards may be forfeited upon the termination of service to or employment
with the Company, depending upon the circumstances of termination. Except for restrictions placed on the
transferability of restricted stock, holders of unvested restricted stock have full stockholder’s rights, including voting
rights and the right to receive cash dividends.
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A summary of all restricted stock activity under the equity compensation plans for the year ended December
31, 2014 is as follows:
Nonvested balance, January 1, 2014 ...........................
Granted .......................................................................
Vested .........................................................................
Forfeited ......................................................................
Nonvested balance, December 31, 2014 .....................
Restricted
stock
72,813
192,500
(70,623)
(6,190)
188,500
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
$ 4.55
5.33
(4.58)
(6.00)
$ 5.32
The Company estimated the fair market value of these restricted stock grants based on the closing market
price on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2014, there were $369,070 of total unrecognized compensation costs
related to all remaining non-vested restricted stock grants, which will be amortized over the next 14 months in
accordance with the graduated vesting scale.
The nonvested balance of restricted stock vests as follows:
Year ended December 31,
2015 .............................................................................
2016 .............................................................................
Number
of shares
158,500
30,000
NOTE 13. COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
The Company has issued common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) in conjunction with the original
issuance and extension of the Notes and Secured Convertible Note and the $4.0 million Secured Convertible Note
(see Note 7). The Warrants are immediately exercisable and allow the holders to purchase up to 306,481 shares of
common stock at $4.00 to $8.50 per share after modification. The Warrants expire from November 30, 2015
through August 29, 2019 and allow for cashless exercise. The holder of the Secured Convertible Note and the $4.0
million Secured Convertible Note has registration rights, but the holder of the Notes does not have such rights.
The fair value of the Warrants was estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation
model. The assumptions used for determining the grant-date fair value of the Warrants granted are reflected in the
following table.
A summary of all Warrant activity for the year ended December 31, 2014 is as follows:
Expected term of the Warrants ........................................................
Expected volatility of Company stock ..............................................
Expected dividends ...........................................................................
Risk-free interest rate ........................................................................
Forfeiture rate ...................................................................................
Vested Balance, January 1, 2014 .............................................................
Granted ....................................................................................................
Exercised ..................................................................................................
Vested Balance, December 31, 2014 ........................................................
60 months
113% - 254%
None
1.67% - 1.78%
0%
Weighted average
exercise price
$ 5.76
7.99
(7.37)
$ 7.47
Warrants
128,438
398,916
(220,873)
306,481
The total intrinsic value of all outstanding Warrants aggregated $2,407,296 as of December 31, 2014 and the
weighted average remaining term is 54 months. The aggregate intrinsic value of Warrants exercised during the year
ended December 31, 2014 was $3,114,218.
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The remaining unamortized grant date fair value of the Warrants to purchase 60,000 common shares
aggregated $55,187 as of December 31, 2014, which is amortized ratably to interest expense over the remaining
term of the subordinated note.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, a total of 4,687 Warrants were exercised with an intrinsic value of
$47,469. The total intrinsic value of all outstanding Warrants aggregated $740,002 as of December 31, 2013 and the
weighted average remaining term is 43 months.
NOTE 14. NET LOSS PER SHARE
The calculation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding and loss per share outstanding for the
years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
Year ended December 31,
2014
2013
Numerator for basic and diluted income per share – Net loss ....
$(9,163,261)
$(2,479,940)
Denominator for basic loss per share – weighted average shares
outstanding .............................................................................
Dilutive effect of shares issuable under stock options and
2,590,002
2,135,016
warrants outstanding ...............................................................
—
—
Denominator for diluted loss per share – adjusted weighted
average shares outstanding .....................................................
2,590,002
2,135,016
Net loss per share:
Basic ......................................................................
Diluted ...................................................................
$ (3.54)
$ (3.54)
$ (1.17)
$ (1.17)
Basic loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the
period. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, all outstanding stock options to purchase common stock
were antidilutive, and, therefore, not included in the computation of diluted income (loss) per share.
NOTE 15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company called a Special Meeting of Shareholders in which it sought approval from shareholders for
issuances of shares above the Exchange Cap. On February 13, 2015 its shareholders gave such approval. In
February 2015 subsequent to such approval, the holder converted the entire principal balance of the $4.0 million
Secured Convertible Note into 655,738 shares of common stock for the entire principal balance and 5,475 shares for
accrued interest thereon.
On December 11, 2014, the Company and Steven Gans agreed in principle, to compromise and dismiss with
prejudice, substantially all of their claims. Within the scope of that settlement are each of the “shareholder
derivative claims” that Gans had asserted against the Company and the Defendant Directors. The settlement to
which the parties have agreed will result in no monetary recovery by any party. The Court must approve the
settlement of any shareholder derivative claim which is set for hearing by court on March 20, 2015. The Company
believes the settlement will be approved at that hearing which will conclude this litigation resulting in no material
effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows, although no assurance can be
offered in this regard.
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