U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended __December 31, 2019 ___
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period
Commission File Number 001-36378
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC.
(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Nevada
20-0019425
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
321 South 1250 West Suite 1
Lindon, UT 84042
(Registrant's principal executive offices)
(801) 796-5127
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of each class)
NASDAQ
(Name of each exchange on which registered)
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None
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 Exchange 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 of 1934 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 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 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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "
large accelerated filer," " accelerated filer," " smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated Filer ☐
Non-accelerated Filer ☒
Emerging Growth Company ☐
Accelerated Filer ☐
Smaller Reporting Company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which our common stock was last sold as of the last business day of the
our most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $48,188,985.
Title of each class
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
Trading Symbol(s)
PFIE
Name of each exchange on which registered
NASDAQ
As of March 9, 2020, the registrant had 51,086,372 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, issued and 47,673,994 shares outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: Portions of the Profire Energy, Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this
report.
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PROFIRE ENERGY, INC.
FORM 10-K
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Explanatory Note
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Item 1. Business
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2. Properties
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
PART I
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
PART II
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9B. Other Information
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance
PART III
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
Signatures
PART IV
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Explanatory Note
Unless otherwise indicated by the context, any reference herein to the "Company", "Profire", "we", "our" or "us" means Profire Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its
corporate subsidiaries and predecessors. Unless otherwise indicated by the context, all dollar amounts stated in this report on Form 10-K are in U.S. dollars.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that are based on Managements' beliefs and assumptions and on information
currently available to Management. For this purpose, any statement contained in this report that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking,
including, but not limited to, statements relating to our future actions, intentions, plans, strategies, objectives, results of operations, cash flows and the adequacy of or need to
seek additional capital resources and liquidity. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “budget,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “should,” “could,” “will” or comparable terminology or the negative of such terms are intended to identify
forward-looking statements; however, the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements by their nature involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially depending on a variety of factors, many of which
are not within our control. Such factors include, but are not limited to, economic conditions generally and in the oil and gas industry in which we and our customers participate;
competition within our industry; legislative requirements or changes which could render our products or services less competitive or obsolete; our failure to successfully
develop new products and/or services or to anticipate current or prospective customers' needs; price increases; limits to employee capabilities; delays, reductions, or
cancellations of contracts we have previously entered into; sufficiency of working capital, capital resources and liquidity; conflicts of interest between our significant investors
and our other stakeholders; volatility of our operating results and share price and other factors detailed herein and in our other filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or "Commission"). Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary
statements that are included in this report. For a more detailed discussion of the principal factors that could cause actual results to be materially different, you should read our
risk factors in Item 1A. Risk Factors, included elsewhere in this report.
Forward-looking statements are based on our assessment of current industry, financial and economic information,, all of which are dynamic factors subject to rapid and
abrupt changes. Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with our
business. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements and we hereby qualify all
our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
Forward-looking statements in this report speak only as of their dates. We undertake no obligation to amend this report or publicly revise these forward-looking
statements (other than as required by law) to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, whether as the result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes contained elsewhere in this report and in our other filings
with the Commission.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
We are an oilfield technology company providing products that enhance the efficiency, safety, and compliance of the oil and gas industry. We specialize in the creation
of burner-management systems used on a variety of oilfield forced-air and natural-draft fire-tube applications. We sell our products and services primarily throughout North
America. Our experienced team of industry service professionals also provides supporting services for our products.
Profire Energy, Inc. was established on October 9, 2008, upon the closing of transactions contemplated by an Acquisition Agreement between The Flooring Zone, Inc.
and Profire Combustion, Inc. and the shareholders of Profire Combustion, Inc. (the "Subsidiary"). Following the closing of the transactions, The Flooring Zone, Inc. was
renamed Profire Energy, Inc. (the "Parent"). As a result of the transaction, the Subsidiary became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent and the shareholders of the
Subsidiary became the controlling shareholders of the Company. The Parent was incorporated on May 5, 2003 in the State of Nevada. The Subsidiary was incorporated on
March 6, 2002 in the Province of Alberta, Canada.
Principal Products and Services
Across the energy industry, there are numerous demands for heat generation and control. Applications such as combustors, enclosed flares, gas production units,
treaters, glycol and amine reboilers, indirect line-heaters, heated tanks, and process heaters require heat as part of their production or processing functions. This heat is generated
through the process of combustion which must be controlled, managed and supervised. Combustion and the resulting generation of heat integral to the process of separating,
treating, storing, and transporting oil and gas. Factors such as petroleum's specific gravity, the presence of hydrates, temperature and hydrogen sulfide content contribute to the
need for heat in oil and gas production and processing applications. Our burner-management systems ignite, monitor, and manage pilots and burners that are utilized in this
process. Our technology affords remote operation, reducing the need for employee interaction with the appliance's burner, such as for the purposes of re-ignition or temperature
monitoring. In addition, our burner-management systems can help reduce gas emissions by quickly reigniting a failed flame and improving application efficiencies and up-time.
Oil and gas producers utilize burner-management systems to achieve increased safety, greater operational efficiencies, and improved compliance with changing
industry regulations. Without a burner-management system, an employee must discover and reignite an extinguished burner flame, then restart the application manually.
Therefore, without burner-management systems, all application monitoring is done directly on-site. Such on-site monitoring can result in the interruption of production for
longer periods of time, risk of reigniting a flame, which can lead to burns and explosions, and the possibility of raw gas being vented into the atmosphere when the flame fails.
In addition, without a burner-management system, burners often run longer, incurring significant fuel costs. We believe there is a growing trend in the oil and gas industry
toward enhanced control, process automation, and data logging, largely for improved efficiency and operational cost savings, and partly for potential regulatory-satisfaction
purposes. Our burner-management systems are designed to be always on standby to make sure the burner flame is lit and managed properly, which can reduce how often a
burner is running and may reduce fuel costs. We continue to assess compliance-interest in the industry, and we believe that enhanced burner-management products and services
can help our customers be compliant with such regulatory requirements, where applicable. In addition to selling products, we train and dispatch service technicians to service
burner flame installations throughout the United States and Canada.
We initially developed our first burner-management system in 2005. Since then, we have released several iterations of our initial burner-management system,
increasing features and capabilities, while maintaining compliance with North American standards, including Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Underwriters Laboratories
(UL), and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) standards.
Our burner-management systems have become widely used in Western Canada and throughout many regions in the United States. We have sold our burner-
management systems to many large energy companies, including Anadarko, Chesapeake, ConocoPhillips, Devon, Encana, XTO, CNRL, Shell, OXY, and others. Our systems
have also been sold or installed in other parts of the world, including many countries in Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. We are established in the
North American oil and gas markets, which is our primary focus currently, but we are working to expand further into other international markets.
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Product Extensions
The PF3100 is an advanced burner and combustion management system which is designed to operate, monitor, control, and manage a wide variety of complex, heated
appliances. Throughout the industry, Programmable Logic Controllers, or PLCs, are used to operate and manage custom-built oilfield applications. While PLC's perform these
intended functions, they can be expensive, difficult to install and maintain. The PF3100 can help oilfield producers meet deadlines and improve profitability through an off-the-
shelf solution with dynamic customization. We are selling the PF3100 for initial use in the oil and gas industry's natural-draft and forced-draft applications.
We recognized the area of burner management most in need of innovation was the user experience. The PF2200 is designed to optimize installation, commissioning,
troubleshooting and daily operation. This focus on the user will optimized the time required on-site for both installation and operator training. With the user focused design
being combined with an expanded feature set, the PF2200 becomes a very powerful tool to reduce downtime and lessen the burden on producers in a wide variety of
applications, ranging from dual-burner to forced draft, to a variety of waste-gas destruction applications.
We frequently assess market needs by participating in industry conferences and soliciting feedback from existing and potential customers, allowing us to provide
quality solutions to the oil and gas producing companies we serve. Upon identifying a potential market need, we begin researching the market and developing products that are
likely to have feasibility for future sale.
Additional Complementary Products
In addition to our burner- and combustion-management systems, we also supply complementary products that provide our customers with a complete solution. These
products include safety and monitoring devices such as shut-down and temperature valves, pressure transmitters and switches, burners, pilots, flame arrestor housings and other
combustion related equipment. We continue to invest in the development of innovative, complementary products which we anticipate will help bolster continued long-term
growth.
Principal Markets and Distribution Methods
Our principal markets include Western Canada and the United States, specifically the Marcellus, Permian, Bakken, STACK, SCOOP, and Eagle Ford areas. In our
experience, the oil and gas industry does not typically centralize purchasing decisions of relatively inexpensive products and services such as those we provide. Therefore, we
place a strong emphasis on developing relationships with customers at the field-level. Because of this relationship-based purchasing structure, the majority of our sales
initiatives are focused on working directly with producers rather than through distributors or representative agreements.
We have also had success in working with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who manufacture the production and processing equipment on which our
products are utilized. These products can be used on new well pads or as replacements for former old or defective products. We have also had success in working with strategic
partners that deliver instrumentation and electrical (I&E) services in the industry. When drilling activity is high, these OEMs and I&Es provide us with a relatively easy-to-scale
sales and service channel.
In addition to developing a larger presence in international markets in future years, we believe the PF3100 and PF2200 platforms will serve as the base for applications
outside of the oil and gas industry (as well as for new applications within the oil and gas industry). Although our primary focus is on serving the oil and gas industry, we
continue to look for opportunities to expand and diversify our product footprint to other industries. For example, these platforms could have applications in the agricultural
industry. We intend to continue to explore these opportunities.
Competition
We believe most of our competitors have limited sales and service departments to promote and support their products. Most of our competitors are regionally focused,
with operations that are limited to areas close to their headquarters. There are several companies marketing burner-management products similar to ours. Our direct competitors
include Combustex, SureFire, Platinum, and ACL.
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While price is a significant method of competition within our industry, we believe the most important competitive factors are performance, quality, reliability,
durability, and installation/service availability and expertise. To that end, we have primarily sought to first create high-quality and innovative products, and then to constrain
costs without compromising quality and innovation. Relative to our competition, we believe our product-offering tends to be about average in price, but with above-average
capability, reliability, and product-support.
We believe this quality-focused approach will help us continue to remain competitive in the industry. To help assure our customers of our commitment to quality and
safety, our burner-management systems have been certified to comply with CSA, UL, and SIL standards. Additionally, because we were an early-mover in the burner-
management market, we have the advantage of established relationships with both suppliers and customers, which help create a barrier to new entrants.
Sources and Availability of Raw Materials
We operate under release date purchase orders with the majority of our suppliers, including our suppliers in China. This allows for our procurement team to work
closely with our suppliers to navigate market fluctuations and the changing needs of our customers. In the past, we have not experienced any sudden or dramatic increase in the
prices of the major parts or components needed for our systems. However, as industry activity levels fluctuate and global economic pressures change, there could be greater
upward pressure on the price of system components.
Some of the components that we resell, such as some of our valve products, are available from a limited number of suppliers. If our access to such products becomes
constricted, we could experience a material adverse impact on our results of operations or financial condition. We continue to develop proprietary products that could reduce
some of our dependency on these limited componentry items. As we anticipate continued development of proprietary products, we expect to review vendor relationships to help
ensure we are working with suppliers that best meet our needs and the needs of our customers. Because many of the component parts we use are relatively low-priced and
readily available, we do not anticipate that a sudden or dramatic increase in the price (or decrease in supply) of any particular part would have a material adverse effect on our
results of operations or financial condition, even if we are unable to increase our sales prices proportionate to any particular price increase.
We contract with third-party contract manufacturers to assemble our burner-management system controllers, along with other proprietary products. We believe this has
provided us with improved manufacturing efficiencies. Additionally, the use of third-party fabricators enables us to concentrate our capital on liquidity maintenance, research
and development projects, and other strategies that align with our core competencies instead of investments in manufacturing equipment. Under the direction of our product
engineers, the manufacturers are able to procure all electronic parts, specialty cases and components, and from those components assemble the complete system. Using specialty
equipment and processes provided by us, the system is tested on-site by the manufacturer, and if the finished product is acceptable, it is shipped to us for distribution. We
subsequently perform our own quality-control testing, and ensure the programming for each system is ready for the anticipated environment of the customer. Shipments to us
from our manufacturers are usually limited to a few hundred systems at a time, so that in the event any one shipment is lost or damaged, inventory levels are not seriously
impacted. The entire manufacturing process is typically completed within 90 to 120 days of the manufacturer receiving our purchase order.
Our burner-management systems manufacturers are located in Alberta, Canada. While we have contracts in place with these manufacturers, should we lose services
from one or both of them, we believe we keep enough inventory on hand to meet our customers' needs in the event of short-term supply chain disruptions.
We also believe we have adequate alternative manufacturing sources available, and that while such a loss might result in a temporary short-term disruption, we do not
anticipate it would result in a materially adverse impact in our ability to meet demand for our products or results of operations, financial condition and cash flows for a
significant period of time. We periodically evaluate alternative manufacturing options to ensure our current fabricators are competitive in price, manufacturing quality and
fulfillment speed, and to ensure we have the ability to scale our production levels based on customer demand and market conditions.
Dependence upon Major Customers
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues. Nonetheless, the
loss of a major customer could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
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Patents, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property
We have filed or acquired several patent applications for various product innovations, both domestically and internationally. We intend to continue to assess the
strategic and financial value of each potential patent as we develop various intellectual properties.
Need for Governmental Approval of our Principal Products or Services
We are required to obtain certain safety certifications/ratings for our combustion-management systems before they are released to the market. We have received the
appropriate certifications including CSA, Intertek and UL certifications for our burner-management and chemical-management systems.
Although sales of our products and services have not been dependent on industry regulations, we believe industry regulations have enhanced our sales environment in
certain geographies. We believe that increased regulation in the areas of lower emissions and higher safety standards for our customers—especially when coupled with
consistent enforcement—may influence potential customers to purchase our products or services.
Effects of Existing or Probable Governmental Regulation on our Business
We believe that our products can improve regulatory compliance for our customers. Regulations concerning emissions, safe burner ignition methods, data logging, or
other regulatory dimensions that could be related to our products, may impact our customers and markets. Examples of such regulations include:
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B149.3-10, which has evolved in recent years and is effective for Alberta, governs the safety precautions that must be met concerning the ignition of the
pilot and the main burner in Canada. It requires a programmable control to be used, if the controller complies with certain certification requirements
promulgated by the CSA.
Regulation 7, which was passed during fiscal year 2014 by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, required that combustion devices
installed after May 1, 2014, be equipped with an auto-igniter and all existing combustion devices to be equipped with an auto-igniter by May 1, 2016.
R307-503-4(1) (b) & (c), which was passed during fiscal year 2014 by the Utah Department of Air Quality, mandated that all new open and enclosed flares
have an auto-igniter. The rule required the two largest oil- and gas-producing counties in Utah to retrofit all existing enclosed flares with auto-igniters by
December 1, 2015, and all other counties to comply by April 1, 2017.
Order 25417, which was passed by North Dakota's Industrial Council, is a rule that became effective April 1, 2015, and requires producers to condition
crude oil before transportation and prove oil temperature is above 110 degrees Fahrenheit, to burn off toxic gases from the oil.
Our burner-management system's design enables our products to help companies become compliant with the aforementioned and other regulations and we intend to
continue following their implementation and enforcement. We have assigned sales and service professionals to these specific geographic areas to ensure we have a strong
presence in the States and Provinces with specific regulations.
We are focused on providing products and services that exceed existing regulatory and industry safety standards. We believe demand for our products may increase as
regulators continue to tighten safety and efficiency standards in the industry. In addition to satisfying regulatory and safety requirements, we believe oil and gas companies
continue to recognize the operational efficiencies that can be realized through the use of our burner-management systems and related products. However, significant changes in
the regulatory environment could materially impact our results of operations and financial condition.
Research and Development
We place strong emphasis on product-oriented research and development relating to the development of new or improved products and systems. During the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we spent $1,933,112 and $1,397,440, respectively, on research and development programs.
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Cost and Effects of Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Laws
Our business is affected by local, provincial, state, federal and foreign laws and other regulations relating to the gas and electric safety standards and codes presently
existing in the oil and gas industry, as well as laws and regulations relating to worker safety and environmental protection.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, we did not incur material direct costs to comply with applicable environmental
laws. There can be no assurance, however, that this will continue to be the case in the future as environmental laws and regulations relating to the oil and natural gas industry are
routinely subject to change.
Employees
As of December 31, 2019, we had a total of 117 employees, 104 of whom were full-time employees.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
Name
Brenton W. Hatch
Ryan Oviatt
Cameron Tidball
Jay Fugal
Patrick Fisher
Available Information
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Positions Held
Chief Executive Officer and President (2008 to present)
Chief Financial Officer (2015 to present)
Chief Business Development Officer (2018 to present)
Vice President of Operations (2018 to present)
Vice President of Product Development (2019 to present)
Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), are available free of charge on our website at www.profireenergy.com as soon as reasonably
practicable after we file such information electronically with, or furnish it to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The statements in this section describe the known material risks to our business and should be considered carefully.
Risks Relating to Our Business
Changes in the level of capital-spending by our customers could materially and adversely impact our business and financial condition.
Our principal customers are oil and natural gas exploration and production companies that operate in the upstream and midstream space and the original equipment
manufacturers, or OEM’s, that supply the exploration and production companies with burner related equipment. Thus, the results of our operations and financial condition
depend on the level of capital spending by our customers. The energy industry's level of capital spending is tied to the prevailing commodity prices of natural gas and crude oil
because the amount of crude oil and natural gas that our customers can economically produce also depends on the prevailing prices for those commodities. Volatility in
commodity prices may make our customers reluctant to invest in the oil and gas industry where our products would be used. Although our products may enhance the
operational efficiency of producing wells, a prolonged or substantial downturn in market price could lead to reductions or delays in the capital spending of our customers and
therefore reduce the demand for our products and services, which could materially and adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.
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We depend on our customers' willingness to make operating and capital expenditures to transport, refine and produce oil and natural gas. Industry conditions are
influenced by numerous factors over which we have no control, such as:
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domestic and worldwide economic conditions;
political instability in the Middle East and other oil-producing regions;
the actions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC);
the price of foreign imports of oil and gas, including liquefied natural gas;
natural disasters or weather conditions, such as hurricanes;
technological advances affecting energy consumption;
the level of oil and gas inventories globally;
the cost of producing oil and gas;
the price and availability of alternative fuels;
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These and other industry conditions could influence our customers’ willingness to make operating and capital expenditures to transport, refine and produce oil and natural gas.
If our customers reduce or eliminate such operating and capital expenditures, it may adversely affect our business and financial condition.
Changes in foreign exchange rates in countries where our business operates could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
A portion of our consolidated revenue and consolidated operating income is in Canadian dollars. As a result, we are subject to significant risks, including:
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limitations on our ability to reinvest earnings from operations in the United States to fund our operations in Canada.
If the volatility in the CAD/USD exchange rate causes a devaluation in either currency, it could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
The competitive nature of the oilfield services industry could lead to an increase of direct competitors.
As our segment within the oil and gas exploration and production industry grows and matures it is reasonable to expect additional companies may seek to enter this
market. New entrants to our industry may be more highly capitalized, better recognized or better situated to take advantage of market opportunities. If we are unable to
adequately compete against current and future competitors, or if the competition results in price reductions or decreased demand for our products, our business, financial
condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
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We may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures, or these benefits may take longer to realize than expected.
Our future business strategies may include growth through the acquisitions of other businesses. We may not be able to identify attractive acquisition opportunities or
successfully acquire those opportunities that are identified. Even if we are successful in integrating future acquisitions into existing operations, we may not derive the benefits,
such as administrative or operational synergy or earnings, that were expected from such acquisitions, which may result in the commitment of capital resources without the
expected returns on capital. Additionally, the competition for acquisition opportunities may increase which in turn would increase our cost of making acquisitions.
In pursuing our business strategy, from time to time we evaluate targets for potential acquisitions. We conduct due diligence to identify valuation issues and potential
loss contingencies, negotiate transaction terms, complete transactions and manage post-closing matters such as the integration of acquired businesses. However, we may incur
unanticipated costs or expenses following a completed acquisition, including post-closing asset impairment charges, expenses associated with eliminating duplicate facilities,
litigation, and other liabilities.
The risks associated with our past or future acquisitions also include the following:
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the business culture of the acquired business may not match well with our culture;
we may fail to retain, motivate and integrate key management and other employees of the acquired business;
we may experience problems in retaining customers and integrating customer bases;
we may experience complexities associated with managing the combined businesses; and
consolidating multiple physical locations.
The anticipated benefits of acquisitions may not be realized, if at all, and we may incur significant time and costs beyond those anticipated with the integration of new
acquisitions to the existing business. If we are unable to accomplish the integration and management of the combined business successfully, or achieve a substantial portion of
the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions within the time frames anticipated by Management, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Many of these factors are outside of our control and any one of them could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues, and diversion of
Management's time and attention. They may also delay the realization of the benefits we anticipate when we enter into a transaction. Failure to implement our acquisition
strategy, including successfully integrating acquired businesses, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Our operations involve operating hazards, which, if not insured or indemnified against, could harm our results of operations and financial condition.
Our operations are subject to hazards inherent in our technology's use in oilfield service operations, oilfield development and oil production activities, including fire,
explosions, blowouts, spills and damage or loss from natural disasters, each of which could result in substantial damage to the oil-producing formations and oil wells,
production facilities, other property, equipment and the environment, or in personal injury or loss of life. These hazards could also result in the suspension of purchasing, or in
claims by employees, customers or third parties which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
Some of these risks are either not insurable or insurance is available only at rates that we consider uneconomical. Although we will maintain liability insurance in an
amount that we consider consistent with industry practice, the nature of these risks is such that liabilities could exceed policy limits. We may not always be successful in
obtaining contractual indemnification from our customers, and customers who provide contractual indemnification protection may not maintain adequate insurance or
otherwise have the financial resources necessary to support their indemnification obligations. Our insurance or indemnification arrangements may not adequately protect us
against liability or loss from all the hazards of our operations. The occurrence of a significant event that we have not fully insured or indemnified against, or the failure of a
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customer to meet its indemnification obligations to us, could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Changes to governmental regulation of the oil and gas industry could materially and adversely affect our business.
If the laws and regulations governing oil and natural gas exploration and production were to become less stringent, we could experience a decline in the demand for
our products, which we expect would materially and adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition. These regulations are subject to change and new
regulations may curtail or eliminate customer activities in certain areas where we currently operate.
Furthermore, our operations are affected by local, provincial, state, federal, and foreign laws and other regulations relating to oil, gas and electric standards. Such
standards can be related to safety, environmental protection, or other regulatory dimensions for the oil and gas industry. Any change in local, provincial, state, federal and
foreign laws and other regulations could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
Our international operations subject us to certain operating risks, which could adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
Our international operations involve additional risks not associated with our domestic operations. We intend to continue our expansion into international oil and gas
producing areas. The effect on our international operations from the risks we describe will not be the same in all countries and jurisdictions. Risks associated with our
operations outside of the United States include risks of:
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potentially adverse tax consequences;
political and economic instability, including wars and acts of terrorism, political unrest, boycotts, curtailments of trade, tariffs and sanctions, and other business
restrictions;
expropriation, confiscation, or nationalization of assets;
renegotiation or nullification of existing contracts;
difficulties and costs in recruiting and retaining individuals skilled in international business operations;
foreign exchange restrictions;
foreign currency fluctuations;
foreign taxation;
the inability to repatriate earnings or capital;
changing foreign and domestic monetary policies;
cultural and communication challenges;
industry-process changes in heating and flow of oil;
regional economic downturns;
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foreign governmental regulations favoring or requiring the awarding of contracts to local contractors or requiring foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or
purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction that may harm our ability to compete; and
failure to comply with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Our business could result in liability for litigation, personal injury and property damage claims assessments.
Most of our products are used in hazardous production applications and involve exposure to inherent risks, including explosions and fires, where an accident or a
failure of a product could result in liability for personal injury, loss of life, property damage, pollution or other environmental hazards or loss of production. Litigation may
arise from a catastrophic occurrence at a location where our equipment and services are used. This litigation could result in large claims for damages, including consequential
damages, and could impair the market's acceptance of our products. The frequency and severity of such incidents could affect our operating costs, insurability and relationships
with customers, employees and regulators. These occurrences could result in substantial costs and diversion of Management's attention and resources, which could have an
adverse effect on our business.
Our business may be subject to product liability claims or product recalls, which could be expensive and could result in diversion of Management's attention.
The oil industry experiences significant product liability claims. As an installer and servicer of oilfield combustion management technologies and related products, we
face an inherent business risk of exposure to product liability claims in the event that our products, or the equipment into which our products are incorporated, could
malfunction and result in personal injury or death. We may be named in product liability claims even if there is no evidence that our technology, products or services caused or
contributed to the accidents. Product liability claims could result in significant losses as a result of expenses incurred in defending claims or the awarding of damages. In
addition, we may be required to participate in recalls involving our products if any of our products prove to be defective, or we may voluntarily initiate a recall or make
payments related to such claims as a result of various industry or business practices, or in an effort to maintain good customer relationships. Our product liability insurance may
not be sufficient to cover all product liability claims, such claims may exceed our insurance coverage limits, or such insurance may not continue to be available on
commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Any product liability claim brought against us could have a material adverse effect on our reputation and business.
Uninsured or underinsured claims or litigation or an increase in our insurance premiums could adversely impact our results of operations.
Although we maintain insurance protection for certain risks in our business and operations, we are not fully insured against all possible risks, nor are all such risks
insurable. It is possible an unexpected judgment could be rendered against us for which we could be uninsured or underinsured and damages could be beyond the amounts we
currently have reserved or anticipate incurring. Significant increases in the cost of insurance and more restrictive coverage may have an adverse impact on our results of
operations. In addition, we may not be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at rates we consider reasonable or our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover
future claims and assessments that may arise.
Our assets and operations, as well as the assets and operations of our customers, could be adversely affected by weather and other natural phenomena.
Our assets and operations could be adversely affected by natural phenomena, such as tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfire, floods, and landslides. A significant disruption
in our operations or the operations of our customers due to weather or other natural phenomena could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
Liability to customers under warranties may materially and adversely affect our earnings.
We provide warranties as to the proper operation and conformance to specifications of the products we sell. Failure of our products to operate properly or to meet
specifications may increase our costs by requiring additional engineering resources and services, replacement of parts and equipment, or monetary reimbursement to a customer.
In the past we have received warranty claims and we expect to continue to receive them in the future. To the extent that we incur substantial
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warranty claims in any period, our reputation, our ability to obtain future business, and our earnings could be adversely affected.
Some of our products use equipment and materials that are available from a limited number of suppliers.
We purchase equipment provided by a limited number of manufacturers. During periods of high demand, these manufacturers may not be able to meet our requests
for timely delivery, resulting in delayed deliveries of equipment and higher prices for equipment. There are a limited number of suppliers for certain materials used in burner
management systems, our largest product line. Although these materials are generally available, supply disruptions may occur due to factors beyond our control. Such
disruptions, delayed deliveries, and higher prices, could limit our ability to meet our customers' needs, or could increase the related costs, thus possibly reducing revenues and
profits.
Dependence on contract manufacturing and outsourcing other portions of our supply chain may adversely affect our ability to bring products to market and damage our
reputation.
We outsource our manufacturing processes and other functions and continue to evaluate additional outsourcing in order to maintain efficient operations. If our
contract manufacturers or other outsourcers fail to perform their obligations in a timely manner or at satisfactory quality levels, our ability to bring products to market and our
reputation could suffer. For example, during a market upturn, our contract manufacturers may be unable to meet our demand requirements, which may prevent us from
fulfilling our customers' orders on a timely basis. The ability of these manufacturers to perform is largely outside of our control. Additionally, changing or replacing our
contract manufacturers or other outsourcers could cause disruptions or delays.
We are exposed to risks of delay, cancellation, and nonpayment by customers in the ordinary course of our business activities.
We are exposed to risks of loss in the event of delay, cancellation, and nonpayment by our customers. Our customers are subject to their own operating and regulatory
risks and may be highly leveraged. We may experience financial losses in our dealings with other parties. Any delay and any increases in the cancellation of contracts or
nonpayment by our customers and/or counterparties could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the same factors that may lead to a
reduction in our potential customers' spending may also increase our exposure to the risks of nonpayment and nonperformance by our existing customers. A significant
reduction in our customers' liquidity may result in a decrease in their ability to pay or otherwise perform their obligations to us. Any increase in nonpayment or nonperformance
by our customers, either as a result of recent changes in financial and economic conditions or otherwise, could have an adverse impact on our operating results and adversely
affect our liquidity.
Our ability to successfully commercialize our technology and products may be materially adversely affected if we are unable to obtain and maintain effective intellectual
property rights for our technologies and planned products, or if the scope of the intellectual property protection is not sufficiently broad.
Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection with respect to our proprietary technology and
products. In recent years, patent rights have been the subject of significant litigation. As a result, the issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of patent
rights is highly uncertain. Pending and future patent applications may not result in patents being issued which protect our technology or products or which effectively prevent
others from commercializing competitive technologies and products. Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of the same, especially in jurisdictions in which we hope
to secure protection, may diminish the value of patents or narrow the scope of patent protection. Publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind actual
discoveries, and patent applications, in the United States and other jurisdictions. Consequentially, such discoveries are typically not published until 18 months after filing, or in
some cases not at all. Therefore, we may not have been the first to make the inventions claimed in our patents or pending patent applications, or we may not have been the first
to file for patent protection of such inventions.
Even if the patent applications we rely on are issued as patents, they may not be issued in a form that will provide us with any meaningful protection, prevent
competitors from competing with us, or otherwise provide us with any competitive advantage. Our competitors may be able to circumvent our patents by developing similar or
alternative technologies or products in a non-infringing manner. The issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its scope, validity or enforceability, and patents may be
challenged in the courts or patent offices in the United States and internationally. Such challenges may result
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in patent claims being narrowed, invalidated or held unenforceable, which could limit our ability to stop, or prevent us from stopping, others from using or commercializing
similar or identical technology and products, or limit the duration of the patent protection of our technology and products. As a result, our patent portfolio may not provide us
with sufficient rights to exclude others from commercializing products similar or identical to ours, or otherwise provide us with a competitive advantage.
While we are not currently engaged in any material intellectual property litigation, in the future we may commence lawsuits against others if we believe they have
infringed our rights. We may not be successful in any such litigation. Our involvement in any intellectual property litigation could require the expenditure of substantial time
and other resources, may adversely affect the development of sales of our products or intellectual property, our capital resources, or may divert the efforts of our technical and
management personnel, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
We may not be able to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
Filing, prosecuting and defending our patents throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we
have not obtained patent protection, to develop their own products, and may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patent protection but where
enforcement is not as strong as in the United States. Competitors' products may compete with our products in jurisdictions where we do not have any issued patents, and our
intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing. Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and
defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries may not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property
protection, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of any patents or marketing of competing products in violation of our proprietary rights generally.
Proceedings to enforce any patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial cost and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business.
If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, the value of our technology could be materially adversely affected, harming our business and competitive
position.
Some of our proprietary intellectual property is not protected by patents or copyrights, and, despite our precautions, it may be possible for third parties to obtain and
use such intellectual property without authorization. We rely upon confidential proprietary information, including trade secrets, unpatented know-how, technology, software,
and other proprietary information, to develop and maintain our competitive position. Any disclosure to, or misappropriation by, third parties of our confidential proprietary
information could enable competitors to quickly duplicate or surpass our technological achievements, thus eroding our competitive position in the market. We seek to protect
our confidential proprietary information, in part, by confidentiality agreements with our employees and our collaborators and consultants. We also have agreements with our
employees and selected consultants that obligate them to assign their inventions to us.
These agreements are designed to protect our proprietary information; however, our trade secrets and other confidential information could be disclosed or competitors
could otherwise gain access to our trade secrets, or that technology relevant to our business could be independently developed by a person that is not a party to such agreements.
Furthermore, if the employees, consultants or collaborators that are parties to these agreements breach or violate the terms of these agreements, we may not have adequate
remedies for any such breach or violation, and we could lose our trade secrets through such breaches or violations. Further, our trade secrets could be disclosed,
misappropriated or otherwise become known or be independently discovered by our competitors. In addition, intellectual property laws in foreign countries may not protect
trade secrets and confidential information to the same extent as the laws of the United States. If we are unable to prevent disclosure of the intellectual property related to our
technologies to third parties, we may not be able to establish or maintain a competitive advantage in our market, which would harm our ability to protect our rights and have a
material adverse effect on our business.
Third parties may initiate legal proceedings alleging that we are infringing their intellectual property rights, the outcome of which would be uncertain and could have a
material adverse effect on the success of our business.
Our commercial success depends upon our ability and the ability of our distributors, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to manufacture, market, and sell our
products, and to use our proprietary technologies without infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the proprietary rights or intellectual property of third parties.
While we are not aware of any issued or pending patent applications that could restrict our ability to operate, we may in the future become party to, or
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be threatened with, adversarial proceedings or litigation regarding intellectual property rights with respect to our products and technology. Third parties may assert infringement
claims against us based on existing or future intellectual property rights. If we are found to infringe a third party's intellectual property rights, we may be temporarily or
permanently prohibited from commercializing our products that are held to be infringing. We might, if possible, also be forced to redesign our products so that we no longer
infringe the third party intellectual property rights, or we could be required to obtain a license from such third party to continue developing and marketing our products and
technology. We may also elect to enter into such a license in order to settle pending or threatened litigation. However, we may not be able to obtain any required license on
commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same technologies
licensed to us, and we could be required to pay significant royalties and other fees. We could be forced, including by court order, to cease commercializing the infringing
technology or product. In addition, we could be found liable for monetary damages. A finding of infringement could prevent us from commercializing our products or force us
to cease some of our business operations, which could materially harm our business.
Even if we are successful in defending against intellectual property claims, litigation or other legal proceedings relating to such claims may cause us to incur significant
expenses, and could distract our technical and management personnel from their normal responsibilities. Such litigation or proceedings could substantially decrease our
operating profits and reduce our resources available for development activities. We may not have sufficient financial or other resources to adequately conduct such litigation or
proceedings. As a result of their substantially greater financial resources, some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of such litigation or proceedings more
effectively than we can. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of litigation or other intellectual property-related proceedings could have a material adverse
effect on our ability to compete in the marketplace.
If we do not develop and commercialize new competitive products, our revenue may decline.
To remain competitive in the market for oilfield technologies, we must continue to develop and commercialize new products. If we are not able to develop
commercially competitive products in a timely manner in response to industry demands, our business and revenues will be adversely affected. Our future ability to develop new
products depends on our ability to:
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attract and retain talented research-and-development management and personnel;
successfully market new products; and
protect our proprietary designs from our competitors.
We may encounter resource constraints or technical or other difficulties that could delay introduction of new products and services. Our competitors may introduce
new products before we do and achieve a competitive advantage.
Additionally, the time and expense invested in product development may not result in commercial products or revenues. Our inability to enhance existing products in a
timely manner or to develop and introduce new products that incorporate new technologies, conform to stringent regulatory standards and performance requirements, and
achieve market acceptance in a timely manner, could negatively impact our competitive position. New product development or modification is costly, involves significant
research, development, time and expense, and may not necessarily result in the successful commercialization of any new products. Moreover, we may experience operating
losses after new products are introduced and commercialized because of high start-up costs, unexpected manufacturing costs or problems, or lack of demand.
New technologies could render our existing products obsolete.
New developments in technology may negatively affect the development or sale of some or all of our products or make our products obsolete. Our success depends
upon our ability to design, develop and market new or modified technologies and related products.
Our business and financial condition could be negatively impacted if we lose the services of certain members of senior management.
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Our development to date has largely depended, and in the future will continue to largely depend, on the efforts of our senior management. We currently do not have
key-person insurance on any of our senior management team. Thus, the loss of any member of our senior management could impair our ability to execute our business plan and
could therefore have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Failing to attract and retain skilled employees could impair our growth potential and profitability.
Our ability to remain productive and profitable depends substantially on our ability to attract and retain skilled employees. Our ability to scale our operations depends
on our ability to increase our labor force. The demand for skilled oilfield employees is high and the supply is limited. As a result of the volatility of the oilfield services and
technology industry, our ability to offer competitive wages and retain skilled employees may be diminished.
A portion of our total compensation program for key personnel has historically included awards of options to buy our common stock or other equity-based awards. If
the price of our common stock performs poorly, such performance may adversely affect our ability to retain or attract key personnel. In addition, if we are unable to continue to
provide attractive equity compensation awards or other compensation incentives for any reason, we may be unable to retain and motivate existing personnel and recruit new
personnel.
If we are unable to expand in existing or into new markets, our ability to grow our business as profitably as planned could be materially and adversely affected.
We may not be able to expand our market share in our existing markets or successfully enter new or contiguous markets especially in light of industry volatility. In
addition, such expansion could adversely affect our profitability and results of operations. If we are unable to enter into new markets, our business could be materially and
adversely affected.
If we are unable to manage growth effectively, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
Our ability to successfully expand to new markets, or expand our penetration in existing markets, depends on a number of factors including:
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our ability to provide large-scale support and training materials for a growing customer base;
our ability to hire, train and assimilate new employees;
the adequacy of our financial resources; and
our ability to correctly identify and exploit new geographical markets and to successfully compete in those markets.
We may not be able to achieve our planned expansion and our products may not gain access to new markets or be accepted in new marketplaces. We may not achieve
greater market penetration in existing markets and we may not achieve planned operating results, or results comparable to those we experience in existing markets, in the new
markets we enter.
Disruptions, failures or security breaches of our information technology infrastructure could have a negative impact on our operations.
Information technology is critically important to our business operations. We use information technology to manage all business processes including manufacturing,
financial, logistics, sales, marketing, and administrative functions. These processes collect, interpret and distribute business data and communicate internally and externally with
employees, suppliers, customers, and others.
We invest in industry standard security technology to protect our data and business processes against risk of data security breach and cyber-attack. Our data security
management program includes identity, trust, vulnerability and threat management business processes as well as adoption of standard data protection policies. We measure our
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effectiveness through industry accepted methods and remediate significant findings. Additionally, we certify our major technology suppliers and any outsourced services
through accepted security certification standards.
While we believe that our security technology and processes provide adequate measures of protection against security breaches and reduce cybersecurity risks,
disruptions in, or failures of, information technology systems are possible and could have a negative impact on our operations or business reputation. Failure of our systems,
including failures due to cyber-attacks that would prevent the ability of systems to function as intended, could cause transaction errors, loss of customers and sales, and could
have negative consequences to our business, our employees, and those with whom we do business.
Risks Relating to our Common Stock
The market price of our common stock has been and may continue to be volatile and you may have difficulty reselling any shares of our common stock.
The market price of our common stock has been volatile, and fluctuates widely in price in response to various factors which are beyond our control. The price of our
common stock is not necessarily indicative of our operating performance or long-term business prospects. In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely
affect the market price of our common stock. Factors such as the following could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially:
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the underlying price of the commodities in the oil and gas industry;
announcements of capital budget changes by a major customer;
the introduction of new products by our competitors;
announcements of technology advances by us or our competitors;
current events affecting the political and economic environment in the United States or Canada;
foreign currency fluctuations;
conditions or industry trends, including demand for our products, services and technological advances;
changes to financial estimates by us or by any securities analysts who might cover our stock;
changes in our key personnel;
government regulation of our industry;
seasonal, economic, or financial conditions;
our quarterly operating and financial results; or
litigation or public concern about the safety of our products.
The realization of any of these risks and other factors beyond our control could cause the market price of our common stock to decline significantly. In particular, the
market price of our common stock may be influenced by variations in oil and gas prices, because demand for our products and services is closely related to commodity prices.
The stock market in general experiences, from time to time, extreme price and volume fluctuations. Periodic and/or continuous market fluctuations could result in extreme
volatility in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our common stock. Price volatility may be worse if the trading volume of our common
stock is low.
A small number of existing stockholders own a significant amount of our common stock, which could limit your ability to influence the outcome of any stockholder vote.
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As of December 31, 2019, our executive officers, directors, and certain beneficial owners owned approximately 33% of our common stock. As a result, our insiders
have sufficient voting power to significantly influence the outcome of many matters requiring stockholder approval. These matters may include:
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approving or rejecting a merger, consolidation, or other business combination;
raising future capital; and
amending our articles of incorporation and bylaws.
This concentration of ownership of our common stock could delay or prevent proxy contests, mergers, tender offers, open-market purchase programs, or other
purchases of our common stock that might otherwise give our other stockholders the opportunity to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price of our common
stock. This concentration of ownership may also adversely affect our share price. The interests of these existing stockholders may differ from the interests of our other
stockholders.
While we have no existing agreements or plans for mergers or other corporate transactions that would require a stockholder vote at this time, this concentration of
ownership may delay, prevent or deter a change in control, or deprive investors of a possible premium for owned common stock as part of a sale of our Company.
Our existing stockholders could experience dilution if we elect to raise equity capital to meet our liquidity needs or to finance strategic transactions.
As part of our growth strategy, we may desire to raise capital, issue stock to employees pursuant to our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, or utilize our common stock to
effect strategic business transactions. If we issue equity securities in connection with any of these actions, such issuance will result in dilution to our existing stockholders.
Future sales of our common stock, or the perception that future sales may occur, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline, even if our business is doing
well.
If any significant number of outstanding shares of our common stock are sold, such sales could have a depressive effect on the market price of our stock. Sales of
substantial amounts of shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress prevailing market prices for the shares. Such sales may also make
it more difficult for us to sell equity securities or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price which we deem appropriate.
If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, and current and
potential stockholders may lose confidence in our financial reporting.
We are required by the SEC to establish and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to
evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and to disclose any changes in internal control over financial reporting. In Item 9A of this report, we
disclose that with respect to the standards of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the internal controls-standard to which we are subject, we concluded that our
internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019. For additional information on this item, please see Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Although we concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting were effective as of December 31, 2019, we have identified and reported material
weaknesses in prior periods, and we cannot be certain that our internal control practices will ensure that we will have or maintain adequate internal control over our financial
reporting in future periods. Any failure to have or maintain such internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial results accurately and on a timely
basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations.
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We may be subject to stockholder litigation, thereby diverting our resources, which could materially adversely affect our profitability and results of operations.
The market for our common stock is volatile, and we expect it will continue to be volatile for the indefinite future. Plaintiffs often initiate securities class action
litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price for its securities. In addition, stockholders may bring actions against companies relating to past
transactions or other matters. Any such actions could give rise to substantial damages and thereby materially adversely affect our consolidated financial position, liquidity, or
results of operations. Even if an action is not resolved against us, the uncertainty and expense associated with stockholder actions could materially adversely affect our business,
prospects, and financial condition. Litigation can be costly, time-consuming and disruptive to business operations. The defense of lawsuits could also result in diversion of
Management’s time and attention away from business operations, which could harm our business.
We could issue “blank check” preferred stock without stockholder approval with the effect of diluting existing stockholders and impairing their voting rights, and
provisions in our charter documents and under Nevada corporate law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.
Our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock with designations, rights and preferences as may be
determined from time to time by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to authorize the issuance of a series of preferred
stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could dilute the interest of, or impair the voting power of, our common stockholders. The issuance of a
series of preferred stock could be used as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control. For example, it would be possible for our Board of Directors to
authorize preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to effect a change in control of our Company. Any aspect of
the foregoing, alone or together, could delay or prevent unsolicited takeovers and changes in control or changes in our management.
We do not anticipate paying cash dividends for the foreseeable future, and therefore investors should not buy our stock if they wish to receive cash dividends.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends or distributions on our common stock. We currently intend to retain our future earnings to support operations and to
finance expansion and, therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends in the future
will be dependent on the amount of funds legally available, our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem
relevant. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their
investment. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock.
Anti-takeover effects of certain provisions of Nevada state law hinder a potential takeover of our company.
Although we are not currently subject to Nevada’s control share law, we could become subject to Nevada’s control share law in the future. A corporation is subject to
Nevada’s control share law if it has more than 200 stockholders, at least 100 of whom are stockholders of record and residents of Nevada, and it does business in Nevada or
through an affiliated corporation. The law focuses on the acquisition of a “controlling interest” which means the ownership of outstanding voting shares sufficient, but for the
control share law, to enable the acquiring person to exercise the following proportions of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors: (i) one-fifth or more but
less than one-third, (ii) one-third or more but less than a majority, or (iii) a majority or more. The ability to exercise such voting power may be direct or indirect, as well as
individual or in association with others.
The effect of the control share law is that the acquiring person, and those acting in association with it, obtains only such voting rights in the control shares as are
conferred by a resolution of the stockholders of the corporation, approved at a special or annual meeting of stockholders. The control share law contemplates that voting rights
will be considered only once by the other stockholders. Thus, there is no authority to strip voting rights from the control shares of an acquiring person once those rights have
been approved. If the stockholders do not grant voting rights to the control shares acquired by an acquiring person, those shares do not become permanent non-voting shares.
The acquiring person is free to sell its shares to others. If the buyers of those shares themselves do not acquire a controlling interest, their shares do not become governed by the
control share law. If control shares are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person has acquired control shares with a majority or more of the voting power, any
stockholder of record, other than an acquiring person, who has not voted in favor
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of approval of voting rights is entitled to demand fair value for such stockholder’s shares. Nevada’s control share law may have the effect of discouraging takeovers of the
corporation.
In addition to the control share law, Nevada has a business combination law which prohibits certain business combinations between Nevada corporations and
“interested stockholders” for two years after the “interested stockholder” first becomes an “interested stockholder,” unless the corporation’s Board of Directors approves the
combination in advance. For purposes of Nevada law, an “interested stockholder” is any person who is (i) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of
the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, or (ii) an affiliate or associate of the corporation and at any time within the two previous years was the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the corporation. The definition of the term “business
combination” is sufficiently broad to cover virtually any kind of transaction that would allow a potential acquirer to use the corporation’s assets to finance the acquisition or
otherwise to benefit its own interests rather than the interests of the corporation and its other stockholders. The effect of Nevada’s business combination law is to potentially
discourage parties interested in taking control of our Company from doing so if it cannot obtain the approval of our Board of Directors.
We may not be able to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market's continued listing requirements.
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. There are a number of continued listing requirements that we must satisfy in order to maintain our listing
on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Although we intend to comply with all of the continued listing requirements, it is possible we may fail to do so. If we fail to maintain compliance
with all applicable continued listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market and they determine to delist our common stock, the delisting could adversely affect the market
liquidity of our common stock, our ability to obtain financing, repay any future debt we could incur, and fund our operations.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Not applicable.
Item 2. Properties
The following table lists the location and description of each of our facilities, the current lease expiration date (when applicable), and the facility's principal use, and
approximate square footage:
Location
Lindon, Utah
Spruce Grove, Alberta
Acheson, Alberta
Greeley, Colorado
Victoria, Texas
Homer City, Pennsylvania
Millersburg, Ohio
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Lease Expiration
Use
Square Footage
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
August 15, 2020
May 1, 2020
Month-to-Month
Corporate HQ & Warehouse Assembly
Office & Warehouse Assembly
Office & Warehouse Assembly
Office & Warehouse Storage
Office & Warehouse Assembly
Office & Warehouse Storage
Office & Warehouse Assembly
50,500
16,000
25,500
2,750
3,250
2,100
1,600
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to
inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. As of December 31, 2019, Management is not aware of any
pending legal, judicial or administrative proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any properties of the Company or its subsidiaries is
the subject that we believe could have a material impact on our operations or financial statements.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information for Registrant's Common Equity and Holders
The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "PFIE." As of March 9, 2020, there were approximately 80 shareholders of
record for our common stock. The number of record shareholders was determined from the records of our stock transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of
common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, registered clearing houses or agencies, banks, or other fiduciaries.
Dividends
The Company has not declared or paid any dividends in the past two years and does not intend to do so in the foreseeable future.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The table below displays information relating to equity compensation:
Plan category
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
Total
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Number of securities remaining available
for future issuance under
equity compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected in column (a))
(a)
(b)
(c)
773,127 $
—
773,127 $
0.41
—
0.41
2,034,126
—
2,034,126
On November 5, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized a share repurchase program allowing the Company to repurchase up to
$2,000,000 worth of the Company's common stock from time to time through October 31, 2019 at Management's discretion. The Company continued to repurchase stock
during October 2019 until the share repurchase program expired. As of the date of this report, the Company does not have an active share repurchase program.
The table below sets forth additional information regarding our share repurchases during the three months ended December 31, 2019:
(c) Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
(b) Weighted
Average Price
Paid Per Share
(a) Total Number of
Shares Purchased
(d) Maximum Dollar Value of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the Plans
Period
October
November
December
Total
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
269,491 $
— $
— $
269,491
1.83
—
—
269,491 $
— $
— $
269,491
—
—
—
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This section is not required.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
For a complete understanding, this Management's Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes to the Financial
Statements contained in this annual report on Form 10-K.
Recent Developments
On June 18, 2019, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Profire Combustion, Inc., acquired substantially all the assets of Millstream Energy Products, LTD., a Canadian corporation
("MEP") for $2,219,782 in cash and liabilities assumed. MEP was a privately-held Canadian company that developed a line of high-performance burners, economy burners,
flame arrestor housings, secondary air control plates, and other related combustion components. MEP’s full line of products became available for sale by our existing sales team
immediately after closing of the transaction. These products complement our burner-management system (BMS) product offerings and should enable us to supply a larger
portion of the total BMS package sale to our customers. MEP will receive a 4.5% royalty on proprietary MEP product revenue generated during the five-year period following
the acquisition.
On August 5, 2019, we acquired all of the outstanding membership interests of Midflow Services, LLC ("Midflow"). Midflow is based in Millersburg, Ohio. Midflow provides
packaged combustion solutions and services to the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. The purchase price of $3,439,371 was funded through a combination of
existing cash and shares of the Company's common stock.
Results of Operations
Revenues, Cost of Goods Sold, and Gross Profit
The table below presents information regarding revenues, cost of goods sold, and gross profit.
Total Revenues
Total Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Profit
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
% of Revenue
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2018
% of Revenue
$ Change
% Change
38,981,313
19,452,954
19,528,359
100 %
50 %
50 %
45,614,535
22,713,355
22,901,180
100 % $
50 % $
(6,633,222)
(3,260,401)
50 % $
(3,372,821)
(15) %
(14) %
(15) %
Total revenues decreased by 15% which was primarily driven by macro industry changes during 2019. The average oil price in 2019 was $56.95 per barrel compared to
$65.07 per barrel in 2018, representing a decrease of 12.5%. The 2019 weekly average onshore rig count for North America was 1,052 compared to 1,202 in 2018. As a result
of these macro trends, we believe many exploration and production companies have pulled back on capital expenditure budgets or deferred planned spending. We continue to
focus our resources in geographic areas that we believe have the greatest potential for improved revenues and return on investment. However, continued volatility in commodity
prices, or weak oil prices during 2020, could cause our customers to reduce operating and capital expenditures even more, which would adversely affect our revenues.
Total cost of goods sold decreased due to the decrease in revenues. As a percentage of revenue, cost of goods sold remained flat during 2019. We continue to work
with our suppliers to control our inventory costs, which has the largest impact on margin. As a result of these changes, total gross profit decreased by $3,372,821 during 2019
compared to 2018. As a percentage of revenues, total gross profit remained flat between the periods.
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Operating Expenses
The table below presents information on operating expenses:
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019 % of Revenue
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2018
% of Revenue
$ Change
% Change
General and administrative expenses
Research and development
Depreciation and amortization expense (inclusive of
amounts in COGS)
13,454,195
1,933,112
35 %
5 %
13,029,228
1,397,440
29 % $
3 % $
424,967
535,672
1,464,844
4 %
896,157
2 % $
568,687
3 %
38 %
63 %
General and administrative expenses increased by $424,967 or 3% during 2019 compared to 2018 and increased as a percentage of revenue. While general and
administrative expenses increased 3% during 2019, revenues decreased 15% during the same period. The majority of the increase in general and administrative expense was due
to an expanded labor force resulting from the two acquisitions completed during the year.
Research and development expenses increased by $535,672 or 38% during 2019 compared to 2018 and increased as a percentage of revenue. We continue to prioritize
research and development projects to ensure that we remain a leader in technology and automation in the oil and gas industry. We intend to continue our research and
development efforts during 2020 in order to further expand and enhance our product offerings.
Depreciation and amortization expense (inclusive of amounts in COGS) increased by $568,687 or 63% in 2019 compared to 2018 primarily due to an asset impairment
we recorded during 2019 with respect to one of our patents relating to chemical management systems. As a result of deterioration in market conditions related to chemical
management systems during 2019, we determined that the patent was impaired and recorded an impairment of $417,777, which represented the excess of the carrying value of
this patent over its estimated fair value. Refer to Note 4 and Note 5 of the financial statements included in this report for further details on property and equipment, depreciation
expense, intangible assets and amortization expense.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Management is committed to maintaining strong liquidity in an effort to be conservative and be able to respond quickly to changes in industry or economic conditions.
The Company currently has no long-term debt, and does not have any immediate plans that would require long-term financing. While Management believes sources of
financing are available if needed, we cannot be certain that financing would be available to us on favorable terms, or at all. We currently do not expect any material changes to
our capital resource mix during the next year.
We acquired land for a new office building and research and development facility in Canada in June of 2018 had substantially completed construction as of December
31, 2019. Excluding the cost of the land, the total cost of the building is expected to be $4,600,000 USD and as of December 31, 2019 we had spent $4,340,927 towards its
construction. We believe our available cash resources are sufficient to cover construction costs for the building and other expected capital expenditures for the foreseeable
future, and we have no current plans to incur debt financing.
The table below presents information on cash and investments:
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Short-term investments - other
Long-term investments
Total
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
$ Change
% Change
7,358,856
1,222,053
2,600,000
7,399,963
10,101,932 $
961,256 $
3,596,484 $
7,978,380 $
18,580,872
22,638,052
(2,743,076)
260,797
(996,484)
(578,417)
(4,057,180)
(27) %
27 %
(28) %
(7) %
(18) %
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The Company invests its available cash in investment grade securities. All of the investments either mature within one year or can be sold quickly in response to
liquidity needs, if necessary.
The table below presents information regarding cash flows:
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
Effect of exchange rate on Cash
Net Decrease in Cash
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2018
$ Change
% Change
$
$
$
$
$
7,713,202 $
(7,437,441) $
(3,050,303) $
31,466 $
(2,743,076) $
5,552,556 $
(1,568,487) $
(5,233,156) $
(94,780) $
2,160,646
(5,868,954)
2,182,853
126,246
(1,343,867) $
(1,399,209)
39 %
374 %
42 %
133 %
104 %
Despite the economic difficulties that have faced the oil and gas industry in recent years, we have continued to maintain positive cash flows from operations. The
overall increase in operating cash flows during 2019 was primarily due to favorable changes in working capital balances. Net cash used in investing activities increased
primarily as a result of acquisitions and purchases of additional fixed assets in 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019 we purchased $4,664,619 in fixed assets, which
was partially offset by proceeds from sales of fixed assets of $116,785. The decrease in cash used in financing activities was due to less cash spent repurchasing shares of our
own stock in 2019 compared to 2018. As discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, during 2019 we repurchased 1,636,878 shares of our common stock for a total price of
$2,743,534. During 2018, we repurchased 1,628,712 shares of common stock for a total price of $4,670,134. The net decrease in cash was caused primarily by the
aforementioned activities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not engaged in any off-balance sheet arrangements, nor do we plan to engage in any in the foreseeable future.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
This section is not required.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Profire Energy, Inc.:
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Profire Energy, Inc. (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated
statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2019 and the related
notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31,
2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with
respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an
audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that
respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2011.
Salt Lake City, UT
March 11, 2020
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PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments (note 2)
Short-term investments - other (note 2)
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories, net (note 3)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Income tax receivable
Total Current Assets
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Net deferred tax asset
Long-term investments (note 2)
Financing right-of-use asset
Property and equipment, net (note 4)
Intangible assets, net (note 5)
Goodwill (note 5)
Total Long-Term Assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Accrued liabilities
Current financing lease liability (note 7)
Income taxes payable
Total Current Liabilities
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Net deferred income tax liability
Long-term financing lease liability (note 7)
TOTAL LIABILITIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (note 8)
Preferred stock: $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: no shares issued or outstanding
Common stock: $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized: 50,824,355 issued and 47,411,977 outstanding at December 31, 2019, and 49,707,805
issued and 47,932,305 outstanding at December 31, 2018
Treasury stock, at cost
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Retained earnings
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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As of
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
$
7,358,856 $
10,101,932
1,222,053
2,600,000
5,597,701
9,571,807
1,672,422
77,385
961,256
3,596,484
6,885,296
9,659,571
473,726
173,124
28,100,224
31,851,389
—
7,399,963
107,991
12,071,019
1,989,782
2,579,381
85,092
7,978,380
—
8,020,462
429,956
997,701
24,148,136
17,511,591
$
52,248,360 $
49,362,980
$
2,633,520 $
2,089,391
59,376
403,092
5,185,379
439,275
52,120
1,177,985
1,756,945
—
1,172,191
4,107,121
—
—
5,676,774
4,107,121
—
—
50,824
(5,353,019)
29,584,172
(2,415,460)
24,705,069
46,571,586
49,708
(2,609,485)
28,027,742
(2,895,683)
22,683,577
45,255,859
$
52,248,360 $
49,362,980
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
REVENUES (note 10)
Sales of goods, net
Sales of services, net
Total Revenues
COST OF SALES
Cost of goods sold-product
Cost of goods sold-services
Total Cost of Goods Sold
GROSS PROFIT
OPERATING EXPENSES
General and administrative expenses
Research and development
Depreciation and amortization expense
Total Operating Expenses
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Gain on sale of fixed assets
Other income (expense)
Interest income
Total Other Income
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (note 12)
NET INCOME
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments
Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (note 13)
FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (note 13)
BASIC WEIGHTED AVG NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
FULLY DILUTED WEIGHTED AVG NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
For the Year Ended December
31, 2018
$
36,208,153 $
2,773,160
38,981,313
17,587,664
1,865,290
19,452,954
42,870,050
2,744,485
45,614,535
20,789,229
1,924,126
22,713,355
19,528,359
22,901,180
13,454,195
1,933,112
976,652
16,363,959
13,029,228
1,397,440
500,554
14,927,222
3,164,400
7,973,958
114,641
5,044
283,476
403,161
129,989
(7,414)
501,429
624,004
3,567,561
8,597,962
1,546,069
2,517,200
2,021,492 $
6,080,762
335,695 $
144,528
480,223
(660,190)
(35,031)
(695,221)
2,501,715 $
5,385,541
0.04 $
0.04 $
47,490,937
48,133,749
0.13
0.12
48,471,011
49,222,353
$
$
$
$
$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Balance, December 31, 2017
Stock based compensation
Stock issued in exercise of stock options
Stock issued in settlement of RSUs
Tax withholdings paid related to stock based compensation
Treasury stock repurchased
Retirement of treasury stock
Foreign currency translation
Unrealized losses on investments
Net Income For the Year Ended December 31, 2018
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock
Shares
Amount
Additional Paid-
In Capital
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Treasury Stock
Retained
Earnings
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
48,606,425 $ 53,931 $ 27,535,469 $
(2,200,462) $ (6,890,349) $ 25,548,835 $
44,047,424
—
491,650
262,942
—
(1,628,712)
—
492
263
—
—
200,000
(4,978)
—
—
—
—
—
—
1,059,000
173,510
(263)
(739,974)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(4,670,134)
—
—
—
—
—
8,950,998
(8,946,020)
1,059,000
174,002
—
(739,974)
(4,670,134)
—
(660,190)
(35,031)
(660,190)
(35,031)
—
—
—
—
—
—
6,080,762
6,080,762
Balance, December 31, 2018
47,932,305 $ 49,708 $ 28,027,742 $
(2,895,683) $ (2,609,485) $ 22,683,577 $
45,255,859
Stock based compensation
Stock issued in exercise of stock options
Stock issued in settlement of RSUs and payment of bonuses
Stock issued in acquisition (note 9)
Tax withholdings paid related to stock based compensation
Treasury stock repurchased
Foreign currency translation
Unrealized gains on investments
Net Income For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Balance, December 31, 2019
—
66,508
310,912
739,130
—
(1,636,878)
—
—
—
—
66
311
739
—
—
—
—
—
390,826
9,290
379,550
1,019,261
(242,497)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
335,695
144,528
—
—
—
—
—
—
(2,743,534)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
390,826
9,356
379,861
1,020,000
(242,497)
(2,743,534)
335,695
144,528
2,021,492
2,021,492
47,411,977 $ 50,824 $ 29,584,172 $
(2,415,460) $ (5,353,019) $ 24,705,069 $
46,571,586
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense
Gain on sale of fixed assets
Bad debt expense
Stock awards issued for services
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Income taxes receivable/payable
Inventories
Prepaid expenses
Deferred tax asset/liability
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sale of equipment
Sale of investments
Purchase of fixed assets
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Value of equity awards surrendered by employees for tax liability
Cash received in exercise of stock options
Purchase of treasury stock
Principal paid towards lease liability
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
NET DECREASE IN CASH
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AT END OF PERIOD
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest
Income taxes
NON-CASH FINANCING AND INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of common stock - Midflow acquisition
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2018
$
2,021,492
$
6,080,762
1,467,007
(114,641)
315,256
390,826
1,965,207
(665,649)
1,630,632
(1,184,385)
524,367
1,363,090
7,713,202
116,785
1,494,568
(4,664,619)
(4,384,175)
(7,437,441)
(242,497)
9,356
(2,743,534)
(73,628)
(3,050,303)
896,681
(117,693)
186,882
1,059,000
911,981
71,397
(3,417,671)
(14,301)
(12,275)
(92,207)
5,552,556
219,063
140,356
(1,927,906)
—
(1,568,487)
(737,024)
174,002
(4,670,134)
—
(5,233,156)
31,466
(94,780)
(2,743,076)
10,101,932
(1,343,867)
11,445,799
7,358,856
$
10,101,932
6,497
1,793,281
$
$
—
2,163,826
1,020,000
$
—
$
$
$
$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization and Line of Business
This Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of Profire Energy, Inc. and Subsidiary (the "Company") is presented to assist in understanding the
Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company's accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US
GAAP").
The Company provides burner-management products and services for the oil and gas industry primarily in the US and Canadian markets.
Reclassification
Certain balances in previously issued consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to be consistent with the current period presentation. These
reclassifications had no impact on total financial position, net income, or stockholders' equity.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has evaluated all recent accounting pronouncements and determined that the adoption of pronouncements applicable to the Company has not had, nor is
expected to have, a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reportable amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include our wholly-owned subsidiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Foreign Currency and Comprehensive Income
The functional currencies of the Company and its Subsidiary in Canada are the U.S. Dollar ("USD") and the Canadian Dollar ("CAD"), respectively. The financial
statements of the Subsidiary were translated to USD using year-end exchange rates for the balance sheet, and average exchange rates for the statements of operations. Equity
transactions were translated using historical rates. The period-end exchange rates of 0.7673 and 0.7336 were used to convert the Company's December 31, 2019 and December
31, 2018 balance sheets, respectively, and the statements of operations used weighted average rates of 0.7608 and 0.7717 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December
31, 2018, respectively. All amounts in the financial statements and footnotes are presumed to be stated in USD, unless otherwise identified. Foreign currency translation gains
or losses as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rates are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss), and the Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity.
In addition to foreign currency translation gains and losses, the Company recognizes unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities as part of
comprehensive income, as discussed in the investments policy below.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Certificates of deposit held for investment
that are not debt securities are included in "investments-other." Certificates of deposit with original maturities greater than three months and remaining maturities less than one
year are classified as "short term investments-other." Certificates of deposit with remaining maturities greater than one year are
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
classified as "long term investments-other." Our cash and cash equivalents held in FDIC insured institutions can exceed the federally insured limit periodically and at the end of
reporting periods. Our balances exceeded federally insured amounts by $5,180,136 and $8,091,348 as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
Accounts Receivable
Receivables from the sale of goods and services are stated at net realizable value. This value includes an appropriate allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts.
The allowance is calculated based on past collectability and customer relationships. The Company recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts of $169,705 and $144,940 as of
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Uncollectible accounts are written off after all collection efforts have been exhausted and Credit Committee approval
is granted. Bad debt expense recognized was $315,256 and $186,880 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
Inventories
The Company's inventories are valued at the lower of cost (the purchase price, including additional fees) or market. Inventory costs are determined based on the
average cost basis. A reserve for slow-moving and potentially obsolete inventories is recorded as of each balance sheet date and total inventories are presented net of that
reserve.
Investments
Investments consist of available-for-sale debt securities and mutual funds invested in debt securities that the Company carries at fair value. Investments with original
maturities of greater than three months at the date of purchase are classified as investments. Of these, bonds with maturities of less than one year, and mutual funds expected to
be liquidated within one year from the balance sheet date, are classified as Short Term Investments. Bonds with maturities of greater than one year or mutual funds not expected
to be liquidated within one year as of the balance sheet date are classified as Long Term Investments.
The Company accumulates unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, on the Company's available-for-sale securities in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
in the Shareholders' Equity section of its balance sheets. Such unrealized gains or losses do not increase or decrease net income for the applicable accounting period. The
Company includes realized gains and losses on its available-for-sale securities in other income (expense), in its Statements of Operations. Dividend and interest income earned
on all investments is included in earnings as other income.
Long-Lived Assets
The Company periodically reviews the carrying amount of long-lived assets for impairment. An asset is considered impaired when estimated future cash flows are less
than the asset's carrying amount. In the event the carrying amount of such asset is not considered recoverable, the asset is adjusted to its fair value.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between the total purchase price and the fair value of assets (tangible and intangible) and liabilities at the date of acquisition.
Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, and more frequently as circumstances warrant, and written down only in the period in which the recorded value of such assets
exceed their fair value. The Company does not amortize goodwill in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") Accounting Standards Codification
("ASC") 350, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other" ("ASC 350"). Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level. The reporting unit for goodwill testing purposes is
the consolidated company as a whole.
Other Intangible Assets
The Company accounts for Other Intangible Assets under the guidance of ASC 350, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other." Under the guidance, other intangible assets
with definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives and tested annually for impairment or more frequently as circumstances warrant. Intangible assets with
indefinite lives are tested annually for impairment.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Treasury Stock
Treasury stock repurchased and held by the Company is recorded as a separate line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Treasury stock is held at cost until retired
or reissued. Legal, brokerage, and other costs to acquire shares are not included in the cost of treasury stock. When treasury stock is reissued or retired, any gains are included as
part of additional paid-in capital. Losses upon reissuance or retirement reduce additional paid-in capital to the extent that previous net gains from the same class of stock have
been recognized and any losses above that are recognized as part of retained earnings.
Revenue Recognition
As part of the adoption of ASC 606 on January 1, 2018, the Company's revenue recognition policy has been updated. Refer to Note 10 for further details.
Cost of Sales
The Company includes product costs (i.e., material, direct labor and overhead costs), shipping and handling expense, production-related depreciation expense and
product license agreement expense in cost of sales.
Advertising Costs
The Company classifies expenses for advertising as general and administrative expenses and recognizes the expense when incurred. The Company incurred advertising
costs of $76,833 and $72,290 during the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, "Share-Based Payments," which requires all share-based payments to employees to be recognized in the income
statement based on their fair values. The Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model for determining the fair value of stock options. The intrinsic value method is used to
value restricted stock and restricted stock units. The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures as they occur.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company
performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for potential credit losses. Sales to the Company's four largest customers represented
approximately 14% and 16% of total sales during the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Parent is subject to US income taxes on a stand-alone basis. The Parent and its Subsidiary file separate stand-alone tax returns in each jurisdiction in which they
operate. The Subsidiary is a corporation operating in Canada and is subject to Canadian income taxes on its stand-alone taxable income.
The Company utilizes an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income taxes are provided for temporary
differences on the basis of assets and liabilities as reported for financial statement and income tax purposes. Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effects of net operating loss
and tax credit carryovers and temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax
purposes. Realization of certain deferred tax assets is dependent upon future earnings, if any. The Company makes estimates and judgments in determining the need for a
provision for income taxes, including the estimation of our taxable income for each full fiscal year.
Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs
The Company records all amounts billed to customers related to shipping and handling fees as revenue. The Company classifies expenses for shipping and handling
costs as cost of goods sold.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
The Company matches employee contributions to our 401(k) plan up to 4% of their annual salary. The expense is recognized as part of general and administrative
expenses on the income statement and was $195,999 and $160,378 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. There were no changes made
to the plan during either period.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at historical cost and depreciated over the useful life of the asset using the straight-line method. Useful lives are assigned to assets
depending on their category. For details regarding property and equipment, refer to Note 4.
Research and Development
The Company's policy is to expense all costs associated with research and development ("R&D") that have no future alternative uses when those costs are incurred.
Costs incurred to acquire assets currently used in R&D that do have future alternative uses are capitalized and the cost of depreciation is included in R&D expense. To date, no
R&D-related assets have been acquired.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying value of cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value because of the short-term
nature of these instruments. Bond and mutual fund investments are presented at fair value as of the balance sheet date and accumulated gains or losses on those investments are
reported in other comprehensive income. Refer to Note 2 for further details regarding instruments recorded at fair value.
Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted
earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the dilutive effect, if any, of common stock equivalents.
Common stock equivalents whose effect would be antidilutive are not included in diluted earnings per share. The Company uses the treasury stock method to determine the
dilutive effect, which assumes that all common stock equivalents have been exercised at the beginning of the period and that the funds obtained from those exercises were used
to repurchase shares of common stock of the Company at the average closing market price during the period. Refer to Note 13 for further details on the earning per share
calculation.
NOTE 2 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND INVESTMENTS
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that could be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements do not include transaction costs.
A fair value hierarchy is used to prioritize the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is
based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is divided into the following three categories:
Level 1:
Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2:
Observable market-based inputs or inputs that are corroborated by market data.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Fair value estimates of financial instruments are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant information about financial markets and specific financial
instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature, involving uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be determined with precision. Changes in
assumptions can significantly affect estimated fair value. Management is of the opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest or credit risks arising from
financial instruments and any declines in the value of investments are temporary in nature. Money market funds and certificates of deposits are shown at cost on the balance
sheet and their adjusted cost approximates their fair value.
The following tables show the adjusted cost, unrealized gains (losses) and fair value of the Company's cash and cash equivalents and investments held as of December
31, 2019 and 2018:
Level 1
Money Market Funds
Mutual Funds
Level 2
Certificates of Deposit
Corporate Bonds
Municipal Bonds
Adjusted
Cost
Pre-Tax Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
Fair Value
Cash
and Cash
Equivalents
Short Term
Long Term
December 31, 2019
$
1,318,986 $
1,889,553
3,208,539
— $
2,210
2,210
1,318,986 $
1,891,763
1,318,986 $
—
3,210,749
1,318,986
— $
—
—
—
1,891,763
1,891,763
2,600,000
2,102,484
4,603,677
9,306,161
—
12,903
11,189
24,092
2,600,000
2,115,387
4,614,866
9,330,253
—
—
—
—
2,600,000
451,605
770,448
3,822,053
—
1,663,782
3,844,418
5,508,200
Total
$
12,514,700 $
26,302 $
12,541,002 $
1,318,986 $
3,822,053 $
7,399,963
Level 1
Money Market Funds
Mutual Funds
Level 2
Certificates of Deposit
Corporate Bonds
Municipal Bonds
Adjusted Cost
Pre-Tax
Unrealized
Gains/(Losses)
December 31, 2018
Fair Value
Cash
and Cash
Equivalents
Short Term
Long Term
$
453,706 $
— $
453,706 $
1,626,236
2,079,942
(80,557)
(80,557)
1,545,679
1,999,385
453,706 $
—
453,706
— $
—
—
—
1,545,679
1,545,679
3,596,484
2,162,162
5,320,242
11,078,888
—
(39,072)
(49,375)
(88,447)
3,596,484
2,123,090
5,270,867
10,990,441
—
—
—
—
3,596,484
149,672
811,584
4,557,740
—
1,973,418
4,459,283
6,432,701
Total
$
13,158,830 $
(169,004) $
12,989,826 $
453,706 $
4,557,740 $
7,978,380
Pre-tax unrealized gains (losses) on investments incurred during the periods are presented below:
Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses)
For the Year Ended December
31, 2019
For the Year Ended December
31, 2018
$
195,306 $
(47,339)
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
The maturities for bonds held by the Company as of December 31, 2019 are presented in the table below:
Maturity
Less Than One Year
1-2 years
2-5 years
5-10 years
Over 10 years
NOTE 3 – INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following at each balance sheet date:
Raw materials
Finished goods
Work in process
Subtotal
Reserve for obsolescence
Total
NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment and estimated useful lives are presented in the table below:
$
Fair Value
1,222,053
3,277,616
2,230,584
—
—
$
6,730,253
As of
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
$
— $
10,517,858
—
10,517,858
(946,051)
76,319
10,474,522
—
10,550,841
(891,270)
$
9,571,807 $
9,659,571
Furniture and fixtures
Computers
Software
Machinery and equipment
Vehicles
Land and buildings
Total property and equipment
Accumulated depreciation
Net property and equipment
As of
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
Est. Useful Life
$
541,949 $
365,941
244,212
744,627
3,126,140
12,135,104
17,157,973
(5,086,954)
476,386
346,773
238,212
663,409
2,892,912
7,944,277
12,561,969
(4,541,507)
$
12,071,019 $
8,020,462
7 years
3 years
2 years
7 years
5 years
30 years
The table below shows total depreciation and amortization expense and how depreciation is allocated between cost of goods sold and operating expenses:
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
For the Year Ended December 31, 2018
Cost of goods sold - product depreciation
Cost of goods sold - service depreciation
Operating expense depreciation
Amortization expense
Total depreciation & amortization expense
NOTE 5 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
$
$
36
294,622 $
193,570
340,634
636,018
1,464,844 $
260,801
134,802
472,547
28,007
896,157
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Definite-lived intangible assets consist of developed technology, customer relationships, patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, trade names and distribution
agreements. The costs of developed technology, customer relationships and trade names are amortized over the respective useful life of each asset, ranging from 3-18 years. The
costs of the patents are amortized over 20 years once the patent is approved. The costs of the distribution agreements are amortized over the remaining life of the agreements.
Indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of goodwill. In accordance with ASC 350, goodwill is not amortized but tested for impairment annually or more frequently when
events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a reporting unit more likely than not exceeds its fair value. We test goodwill for impairment as of each balance sheet
date. Intangible assets consisted of the following:
Definite-lived intangible assets
Definite-lived intangible assets
Less: Accumulated amortization
Total definite-lived intangible assets, net
As of
December 31,
2019
2,140,502 $
(150,720)
1,989,782 $
$
$
December 31,
2018
579,039
(149,083)
429,956
During 2019, definite-lived intangible assets increased by $2,100,000 related to acquisitions. See Note 9 for further details. This increase was partially offset by a patent
impairment. As a result of deterioration in market conditions related to chemical management systems during 2019, we determined that a patent was impaired and recorded an
impairment of $417,777. This impairment was included in Depreciation and amortization expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and
represented the excess of the carrying value of this patent over its estimated fair value, which was calculated using an undiscounted cash flow analysis.
Estimated amortization expense for the next five years related to the definite-lived intangible assets is displayed in the following table:
For the Years Ending December 31,
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Greater than 5 years
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Goodwill
Amount
219,260
219,260
214,260
199,885
142,176
994,941
$
$
$
$
$
$
As of
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
$
2,579,381 $
997,701
During 2019, goodwill increased by $1,581,680 related to acquisitions. See Note 9 for further details.
The Company determined that the fair value of the reporting unit related to the goodwill was not less than its carrying value. As such, the Company did not have any goodwill
impairment for the year ended December 31, 2019.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
NOTE 6 – ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following at each balance sheet date:
Employee-related payables
Inventory-related payables
Warranty liabilities
Acquisition liabilities
Other
Total
NOTE 7 – LEASES
As of
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
$
1,657,826 $
—
166,301
162,907
102,357
1,408,455
174,959
79,787
—
93,744
$
2,089,391 $
1,756,945
We have leases for office equipment and office space. The leases for office equipment are classified as financing leases and the typical term is 36 months. We have the option to
extend most office equipment leases, but we do not intend to do so. Accordingly, no extensions have been recognized in the right-of-use asset or lease liability. The office
equipment lease payments are not variable and the lease agreements do not include any non-lease components, residual value guarantees, or restrictions. There are no interest
rates implicit in the office equipment lease agreements, so we have used our incremental borrowing rate to determine the discount rate to be applied to our financing leases. The
weighted average discount rate applied to our financing leases is 4.50% and the weighted average remaining lease term is 23.8 months.
The following table shows the components of financing lease cost:
Financing Lease Cost
Amortization of right-of-use assets
Interest on lease liabilities
Total financing lease cost
The following table reconciles future minimum lease payments to the discounted finance lease liability:
Years ending December 31,
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
Total future minimum lease payments
Less: Amount representing interest
Present value of future payments
Current portion
Long-term portion
For the Year Ended December
31, 2019
For the Year Ended December 31,
2018
$
$
77,134 $
5,805
82,939 $
—
—
—
62,995
40,921
12,803
—
—
—
116,719
5,223
111,496
59,376
52,120
Amount
$
$
$
$
$
Because our office space leases are short-term, we have elected not to recognize them on our balance sheet under the short-term recognition exemption. During the year ended
December 31, 2019, we recognized $60,590 in short-term lease costs associated with office space leases.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
NOTE 8 – STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
As described in Note 1, treasury stock is recorded at cost until reissued or retired. As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company held 3,412,378 and
1,775,500 shares in treasury at a total cost of $5,353,019 and $2,609,485, respectively. All purchases of treasury stock have been made at market prices.
On April 22, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the 2019 Executive Incentive Plan (the “EIP”) for Brenton W. Hatch, the
Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Ryan W. Oviatt, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Cameron M. Tidball, the Company’s Chief Business Development
Officer, Jay G. Fugal, the Company’s Vice President of Operations, and Patrick D. Fisher, the Company’s Vice President of Product development. The EIP provides for the
potential award of bonuses to the participants based on the Company’s financial performance in fiscal year 2019. If earned, the bonuses will be payable in cash and stock, and
the stock portion of the bonuses is intended to constitute an award under the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). In addition to the EIP, the Board
also approved as a long-term incentive the grants of restricted stock unit awards to Messrs. Oviatt, Tidball, Fugal, and Fisher pursuant to the Plan (the “2019 LTIP”).
2019 EIP
Under the terms of the EIP, each participating executive officer has been assigned a target bonus amount for fiscal 2019. The target bonus amount for Mr. Hatch is $412,000, the
target bonus amount for Mr. Oviatt is $90,125, the target bonus amount for Mr. Tidball is $84,357, the target bonus for Mr. Fugal is $41,200, and the target bonus for Mr. Fisher
is $38,750 CAD. Under no circumstance can the participants receive more than two times the target bonus amount assigned to such participant.
Participants will be eligible to receive bonuses based upon reaching or exceeding performance goals established by the Board or its Compensation Committee for fiscal 2019.
The performance goals in the EIP are based on the Company’s total revenue, net income, free cash flow, and product development milestones. Each of these performance goals
will be weighted 25% in calculating bonus amounts.
The bonus amounts earned under the EIP will be paid 50% in cash and 50% in shares of Restricted Stock under the Plan. In no event shall the total award exceed 200% of the
target bonus amount for each participant, or exceed any limitations otherwise set forth in the Plan. The actual bonus amounts will be determined by the Compensation
Committee of the Board. See subsequent event footnote (note 17) for the award determination.
2019 LTIP
The 2019 LTIP consists of total awards of up to 66,213 restricted stock units (“Units”) to Mr. Oviatt, up to 51,646 Units to Mr. Tidball, up to 35,313 Units to Mr. Fugal, and up
to 24,862 Units to Mr. Fisher pursuant to two separate Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements to be entered between the Company and each participant. One agreement
covers 33% of each award recipient’s Units that are subject to time-based vesting, and the other agreement covers the remaining 67% of such award recipient’s Units that may
vest based on performance metrics. Upon vesting, the award agreements entitle the award recipients to receive one share of the Company’s common stock for each vested Unit.
The vesting period of the 2019 LTIP began on January 1, 2019 and terminates on December 31, 2021.
On March 14, 2019, the Board approved a grant of 85,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") to various employees. The awards vest annually over five years and will result in a
total compensation expense of $149,600 to be recognized over the vesting period.
On June 12, 2019, the Board approved a grant of 183,942 RSUs to Independent Directors. Half of the RSUs vest immediately on the date of grant and the remaining 50% of the
RSUs will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date or at the Company's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, whichever is earlier. The awards will result in total
compensation expense of $252,000 to be recognized over the vesting period.
NOTE 9 – ACQUISITIONS
Millstream Energy Products
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
On June 18, 2019, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Profire Combustion, Inc., acquired substantially all the assets from Millstream Energy Products, LTD., a Canadian corporation
("MEP"). MEP is a privately-held Canadian company that develops a line of high-performance burners, economy burners, flame arrestor housings, secondary air control plates,
and other related combustion components. MEP’s full line of products became available for sale by Profire’s existing sales team immediately after closing of the transaction.
These products complement our burner-management system (BMS) product offerings and should enable us to supply a larger portion of the total BMS package sale to our
customers.
The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The purchase price of $2,219,782 was funded through
existing cash. Of this cash purchase amount $140,257 was held back for 6 months pending satisfaction of seller obligations under the purchase agreement and was still
outstanding at 12/31/2019 pending final negotiations with the seller. The seller is also entitled to receive a 4.5% royalty on proprietary MEP product revenue generated during
the next five years.
Profire hired a valuation firm to perform the purchase price allocation based on the net assets received and the price paid. Based on the fair value of the net assets at the time of
purchase, the Company recorded intangible assets in the amount of $990,000 and goodwill of $17,681. Intangible assets include customer relationships, the trade name and
developed technology.
The purchase price calculation is a follows:
Cash
Liabilities
The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of purchase:
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Accounts payable
$
$
$
$
2,079,525
140,257
2,219,782
207,145
1,119,143
990,000
17,681
(114,187)
2,219,782
Transaction and related costs directly related to the acquisition of MEP, consisting primarily of professional fees and integration expenses, have amounted to approximately
$136,811, were expensed as incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses.
Midflow Services
On August 5, 2019, we acquired all of the outstanding membership interests of Midflow Services, LLC ("Midflow"). Midflow is based in Millersburg, Ohio. Midflow provides
packaged combustion solutions and services to the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry.
The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The purchase price of $3,439,371 was funded through a
combination of existing cash and shares of the Company's common stock. The cash portion of the purchase price includes $500,000 placed in an escrow account for 12 months
pending satisfaction of certain obligations under the purchase agreement.
Profire hired a valuation firm to perform the purchase price allocation based on the net assets received and the price paid. Based on the fair value of the net assets at the time of
purchase, the Company recorded intangible assets in the amount of $1,110,000 and goodwill of $1,564,000. Intangible assets include customer relationships, the trade name and
developed technology.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
The purchase price calculation is as follows:
Cash
Stock
The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of purchase:
Cash
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Prepaid expenses
Property and equipment
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Accounts payable
Accrual liabilities
$
$
$
$
2,419,371
1,020,000
3,439,371
172,850
324,989
269,746
13,180
126,000
1,110,000
1,564,000
(134,956)
(6,438)
3,439,371
Transaction costs directly related to the acquisition of Midflow, consisting primarily of professional fees and integration expenses, amounted to approximately $44,087. All of
these costs were expensed as incurred and are included in general and administrative expenses.
NOTE 10 - REVENUE
On January 1, 2018, we adopted Topic 606. We elected to use the modified retrospective approach for contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results
for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented in accordance with Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in
accordance with our historic accounting method under Topic 605. As a result of applying the new standard, there were no changes to any financial statement line items.
Performance Obligations
Our performance obligations include providing product and servicing our product. We recognize product revenue performance obligations in most cases when the
product is delivered to the customer. If we are shipping the product on a customer’s account, we recognize revenue when the product has been shipped. At that point in time, the
control of the product is transferred to the customer. When we perform service work, we apply the practical expedient that allows us to recognize service revenue when we have
the right to invoice the customer for the work completed. We do not engage in transactions acting as an agent. We usually satisfy our performance obligations within a few
months of entering into the contract. Depending on the size of the project, the performance obligations could be satisfied sooner or later.
Our customers have the right to return certain unused and unopened products within 90 days for an appropriate restocking fee. We provide a warranty on some of our
products ranging from 90 days to 2 years, depending on the product. The amount accrued for expected returns and warranty claims was immaterial as of December 31, 2019.
Contract Balances
We have elected to use the practical expedient in ASC 340-40-25-4 (regarding recognition of the incremental costs of obtaining a contact) for costs related to contracts
that are estimated to be completed within one year. All of the current contracts are expected to be completed within one year, and as a result, we have not recognized a contract
asset account. If we had chosen not to use this practical expedient, we would not expect a material difference in the contract balances. We also did not have any material
contract liabilities because we typically do not receive payments in advance of recognizing revenue.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Significant Judgments
For most revenue contracts, we invoice the customer when the performance obligation is satisfied and payment is due 30 days later. Occasionally, other terms such as
progress billings or longer terms are agreed to on a case-by-case basis. We do not have significant financing components, non-cash consideration, or variable consideration. We
estimate the transaction price between performance obligations based on stand-alone product prices. We elected the practical expedient by which disclosures are not required
regarding the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less.
Disaggregation of Revenue
All revenue recognized in the income statement is considered to be revenue from contracts with customers. The table below shows revenue by category:
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Electronics
Manufactured
Re-Sell
Service
Total Revenue
NOTE 11 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
$
$
15,674,290
1,829,991
18,703,872
2,773,160
38,981,313
Periodically the Company issues stock-based awards to employees and independent directors. Vesting terms for outstanding grants vary by grant, ranging from
immediate to ratably over 5 years. Typically, grants expire one year after the final vesting. The Board has authorized 4,812,000 shares to be granted for such awards under the
Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Historically, the Company has only issued non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, and restricted stock units; however,
the Plan does allow for other types of awards to be granted in the future. Most awards have been exercisable or convertible based solely on meeting service conditions; however,
some grants to executives have been made convertible based on meeting both service and performance conditions. Upon exercise or conversion, the Company may issue new
shares or reissue shares held in treasury, at the discretion of Management. The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures as they occur.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes method for measuring compensation cost of stock options and the intrinsic value method for measuring compensation cost of
restricted stock and restricted stock units. Total compensation cost for share-based payments recognized in income was $ 372,312 and $989,651 during the years ended
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had $ 379,809 in unamortized compensation expense with a weighted
average of 2.25 years remaining. The Company received $9,356 and $174,002 in cash from the exercise of share options during the years ended December 31, 2019 and
December 31, 2018, respectively. For the tax effect on total compensation expense and the exercise of options, see Note 12 for the income tax provision.
During the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the intrinsic value of options exercised was $155,406 and $2,430,697, respectively. The total fair
value of options, restricted stock, and restricted stock units vested during the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $945,722 and $1,071,031,
respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 the Company granted 654,290 and 425,767 awards, respectively, with weighted-average grant
date fair values of $1.62 and $2.54, respectively.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Information regarding outstanding options, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock units is summarized in the tables below:
Total Outstanding and Exercisable Awards December 31, 2019
Awards Outstanding
Awards Exercisable
Grant Price
Low
Grant Price
High
Quantity
Remaining Contractual Life
(Years)
Exercise
Price
Quantity
Remaining Contractual Life
(Years)
Exercise
Price
— $
1.01 $
2.01 $
1.00
2.00
4.03
590,194
138,333
44,600
773,127
2.34 $
0.40 $
0.33 $
1.88 $
—
1.01
4.03
0.41
—
138,333
44,600
182,933
0.40 $
0.33 $
0.38 $
1.01
4.03
1.75
Grant Price
Low
Grant Price
High
Quantity
Remaining Contractual Life
(Years)
Exercise
Price
Quantity
Remaining Contractual Life
(Years)
Exercise
Price
Total Outstanding and Exercisable Awards December 31, 2018
Awards Outstanding
Awards Exercisable
— $
0.52 $
1.10 $
1.28 $
2.62 $
0.51
1.09
1.27
2.61
4.03
376,380
170,666
300,000
151,000
250,400
1,248,446
2.59 $
1.40 $
0.84 $
0.49 $
0.95 $
1.42 $
—
1.01
1.17
1.37
3.89
1.36
—
74,499
300,000
151,000
238,400
763,899
1.40 $
0.84 $
0.49 $
0.93 $
0.85 $
1.01
1.17
1.37
3.88
2.04
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Information regarding stock options for the year ended December 31, 2019 is summarized in the tables below:
Stock Options
Number of Awards
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Share
Price on Date
of Exercise
Weighted
Average Fair
Value
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding, beginning of period
Exercised/Released
Canceled/Forfeited
Expired
Outstanding, end of period
Vested and unvested exercisable, end of the period
Vested and expected to vest, end of the period
1.63
872,066 $
(381,666) $
(16,467) $
(291,000) $
182,933 $
182,933 $
182,933 $
1.95
1.22 $
2.11
3.04
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.21
0.67
2.12
1.85
1.26
1.26
1.26
$
$
$
$
0.38 $
0.38 $
0.38 $
170,973
155,406
5,617
47,000
60,867
60,867
60,867
Stock Options
Number of Awards
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Weighted Average
Remaining Amortization
Period (Years)
Unvested Outstanding, beginning of period
Canceled/Forfeited
Expired
Vested, outstanding shares
Unvested Outstanding, end of period
107,967 $
— $
—
(107,967) $
— $
1.34 $
— $
1.34 $
— $
0.83
—
0.83
— $
—
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Information regarding restricted stock awards for the year ended December 31, 2019 is summarized in the tables below:
Restricted Stock Awards
Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Exercised/Released
Outstanding, end of period
Vested and exercisable, end of the period
Vested and expected to vest, end of the period
Number of
Awards
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Share
Price on Date of
Exercise
Weighted
Average Fair
Value
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
24,334 $
— $
(24,334) $
— $
—
— $
—
—
— $
—
—
$
$
1.57 $
$
$
4.02
—
4.02
—
—
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
$
$
$
35,284
38,204
—
—
$
$
$
—
—
—
—
Restricted Stock Awards
Number of Awards
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Weighted Average Remaining
Amortization Period (Years)
Unvested Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Vested, outstanding shares
Unvested Outstanding, end of period
24,334 $
— $
(24,334) $
— $
— $
— $
— $
— $
4.02
—
4.02
—
Information regarding restricted stock units for the year ended December 31, 2019 is summarized in the tables below:
Restricted Stock Units
Number of Awards
Weighted
Average
Share Price on
Date of
Exercise
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Fair
Value
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Exercised/Released
Cancelled/Forfeited
Outstanding, end of period
Vested and exercisable, end of the period
Vested and expected to vest, end of the period
151,276 $
328,287 $
(190,228) $
(18,600) $
270,735 $
—
270,735 $
—
—
— $
—
—
—
$
$
1.43 $
$
$
$
2.49
1.51
1.99
1.87
1.69
1.69
—
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
$
$
$
$
219,350
494,704
271,244
28,660
3.09 $
392,566
$
3.09 $
—
392,566
Restricted Stock Units
Number of Awards
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Weighted Average Remaining
Amortization Period (Years)
Unvested Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Cancelled/Forfeited
Vested, outstanding shares
Unvested Outstanding, end of period
— $
— $
— $
— $
— $
2.49
1.51
1.87
1.99
1.69
2.48
151,276 $
328,287 $
(18,600) $
(190,228) $
270,735 $
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Information regarding performance based restricted stock units for the year ended December 31, 2019 is summarized in the tables below:
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Outstanding, end of period
Vested and exercisable, end of the period
Vested and expected to vest, end of the period
Number of
Awards
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Share
Price on Date of
Exercise
Weighted
Average Fair
Value
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
200,770 $
118,689 $
319,459 $
—
16,689 $
—
—
—
—
$
$
$
$
2.22
1.57
1.97
1.90
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
$
$
291,117
186,204
1.71 $
463,216
$
0.25 $
—
24,200
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Number of Awards
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Weighted Average Remaining
Amortization Period (Years)
Unvested Outstanding, beginning of period
Granted
Unvested Outstanding, end of period
200,770 $
118,689 $
319,459 $
— $
— $
— $
2.22
1.57
1.97
—
NOTE 12 – PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
During the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company recognized no interest or penalties related to income taxes. Accordingly, the
Company had no accruals for interest and penalties at December 31, 2019 nor December 31, 2018. If the Company were to incur such charges, it would elect to recognize
interest related to underpayment of income taxes in interest expense and recognize any penalties in operating expenses.
The Company is current on its U.S. and Canadian income tax filings. Tax years that remain open for examination are 2017 through 2019 in the U.S. and 2014 through
2019 in Canada. At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had operating loss carryforwards at its Canadian subsidiaries of $ 2,299,951 and $681,646
respectively which have not been recorded on the balance sheet. The Company invests in available-for-sale securities that are reported on the balance sheet at fair value, with the
gains/losses reported net of tax as part of Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). The tax expense allocated to OCI during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $37,103 and the
tax benefit allocated to OCI during the year ended December 31, 2018 was $12,308.
The Company has not provided a valuation allowance at December 31, 2019 nor December 31, 2018. The valuation allowance did not change between December 31,
2018 and December 31, 2019. Realization of the deferred tax asset is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income to offset the tax items that will be deductible in the
future. Although realization is not assured, Management believes it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax asset will be realized. The amount of the deferred tax asset
considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income are reduced.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
The table below outlines the components of income tax expense (benefit):
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
For the Year Ended December 31, 2018
Current
Federal
State
Foreign
Total Current
Deferred
Federal
State
Total Deferred
Total Provision for Income Taxes
$
$
The table below reconciles our effective tax rate to the statutory tax rate:
Federal statutory tax rate
State statutory tax rate, net of federal effect
Stock-based compensation
Depreciation expense
Non-U.S. operations
State tax (over)/under accrual in prior year
Other
Effective tax rate
The table below shows the components of deferred taxes:
Stock compensation
Bad debt
Inventory reserve
Amortization
Unrealized loss on investments
Deferred tax asset
Unrealized gain on investments
Depreciation
Stock compensation
Deferred tax liability
Net Deferred Tax Asset (Liability)
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961,991 $
241,101
(130,610)
1,072,482
382,513
91,074
473,587
1,546,069 $
2,442,638
128,560
(54,032)
2,517,166
31
3
34
2,517,200
For the Year Ended December
31, 2019
For the Year Ended December
31, 2018
21.0 %
4.0 %
13.6 %
7.3 %
19.1 %
(11.4) %
(10.3) %
43.3 %
21.0 %
4.0 %
0.4 %
(0.5) %
2.3 %
0.0 %
2.1 %
29.3 %
As of
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
$
$
$
$
$
— $
39,180
243,281
9,377
—
291,838 $
6,839 $
446,208
278,066
731,113 $
64,861
31,806
229,153
4,967
43,941
374,728
—
289,636
—
289,636
(439,275) $
85,092
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
NOTE 13 – BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominators used in the earnings per share calculation:
Basic EPS
Net income available to common
stockholders
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Stock options & RSUs
Diluted EPS
Net income available to common
stockholders + assumed conversions
2019
2018
Income
(Numerator)
Weighted Average
Shares (Denominator)
Per-Share
Amount
Income
(Numerator)
Weighted Average
Shares (Denominator)
Per-Share
Amount
$
2,021,492
47,490,937 $
0.04 $
6,080,762
48,471,011 $
0.13
—
642,812
—
751,342
$
2,021,492
48,133,749 $
0.04 $
6,080,762
49,222,353 $
0.12
Options to purchase 44,600 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $4.03 per share were outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2019, but
were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the effect would be anti-dilutive. These options, which expire in May 2020, were still outstanding at December 31,
2019.
Options to purchase 250,400 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $3.89 per share were outstanding during the year ended December 31,
2018, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the effect would be anti-dilutive.
NOTE 14 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company operates in the United States and Canada. Segment information for these geographic areas is as follows:
Revenues
Canada
United States
Total Consolidated
Profit (Loss)
Canada
United States
Total Consolidated
Long-lived assets
Canada
United States
Total Consolidated
For the Year Ended December 31,
2019
2018
5,742,296 $
33,239,017
38,981,313 $
5,861,150
39,753,385
45,614,535
For the Year Ended December 31,
2019
2018
(2,241,856) $
4,263,348
2,021,492 $
As of
(870,498)
6,951,260
6,080,762
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
6,068,061 $
18,080,075
24,148,136 $
2,509,129
15,002,462
17,511,591
$
$
$
$
$
$
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
NOTE 15 – QUARTERLY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
Quarterly data for the periods below consisted of the following:
Total revenues
Gross profit
Income from operations
Income tax expense
Net income
Basic earnings per common share
Diluted earnings per common share
Total revenues
Gross profit
Income from operations
Income tax expense
Net income
Basic earnings per common share
Diluted earnings per common share
For the Quarters Ending
Mar 31, 2019
Jun 30, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
Dec 31, 2019
10,833,058 $
5,764,872
2,138,061
577,525
1,668,618
0.04 $
0.03 $
10,124,031 $
5,187,038
996,559
117,939
985,504
0.02 $
0.02 $
9,905,761 $
5,169,296
1,141,452
290,943
921,748
0.02 $
0.02 $
8,118,463
3,407,153
(1,111,672)
559,662
(1,554,378)
(0.03)
(0.03)
For the Quarters Ending
Mar 31, 2018
Jun 30, 2018
Sep 30, 2018
Dec 31, 2018
12,169,718 $
6,130,141
2,256,301
493,820
1,876,228
0.04 $
0.04 $
11,339,761 $
5,908,667
2,097,769
575,363
1,714,267
0.04
0.03
11,499,902 $
6,098,126
2,396,396
864,874
1,659,087
0.03
0.03
10,605,154
4,764,246
1,223,492
583,143
831,180
0.02
0.02
$
$
$
$
$
$
Basic and diluted earnings per share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the
total computed for the year.
NOTE 16 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In March 2014 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Terra Industrial with Alan Johnson as agent in order to replace a prior royalty agreement. The
agreement is for the term of 10 years with fees of $100,000 CAD paid quarterly. The agreement expires in March of 2024.
The Company has operating leases for office space in Texas and Pennsylvania. Expense recognized for operating leases was $60,590 and $44,860 for the years ended
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The future minimum lease payments for operating leases as of December 31, 2019, consisted of the following:
Years ending December 31,
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
Total
NOTE 17 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Operating
Leases
15,800
—
—
—
—
—
15,800
$
$
In accordance with ASC 855 "Subsequent Events," Company management reviewed all material events through the date this report was issued and the following
subsequent events took place:
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus that causes a respiratory disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported to have surfaced in
Wuhan, China. We source some product from factories within Wuhan, China, that may be affected by the coranavirus and extend lead times on certain products. The extent to
which the novel coronavirus may impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
On March 4, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved a one-time executive bonus in the amount of $828,787 for meeting targets pursuant to the previously
announced "2019 Executive Incentive Plan." Half of the bonus is to be paid in cash by March 15, 2020, and half of the bonus was settled by issuing 343,748 shares of common
stock under the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, which was fully vested on the date of grant.
On March 4, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved a one-time executive bonus that was settled by issuing 16,689 shares of common stock for meeting
targets pursuant to the previously announced "2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan", which was put in place under the Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. These shares were
fully vested as of March 4, 2020.
On March 9, 2020, the average WTI price per barrel decreased roughly 25%. The price per barrel could influence our customers’ willingness to make operating and
capital expenditures to transport, refine and produce oil and natural gas. If our customers reduce or eliminate such operating and capital expenditures, it may adversely affect
our business and financial condition.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the design and effectiveness of our internal controls over
financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b-c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") as of
December 31, 2019. These controls are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized,
and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to Management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, Management concluded that
our controls were effective as of December 31, 2019.
Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
promulgated under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company's principal executive officer
and principal financial officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Because of these inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement
preparation and presentation. 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.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company's management conducted an assessment of
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in the Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commissions (2013).
Based upon this assessment, the Company's management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019.
Our financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K have been audited by Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC, independent registered public accounting
firm, as indicated in the report included elsewhere herein.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 that materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Attestation
Pursuant to Item 308(b) of Regulation S-K, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Wall Street Reform Act), this report
does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. The Wall Street Reform Act
permanently exempts small public companies from the requirement to obtain an external audit on the effectiveness of internal financial reporting controls.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls
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An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system
are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within
the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of
simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by Management override of
the internal control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that
any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, a control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the
degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed no
later than 120 days after December 31, 2019 (the "Proxy Statement").
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Incorporated herein by reference to the information to be set forth in the Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Incorporated herein by reference to the information to be set forth in the Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
Incorporated herein by reference to the information to be set forth in the Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Incorporated herein by reference to the information to be set forth in the Proxy Statement.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
Exhibits. The following exhibits are included as part of this report:
Exhibit 3.1
Exhibit 3.2
Exhibit 3.3
Exhibit 4.1
Exhibit 10.1
Exhibit 10.2
Exhibit 10.3
Exhibit 10.4
Exhibit 10.5
Exhibit 10.6
Exhibit 10.7
Exhibit 10.8
Exhibit 10.9
Exhibit 10.10
Exhibit 10.11
Exhibit 10.12
Exhibit 10.13
Exhibit 10.14
Exhibit 10.15
Exhibit 10.16
Exhibit 10.17
Exhibit 10.18
Exhibit 10.19
Exhibit 10.20
Exhibit 10.21
Exhibit 10.22
Exhibit 10.23
Exhibit 10.24
Exhibit 10.25
Exhibit 10.26
Exhibit 14.1
Exhibit 21
Exhibit 23.1
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.2
Articles of Incorporation (1)
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws (3)
Description of Registrant's Securities
Stock Redemption Agreement dated November 15, 2016 between the Registrant and Harold Albert (19)
Employment Agreement of Brenton W. Hatch dated June 28, 2013 (16)+
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between the Registrant and Ryan Oviatt dated October 12, 2017 (17)+
Employment Agreement of Ryan Oviatt dated September 4, 2015 (18)+
Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its Directors (4)
2003 Stock Incentive Plan (5)
Profire Energy, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (6)
Profire Energy, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (20)
Profire Energy, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan Amendment (7)
Form of Equity Grant Agreement, Nonqualified Stock Option (8)
Form of Equity Grant Agreement, Restricted Stock (9)
Form of Equity Grant Agreement, Restricted Stock Units (10)
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated November 12, 2013 between the Registrant and the persons listed therein as purchasers (13)
Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 18, 2013 between the Registrant and the persons listed in the Securities Purchase Agreement as purchasers
(14)
Retirement and Release Agreement with Harold Albert dated February 23, 2017 (15)
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Brenton W. Hatch dated August 3, 2017 (21)+
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Ryan Oviatt dated August 3, 2017 (22)+
Consulting Agreement, dated March 24, 2014, between the Registrant on the one hand and Terra Industrial Corporation and Alan Johnson on the other
Stock Redemption Agreement, dated May 25, 2017, between Profire Energy, Inc. and Hatch Family Holdings
Company, LLC, which is wholly owned by Brenton W. Hatch (23)
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between Profire Energy, Inc. and Ryan Oviatt, dated October 12, 2017 (24)+
2018 Annual Executive Incentive Plan +*(25)
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement between Profire Energy and Ryan Oviatt dated March 2, 2018 +*(26)
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement between Profire Energy and Cameron Tidball dated March 30, 2018 +*(27)
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement between Profire Energy and Jay Fugal dated March 30, 2018 +*(28)
Stock Redemption Agreement between Profire Energy, Inc. and Hatch Family Holdings Company, LLC( 29)
Stock Redemption Agreement between Profire Energy, Inc. and Harold Albert (30)
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Code of Ethics (11)
Subsidiaries of Registrant
Consent of Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC, independent registered public accounting firm*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 *
Exhibit 101.INS
Exhibit 101.SCH
Exhibit 101.CAL
Exhibit 101.DEF
Exhibit 101.LAB
Exhibit 101.PRE
XBRL Instance Document**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document**
XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document**
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document**
* Filed herewith
+ Indicates Management contract, compensatory plan, or arrangement with the Company
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** The XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 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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Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form SB-@ filed with the Commission on September 24, 2004.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the commission on February 13, 2009.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 23, 2013.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant's Form S-1 filed on December 24, 2013 (File No. 333-193086).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's Form SB-2 filed on September 24, 2004 (File No. 000-52376).
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Revised Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on November 10, 2009 (File No. 000-
52376).
Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant's Revised Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on May 1, 2017.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on June 13, 2016.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on June 13, 2016.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on June 13, 2016.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 12, 2015 (File No. 000-52376).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2015 (File No. 000-52376)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 18, 2013 (File No. 000-52376).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 18, 2013 (File No. 000-52376).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 27, 2017 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on
July 2, 2013 (File No. 000-52376)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2017 (File No. 001-36378)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2015 (File No. 001-36378)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Transition Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant's Transition Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 9, 2017.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2017 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2017 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 9, 2017.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 17, 2017 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 9, 2018.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 9, 2018.
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 9, 2018.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 9, 2018.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 9, 2018 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 9, 2018 (File No. 001-36378).
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 7, 2019.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 6, 2019.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
The Company has chosen not to include an optional summary of the information required by this Form 10-K. For a reference to information in the Form 10-K, investors should
refer to the Table of Contents to this Form 10-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PROFIRE ENERGY, INC.
Brenton W. Hatch
Chief Executive Officer
March 11, 2020
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Brenton W. Hatch
Brenton W. Hatch
/s/ Ryan Oviatt
Ryan Oviatt
/s/ Arlen B. Crouch
Arlen B. Crouch
/s/ Daren J. Shaw
Daren J. Shaw
/s/ Ronald R. Spoehel
Ronald R. Spoehel
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
Chief Financial Officer
Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Director
Director
Director
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
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Description of Equity Securities
Registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act
As of March 9, 2020, Profire Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) has one class of securities, our common stock, registered under Section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The following description of our common stock is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its
entirety by reference to our Articles of Incorporation and Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of
Incorporation”) and our Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended from time to time, the “Bylaws”), each of which are incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.4 is a part. We encourage you to read our Articles of
Incorporation, our Bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Nevada Corporation Law (“NCL”) for additional information.
Description of Common Stock
We are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par value $0.01 per share. The rights, privileges and preferences of holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by,
the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock which the Company may designate and issue in the future.
Holders of common stock possess exclusive voting rights in the Company, except to the extent our Board of Directors (the “Board”)
specifies voting power with respect to any other class of securities issued in the future. Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote
for each share held of record on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. Stockholders do not have
any right to cumulate votes in the election of directors.
Subject to preferences that may be granted to the holders of preferred stock, each holder of our common stock is entitled to share
ratably in distributions to stockholders and to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by our Board out of funds legally available
therefor. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive, after payment of
all of our debts and liabilities and of all sums to which holders of any preferred stock may be entitled, the distribution of any of our remaining
assets on a pro-rata basis. Holders of our common stock have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights (other than
such as may be determined by our Board in its sole discretion) and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any of our securities.
All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are, and the shares of common stock issued upon the conversion of any securities
convertible into our common stock will be, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “PFIE.”
Election and Removal of Directors
Our Board is elected annually by all holders of our capital stock. To be eligible for election or appointment to the Board, an individual
must meet certain director qualification requirements set forth in our Bylaws. The stockholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the voting
power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter.
Pursuant to the Bylaws our Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause.
Amendment
The Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new bylaws may be adopted either (i) by a majority of the board of directors or
(ii) by the affirmative vote of at least 60% of the voting power of the shares of then outstanding voting stock of the corporation, voting
together as a single class.
Size of Board and Vacancies
Pursuant to our Bylaws, our Board has the exclusive right to fix the size of the board and to fill any vacancies resulting from death,
resignation, disqualification or removal as well as any newly created directorships arising from an increase in the size of the board.
Special Stockholder Meetings
Our Bylaws, provide that only a majority of the total number of directors then in office may call a special meeting of the stockholders,
and any business conducted at any special meeting must have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a
meeting, business must be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of our Board, otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our Board, or otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder,
but, in the case of a special meeting, if and only if the notice of the meeting provides for business to be brought before the meeting by a
stockholder.
Stockholder Action by Unanimous Written Consent
Our Bylaws expressly eliminate the right of our stockholders to act by written consent. Stockholder action must take place at the annual
or a special meeting of our stockholders and called in accordance with NCL.
Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals
Our Bylaws, establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and nomination of candidates for election as
directors other than nominations made by or at the direction of our Board or a committee of our Board.
Undesignated Preferred Stock
The authority possessed by our Board to issue preferred stock could potentially be used to discourage attempts by third parties to obtain
control of the Company through a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise by making such attempts more difficult or more costly. Our
Board may issue preferred stock with voting rights or conversion rights that, if exercised, could adversely affect the voting power of the
holders of our common stock.
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock will be available for future issuance without stockholder
approval. We may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, to fund
acquisitions and as employee compensation. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render
more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Colonial Stock Transfer, 66 Exchange Place, 1st floor Salt Lake City, UT 84111and
its telephone number is (801) 355-5740.
Subsidiaries of the Registrant as of December 31, 2019
Entity Name
Profire Combustion, Inc.
Prochem, ULC
Profire Holdings, LLC
Midflow Services, LLC
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Alberta, Canada
Alberta, Canada
Utah
Ohio
Registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board
To the Board of Directors
Profire Energy, Inc.
Lindon, UT
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-190049 and 333-200565) and
the Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-3 No. 333-193086 of Profire Energy, Inc. of our report dated March 11, 2020 relating to the
consolidated financial statements, which appears in this Form 10-K.
/s/ Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC
Salt Lake City, UT
March 11, 2020
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
I, Brenton W. Hatch, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Profire Energy, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b ) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
March 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Brenton W. Hatch
Brenton W. Hatch
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
I, Ryan W. Oviatt, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Profire Energy, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a ) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b ) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
March 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Ryan W. Oviatt
Ryan W. Oviatt
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this annual report on Form 10-K of Profire Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Brenton W. Hatch, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Date:
March 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Brenton W. Hatch
Brenton W. Hatch
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this annual report on Form 10-K of Profire Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Ryan W. Oviatt, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Date:
March 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Ryan W. Oviatt
Ryan W. Oviatt
Chief Financial Officer