Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ThermoEnergy Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
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71-0659511
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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10 New Bond Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
(508) 854-1628
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number,
including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
Cary G. Bullock
ThermoEnergy Corporation
10 New Bond St.
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
(508) 854-1628
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William E. Kelly, Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 345-1195
Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered
on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the
following box. Yes
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If this Form is filed to register additional
securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. Yes
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment
filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. Yes
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment
filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. Yes
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of each class of securities
to be registered
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Amount
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Registered
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Proposed
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Proposed
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Amount of
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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63,856,250
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee based
on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on December 12,
2012, as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
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Reflects shares of Common Stock being registered for resale by the selling stockholders set forth herein.
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The information in this prospectus is
not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not
soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER
14, 2012
Preliminary Prospectus
63,856,250 Shares
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale of
up to 63,856,250 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of ThermoEnergy Corporation that may be sold from time to
time by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus on page 47. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common
Stock by the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders may, from time
to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of Common Stock or interests in shares of Common Stock
on any market or trading facility on which our shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed
prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined
at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. No underwriter or other person has been engaged to facilitate the sale of shares
of our Common Stock in this offering. We are paying the cost of registering the shares covered by this prospectus as well as various
related expenses. The selling stockholders are responsible for all discounts, selling commission and other costs related to the
offer and sale of their shares.
Our Common Stock is currently traded on
the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board ("OTCBB") under the symbol "TMEN.OB." On December 12, 2012 the last reported
sale price of our Common Stock on the OTCBB was $0.075 per share.
You
should read this prospectus carefully before you invest. Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See
the section entitled "
Risk
Factors
" beginning on page 6 of this prospectus for risks and
uncertainties you should consider before buying shares of our Common Stock.
None of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any state securities commission, nor any other governmental agency has approved or disapproved of these securities
or determined that this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is December
14, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
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RISK FACTORS
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SPECIAL CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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USE OF PROCEEDS
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
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DIVIDEND POLICY
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BUSINESS
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THERMOENERGY
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
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CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS
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LEGAL MATTERS
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EXPERTS
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
You should rely only on the information
contained in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein or any amendment or supplement hereto or any
free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different
information. We are not making an offer to sell our Common Stock in any jurisdiction in which the offer or sale is not permitted.
The information contained in this prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference or any free writing prospectus is accurate
only as of its date, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any free writing prospectus or of any sale of the
Common Stock.
Unless the context indicates otherwise,
all references in this prospectus to “the Company,” "ThermoEnergy," "we," "us," "our
company" and "our" refer to ThermoEnergy Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights information
contained elsewhere in this prospectus and may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read
this entire prospectus, as well as the information to which we refer you and the information incorporated by reference herein,
before deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock. You should pay special attention to the "Risk Factors" section
of this prospectus to determine whether an investment in our Common Stock is appropriate for you.
ThermoEnergy Corporation
Founded in 1988, ThermoEnergy is a diversified
technologies company engaged in the worldwide development, sale and commercialization of patented and/or proprietary technologies
for the recovery and recycling of wastewater, chemicals, metals, and nutrients from waste streams at oil & gas, biogas, powerplant,
industrial, and municipal operations. In addition, we hold patents on pressurized oxycombustion technology for clean,
coal-fired power generation.
Our wastewater treatment systems are based
on our proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation Technology (“CAST”) platform. Our CAST systems not only
meet local, state and federal environmental regulations, but typically provide a rapid rate of return on investment by recovering
and reusing expensive feedstocks, reducing contaminated wastewater discharge and recovering and reusing wastewater used in process
operations. Our patented and proprietary platform technology is combined with off-the-shelf technologies to provide
systems that are inexpensive, easy to operate and reliable. Our wastewater treatment systems have applications in aerospace,
food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper, petrochemical, refining, microchip and circuit board manufacturing,
heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater. The CAST platform technology is owned by our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation
(“CASTion”).
We are also the owner of a patented pressurized
oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass into electricity while producing
near zero air emissions while removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration or beneficial reuse. This
technology is intended to be used to build new or to retrofit old fossil fuel power plants globally with near zero air emissions
while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other competing technology. The
technology is held in our subsidiary, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”) and will be developed and commercialized
through our joint venture, Unity Power Alliance, with ITEA.
For the years ended December 31, 2011
and 2010, we incurred net losses attributable to common stockholders of approximately $17.3 million and $16.8 million (as
revised), respectively, and cash outflows from operations of approximately $6.1 million and $5.6 million, respectively. As of
December 31, 2011 and 2010, ThermoEnergy had an accumulated deficit of approximately $113.5 million and $96.1 million (as
revised), respectively. ThermoEnergy Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm included an emphasis of
matter paragraph regarding the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in their
report on our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.
Industry Background
Water
availability and quality are significant issues in many parts of the world. Water for oil and gas production and processing
competes with agricultural, industrial and drinking water for limited resources. These competing demands are increasing
the use of non-potable water supplies and the recovery of process water for reuse as a water source. Brine, saline and brackish
water need to be treated for organic substances and dissolved and suspended solids before it can be consumed as drinking
or process water. Process, flowback and produced wastewater must also be cleaned of chemicals used to manufacture goods
or extract oil and gas before it can be recovered.
There are many federal, state and local
statutes and regulations enacted to protect and restore water and air quality. Federal legislation directed at improving
water quality include programs established under the Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended, the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended, the 1990 and 1996 Farm Bills, the Ocean Dumping Ban Act, and the Clean Water and Watershed Restoration Initiative. The
regulations established under these programs are intended to improve existing water quality programs. In order to comply
with these regulations, industrial, agricultural and municipal wastewater treatment facilities are seeking more cost-effective
methods of wastewater treatment and power generation.
Historically, industrial companies would
"treat and dispose" of wastewater created in their manufacturing or operating processes. Given the increasing need to
reduce operating costs to be competitive, industrial companies are implementing "treat and recover" technologies such
as our CAST technology. CAST technology is also used in the “treat and dispose” markets.
Notwithstanding the uncertainty created
by these regulatory and economic initiatives, we believe that pressurized oxycombustion will provide an economical and environmentally
friendly solution for building new power plants and retrofitting existing power plants once carbon pricing is in place in
the United States.
Our technologies are very attractive in
the global marketplace, where clean water and clean air regulations of some countries are more stringent than those in effect in
the United States. The marketability of the pressurized oxycombustion technology was significantly expanded with the
ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by 141 nations, which took effect in February of 2005. As the Kyoto Protocol emission
reductions are phased in, many older coal-fired power plants will be among the first affected by the new regulations. Many
of these plants utilize boiler designs that are 20 years old or more, making any upgrade using conventional combustion technology
highly improbable. Collectively, these plants represent an enormous sunk-cost for utilities and industry, creating an
ideal opportunity for any new retrofit technology that could potentially keep these plants operational. While there
are a number of post-combustion carbon capture technologies currently under development, management is unaware of any other primary
combustion technology currently available or nearing commercial deployment capable of achieving near zero air emissions as well
as capturing greater than 95% of carbon dioxide. There can be no assurance, however, that a competing technology or technologies
will not be developed in the future or that the passage of more stringent clean air requirements will result in our technologies
being used in either the United States or abroad, or that the current trend of domestic and international environmental legislation
will continue.
Our Key Advantages
We believe that the key advantages of our
business include:
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Technology Leadership:
Our award winning wastewater treatment technology treats
and disposes or treats and recovers feedstock and valuable resources depending on whether the need is driven by regulatory
requirements or a return on investment. We have a comprehensive portfolio of wastewater treatment technology
based on our CAST platform. Our technology supports a wide range of applications. This allows us to provide our
customers with a simple or a "one-stop shop" solution. Our power generation technology utilizes
pressurized oxyfuel combustion technology capturing and sequestering nearly all forms of sulfur oxide, nitrogen
oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide created in the power generation process. Our comprehensive experience and
knowledge of supporting technologies allows us to expand our product offerings.
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Large domestic and global markets:
We estimate the industrial and municipal tertiary wastewater removal and recovery market in the USA into which our CAST wastewater technologies are sold to be approximately $12 billion over the next five years and growing. We estimate the market for our pressurized oxycombustion power generation technology to be a $1 trillion segment of the global market opportunity once fully commercialized.
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Proven Solution Provider:
We have over 70 CAST wastewater treatment systems deployed worldwide. We sell systems to both large and small businesses, as well as to municipalities.
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Superior Performance:
Our performance advantage is derived from the physical-chemical nature of our controlled atmosphere separation technology resulting in the lowest cost of operations versus biological and other solutions. Our cost of capital and operating costs are lower, we have a smaller footprint, we are not temperature dependent, we take less than an hour to reach equilibrium, produce no sludge, and no odor.
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Our Strategy
Our objective is to become a significant
force within the global municipal and industrial wastewater and power generation industries.
Our business model is based on 1) new construction
or retrofitting of existing wastewater treatment plants for industrial clients and federal, state and municipal governments, as
well as power generation plants for public and/or merchant utilities worldwide, and 2) privatization contracts where we will build
and operate, or build, own and operate municipal and/or industrial wastewater treatment and power plants. In instances
where the client has sufficient skill to design, build and operate our technologies, we will enter into collaborative working relationships
such as joint ventures, licenses and other similar agreements with companies that are well-established in our targeted markets,
and can greatly expedite the commercialization of our technologies.
Our long-term growth strategy also includes
the acquisition of other companies whose products or services are related to our core businesses. Ideally, these candidate
companies would (a) already be a well-established participant in one or more of our targeted markets; (b) have ongoing revenues
and profits; and (c) bring additional administrative and technical skills and expertise needed for us to achieve our corporate
mission and continue our growth.
Our business is subject to numerous risks
that are highlighted in the section entitled "Risk Factors" immediately following this prospectus summary. These risks,
among others, represent challenges to the successful implementation of our strategy and to the growth and future profitability
of our business. Some of these risks are:
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Our future growth will suffer if we do not achieve sufficient market acceptance of our products.
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There may be a limited public market for our shares and the ability of our stockholders to dispose of their shares of Common Stock may be limited.
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Corporate History
The Company was incorporated in
Arkansas on January 19, 1988, under the name Innotek Corporation, at the direction of the Board of Directors of American Fuel
and Power Corporation ("AFP"). In exchange for the contribution by AFP of certain technologies,
including an exclusive sublicense of rights under a license from Batelle Memorial Institute (“Battelle”), 70% of the Company's initial
Common Stock was issued to AFP and subsequently distributed to AFP shareholders. The Company subsequently entered
directly into a license agreement with Battelle which supersedes the previous agreement between Battelle
and AFP. On December 12, 1996 the Company changed its name from Innotek Corporation to ThermoEnergy
Corporation.
On June 20, 2007, the Company changed its
jurisdiction of incorporation from Arkansas to Delaware by effecting a merger of the Company with and into its wholly-owned Delaware
subsidiary, ThermoEnergy Corporation, in a transaction in which the Delaware corporation was the surviving entity.
Corporate Information
Our principal executive offices are located
at 10 New Bond Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01606 and our telephone number is (508) 854-1628. Our Internet address
is
www.thermoenergy.com
. Information contained on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.
The names "ThermoEnergy Corporation,"
"CAST," and "CASTion" are our registered trademarks. All other trademarks and trade names appearing in this
prospectus are the property of their respective owners.
Summary of the Offering
Common Stock offered
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63,856,250 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, offered by the selling stockholders.
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Common Stock outstanding after the offering
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154,942,075 shares
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Use of proceeds
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We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock by the selling stockholders.
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Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board Symbol
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TMEN.OB
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Risk factors
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Investing in our Common Stock involves a number of risks. Before investing, you should carefully consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus, for a discussion of the risks related to an investment in our Common Stock.
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The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after this offering includes
120,454,575 shares outstanding as of December 12, 2012, plus 34,487,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of warrants held by the selling stockholders, but does not include:
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25,436,602 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options with a weighted-average exercise price of $0.33 per share, which have been granted and remain outstanding;
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8,130,706 shares issuable under our stock option plan;
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76,715,946 shares underlying currently outstanding warrants held by persons other than the selling
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3,888,029 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debt; and
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116,858,264 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred stock.
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RISK FACTORS
Investing in our Common Stock involves
risk. In deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock, you should carefully consider the following risks, which should
be read together with our other disclosures in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference. These
risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition and cause the trading price of our Common
Stock to decline. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could
be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the value of our Common Stock could decline and you could lose part
or all of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Company
We have incurred substantial operating losses in the past
and we may not be able to achieve profitability in the future.
We have incurred negative cash flows
from operations since inception. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we incurred net losses of $17,386,000 and
$14,856,000 (as revised), respectively, and cash outflows from operations of $6,101,000 and $5,628,000, respectively. For the
nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, we incurred net losses of $5,945,000 and cash outflows from operations
of $5,087,000. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of $113,510,000 and $96,124,000 (as
revised), respectively, and we had an accumulated deficit of $119,455,000 as of September 30, 2012. We expect development,
sales and other operating expenses to increase in the future as we expand our business. If our revenue does not grow to
offset these expected increased expenses, we may not be profitable. In fact, in future quarters we may not have any revenue
growth and our revenues could decline. Furthermore, if our operating expenses exceed expectations, financial performance will
be adversely affected and we may continue to incur significant losses in the future.
We will require additional capital
to continue to fund our operations. If we need but do not obtain additional capital, we may be required to substantially limit
operations.
We may not generate sufficient cash needed
to finance our anticipated operations for the foreseeable future from such operations. Accordingly, we may seek funding through
public or private financings, including equity financings, and through other arrangements including collaborations. Such financing
may be unavailable when needed or may not be available on acceptable terms. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity or convertible
debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current stockholders will be reduced, and these securities may have rights superior
to those of our Common Stock. If adequate funds are not available to satisfy either short-term or long-term capital requirements,
or if planned revenues are not generated, we may be required to limit our operations substantially. These limitations of operations
may include a possible sale or shutdown of portions of our business, reductions in capital expenditures and reductions in staff
and discretionary costs.
There is substantial doubt about
our ability to continue as a going concern.
We have incurred net losses since
inception and require substantial capital to continue commercialization of our water and power technologies (together, the
“Technologies”) and to fund our liabilities. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we incurred net
losses of $17,386,000 and $14,856,000 (as revised), respectively, and cash outflows from operations of $6,101,000 and
$5,628,000, respectively. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, we incurred net losses of $5,945,000 and cash
outflows from operations of $5,087,000. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of $113,510,000
and $96,124,000 (as revised), respectively. As of September 30, 2012, we had a cash balance of $528,000 and
current liabilities of approximately $8.8 million, which consisted primarily of accounts payable of approximately $2.2
million, billings in excess of costs of approximately $3.3 million, convertible debt of $1.25 million, derivative liabilities
of $41,000 and other current liabilities of approximately $1.9 million. Our ability to continue as a going concern
is dependent on many events outside of our direct control, including, among other things, obtaining additional financing
either privately or through public markets and customers’ purchasing our products in substantially higher
volumes. Further, our independent registered public accounting firm, in its report for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2011 and 2010, included an emphasis of matter paragraph regarding the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as
a going concern.
Our largest customer recently terminated its contractual
relationship with us.
On November 13, 2012, the City of New
York Department of Environmental Protection (the “NYCDEP”), which was our largest customer during the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the nine months ended September 30, 2012, representing approximately 80%,
48% and 81% of our total revenues, respectively, during such periods, gave us notice of termination of the contract to
install our ARP system at the 26
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Ward wastewater treatment facility, which was our only contract with the
NYCDEP. The loss of anticipated revenues from the NYCDEP will require us to reduce costs and to identify and transition to new
sources of business and new business strategies. There can be no certainty that we will be able to identify, secure and
manage such new business opportunities effectively.
Our indebtedness could affect our
business adversely and limit our ability to plan for or respond to changes in our business, and we may be unable to generate sufficient
cash flows to satisfy our liquidity needs.
As of December 31, 2011, the carrying value
of our indebtedness was $2,821,000, and our working capital (defined as current assets less current liabilities) was in a deficit
position. Our indebtedness could have important consequences, including:
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placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to those of our competitors that have less debt.
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Material weaknesses in our internal
controls over financial reporting and in our disclosure controls and procedures existed during 2011 and 2010 which led us
to restate our 2011 interim financial results, as reflected in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. If we fail to maintain effective
internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately or on a timely basis.
Any inability to report and file our financial results in an accurate and timely manner could harm our business and adversely impact
the trading price of our Common Stock.
As a public company, we are required to
comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other rules and regulations that govern public companies. In particular, we are required
to certify our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as of the end of each fiscal year, which requires us to perform
system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management and our registered
public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control
over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).
In connection with the preparation of our
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009, we and our independent registered public accountants identified a number
of material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting and in our disclosure controls and procedures. Specifically,
we determined that our internal controls as of December 31, 2009 were deficient in that (i) we had not adequately allocated resources
to ensure that necessary internal controls were implemented and followed, (ii) there was a lack of segregation of duties in our
significant accounting functions, (iii) our period-end reporting process did not provide sufficiently timely and accurate financial
statements and required disclosures, (iv) our contract administration and accounting procedures were deficient, and (v) our former
Chief Financial Officer engaged in acts that resulted in significant adjustments to the 2008 consolidated financial statements
and subjected us to potential criminal and/or civil action with respect to the impact of our unpaid payroll tax matters. The
former Chief Financial Officer resigned on August 3, 2009 following a vote by our Board of Directors to terminate his employment
for cause. The above-referenced material weaknesses were discovered by Kemp & Company (“Kemp”), at the
time our independent registered public accounting firm. During their audit for the year ended December 31, 2007, Kemp
brought to the attention of our Audit Committee the failure to allocate adequate resources to the implementation of internal controls,
the failure to provide timely and accurate financial statements and disclosures, and deficiencies in our contract administration
and accounting procedures. During their audit for the year ended December 31, 2008, Kemp advised the Audit Committee
of the lack of segregation of duties in accounting functions and the misconduct of our former CFO.
We began our efforts to remediate those
areas of material weakness with the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer in the fourth quarter of 2009. During the first
quarter of 2010, we engaged additional finance personnel with expertise and knowledge of the accounting and financial reporting
obligations of public companies. With the assistance of the new personnel and under the guidance of our new Chief Financial Officer
and our Audit Committee, during the first quarter of 2010 we implemented new reporting processes to assure that our financial statements
and required disclosures were timely and accurate. In the third quarter of 2010, we developed and implemented processes and procedures
related to the accounting for contract administration.
However, we have determined that our
internal controls over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011 were deficient
due to (i) our failure to adequately allocate proper and sufficient amount of resources to ensure that necessary
internal controls were implemented and followed, specifically, but not limited, to the accounting and valuation of complex
debt and equity transactions; and (ii) a lack of segregation of duties in our significant accounting functions to ensure that
internal controls were designed and operating effectively. Management has discussed its conclusions with the Audit
Committee and with our independent registered public accounting firm. Management expected to hire additional qualified
personnel in the financial and accounting area in order to remediate these material weaknesses by December 31, 2012. Given
our financial condition and other business priorities during the year, management has delayed the hiring and remediation plan
to the year ending December 31, 2013. We cannot provide assurance that we have eliminated all, or that we will not in the
future have additional, material weaknesses, any of which may subject us to additional regulatory scrutiny and cause future
delays or errors in filing our financial statements and periodic reports with the SEC. Any such delays in the filing of our
financial statements and periodic reports may result in a loss of public confidence in the reliability of our financial
statements and sanctions could be imposed on us by the SEC. We believe that any such misstatements or delays could negatively
impact our liquidity, access to capital markets, financial condition and the market value of our Common Stock.
We face intense competition and expect
competition to increase in the future, which could have an adverse effect on our revenue, revenue growth rate, if any, and market
share.
We compete in different target markets
to various degrees on the basis of a number of principal competitive factors, including our products’ performance, features
and functionality, size, ease of system design, customer support, products, reputation, reliability and price, as well as on the
basis of our customer support, the quality of our product and our reputation.
Our competitors range from large, international
companies offering a wide range of products to smaller companies specializing in narrow markets and internal engineering groups,
some of which may be our customers. We expect competition in the markets in which we participate to increase in the
future as existing competitors improve or expand their product offerings. In addition, we believe that a number of other public
and private companies may in the future develop competing products.
Our ability to compete successfully depends
on elements both within and outside of our control, including industry and general economic trends. Many of our competitors
have substantially greater financial and other resources with which to withstand adverse economic or market conditions in the future.
Moreover, increased competition could result in price pressure, reduced profitability and loss of market share, any of which could
materially and adversely affect our business, revenue, revenue growth rates and operating results.
If we fail to develop and introduce
new or enhanced products on a timely basis, our ability to attract and retain customers could be impaired and our competitive position
could be harmed.
We operate in a dynamic environment characterized
by rapidly changing technologies and industry standards and technological obsolescence. To compete successfully, we must design,
develop, market and sell new or enhanced products that provide increasingly higher levels of performance and reliability and meet
the cost expectations of our customers. The introduction of new products by our competitors, the market acceptance of products
based on new or alternative technologies, or the emergence of new industry standards could render our existing or future products
obsolete. Our failure to anticipate or timely develop new or enhanced products or technologies in response to technological shifts
could result in decreased revenue. In particular, we may experience difficulties with product design, manufacturing, marketing
or certification that could delay or prevent our development, introduction or marketing of new or enhanced products. If we fail
to introduce new or enhanced products that meet the needs of our customers or penetrate new markets in a timely fashion, we will
lose market share and our operating results will be adversely affected.
Due to our limited operating history,
we may have difficulty accurately predicting our future revenue and appropriately budgeting our expenses.
We have only a limited operating history
from which to predict future revenue. This limited operating experience, combined with the rapidly evolving nature of the markets
in which we sell our products, substantial uncertainty concerning how these markets may develop and other factors beyond our control,
reduces our ability to accurately forecast quarterly or annual revenue.
Our customers often require our products
to undergo a lengthy and expensive qualification process which may delay and does not assure product sales.
Prior to purchasing our products, our customers
require that both our products and our third-party contractors undergo extensive qualification processes, which sometime involve
rigorous reliability testing. However, qualification of a product by a customer does not assure any sales of the product
to that customer.
Winning business is subject to lengthy
competitive selection processes that require us to incur significant expenditures. Even if we begin a product design, a customer
may decide to cancel or change its plans, which could cause us to generate no revenue from a product and adversely affect
our results of operations.
The selection process for obtaining new
business typically is lengthy and can require us to incur significant design and development expenditures and dedicate scarce engineering
resources in pursuit of a single customer opportunity. We may not win the competitive selection process and may never generate
any revenue despite incurring significant design and development expenditures.
The delays inherent in these lengthy sales
cycles increase the risk that a customer will decide to cancel, curtail, reduce or delay its product plans, causing us to lose
anticipated sales. In addition, any delay or cancellation of a customer’s plans could materially and adversely affect our
financial results, as we may have incurred significant expense and generated no revenue. Finally, our customers’ failure
to successfully market and sell their products could reduce demand for our products and materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations. If we were unable to generate revenue after incurring substantial expenses to develop
any of our products, our business would suffer.
The failure to compete successfully
could harm our business.
We face competitive pressures from a variety
of companies in our target markets. We expect that domestic and international competition will increase in these markets, due in
part to rapid technological advances, price erosion, changing customer preferences and evolving regulatory standards. Increased
competition could result in significant price competition, reduced revenues or lower profit margins. Many of our competitors and
potential competitors have or may have substantially greater research and product development capabilities, financial, scientific,
marketing, and manufacturing and human resources, name recognition and experience than we do. As a result, these competitors may:
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respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies or scientific advances and changes in customer requirements, which could render our technologies or potential products obsolete;
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introduce products that make the continued development of our potential products uneconomical;
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obtain patents that block or otherwise inhibit our ability to develop and commercialize potential products;
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withstand price competition more successfully than us;
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establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties that enhance their ability to address the needs of prospective customers better than us; and
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Competitors may offer enhancements to existing
products, or offer new products based on new technologies, industry standards or customer requirements that are available to customers
on a more timely basis than comparable products from our company or that have the potential to replace or provide lower cost alternatives
to our products. The introduction of enhancements or new products by competitors could render our existing and future products
obsolete or unmarketable. Each of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our company’s business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Our future growth will suffer if
we do not achieve sufficient market acceptance of our products.
Our success depends, in part, upon our
ability to maintain and gain market acceptance of our products. To be accepted, these products must meet the quality, technical
performance and price requirements of our customers and potential customers. The wastewater treatment and power generation industries
are currently fragmented with many competitors developing different technologies. Some of these technologies may not gain market
acceptance. In addition, even if we achieve some degree of market acceptance for our potential products in one industry,
we may not achieve market acceptance in other industries for which we are developing products, which market acceptance is critical
to meeting our financial targets.
Achieving market acceptance for our products
will require marketing efforts and the expenditure of financial and other resources to create product awareness and demand by customers.
It will also require the ability to provide excellent customer service. We may be unable to offer products that compete effectively
due to our limited resources and operating history. Also, certain large corporations may be predisposed against doing business
with a company of our limited size and operating history. Failure to achieve broad acceptance of our products by customers and
to compete effectively would harm our operating results.
Successful commercialization of current
and future products will require us to maintain a high level of technical expertise.
To succeed in our target markets, we will
have to establish and maintain a leadership position in the technology supporting those markets. Accordingly, our success will
depend on our ability to:
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provide products that are not only technologically sophisticated but are also available at a price acceptable to customers and competitive with comparable products;
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establish and effectively defend our intellectual property; and
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enter into relationships with other companies that have developed complementary technology into which our products may be integrated.
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We cannot assure you that we will be able
to achieve any of these objectives.
Risks Related to Our Common Shares
There may be a limited public market
for our common shares, and the ability of our stockholders to dispose of their shares of Common Stock may be limited.
We cannot foresee the degree of liquidity
that will be associated with our common shares. A holder of our common shares may not be able to liquidate his, her or its investment
in a short time period or at the market prices that currently exist at the time the holder decides to sell. The market price for
our Common Stock may fluctuate in the future, and such volatility may bear no relation to our performance.
The exercise of options and warrants,
the conversion of preferred Stock and other issuances of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock will
dilute your interest.
As of December 12, 2012, there were
(i) outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 25,436,602 shares of our Common Stock at a weighted-average exercise price
of $0.33 per share, (ii) warrants outstanding to purchase 76,715,946 shares of our Common Stock at a weighted average exercise
price of $0.38 per share, (iii) convertible promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $1,944,015 convertible into
3,888,029 shares of Common Stock, and (iv) shares of Preferred Stock convertible into 116,858,264 shares of Common Stock. The
exercise of options and warrants or the conversion of notes or Preferred Stock at prices below the market price of our Common Stock
could adversely affect the price of shares of our Common Stock. Additional dilution may result from the issuance of shares of our
capital stock in connection with acquisitions or in connection with financing efforts.
Any issuance of our Common Stock (other
than issuances solely to then-existing stockholders proportionate to their interests, such as in the case of a stock dividend or
stock split), will result in dilution to each stockholder by reducing his, her or its percentage ownership of the total outstanding
shares. Moreover, if we issue options or warrants to purchase our Common Stock in the future and those options or warrants are
exercised, or if we issue restricted stock, stockholders may experience further dilution.
Penny Stock Regulation
Broker−dealer practices in connection
with transactions in “penny stocks” are regulated by penny stock rules adopted by the Commission. Penny stocks are
generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges,
provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange
or system). The penny stock rules require a broker−dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from
the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the
penny stock market. The broker−dealer must also provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny
stock, the compensation of the broker−dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing
the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. In addition, the penny stock rules generally require
that prior to a transaction in a penny stock, the broker−dealer make a special written determination that the penny stock
is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure
requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that becomes subject
to the penny stock rules. Since the Company’s securities are subject to the penny stock rules, investors in the Company may
find it more difficult to sell their securities.
The market for penny stocks has suffered
in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a
few broker−dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching
of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) boiler room practices involving high−pressure sales
tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid−ask differential
and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker−dealers
after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent
investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market.
Although we do not expect to be in a position
to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker−dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the
confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.
SPECIAL CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated
herein by reference include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include
statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions,
and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control,
and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of
historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through
our use of words such as "may," "will," "anticipate," "assume," "should," "indicate,"
"would," "believe," "contemplate," "expect," "estimate," "continue,"
"plan," "project," "could," "intend," "target" and other similar words and expressions
of the future. These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
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our failure to realize anticipated benefits from acquisitions or the possibility that such acquisitions could adversely affect us, and risks relating to the prospects for future acquisitions;
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the loss of key employees and the ability to retain and attract key personnel, including technical and managerial personnel;
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our dependence on contract manufacturing and outsourced supply chain, as well as the costs of materials;
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our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items; and
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The forward-looking statements are based
upon management's beliefs and assumptions and are made as of the date of this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or to update the reasons
why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except to the extent required by federal securities laws. Any investor should consider all risks and uncertainties
disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, described below under the heading "Where
You Can Find More Information," all of which is accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common
Stock by the selling stockholders.
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
Our Common Stock is currently traded on
the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol "TMEN.OB." From January 1, 2010 through October 27,
2010, our Common Stock was traded in the over-the-counter market on pink sheets under the symbol “TMEN.PK”. The
table below sets forth the high and low prices per share of our Common Stock for the periods specified. As of December
12, 2012, we had 120,454,575 shares of Common Stock outstanding, held by approximately 1,190 record holders.
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DIVIDEND POLICY
We have never declared or paid any dividends
on our common stock. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future
earnings, if any, to finance our operations and to expand our business.
BUSINESS
Overview
We are a diversified technologies company
engaged in the worldwide commercialization of advanced wastewater treatment systems and carbon reducing power generation technologies.
Our wastewater treatment systems are based
on our proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation Technology (“CAST”) platform. Our CAST systems not only
meet local, state and federal environmental regulations, but typically provide a rapid rate of return on investment by recovering
and reusing expensive feedstocks, reducing contaminated wastewater discharge and recovering and reusing wastewater used in process
operations. Our patented and proprietary platform technology is combined with off-the-shelf technologies to provide
systems that are inexpensive, easy to operate and reliable. Our wastewater treatment systems have applications in aerospace,
food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper, petrochemical, refining, microchip and circuit board manufacturing,
heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater. The CAST platform technology is owned by our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation
(“CASTion”).
We are also the owner of a patented pressurized
oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass into electricity while producing
near zero air emissions while removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration or beneficial reuse. This
technology is intended to be used to build new or to retrofit old fossil fuel power plants globally with near zero air emissions
while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other competing technology. The
technology is held in our subsidiary, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”) and will be developed and commercialized
through our joint venture, Unity Power Alliance, formed with Itea.
Our pressurized oxycombustion technology
and the water technologies are collectively referred to as the “Technologies.” The economic and environmental
benefits of our technologies represent a significant advancement in these key infrastructure industries. Additional
information can be found on our website at
www.thermoenergy.com
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We were founded in 1988, are incorporated
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and have been a public company since 1992. Our Common Stock is traded on the
OTC Bulletin Board under the stock symbol TMEN.OB.
Industry Background
Water
availability and quality are significant issues in many parts of the world. Water for oil and gas production and processing
competes with agricultural, industrial and drinking water for limited resources. These competing demands are increasing
the use of non-potable water supplies and the recovery of process water for reuse as a water source. Brine, saline and brackish
water need to be treated for organic substances and dissolved and suspended solids before it can be consumed as drinking
or process water. Process, flowback and produced waste water must also be cleaned of chemicals used to manufacture goods
or extract oil and gas before it can be recovered.
There are many federal, state and local
statutes and regulations enacted to protect and restore water and air quality. Federal legislation directed at improving
water quality include programs established under the Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended, the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended, the 1990 and 1996 Farm Bills, the Ocean Dumping Ban Act, and the Clean Water and Watershed Restoration Initiative. The
regulations established under these programs are intended to improve existing water quality programs. In order to comply
with these regulations, industrial, agricultural and municipal wastewater treatment facilities are seeking more cost-effective
methods of wastewater treatment and power generation.
Historically, industrial companies would
"treat and dispose" of wastewater created in their manufacturing or operating processes. Given the increasing need to
reduce operating costs to be competitive, industrial companies are implementing "treat and recover" technologies such
as our CAST technology. CAST technology is also used in the “treat and dispose” markets.
Notwithstanding the uncertainty created
by these regulatory and economic initiatives, we believe that pressurized oxycombustion will provide an economical and environmentally
friendly solution for building new power plants and retrofitting existing power plants without any new government legislation.
Our Technologies are very attractive in
the global marketplace, where clean water and clean air regulations of some countries are more stringent than those in effect in
the United States. The marketability of the pressurized oxycombustion technology was significantly expanded with the
ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by 141 nations, which took effect in February of 2005. As the Kyoto Protocol emission
reductions are phased in, many older coal-fired power plants will be among the first affected by the new regulations. Many
of these plants utilize boiler designs that are 20 years old or more, making any upgrade using conventional combustion technology
highly improbable. Collectively, these plants represent an enormous sunk-cost for utilities and industry, creating an
ideal opportunity for any new retrofit technology that could potentially keep these plants operational. While there
are a number of post-combustion carbon capture technologies currently under development, management is unaware of any other primary
combustion technology currently available or nearing commercial deployment capable of achieving near zero air emissions as well
as capturing greater than 95% of carbon dioxide. There can be no assurance, however, that a competing technology or technologies
will not be developed in the future or that the passage of more stringent clean air requirements will result in our Technologies
being used in either the United States or abroad, or that the current trend of domestic and international environmental legislation
will continue.
Growth Strategy
Our business model is based on 1) new construction
or retrofitting of existing wastewater treatment plants for federal, state and municipal governments, industrial clients as well
as power generation plants for public and/or merchant utilities worldwide, and 2) privatization contracts where we will build and
operate, or build, own and operate municipal and/or industrial wastewater treatment and power plants. In instances where
the client has sufficient skill to design, build and operate our technologies, we will enter into collaborative working relationships
(such as joint ventures, licenses and other similar agreements) with companies that are well-established in our targeted markets,
and can greatly expedite the commercialization of our technologies.
We believe many of these markets represent
suitable opportunities for us to implement our business model of design, build, own and operate ("DBOO") wastewater facilities
over a contracted period (anticipated to be a 5-20 year period). Alternatively, we may license the Technologies to the
client and enter into an operating contract for municipal-owned systems utilizing our Technologies over a similar time period. Under
these arrangements, we would seek to generate revenues and profits from a per unit tolling fee on the volume of waste processed
by our Technologies, as well as from the projected sale of the commodity byproducts (i.e. the high-energy fuel generated by ThermoFuel,
the ammonium sulfate generated by ARP or selling the electricity and/or process steam produced using the high-energy fuel as a
feedstock to the municipality or the local power grid.)
Our long-term growth strategy also includes
the acquisition of other companies whose products or services are related to our core businesses. Ideally, these candidate
companies would (a) already be a well-established participant in one or more of our targeted markets; (b) have ongoing revenues
and profits; and (c) bring additional administrative and technical skills and expertise needed for us to achieve our corporate
mission and continue our growth.
Technology and Research and Development
We own or license all of our Technologies,
including the Technologies discussed previously and below in this document. Our product engineering and research and development
expenses were $299,000 and $643,000 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $160,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2012.
Products
Water Technologies
The Company has spent nearly two decades
developing sustainable water treatment and recovery systems that help industry and municipalities operate more efficiently, save
money, reduce their carbon footprint and meet their sustainability goals.
Award-Winning Technology
We believe our TurboFrac system provides
versatile and cost effective solutions to recover and recycle clean, usable water from contaminated produce water created by the
hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. Our FracGen systems create hydrofracking-grade water from briny water in local aquifers
located in arid areas. FracGen reduces demand on local potable water supplies and reduces the cost of transporting fresh water
from other geographic locations.
Our versatile, award-winning CAST®
(Controlled Atmospheric Separation Technology), RCAST®, and high-flow TurboCAST systems can be utilized as an effective stand-alone
wastewater, chemical, metal or nutrient recovery system, or as part of an integrated recovery solution. These state-of-the-art
vacuum assisted distillation units offer significant advantages over other evaporative technologies such as thin film and nucleate
boiling. They are specially designed for high-strength wastewaters with high Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids
typically found in industrial, municipal and agricultural recovery processes.
In industrial applications, our Zero-Liquid-Discharge
(ZLD) Systems can recover nearly 100% of valuable chemical resources or wastewater for immediate reuse or recycling with no liquid
leaving the facility. CAST concentrates mixed hazardous waste down to as little as 5% of its original volume for economical disposal
or reclaim. This patented technology is designed and constructed to exceed the demands of harsh chemical environments.
Fast Return on Customer
Investment
We believe our wastewater recovery systems
reduce costs by recovering process chemicals, metals, and clean water for reuse or recycling and eliminating most of the costly
disposal of hazardous waste or process effluent. These solutions offer a solid return on our customers’ investments and a
quick payback with continued savings and efficiency for many years.
Our wastewater treatment systems not only
meet local, state and federal environmental regulations, but typically provide a rapid rate of return on investment by recovering
and reusing expensive feedstocks, reducing contaminated wastewater discharge and recovering and reusing wastewater used in process
operations. Our systems utilize proven technology to cost effectively process and treat brackish, flowback and produced water in
the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process in the oil and gas industries. Our wastewater treatment systems also
have global applications in aerospace, food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper, petrochemical, refining,
microchip and circuit board manufacturing, heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater.
Specific wastewater solutions include:
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Recovering ammonia and creating fertilizer
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Recovering and recycling ammonia in industrial
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Recovering chemicals or metals from industrial
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Recovering and recycling glycol
CASTion’s CAST, R-CAST and Proprietary
Water Technologies
Our proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation
Technology (“CAST” and “R-CAST”) systems can be utilized as an effective stand-alone wastewater or chemical
recovery system, or as part of an integrated plant-wide recovery solution. The CAST wastewater and chemistry recovery
system reduces and/or eliminates costly disposal of hazardous waste or process effluent. When used in a Zero-Liquid-Discharge
(“ZLD”) application, we can recover nearly 90% of a customer’s valuable chemical resources or wastewater for
immediate disposal, reuse or recycling at our customer’s facility. CAST concentrates mixed hazardous waste down
to as little as 5% of its original volume for economical disposal or reclaim. CASTion’s water technologies fall
into three major categories:
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Systems integration is key to the success
of any treatment or recovery project. Because of this, we provide significant value as a turnkey solution provider,
thereby ensuring these “state-of-the-art” technologies operate effectively.
Turbo CAST
Turbo CAST is specifically designed for
use in areas where energy costs are high and in applications where there are high wastewater flows. Turbo CAST incorporates the
latest in heat recuperation technology that allows for the recovery of up to 90% of the thermal energy used in the system. Turbo
CAST opens up opportunities in several high flow industrial markets where previously we didn't have a competitive solution. By
combining vapor recompression technology with a vacuum assisted flash distillation process, this solution offers a highly energy
efficient, very simple to operate system that reduces operating costs. Turbo CAST can be retrofitted to our existing CAST systems
improving energy performance significantly.
Our technology is mobile and deployable
in
a completely self-contained wastewater processing system that uses our CAST® platform technology.
The Mobile CAST systems can be deployed on-site for a range of applications, including: metals recovery, airport deicing
fluid dewatering and recovery, antifreeze dewatering and recovery, biological oxygen demand (BOD) reduction, and ammonia (nitrogen)
recovery. The size of our units also facilitates on-site pilot testing that accelerates our sales cycle.
ARP
Our patented Ammonia Recovery Process (“ARP”)
captures ammonia from dilute waste streams and converts it into ammonium sulfate, a commercial grade fertilizer, which can be utilized
in agricultural markets worldwide. The ARP technology has been proven in more than 150 pilot tests.
ARP is a physical/chemical process, comprised
of various patented and/or proprietary components, designed to remove and recover ammonia from aqueous waste streams. In
large-scale field demonstration as well as laboratory tests, ARP has been proven to be a reliable, low-cost, environmentally effective
method of treating wastewater discharge streams containing nitrogen in the form of ammonia. The ARP separates ammonia
out of wastewater discharge streams from municipal, industrial and agricultural waste via RCAST and converts it into standard,
commercial-grade, ammonium sulfate fertilizer. We are targeting one such ammonia stream called "centrate";
a liquid product resulting from centrifuging anaerobically digested sewage, sludge or animal waste. Ammonia concentrations
found in centrate ranges from approximately 300 to 3,000 parts per million. Such plants generate primary and waste activated
sludges which are typically treated with anaerobic digestion and then dewatered. In the anaerobic digestion process,
more than half of the nitrogen in organic nitrogen compounds is converted into ammonia.
Once the anaerobically digested sludge
is dewatered, the organically bound nitrogen stays with the sludge solids while virtually all of the aqueous ammonia stays with
the water portion or centrate. This centrate is typically recycled to the front of the wastewater treatment plant. ARP
treats the centrate as a relatively concentrated ammonia stream and returns a very low ammonia stream to the plant that is well
below regulatory requirements. This reduction in the nitrogen load on the plant can increase the overall plant through-put
by up to 30%. The removed and concentrated ammonia can thereafter be converted into ammonium sulfate, a commercial-grade
fertilizer. The primary markets for ARP are municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and the treatment of wastewater
discharge from large concentrated animal farming operations, including dairy, pork, beef and poultry facilities.
Thermo ARP™
We recently developed a new, high-efficiency
process for recovering nutrients from wastewater called Thermo ARP™. Thermo ARP™ is specifically designed
for use with industrial, agricultural and municipal anaerobic digesters where the wastewater stream requires a simpler treatment
strategy. Based on our proprietary CAST technology platform, Thermo ARP™ uniquely combines heat and flash vacuum
distillation to deliver the lowest cost per pound of nitrogen removed when compared with any digestate treatment technology on
the market today. For industrial, agricultural and municipal high rate anaerobic digesters, Thermo ARP™ has a
treatment cost per pound of nitrogen removed that is materially less than that of the most efficient competing technologies. Both
ARP and Thermo ARP™ have the economic and environmental advantage of recovering nitrogen as a fertilizer. Users
of this technology can generate revenue from the sale of fertilizer and combine that revenue with nutrient credits now offered
in several states to reduce the cost of operating the system and can accelerate payback on the equipment investment.
Other water technologies in our portfolio
include:
ThermoFuel
The ThermoFuel Process ("TFP")
is a renewable energy process that converts digested or waste-activated sewage sludge (biosolids) into a high-energy fuel that
can be converted into electricity for use on-site (or exported to the local power grid) or sold as a low-cost feedstock to third
party industrial clients. TFP provides a cost-effective solution for biosolids disposal for municipal wastewater treatment. TFP
integrates advanced primary sludge digestion with hydrothermal treatment of waste-activated sludge to expand the capacity of existing
municipal wastewater facilities. TFP is designed to be a compact, environmentally effective method of upgrading existing
wastewater treatment plants to Exceptional Quality (“EQ”) Class A biosolids production without the use of storage tanks,
ponds or lagoons, as is common practice for municipal wastewater facilities. EQ Class A biosolids denote the least health
risk of human exposure as defined in the 40 CFR Part 503 Risk Assessment study of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(“EPA”). Over 95% of all municipal wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. currently produce Class B biosolids. These
biosolids do not meet required pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements and, as such, pose a potential health risk
in the event of direct human contact. The high energy and low moisture content of TFP fuel make it suitable for use
as a fuel substitute or blending agent for power plants, municipal solid waste incinerators, cement kilns and similar applications. The
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a patent for the Sewage Treatment System process on March 17, 2005. TFP is
covered in the same license as Enhanced Biogas.
TFP can be utilized as a stand-alone system
or combined with our ARP or Enhanced Biogas Production technologies (described below) to provide a comprehensive and cost-effective
method of upgrading existing wastewater treatment plants to produce 100% EQ Class A biosolids; a product which can then be safely
applied to expired land, such as a landfill or mining reclamation, or converted on-site to energy via a gasification plant or boiler. ThermoFuel
allows wastewater treatment plant operators to control the incoming waste stream entirely on-site, with only clean water and saleable
commodities leaving the plant. The primary target markets for ThermoFuel are municipal and industrial wastewater treatment
facilities.
Enhanced Biogas Production
Our Enhanced Biogas Production process
is a cost-effective method of processing and treating animal waste from concentrated animal farming that improves the efficiency
of aerobic or anaerobic digesters in conventional wastewater treatment plants. Our process retrofits existing wastewater
treatment plants to recover excess ammonia from the digesters, making the plant run more efficiently. Through this process,
waste is converted into two saleable commodities: energy in the form of methane, and ammonium sulfate, a commercial-grade
fertilizer. It can be used as a stand-alone technology, together with our ARP technology, and/or together with our ThermoFuel
process. It can also be implemented with the Temperature Phased Anaerobic Digestion technology used by wastewater treatment
plant operators to make more biogas and destroy pathogens. Temperature phasing is a relatively new method adopted by
wastewater treatment plant operators that uses two phases of anaerobic digestion. In the high temperature phase (around
120-140ºF) waste solids are disinfected and conditioned to reduce pathogens below threshold levels and solubilize some of
the solids during the digestion phase. In the lower temperature phase (around 90-100ºF) waste solids already reduced
in the first phase are more completely broken down to generate additional biogas at lower energy costs.
The Enhanced Biogas Production process
is currently protected by patents that we license exclusively. Under the terms of the license agreement, (the “Agreement”)
at the time when cumulative sales of the licensed products exceed $20 million, we agree to pay 1% of the net sales thereafter (as
defined in the Agreement). We may assign or transfer the Agreement to third parties with the licensee’s consent,
not to be unreasonably withheld.
Power Generation
Technologies
In addition to our Water Technologies,
we are developing a new, advanced power plant design, that offers a cost-effective and environmentally responsible solution to
both carbon capture and global warming. The power technology is described below.
Pressurized Oxycombustion
We are also the owner of a patented pressurized
oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass into electricity while producing
near zero air emissions, and at the same time removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration or beneficial
reuse. This technology can be used to build new or retrofit old fossil fuel power plants around the world that produce near zero
air emissions while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other competing
technology. The technology is held by our subsidiary, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”) and will be developed
and commercialized through our new joint venture, Unity Power Alliance (UPA).
On June 20, 2012, we entered into an Agreement
with Itea S.p.A. (“ITEA”) for the development of pressurized oxycombustion in North America. The two parties, through
UPA, will utilize their patented technologies to advance, develop and promote the use of the coal application of pressurized oxycombustion,
construct a pilot plant utilizing the technology, and subsequently construct a demonstration facility based on the technology as
implemented in the pilot plant. ITEA was granted the option to acquire a 50% ownership interest in UPA for nominal consideration.
On July 16, 2012, ITEA exercised its option and acquired the 50% ownership interest in UPA. As of September 30, 2012, the financial
results of UPA are accounted for as a joint venture under the equity method of accounting and are not consolidated in our financial
statements as a variable interest entity as defined by ASC 810.
In September 2012, Unity Power
Alliance was awarded a $1 million Phase 1 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund a project under a special DOE
program to advance technologies for efficient, clean coal power and carbon capture. After successful completion of the first
phase of the program, it is anticipated that a much larger Phase 2 will occur, with DOE awards in the $10-20 million range
applied toward the construction of a pilot scale plant. As part of UPA's project, in October 2012, we received a $900,000
contract from UPA to build a bench-scale “flameless” combustion reactor under the grant.
Pressurized oxycombustion represents a
novel thermodynamic approach in power plant design. Based on reliable oxyfuel chemistry, it combines the combustion
of carbonaceous fuels (coal, oil, natural gas or biomass) with essentially complete recovery of all by-products, including all
forms or sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, particulates and carbon dioxide, which can then be used for sequestration
or beneficial reuse. The key element that differentiates pressurized oxycombustion from conventional oxy-fuel designs
is that combustion shifts the temperatures at which water, carbon dioxide, mercury and acid gases condense. Gas-to-liquid
nucleate condensation physics is then used to collect and remove the pollutants, while carbon dioxide is recovered as a liquid
through direct condensation to reduce harmful air emissions of acid gases, mercury, soot and carbon dioxide. Pressurized
oxycombustion is well-suited for new construction and offers a cost-effective way to upgrade many existing coal-fired power plants
to zero air emission/carbon capture status.
The primary markets for pressurized oxycombustion
will be power generation plants for electric utilities and combined heat and power plants for industrial clients, many of which
produce waste by-products that can be used as a feedstock for pressurized oxycombustion. Some of the industries in which
pressurized oxycombustion can be utilized include oil refineries, petrochemical processing plants and pulp and paper mills. In
March 2001, ThermoEnergy Power Systems was granted U.S. Patent Nos. 6,196,000 and 6,918,253 for the pressurized oxycombustion process. We
also received patents relating to the pressurized oxycombustion process in Australia, China, India, Mexico, Poland, Romania, the
Russian Federation and South Africa. Foreign patent applications have also been filed in Canada and the European Patent
Office.
Customers
We have over 70 CAST wastewater treatment
systems deployed worldwide, mostly in the United States. We sell our systems to both small and large businesses, as well as to
municipalities. Historically, companies in the Fortune 1000 rankings have accounted for approximately 28% of units sold; these
customers include Valero, Proctor & Gamble, General Electric and Caterpillar. Historically, municipalities, including the New
York City Department of Environmental Protection, have accounted for approximately 2% of units sold. The remaining 70% of units
were sold to mid- and smaller-sized companies. All of our revenues in 2011 and 2010 came from the U.S. and the bulk of revenues
in each year were generated by a single customer.
The City of New York Department
of Environmental Protection (the “NYCDEP”) was our largest customer during the fiscal years ended December 31,
2011 and 2010 and the nine months ended September 30, 2012, representing approximately 80%, 48% and 81% of our
total revenues, respectively. On November 13, 2012, the NYCDEP gave us notice of termination of the contract to install our
ARP system at the 26th Ward wastewater treatment facility, the contract under which substantially all of our revenues from
the NYCDEP had been earned.
Manufacturing
We design, manufacture, and service our
products from our 48,000 square foot facility at 10 New Bond Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. We utilize custom designed proprietary
vessels supported by commercially available or off-the-shelf parts such as pumps and heat exchangers to produce our proprietary
solutions for our customers. No single vendor holds a sole source contract nor represents a significant portion of our standard
supply chain. We believe we could find alternative suppliers at competitive cost should any of our current suppliers be unable
to fulfill our needs.
Sales, Marketing and Technical Support
We primarily sell our products through
our direct sales force supported by a network of manufacturer representatives in the U.S. and internationally. Our sales force
works closely with our field application engineers, business development and marketing teams in an integrated approach to address
a customer's current and future needs. The support provided by our field application engineers is critical in the product qualification
stage. Many customers have custom requirements to consider.
We have actively communicated our solutions
and brands through participation at trade shows and industry conferences, publication of research papers, byline articles in trade
media, in interactive media, interactions with industry press and analysts, press releases, our company website, as well as through
print and electronic sales material.
Competition
Our Technologies enable the wastewater
treatment and power generation industries to comply with state and federal clean water and clean air regulatory requirements while
reducing their cost of operations. We believe that these industries are dominated by process methods developed in the
1940s and 1950s, with only minor improvements since that time. It is our belief that local, state and federal regulatory
mandates, as well as amendments to previously enacted clean water regulations (see Government Regulation, below) have rendered
the majority of these process methods ineffective, either from an economic or process efficiency standpoint, in meeting these mandates,
especially as they relate to greenhouse gas ("GHG") reduction. Yet conventional wisdom continues to enable
these technologies to compete with our Technologies for a share of the wastewater treatment market. Competitive factors
affecting us include entrenchment and familiarity of the older technologies within our target markets. Likewise, individuals
with purchasing authority within our target markets are not as familiar with our Technologies and may be hesitant to adopt them
in their municipal or industrial facilities. Plant operators have attempted to meet the regulatory requirements by optimizing
existing process methods rather than adopting new technologies, including ours. The cost of developing new technologies
and the ability of new companies to enter the wastewater treatment and power generation industries are barriers to entry for new
or developing companies. The established companies in the wastewater treatment and power generation markets who attempt
to meet the regulatory mandates by modifying conventional technologies comprise our principal competition. However,
there can be no assurance that there will not be additional competitors in the future or that such competitors will not develop
technologies that are superior to ours.
We believe the principal competitive factors
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Patents and Other Intellectual Property Rights
We own or license all of our Technologies,
including the Technologies discussed previously in this document.
We rely on patent, trademark, copyright
and trade secret laws and internal controls and procedures to protect our technology. We believe that a robust technology portfolio
that is assessed and refreshed periodically is an essential element of our business strategy. We believe that our success will
depend in part on our ability to:
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We presently have been issued approximately
twelve patents and nine patent applications are pending. Patents have been issued in various countries with the main concentration
in the United States. Our existing significant U.S. patents will expire between 2021 and 2027.
We take extensive measures to protect our
intellectual property rights and information. For example, every employee enters into a confidential information, non-competition
and invention assignment agreement with us when they join and are reminded of their responsibilities when they leave. We also enter
into and enforce a confidential information and invention assignment agreement with contractors.
We own or license patents and pending patents
covering technologies relating to:
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Although we believe our patent portfolio
is a valuable asset, the discoveries or technologies covered by the patents, patent applications or licenses may not have commercial
value. Issued patents may not provide commercially meaningful protection against competitors. Other parties may be able to design
around our issued patents or independently develop technology having effects similar or identical to our patented technology.
We periodically evaluate our patent portfolio
based on our assessment of the value of the patents and the cost of maintaining such patents, and may choose from time to time
to let various patents lapse, terminate or be sold.
Employees
As of September 30, 2012, we had
28 employees, including 5 in manufacturing, 7 in engineering, 10 in sales and marketing, and 6 in general and administrative. All
of our employees were full-time employees, located primarily in our Worcester, Massachusetts fabrication facility. None
of our employees are represented by a labor union. We have experienced no work stoppages, and management believes our
employee relationships are generally good.
Facilities
Our principal executive offices are located
at 10 New Bond Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01606, where we lease approximately 48,000 square feet of space from an unaffiliated
third party. In the event we require further space, we believe that we can find appropriate facilities in the same geographic
area at lease rates comparable to those we currently pay. We do not own any real property.
Environmental
Our operations involve the use, generation
and disposal of hazardous substances and are regulated under federal, state, and local laws governing health and safety and the
environment. Our compliance costs were less than $100,000 in the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and less than
$50,000 for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012. We believe that our products and operations at our facilities
comply in all material respects with applicable environmental laws and worker health and safety laws; however, the risk of environmental
liabilities cannot be completely eliminated.
Legal Proceedings
On July 16, 2012, Andrew T. Melton, our
former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“Melton”), filed a Complaint in the United States District
Court, Eastern District of Arkansas alleging that his employment had been terminated in breach of his employment agreement and
claiming damages in the aggregate amount of approximately $2.2 million, including unpaid salary, reimbursement of expenses, and
other payments under his employment agreement. We are currently in the discovery process and intend to vigorously defend this litigation.
From time to time, we may become subject
to various legal proceedings that are incidental to the ordinary conduct of our business. We are not currently party to any material
legal proceedings other than those listed above.
Government Regulations
We are subject to federal, state and local
laws and regulations relating to the generation, handling, treatment, storage and disposal of certain toxic or hazardous materials
and waste products that we use or generate in our operations. We regularly assess our compliance with environmental
laws and management of environmental matters. We believe that our products and operations at our facilities comply in
all material respects with applicable environmental laws.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion
and analysis in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes for the year ended December 31, 2011
and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, which are included in this prospectus. This discussion and analysis
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially
from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those
set forth under "Risk Factors," "Special Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and elsewhere
in this prospectus.
Overview
Founded in 1988, we are a diversified technologies
company engaged in the worldwide development, sale and commercialization of patented and/or proprietary technologies for the recovery
and recycling of wastewater, chemicals, metals, and nutrients from waste streams at oil & gas, biogas, power plant, industrial,
and municipal operations. In addition, we hold patents on pressurized oxy-combustion technology for clean, coal-fired power generation.
Wastewater Solutions
We have spent nearly two decades developing
sustainable water treatment and recovery systems that help industry and municipalities operate more efficiently, save money, reduce
their carbon footprint and meet their sustainability goals.
Award-Winning Technology
We believe our TurboFrac system provides
versatile and cost effective solutions to recover and recycle clean, usable water from contaminated produce water created by the
hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. Our FracGen systems create hydrofracking-grade water from briny water in local aquifers
located in arid areas. FracGen reduces demand on local potable water supplies and reduces the cost of transporting fresh water
from other geographic locations.
Our versatile, award-winning CAST®
(Controlled Atmospheric Separation Technology), RCAST®, and high-flow TurboCAST systems can be utilized as an effective stand-alone
wastewater, chemical, metal or nutrient recovery system, or as part of an integrated recovery solution. These state-of-the-art
vacuum assisted distillation units offer significant advantages over other evaporative technologies such as thin film and nucleate
boiling. They are specially designed for high-strength wastewaters with high Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids
typically found in industrial, municipal and agricultural recovery processes.
In industrial applications, our Zero-Liquid-Discharge
(ZLD) Systems can recover nearly 100% of valuable chemical resources or wastewater for immediate reuse or recycling with no liquid
leaving the facility. CAST concentrates mixed hazardous waste down to as little as 5% of its original volume for economical disposal
or reclaim. This patented technology is designed and constructed to exceed the demands of harsh chemical environments.
Fast Return on Customer Investment
We believe our wastewater recovery systems
reduce costs by recovering process chemicals, metals, and clean water for reuse or recycling and eliminating most of the costly
disposal of hazardous waste or process effluent. These solutions offer a solid return on our customers’ investments and a
quick payback with continued savings and efficiency for many years.
Our wastewater treatment systems not only
meet local, state and federal environmental regulations, but typically provide a rapid rate of return on investment by recovering
and reusing expensive feedstocks, reducing contaminated wastewater discharge and recovering and reusing wastewater used in process
operations. Our systems utilize proven technology to cost effectively process and treat brackish, flowback and produced water in
the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process in the oil and gas industries. Our wastewater treatment systems also
have global applications in aerospace, food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper, petrochemical, refining,
microchip and circuit board manufacturing, heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater.
Specific wastewater solutions include:
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and recycling wastewater in the oil and gas industry
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Recovering ammonia and creating fertilizer
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Recovering and recycling ammonia in industrial
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Recovering and recycling glycol
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Power Generation Technologies
We are also the owner of a patented pressurized
oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass into electricity while producing
near zero air emissions, and at the same time removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration or beneficial
reuse. This technology can be used to build new or retrofit old fossil fuel power plants around the world that produce near zero
air emissions while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other competing
technology. The technology is held by our subsidiary, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”) and will be developed
and commercialized through our new joint venture, Unity Power Alliance (UPA).
On June 20, 2012, we entered into an Agreement
with Itea S.p.A. (“ITEA”) for the development of pressurized oxycombustion in North America. The two parties, through
UPA, will utilize their patented technologies to advance, develop and promote the use of the coal application of pressurized oxycombustion,
construct a pilot plant utilizing the technology, and subsequently construct a demonstration facility based on the technology as
implemented in the pilot plant. ITEA was granted the option to acquire a 50% ownership interest in UPA for nominal consideration.
On July 16, 2012, ITEA exercised its option and acquired the 50% ownership interest in UPA. As of September 30, 2012, the financial
results of UPA are accounted for as a joint venture under the equity method of accounting and are not consolidated in our financial
statements as a variable interest entity as defined by ASC 810.
In September 2012, Unity Power Alliance
was awarded a $1 million Phase 1 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund a project under a special DOE program to
advance technologies for efficient, clean coal power and carbon capture. After successful completion of the first phase of the
program, it is anticipated that a much larger Phase 2 will occur, with DOE awards in the $10-20 million range applied toward the
construction of a pilot scale plant. As part of UPA's project, in October 2012, we received a $900,000 contract from UPA to build
a bench-scale “flameless” combustion reactor under the grant.
We currently generate revenues from the
sale and development of wastewater treatment systems. We enter into contracts with our customers to provide a wastewater treatment
solution that meets the customer’s present and future needs. Our revenues are tied to the size and scale of the wastewater
treatment system required by the customer, as well as the progress made on each customer contract.
Historically we marketed and sold our products
primarily in North America. In 2011, we began marketing and selling our products in Asia and Europe. These marketing and sales
activities are performed by our direct sales force and authorized independent sales representatives.
On August 22, 2012, the New York City Department
of Environmental Regulation (“NYCDEP”) issued a stop work order to us relative to our contract to install an Ammonia
Removal Process (“ARP”) system at the NYCDEP’s wastewater treatment facility in the 26
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Ward.
On November 13, 2012, the NYCDEP notified us that it is terminating the contract, effective November 29, 2012.
We suspended all work on this contract
as of August 22, 2012 and have halted all work with our major vendors. We have accordingly ceased recognition of revenues as of
August 22, 2012 and have recorded all incremental costs as period costs on its Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Because of this contract termination,
our revenues, expenses, and income will be adversely affected in future periods, as this contract represented approximately 80%
of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 and approximately 63% and 81% of our revenues for the three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2012, respectively. We have yet to begin discussions with the NYCDEP about the termination, and accordingly,
we cannot determine a final outcome at this time.
We have made significant progress over the past year in resolving our past legal
and financial issues, strengthening our balance sheet, hiring key management personnel and building our business for future growth.
However, we have incurred net losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. We incurred net losses of $5.9 million
for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 and $17.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Cash outflows from
operations totaled $5.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 and $6.1 million for the year ended December
31, 2011. As a result, we will require additional capital to continue to fund our operations.
Research and Development
We own or license all of the technologies
that we use in our business.
We conduct research and development of
water/wastewater treatment products and services in a number of areas including testing various waste streams for potential clients
and other third parties, Chemcad and Aspen modeling for the pressurized oxycombustion process, centrate testing related to our
New York project and Ammonia Recovery Process (“ARP”) flow modifications.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We have identified the policies and estimates
below as critical to our current and future business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. These policies
and estimates are considered "critical" because they either had a material impact or they have the potential to have
a material impact on our financial statements, and because they require significant judgments, assumptions or estimates. The preparation
of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect both the results of operations
as well as the carrying values of our assets and liabilities. Some of our accounting policies require us to make difficult and
subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. We base estimates
on historical experience and/or on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions
or conditions, making it possible that a change in these estimates could occur in the near term. Set forth below is a summary of
our most critical accounting policies.
Principles of consolidation and basis
of presentation
The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of ThermoEnergy and our subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated
in consolidation.
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
The 15% third party ownership interest
in TEPS is recorded as a noncontrolling interest in the consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2011, the noncontrolling
interest in TEPS was immaterial to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
Revenue recognition
We recognize revenues using the percentage
of completion method. Under this approach, revenue is earned in proportion to total costs incurred in relation to total costs expected
to be incurred. Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and indirect costs related to contract performance,
such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs and depreciation.
Recognition of revenue and profit is dependent
upon a number of factors, including the accuracy of a variety of estimates made at the balance sheet date such as engineering progress,
materials quantities, the achievement of milestones, penalty provisions, labor productivity and cost estimates made. Due to uncertainties
inherent in the estimation process, actual completion costs may vary from estimates. Changes in job performance, job conditions
and estimated profitability may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized beginning in the period in which they
become known. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which the estimated loss
first becomes known.
Certain long-term contracts include a number
of different services to be provided to the customer. We record separately revenues, costs and gross profit related to each of
these services if they meet the contract segmenting criteria in ASC 605-35. This policy may result in different interim rates of
profitability for each segment than if we had recognized revenues using the percentage-of-completion method based on the project’s
estimated total costs.
Variable interest entities
The Company assesses whether its involvement
with another related entity constitutes a variable interest entity (“VIE”) through either direct or indirect variable
interest in that entity. If an entity is deemed to be a VIE, the Company must determine if it is the primary beneficiary (i.e.
the party that consolidates the VIE), in accordance with the accounting standard for the consolidation of variable interest entities.
VIEs are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional
subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity investors that do not have the ability to make significant
decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected
losses and/or the right to receive the residual returns of the entity. The Company qualitatively evaluates if it is the primary
beneficiary of the VIE’s based on whether the Company has (i) the power to direct those matters that most significantly impacted
the activities of the VIE; and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE.
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable are recorded at their
estimated net realizable value. Receivables related to the Company’s contracts have realization and liquidation periods of
less than one year and are therefore classified as current.
The Company maintains allowances for specific
doubtful accounts based on estimates of losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments and record these
allowances as a charge to general and administrative expense. The Company’s method for estimating its allowance for doubtful
accounts is based on judgmental factors, including known and inherent risks in the underlying balances, adverse situations that
may affect the customer’s ability to pay and current economic conditions. Amounts considered uncollectible are written off
based on the specific customer balance outstanding.
Property and equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost
and are depreciated over the estimated useful life of each asset. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method. We
evaluate long-lived assets based on estimated future undiscounted net cash flows or other fair value measures whenever significant
events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If that evaluation
indicates that an impairment has occurred, a charge is recognized to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the undiscounted cash
flows or fair values of the asset, whichever is more readily determinable.
Contingencies
We accrue for costs relating to litigation,
including litigation defense costs, claims and other contingent matters, including liquidated damage liabilities, when such liabilities
become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates may be based on advice from third parties or on management’s
judgment, as appropriate. Revisions to payroll tax and other accrued expenses are reflected in income in the period
in which different facts or information become known or circumstances change that affect our previous assumptions with respect
to the likelihood or amount of loss. Amounts paid upon the ultimate resolution of contingent liabilities may be materially
different from previous estimates and could require adjustments to the estimated liability to be recognized in the period such
new information becomes known.
Stock options
We account for stock options in accordance
with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”. These
topics require that the cost of all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, be recognized
in the financial statements based on their fair values on the measurement date, which is generally the date of grant. Such
cost is recognized over the vesting period of the awards. We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate
the fair value of stock option awards.
Income taxes
We use the liability method of accounting
for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial
reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted rates and laws that will be in effect when the
deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is provided
if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We recognize interest and
penalties related to underpayments of income taxes as a component of interest and other expenses on our Consolidated Statements
of Operations.
We estimate contingent income tax liabilities
based on the guidance for accounting for uncertain tax positions as prescribed in ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” We
use a two-step process to assess each income tax position. We first determine whether it is more likely than not that the
income tax position will be sustained, based on technical merits, upon examination by the taxing authorities. If the income
tax position is expected to meet the more likely than not criteria, we then record the benefit in the financial statements that
equals the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon its ultimate settlement.
We are subject to taxation in the U.S.
and various states. As of December 31, 2011 our tax years for 2008, 2009 and 2010 are subject to examination by the tax authorities.
With few exceptions, as of December 31, 2011, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local examinations by tax authorities
for years before 2008.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
We determine the initial value of the Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock and investor warrants using valuation models we consider to be appropriate. Because the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock has an indefinite life, it is classified within the stockholders’ deficiency section
of our consolidated balance sheets. The value of beneficial conversion features are considered a “deemed dividend”
and are added as a component of net loss attributable to common stockholders on our consolidated statements of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncement
s
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04,
“Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS,” which converges
fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with fair value measurement and disclosure guidance issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The amendments in the authoritative guidance do not modify the requirements for
when fair value measurements apply. The amendments generally represent clarifications on how to measure and disclose fair value
under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement.” The authoritative guidance is effective prospectively for interim and annual
periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption of the authoritative guidance is not permitted. The adoption of the provisions
of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on our financial statements or disclosures.
Restatement of Financial Statements
In connection with the preparation and
audit of our consolidated financial statements as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2011, we reviewed the accounting treatment
of our debt and equity transactions during such year. During this review we uncovered errors that impacted our previously issued
unaudited 2011 interim consolidated financial statements for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September
30, 2011 (collectively, the “2011 Interim Consolidated Financial Statements”).
We have concluded that we incorrectly accounted
for a series of related transactions effected pursuant to certain Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements, effective as of January
4, 2011 (the “Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements”), with the holders of our Convertible Promissory Notes due
May 31, 2010 (the “Old Notes”), including the partial repayment of the Old Notes, the conversion of a portion of the
Old Notes into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the issuance to the holders of the Old Notes of warrants for
the purchase of shares of our Common Stock and the issuance to the holders of the Old Notes, upon cancellation of the Old Notes,
of Amended and Restated Promissory Notes due February 29, 2012 (the “Restated Notes”) by treating such transactions
as debt modifications rather than debt extinguishment. Our management also concluded that, due to deficiencies in the methodology
we had used to calculate our derivative warrant liabilities, we had overstated the quarterly valuation of such liabilities.
Upon discovering these errors, we re-examined
our accounting for similar transactions and the calculation of our derivative warrant liabilities in prior years and, although
similar errors occurred in accounting for certain transactions in prior periods, the effect of such errors were not material.
In our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2011, we restated in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” our
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations for the first three quarters of 2011. This restatement is
more fully described in Note 3, “Restatement and Condensed Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)” to our audited
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011. We do not intend to restate separately our Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2011. The financial statements included in such reports should not be relied on.
None of the errors related to our cash
position, revenues or loss from operations for any of the periods in which such errors occurred. The net effect of these errors
is (i) a $4.7 million understatement of our net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, (ii) a $1.5 million
overstatement of our net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and (iii) a $3.9 million overstatement
of our net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The net effect is that our net loss to common stockholders
for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 was overstated by approximately $0.7 million.
Results of Operations
Comparison of Years Ended December 31,
2011 and 2010 (as restated)
Revenues for 2011 were $5,583,000 compared
to $2,874,000 in 2010. In 2010, we substantially completed production on two large industrial contracts in the first half of 2010
and started engineering and design work on our $27.9 million contract with NYCDEP in the third quarter of 2010. In 2011,
we completed engineering and design work on our NYCDEP contract and started system construction activities, which resulted in significantly
higher revenues from the NYCDEP contract in 2011 compared to 2010. This contract, along with other new contracts, is expected to
generate further increases in revenues in 2012.
Gross profit increased to $404,000 or 7.2%
of revenues in 2011 compared to gross profit of $75,000 or 2.6% in 2010. The increase is mainly due to higher gross margins realized
on the NYCDEP contract in 2011 as we completed engineering and design work and shifted toward higher margin system construction
activities in the third quarter of 2011.
General and administrative expenses totaled
$4,807,000 in 2011, a decrease of $993,000 compared to 2010. The decrease is attributable to lower non-cash stock option
expense in 2011 as certain tranches of stock options for our executive officers vested ratably at the end of 2010 and ended in
early 2011.
Engineering, research and development expenses
totaled $299,000 in 2011, a decrease of $344,000 compared to 2010. Our engineering group was fully utilized in the first three
quarters of 2011 performing design and system fabrication work related to our NYCDEP contract. Our engineering group was not fully
utilized until the third quarter of 2010. As a result, we charged $679,000 of engineering costs to costs of revenues in 2011 compared
to $324,000 in 2010.
Selling expenses totaled $2,448,000 in
2011, an increase of $1,167,000 compared to 2010. The increase is due to increased sales headcount in 2011, as we focused on building
our sales force to generate new business, as well as increased marketing and business development activity in 2011, as we began
to market our product offerings in Europe and Asia.
Because of our various financing transactions,
including the amendment of existing debt issuances and the extinguishment of convertible debt in 2011 and 2010, we recognized losses
on the extinguishment of debt of $12,551,000 and $5,620,000 in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Losses recognized in 2011 relate to
the restructuring of our CASTion Notes and our 2010 Bridge Notes in the first quarter of 2011 and the extinguishment of these issuances
in the third quarter of 2011; losses in 2010 relate primarily to the writeoff of unamortized debt discounts for beneficial conversion
features and warrants issued with the various debt issuances.
We did not incur any warrant-related expenses
in 2011. Warrant totaling $107,000 expense in 2010 related to the issuance of warrants to our investment advisor in partial consideration
for its services in connection with our private placement of shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in August
2010.
In 2011, we recorded income of $3,936,000
related to the net change in fair value on our derivative instruments. We recorded an expense on these derivative instruments totaling
$293,000 in 2010.
We did not recognize any additional gains
on payroll tax settlement in 2011 as a result of the IRS accepting our Offer in Compromise in March 2011. We recorded a gain on
payroll tax settlement of approximately $2.3 million in 2010 related to this Offer in Compromise.
In 2011, we recorded losses in our joint
venture with Babcock Power, Inc. totaling $389,000, an increase of $315,000 compared to 2010. The joint venture performed significant
development work related to our pressurized oxycombustion technology in 2011; losses in 2010 related primarily to start-up related
costs.
Interest and other expense in 2011 totaled
$1,232,000 in 2011, a decrease of approximately $2.1 million compared to 2010. This decrease is due to reduced amortization of
debt discount in 2011 and our repaying and converting all of our secured debt by August 2011.
Comparison of Quarters Ended September
30, 2012 and 2011 (as restated)
Revenues totaled $2,032,000 for the third
quarter of 2012, an increase of 70% compared to $1,193,000 for the third quarter of 2011. Revenues in the third quarter of 2012
were primarily driven by revenues from our New York City Department of Environmental Protection ("NYCDEP") contract as
well as our first sale of a mobile FracGen water production system to the oil and gas industry. In the third quarter of 2011, we
substantially completed production on one industrial contract and were in the later stages of engineering and design work on the
NYCDEP contract.
Gross profit for the third quarter of 2012
was $1,000 compared to gross profit of $120,000 in the third quarter of 2011. The decrease in gross profit is attributable to lower
margins on our first mobile FracGen water production system due to higher than expected production costs on the first unit as well
as a stop work order issued in August 2012 on the NYCDEP contract. Due to the stop work order, we incurred ongoing production related
costs that could not be charged to the project in the quarter. The contract was terminated in November, which will result in fourth
quarter and early 2013 revenues and gross margin to be adversely affected. However, given our focus on the oil & gas and biogas
industries, we expect the short-term effect of the termination of the NYCDEP contract will be offset by implementing our long-term
strategy. Gross profit in the third quarter of 2011 related to work performed on NYCDEP and a completed industrial project, which
generated higher margins.
General and administrative expenses for
the third quarter of 2012 was $1,035,000 compared to $897,000 for the third quarter of 2011. The increase in expenses were primarily
due to increased legal costs attributable to our third quarter financings and patent applications.
Engineering, research and development expenses
for the third quarter of 2012 was $160,000 compared to $132,000 for the third quarter of 2011. The increase is attributable to
reduced utilization of our engineering team in the third quarter of 2012 compared to 2011. Engineering costs directly related to
our projects are charged to Cost of Sales.
Sales and marketing expenses for the third
quarter of 2012 was $598,000 compared to $561,000 in the third quarter of 2011. The Company's sales and marketing efforts in the
third quarter of 2012 were redirected and increased to focus on the oil & gas and biogas industries over the municipal and
other traditional markets in the prior year.
Changes in the fair value of our derivative
warrant liabilities resulted in the recognition of derivative mark-to-market income of $574,000 in the third quarter of 2012 compared
to $440,000 in the third quarter of 2011. Income in the third quarter of 2012 and 2011 relate primarily to the passage of time
and the decrease in our stock price and an increase in warrants that are classified as derivative liabilities.
Other derivative expense of $565,000 in
the third quarter of 2012 represents the amounts by which the initial valuation of derivative liabilities created in conjunction
with our financing transactions in July and August of 2012 exceeded the amounts raised by these financing transactions. We had
no such expenses in the third quarter of 2011.
There was no loss on extinguishment of
debt in the third quarter of 2012 in comparison to a loss of $5,159,000 in the third quarter of 2011. The loss on extinguishment
of debt in the third quarter of 2011 relates to the conversion of our CASTion Notes, 2010 Bridge Notes and 2011 Bridge Notes into
shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
Interest and other expense decreased during
the third quarter of 2012 compared to 2011 by $111,000, due mainly to lower debt levels in 2012.
We recognized income related to our joint
ventures totaling $24,000 in the third quarter of 2012 compared to losses of $117,000 in the third quarter of 2011. Income in the
third quarter of 2012 is attributable to Itea assuming certain expenses of UPA in the third quarter of 2012.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and cash flow data for the periods
presented were as follows (in thousands of dollars):
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Year Ended December 31,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2011
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2010
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2012
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2011
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(as restated)
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Cash
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$
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3,056
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$
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4,299
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$
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528
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$
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1,807
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Net cash used in operating activities
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(6,101
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)
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(5,628
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)
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(5,087
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)
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(3,672
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)
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(535
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)
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(432
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)
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(235
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)
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(527
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)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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|
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5,393
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|
|
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9,250
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|
|
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2,794
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|
|
|
1,707
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Since the beginning of 2011, we have continued
to make significant progress in resolving our past legal and financial issues, strengthening our balance sheet and building our
business for future growth. In the past year, we have:
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Raised $8.2 million in additional funding in 2011 and $3.1 million in 2012;
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•
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Made debt service payments totaling $2.8 million and converted all outstanding secured debt and accrued interest totaling $10.1 million into Series B Convertible Preferred Stock;
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Paid all amounts due to the Internal Revenue Service under the Offer in Compromise that was accepted in March 2011; and
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Settled a lawsuit related to a former officer’s employment agreement.
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However, we have historically lacked the
financial and other resources necessary to market the Technologies or to build demonstration projects without the financial backing
of government or industrial partners. During 2011 and 2010, we funded our operations primarily from the sale of convertible debt,
short-term borrowings, preferred stock and common stock, generally from stockholders and other parties who are sophisticated investors
in clean technology. Although we will require substantial additional funding to continue existing operations, we believe that we
will be able to obtain additional equity or debt financing on reasonable terms; however, there is no certainty that we will be
able to do so.
Cash used in operations amounted to $6,101,000
and $5,628,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The increase in cash used in operations in 2011 is
primarily due to higher operating expenses attributed to building our sales and marketing functions throughout 2011. Cash used
in investing activities included purchases of property and equipment of $135,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 and investments
in our joint venture with Babcock Power (subsequently dissolved) of $400,000 and $61,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011
and 2010, respectively.
At September 30, 2012, we did not have
sufficient working capital to satisfy our anticipated operating expenses for the next 12 months. As of September 30, 2012, we had
a cash balance of $528,000 and current liabilities of approximately $8.8 million, which consisted primarily of accounts payable
of approximately $2.2 million, billings in excess of costs of approximately $3.3 million, convertible debt of $1.25 million, derivative
liabilities of $41,000 and other current liabilities of approximately $1.9 million.
The following financing transactions
provided our sources of funding for 2010, 2011 and 2012 to date:
On March 10, 2010, we entered into a Bridge Loan Agreement (the
“2010 Bridge Loan Agreement”), effective as of March 1, 2010, with six of our principal investors (The Quercus Trust,
Robert S. Trump, Focus Fund, L.P., Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced
Master Fund Ltd) (collectively, the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Investors agreed to make bridge loans to us
in the following amounts:
Lender
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Commitment
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The Quercus Trust
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$
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1,200,000
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Robert S. Trump
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$
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600,000
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Focus Fund L.P.
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$
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200,000
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Empire Capital Partners, LP
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$
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233,333
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Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
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$
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233,333
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Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd
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$
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233,333
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We issued 3% Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes in the principal amount of each Investor’s funding commitment (the “2010 Bridge Notes”). The
2010 Bridge Notes bore interest at the rate of 3% per annum and were originally due and payable on February 28, 2011. The
entire unpaid principal amount, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid under each 2010 Bridge Note, was convertible,
at the election of the holder, into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.24 per share. The 2010 Bridge
Notes were secured by a lien on all of our assets except for the shares of our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation.
On June 30, 2010 we amended the 2010 Bridge Loan Agreement to
provide for $2 million of additional funding from the following investors:
Lender
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Commitment
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The Quercus Trust
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$
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980,000
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Robert S. Trump
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$
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620,000
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Empire Capital Partners, LP
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|
$
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133,333
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Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
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$
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133,333
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Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd
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$
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133,334
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The new loans made under the amended 2010
Bridge Loan Agreement were on terms identical to the original loans under the 2010 Bridge Loan Agreement. We received $4.6 million
in proceeds under the Bridge Loan Agreement.
On July 8, 2010, upon our receipt of an
Order to Commence under our contract with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection which triggered a purchase obligation
on the part of the Investors under the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009 between us and the Investors,
the Investors surrendered an aggregate of $1.9 million of principal and accrued interest under the 2010 Bridge Notes as payment
for an aggregate of 791,668 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase approximately 8.3 million shares
of stock at $0.24 per share.
On February 25, 2011 we entered into Note
Extension and Amendment Agreements with the Investors holding our 2010 Bridge Notes, further amending the terms of the remaining
balance of the 2010 Bridge Notes. As amended, the 2010 Bridge Notes bore interest at the rate of 10% per
annum with a maturity date of February 29, 2012. The 2010 Bridge Notes were convertible into shares of our Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share at any time at the election of the holders. Pursuant to
the Note Extension and Amendment Agreements, on August 11, 2011 following the retirement of certain notes issued
to former stockholders in our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation, (the “CASTion Notes”) the entire outstanding balance
of principal and interest due under the 2010 Bridge Notes ($2,932,107.65 in the aggregate) was converted into shares of our Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share.
On July 1, 2011 we repaid 50% of the balance
of the CASTion Notes and, in accordance with the terms of the CASTion Notes, the remaining balance automatically converted into
shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. On August 11, 2011 we elected to
convert the balance of the 2010 Bridge Notes into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share.
On August 9, 2010, we entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with the following investors, all of which are affiliates of Security Investors, LLC and which are the selling
stockholders in the offering to which this Prospectus relates: Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund; SBL
Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value); Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund; SBL Fund, Series
Q (Small Cap Value); and Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund (collectively, the “Security Investors”). Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement, we issued to the Security Investors an aggregate of 2,083,334 shares of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $2.40 per share and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) entitling
the holders to purchase up to an aggregate of 33,333,344 shares of our Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, as
follows:
Investor
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Purchase Price
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Series B Shares
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Warrant Shares
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Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund
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$
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2,060,001.60
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858,334 shares
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13,733,344 shares
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SBL Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value)
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$
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739,999.20
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308,333 shares
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4,933,328 shares
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Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund
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$
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1,905,000.00
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793,750 shares
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12,700,000 shares
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SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value)
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$
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280,000.80
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116,667 shares
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1,866,672 shares
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Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund
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$
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15,000.00
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6,250 shares
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100,000 shares
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Total
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$
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5,000,001.60
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2,083,334 shares
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33,333,344 shares
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On January 7, 2011 we entered into Note
Amendment and Forbearance Agreements (the “Agreements”) with the following holders of the CASTion Notes which had come
due on May 31, 2010 but remained outstanding: Spencer Trask Specialty Group LLC; Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation;
BCLF Ventures I, LLC; Essex Regional Retirement Board; and BancBoston Ventures Inc. Pursuant to the Agreements, (i) we made
an aggregate of $1,144,336 in payments against the outstanding balances of the CASTion Notes; (ii) the Noteholders converted an
aggregate of $902,710 in principal and accrued interest under the CASTion Notes into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock at a conversion price of $2.40 per share; (iii) we issued to the Noteholders restated promissory notes (the “Restated
CASTion Notes”) for an aggregate of $11,300,309 representing the remaining balance due under the CASTion Notes, (iv) we issued
to the Noteholders warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 17,585,127 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.40
per share and an aggregate of 6,018,065 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share; and (v) the Noteholders
agreed to forbear until February 29, 2012 from exercising their rights and remedies under the Restated CASTion Notes.
The original principal amount of each CASTion
Noteholder’s Restated CASTion Note, the number of shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued to each CASTion
Noteholder, and the number of shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued to each are as follows:
Investor
|
|
Restated Note
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
$0.30 Warrant Shares
|
|
$0.40 Warrant Shares
|
|
BancBoston Ventures Inc.
|
|
$
|
28,839.73
|
|
3,469 shares
|
|
55,502 shares
|
|
152,710 shares
|
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
$
|
476,989.34
|
|
57,372 shares
|
|
917,957 shares
|
|
2,525,718 shares
|
|
Essex Regional Retirement Board
|
|
$
|
14,420.34
|
|
1,743 shares
|
|
27,752 shares
|
|
76,357 shares
|
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
|
|
$
|
874,791.74
|
|
105,220 shares
|
|
1,683,521 shares
|
|
4,632,132 shares
|
|
Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC
|
|
$
|
2,032,067.98
|
|
208,333 shares
|
|
3,333,333 shares
|
|
10,198,210 shares
|
|
Prior to the Agreements and the issuance
of the Restated CASTion Notes, we had been in default of our obligations under the original CASTion Notes since January 2008 as
a result of our failure to apply to payment of the CASTion Notes a portion of the proceeds from our equity and convertible debt
financings, as required by the CASTion Notes. Further, our failure to pay the entire outstanding balance of principal
and interest due of the CASTion Notes at maturity (May 31, 2010) constituted a separate event of default under the CASTion Notes. As
part of the Agreements in January 2011, the holders of the CASTion Notes waived these defaults.
The Restated CASTion Notes bore interest
at the rate of 10% per annum (with penalty interest at the rate of 18% per annum following maturity or an event of default). Installment
payments (based on a 10-year amortization schedule) were due on the last day of each month beginning January 31, 2011 and continuing
through February 29, 2012, at which time the entire unpaid principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the Restated Notes would
be due and payable. The Restated CASTion Notes were convertible, in whole or in part, at any time at the election of
the Noteholders, into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. The Agreements
and the Restated CASTion Notes provided that, in the event we made any payments of principal or accrued interest on the Restated
CASTion Notes on or before July 5, 2011, then simultaneously with the making of each such payment a portion of the remaining principal
and accrued and unpaid interest on the Restated Notes in an amount equal to the amount of such payment would automatically convert
into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share.
On the last business day of each month
from January 31, 2011 through and including May 31, 2011, we made payments of principal and interest on the CASTion Notes in the
aggregate amount of $45,290 (totaling $226,448 over the course of the 5-month period). Simultaneously with each payment, an additional
aggregate amount of $45,283 (totaling $226,416 over the course of the 5-month period) of principal and accrued interest on the
CASTion Notes was converted into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share.
On July 1, 2011 we made payments totaling
$1,568,267 to the holders of the Restated CASTion Notes, which represented 50% of the outstanding principal and accrued interest
balance. In accordance with the terms of the Restated CASTion Notes, the remaining balance of the CASTion Notes automatically
converted into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
On June 17, 2011, we entered into a Bridge
Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement (the “2011 Bridge and Warrant Agreement”) with Robert S. Trump; Focus Fund L.P.;
Hughes Capital; Scott A. Fine; Peter J. Richards, Empire Capital Partners, LP; Empire Capital Partners, Ltd; and Empire Capital
Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd (collectively, the “Bridge Investors”), who held warrants for the purchase, in the
aggregate, of 22,379,232 shares of our Common Stock (collectively, the “Warrants”).
Pursuant to the 2011 Bridge and Warrant
Agreement, the Bridge Investors made loans to us in the respective principal amounts set forth below opposite the name of each
Bridge Investor, against our issuance to each Bridge Investor of our Promissory Note (collectively, the “2011 Bridge Notes”)
in such amount:
Noteholder
|
|
Principal Amount of Note
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
$
|
1,522,443.00
|
|
Focus Fund L.P.
|
|
$
|
390,000.00
|
|
Hughes Capital
|
|
$
|
20,000.00
|
|
Scott A. Fine
|
|
$
|
65,000.00
|
|
Peter J. Richards
|
|
$
|
65,000.00
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
$
|
285,728.69
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
$
|
284,584.43
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd
|
|
$
|
276,543.54
|
|
Pursuant to the 2011 Bridge and Warrant
Agreement, we agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to amend the Warrants (i) to provide that they would be
exercisable for the purchase of shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Stock”) instead of
Common Stock (with the number of shares of the Series B Stock determined by dividing by ten (10) the number of shares of Common
Stock for which the Warrants were previously exercisable) and (ii) to change the exercise prices of all Warrants (which ranged
from $0.30 to $1.82 per share of Common Stock) to $1.30 per share of Series B Stock (the equivalent of $0.13 per share of Common
Stock). The Bridge Investors agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to exercise all of the Warrants. The
principal amount of the 2011 Bridge Notes was equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Warrants (after they were amended as
described above).
The 2011 Bridge Notes were payable on demand
at any time on or after February 29, 2012 (the “Maturity Date”). They did not bear interest until the Maturity
Date and would bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum from and after the Maturity Date.
On July 12, 2011, we amended the 2011 Bridge
and Warrant Agreement to provide for the extension to us by Mr. Trump and the Empire Capital funds of additional bridge loans in
the following amounts:
Noteholder
|
|
Principal Amount of Note
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
$
|
855,422.10
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
$
|
248,493.70
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
$
|
248,493.70
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd
|
|
$
|
248,493.70
|
|
The new loans made under the amended 2011
Bridge Loan Agreement were made on terms identical to the original loans under the 2011 Bridge Loan Agreement.
On August 11, 2011, upon satisfaction of
all of the conditions set forth in the 2011 Bridge and Warrant Agreement, the Bridge Investors exercised all of the Warrants
in accordance with the 2011 Bridge and Warrant Agreement and surrendered all of the 2011 Bridge Notes in payment of the exercise
price for the purchase under the Warrants of an aggregate of 3,469,387 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a
price of $1.30 per share.
On December 30,
2011,
we entered into Warrant Amendment Agreements (the “Agreements”) with 21 individuals
and entities who acquired warrants from five funds affiliated with Security Investors, LLC for the purchase of an aggregate of
27.7 million shares of our Common Stock (collectively, the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Agreements, we amended the
Warrants to change the exercise prices from $0.30 per share to $0.095 per share, and the Investors agreed to exercise all of the
Warrants immediately for cash. We received proceeds totaling $2,436,000, net of issuance costs, from the exercise of the Warrants.
On January 10,
2012,
we entered into additional Warrant Amendment Agreements (the “Agreements”) with 6
individuals who acquired warrants from five funds affiliated with Security Investors, LLC for the purchase of an aggregate of 5,633,344
shares of our Common Stock. Pursuant to the Agreements, we amended the Warrants to change the exercise prices from $0.30 per share
to $0.095 per share, and the Investors agreed to exercise all of the Warrants immediately for cash. We received proceeds totaling
$498,000, net of issuance costs, from the exercise of the Warrants.
On July 11,
2012, we issued 17,316,250 shares of our Common Stock and warrants for the purchase of an additional 17,316,250 shares at an
exercise price of $0.15 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,731,625.
On August 9,
2012, we issued 8,287,500 shares of our Common Stock and warrants for the purchase of an additional 8,287,500 shares at an
exercise price of $0.15 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $828,750.
On October 4, 2012, we and our subsidiaries,
CASTion Corporation and ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with
C13 Thermo LLC (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Lender established a credit facility allowing us to borrow up to
$700,000 (the “Credit Facility”) to finance the fabrication and testing of an Ammonia Reduction Process system utilizing
our proprietary technology (the “Project”). We may draw against the Credit Facility from time to time to pay expenses
incurred under the budget for the Project. As evidence of our obligation to repay all amounts that may be borrowed under the Credit
Facility, on October 4, 2012 we and our subsidiaries that are parties to the Loan Agreement issued to the Lender a promissory note
in the principal amount of $700,000.
On October 9, 2012 we issued
3,765,000 shares of our Common Stock and warrants for the purchase of an additional 3,765,000 shares at an exercise price of
$0.15 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $376,500.
On November 30, 2012, we entered into a Bridge Loan Agreement
with a group of investors, all of whom are holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, pursuant to which such investors
made loans to us in the aggregate principal amount of $3,700,000 in anticipation of our designation, offer and issuance of a new
series of Preferred Stock to be designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
During the period from January 1,
2011 through November 30, 2012, pursuant to the financing transactions described above, we raised an aggregate of $10,078,229
in equity. During such period, an aggregate of $6,295,045 of debt (over and above bridge loans reflected in the $10,078,229
of equity financing) was converted into shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share and
we repaid in cash an additional aggregate amount of $2,939,051 of outstanding debt.
As of September 30, 2012, we had
outstanding convertible debt of approximately $3,194,000 (exclusive of debt discounts). Of this amount, debt totaling
$1,944,000 is convertible into shares of our Common Stock at the rate of $0.50 per share.
Although our financial condition has improved,
there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the funding necessary to continue our operations and development activities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not use off-balance-sheet arrangements
with unconsolidated entities or related parties, nor do we use other forms of off-balance-sheet arrangements such as special purpose
entities and research and development arrangements. Accordingly, we are not exposed to any financing or other risks that could
arise if we had such relationships.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS OF THERMOENERGY
Common Stock
The following table sets forth certain
information as of December 12, 2012 with respect to beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by each shareholder known by the Company
to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Common Stock and by each of our directors and executive officers and by all of
the directors, nominees for election as director, and executive officers as a group.
Beneficial Owners
|
|
Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
(1)
|
|
|
Percent of
Class
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors and Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dileep Agnihotri
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13711 Immanuel Road, Suite 100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pflugeville, Texas 78660
|
|
|
30,000
|
(3)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph P. Bartlett
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 20
th
Floor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles, California 90067
|
|
|
30,000
|
(3)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cary G. Bullock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
7,369,547
|
(4)
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Winder Hughes III
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PO Box 389
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32004
|
|
|
14,339,688
|
(5)
|
|
|
11.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shawn R. Hughes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
717 South Edison Avenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tampa, Florida 33606
|
|
|
1,012,500
|
(6)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
3,314,758
|
(3)
|
|
|
2.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory M. Landegger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
587,500
|
(3)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur S. Reynolds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York, New York 10169
|
|
|
811,103
|
(7)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All executive officers and directors as a group
(8 persons)
|
|
|
27,495,096
|
(8)
|
|
|
19.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other 5% Beneficial Owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David Gelbaum and Monica Chavez Gelbaum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quercus Trust
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1835 Newport Blvd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A109-PMC 467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costa Mesa, California 92627
|
|
|
62,409,857
|
(9)
|
|
|
35.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security Investors, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Security Benefit Place
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topeka, Kansas 66636
|
|
|
24,441,140
|
(10)
|
|
|
17.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89 10th Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Garden City, New York 11530
|
|
|
39,511,798
|
(11)
|
|
|
25.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Focus Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PO Box 389
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32004
|
|
|
11,595,838
|
(12)
|
|
|
9.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Empire Capital Management and Affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Gorham Island, Suite 201
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Westport, Connecticut 06880
|
|
|
26,202,181
|
(13)
|
|
|
4.99
|
%
(14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kevin B. Kimberlin
c/o Spencer Trask
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
535 Madison Avenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York, NY 10022
|
|
|
28,875,225
|
(14)
|
|
|
19.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 Broad St. Suite 230
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boston, MA 02109
|
|
|
14,908,233
|
(15)
|
|
|
11.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56 Warren St.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boston, MA 02119
|
|
|
8,403,041
|
(16)
|
|
|
6.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Francis Howard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
376 Victoria Place
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom SW1V 1AA
|
|
|
8,500,000
|
(17)
|
|
|
7.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes shares as to which the identified person or entity directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power and/or investment power, as these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3(a) of the Exchange Act. Shares of Common Stock underlying options to purchase shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, which were exercisable or convertible on, or become exercisable or convertible within 60 days after, December 12, 2012 are deemed to be outstanding with respect to a person or entity for the purpose of computing the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the particular person and by the group, but are not deemed outstanding for any other purpose.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Based on 120,454,575 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 12, 2012 plus, with respect to each individual or entity (but not with respect to other individuals or entities), the number of shares of Common Stock underlying options to purchase shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, held by such individual or entity which were exercisable or convertible on, or which become exercisable or convertible within 60 days after, December 12, 2012.
|
|
|
(3)
|
All shares are issuable upon exercise of options.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Includes 625,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants and 6,119,547 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
|
|
|
(5)
|
Includes 3,357,500 shares owned by The Focus Fund. Also includes 8,238,338 shares issuable to The Focus Fund and 153,850 shares issuable to Hughes Capital upon the exercise of warrants or conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Mr. Hughes is the Managing Director of both funds and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held by such funds; he disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Also includes 90,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
|
|
|
(6)
|
Includes 910,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants.
|
|
|
(7)
|
Includes 630,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants. Also includes 181,103 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by Christine Reynolds, Mr. Reynolds’s wife. Mr. Reynolds disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares issuable to Mrs. Reynolds.
|
|
|
(8)
|
Includes shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants and conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as detailed in notes (3) through (7) above.
|
|
|
(9)
|
This beneficial ownership information is
based, in part, on information contained in Amendment No. 8 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by The Quercus
Trust and Mr. and Mrs. Gelbaum as its trustees on August 13, 2010. Includes 23,987,090 shares issuable upon
conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 30,411,423 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
|
(10)
|
This beneficial ownership information is based, in part, on information contained in Amendment No. 4 to the Statement on Schedule 13G filed by Security Investors, LLC on May 10, 2012. Includes 20,833,340 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Security Investors, LLC is the investment adviser to the following funds (the “Funds”): (i) Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund, (ii) SBL Fund Series V (Mid Cap Value), (iii) Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund, (iv) SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value) and (v) Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund. Each of the Funds is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The securities owned by each Fund are as follows:
|
Fund
|
|
Shares of Common Stock
|
|
|
Shares of Common Stock Issuable upon Conversion of Shares of Series B Preferred Stock
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
|
2,701,839
|
|
|
|
8,583,340
|
|
SBL Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value)
|
|
|
905,961
|
|
|
|
3,083,330
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,937,500
|
|
SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,166,670
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
62,500
|
|
As investment adviser to the
Funds, Security Investors, LLC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such securities.
(11)
|
Includes 31,773,770 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
|
|
|
(12)
|
Includes 6,093,840 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 2,144,498 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
|
(13)
|
This beneficial ownership information is based, in part, on information contained in Amendment No. 6 to the Statement on Schedule 13G filed by the group consisting of Empire Capital Management LLC and its affiliates on February 14, 2012. Includes 23,198,610 shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock over which Empire Capital Management and its affiliates have shared voting and dispositive power (the "Blocker Securities") are subject to a 4.99% "blocker" provision. The percentage set forth in the column under the heading “Percent of Class” gives effect to such blocker; however, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth in the column under the heading “Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership” includes all shares that would be issuable upon full conversion of the Blocker Securities without giving effect to such blocker.
|
|
|
|
|
(14)
|
Includes 5,517,250 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 20,922,108 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
|
|
|
(15)
|
Includes 3,146,130 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 10,754,832 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
|
|
|
(16)
|
Includes 1,799,670 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 6,025,098 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
|
|
|
(17)
|
This beneficial ownership information is based, in part, on information contained on Schedule 13G filed by Mr. Howard on March 14, 2012. Includes 1,250,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
|
|
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
As of December 12, 2012, there were 208,334
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, all of which were held by Mr. Gregg Frankel. Shares
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis. The shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by Mr. Frankel represent a beneficial ownership of less than 1% of our issued and outstanding
Common Stock. None of our directors or executive officers owns any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
As of December 12, 2012, there were 11,664,993
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. The following table sets forth certain information
as of December 12, 2012 with respect to beneficial ownership of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by each shareholder known
by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and by each of our directors
and executive officers and by all of the directors, nominees for election as director, and executive officers as a group. Shares
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of Common Stock on a 10-for-1 basis.
Beneficial Owners
|
|
Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
(1)
|
|
|
Percent of
Class
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors and Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dileep Agnihotri
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13711 Immanuel Road, Suite 100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pflugeville, Texas 78660
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph P. Bartlett
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 20
th
Floor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles, California 90067
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cary G. Bullock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Winder Hughes III
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PO Box 389
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32004
|
|
|
624,769
|
(3)
|
|
|
5.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shawn R. Hughes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
717 South Edison Avenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tampa, Florida 33606
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory M. Landegger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 New Bond Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur S. Reynolds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York, New York 10169
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All executive officers and directors as a group (8 persons)
|
|
|
624,769
|
(3)
|
|
|
5.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other 5% Beneficial Owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David Gelbaum and Monica Chavez Gelbaum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quercus Trust
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1835 Newport Blvd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A109-PMC 467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costa Mesa, California 92627
|
|
|
2,398,709
|
|
|
|
20.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security Investors, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Security Benefit Place
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topeka, Kansas 66636
|
|
|
2,083,334
|
(4)
|
|
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89 10
th
Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Garden City, New York 11530
|
|
|
3,177,377
|
|
|
|
27.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Focus Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PO Box 389
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32004
|
|
|
609,384
|
|
|
|
5.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Empire Capital Management and Affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Gorham Island, Suite 201
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Westport, Connecticut 06880
|
|
|
2,319,861
|
|
|
|
19.9
|
%
|
*
|
Less than 1%
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes shares as to which the identified person or entity directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power and/or investment power, as these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3(a) of the Exchange Act.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Based on 11,664,993 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding on December 12, 2012.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Includes 609,384 shares owned by The Focus Fund and 15,385 shares owned by Hughes Capital. Mr. Hughes is the Managing Director of both funds and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held by such funds; he disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Security Investors, LLC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares because it is the investment adviser to the following funds (the “Funds”) which own shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock: (i) Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund, (ii) SBL Fund Series V (Mid Cap Value), (iii) Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund, (iv) SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value) and (v) Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund. Each of the Funds is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock owned by each Fund are as follows:
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
|
858,334
|
|
SBL Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value)
|
|
|
308,333
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund
|
|
|
793,750
|
|
SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value)
|
|
|
116,667
|
|
Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
|
6,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth the securities that are authorized
for issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2011:
Plan Category
|
|
(A)
Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
|
|
|
(B)
Weighted-
average
exercise price
of outstanding
options,
warrants and
rights
|
|
|
(C)
Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column A)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity Compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008 Incentive Stock Plan
|
|
|
7,566,794
|
|
|
$
|
0.34
|
|
|
|
12,433,206
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity Compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock options
|
|
|
12,107,308
|
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
1,281,103
|
|
|
$
|
0.35
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
20,955,205
|
|
|
$
|
0.38
|
|
|
|
12,433,206
|
|
MANAGEMENT
Directors and Executive Officers
The following biographical descriptions
set forth certain information with respect to our directors and our executive officers who are not directors:
Name
|
|
Position
|
Cary G. Bullock
|
|
Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
|
Dileep Agnihotri
|
|
Director
|
Joseph P. Bartlett
|
|
Director
|
J. Winder Hughes III
|
|
Director
|
Shawn R. Hughes
|
|
Director
|
Arthur S. Reynolds
|
|
Director
|
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
|
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
Gregory Landegger
|
|
Chief Operating Officer
|
Cary G. Bullock
,
age
66, was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer and was elected to our Board of Directors on January 27,
2010. Mr. Bullock also serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary,
ThermoEnergy Power Systems LLC, as President and a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary, CASTion
Corporation, and as a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary, Unity Power Alliance LLC. Prior to becoming
our President and CEO, Mr. Bullock had been employed by GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, serving as Chief Executive
Officer from February 2005 through July 2007 and as Vice President for Business Development from July 2007 through January
2009; he was a member of the Board of Directors of GreenFuel Technologies Corporation from February 2005 through August 2009.
In May 2009, GreenFuel Technologies ceased business operations and made an assignment of its assets to a trustee for the
benefit of its creditors. From February 2009 through January 2010, Mr. Bullock served a variety of clients as
an independent consultant and business advisor. Prior to joining GreenFuel Technologies, Mr. Bullock was Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Excelergy Corporation, Vice President of KENETECH Management Services and President of
its affiliate, KENETECH Energy Management, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Econoler/USA Inc., Vice President
of Engineering and Operations and Principal Engineer of Xenergy Inc., Director of Special Engineering and a Senior Engineer
at ECRM, Inc. and a Senior Engineer at Sylvania Electronics Systems. Mr. Bullock received an A.B. from Amherst College
and an S.B. and an S.M. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Having worked as a senior executive in several
early stage energy companies, Mr. Bullock brings to the Board extensive industry and strategic experience.
Dr. Dileep Agnihotri
, age 43, has
been a director of the Company since January 2012. He is CEO, President, and a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Hydro
Inc., a privately held company commercializing novel membranes technology and turn-key systems for treatment of waste-water in
the oil and gas industry, including hydraulic fracturing wastewater recycling applications. He is also serving as acting CEO and
a member of the Board of Directors of Graphene Energy, Inc. also a privately held company. Dr. Agnihotri has been a
principal at 21 Ventures, LLC, a venture capital management firm providing seed, growth and bridge capital for technology ventures,
since 2008. Prior to 21 Ventures and Advanced Hydro, he spent 8 years, from 2001 to 2008, as director and world-wide
manager of Jordan Valley Semiconductors Inc., an Israeli private company in the thin-film metrology market, where he managed technology
development, applications development and strategic, technical and product marketing. Dr. Agnihotri holds a PhD
in Nuclear Chemistry and an MS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Rochester. He also has an MS degree in Physics
from Agra University. He has published more than 30 articles and holds more than half a dozen patents. Dr. Agnihotri brings to
the Board expertise in new and disruptive technologies, their market potential and commercialization aspects.
Joseph P. Bartlett
, age 54, has
been a director of the Company since May 2012. He previously served as a member of our Board of Directors from October 2009 until
December 2009. Mr. Bartlett is an attorney in private practice in Los Angeles, California and is counsel to The Quercus Trust.
He has practiced corporate and securities law since 1985. From September 2004 until August 2008 he was a partner at Greenberg Glusker
LLP and from September 2000 until September 2004 he was a partner at Spolin Silverman Cohen and Bartlett LLP. Mr. Bartlett graduated,
magna cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1985, and received an AB in English literature from
the University of California at Berkeley in 1980. He brings to our Board of Directors expertise in corporate finance, corporate
governance and the oversight of smaller reporting companies.
J. Winder Hughes III
, age 54, has
been a director of the Company since July 2009 (except for the period from January 27, 2010 to February 5, 2010).
Mr. Hughes also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation. Since 1995, Mr. Hughes
has served as the managing partner of Hughes Capital Investors, LLC, which manages private assets and raises money for small public
companies. He formed the Focus Fund, LP in 2000 (with Hughes Capital as the fund manager), which is a highly-concentrated
equity partnership that focuses on publicly-traded emerging growth companies. From November 2007 to November 2009, Mr. Hughes
was a director of Viking Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of surgical tools. From 1983 to 1995, Mr. Hughes was an investment
executive, first with Kidder Peabody & Co. and subsequently with Prudential Securities. Mr. Hughes holds a B.A. in Economics
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Hughes brings to the Board significant experience with capital
raising, corporate restructuring, and managing strategic business relationships.
Shawn R. Hughes
, age 52, has been
a director of the Company since October 2009. He previously served as a member of our Board of Directors from September 2008
until January 2009. Mr. Hughes also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation.
He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from January 1, 2008 to January 27, 2010. From June 15,
2007 through December 31, 2007, he was employed by us to assist the Chief Executive Officer in administering corporate affairs
and overseeing all of our business operating functions. From November 2006 to May 2007, Mr. Hughes served as President and Chief
Operating Officer of Mortgage Contract Services. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer of Fortress
Technologies. Mr. Hughes holds a B.S.B.A. from Slippery Rock University and an M.B.A. from Florida State University.
Mr. Hughes brings to the Board extensive experience in executive management and strategic planning.
Arthur S. Reynolds
, age
68, has been a director of the Company since October 2008. He also serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of
our subsidiaries, CASTion Corporation and Unity Power Alliance LLC. From August 3, 2009 through November 16,
2009, Mr. Reynolds served as our interim Chief Financial Officer, and except during that period, has been Chairman of the
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. He is the founder of Rexon Limited of London and New York where, since 1999,
he has served as managing director. Mr. Reynolds was founder and, from 1997 to 1999, managing partner of London-based
Value Management & Research (UK) Limited. Mr. Reynolds was the founder and, from 1982 to 1997, served as
managing director of Ferghana Financial Services Limited. Prior thereto, Mr. Reynolds held executive positions at
Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, Banque de la Société Financière Européene, J.P. Morgan
& Company and Mobil Corporation. From July 30 to November 30, 2011, Mr. Reynolds was the Chief Executive
Officer of Clean Power Technologies. Mr. Reynolds is a director of Apogee Technology, Inc. Mr. Reynolds holds an
A.B. from Columbia University, a M.A. from Cambridge University, and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.
Mr. Reynolds brings to the Board extensive financial and executive experience across multiple sectors, with special strength
in the international arena.
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
, age
44, was appointed as our Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer on November 2, 2009 and became our
Chief Financial Officer on November 16, 2009. He also serves as Clerk and Treasurer of our subsidiary,
CASTion Corporation, and as Treasurer of our subsidiary, Unity Power Alliance LLC. Mr. Klowan has been a certified public
accountant since 1991. From November 2007 through February 2009 he was Chief Financial Officer and from May 2006 to
November 2007 he was Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Nestor, Inc., a publicly held
automated speed and red light technology company. On June 3, 2009, a receiver was appointed by the Rhode Island
Superior Court for the business and assets of Nestor, Inc. Mr. Klowan was Corporate Controller of MatrixOne, Inc. in 2005 and
Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Helix Technology Corporation from 1999 to 2004. He was Assistant
Corporate Controller of Waters Corporation from 1996 to 1999. Prior to 1996, Mr. Klowan worked in management and staff
positions at Banyan Systems, Inc. and Ernst & Young. Mr. Klowan holds a B.A. in Accounting from Bryant University
and an M.B.A. in International Finance from Clark University.
Gregory M. Landegger,
age 41,
was appointed as our Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on September 4, 2012. Since May 2012, Mr. Landegger has
served us as a management consultant on a variety of initiatives, including our efforts to introduce our proprietary water
recovery technology for application in the oil, gas and power industries. Prior to joining us, Mr. Landegger lead, from May
2007 to January 2011, operational turnarounds in the private equity portfolio of W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., LLC and,
from January 2011 to May 2012, was actively involved in identifying investment opportunities in the small cap market, with a
focus on the packaging, industrial and water technology sectors. Mr. Landegger is a member of the Advisory Board of Tipa
Corp., an early-stage compostable packaging company. He received a BSFS degree from Georgetown University.
Pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, the holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to elect four members of our Board of Directors
(the
“
Series B Directors
”
), which Series B Directors are subject to removal only by a vote of the holders
of not less than 66⅔% of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock voting as a separate class;
any vacancy created by the resignation or removal of a Series B Director may be filled either by (i) the vote or consent of
the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or (ii) the unanimous
vote or consent of the remaining Series B Directors. The holders of our Common Stock, voting together with the holders
of our Series A Preferred Stock, are entitled to elect three members of our Board of Directors (the
“
Common Stock
Directors
”
), which Common Stock Directors are subject to removal only by a vote of the holders of a majority of the
then-outstanding shares of Common Stock (taken together as a single class with the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock); any vacancy created by the resignation or removal of a Common Stock Director may be filled either by (i) the vote
or consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock (voting or
consenting together as a single class) or (ii) the unanimous vote or consent of the remaining Common Stock Directors.
The holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are parties to a Voting Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009, pursuant
to which they have agreed to vote all of their shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for the election to our Board
of Directors of three persons designated by The Quercus Trust and one person designated by Robert S. Trump. The Series B
Directors are Dileep Agnihotri, Joseph P. Bartlett
and J. Winder Hughes III (all of whom are designees of The Quercus Trust)
and Shawn R. Hughes (who is the designee of Robert S. Trump). The Common Stock Directors are Cary G. Bullock and Arthur S.
Reynolds. All directors serve terms of one year.
The Executive Employment Agreement of our
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cary G. Bullock, provides that, during the term of his employment, Mr. Bullock will be elected
to serve on our Board of Directors.
None of our directors or executive officers
is related by blood or marriage to any other director or executive officer.
Executive Officer and Director Compensation
Executive Officer Compensation
The table set forth below summarizes the
compensation earned by our named executive officers in 2011 and 2010.
Executive Compensation
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medical and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salary
|
|
|
Awards
|
|
|
Reimbursement
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Name and Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
|
($)
|
|
|
($)
(2)
|
|
|
($)
|
|
|
($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cary G. Bullock
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$
|
200,349
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
60,237
|
|
|
$
|
260,586
|
|
Chairman, President and CEO
(3)
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
$
|
207,285
|
|
|
$
|
1,731,170
|
|
|
$
|
57,008
|
|
|
$
|
1,995,463
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$
|
175,000
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
175,000
|
|
Executive Vice President and CFO
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
$
|
177,883
|
|
|
$
|
335,168
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
513,051
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert Marrs
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$
|
132,231
|
|
|
$
|
99,409
|
(5)
|
|
$
|
11,876
|
|
|
$
|
243,516
|
|
Vice President, International Business Development
(4)
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick Scalli
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$
|
145,000
|
|
|
$
|
162,079
|
|
|
$
|
22,423
|
|
|
$
|
329,502
|
|
Vice President, Sales
(6)
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
$
|
25,096
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
3,742
|
|
|
$
|
28,838
|
|
|
(1)
|
Certain columnar information required by Item 402(m) of Regulation S-K has been omitted for categories where there was no compensation awarded to, or paid to, the named executive officers required to be reported in such columns during 2011 or 2010.
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|
|
|
|
(2)
|
Amounts in the column “Option Awards” reflect the grant date fair value of stock options awarded in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The fair value of options granted during 2011 and 2010 were estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
2.0% - 3.5
|
%
|
|
|
2.5% - 3.8
|
%
|
Expected option life (years)
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
91% - 92
|
%
|
|
|
80% - 97
|
%
|
Expected dividend rate
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
(3)
|
Mr. Bullock was hired on January 27, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
Mr. Marrs was hired on April 1, 2011.
|
|
|
|
|
(5)
|
The option award to Mr. Marrs reflects the grant date value based on the probable outcome of performance conditions as set forth in the option agreement. If the highest level of performance conditions were achieved in 2011, the value of this option award would be $397,465.
|
|
|
|
|
(6)
|
Mr. Scalli was hired on November 1, 2010.
|
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Philosophy and Objectives
The objective of our executive compensation
program is to attract, retain and motivate the talented and dedicated executives who are critical to our goals of continued growth,
innovation, increasing profitability and, ultimately, maximizing shareholder value. We provide these executives with
what we believe to be a competitive total compensation package consisting primarily of base salary and long-term equity incentive
compensation. Our executive compensation program aims to provide a risk-balanced compensation package which is competitive
in our market sector and, more importantly, relevant to the individual executive.
Our policy for allocating between long-term
and currently-paid compensation is to ensure adequate base compensation to attract and retain personnel, while providing incentives
to maximize long-term value for our Company and our shareholders. Accordingly, (i) we provide cash compensation in
the form of base salary to meet competitive cash compensation norms and (ii) we provide non-cash compensation, primarily in the
form of stock option awards, to encourage superior performance against long-term strategic goals. Although on occasion we
grant cash bonuses, we do not maintain a formal short-term incentive plan, as our strategic philosophy is to focus on long-term
goals. The Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of Directors believes this compensation structure focuses our executives’
attention primarily on long-term stock price appreciation, rather than short-term results, and yet enables us to recruit and retain
talented executives by ensuring that their annual cash compensation in the form of base salary is competitive with the annual cash
compensation paid by other similarly situated companies.
Executive Compensation Process
We have employment agreements with both
of our executive officers. These agreements provide for payment of base compensation at a rate negotiated at the time of
the agreement, with eligibility for cash bonuses from time to time upon achievement of certain performance goals to be established
through discussions with the Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of Directors (in the case of our Chief Executive
Officer) or with such Committee and our Chief Executive Officer (in the case of Chief Financial Officer). The employment
agreements with our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer also provide for an initial grant of stock options,
with provision for future grants of stock options at the discretion of the Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of
Directors.
In negotiating the employment agreements
of our executive officers and establishing their base compensation, the
ad hoc
Executive Search Committee (which had primary
responsibility for recruitment of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer), the Compensation and Benefits Committee
and management considered the practices of comparable companies of similar size, geographic location and market focus. We did not
utilize any standard executive compensation index or engage the services of a compensation consultant in setting executive compensation,
although management, the
ad hoc
Executive Search Committee and the Compensation and Benefits Committee analyzed publicly
available compensation data.
In determining each component of each executive’s compensation,
numerous factors particular to the executive are considered, including:
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•
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The individual’s particular background, including prior relevant work experience;
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•
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The market demand for individuals with the executive’s specific expertise and experience;
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•
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The individual’s role with us; and
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|
•
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Comparison to other executives within our Company.
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Elements of Compensation
Executive compensation consists of the following elements:
Base Salary
. Base salary
is established based on the factors discussed above. Our general compensation philosophy, as described above, is to offer a competitive
package of base salary plus long-term, equity-based incentive compensation. Because we place emphasis on the long-term equity-based
portion of our compensation package, we believe that the cash portion of our executive’s compensation is below the average
of the range of annual cash compensation (base salary plus annual non-equity incentive compensation) for executives in similar
positions with similar responsibilities at comparable companies.
Bonuses
.
Cash
bonuses and non-equity incentive compensation are generally not a regular or important element of our executive compensation strategy,
and we focus instead on stock-based awards designed to reward long-term performance.
Stock Option and Stock-Based Awards
.
We
believe that long-term performance is best stimulated through an ownership culture that encourages such performance through the
use of stock-based awards. The ThermoEnergy Corporation 2008 Incentive Stock Plan was established to provide certain of our employees,
including our executive officers, with incentives to help align those employees’ interests with the interests of shareholders
and with our long-term success. Our Board of Directors believes that the use of stock options and other stock-based awards offers
the best approach to achieving our long-term compensation goals. While the 2008 Incentive Stock Plan provides for a variety of
stock-based awards, to date we have relied exclusively on stock options to provide equity incentive compensation. We believe that
stock options most effectively focus the attention of our executives and management on long-term performance and stock price appreciation.
Stock option grants to our executive officers are made in connection with the commencement of employment, in conjunction with an
annual review of total compensation and, occasionally, to meet special retention or performance objectives. Proposals to grant
stock options to our executive officers are made by our CEO to the Compensation and Benefits Committee. The Compensation and Benefits
Committee considers the estimated Black-Scholes valuation of each proposed stock option grant in determining the number of shares
subject to each option grant.
In light of the significance we place on
equity-based incentive compensation, in January 2010 our Board of Directors amended the 2008 Incentive Plan to increase the number
of shares of our common stock available for grant under such Plan from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 and to remove the limit on the
number of shares with respect to which stock options may be granted to any individual. At the Special Meeting in lieu of the 2010
Annual Meeting in November 2010, the shareholders ratified the amendments to the 2008 Incentive Stock Plan.
We have not adopted stock ownership guidelines.
Other Compensation
.
Our
executive officers are not eligible to participate in, and do not have any accrued benefits under, any Company-sponsored defined
benefit pension plan. They are eligible to, and in some cases do, participate in defined contributions plans, such as a 401(k)
plan, on the same terms as other employees. In addition, consistent with our compensation philosophy, we intend
to continue to maintain our current benefits and perquisites for our executive officers; however, the Compensation and Benefits
Committee in its discretion may revise, amend or add to the officer’s executive benefits and perquisites if it deems it advisable.
We believe these benefits and perquisites are currently lower than median competitive levels for comparable companies. Finally,
all of our executives are eligible to participate in our other employee benefit plans, including medical, dental, life and disability
insurance.
Tax Implications
. Section 162(m)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, limits the deductibility on our tax return of compensation of over $1,000,000
to certain of our executive officers unless, in general, the compensation is paid pursuant to a plan which is performance-related,
non-discretionary and has been approved by our shareholders. We periodically review the potential consequences of Section 162(m)
and may structure the performance-based portion of our executive compensation to comply with the exemptions available under Section 162(m). We
believe that options granted under our 2008 Incentive Stock Plan will generally qualify as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m). However, we may authorize compensation payments that do not comply with these exemptions when we
believe that such payments are appropriate and in the best interest of the shareholders, after taking into consideration changing
business conditions or the officer’s performance.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End (2011)
The following table summarizes information
concerning outstanding equity awards held by the named executive officers at December 31, 2011. No named executive officer
exercised options in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
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|
Stock Option Awards
|
|
|
|
Securities Underlying
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
|
Unexercised Options (#)
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Expiration
|
|
Name
|
|
Exercisable
|
|
|
Unexercisable
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Date
|
|
Cary G. Bullock
|
|
|
4,079,699
|
|
|
|
4,079,702
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
01/27/2020
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teodor Klowan, Jr.
|
|
|
1,406,250
|
|
|
|
1,083,750
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
|
|
11/02/2019
|
|
|
|
|
888,584
|
|
|
|
691,117
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
01/27/2020
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert Marrs
|
|
|
none
|
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
|
04/01/2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick Scalli
|
|
|
175,000
|
|
|
|
525,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
03/07/2021
|
|
Employment Arrangements with Named Executive Officers
We have written employment agreements with
each of our senior executives. Set forth below are descriptions of the agreements with each of our current executive officers and
with each person who was an executive officer during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Cary G. Bullock
. On January
27, 2010, we entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with our President and Chief Executive Officer, Cary G. Bullock, pursuant
to which we agreed to pay him a base salary of $200,000, with eligibility for performance bonuses, from time to time, in accordance
with incentive compensation arrangements to be established by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. Mr.
Bullock’s employment is terminable by either party upon 30 days’ written notice; provided that we may terminate Mr.
Bullock’s employment immediately for “Cause” (as such term is defined in the Executive Employment Agreement)
and Mr. Bullock may terminate his employment immediately for “Good Reason” (as such term is defined in the Executive
Employment Agreement). If Mr. Bullock’s employment is terminated for any reason other than (i) by us for Cause
or (ii) voluntarily by Mr. Bullock without Good Reason, Mr. Bullock will be entitled to receive severance payments of $16,667 per
month for six months following the termination of his employment, and we will keep in force for such six-month period all health
insurance benefits afforded to Mr. Bullock and his family at the time of termination. Mr. Bullock’s Executive
Employment Agreement contains other conventional terms, including covenants relating to the confidentiality and non-use of our
proprietary information, and a provision prohibiting Mr. Bullock, for a period of six months or one year following the termination
of his employment (depending on the circumstances of termination), from competing against us or soliciting our customers or employees.
Teodor Klowan, Jr
. On
November 2, 2009 we entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
Teodor Klowan, Jr., pursuant to which we agreed to pay him an annual base salary of $175,000, with eligibility for performance
bonuses, from time to time, in accordance with incentive compensation arrangements to be established by the Compensation Committee
of our Board of Directors. Mr. Klowan’s employment is terminable by either party upon 30 days’ written notice;
provided that we may terminate Mr. Klowan’s employment immediately for “Cause” (as such term is defined in the
Executive Employment Agreement) and Mr. Klowan may terminate his employment immediately for “Good Reason” (as such
term is defined in the Executive Employment Agreement). If Mr. Klowan’s employment is terminated for any reason
other than (i) by us for Cause or (ii) voluntarily by Mr. Klowan without Good Reason, Mr. Klowan will be entitled to receive severance
payments of $14,583 per month for six months following the termination of his employment, and we will keep in force for such six-month
period all health insurance benefits afforded to Mr. Klowan and his family at the time of termination. Mr. Klowan’s
Executive Employment Agreement contains other conventional terms, including covenants relating to the confidentiality and non-use
of our proprietary information and a provision prohibiting Mr. Klowan, for a period of one year following the termination of his
employment, from competing against us or soliciting our customers or employees.
Director Compensation
Directors do not receive cash compensation for serving on the
Board or its committees. Non-employee directors are awarded annual grants of non-qualified stock options. All
directors are reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in attending all board meetings. We maintain directors
and officers liability insurance.
The following table shows compensation
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 to our directors who were not also named executive officers at the time they received
compensation as directors:
Director Compensation
(1)
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fees Earned or
|
|
Awards
|
|
|
Compensation
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Name
|
|
Paid in Cash
|
|
($)
(2)
|
|
|
($)
|
|
|
($)
|
|
David Anthony
|
|
None
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
(3)
|
|
$
|
None
|
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
|
Shawn R. Hughes
|
|
None
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
(3)
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
(4)
|
|
$
|
53,391
|
|
J. Winder Hughes III
|
|
None
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
(3)
|
|
$
|
None
|
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
|
Arthur S. Reynolds
|
|
None
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
(3)
|
|
$
|
None
|
|
|
$
|
3,391
|
|
|
(1)
|
Certain columnar information required by Item 402(m) of Regulation S-K has been omitted for categories where there was no compensation awarded to, or paid to, the named directors required to be reported in such columns during 2011.
|
|
(2)
|
The amounts in the column “Options Award” reflect the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance with ASC 710. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 5 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. The amounts shown exclude the impact of any forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. The actual amount realized by the director will likely vary based on a number of factors, including the Company’s performance, stock price fluctuations and applicable vesting.
|
|
(3)
|
An option to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share was granted to each of Messrs. Anthony, Shawn Hughes, J. Winder Hughes III and Reynolds on December 13, 2011; these options vest on the date of our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and expire on December 13, 2021.
|
|
(4)
|
A finder’s fee of $50,000 was paid to Mr. Shawn Hughes in 2011 related to securing a large industrial contract on our behalf. This fee was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
|
As of December 31, 2011, each director held option and
warrant awards as follows:
Name
|
|
Aggregate Number of
Shares Underlying
Stock Options
(#)
|
|
|
Aggregate Number of
Shares Underlying
Warrants
(#)
|
David Anthony
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
none
|
Shawn R. Hughes
|
|
|
310,000
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
|
J. Winder Hughes III
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
none
|
Arthur S. Reynolds
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
|
681,103
|
|
|
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Director Independence
Our securities are not listed on a
national securities exchange or on an inter-dealer quotation system which has requirements that a majority of the board of
directors be independent. In determining which directors and which members of committees are “independent,”
our Board of Directors has voluntarily adopted the independence standards set forth in the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market. Our Board of Directors has determined that, in accordance with these standards, Dr. Agnihotri and Messrs.
Bartlett, Winder Hughes and Reynolds are “independent directors.”
Certain Relationships And Related Transactions
We are a party to a license agreement with
Alexander G. Fassbender, who until March 3, 2010 was our Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, under which
Mr. Fassbender has granted to us an exclusive license in the patents and patent applications for ThermoFuel and Enhanced Biogas
Production in the United States and certain foreign countries. We are required to pay to Mr. Fassbender a royalty of
1% of net sales after the cumulative sales of all licensed products exceed $20,000,000. In December 2007, Mr. Fassbender
waived certain termination rights under the license agreement, agreed that we can assign or transfer the license without his consent
in connection with a merger or a sale of all or a portion of our business and assets, and agreed that he would not transfer his
interest in the license agreement without our consent.
We are members, along with Mr. Fassbender
and Mr. Fassbender’s ex-wife, of a limited liability company, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”), which
owns the pressurized oxycombustion technology. We hold an 85% ownership interest in TEPS, and Mr. Fassbender and his
ex-wife each own a 7.5% membership interest.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a policy
whereby all transactions between us and any of our affiliates, officers, directors, principal shareholders and any affiliates of
the foregoing must be approved in advance by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors based on a determination that
the terms of such transactions are no less favorable to us than would prevail in arm’s-length transactions with independent
third parties.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
We are registering for resale shares of
our Common Stock. We are registering the shares to permit the selling stockholders and their pledgees, donees, transferees and
other successors-in-interest that receive their shares from a selling stockholder as a gift, partnership distribution or other
non-sale related transfer after the date of this prospectus to resell the shares when and as they deem appropriate in the manner
described in the "Plan of Distribution." The information included below is based on information that has been provided
to us by or on behalf of the selling stockholders. The information assumes all of the shares covered hereby are sold or otherwise
disposed of by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus. However, we do not know whether the selling stockholders will
in fact sell or otherwise dispose of the shares of Common Stock listed next to their names below.
The shares of our Common Stock offered
hereby include shares issuable upon exercise of Common Stock Purchase Warrants (“Warrants”) held by the selling stockholders. None
of the Warrants is being registered for resale.
We are filing the registration statement
of which this Prospectus is a part in satisfaction of a contractual obligation under the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as
of June 11, 2012 between us and each of the selling stockholders (other than Dawson James Securities, Inc. (“Dawson James”)).
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, we issued and sold to such selling stockholders an aggregate of 29,368,750 shares
of our Common Stock and Warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of an additional 29,368,750 shares of our Common Stock in consideration
of cash payments by such selling stockholders to us in the aggregate amount of $2,936,875 at closings on July 11, 2012, August
9, 2012 and October 9, 2012.
Dawson James, a registered broker-dealer, served as placement agent in our offer, sale and issuance of
shares of Common Stock and Warrants pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. In addition to paying Dawson James cash commissions
for its services, we issued to it Warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 5,118,750 shares of our Common Stock. The registration
statement of which this Prospectus forms a part includes the shares of Common Stock underlying these Warrants. Because Dawson James
is a registered broker-dealer it may be deemed an underwriter with respect to the shares of our Common Stock being sold by it hereunder.
In the Securities Purchase Agreement we
agreed to bear all expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings
or qualifications of the shares of Common Stock offered by the selling stockholders, including, without limitation, all registration,
listing, and qualifications fees, printing and engraving fees, accounting fees, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company, and (with respect to the preparation and filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part) the
reasonable fees of one firm of legal counsel for the selling stockholders.
In the Securities Purchase Agreement we
also agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each selling stockholder and each underwriter, if any, which facilitates the disposition
of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby, and each of their respective officers and directors and each person who controls
such selling stockholder or underwriter (each, an
“
Indemnified Person
”
)
from and against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement or an omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
not misleading, or arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any prospectus or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and we agreed to
reimburse such Indemnified Person for all reasonable legal and other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim as and when such expenses are incurred;
provided, however,
that we shall not be liable
to any such Indemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made in, or an omission or alleged omission from, such registration
statement or prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Indemnified
Person expressly for use therein or (ii) the use by the Indemnified Person of an outdated or defective prospectus after we
have provided to such Indemnified Person an updated prospectus correcting the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.
Other than the issuance and sale of shares
of Common Stock and Warrants to the selling stockholders pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, we have not engaged in
any material transactions with any of the selling stockholders or any of their affiliates at any time since January 1, 2010
except that:
|
(i)
|
Cary G. Bullock is the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer; our
compensation arrangements with Mr. Bullock are described on page 45 and details of his compensation are set forth in the charts
on pages 42 and 45;
|
|
(ii)
|
J. Winder Hughes III, the Trustee of the John Winder Hughes Revocable Trust, is a member of our
Board of Directors; Focus Fund LP, an investment partnership of which he is the Managing Director has, since January 1, 2010,
purchased shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $537,925 and made a bridge loan
of $450,000 in anticipation of a further equity investment;
|
|
(iii)
|
In October 2012, an entity affiliated with Carl Landegger provided us with a $700,000 project financing
credit facility;
|
|
(iv)
|
Since January 1, 2010, The Quercus Trust has purchased shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2,256,000 and made a bridge loan of $250,000 in anticipation of a further equity investment;
|
|
(v)
|
Robert Foy Marrs is our Vice President – International Business Development; details of his
compensation are set forth in the charts on pages 42 and 45;
|
|
(vi)
|
As compensation for its services as placement agent in connection with the Securities Purchase
Agreement, we paid Dawson James a cash commission of $255,938 and a non-accountable expense reimbursement of $51,187 and issued
to it Warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 5,118,750 shares of Common Stock (which shares are included in the shares being
offered hereby); in connection with a secondary sale, and subsequent exercise of, Common Stock Purchase Warrants in December 2011
and January 2012, we paid Dawson James a cash commission of $221,667; since September 2011, we have paid Dawson James an aggregate
of $ 178,195 in cash fees and issued to it an aggregate of 600,000 shares of Common Stock as consideration for business advisory
services;
|
|
(vii)
|
In December 2011 and January 2012, we issued to the following selling stockholders the following
number of shares of our Common Stock upon exercise of Common Stock Purchase Warrants, at an exercise price of $0.095 per share:
|
Stockholder
|
Number of Shares
|
Scott E. Douglass
|
1,000,000
|
Steven Etra
|
1,000,000
|
Francis Howard
|
3,000,000
|
Bruce M. Robinson
|
2,000,000
|
John J. Shaw
|
1,700,000
|
Robert Stanger
|
1,000,000
|
The following table sets forth:
|
•
|
the names of the selling stockholders,
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
the number and percentage of shares of our Common Stock that the selling stockholders beneficially owned prior to the offering for resale of the shares under this prospectus and the percentage of the class represented by such shares,
|
|
|
|
|
•
|
the maximum number of shares of our Common Stock that may be offered for resale for the accounts of the selling stockholders under this prospectus, and
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the number and percentage of shares of our Common Stock to be beneficially owned by the selling stockholders after the offering of the shares (assuming all of the offered shares are sold by the selling stockholders).
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Name of Selling Stockholder
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Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering
(1)
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Percentage Ownership Prior to Offering
(2)
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Maximum Number of Shares to be Sold
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Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After Offering
(1)
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Percentage Ownership After Offering
(2)
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George M. Abraham
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2,500,000
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2.1%
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2,500,000
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0
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*
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Ines Bahl, IRRL
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1,000,000
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*
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1,000,000
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0
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*
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Cary G. Bullock
(3)
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7,369,547
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5.8%
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1,250,000
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6,119,547
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3.8%
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Jeffrey Burt IRA
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1,850,000
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1.5%
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1,850,000
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0
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*
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Timothy Stewart Clarke
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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Dawson James Securities, Inc.
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5,718,750
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4.5%
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5,118,750
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600,000
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*
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Eduardo Diaz
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1,000,000
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*
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1,000,000
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0
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*
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Scott E. Douglass
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2,500,000
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2.1%
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2,500,000
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0
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*
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Terence Edgar
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5,000,000
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4.1%
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5,000,000
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0
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*
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Steven Etra
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5,000,000
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4.1%
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5,000,000
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0
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*
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Brenda Forwood
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500,000
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*
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500,000
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0
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*
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Frank J. Garofalo
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2,500,000
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2.1%
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2,500,000
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0
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*
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Michael E. Greene
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320,000
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*
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320,000
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0
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*
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Jim Guistolisi
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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Subhash C. Gulati
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312,500
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*
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312,500
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0
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*
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Constantine Hagepanos
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290,000
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*
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290,000
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0
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*
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Constantine Hagepanos IRA
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430,000
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*
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430,000
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0
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*
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Gregory A. Harrison
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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David Hawks
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300,000
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*
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300,000
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0
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*
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Ryan Michael Hogan
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625,000
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*
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625,000
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0
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*
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Barry Honig
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3,125,000
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2.6%
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3,125,000
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0
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*
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Francis Howard
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8,500,000
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7.0%
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2,500,000
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6,000,000
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3.9%
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John Winder Hughes Revocable Trust
(4)
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2,500,000
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2.1%
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2,500,000
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0
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*
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IVM Productions, Inc.
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3,750,000
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3.1%
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3,750,000
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0
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*
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Carl C. Landegger
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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Gilbert E. Ludwig IRA
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500,000
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*
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500,000
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0
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*
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Cecelia Maben IRA
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500,000
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*
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500,000
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0
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*
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Robert Foy Marrs
(5)
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1,568,750
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1.3%
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1,250,000
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318,750
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*
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Charles McElheney IRA
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1,032,500
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*
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1,032,500
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0
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*
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Fred Militello Roth IRA
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1,000,000
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*
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1,000,000
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0
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*
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Owen Family Trust
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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Jason Paulley IRA
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1,000,000
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*
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1,000,000
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0
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*
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The Quercus Trust
(6)
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62,409,857
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35.7%
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1,300,000
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61,109,857
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29.3%
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Bruce M. Robinson
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3,000,000
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2.5%
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3,000,000
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0
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*
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John R. Rogers
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625,000
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*
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625,000
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0
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*
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John R. Rogers IRA
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625,000
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*
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625,000
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0
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*
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Vincent Rose, Jr. IRA
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1,290,000
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1.1%
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1,290,000
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0
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*
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David Sack
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312,500
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0.3%
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312,500
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0
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*
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John J. Shaw
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1,250,000
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1.0%
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1,250,000
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0
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*
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Robert Stanger
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650,000
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*
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650,000
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0
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*
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John and Yvonne Weatherorf JTWROS
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500,000
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*
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500,000
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0
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*
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James Andrew Williams IRA
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400,000
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*
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400,000
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0
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*
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*
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Less than 1%
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(1)
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Includes shares as to which the identified person or entity directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power and/or investment power, as these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3(a) of the Exchange Act. Shares of Common Stock underlying options to purchase shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, which were exercisable or convertible on, or become exercisable or convertible within 60 days after, December 12, 2012 are deemed to be outstanding with respect to a person or entity for the purpose of computing the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the particular person and by the group, but are not deemed outstanding for any other purpose.
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(2)
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Based on 120,454,575 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 12, 2012 plus 34,487,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Warrants held by the selling stockholders plus, with respect to each individual or entity (but not with respect to other individuals or entities), the number of shares of Common Stock underlying other options to purchase shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, held by such individual or entity which were exercisable or convertible on, or which become exercisable or convertible within 60 days after, December 12, 2012.
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(3)
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Includes 6,119,547 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
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(4)
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J. Winder Hughes III is the Trustee of the John Winder Hughes Revocable Trust. Does not include 3,357,500 shares owned by The Focus Fund, of which Mr. Hughes is the Managing Director. Also does not include an aggregate of 8,392,188 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants or conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by two entities of which Mr. Hughes is the Managing Director: The Focus Fund and Hughes Capital. Also does not include 90,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options held by Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the John Winder Hughes Revocable Trust, The Focus Fund and Hughes Capital, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
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(5)
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Includes 318,750 shares issuable upon exercise of options.
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(6)
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Includes 23,987,090 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, and 29,761,423 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants other than the Warrants the shares issuable upon the exercise of which are being registered for sale hereunder.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The following is a summary of the material terms of our capital
stock under our certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock
We are authorized to issue 425,000,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 30,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. Of
our authorized Preferred Stock, 208,334 shares have been designated “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, 12,000,000
shares have been designated “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” and 17,791,666 shares remain undesignated. As
of December 12, 2012, 120,454,575 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, 133,797 shares of Common Stock were
held as treasury shares, 208,334 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding and 11,664,993 shares
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
Description of Common Stock
Voting Rights
Each holder of shares of our Common Stock
is entitled to attend all special and annual meetings of our stockholders. In addition, each such holder is entitled, together
with the holders of all other classes of capital stock entitled to attend special and annual stockholder meetings (subject to the
provisions of any resolutions of the board of directors granting any holders of Preferred Stock exclusive or special voting powers
with respect to any matter), to cast one vote for each outstanding share of our Common Stock held upon any matter, including the
election of directors, which is properly considered and acted upon by the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, holders
of the our Common Stock, as such, are not entitled to vote on any amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(including the Certificate of Designation of any series of our Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more
outstanding series of our Preferred Stock if the holders of the affected series are entitled, either voting separately or together
with the holders of one or more other affected series, to vote on such amendment under the Certificate of Incorporation (including
the Certificate of Designation of any series of our Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).
Liquidation Rights
The holders of our Common Stock and the
holders of any class or series of stock entitled to participate with the holders of our Common Stock as to the distribution of
assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, will become
entitled to participate in the distribution of any of our assets remaining after we have paid, or provided for the payment of,
all of its debts and liabilities and after we have paid, or set aside for payment, to the holders of any class or series of Preferred
Stock having preference over our Common Stock in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the full preferential amounts,
if any, to which the holders of such class or series are entitled.
Dividends
Dividends may be paid on our Common Stock
and on any class or series of Preferred Stock entitled to participate with our Common Stock as to dividends on an equal per-share
basis, but only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors. Holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to receive
any such dividends out of any assets legally available for the payment of dividends only after the provisions with respect to preferential
dividends on any outstanding series of Preferred Stock have been satisfied and after we have complied with all the requirements,
if any, with respect to redemption of, or the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts with respect
to, any outstanding series of our Preferred Stock.
Other Rights
Holders of our Common Stock do not have
any preemptive, cumulative voting, subscription, conversion, redemption or sinking fund rights.
Description of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
Voting Rights
In addition to any other voting rights
under law or as described below, the holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or consent, together
with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class on all matters submitted to the vote of Common Stock holders. Each share of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to the nearest number of whole shares of Common Stock
into which it is convertible on the record date. The separate vote or consent of 66 2/3% of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock is required for any of the following:
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(i)
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directly or indirectly altering the rights, preferences, privileges, powers or restrictions of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;
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(ii)
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creating, or issuing securities of, any class or series having an equal or senior preference or priority to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; or
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(iii)
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amending our Articles of Incorporation in a way that adversely affects the rights, preferences or privileges of the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
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Liquidation Rights
Upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company, the holder of each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to a preference payment in an amount
equal to the greater of (i) $1.20 plus all declared and unpaid dividends on such share or (ii) the amount that would be payable
to such holder if all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had been converted to the liquidation event. A
consolidation or merger or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets (except for a transaction in which our shareholders
prior to the transaction hold 50% or more of the voting securities of the surviving or purchasing entity) shall be regarded as
a dissolution, liquidation or winding up unless the holders of 66 2/3% of the then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock determine otherwise.
Conversion
Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock is convertible into one share of our Common Stock. The conversion ratio is adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, distribution
or stock split or combination or consolidation. Conversion rights are also adjusted to reflect any change in the Common Stock by
way of reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger. Fractional shares of Common Stock will not
be issued upon conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and we will make a cash payment to the holder in lieu of any
fractional share. Shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted at any time at the election of the holder thereof.
All outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into Common Stock when the market
price for our Common Stock exceeds $3.00 (adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, combinations or consolidations) for
30 consecutive trading days. All outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will also be automatically converted
into Common Stock at the election of the holders of 66 2/3% of the then outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
Dividends
The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
is entitled to participate, on a priority basis, in all dividends declared and paid on the Common Stock.
Other Rights
Holders of our Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock do not have any preemptive, cumulative voting, subscription, conversion, redemption or sinking fund rights.
Description of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
Voting Rights
Except with respect to the election of
members of our Board of Directors, the holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the
holders of our Common Stock, as a single class, on all matters submitted to the holders of our Common Stock for a vote. Each
share of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock entitles the holder thereof to a number of votes equal to the nearest number
of whole shares of our Common Stock into which such share of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible.
The holders of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock our entitled to elect four members of our Board of Directors (the
“
Series B Directors
”
),
which Series B Directors are subject to removal only by a vote of the holders of not less than 66⅔% of the then-outstanding
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock as a separate class; any vacancy created by the resignation or removal of a Series
B Director may be filled either by (i) the vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock or (ii) the unanimous vote or consent of the remaining Series B Directors. The holders
of our Common Stock, voting together with the holders of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, are entitled to elect three
members of our Board of Directors (the
“
Common Stock Directors
”
), which Common Stock Directors are subject
to removal only by a vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock (taken together as a single
class with the then-outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock); any vacancy created by the resignation or removal
of a Common Stock Director may be filled either by (i) the vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding
shares of Common Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (voting or consenting together as a single class) or (ii) the unanimous
vote or consent of the remaining Common Stock Directors.
The consent of the holders of at least
66⅔% of the then-outstanding shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for certain corporate actions, including
any amendment of our Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or any recapitalization which would adversely alter or changes the
rights, preferences or privileges of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, any increase or decrease the number of authorized
shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the creation of a class or series of shares having preference or priority equal
or senior to our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the declaration or payment of a dividend on our Common Stock, the redemption
of any shares of our Common Stock (subject to certain specified exceptions), any merger or consolidation with another entity in
a transaction immediately following which our shareholders would hold less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding
stock of the surviving corporation, the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, our liquidation or dissolution, or any
increase or decrease in the size of our Board of Directors.
Liquidation Rights
The shares of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock have a stated value of $2.40 per share (subject to adjustment for stock dividends, combinations or splits). In
the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, after satisfaction of the claims of creditors
and payment or distribution of assets is made on any securities which, by their terms rank senior to our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock, but before any payment or distribution of assets and any surplus funds is made on any securities that do not expressly provide
that they rank senior to our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, our Common Stock, the holders
of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value of their shares plus
an amount equal to all declared and unpaid dividends with respect to their shares. Thereafter, each holder of our Common
Stock shall be paid an amount per share equal to the amount per share paid to each holder of our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock, and any remaining assets will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the holders of our Common Stock and our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock.
Conversion
Each share of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock may be converted at any time, at the option of the holder thereof, into that number of shares of our Common Stock
determined by dividing (i) the stated value of such shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock ($2.40) by (ii) the conversion
price thereof (initially, $0.24). Initially, the conversion rate of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is ten-for-one. The
conversion price of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is subject to conventional weighted-average formula adjustment in
the event we issue shares of our common stock or securities convertible into shares of our Common Stock at a price per share less
than the conversion price then in effect, subject to certain conventional exclusions including, without limitation, shares issued
or issuable to employees, directors or consultants pursuant to a stock option plan or a restricted stock plan approved by our Board
of Directors, shares issued or issuable in connection with an acquisition transaction and shares issued or issuable to financial
institutions or lessors in connection with commercial credit arrangements, equipment financing or similar transactions.
Dividends
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
is entitled to participate, on a priority basis, in all dividends declared and paid on the Common Stock.
Other Rights
Holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock do not have any preemptive, cumulative voting, subscription, conversion, redemption or sinking fund rights.
Description of Undesignated Preferred
Stock
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes
our Board of Directors from time to time and without further stockholder action to provide for the issuance of shares of our unauthorized
but previously unissued Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to fix the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating,
optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations, and restrictions of each such series, including, but not
limited to, dividend rights, liquidation preferences, conversion privileges and redemption rights. Our Board of Directors will
have broad discretion with respect to the creation and issuance of Preferred Stock without stockholder approval, subject to any
applicable rights of holders of any shares of Preferred Stock outstanding from time to time.
The rights and privileges of holders of
the Common Stock may be adversely affected by the rights, privileges and preferences of holders of shares of any series of Preferred
Stock that the Board of Directors may designate and we may issue from time to time. Among other things, by authorizing the issuance
of shares of Preferred Stock with particular voting, conversion or other rights, the Board of Directors could adversely affect
the voting power of the holders of the Common Stock and could discourage any attempt to effect a change in control of our Company,
even if such a transaction would be beneficial to the interests of our stockholders.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions
of Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
contain provisions that could have the effect of delaying or deferring a change in control of the Company. These provisions, among
other matters:
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limit the number of directors constituting the entire board of directors to a maximum of 7 directors;
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grant the holders of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock the exclusive right to elect 4 directors and thereby to control the Board of Directors;
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limit the types of persons who may call a special meeting of stockholders; and
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establish advance notice procedures for stockholders to make nominations of candidates for election as directors or to present any other business for consideration at any annual or special stockholder meetings.
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UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO NON-U.S.
HOLDERS
The following is a summary of material
United States federal income tax considerations related to the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Common Stock that are
applicable to a "non-U.S. holder" (defined below) of our Common Stock.
This summary:
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does not purport to be a complete analysis of all of the potential tax considerations that may be applicable to an investor as a result of the investor's particular tax situation;
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is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), United States federal income tax regulations promulgated or proposed under the Code, which we refer to as the "Treasury Regulations," judicial authority and published rulings and administrative pronouncements, each as of the date hereof and each of which are subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect;
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is applicable only to beneficial owners of common stock who hold their common stock as a "capital asset," within the meaning of section 1221 of the Code;
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does not address all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to holders in light of their particular circumstances or who are subject to special treatment under United States federal income tax laws, including but not limited to:
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certain former citizens and long-term residents of the United States;
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"controlled foreign corporations" and "passive foreign investment companies"
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partnerships, other pass-through entities and investors in these entities; and
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investors that expect to receive dividends or realize gain in connection with the investors' conduct of a United States trade or business, permanent establishment or fixed base.
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pension plans;
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tax-exempt entities;
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banks, financial institutions and insurance companies;
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real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies or grantor trusts;
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certain trusts;
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brokers and dealers in securities;
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holders of securities held as part of a "straddle," "hedge," "conversion transaction" or other risk–reduction or integrated transaction; and
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persons who hold or receive our common stock as compensation, such as that received pursuant to stock option plans and stock purchase plans.
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does not discuss any possible applicability of any United States state or local taxes, non-United States taxes or any United States federal tax other than the income tax, including, but not limited to, the federal gift tax and estate tax.
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This discussion is based on current provisions
of the Code, final, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, judicial opinions, published positions of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service, or the IRS, and other applicable authorities, all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject
to differing interpretations or change, possibly with retroactive effect, which could materially affect the tax consequences described
herein. We have not requested, nor will we request, a ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel with respect to the tax consequences
discussed herein, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a position contrary to the tax consequences discussed
below or that any position taken by the IRS would not be sustained.
This summary of United States federal
income tax considerations constitutes neither tax nor legal advice. Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors
to determine the specific tax consequences and risks to them of purchasing, holding and disposing of our common stock, including
the application to their particular situation of any United States federal estate and gift, United States state and local, non-United
States and other tax laws and of any applicable income tax treaty.
Non-U.S. Holder Defined
For purposes of this discussion, a non-U.S.
holder is a beneficial holder of our common stock that is neither a "United States person" nor a partnership or entity
or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes. A "United States person" is:
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an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
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a trust if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable the Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes.
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An individual may be treated, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, as a resident of the United States in any calendar year by being present in the United States on at
least 31 days in that calendar year and for an aggregate of at least 183 days during a three-year period ending in the current
calendar year. The 183-day test is determined by counting all of the days the individual is treated as being present in the current
year, one-third of such days in the immediately preceding year and one-sixth of such days in the second preceding year. Residents
are subject to U.S. federal income tax as if they were U.S. citizens.
If a partnership holds our Common Stock,
then the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner in that partnership generally will depend on the status of the
partner and the partnership's activities. Partners and partnerships should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the United
States federal income tax treatment of an investment in our Common Stock.
Distributions
Distributions paid to a non-U.S. holder
of our Common Stock will constitute a "dividend" for United States federal income tax purposes to the extent paid out
of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for United States federal income tax purposes. Any distributions
that exceed both our current and accumulated earnings and profits would first constitute a non-taxable return of capital, which
would reduce the holder's basis in our Common Stock, but not below zero, and thereafter would be treated as gain from the sale
of our Common Stock (see "Sale or Taxable Disposition of Common Stock" below).
Subject to the following paragraphs, dividends
paid to a non-U.S. holder on our Common Stock generally will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a 30% gross
rate, subject to any exemption or lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. We may withhold up to 30%
of either (i) the gross amount of the entire distribution, even if the amount of the distribution is greater than the amount
constituting a dividend, as described above, or (ii) the amount of the distribution we project will be a dividend, based upon
a reasonable estimate of both our current and our accumulated earnings and profits for the taxable year in which the distribution
is made. If tax is withheld on the amount of a distribution in excess of the amount constituting a dividend, then you may obtain
a refund of such excess amounts by timely filing a claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service.
In order to claim the benefit of a reduced
rate of or an exemption from withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty, a non-U.S. holder will be required (a) to
satisfy certain certification requirements, which may be made by providing us or our agent with a properly executed and completed
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) certifying, under penalty of perjury, that the holder qualifies
for treaty benefits and is not a United States person or (b) if our common stock is held through certain non-United States
intermediaries, to satisfy the relevant certification requirements of Treasury Regulations. Special certification and other requirements
apply to certain non-U.S. holders that are pass-through entities.
Dividends that are effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or business by the non-U.S. holder within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income
tax treaty, are attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment or, in the case of an individual non-U.S. holder, a fixed base)
are not subject to the withholding tax, provided that, prior to the making of a distribution, the non-U.S. holder so certifies,
under penalty of perjury, on a properly executed and delivered Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form).
Instead, such dividends would be subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if the
non-U.S. holder were a United States person.
Corporate holders who receive effectively
connected dividends may also be subject to an additional "branch profits tax" at a gross rate of 30% on their earnings
and profits for the taxable year that are effectively connected with the holder's conduct of a trade or business within the United
States, subject to any exemption or reduction provided by an applicable income tax treaty.
A non-U.S. holder who provides us with
an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI will be required to periodically update such form.
Sale or Taxable Disposition of Common
Stock
Any gain realized on the sale, exchange
or other taxable disposition of our Common Stock generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax (including by
way of withholding) unless:
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the non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of that disposition, and certain other conditions are met; or
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we are or have been a "United States real property holding corporation" for United States federal income tax purposes at any time during the shorter of the five-year period preceding such disposition or the non-U.S. holder's holding period in the common stock.
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A non-U.S. holder described in the first
bullet point above generally will be subject to United States federal income tax on the net gain derived from the sale or disposition
under regular graduated United States federal income tax rates, as if the holder were a United States person. If such non-U.S.
holder is a corporation, then it may also, under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional "branch profits"
tax at a gross rate of 30% on its earnings and profits for the taxable year that are effectively connected with its conduct of
its United States trade or business, subject to exemption or reduction provided by any applicable income tax treaty.
An individual non-U.S. holder described
in the second bullet point immediately above will be subject to a tax at a 30% gross rate, subject to any reduction or reduced
rate under an applicable income tax treaty, on the net gain derived from the sale, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses,
even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States.
We believe we are not, have not been and
will not become a "United States real property holding corporation" for United States federal income tax purposes. In
the event that we are or become a United States real property holding corporation at any time during the applicable period described
in the third bullet point above, any gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of our common stock may be subject
to United States federal income tax, including any applicable withholding tax, if either (1) the non-U.S. holder beneficially
owns, or has owned, more than 5% of the total fair value of our Common Stock at any time during the applicable period, or (2) our
Common Stock ceases to be traded on an "established securities market" within the meaning of the Code. Non-U.S. holders
who own or may own more than 5% of our Common Stock are encouraged to consult their tax advisors with respect to the United States
tax consequences of a disposition of our Common Stock.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
We must report annually to the Internal
Revenue Service and to each non-U.S. holder the amount of dividends paid to such holder, the name and address of such holder and
the amount of tax withheld with respect to such dividends, regardless of whether withholding was required. Copies of the information
returns reporting such dividends and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which the
non-U.S. holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty.
A non-U.S. holder will be subject to backup
withholding, currently at a 28% rate, for dividends paid to such holder unless such holder certifies under penalty of perjury as
to non-United States person status (and neither we nor the paying agent has actual knowledge or reason to know that such holder
is a United States person), or such holder otherwise establishes an exemption.
Information reporting and, depending on
the circumstances, backup withholding will apply to the proceeds of a sale of our Common Stock within the United States or conducted
through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries, unless the beneficial owner certifies under penalty of perjury as to non-United
States person status (and neither the broker nor intermediary has actual knowledge or reason to know that the beneficial owner
is a United States person), or such owner otherwise establishes an exemption.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding
rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a non-U.S. holder's United States federal income tax liability provided the
required information is timely furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
Recent Legislative Developments
Recently proposed legislation is pending
in both houses of congress providing for new withholding taxes to enforce new reporting requirements on specified foreign accounts
owned by either specified United States persons or by foreign entities which are owned by United States persons. The provisions
specifically establish rules for withholdable payments (including dividends) to foreign financial institutions and other foreign
entities. The proposed legislation generally imposes a 30% withholding tax on payments of dividends made to a foreign financial
institution, unless such institution enters into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury agreeing to meet certain information reporting
and verification requirements regarding the U.S. accounts upon behalf of which it is acting. The proposed legislation imposes similar
requirements (absent the need for agreements) on non-financial institutions. These rules are currently scheduled to be effective
for payments made after December 31, 2010. It is unclear whether, or in what form, these proposals may be enacted. Non-U.S.
holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisers regarding the possible implications of the proposed legislation on their
investment in respect of the Common Stock.
The foregoing discussion is only
a summary of material U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our
Common Stock by non–U.S. holders. You are urged to consult your own tax advisor with respect to the particular tax consequences
to you of ownership and disposition of our Common Stock, including the effect of any U.S., state, local, non–U.S. or other
tax laws and any applicable income or estate tax treaty.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The selling stockholders and any of their
pledgees, donees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock
being offered under this prospectus on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which shares of our Common Stock are traded
or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders will pay any brokerage commissions and similar
selling expenses attributable to the sale of the shares. We will pay other expenses relating to the preparation, updating and filing
of this registration statement. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resales by the broker-dealer for its account;
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
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to cover short sales made after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
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broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
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a combination of any of these methods of sale; and
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
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The shares may also be sold under Rule
144 under the Securities Act, if available for a selling stockholder, rather than under this prospectus. There can be no assurance
that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part.
In connection with the sale of our Common
Stock or interest therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales or our common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The
selling stockholders may also sell shares of our Common Stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short position,
or loan or pledge our Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also
enter into option or other transaction with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative
securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus,
which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended
to reflect such transaction).
Dawson James Securities, Inc., a selling
stockholder and registered broker-dealer, is deemed to be an “underwriter” as that term is defined under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated under
such Acts, in connection with its sale of shares of Common Stock under this Prospectus.
Timothy J. Owen, the Trustee of the Owen
Family Trust, one of the selling stockholders, is an associated person of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
a registered broker-dealer.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of Common Stock may be sold in such states only through
registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares
have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
complied with.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders
may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling
stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated,
which commissions as to a particular broker or dealer may be in excess of customary commissions to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers
or agents that are involved in selling the shares offered under this prospectus may be deemed to be "underwriters" within
the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Commissions received by these broker-dealers
or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts
under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are deemed to be underwriters will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act.
The selling stockholders and any other
persons participating in the sale or distribution of the shares offered under this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions
of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations under that act, including Regulation M. These provisions may restrict activities
of, and limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares by, the selling stockholders or any other person. Furthermore,
under Regulation M, persons engaged in a distribution of securities are prohibited from simultaneously engaging in market making
and other activities with respect to those securities for a specified period of time prior to the commencement of such distributions,
subject to specified exceptions or exemptions. All of these limitations may affect the marketability of the shares.
If any of the shares of Common Stock offered
for sale pursuant to this prospectus are transferred other than pursuant to a sale under this prospectus, then subsequent holders
could not use this prospectus until a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed, naming such holders.
We have agreed to pay all fees and expenses
we incur incident to the registration of the shares being offered under this prospectus. However, each selling stockholder and
purchaser is responsible for paying any discounts, commissions and similar selling expenses they incur. We have agreed
to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities arising in connection with this prospectus, including certain
liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against
certain losses, damages and liabilities arising in connection with this prospectus, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
We have agreed with the selling stockholders
to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of: (1) such
time as all of the shares of selling stockholders eligible to be covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and
in accordance with the registration statement or (2) such shares are eligible for resale without restriction (including volume
limitations) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the common stock has been
passed upon for us by Nixon Peabody LLP, 100 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of
ThermoEnergy Corporation as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years then ended included in this prospectus and elsewhere
in the Registration Statement have been so included in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public
accountants and successor to the practice of CCR LLP, upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting in
giving said report.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports,
proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at
the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov
and on the investor relations page of our website at
http://ir.stockpr.com/thermoenergy/sec-filings
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Information on, or accessible through, our website is not part of this prospectus. You may also read and copy any document
we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can also obtain
copies of the documents upon the payment of a duplicating fee to the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.
This prospectus omits some information
contained in the registration statement in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. You should review the information
and exhibits included in the registration statement for further information about us and the securities we are offering. Statements
in this prospectus concerning any document we filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or that we otherwise filed with
the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified by reference to these filings. You should review the complete document
to evaluate these statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of and For the Years ended December
31, 2011 and 2010
With
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors and Stockholders
ThermoEnergy Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheet of ThermoEnergy Corporation (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December
31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficiency, and cash flows for the year then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31,
2010 and for the year then ended were audited by CCR LLP. We have since succeeded to the practice of such firm.
We conducted our audits in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial
statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ThermoEnergy Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period
ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $17,386,000 during the year ended December 31, 2011, and, as of that date, the Company’s
current liabilities exceeded its current assets by $3,387,000 and its total liabilities exceeded its total assets by $4,603,000.
These conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 2, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements
do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 14, 2012
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and par value
amounts)
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December 31,
2011
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December 31,
2010
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ASSETS
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Current Assets:
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Cash
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3,056
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$
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4,299
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Accounts receivable, net
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4,228
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1,043
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Costs in excess of billings
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132
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Inventories
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167
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65
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Other current assets
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590
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289
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Total Current Assets
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8,173
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5,696
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Property and equipment, net
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544
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560
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Other assets
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72
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61
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TOTAL ASSETS
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6,317
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
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Current Liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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$
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722
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Convertible debt, current portion
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1,250
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Accrued payroll taxes
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599
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1,470
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Billings in excess of costs
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5,131
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1,880
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Derivative liability, current portion
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706
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Other current liabilities
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1,234
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1,995
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Total Current Liabilities
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11,560
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6,067
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Long Term Liabilities:
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Derivative liability
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101
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2,852
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Convertible debt, net
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1,571
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8,892
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Other long term liabilities
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160
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180
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Total Long Term Liabilities
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1,832
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11,924
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Total Liabilities
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13,392
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17,991
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
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Stockholders' Deficiency:
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Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value: authorized: 30,000,000 shares at December 31, 2011 and 20,000,000 shares at December 31, 2010:
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Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, liquidation value of $1.20 per share: designated: 208,334 shares at December 31, 2011 and 10,000,000 shares at December 31, 2010; issued and outstanding: 208,334 shares at December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $2.40 per share: designated: 12,000,000 shares at December 31, 2011 and 6,454,621 shares at December 31, 2010; issued and outstanding: 11,664,993 shares at December 31, 2011 and 5,968,510 shares at December 31, 2010
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117
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60
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Common Stock, $.001 par value: authorized –
425,000,000 shares at December 31, 2011 and 300,000,000 shares at December 31, 2010; issued: 85,167,098 shares at December
31, 2011 and 55,681,918 shares at December 31, 2010; outstanding: 85,033,301 shares at December 31, 2011 and 55,548,121
shares at December 31, 2010
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85
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Additional paid-in capital (Note 1)
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108,727
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84,351
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Accumulated deficit (Note 1)
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Treasury stock, at cost: 133,797 shares at December 31, 2011 and 2010
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Total ThermoEnergy Corporation Stockholders’ Deficiency
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(4,597
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Noncontrolling interest
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(6
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Total Stockholders’ Deficiency
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(4,603
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(11,674
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
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8,789
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6,317
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share
amounts)
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Year Ended December 31,
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2011
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2010
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Revenue
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$
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5,583
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$
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2,874
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Cost of revenue
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5,179
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2,799
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Gross profit
|
|
|
404
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
4,807
|
|
|
|
5,800
|
|
Engineering, research and development
|
|
|
299
|
|
|
|
643
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
2,448
|
|
|
|
1,281
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
7,554
|
|
|
|
7,724
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(7,150
|
)
|
|
|
(7,649
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(107
|
)
|
Gain on payroll tax settlement
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,263
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt (Note 1)
|
|
|
(12,551
|
)
|
|
|
(5,620
|
)
|
Derivative liability income (expense)
|
|
|
3,936
|
|
|
|
(293
|
)
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
(389
|
)
|
|
|
(74
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(1,232
|
)
|
|
|
(3,376
|
)
|
Total other expense
|
|
|
(10,236
|
)
|
|
|
(7,207
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(17,386
|
)
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(17,329
|
)
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(Note 1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,894
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(17,329
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16,750
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.30
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.31
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
56,819,885
|
|
|
|
54,041,586
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIENCY
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
|
|
Series A
Convertible
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
Series B
Convertible
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
|
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
|
|
Treasury
Stock
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
Interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
December 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
$
|
66,711
|
|
|
$
|
(81,268
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(14,471
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
options issued to officers, directors and employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
Common
Stock issued for services (200,000 shares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
Convertible
Notes and accrued interest converted to Common Stock (1,802,445 shares at $0.24 per share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433
|
|
Convertible
debt and accrued interest converted to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (791,668 shares at $2.40 per share) (Note
1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,898
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,906
|
|
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $375 (2,083,334 shares at $2.40 per share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,604
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,625
|
|
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants issued for settlement with Convertible note holders (55,554 shares at $2.40 per
share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
533
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
534
|
|
Beneficial
conversion features recognized upon issuance of short term borrowings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,053
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,053
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock
(50,000 shares at $0.35 per share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Net
Loss (Note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31,
2010
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
84,351
|
|
|
|
(96,124
|
)
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(11,674
|
)
|
Stock
options issued to officers, directors and employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,002
|
|
Common
Stock issued for services (600,000 shares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
114
|
|
Conversion
of Series B Convertible Stock (118,518 shares) to Common Stock (1,185,180 shares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Conversion
and tender of convertible debt and accrued interest to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,080
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,138
|
|
Exercise
of Common Stock purchase warrants for cash, net of issuance costs of $196 (27,700,000 shares at $0.095 per share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
2,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,436
|
|
Issuance
of Common Stock purchase warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,879
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,879
|
|
Derecognition
of beneficial conversion features on extinguished debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,003
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,003
|
)
|
Repricing of warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,799
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,799
|
|
Reclassification
of derivative liabilities to equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,037
|
|
Debt
discount recognized upon issuance of convertible debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61
|
|
Contributions
to joint venture on behalf of noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
Net
Loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
(17,329
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
117
|
|
|
$
|
85
|
|
|
$
|
108,727
|
|
|
$
|
(113,510
|
)
|
|
$
|
(18
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,603
|
)
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Operating Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss (Note 1)
|
|
$
|
(17,386
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock option expense
|
|
|
1,002
|
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
Warrant expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
107
|
|
Common stock issued for services
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
|
54
|
|
Gain on payroll tax settlement
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2,263
|
)
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt (Note 1)
|
|
|
12,513
|
|
|
|
5,620
|
|
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
389
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
Derivative liability (income) expense
|
|
|
(3,936
|
)
|
|
|
293
|
|
Non-cash interest added to debt
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
|
941
|
|
Series B Preferred Convertible Stock and warrants issued for note holder settlement expenses
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
534
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
Amortization of discount on convertible debt
|
|
|
687
|
|
|
|
2,243
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash arising from changes in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(3,185
|
)
|
|
|
(1,036
|
)
|
Costs in excess of billings
|
|
|
(132
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(102
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
(307
|
)
|
|
|
(84
|
)
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
1,918
|
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
Billings in excess of costs
|
|
|
3,251
|
|
|
|
1,482
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
(1,303
|
)
|
|
|
(707
|
)
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
|
(49
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(6,101
|
)
|
|
|
(5,628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in joint venture
|
|
|
(400
|
)
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(135
|
)
|
|
|
(371
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(535
|
)
|
|
|
(432
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants, net of issuance costs of $375
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4,625
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $196
|
|
|
2,436
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes
|
|
|
5,760
|
|
|
|
4,625
|
|
Payments on convertible promissory notes
|
|
|
(2,803
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
5,393
|
|
|
|
9,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in cash
|
|
|
(1,243
|
)
|
|
|
3,190
|
|
Cash, beginning of year
|
|
|
4,299
|
|
|
|
1,109
|
|
Cash, end of year
|
|
$
|
3,056
|
|
|
$
|
4,299
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion and
tender of convertible debt and accrued interest to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants
|
|
$
|
14,138
|
|
|
$
|
1,900
|
|
Conversion of convertible notes and accrued interest to common stock
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
433
|
|
Debt (premium) discount recognized on convertible debt
|
|
$
|
(131
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,053
|
|
Accrued interest added to debt
|
|
$
|
153
|
|
|
$
|
323
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Note 1: Organization and summary
of significant accounting policies
Nature of business
ThermoEnergy Corporation (“the Company”)
was incorporated in January 1988 for the purpose of developing and marketing advanced municipal and industrial wastewater treatment
and carbon reducing power generation technologies.
The Company’s
wastewater treatment systems are based on its proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation Technology (“CAST”) platform. The
Company’s patented and proprietary platform technology is combined with off-the-shelf technologies to provide systems that
are inexpensive, easy to operate and reliable. The Company’s wastewater treatment systems have global applications in aerospace,
food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper, petrochemical, refining, microchip and circuit board manufacturing,
heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater. The CAST platform technology is owned by its subsidiary, CASTion Corporation (“CASTion”).
The Company also
owns a patented pressurized oxycombustion technology that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural gas) and biomass
into electricity while producing near zero air emissions and removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form for sequestration
or beneficial reuse. This technology is intended to be used to build new or to retrofit old fossil fuel power plants globally with
near zero air emissions while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically than any other
competing technology. The pressurized oxycombustion
technology is held in the Company’s subsidiary, ThermoEnergy
Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”).
Principles of consolidation and basis
of presentation
The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year classifications.
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
The 15% third party ownership interest
in TEPS is recorded as a noncontrolling interest in the consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2010, the noncontrolling
interest in TEPS was immaterial to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenues using the
percentage of completion method. Under this approach, revenue is earned in proportion to total costs incurred in relation to total
costs expected to be incurred. Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and indirect costs related to contract
performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs and depreciation.
Recognition of revenue and profit is dependent
upon a number of factors, including the accuracy of a variety of estimates made at the balance sheet date such as engineering progress,
materials quantities, the achievement of milestones, penalty provisions, labor productivity and cost estimates made. Due to uncertainties
inherent in the estimation process, actual completion costs may vary from estimates. Changes in job performance, job conditions
and estimated profitability may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized beginning in the period in which they
become known. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which the estimated loss
first becomes known.
Certain long-term contracts include a number
of different services to be provided to the customer. The Company records separately revenues, costs and gross profit related to
each of these services if they meet the contract segmenting criteria in ASC 605-35. This policy may result in different interim
rates of profitability for each segment than if the Company had recognized revenues using the percentage-of-completion method based
on the project’s estimated total costs.
In circumstances when the Company cannot
estimate the final outcome of a contract, or when the Company cannot reasonably estimate revenue, the Company utilizes the percentage-of-completion
method based on a zero profit margin until more precise estimates can be made. If and when the Company can make more precise estimates,
revenues will be adjusted accordingly and recorded as a change in an accounting estimate. For the years ended December 31, 2011
and 2010, the Company has recorded one contract which represented approximately 5% and 35% of its revenues, respectively, utilizing
the percentage-of-completion method based on a zero profit margin.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Cash
The Company places its cash in highly rated
financial institutions, which are continually reviewed by senior management for financial stability. Effective December 31, 2010,
extending through December 31, 2012, all “noninterest-bearing transaction accounts” are fully insured, regardless of
the balance of the account. Generally the Company’s cash in interest-bearing accounts exceeds financial depository insurance
limits. However, the Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that its cash is not exposed to significant
credit risk.
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable are recorded at their
estimated net realizable value. Receivables related to the Company’s contracts have realization and liquidation periods of
less than one year and are therefore classified as current.
The Company maintains allowances for specific
doubtful accounts based on estimates of losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments and record these
allowances as a charge to general and administrative expense. The Company’s method for estimating its allowance for doubtful
accounts is based on judgmental factors, including known and inherent risks in the underlying balances, adverse situations that
may affect the customer’s ability to pay and current economic conditions. Amounts considered uncollectible are written off
based on the specific customer balance outstanding.
The following is a summary of the Company’s
allowance for doubtful accounts activity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
(in $000’s)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts, beginning of year
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
Bad debt expense
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Write-offs
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts, end of year
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
At December 31, 2011, one customer accounted
for 96% of the Company’s gross accounts receivable balance. For the year ended December 31, 2011, two customers each accounted
for more than 10% of the Company’s revenues and collectively accounted for 92% of total revenues. For the year ended December
31, 2010, three customers each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenues and collectively accounted for 96% of
total revenues.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of
cost or market using the first-in, first-out method and consist primarily of raw materials and supplies.
The Company evaluates its inventory for
excess quantities and obsolescence on an annual basis. In preparing our evaluation, we look at the expected demand for
our products for the next three to twelve months. Based on this evaluation, we establish and maintain a reserve so that
inventory is appropriately stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value.
Property and equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost
and are depreciated over the estimated useful life of each asset. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method.
The Company evaluates long-lived assets based on estimated future undiscounted net cash flows or other fair value measures whenever
significant events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If that evaluation
indicates that an impairment has occurred, a charge is recognized to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the undiscounted cash
flows or fair values of the asset, whichever is more readily determinable.
The Company recorded a loss of $62,000
on the disposal of property and equipment during 2011 in conjunction with relocating its corporate headquarters.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Contingencies
The Company accrues for costs relating
to litigation, including litigation defense costs, claims and other contingent matters, including liquidated damage liabilities,
when such liabilities become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates may be based on advice from third parties or on
management’s judgment, as appropriate. Revisions to payroll tax and other accruals are reflected in income in the period
in which different facts or information become known or circumstances change that affect the Company’s previous assumptions
with respect to the likelihood or amount of loss. Amounts paid upon the ultimate resolution of contingent liabilities may be materially
different from previous estimates and could require adjustments to the estimated liability to be recognized in the period
such new information becomes known.
Stock options
The Company accounts for stock options
in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”.
This topic requires that the cost of all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, be recognized
in the financial statements based on their fair values on the measurement date, which is generally the date of grant. Such
cost is recognized over the vesting period of the awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to
estimate the fair value of “plain vanilla” stock option awards.
Income taxes
The Company uses the liability method of
accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between
the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted rates and laws that will be in effect
when the deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets
is provided if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company recognizes
interest and penalties related to underpayments of income taxes as a component of interest and other expense on its Consolidated
Statement of Operations.
The Company estimates contingent income
tax liabilities based on the guidance for accounting for uncertain tax positions as prescribed in ASC Topic 740, “Income
Taxes.” We use a two-step process to assess each income tax position. We first determine whether it is more likely
than not that the income tax position will be sustained, based on technical merits, upon examination by the taxing authorities.
If the income tax position is expected to meet the more likely than not criteria, we then record the benefit in the financial statements
that equals the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon its ultimate settlement. At December 31,
2011 and 2010, there are no uncertain tax positions that require accrual.
The Company is subject to taxation
in the U.S. and various states. As of December 31, 2011 the Company’s tax years for 2008, 2009 and 2010 are subject
to examination by the tax authorities. With few exceptions, as of December 31, 2001, the Company is no longer subject to
U.S. federal, state or local examinations by tax authorities for years before 2008. Tax year 2007 was open as of December 31, 2010.
Fair value of financial instruments
and fair value measurements
The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable,
other current assets, accounts payable, short-term borrowings and other current liabilities in the consolidated financial statements
approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of those instruments. The carrying amount of the Company’s convertible
debt was $2,821,000 and $8,892,000 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and approximates the fair value of these instruments.
The Company’s warrant liabilities are recorded at fair value.
The Company's assets and liabilities carried
at fair value are categorized using inputs from the three levels of fair value hierarchy, as follows:
Level
1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level
2: Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable
market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level
3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the
liabilities.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Assets and liabilities measured at fair
value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 are as follows: (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
Description
|
|
Balance as of
December 31,
2011
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liability – current portion
|
|
$
|
706
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
706
|
|
Derivative liability – long-term portion
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
Assets and liabilities measured at fair
value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2010 are as follows: (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
Description
|
|
Balance as of
December 31,
2010
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liability – long-term portion
|
|
$
|
2,852
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,852
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
2,852
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,852
|
|
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in
the fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities classified as Level 3 (in thousands):
Balance at December 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
2,852
|
|
Issuance of warrants as derivative liabilities
|
|
|
3,928
|
|
Change in fair value
|
|
|
(3,936
|
)
|
Reclass of warrants to equity
|
|
|
(2,037
|
)
|
Balance at December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company determined the initial value of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and investor warrants using valuation
models it considers to be appropriate. Because the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock has an indefinite life, it is classified
within the stockholders’ deficiency section of the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. The value of beneficial conversion
features are considered a “deemed dividend” and are accounted for as a component of net loss attributable to common
stockholders on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Earnings (loss) per share
Basic earnings
(loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to the common stockholders (the
numerator) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding (the denominator) during the reporting periods.
Fully diluted earnings per share is computed by increasing the denominator by the weighted average number of additional shares
that could have been outstanding from securities convertible into common stock, such as stock options and warrants (using the “treasury
stock” method), and convertible preferred stock and debt (using the “if-converted” method), unless the effect
on net income per share is antidilutive. Under the “if-converted” method, convertible instruments are assumed to have
been converted as of the beginning of the period or when issued, if later.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Recent accounting pronouncements
In
May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements
in U.S. GAAP and IFRS,” which converges fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with fair value measurement
and disclosure guidance issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The amendments in the authoritative
guidance do not modify the requirements for when fair value measurements apply. The amendments generally represent clarifications
on how to measure and disclose fair value under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement.” The authoritative guidance is effective
prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption of the authoritative guidance
is not permitted.
The Company does not believe the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2011-04 in the Company’s fiscal
year beginning January 1, 2012 will have a material impact on its financial statements or disclosures.
Revision of prior period financial statements
The Company identified prior period
errors relating to the accounting for certain debt transactions. As part of the Company’s accounting for these
transactions under extinguishment accounting, the fair value of certain warrants issued as partial consideration for the
extinguishment of debt during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 was recorded as deemed dividends to preferred
shareholders instead of being separately valued and included as a component of the loss recognized on debt extinguishment.
These errors impacted the quarter ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2010.
In evaluating whether the Company’s
previously issued consolidated financial statements were materially misstated, the Company considered the guidance in Accounting
Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 250, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections,” ASC Topic 250-10-S99-1, “Assessing
Materiality,” and ASC Topic 250-10-S99-2, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements
in Current Year Financial Statements.” The Company concluded these errors were not material individually or in the aggregate
to any of the prior reporting periods, and therefore, amendments of previously filed reports were not required. As such, the revisions
for these corrections to the applicable prior periods are reflected in the financial information herein and will be reflected in
future filings containing such financial information.
The prior period financial statements included
in this filing have been revised to reflect the corrections of these errors, the effects of which have been provided in summarized
format below:
Revised consolidated balance sheet amounts
|
|
December 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
As Previously
Reported
|
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
As Revised
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
79,345
|
|
|
|
5,006
|
|
|
|
84,351
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(91,118
|
)
|
|
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
|
(96,124
|
)
|
Revised consolidated statement of operations amounts
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
As Previously
Reported
|
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
As Revised
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
$
|
(614
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,620
|
)
|
Total other expense
|
|
|
(2,201
|
)
|
|
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
|
(7,207
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(9,850
|
)
|
|
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(9,850
|
)
|
|
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(6,900
|
)
|
|
|
5,006
|
|
|
|
(1,894
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
|
(16,750
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(16,750
|
)
|
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Revised consolidated statement of stockholders’ deficiency amounts
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
As Previously
Reported
|
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
As Revised
|
|
Convertible debt and
accrued interest converted to Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock (791,668 shares at $2.40 per share)
|
|
$
|
1,900
|
|
|
$
|
5,006
|
|
|
$
|
6,906
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(9,850
|
)
|
|
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
|
(14,856
|
)
|
Revised consolidated statement of cash flows amounts
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
As Previously
Reported
|
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
As Revised
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(9,850
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,006
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14,856
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
|
5,006
|
|
|
|
5,620
|
|
Note 2: Management's consideration
of going concern matters
The Company has incurred net losses since
inception and will require substantial additional capital to continue commercialization of the Company’s power and water
technologies (the “Technologies”) and to fund the Company’s liabilities, which included accounts payable of $2.64
million, convertible debt of approximately $2.8 million, accrued payroll taxes of $599,000 (see Note 12), derivative liabilities
of $807,000 and approximately $1.4 million of other liabilities at December 31, 2011. In addition, the Company may be subject to
tax liens if it cannot satisfactorily settle the outstanding payroll tax liabilities and may also face criminal and/or civil action
with respect to the impact of the payroll tax matters (see Note 12). The consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, realizing assets and liquidating liabilities in the ordinary course
of business and do not reflect any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the aforementioned uncertainties. Management
is considering several alternatives for mitigating these conditions.
Management is actively seeking to raise
substantial working capital through additional equity or debt financing that will allow the Company to operate until it becomes
cash flow positive from operations. Management is also actively pursuing commercial contracts to generate operating revenue. Management
has determined that the financial success of the Company is primarily dependent upon the Company’s ability to collaborate
with financially sound third parties to pursue projects involving the Technologies.
Management has undertaken and successfully
completed a program to reduce the Company’s outstanding debt as follows:
As more fully described in Note 5, the
Company entered into Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements in January 2011 with the holders of the CASTion Notes originally
due May 31, 2010. As part of these agreements, the Company issued amended CASTion Notes that extended the maturity date until February
29, 2012.
As more fully described in Note 5,
on
February 25, 2011,
the Company entered into
a Note Extension and Amendment
Agreement
with the holders of the Company’s 2010 Bridge Notes. The
Note
Extension and Amendment Agreement
extended the maturity date of the 2010 Bridge Notes to February 29, 2012 and increased
the interest rate on these Notes from 3% per annum to 10%.
As more fully described in Note 5, the
Company entered into a Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement with certain investors on June 17, 2011 pursuant to which the
Company received proceeds totaling approximately $2.9 million. The Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement was amended on July
12, 2011 to provide for an additional $1.6 million of funding, bringing the total proceeds to approximately $4.5 million (the “2011
Bridge Loans”).
On July 1, 2011, the Company used approximately
$1.6 million of these proceeds to pay down the principal balance of the CASTion Notes as described above. Per the terms of the
CASTion Notes, as amended, in the event the Company makes any payments of principal or accrued interest on or before July 5, 2011,
an equal amount of such payment shall automatically convert into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share and Warrants for the purchase of the Company’s Common Stock equal to that number of
shares of the Company’s Common Stock determined by dividing 200% of the amount of principal and interest converted by $0.30.
Accordingly, on July 1, 2011, the Company issued 653,439 shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants for the
purchase of 10,455,024 shares of its Common Stock. As a result, the amended CASTion Notes were considered to be repaid in full.
Consequently, per the terms of the amended
2010 Bridge Loan Agreement, as described above, the repayment of the CASTion Notes triggered the Company’s right to convert
the entire outstanding balance of principal and interest on the 2010 Bridge Notes (approximately $4.5 million) into shares of Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company effected this conversion on August 11, 2011.
Also on August 11, 2011, upon satisfaction
of all of the conditions set forth in the 2011 Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement, the holders of the 2011 Bridge Loans
exercised all of the Warrants in accordance with the 2011 Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement and surrendered all of the
2011 Bridge Loans in payment of the exercise price for the purchase under the Warrants of an aggregate of 3,469,387 shares of Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $1.30 per share.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
As more fully described in Note 5, the
Company entered into a Bridge Loan Agreement with certain investors on December 2, 2011 pursuant to which the Company received
proceeds totaling $1.25 million.
As more fully
described in Note 6, on December 30, 2011,
the Company received proceeds totaling $2,436,000, net of
issuance costs, from the exercise of an aggregate of 27.7 million warrants at an exercise price of $0.095 per share.
As more fully
described in Note 6, on January 10, 2012,
the Company received proceeds totaling $498,000, net of issuance
costs, from the exercise of an aggregate of 5,633,344 warrants at an exercise price of $0.095 per share.
Note 3. Restatement and Condensed Quarterly Financial
Information (Unaudited)
2011 Quarterly Restatement
The unaudited quarterly financial information
for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 have been restated to correct errors in the
valuation of the Company’s derivative liabilities and accounting for certain financing transactions in those periods. These
errors in the Company’s financing transactions were caused by the Company incorrectly accounting for the amendment of its
CASTion Notes and its 2010 Bridge Notes as a debt modification instead of a debt extinguishment in the first quarter of 2011 (see
Note 5). The errors in the Company’s derivative liabilities were due to deficiencies in the Company’s valuation model
and methodology used to calculate the fair value of such liabilities in the first three quarters of 2011. These errors did not
have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010.
The impact of the errors on the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 is summarized below (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2011
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2011
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
$
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,296
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,296
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant expense
|
|
|
(1,799
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,799
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Derivative liability income (loss)
|
|
|
(653
|
)
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
403
|
|
|
|
3,963
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(2,042
|
)
|
|
|
(5,159
|
)
|
|
|
(2,042
|
)
|
|
|
(12,551
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(263
|
)
|
|
|
(220
|
)
|
|
|
(2,751
|
)
|
|
|
(1,124
|
)
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(6,344
|
)
|
|
|
(6,526
|
)
|
|
|
(11,871
|
)
|
|
|
(15,394
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(6,327
|
)
|
|
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
|
(11,814
|
)
|
|
|
(15,337
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(4,045
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4,271
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(10,372
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16,085
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,337
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.28
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.27
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
56,506,905
|
|
|
|
56,506,905
|
|
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
The impact of the errors on the Company’s consolidated
statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 is summarized below (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
$
|
(1,815
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,815
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,826
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,826
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liability income
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
820
|
|
|
|
1,056
|
|
|
|
3,523
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(147
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(7,392
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(1,027
|
)
|
|
|
(210
|
)
|
|
|
(2,488
|
)
|
|
|
(904
|
)
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
(182
|
)
|
|
|
(182
|
)
|
|
|
(269
|
)
|
|
|
(269
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(2,985
|
)
|
|
|
(1,534
|
)
|
|
|
(5,527
|
)
|
|
|
(8,868
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(2,958
|
)
|
|
|
(1,507
|
)
|
|
|
(5,487
|
)
|
|
|
(8,828
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(91
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(226
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(3,049
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,507
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,713
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8,828
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
56,738,188
|
|
|
|
56,738,188
|
|
|
|
56,323,824
|
|
|
|
56,323,824
|
|
The impact of the errors on the Company’s
consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 is summarized below (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
$
|
(2,011
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,011
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(7,245
|
)
|
Derivative liability income
|
|
|
1,017
|
|
|
|
2,703
|
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
(87
|
)
|
|
|
(87
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(1,461
|
)
|
|
|
(694
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(2,542
|
)
|
|
|
(7,334
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(2,529
|
)
|
|
|
(7,321
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(135
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(2,664
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7,321
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
55,848,585
|
|
|
|
55,848,585
|
|
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
The impact of the errors on the Company’s consolidated
balance sheets is summarized below (in thousands):
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
March 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
$
|
11,090
|
|
|
$
|
9,684
|
|
|
$
|
15,984
|
|
|
$
|
19,476
|
|
|
$
|
13,156
|
|
|
$
|
18,246
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders’ deficiency
|
|
$
|
(6,813
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,407
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11,653
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,145
|
)
|
|
$
|
(9,182
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14,272
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficiency
|
|
$
|
4,277
|
|
|
$
|
4,277
|
|
|
$
|
4,331
|
|
|
$
|
4,331
|
|
|
$
|
3,974
|
|
|
$
|
3,974
|
|
The errors as detailed above had no effect
on net cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities in any period. Within the operating activities section of the
consolidated statements of cash flows, the effect of the error on net loss in each period as summarized above was offset by an
equal change in non-cash items, a non-cash adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities. The Company
did not include consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficiency in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for any of the
three quarters of 2011.
Condensed Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)
The following table sets forth certain
unaudited quarterly financial information for fiscal 2010 and 2011. This data should be read together with the Company’s
consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company has
prepared the unaudited information on a basis consistent with its audited financial statements and has included all adjustments
of a normal and recurring nature, which, in the opinion of management, are considered necessary to fairly present the Company’s
revenue and operating expenses for the quarters presented. The Company’s historical operating results for any quarter are
not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.
|
|
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
|
|
March 31,
2010
|
|
|
June 30,
2010
|
|
|
September 30,
2010
|
|
|
December 31,
2010
|
|
|
March 31,
2011
|
|
|
June 30,
2011
|
|
|
September 30,
2011
|
|
|
December 31,
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Revised
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
1,160
|
|
|
$
|
253
|
|
|
$
|
641
|
|
|
$
|
820
|
|
|
$
|
948
|
|
|
$
|
1,434
|
|
|
$
|
1,193
|
|
|
$
|
2,008
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
1,170
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
|
612
|
|
|
|
876
|
|
|
|
967
|
|
|
|
1,280
|
|
|
|
1,073
|
|
|
|
1,859
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
(56
|
)
|
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
|
149
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
1,649
|
|
|
|
1,842
|
|
|
|
1,819
|
|
|
|
2,414
|
|
|
|
1,992
|
|
|
|
1.969
|
|
|
|
1,590
|
|
|
|
2,003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(1,659
|
)
|
|
|
(1,730
|
)
|
|
|
(1,790
|
)
|
|
|
(2,470
|
)
|
|
|
(2,011
|
)
|
|
|
(1,815
|
)
|
|
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
|
(1,854
|
)
|
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
(329
|
)
|
|
|
(3,852
|
)
|
|
|
(4,138
|
)
|
|
|
1,112
|
|
|
|
(5,323
|
)
|
|
|
281
|
|
|
|
(5,056
|
)
|
|
|
(138
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(1,988
|
)
|
|
|
(5,582
|
)
|
|
|
(5,928
|
)
|
|
|
(1,358
|
)
|
|
|
(7,334
|
)
|
|
|
(1,534
|
)
|
|
|
(6,526
|
)
|
|
|
(1,992
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(1,988
|
)
|
|
|
(5,582
|
)
|
|
|
(5,928
|
)
|
|
|
(1,358
|
)
|
|
|
(7,321
|
)
|
|
|
(1,507
|
)
|
|
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
|
(1,992
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,894
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(1,988
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,582
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7,822
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,358
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7,321
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,507
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,992
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted:
|
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
53,679,473
|
|
|
|
53,679,473
|
|
|
|
53,679,473
|
|
|
|
54,041,586
|
|
|
|
55,848,585
|
|
|
|
56,738,188
|
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
57,748,620
|
|
Note 4: Joint Venture
On February 25, 2009, the Company’s
subsidiary, TEPS, and Babcock Power Development, LLC (“BPD”), a subsidiary of Babcock Power, Inc., entered
into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) establishing Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Joint Venture”) for the purpose of developing its proprietary pressurized
oxycombustion technology. In 2011, the joint venture changed its name to Babcock-Thermo Clean Combustion LLC.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
TEPS entered into a license agreement with
the Joint Venture and BPD, pursuant to which it has granted to the Joint Venture an exclusive, irrevocable (except as otherwise
provided therein), world-wide and royalty-free license to TEPS’ intellectual property related to or necessary to practice
the pressurized oxycombustion technology (the “License”). In the LLC Agreement, BPD has agreed to
develop, at its own expense, intellectual property in connection with three critical subsystems relating to the pressurized oxycombustion
technology: a combustor subsystem, a steam generating heating surface subsystem, and a condensing heat exchangers subsystem (collectively,
the “Subsystems”) and BPD has entered into a license agreement with the Joint Venture and TEPS pursuant
to which it has granted the Joint Venture an exclusive, irrevocable (except as otherwise provided therein), world-wide, fully paid
up and royalty-free license to BPD’s know-how and other proprietary intellectual property related to or necessary to practice
the Subsystems.
Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, each of
ThermoEnergy Power Systems and BPD owned a 50% membership interest in the Joint Venture. The LLC Agreement provides
that each member may be required, from time to time, to make capital contributions to the Joint Venture to fund its operations. The
Company made capital contributions of $50,000 in 2009, $61,000 in 2010, and $400,000 in 2011.
The Company accounted for the Joint Venture
using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company reduced the value of its investment in the Joint Venture by $389,000
in 2011 and $74,000 in 2010 to account for its share of net losses incurred by the Joint Venture. The carrying value of the Company’s
investment in the Joint Venture is $32,000 and $37,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and is classified as Other
Assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
As further discussed in Note 13, on March
2, 2012, TEPS entered into a Dissolution Agreement with BPD to terminate the Limited Liability Company Agreement and dissolve the
Joint Venture. The BTCC Board of Managers is supervising the wind down and dissolution process.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Note 5: Convertible debt
Convertible debt consisted of the following
at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
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2011
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2010
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Convertible Promissory Note, 5%, due March 7, 2013, less discount of $78 in 2011 and $132 in 2010
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$
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860
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$
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762
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Convertible Promissory Note, 5%, due March 21, 2013, less discount of $181 in 2011 and $345 in 2010
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711
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504
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Convertible Promissory Notes, 12.5%, due December 31, 2012
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1,250
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—
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Convertible Promissory Notes, 10%, due February 29, 2012
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—
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5,380
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Convertible Bridge Notes, 10%, due February 29, 2012, net of discount of $496 in 2010
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—
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2,246
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2,821
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8,892
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Less: Current portion
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(1,250
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)
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$
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1,571
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$
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8,892
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March 21, 2007 Financing
On March 21, 2007 the Company issued to
Mr. Martin A. Roenigk, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors as of that date, a 5% Convertible Promissory Note due
March 21, 2013 in the principal amount of $750,000. The principal amount and accrued interest on the Note is convertible into shares
of common stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at any time at the election of the holder. As further consideration,
the Company issued a warrant to purchase 750,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the daily volume weighted
average price per share of the common stock for the 365-day period immediately preceding the date on which the warrant is exercised,
subject to a minimum exercise price of $0.50 per share and a maximum exercise price of $1.00 per share. The warrant expires on
March 21, 2013.
The Company estimated the fair value of
the warrant issued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and allocated $193,000 of the proceeds received to the warrant
on a relative fair value basis. In addition, the difference between the effective conversion price of the Note and the fair value
of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance resulted in a beneficial conversion feature amounting to $88,000, the
intrinsic value of the conversion feature on that date. The total debt discount of $281,000 is being amortized to interest expense
over the stated term of the Note.
Interest on the Note is payable semi-annually.
The Company may, at its discretion, defer any scheduled interest payment until the maturity date of the Note upon payment of a
$2,500 deferral fee. The Company added $188,000 and $144,000 of accrued interest to the principal balance of the Note
as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
March 7, 2008 Financing
On March 7, 2008, Mr. Roenigk exercised
his option to make an additional $750,000 investment in the Company under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement between
the Company and Mr. Roenigk dated March 21, 2007. The Company issued to Mr. Roenigk a 5% Convertible Promissory Note due March
7, 2013 in the principal amount of $750,000. The principal amount and accrued interest on the Note is convertible into shares of
common stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at any time at the election of the holder. As further consideration, the
Company issued a warrant to purchase 750,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the daily volume weighted average
price per share of the Company’s common stock for the 365-day period immediately preceding the date on which the warrant
is exercised, subject to a minimum exercise price of $0.50 per share and a maximum exercise price of $1.00 per share. The warrant
expires on March 7, 2014.
The Company estimated the fair value of
the warrant issued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and allocated $321,000 of the proceeds received to the warrant
on a relative fair value basis. In addition, the difference between the effective conversion price of the Note and the fair value
of the Company’s common stock on the date of issuance resulted in a beneficial conversion feature amounting to $429,000,
the intrinsic value of the conversion feature on that date. The total debt discount of $750,000 is being amortized to interest
expense over the stated term of the Note.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Interest on the Note is payable semi-annually.
The Company may, at its discretion, defer any scheduled interest payment until the maturity date of the Note upon payment of a
$2,500 deferral fee. The Company added $142,000 and $99,000 of accrued interest to the principal balance of the Note
as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
CASTion Minority Interest Financing
In January 2009, the Company issued Convertible
Promissory Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $351,614, originally due May 31, 2010,
as part of the consideration for the acquisition of the minority shareholders’ interest in CASTion. The Convertible Notes
were issued with the same terms and conditions as the Convertible Promissory Notes issued as part of the acquisition of CASTion
on July 2, 2007.
On October 20, 2010, in conjunction with
the settlement reached between former minority shareholders of CASTion and former majority shareholders of CASTion as discussed
in Note 12, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the former minority shareholders pursuant to which the former
minority shareholders converted notes plus accrued interest totaling $433,000 into 1,802,445 shares of the Company’s common
stock at a price of $0.24 per share.
CASTion Acquisition Financing
On July 2, 2007, the Company issued Convertible
Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,353,127 as part of the consideration for the acquisition of CASTion. The
outstanding principal and accrued interest are convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price
of $0.50 per share at any time at the holders’ discretion. The Notes contain conventional weighted-average anti-dilution
provisions for the adjustment of the conversion price of the Notes in the event the Company issues additional shares of Common
Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) at a price less than the then-effective exercise price or conversion price.
The Notes originally matured on May 31, 2010, and were in default, as the Company had not made required prepayments from a private
placement of equity that closed on December 18, 2007.
Interest on the Notes was payable semi-annually,
and the Company has the option of deferring interest payments and rolling the deferred amount into the principal amount of the
Notes. At December 31, 2010, deferred accrued interest amounts added to the principal balances of the Notes totaled $2,027,000.
A valuation discount of $313,425 was computed
on the Notes based on a fair market value interest rate of 10% compared to the stated rate of 6.5%, which was adjusted to 10% as
of November 30, 2007 in accordance with the terms of the Notes. The valuation discount resulted in a beneficial conversion feature
of $313,182, the intrinsic value of the conversion feature on that date. The total debt discount of $626,607 was amortized to interest
expense over the stated term of the Notes.
On January 7, 2011 the Company entered
into Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements (the “Agreements”) with the holders of the CASTion Notes (the “CASTion
Noteholders”). Pursuant to the Agreements, the Company (i) made payments totaling $1,144,336 against the outstanding balances
of the CASTion Notes; (ii) converted an aggregate of $902,710 in principal and accrued interest on the CASTion Notes into a total
of 376,129 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock; (iii) issued to the CASTion Noteholders warrants
for the purchase of an aggregate of 17,585,127 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share and an aggregate
of 6,018,065 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share ; (iv) made additional cash payments to the CASTion
Noteholders totaling $37,914; and (v) the CASTion Notes were amended and restated.
The amended and restated CASTion Notes
bore interest at the rate of 10% per annum, and the maturity date on the CASTion Notes was extended to February 29, 2012. Installment
payments (based on a 10-year amortization schedule) were due on the last day of each month beginning January 31, 2011. The restated
CASTion Notes were convertible, in whole or in part, at any time at the election of the CASTion Noteholders, into shares of the
Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. The restated CASTion Notes provided that,
in the event, on or before July 5, 2011, the Company made any payments of principal or accrued interest, then simultaneously with
the making of such payment a portion of the remaining principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the restated CASTion Notes in
an amount equal to the amount of such payment automatically converted into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. The restated CASTion Notes also provided that, in the event that (i) the closing price of
the Company’s Common Stock equaled or exceeded $0.72 per share for 20 consecutive trading days and (ii) the daily average
trading volume of the Company’s Common Stock exceeded 30,000 shares for 20 consecutive trading days, then the entire principal
amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, would automatically convert into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
The Company accounted for the restated
CASTion Notes as a debt extinguishment, as the present value of cash flows of the restated CASTion Notes was substantially different
than the present value under the original terms. The restructuring of the CASTion Notes resulted in the Company recording a loss
on extinguishment of debt of $7,361,000 in the first quarter of 2011.
On July 1, 2011, the Company exercised
its right to prepay a portion of the outstanding principal balance and accrued and unpaid interest on the restated CASTion Notes
by making payments in the aggregate amount of $1,568,267. These payments represent slightly in excess of 50% of the balance of
principal and accrued interest balance on the restated CASTion Notes. Accordingly, on July 1, 2011, the Company issued 653,439
shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants for the purchase of 10,455,024 shares of its Common Stock per the
terms of the restated CASTion Notes. As a result, the restated CASTion Notes are repaid in full.
The Company accounted for the repayment
and conversion of the restated CASTion Notes as a debt extinguishment, as the fair value of the instruments tendered was substantially
different than the carrying value of the restated CASTion Notes. The extinguishment of the CASTion Notes resulted in the Company
recording a loss on extinguishment of debt of $952,000 in the third quarter of 2011.
2010 Bridge Note Financing
On March 10, 2010, the Company entered
into a Bridge Loan Agreement with six of its principal investors (“the Investors”), all related parties, pursuant to
which the Investors agreed to make bridge loans to the Company of $2.6 million in exchange for 3% Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes (the “Bridge Notes”). The Bridge Notes bear interest at the rate of 3% per year and were due and payable
on February 28, 2011. The entire unpaid principal amount, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid under each Bridge
Note, is convertible, at the election of the holder, into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.24 per share.
The Bridge Notes contain other conventional
provisions, including the acceleration of repayment obligations upon the occurrence of certain specified Events of Default. The
Bridge Notes are secured by all of the Company’s assets except for the shares of the Company’s subsidiary, CASTion
Corporation (in which no security interest has been granted).
On June 30, 2010, the parties amended the
Bridge Loan Agreement pursuant to which the Investors agreed to increase by $2 million the amount of the bridge loans as provided
under the Bridge Loan Agreement. The new loans made under the amended Bridge Loan Agreement have been made on terms identical to
the original loans under the Bridge Loan Agreement. The Company has received proceeds totaling $4.6 million under the Bridge Loan
Agreement.
The Company calculated the difference between
the effective conversion price of the Bridge Note and the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of each date of issuance,
resulting in a total beneficial conversion feature of $3,053,000, representing the intrinsic value of the conversion feature on
the respective issuance dates. The value of the beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a discount on the Bridge Notes and
is amortized to interest expense over the stated term of the Bridge Notes.
On July 8, 2010, the
Company converted $1.9 million of 2010 Bridge Notes and accrued interest into 791,668 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, and the Company issued warrants to purchase 8.3 million shares of Common Stock at $0.24 per share. The
Company accounted for this conversion as a debt extinguishment, as the fair value of the consideration tendered was
substantially different than the carrying value of the converted Notes. The extinguishment of these Notes resulted in the
Company recording a loss on extinguishment of debt $5,620,000 in the third quarter of 2010.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
On February 25, 2011 the Company and the
Investors entered into Note Extension and Amendment Agreements amending the terms of the 2010 Bridge Notes. As amended, the “Amended
2010 Bridge Notes” bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum and mature on February 29, 2012. The Amended 2010 Bridge Notes
are convertible into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share at any time
at the election of the holders. In the event, prior to the maturity date of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes, the Company pays in
full the restated CASTion Notes as detailed above, then the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes shall convert, at the Company’s election,
into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. In the event that (i) the
closing price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $0.72 per share for 20 consecutive trading days and (ii) the
daily average trading volume of the Company’s Common Stock exceeds 30,000 shares for 20 consecutive trading days, then the
entire principal amount of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, shall automatically convert into
shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. Upon conversion of all or any
portion of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes, the Company will issue five-year warrants for the purchase, at an exercise price of $0.30
per share, of that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock determined by dividing (i) 200% of the amount of principal
and interest so converted by (ii) $0.30 (the “Warrants”). The Amended 2010 Bridge Notes contain other conventional
terms, including events of default upon the occurrence of which the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes become immediately due and payable.
The Company accounted for the amendment
of the 2010 Bridge Notes as a debt extinguishment, as the change in fair value of the embedded and beneficial conversion features
of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes was substantially different than the fair value under the original terms. The amendment of the
2010 Bridge Notes resulted in the Company recording a gain on extinguishment of debt of $327,000 in the first quarter of 2011.
As stated above, on July 1, 2011 the Company
repaid the entire principal balance of the restated CASTion Notes by making payments totaling $1,568,267 and converting the remaining
balance into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Per the terms of the amended 2010 Bridge Loan Agreement, as described
above, the repayment of the CASTion Notes triggered the Company’s right to convert the entire outstanding balance of principal
and interest on the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes (approximately $4.5 million) into shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
and five-year warrants for the purchase, at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, of that number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock determined by dividing (i) 200% of the amount of principal and interest so converted by (ii) $0.30 (the “Warrants”).
The Company effected this conversion on August 11, 2011, and as a result, the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes are repaid in full.
The Company accounted for the conversion
of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes as a debt extinguishment, as the fair value of the instruments tendered was substantially different
than the carrying value of the Amended 2010 Bridge Notes. The extinguishment of the CASTion Notes resulted in the Company recording
a loss on extinguishment of debt of $2,618,000 in the third quarter of 2011.
June 2011 Bridge Note Financing
On June 17, 2011 the Company entered into
a Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement (the “June 2011 Bridge Loan Agreement”) with six of its principal investors
(“the 2011 Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued Promissory Notes (the “June 2011 Bridge Notes”)
in exchange for proceeds of approximately $2.9 million. This Agreement was amended on July 12, 2011 to provide for an additional
$1.6 million of funding to the Company and the issuance of additional June 2011 Bridge Notes in such principal amount. The Company
used approximately $1.6 million of the proceeds from the issuance of the June 2011 Bridge Notes to pay down the principal balance
of the restated CASTion Notes as described above.
The June 2011 Bridge Notes were originally
payable on demand at any time on or after February 29, 2012 (the “Maturity Date”). They did not bear interest
until the Maturity Date and bore interest at the rate of 10% per annum from and after the Maturity Date. The 2011 Bridge
Notes may not be prepaid, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the 2011 Investors. The 2011 Investors
have agreed to surrender the June 2011 Bridge Notes in payment of the exercise price for warrants held by or issuable to them (the
“Warrants”) if and when the conditions to their amendment and exercise have been satisfied.
Pursuant to the June 2011 Bridge Loan Agreement,
the Company agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to amend the Warrants (i) to provide that they will be exercisable
for the purchase of shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Stock”) instead
of Common Stock (with the number of shares of the Series B Stock determined by dividing by ten (10) the number of shares of Common
Stock for which the Warrants are currently exercisable) and (ii) to change the exercise prices of all Warrants (which currently
range from $0.30 to $1.82 per share of Common Stock) to $1.30 per share of Series B Stock (the equivalent of $0.13 per Common-equivalent
share). The Investors agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to exercise all of the Warrants. The
principal amount of the June 2011 Bridge Notes was equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Warrants (after they are amended
as described above).
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Because the June 2011 Bridge Notes did
not bear interest, the Company calculated the present value of the June 2011 Bridge Notes using an imputed interest rate of 10%
and recorded imputed interest of $60,000 as a debt discount. The debt discount was amortized to interest expense.
On August 11, 2011, upon satisfaction of
all of the conditions set forth in the 2011 Bridge Note and Warrant Amendment Agreement, the Company reduced the exercise price
of the Warrants, and the holders of the June 2011 Bridge Notes exercised all of the Warrants and tendered all of the June 2011
Bridge Notes for the purchase of an aggregate of 3,469,387 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $1.30 per
share. As a result, the June 2011 Bridge Notes are repaid in full. As a result of the tender of the June 2011 Bridge Notes, the
Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1,799,000 in the third quarter of 2011.
December 2011 Bridge Note Financing
On December 2, 2011 the Company entered
into Bridge Loan Agreements with four of its principal investors pursuant to which the Investors agreed to make bridge loans to
the Company of $1.25 million in exchange for 12.5% Promissory Notes (the “December 2011 Bridge Notes”). The
December 2011 Bridge Notes bear interest at the rate of 12.5% per year and are due and payable on December 31, 2012. The entire
unpaid principal amount, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid under each December 2011 Bridge Note, is convertible
into shares of a future series of Preferred Stock.
The December 2011 Bridge Notes contain
other conventional provisions, including the acceleration of repayment obligations upon the occurrence of certain specified Events
of Default.
Note 6: Equity
On July 11, 2011 the Company received written
consents from stockholders representing 71.3% in voting power of the Company’s capital stock authorizing an amendment of
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation for the following purposes:
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to increase the total number of authorized
shares of stock to 455,000,000 shares, of which 425,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock and 30,000,000 shares shall be Preferred
Stock, with 208,334 shares of the Preferred Stock designated “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, 12,000,000 shares
of the Preferred Stock designated “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” and the remaining shares undesignated; and
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to modify the definition of “Additional
Stock” (as set forth in Section 6(g)(ii) of the Description of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock attached as Exhibit A
to the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on November 18, 2009 (the “Series B Terms”)) to exclude any shares of Common Stock issued or deemed issued in a transaction
or series of related transactions approved by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
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The Company filed a Certificate of Amendment
to its Certificate of Incorporation to effect the amendment on August 11, 2011.
Common Stock
During 2010, the Company received 50,000
shares of its Common Stock from a former officer as payment for medical benefits under COBRA regulations. These shares are held
as Treasury Stock and are recorded at $18,000, which represents the cost of benefits provided.
The Company issued 600,000 shares of Common
Stock valued at $114,000 and 200,000 shares of Common Stock valued at $54,000 during 2011 and 2010, respectively, for services.
As discussed in Note 5, on October 20,
2010, the Company converted notes plus accrued interest totaling $433,000 into 1,802,445 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
at a price of $0.24 per share.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
In March 2011, an investor of the Company
converted 100,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock into 1 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock. In
May 2011, an investor of the Company converted 18,518 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock into 185,180 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock.
On December 30,
2011,
the Company entered into Warrant Amendment Agreements (the “Agreements”) with 21 individuals
and entities who acquired warrants from five funds affiliated with Security Investors, LLC for the purchase of an aggregate of
27.7 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock (collectively, the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Agreements,
the Company amended the Warrants to change the exercise prices from $0.30 per share to $0.095 per share, and the Investors agreed
to exercise all of the Warrants immediately for cash. The Company received proceeds totaling $2,436,000, net of issuance costs,
from the exercise of the Warrants.
At December 31, 2011, approximately 236
million shares of Common Stock were reserved for future issuance under convertible debt and warrant agreements, stock option arrangements
and other commitments.
Preferred Stock
As of December 31, 2011, the Company has
208,334 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding, which is held by a single investor. Each share of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into one share of the Company’s Common Stock and has a liquidation value of $1.20
per share.
The Company designated and began issuing
shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in 2009. Each share of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
is convertible, at any time at the discretion of the holder, into ten shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Except with respect
to the election of the Board of Directors, holders of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock will vote on an as-converted basis together
with the Common Stock holders on all matters. The Company’s Board of Directors consists of seven members, four of whom are
elected by holders of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (three to be designated by Quercus and one by Robert
S. Trump) and three by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock.
As discussed in Note 5, on July 8, 2010,
in conjunction with receiving a Notice to Proceed on its contract with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection,
the Company converted $1.9 million of principal and interest on its 2010 Bridge Notes into 791,668 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock and warrants for the purchase of 8.3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of
$0.30 per share.
On August 9, 2010 the Company issued to
certain investors a total of 2,083,334 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a purchase price of
$2.40 per share and warrants to purchase up to 33,333,344 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30
per share. The total proceeds to the Company, net of issuance costs, was $4,625,000.
The Warrants may be exercised at any time
on or before August 10, 2015, subject to the Company’s right to accelerate the expiration date in the event the closing price
for the Company’s Common Stock exceeds 200% of the closing price on August 9, 2010 for a period of 30 consecutive trading
days. The Warrants contains other conventional terms, including provisions for cashless exercise and for adjustment in the Exercise
Price and/or the securities issuable upon exercise in the event of certain specified extraordinary corporate events, such as stock
splits, combinations, and stock dividends.
The Company estimated the fair value
of the warrants issued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and allocated proceeds received to the warrant on
a relative fair value basis. The Company then calculated a beneficial conversion value of $1,894,000 related to the Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock based on its allocated fair value. Because the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
is convertible at any time at the investor’s option, the value of the beneficial conversion feature is considered a
“deemed dividend” to the investors of the Preferred Stock as of the date of issuance and increases the net loss
attributable to common shareholders on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
As stated in Note 5, on July 1, 2011 the
Company repaid the entire principal balance of the restated CASTion Notes by making payments totaling $1,568,267 and converting
the remaining balance into 653,439 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase a total of 10,455,424
shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
Per the terms of the amended 2010 Bridge
Loan Agreement, as described in Note 4 above, the repayment of the CASTion Notes triggered the conversion of the entire outstanding
balance of principal and interest on the 2010 Bridge Notes. As a result, on August 11, 2011 the Company converted principal and
accrued interest totaling $2,932,108 into 1,221,707 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 19,547,385
shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
As stated in Note 5, on August 11, 2011,
upon satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in the 2011 Bridge Note and Warrant Amendment Agreement, the holders of the
June 2011 Bridge Notes exercised all of the Warrants in accordance with the Agreement and surrendered all of the June 2011 Bridge
Notes for the purchase under the Warrants of an aggregate of 3,469,387 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a price
of $1.30 per share.
Stock Options
The Company’s 1997 Stock Option Plan
(the “Plan”) provided for incentive and non-incentive stock options for an aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock
for key employees and non-employee Directors of the Company. The Plan, which expired on December 31, 2007, provided that the exercise
price of each option must be at least equal to 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The Plan
contained automatic grant provisions for non-employee Directors of the Company.
The ThermoEnergy Corporation 2008 Incentive
Stock Plan (the “2008 Plan”) provides for the granting of non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation
rights (“SAR”) and incentive stock options for officers, employees, non-employee members of the Board of Directors,
consultants and other service providers. Options may not be granted at an exercise price less than the fair market value
of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant and the term of the options may not be in excess of ten years.
The Company has reserved 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 2008 Plan.
Although the granting of awards under the
2008 Plan is generally at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, the 2008 Plan provides for automatic
grants of stock options to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors. Each non-employee Director who is elected or appointed
to the Board for the first time shall automatically be granted a non-qualified stock option to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock. Thereafter, at each subsequent Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each non-employee Director who is re-elected
to the Board of Directors or continues to serve a term that has not expired will receive a non-qualified stock option grant
to purchase an additional 30,000 shares. All options granted to non-employee Directors vest and become fully exercisable on the
date of the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders occurring after the end of the fiscal year of the Company during which such option
was granted and shall have a term of ten years.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
The following table presents non-cash stock
option expense included in expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31,
2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
24
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
769
|
|
|
|
1,752
|
|
Engineering, research and development
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
177
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
|
113
|
|
Option expense before tax
|
|
|
1,002
|
|
|
|
2,066
|
|
Income tax benefit
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net option expense
|
|
$
|
1,002
|
|
|
$
|
2,066
|
|
During 2011, the Board of Directors awarded
officers, employees, and various members of the Board of Directors a total of 3,320,000 stock options. The options are
exercisable at exercise prices ranging from $0.15 to $0.30 per share for a ten year period. The exercise price was equal to or
greater than the market price on the respective grant dates during the year.
During 2010, the Board of Directors awarded
officers, employees, and various members of the Board of Directors a total of 13,659,102 stock options. The options
are exercisable at exercise prices ranging from $0.30 to $0.35 per share for a ten year period. The exercise price was equal to
or greater than the market price on the respective grant dates during the year.
The fair value of options granted during
2011 and 2010 were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
2.0% - 3.5
|
%
|
|
|
2.5% - 3.8
|
%
|
Expected option life (years)
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
91% - 92
|
%
|
|
|
80% - 97
|
%
|
Expected dividend rate
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
A summary of the Company’s stock
option activity and related information for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 follows:
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Price per
Share
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Price per
Share
|
|
Outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
22,065,402
|
|
|
$
|
0.57
|
|
|
|
11,203,800
|
|
|
$
|
1.18
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
3,320,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.27
|
|
|
|
13,659,102
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Canceled and expired
|
|
|
(5,711,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.99
|
|
|
|
(2,797,500
|
)
|
|
$
|
1.92
|
|
Outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
19,674,102
|
|
|
$
|
0.38
|
|
|
|
22,065,402
|
|
|
$
|
0.57
|
|
Vested and exercisable, end of year
|
|
|
9,393,283
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
|
9,746,061
|
|
|
$
|
0.91
|
|
The weighted average grant date fair value
of options granted were $0.21 per share and $0.23 per share for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The total
fair value of options vested were approximately $958,000 and $885,000 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Exercise prices for options outstanding
as of December 31, 2010 ranged from $0.15 to $1.50. The weighted average remaining contractual life of those options was approximately
7.9 years at December 31, 2011. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options vested and exercisable was approximately
7.4 years at December 31, 2011.
As of December 31, 2011, there was $1,056,000
of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company’s
stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.0 year. The
Company recognizes stock-based compensation on the straight-line method.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Warrants
At December 31, 2011, there were outstanding
warrants for the purchase of 83,695,444 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.01 per share to $1.50
per share (weighted average exercise price was $0.39 per share). The expiration dates of outstanding warrants as of December 31,
2011 are as follows:
Expiration
|
|
Warrants
Outstanding
|
|
2012
|
|
|
19,720,910
|
|
2013
|
|
|
8,896,554
|
|
2014
|
|
|
6,345,601
|
|
2015
|
|
|
11,822,223
|
|
2016 and later
|
|
|
36,910,156
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
83,695,444
|
|
Note 7: Derivative Liabilities
The Company has periodically issued Common
Stock purchase warrants with anti-dilution provisions as additional consideration with certain debt instruments. Additionally,
certain debt instruments have been convertible into shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which are
convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock and have anti-dilution provisions and liquidation preferences. Because
these instruments contain provisions that are not indexed to the Company’s stock, the Company is required to record these
as derivative instruments.
As of December 31, 2009 the fair value
of the Company’s derivative liabilities was $2,559,000. The fair value as of December 31, 2009 was determined based on the
Black-Scholes valuation model. Effective January 1, 2010, the Company uses a binomial lattice model to more accurately reflect
the circumstances that could affect the valuation of these warrants. The Company re-measured its warrant liability using the binomial
lattice model as of December 31, 2009 using the same assumptions as originally used in the Black-Scholes model, including a suboptimal
exercise factor of 1.25. The difference in the fair value of these derivative liabilities using the binomial lattice model did
not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The increase in fair value of the Company’s
derivative liabilities resulted in an expense of $293,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The expense results primarily from
a reduction in the exercise price of certain warrants from $0.50 per share and $0.36 per share to $0.30 per share, partially offset
by the passage of time.
The fair value of these derivative liabilities
as of December 31, 2010 was $2,852,000. The binomial lattice model was used to determine the fair values. The significant assumptions
used were: exercise prices between $0.30 and $0.50; the Company’s stock price on December 31, 2010, $0.26; expected volatility
of 91.5%; risk free interest rate between 0.15% and 0.98%; a remaining contract term between 2 and 5 years; and a suboptimal exercise
factor of 1.25.
During 2011, as part of the amendments
to its CASTion Notes and 2010 Bridge Notes as discussed in Note 5, the Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a rate of $2.40 per share at any time at the discretion of the Noteholder. As discussed
in Note 6, the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 10 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock also contains anti-dilution provisions that allow for a reduction on the conversion price
in the event of a future financing at an exercise price lower than the conversion price of the Preferred Stock. The Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock also contains liquidation preferences to the holder. Because these provisions in the Series B Stock are not indexed
to the Company’s Common Stock, the value of these conversion features must be bifurcated and treated as derivative liabilities.
As a result, the Company recorded derivative liabilities totaling $4,306,000 in the first quarter of 2011.
The decrease in fair value of the Company’s
derivative liabilities resulted in income of $3,936,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011. The income results primarily from
the passage of time and decreases in the Company’s stock price.
The fair value of these derivative liabilities
as of December 31, 2011 was $807,000, of which warrants with an aggregate value $706,000 expire in one year or less and are classified
as current liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The lattice model was used to determine the fair values.
The significant assumptions used were: exercise prices between $0.185 and $0.36; the Company’s stock price on December 31,
2011, $0.19; expected volatility of 82.9%; risk free interest rate between 0.12% and 0.25%; a remaining contract term between 1
and 2 years; and a suboptimal exercise factor of 1.25.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Note 8: Related party transactions
The Company has an 85% ownership interest
in ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TEPS”) for the purpose of transferring the
Company’s rights and interests in its pressurized oxycombustion technology. Alexander Fassbender, former Executive Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer, as the inventor of the technology, has a 7.5% ownership interest, and the remaining 7.5% is owned
by an unrelated third party.
As discussed in Note 4, on February
25, 2009, TEPS and Babcock Power Development, LLC (“BPD”), a subsidiary of Babcock Power,
Inc., entered into a joint venture establishing Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
for the purpose of developing and commercializing TEPS’s proprietary pressurized oxycombustion technology. The BTCC
Board of Managers is supervising the wind down and dissolution process.
The Company has employment agreements with
each of its senior officers that specify base compensation, minimum annual increases and lump sum payment amounts in the event
of a change in control of the Company.
See Notes 5 and 6 for additional related
party transactions.
Note 9: Income taxes
A valuation allowance equal to the total
of the Company's net deferred tax assets has been recognized for financial reporting purposes. The net changes in the valuation
allowance were decreases of approximately $1.9 million and increases of $1.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2011 and
2010, respectively. The Company's deferred tax liabilities are not significant.
Significant components of the Company's
deferred tax assets are as follows as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
$
|
19,720
|
|
|
$
|
16,729
|
|
Contingent liability reserves
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
|
224
|
|
Stock options and warrants
|
|
|
1,973
|
|
|
|
5,590
|
|
Valuation discount
|
|
|
(99
|
)
|
|
|
1,371
|
|
Other
|
|
|
165
|
|
|
|
222
|
|
|
|
|
21,917
|
|
|
|
24,136
|
|
Valuation allowance – deferred tax assets
|
|
|
(21,917
|
)
|
|
|
(24,136
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
A reconciliation of income tax expense
(benefit) at the statutory rate to income tax expense at the Company's effective rate is shown below for the years ended December
31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computed at statutory rate (34%)
|
|
$
|
(5,911
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,349
|
)
|
(Decrease) increase in valuation allowance for deferred tax assets
|
|
|
(2,220
|
)
|
|
|
1,336
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
4,267
|
|
|
|
209
|
|
Stock and stock options
|
|
|
3,745
|
|
|
|
757
|
|
Derivative liabilities
|
|
|
(1,338
|
)
|
|
|
100
|
|
Valuation discount
|
|
|
1,558
|
|
|
|
763
|
|
Non-deductible items and other
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
184
|
|
Benefit for income taxes
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
At December 31, 2011, the Company
has net operating loss carryforwards, which expire in various amounts during 2012 through 2031, of approximately
$51.9 million. The Internal Revenue Code provides for limitations on the use of net operating loss carryforwards
for acquired entities. The Company’s annual limitation for the use of CASTion’s net operating loss carryforwards
for periods prior to the date of acquisition for income tax reporting purposes is approximately $300,000. As further
discussed in Note 12, the Company has agreed, in conjunction with the Offer in Compromise accepted by the IRS in March 2011,
that any net operating losses sustained for the years ending December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012 will not be claimed
as deductions under the provisions of Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code except to the extent that such net operating
losses exceed the amount of interest and penalties abated, which totaled $2,263,000.
Note 10: Employee benefit plans
The Company has adopted an Employee Stock
Ownership Plan. However, as of December 31, 2011, the Plan had not been funded nor submitted to the Internal Revenue Service for
approval. The Company has a 401(k) Plan, but no employer contributions have been made to date.
Note 11: Segments
Operating segments are identified as components
of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available to the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making
group, in assessing performance and allocating resources. As stated in Note 1, the Company markets and develops advanced municipal
and industrial wastewater treatment and carbon reducing clean energy technologies. The Company currently generates a large majority
of its revenues from the sale and application of its water treatment technologies. Revenues from its clean energy technologies
have been limited to grants received from governmental and other agencies for continued development. In 2009, the Company established
Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture, LLC, a joint venture with Babcock Power Development, LLC, for the purpose of developing and commercializing
the Company’s clean energy technology. Separate disclosure of financial information related to the Company’s clean
energy technologies is not required, as all operating activity is captured in the Company’s joint venture. The financial
information presented in these financial statements represents all the material financial information related to the Company’s
water treatment technologies.
The Company’s operations are currently
conducted solely in the United States. The Company will continue to evaluate how its business is managed and, as necessary, adjust
the segment reporting accordingly.
Note 12: Commitments and contingencies
In October 2011, the Company amended its
lease on its primary facility in Worcester, MA with an unaffiliated third party to expand from approximately 19,200 square feet
to approximately 48,000 square feet of space and to extend its lease until January 2017. The following table summarizes the
Company’s operating lease commitments on its primary facility at December 31, 2011: (in thousands)
Payments due in:
|
|
Amount
|
|
2012
|
|
$
|
168
|
|
2013
|
|
|
173
|
|
2014
|
|
|
178
|
|
2015
|
|
|
183
|
|
2016 and later
|
|
|
204
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
906
|
|
On March 25, 2011, the Company was notified
by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that it had accepted the Company’s Offer in Compromise with respect to its tax liabilities
relating to (i) employee tax withholding for all periods commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and continuing through
September 30, 2009 and (ii) federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) for the years 2005 through 2008 that were not paid by the Company’s
former Chief Financial Officer. Pursuant to the Offer in Compromise, it has agreed to satisfy its delinquent tax liabilities by
paying a total of $2,134,636 (representing the aggregate amount of tax due, without interest or penalties). As of December 31,
2011, the Company has made payments totaling $1,958,000; a remaining balance of $176,636 was paid in January 2012. In connection
with the Offer in Compromise, the Company has agreed that any net operating losses sustained for the years ending December 31,
2010 through December 31, 2012 will not be claimed as deductions under the provisions of Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code
except to the extent that such net operating losses exceed the amount of interest and penalties abated. The IRS acceptance of the
Offer in Compromise is conditioned, among other things, on the Company filing and paying all required taxes for five tax years
commencing on the date of the IRS acceptance.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010
Accrued payroll taxes, which includes penalties
and interest related to state taxing authorities, totaled $599,000 as of December 31, 2011. The Company continues to work with
the various state taxing authorities to settle its remaining payroll tax obligations.
In April 2010, a group representing former
minority shareholders of CASTion Corporation (“CASTion”) (“the Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint in the Suffolk
County, Massachusetts Superior Court against CASTion’s former majority shareholders (the “Defendants”) alleging
claims arising out of the Defendants’ sale to the Company of their shares of capital stock and other securities of CASTion.
The Defendants threatened to file a third party complaint against the Company (and others) alleging, among other things, that the
Company breached an obligation to the Defendants in not extending to the Plaintiffs an offer to purchase the CASTion securities
held by them in a timely manner.
On October 20, 2010 the Company, the Plaintiffs
and the Defendants entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement”) resolving all matters related to the Complaint.
As part of the Settlement, the Company agreed to pay $66,000 to the Defendants; issue 55,554 shares of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock to the Defendants; amend the terms of the Company’s Convertible Notes with the Plaintiffs to reduce the conversion
price of the Notes from $0.50 per share to $0.24 per share (which were immediately converted into Common Stock; see CASTion Minority
Interest Financing section of Note 4), modify the exercise price of certain warrants held by the Plaintiffs from $0.50 per share
to $0.24 per share, and issue to the Defendants additional warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock. Total expense
related to the Settlement totaled $600,000 and was recorded in general and administrative expense on the Company’s Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2010.
On
April 21, 2010, Alexander G. Fassbender, the Company’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (“Fassbender”),
filed a Complaint in the Fairfax County, Virginia Circuit Court alleging that his employment had been terminated in breach of his
employment agreement and claiming damages in the aggregate amount of approximately $1 million, including unpaid salary, reimbursement
of expenses, and other payments under his employment agreement. On April 7, 2011, the two parties entered into a settlement
agreement through which, in exchange for mutual releases, the Company agreed to pay Fassbender a total of $400,000 in monthly installments
of $16,667 per month over a two-year period. The Company issued a non-interest bearing note to Fassbender for these
payments. In addition, Fassbender agreed to tender all outstanding stock options to the Company in exchange for an equal
number of warrants. The warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $0.24 per share and have a five-year term.
In addition to the matters described above,
the Company is involved from time to time in litigation incidental to the conduct of its business. Judgments could be rendered
or settlements entered that could adversely affect the Company’s operating results or cash flows in a particular period.
The Company routinely assesses all of its litigation and threatened litigation as to the probability of ultimately incurring a
liability and records its best estimate of the ultimate loss in situations where it assesses the likelihood of loss as probable.
Note 13: Subsequent events
On January 10,
2012,
the Company entered into additional Warrant Amendment Agreements (the “Agreements”)
with 6 individuals who acquired warrants from five funds affiliated with Security Investors, LLC for the purchase of an aggregate
of 5,633,344 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Pursuant to the Agreements, the Company amended the Warrants to change
the exercise prices from $0.30 per share to $0.095 per share, and the Investors agreed to exercise all of the Warrants immediately
for cash. The Company received proceeds totaling $498,000, net of issuance costs, from the exercise of the Warrants.
On March 2, 2012, the Company entered into
a Dissolution Agreement with Babcock Power, Inc. to terminate the Limited Liability Company Agreement dated February 25, 2009 of
Babcock-Thermo Clean Combustion, LLC and dissolve BTCC, the joint venture which the Company and Babcock had organized for the
purpose of developing and commercializing the Company’s pressurized oxycombustion technology. Pursuant to the LLC Agreement,
and as confirmed by the Dissolution Agreement, the exclusive license of the Company’s pressurized oxycombustion technology
to BTCC has been terminated. The parties remain bound by the Master Non-Disclosure Agreement (the “Master Non-Disclosure
Agreement”) entered into in connection with the organization of BTCC, which imposes on all parties continuing confidentiality
obligations. The BTCC Board of Managers is supervising the wind down and dissolution process.
On March 8, 2012 the Company announced
the formation of Unity Power Alliance (“UPA”). UPA was formed to work with partners and stakeholders to develop and
commercialize its pressurized oxycombustion technology, and will seek the involvement of other major firms and organizations with
an interest in promoting the technology.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF AND FOR THE THREE- AND NINE-MONTH
PERIODS
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(unaudited)
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and par value
amounts)
|
|
September
30,
2012
|
|
|
December 31,
2011
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
528
|
|
|
$
|
3,056
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
1,343
|
|
|
|
4,228
|
|
Costs in excess of billings
|
|
|
515
|
|
|
|
132
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
167
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
445
|
|
|
|
262
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
328
|
|
Total Current Assets
|
|
|
3,086
|
|
|
|
8,173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
705
|
|
|
|
544
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|
72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
$
|
3,852
|
|
|
$
|
8,789
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$
|
2,206
|
|
|
$
|
2,640
|
|
Convertible debt, net - current portion
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
Billings in excess of costs
|
|
|
3,338
|
|
|
|
5,131
|
|
Derivative liabilities, current portion
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
706
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
1,927
|
|
|
|
1,833
|
|
Total Current Liabilities
|
|
|
8,762
|
|
|
|
11,560
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long Term Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liabilities
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
101
|
|
Convertible debt, net
|
|
|
1,818
|
|
|
|
1,571
|
|
Other long term liabilities
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
|
160
|
|
Total Long Term Liabilities
|
|
|
4,304
|
|
|
|
1,832
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities
|
|
|
13,066
|
|
|
|
13,392
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' Deficiency:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value: authorized: 20,000,000 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, liquidation value of $1.20 per share: designated: 208,334 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011; issued and outstanding: 208,334 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $2.40 per share: designated: 12,000,000 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011; issued and outstanding: 11,664,993 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
Common Stock, $0.001 par value: authorized: 425,000,000 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011; issued: 116,823,372 shares at September 30, 2012 and 85,167,098 shares at December 31, 2011; outstanding: 116,689,575 shares at September 30, 2012 and 85,033,301 shares at December 31, 2011
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
85
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
110,026
|
|
|
|
108,727
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(119,455
|
)
|
|
|
(113,510
|
)
|
Treasury stock, at cost: 133,797 shares at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Total ThermoEnergy Corporation Stockholders’ Deficiency
|
|
|
(9,211
|
)
|
|
|
(4,597
|
)
|
Noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
Total Stockholders’ Deficiency
|
|
|
(9,214
|
)
|
|
|
(4,603
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
|
|
$
|
3,852
|
|
|
$
|
8,789
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
In thousands, except share and per share
amounts
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated –
See Note 4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated –
See Note 4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
2,032
|
|
|
$
|
1,193
|
|
|
$
|
5,620
|
|
|
$
|
3,575
|
|
Less: cost of revenue
|
|
|
2,031
|
|
|
|
1,073
|
|
|
|
5,238
|
|
|
|
3,321
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
|
382
|
|
|
|
254
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
1,035
|
|
|
|
897
|
|
|
|
3,951
|
|
|
|
3,592
|
|
Engineering, research and development
|
|
|
160
|
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
363
|
|
|
|
259
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
598
|
|
|
|
561
|
|
|
|
2,188
|
|
|
|
1,699
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
|
1,590
|
|
|
|
6,502
|
|
|
|
5,550
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(1,792
|
)
|
|
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
|
(6,120
|
)
|
|
|
(5,296
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities
|
|
|
574
|
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
1,100
|
|
|
|
3,963
|
|
Other derivative expense
|
|
|
(565
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(565
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(5,159
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(12,551
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(109
|
)
|
|
|
(220
|
)
|
|
|
(374
|
)
|
|
|
(1,124
|
)
|
Equity in income (loss) of joint ventures
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(1,868
|
)
|
|
|
(6,526
|
)
|
|
|
(5,945
|
)
|
|
|
(15,394
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
$
|
(1,868
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,943
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,337
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.27
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
111,015,893
|
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
97,509,352
|
|
|
|
56,506,905
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated –
See Note 4)
|
|
Operating Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(5,945
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,394
|
)
|
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense
|
|
|
719
|
|
|
|
757
|
|
Equity in (income) losses of joint ventures
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
386
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities
|
|
|
(1,100
|
)
|
|
|
(3,963
|
)
|
Other derivative expense
|
|
|
565
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
12,551
|
|
Common stock issued for services
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Non-cash interest added to debt
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
|
245
|
|
Loss on disposal of equipment
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
|
62
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
Amortization of discount on convertible debt
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
|
592
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash arising from changes in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
2,885
|
|
|
|
816
|
|
Costs in excess of billings
|
|
|
(383
|
)
|
|
|
(329
|
)
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(118
|
)
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
Deposits
|
|
|
(183
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
248
|
|
|
|
(854
|
)
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(434
|
)
|
|
|
1,098
|
|
Billings in excess of costs
|
|
|
(1,793
|
)
|
|
|
1,354
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
(1,023
|
)
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(74
|
)
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(5,087
|
)
|
|
|
(3,672
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in joint ventures
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
(400
|
)
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(134
|
)
|
|
|
(127
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(235
|
)
|
|
|
(527
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants, net of issuance costs of $38
|
|
|
498
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs of $265
|
|
|
2,296
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of short-term borrowings
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4,510
|
|
Payments on convertible debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2,803
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
2,794
|
|
|
|
1,707
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in cash
|
|
|
(2,528
|
)
|
|
|
(2,492
|
)
|
Cash, beginning of period
|
|
|
3,056
|
|
|
|
4,299
|
|
Cash, end of period
|
|
$
|
528
|
|
|
$
|
1,807
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest added to debt
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
153
|
|
Conversion and tender of convertible debt and accrued interest to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock warrants
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
14,138
|
|
Tender of Roenigk 2007 and 2008 Convertible Promissory Notes in exchange for Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory Note
|
|
$
|
1,877
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Debt premium recognized on convertible debt
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(131
|
)
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Note 1: Organization and summary
of significant accounting policies
Nature of business
ThermoEnergy Corporation (“the Company”)
was incorporated in January 1988 for the purpose of developing and marketing advanced municipal and industrial wastewater treatment
and carbon reducing power generation technologies.
The Company’s
wastewater treatment systems are based on its proprietary Controlled Atmosphere Separation Technology (“CAST”) platform. The
Company’s patented and proprietary platform technology is combined with off-the-shelf technologies to provide systems that
are inexpensive, easy to operate and reliable. The Company’s wastewater treatment systems have global applications in hydraulic
fracturing (“fracking”) in the oil and gas industry, food and beverage processing, metal finishing, pulp & paper,
petrochemical, refining, microchip and circuit board manufacturing, heavy manufacturing and municipal wastewater. The CAST platform
technology is owned by the Company’s subsidiary, CASTion Corporation (“CASTion”).
The Company also
owns a patented pressurized oxycombustion technology (“POXC”) that converts fossil fuels (including coal, oil and natural
gas) and biomass into electricity while producing near zero air emissions and removing and capturing carbon dioxide in liquid form
for sequestration or beneficial reuse. This technology is intended to be used to build new or to retrofit old fossil fuel power
plants globally with near zero air emissions while capturing carbon dioxide as a liquid for ready sequestration far more economically
than any other competing technology. The pressurized oxycombustion
technology is held in the Company’s subsidiary,
ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC (“TEPS”).
Principles of consolidation and basis
of presentation
The consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. The 15% third-party ownership interest in TEPS is recorded as a noncontrolling interest in the
consolidated financial statements. Financial results for Unity Power Alliance (“UPA”) have been consolidated for
the period from inception until the date it became a Joint Venture. Accordingly, the Company includes approximately $129,000
of sales and marketing expense related to UPA on its Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2012. Financial results for UPA as a Joint Venture are accounted for under the equity method, as discussed in
Note 5. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year classifications.
The accompanying unaudited financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)
for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly,
they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have
been included. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results
that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012.
The preparation of these unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The balance sheet at December 31, 2011
has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required
by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 of ThermoEnergy Corporation.
The Company has restated its unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011. See Note 4.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenues using the
percentage-of-completion method. Under this approach, revenue is earned in proportion to total costs incurred in relation to total
costs expected to be incurred. Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and indirect costs related to contract
performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs and depreciation.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Recognition of revenue and profit is dependent
upon a number of factors, including the accuracy of a variety of estimates made at the balance sheet date such as engineering progress,
materials quantities, the achievement of milestones, penalty provisions, labor productivity and cost estimates made. Due to uncertainties
inherent in the estimation process, actual completion costs may vary from estimates. Changes in job performance, job conditions
and estimated profitability may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized beginning in the period in which they
become known. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which the estimated loss
first becomes known. The Company has not recorded any such provisions for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30,
2012.
Certain long-term contracts include a number
of different services to be provided to the customer. The Company records separately revenues, costs and gross profit related to
each of these services if they meet the contract segmenting criteria in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605-35.
This policy may result in different interim rates of profitability for each segment than if the Company had recognized revenues
using the percentage-of-completion method based on the project’s estimated total costs.
Variable interest entities
The Company assesses whether its
involvement with another related entity constitutes a variable interest entity (“VIE”) through either direct or
indirect variable interest in that entity. If an entity is deemed to be a VIE, the Company must determine if it is the
primary beneficiary (i.e. the party that consolidates the VIE), in accordance with the accounting standard for the
consolidation of variable interest entities. VIEs are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit
the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity
investors that do not have the ability to make significant decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting
rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses and/or the right to receive the residual returns of the
entity. The Company qualitatively evaluates if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE’s based on whether the Company
has (i) the power to direct those matters that most significantly impacted the activities of the VIE; and (ii) the obligation
to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE. See Note 5 for further discussion of UPA as a variable interest
entity.
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable are recorded at their
estimated net realizable value. Receivables related to the Company’s contracts have realization and liquidation periods of
less than one year and are therefore classified as current assets.
The Company maintains allowances for specific
doubtful accounts based on estimates of losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments and records
these allowances as a charge to general and administrative expense. The Company’s method for estimating its allowance for
doubtful accounts is based on judgmental factors, including known and inherent risks in the underlying balances, adverse situations
that may affect the customer’s ability to pay and current economic conditions. Amounts considered uncollectible are written
off based on the specific customer balance outstanding. The Company did not have any allowance for doubtful accounts as of September
30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of
cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out method and consist primarily of raw materials and supplies. Work in
process inventories relate to systems currently being constructed for future use or sale.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Inventories consist of the following at
September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
|
|
September
30,
2012
|
|
|
December
31,
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raw materials
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
67
|
|
Work in process
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
167
|
|
Property and equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost
and are depreciated over the estimated useful life of each asset. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method. The
Company evaluates long-lived assets based on estimated future undiscounted net cash flows or other fair value measures whenever
significant events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If that evaluation
indicates that an impairment has occurred, a charge is recognized to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the undiscounted cash
flows or fair values of the asset, whichever is more readily determinable.
The Company recorded a loss of $131,000
in the first quarter of 2012 related to the disposal of a system previously used for pre-sales testing. This loss is included in
sales and marketing expense on its Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012.
The Company performed an evaluation of
its property and equipment as of September 30, 2011 in conjunction with relocating its headquarters and recorded a write-off of
$62,000. This impairment loss is included as a component of interest and other expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statement
of Operations for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011.
Contingencies
The Company accrues for costs relating
to litigation, including litigation defense costs, claims and other contingent matters, including liquidated damage liabilities,
when such liabilities become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates may be based on advice from third parties or on
management’s judgment, as appropriate. Revisions to accruals are reflected in earnings (loss) in the period in which different
facts or information become known or circumstances change that affect the Company’s previous assumptions with respect to
the likelihood or amount of loss. Amounts paid upon the ultimate resolution of such liabilities may be materially different from
previous estimates and could require adjustments to the estimated liability to be recognized in the period such new information
becomes known.
Stock options
The Company accounts for stock options
in accordance with ASC Topics 505, “Equity” and 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”. These topics
require that the cost of all share-based payments to vendors and employees, including grants of employee stock options, be recognized
in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair values on the measurement date, which is generally the date of grant.
Such cost is recognized over the vesting period of the awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate
the fair value of “plain vanilla” stock option awards.
Fair value of financial instruments
and fair value measurements
The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable,
other current assets, accounts payable and other current liabilities in the consolidated financial statements approximate fair
value because of the short-term nature of the instruments. The carrying amount of the Company’s convertible debt was $3,068,000
and $2,821,000 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, and approximates the fair value of these instruments.
The Company’s derivative liabilities are recorded at fair value. No assets are recorded at fair value as measured on a recurring
basis.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
The Company's liabilities carried at fair
value are categorized using inputs from the three levels of the fair value hierarchy, as follows:
|
Level 1:
|
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities.
|
|
Level 2:
|
Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either
directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active;
or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets
or liabilities.
|
|
Level 3:
|
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no
market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the liabilities.
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Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company determined the
initial value of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and investor warrants using valuation models it considers to
be appropriate. Because the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock has an indefinite life, it is classified within
the stockholders’ deficiency section of the Company's consolidated balance sheets. The value of beneficial
conversion features upon issuance are considered a “deemed dividend” and are added as a component of net loss
attributable to common stockholders in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no deemed
dividends in the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 or 2011.
Net income (loss) per share
Basic net income
(loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to the common stockholders (the
numerator) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding (the denominator) during the reporting periods.
Fully diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by increasing the denominator by the weighted average number of additional
shares that could have been outstanding from securities convertible into common stock, such as stock options and warrants (using
the “treasury stock” method), and convertible preferred stock and debt (using the “if-converted” method),
unless the effect on net income (loss) per share is antidilutive. Under the “if-converted” method, convertible instruments
are assumed to have been converted as of the beginning of the period or when issued, if later. The effect of including additional
shares using the treasury stock and if-converted methods in computing the Company’s diluted net loss per share would be antidilutive
and, accordingly, such additional shares have not been considered in computing diluted net loss per share for the nine-month periods
ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (as restated).
Recent accounting pronouncements
In
May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements
in U.S. GAAP and IFRS,” which converges fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with fair value measurement
and disclosure guidance issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The amendments in the authoritative
guidance do not modify the requirements for when fair value measurements apply. The amendments generally represent clarifications
on how to measure and disclose fair value under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement.” The authoritative guidance is effective
prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption of the authoritative guidance
is not permitted.
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASU 2011-04 in the Company’s fiscal year beginning January
1, 2012, and the provisions of this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial statements or disclosures.
Note 2: Management's consideration
of going concern matters
The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation
of the Company as a going concern. However, the Company has sustained substantial losses from operations in recent years, and such
losses have continued through the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
At September 30, 2012, the Company had
cash of $528,000, a decrease of approximately $2.5 million from December 31, 2011. The Company has incurred net losses since inception,
including a net loss of approximately $5.9 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 and had an accumulated
deficit of approximately $119.5 million at September 30, 2012.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Based upon management's projections, the
Company will require additional capital to continue commercialization of the Company’s power and water technologies (the
“Technologies”) and to support current operations. The Company had a working capital deficit of approximately $5.7
million at September 30, 2012. Any change to management projections will increase or decrease this deficit. In addition, the Company
may be subject to tax liens if it cannot abide by the terms of the Offer in Compromise approved by the Internal Revenue Service
to satisfactorily settle outstanding payroll tax liabilities (see Note 10). Management is considering several alternatives for mitigating
these conditions.
These uncertainties raise substantial doubt
about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included in this Form 10-Q have been prepared
on a going concern basis and as such do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Management successfully completed a program
to eliminate the Company’s outstanding secured debt in 2011 and is actively seeking to raise substantial funding through
additional equity or debt financing that will allow the Company to operate until it becomes cash flow positive from operations.
Management is also actively pursuing commercial contracts to generate operating revenue. Management has determined that the financial
success of the Company is largely dependent upon the Company’s ability to collaborate with financially sound third parties
to pursue projects involving the Technologies.
As more fully
described in Note 7, the Company initiated the following financing transactions during 2012:
On January 10,
2012,
the Company received proceeds totaling $498,000, net of issuance costs, from the exercise of an
aggregate of 5,633,344 warrants at an exercise price of $0.095 per share.
On July 11, 2012,
the Company received proceeds totaling $1,566,000, net of issuance costs, from the issuance of 17,316,250 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, warrants for the purchase of an additional 18,670,375 shares at an exercise price of $0.15 per share and warrants
for the purchase of an additional 1,354,125 shares at an exercise price of $0.10 per share.
On August 9, 2012,
the Company received proceeds totaling $729,000, net of issuance costs, from the issuance of 8,287,500 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, warrants for the purchase of an additional 9,116,250 shares at an exercise price of $0.15 per share and warrants
for the purchase of an additional 828,750 shares at an exercise price of $0.10 per share.
Also, as more
fully described in Note 11, on October 9, 2012 the Company received proceeds of $331,000, net of issuance costs, from the issuance
of 3,765,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, warrants for the purchase of an additional 4,141,500 shares at an exercise
price of $0.15 per share and warrants for the purchase of an additional 376,500 shares at an exercise price of $0.10 per share.
As discussed in
Note 6, the Company’s 2011 Convertible Bridge Notes mature on December 31, 2012. These Notes are convertible into shares
of a future series of Preferred Stock at a conversion price to be determined. While the Company intends to convert these Notes
before the maturity date, there can be no assurance that such a conversion will take place. If the Company does not convert these
Notes before the maturity date, it will seek to extend the maturity date on these Notes, which are held by four principal investors
of the Company.
See Note 3
for a discussion of the termination of the Company’s contract with the New York City Department of Environmental
Regulation (“NYCDEP”).
Note 3: Risks and Uncertainties
On August 22, 2012, the NYCDEP
issued a stop work order to the Company relative to its contract to install an Ammonia Removal Process (“ARP”)
system at the NYCDEP’s wastewater treatment facility in the 26
th
Ward. On November 13, 2012, the NYCDEP
notified the Company that it is terminating the contract, effective November 29, 2012.
The Company suspended all work on this
contract as of August 22, 2012 and has halted all work with its major vendors. The Company has accordingly ceased recognition of
revenues as of August 22, 2012 and has recorded all incremental costs as period costs on its Consolidated Statement of Operations.
As of November 13, 2012, the Company has billed approximately $14.8 million to the NYCDEP related to this contract, of which
approximately $13.3 million has been paid and $1.5 million remains outstanding. These amounts do not include any future billings
for costs incurred as a result of this termination.
Because of this contract termination, the Company's revenues, expenses,
and income will be adversely affected in future periods, as this contract represented approximately 80% of the Company's revenues
for the year ended December 31, 2011 and approximately 63% and 81% of the Company's revenues for the three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The Company has yet to begin discussions with the NYCDEP about the termination,
and accordingly, the Company cannot determine a final outcome at this time.
Note 4: Restatement
The unaudited quarterly financial information
for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 have been restated to correct errors in the
valuation of the Company’s derivative liabilities and accounting for certain financing transactions in those periods. These
errors in the Company’s financing transactions were caused by the Company incorrectly accounting for the amendment of its
CASTion Notes and its 2010 Bridge Notes as a debt modification instead of a debt extinguishment in the first quarter of 2011. The
errors in the Company’s derivative liabilities were due to deficiencies in the Company’s valuation model and methodology
used to calculate the fair value of such liabilities in the first three quarters of 2011.
The Company restated the effects of these
errors for the affected periods in its Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011. The net effect
of these errors is (i) a $4.7 million understatement of the Company’s net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended
March 31, 2011, (ii) a $1.5 million overstatement of the Company’s net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended June
30, 2011 and (iii) a $3.9 million overstatement of the Company’s net loss to common stockholders in the quarter ended September
30, 2011. The net effect is that the Company’s net loss to common stockholders for the nine-month period ended September
30, 2011 was overstated by approximately $0.7 million. None of the errors related to the Company’s cash position, revenues
or loss from operations for any of the periods in which such errors occurred.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 2012 reflects the impact of this restatement on the applicable unaudited quarterly financial information
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as originally
filed, for each of the first three quarters of 2011 have not been and will not be amended. The financial statements included in
such reports should not be relied on.
The impact of the errors on the Company’s
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 is summarized below (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2011
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2011
|
|
|
|
As
Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
As
Originally
Reported
|
|
|
As Restated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
$
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,470
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,296
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,296
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant expense
|
|
|
(1,799
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,799
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Derivative liability income (loss)
|
|
|
(653
|
)
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
403
|
|
|
|
3,963
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(2,042
|
)
|
|
|
(5,159
|
)
|
|
|
(2,042
|
)
|
|
|
(12,551
|
)
|
Interest and other expense, net
|
|
|
(263
|
)
|
|
|
(220
|
)
|
|
|
(2,751
|
)
|
|
|
(1,124
|
)
|
Equity in losses of joint venture
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
(117
|
)
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(6,344
|
)
|
|
|
(6,526
|
)
|
|
|
(11,871
|
)
|
|
|
(15,394
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation
|
|
|
(6,327
|
)
|
|
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
|
(11,814
|
)
|
|
|
(15,337
|
)
|
Deemed dividend on Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(4,045
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4,271
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(10,372
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,509
|
)
|
|
$
|
(16,085
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15,337
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share attributable to ThermoEnergy Corporation common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.28
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.27
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share, basic and diluted
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
56,867,098
|
|
|
|
56,506,905
|
|
|
|
56,506,905
|
|
Note 5: Joint Ventures
Babcock-Thermo Clean Combustion LLC
On February 25, 2009, the Company’s
majority-owned subsidiary, TEPS, and Babcock Power Development, LLC (“BPD”), a subsidiary of Babcock Power, Inc., entered
into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) establishing Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company now known as Babcock-Thermo Clean Combustion LLC (the “Joint Venture”) for the purpose
of developing and commercializing its proprietary POXC technology.
TEPS entered into a license agreement with
the Joint Venture and BPD, pursuant to which it has granted to the Joint Venture an exclusive, irrevocable (except as otherwise
provided therein), world-wide and royalty-free license to TEPS’ intellectual property related to or necessary to practice
the POXC technology. In the LLC Agreement, BPD agreed to develop, at its own expense, intellectual property in connection with
three critical subsystems relating to the POXC technology. BPD entered into a license agreement with the Joint Venture and TEPS
pursuant to which it granted the Joint Venture an exclusive, irrevocable (except as otherwise provided therein), world-wide, fully
paid up and royalty-free license to BPD’s know-how and other relevant proprietary intellectual property. Pursuant to the
LLC Agreement, TEPS and BPD each owned a 50% membership interest in the Joint Venture.
On March 2, 2012, TEPS entered into a Dissolution
Agreement with BPD to terminate the Limited Liability Company Agreement and dissolve the Joint Venture. The BTCC Board of Managers
is supervising the wind down and dissolution process.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Unity Power Alliance LLC
On March 8, 2012, the Company announced
the formation of Unity Power Alliance LLC (“UPA”). UPA was formed with the intention to work with partners and stakeholders
to develop and commercialize its pressurized oxycombustion technology.
On June 20, 2012, the Company entered into
an agreement with Itea S.p.A. (“Itea”) for the development of pressurized oxycombustion in North America. The two parties,
through UPA, will utilize the two parties’ propriety technology to advance, develop and promote the use of the coal application
of pressurized oxycombustion, construct a pilot plant utilizing the technology, and subsequently construct a demonstration facility
based on the technology as implemented in the pilot plant. Itea was granted the option to acquire a 50% ownership interest in UPA
for $1,250. On July 16, 2012, Itea exercised its option and acquired the 50% ownership interest in UPA.
UPA is governed by a Board of Directors,
with half of the directors nominated by each of the Company and Itea. Administrative expenses of UPA are borne jointly by the Company
and Itea, and financing for development expenses will be obtained from third parties.
Also on June 20, 2012 the Company and Itea
entered into a License Agreement whereby the Company and the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary, TEPS, and Itea granted
a non-exclusive, non-transferable royalty-free license to UPA to use their intellectual property relating to pressurized oxycombustion.
The licenses to UPA became effective upon Itea’s acquisition of its ownership interest in UPA. The License Agreement further
provides that, if UPA successfully obtains funding and project support to construct the pilot plant, the parties may grant licenses
of their respective intellectual property and know-how to each other or to third parties for the operation of power plants based
on such intellectual property and know-how, and royalties will be shared as defined in the License Agreement.
In September 2012, UPA was awarded a
$1 million Phase 1 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help fund a project under a special DOE program to advance
technologies for efficient, clean coal power and carbon capture. As of September 30, 2012, UPA has not received any funding
and has not recorded any revenues related to this grant. As part of UPA's project, in October 2012, the Company received a
$900,000 contract from UPA to build a bench-scale “flameless” combustion reactor under the grant.
In accordance with ASC 810,
Consolidation
,
the Company determined that it held an variable interest in UPA and that UPA was a variable-interest entity. However, the Company
has concluded that it is not required to consolidate the financial statements of UPA as of and for the three and nine-month periods
ended September 30, 2012. The
Company reviewed the most significant activities of UPA and determined that because the Company shares the power to direct the
activities of UPA with Itea, it is not the primary beneficiary of UPA. Accordingly, the financial results of UPA is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
Note 6: Convertible debt
Unsecured convertible debt consisted of
the following at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in thousands):
|
|
September
30,
2012
|
|
|
December
31,
2011
|
|
Roenigk 2007 Convertible Promissory Note, 5%, due March 21, 2013, less discount of $78 at December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
860
|
|
Roenigk 2008 Convertible Promissory Note, 5%, due March 7, 2013, less discount of $181 at December 31, 2011
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
711
|
|
December 2011 Convertible Promissory Notes, 12.5%, due December 31, 2012
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory Note, 8%, due March 31, 2014, less discount of $126 at September 30, 2012
|
|
|
1,818
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
3,068
|
|
|
|
2,821
|
|
Less: Current portion
|
|
|
(1,250
|
)
|
|
|
(1,250
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
1,818
|
|
|
$
|
1,571
|
|
Roenigk 2007 Convertible Promissory
Note
On March 21, 2007 the Company issued to
Mr. Martin A. Roenigk, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors as of that date, a 5% Convertible Promissory Note due
March 21, 2013 in the principal amount of $750,000. The principal amount and accrued interest on the Note is convertible into shares
of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at any time at the election of the holder. Interest on the Note is payable
semi-annually. The Company may, at its discretion, defer any scheduled interest payment until the maturity date of the Note upon
payment of a $2,500 deferral fee. The Company added $24,000 of accrued interest to the principal balance of the Note during the
nine months ended September 30, 2012. Total interest added to the principal balance of the Note was $213,000 as of June 20, 2012.
On June 20, 2012, the Noteholder tendered
this Note, together with the 2008 Convertible Promissory Note discussed below, as consideration for the issuance of the 2012 Convertible
Promissory Note, as discussed below.
Roenigk 2008 Convertible Promissory
Note
On March 7, 2008, Mr. Roenigk exercised
his option to make an additional $750,000 investment in the Company under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement between
the Company and Mr. Roenigk dated March 21, 2007. The Company issued to Mr. Roenigk a 5% Convertible Promissory Note due March
7, 2013 in the principal amount of $750,000. The principal amount and accrued interest on the Note is convertible into shares of
Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at any time at the election of the holder. Interest on the Note is payable
semi-annually. The Company may, at its discretion, defer any scheduled interest payment until the maturity date of the Note upon
payment of a $2,500 deferral fee. The Company added $22,000 of accrued interest to the principal balance of the Note during the
nine months ended September 30, 2012. Total interest added to the principal balance of the Note was $165,000 as of June 20, 2012.
On June 20, 2012, the Noteholder tendered
this Note, together with the 2007 Convertible Promissory Note discussed above, as consideration for the issuance of the 2012 Convertible
Promissory Note, as discussed below.
December 2011 Convertible Promissory
Notes
On December 2, 2011 the Company entered
into Bridge Loan Agreements with four of its principal investors pursuant to which the Investors agreed to make bridge loans to
the Company of $1.25 million in exchange for 12.5% Promissory Notes (the “December 2011 Bridge Notes”). The
December 2011 Bridge Notes bear interest at the rate of 12.5% per year and are due and payable on December 31, 2012. The entire
unpaid principal amount, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid under each December 2011 Bridge Note, is convertible
into shares of a future series of Preferred Stock at a conversion price to be determined.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
The December 2011 Bridge Notes contain
other conventional provisions, including the acceleration of repayment obligations upon the occurrence of certain specified Events
of Default. No such Events of Default occurred as of September 30, 2012 and through the date of this filing.
Roenigk 2012 Convertible Promissory
Note
On June 20, 2012, the Company issued a
Convertible Promissory Note dated April 1, 2012 in the principal amount of $1,877,217 in exchange for the 2007 Convertible Promissory
Note and the 2008 Convertible Promissory Note (the “Old Notes”). The Note bears interest at the rate of 5% per annum
from April 1, 2012 through May 31, 2012, then bears interest at the rate of 8% per annum until the maturity date, March 31, 2014.
The principal amount and accrued interest on the Note is convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50
per share at any time at the election of the holder. Interest on the Note is payable semi-annually. The Company may, at its discretion,
defer any scheduled interest payment until the maturity date of the Note upon payment of a $5,000 deferral fee. The Company added
$67,000 of accrued interest to the principal balance of the Note during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
The exchange of the Old Notes for this
Note has been accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring in the second quarter of 2012. In summary, the Company was granted
a one year extension of the maturity date of the Old Notes, and the interest rate was increased from 5% to 8% per annum. The Company
evaluated the anticipated future cash flows of this Note and determined that they exceed the carrying value (and accrued interest
thereon) of the Old Notes. As a result, the Company did not record a loss or gain on this transaction.
Note 7: Equity
Common Stock
On January 10,
2012,
the Company entered into Warrant Amendment Agreements with six individuals who acquired warrants
from five funds affiliated with Security Investors, LLC for the purchase of an aggregate of 5,633,344 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock (collectively, the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment Agreements, the Company amended the
Warrants to change the exercise prices from $0.30 per share to $0.095 per share, and the Investors agreed to exercise all of the
Warrants immediately for cash. The Company received proceeds totaling $498,000, net of issuance costs, from the exercise of the
Warrants.
On February 10, 2012, the Company issued
419,180 shares of Common Stock to ARC Capital (BVI) Limited. (“ARC”) in partial consideration for financial advisory
and other consulting services performed by ARC pursuant to a Financial Advisory and Consulting Agreement dated as of November 7,
2011. The value of this Common Stock was recorded as a component of general and administrative expense on the Company’s Consolidated
Statement of Operations in the fourth quarter of 2011.
On July 11, 2012, the Company entered into
Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Agreements”) with twenty-four individuals and entities (the “Investors”)
pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 17,316,250 shares of Common Stock, Warrants for the purchase of an additional
18,670,375 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share and Warrants for the purchase of an additional 1,354,125
shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants was $1,731,625,
and the Company received proceeds of $1,565,908, net of issuance costs. The Warrants entitle the holders thereof to purchase shares
of Common Stock at any time on or prior to July 11, 2017.
On August 9, 2012, the Company entered
into Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Agreements”) with eleven additional individuals and entities (the “Investors”)
pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 8,287,500 shares of Common Stock, Warrants for the purchase of an additional
9,116,250 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share and Warrants for the purchase of an additional 828,750
shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants was $828,750,
and the Company received proceeds of $729,068, net of issuance costs. The Warrants entitle the holders thereof to purchase shares
of Common Stock at any time on or prior to July 11, 2017.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
The Agreements described above include
a price protection provision pursuant to which, at any time on or before January 11, 2014, the Company issues and sells any shares
of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) at a price less than $0.10 per
share (a “Dilutive Transaction”), the purchase price for the Shares shall automatically be reduced to a price equal
to the price at which such shares were issued and sold (the “Reduced Price”) and the Company will issue to the Investors,
for no additional consideration, a sufficient number of additional Shares so that the effective price per Share equals the Reduced
Price. The Warrants include a similar price protection provision pursuant to which, upon a Dilutive Transaction, the exercise price
of the Warrants shall automatically be reduced to a price equal to 150% of the Reduced Price. Upon such adjustment, the number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant shall automatically be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the
exercise price immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the exercise price as adjusted.
See Note 8 for further discussion of the accounting treatment of these price protection revisions.
See Note 11 for discussion of the Company’s
sale of Common Stock on October 9, 2012.
At September 30, 2012, approximately 261
million shares of Common Stock were reserved for future issuance under convertible debt and warrant agreements, stock option arrangements
and other commitments.
Stock Options
During the nine-month period ended September
30, 2012, the Board of Directors awarded employees and an advisor to the Board of Directors a total of 7,060,000 stock options
under the Company’s 2008 Incentive Stock Plan. The options are exercisable at $0.097 - $0.30 per share for a ten year period.
The exercise price was equal to or greater than the market price on the respective grant dates. Options granted to non-employee
directors vest on the date of the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; options granted to employees vest ratably
over a four-year period.
The following table presents option expense
included in expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine-month periods ended September 30,
2012 and 2011:
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
580
|
|
|
|
613
|
|
Engineering, research and development
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
Option expense before tax
|
|
|
719
|
|
|
|
757
|
|
Benefit for income tax
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net option expense
|
|
$
|
719
|
|
|
$
|
757
|
|
Option expense for the three and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2012 was calculated using an expected forfeiture rate of 0% - 20%. A forfeiture rate of 0% was
used for the comparative period of 2011.
The fair value of options granted during
the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model with the following assumptions:
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
0.83% - 2.23%
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
%
|
Expected option life (years)
|
|
|
6.25 – 10.0
|
|
|
|
6.25
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
91% - 92%
|
|
|
|
91
|
%
|
Expected dividend rate
|
|
|
0%
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
A summary of the Company’s stock
option activity and related information for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 follows:
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Exercise
Price per
Share
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Wtd. Avg.
Exercise
Price per
Share
|
|
Outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
19,674,102
|
|
|
$
|
0.38
|
|
|
|
22,065,402
|
|
|
$
|
0.57
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
7,060,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.16
|
|
|
|
1,200,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(800,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
(4,088,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
1.38
|
|
Outstanding, end of period
|
|
|
25,934,102
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
|
|
19,176,602
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
Exercisable, end of period
|
|
|
13,733,112
|
|
|
$
|
0.41
|
|
|
|
9,864,590
|
|
|
$
|
0.62
|
|
The weighted average fair value of options
granted was approximately $0.11 and $0.23 per share for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
The weighted average fair value of options vested was approximately $942,000 and $718,000 for the nine-month periods ended September
30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Exercise prices for options outstanding
as of September 30, 2012 ranged from $0.097 to $1.50. The weighted average remaining contractual life of those options was approximately
7.9 years at September 30, 2012. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options vested and exercisable was approximately
7.1 years at September 30, 2012.
As of September 30, 2012, there was approximately
$730,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the
Company’s stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years. The Company
recognizes stock-based compensation on the straight-line method.
Warrants
At September 30, 2012, there were outstanding
warrants for the purchase of 106,685,446 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.01 per share to $0.55
per share (weighted average exercise price was $0.30 per share). The expiration dates of these warrants are as follows:
Year
|
|
Number
of
Warrants
|
|
2012
|
|
|
11,333,333
|
|
2013
|
|
|
8,896,554
|
|
2014
|
|
|
6,159,436
|
|
2015
|
|
|
6,188,879
|
|
2016
|
|
|
42,795,244
|
|
After 2016
|
|
|
31,312,000
|
|
|
|
|
106,685,446
|
|
Note 8: Derivative Liabilities
As part of the financing transactions in
the third quarter of 2012 as discussed in Note 7, if the Company issues and sells any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible
into Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) at a price less than $0.10 per share at any time on or before January
11, 2014 (a “Dilutive Transaction”), the purchase price for the shares shall automatically be reduced to a price equal
to the price at which such shares were issued and sold (the “Reduced Price”), and the Company will issue to the Investors,
for no additional consideration, a sufficient number of additional shares so that the effective price per share equals the Reduced
Price.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
The Warrants include a similar price protection
provision pursuant to which, upon a Dilutive Transaction, the exercise price of the Warrants shall automatically be reduced to
a price equal to 150% of the Reduced Price. Upon such adjustment, the number of shares issuable upon exercise shall automatically
be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares issuable upon exercise of such warrant immediately prior to the Dilutive Transaction
by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the exercise price immediately prior to the Dilutive Transaction and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the exercise price as adjusted.
Because these provisions as described above
are not indexed to the Company’s Common Stock, the value of the anti-dilution features of the Common Stock and the value
of the Warrants must be bifurcated and treated as derivative liabilities. As a result, the Company initially recorded derivative
liabilities totaling $2,734,000 in the third quarter of 2012. Because the Company recorded derivative liabilities that exceeded
the proceeds received in the third quarter of 2012, the Company recorded a charge of approximately $565,000. This amount is recorded
as other derivative expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2012.
Liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis as of September 30, 2012 are as follows: (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
Description
|
|
Balance as of
September 30,
2012
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liabilities – current portion
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
Derivative liabilities – long-term portion
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
2,441
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,441
|
|
The Monte Carlo Simulation lattice model
was used to determine the fair values at September 30, 2012. The significant assumptions used were: exercise prices between $0.10
and $0.36; the Company’s stock price on September 28, 2012, $0.10; expected volatility of 55% - 75%; risk free interest rate
between 0.16% and 0.23%; and a remaining contract term between 3 months and 58 months.
Liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 are as follows: (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
Description
|
|
Balance as of
December 31,
2011
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative liabilities – current portion
|
|
$
|
706
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
706
|
|
Derivative liabilities – long-term portion
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
The Monte Carlo Simulation lattice model
was used to determine the fair values at December 31, 2011. The significant assumptions used were: exercise prices between $0.185
and $0.36; the Company’s stock price on December 31, 2011, $0.19; expected volatility of 82.9%; risk free interest rate between
0.12% and 0.25%; and a remaining contract term between 1 and 2 years.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in
the fair value of derivatives classified as Level 3 (in thousands):
Balance at December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
Issuance of warrants as derivative liabilities
|
|
|
2,734
|
|
Change in fair value
|
|
|
(1,100
|
)
|
Balance at September 30, 2012
|
|
$
|
2,441
|
|
Note 9: Segments
Operating segments are identified as components
of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available to the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making
group, in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company markets and develops advanced municipal and industrial wastewater
treatment and carbon reducing clean energy technologies. The Company currently generates almost all of its revenues from the sale
and application of its water treatment technologies. Revenues from its clean energy technologies have been limited to grants received
from governmental and other agencies for continued development. In 2009, the Company established BTCC, a joint venture with Babcock
Power Development, LLC, for the purpose of developing and commercializing the Company’s clean energy technology. This joint
venture is currently in the dissolution process. In March 2012, the Company established UPA to work with partners and stakeholders
to develop and commercialize its pressurized oxycombustion technology, and in July 2012, Itea acquired a 50% ownership interest
in UPA, making it a joint venture.
Because revenues and costs related to the
Company’s clean energy technologies is immaterial to the entire Company taken as a whole, the financial information presented
in these financial statements represents all the material financial information related to the Company’s water treatment
technologies.
The Company’s operations are currently
conducted solely in the United States. While the Company has begun marketing and selling its products in Asia and Europe, the Company
has not generated any revenues from such activities. The Company will continue to evaluate how its business is managed and, as
necessary, adjust the segment reporting accordingly.
Note 10: Commitments and contingencies
On March 25, 2011, the Company was notified
by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that it had accepted the Company’s Offer in Compromise with respect to its tax liabilities
relating to (i) employee tax withholding for all periods commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and continuing through
September 30, 2009 and (ii) federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) for the years 2005 through 2008. Pursuant to the Offer in Compromise,
the Company has satisfied its delinquent tax liabilities by paying a total of $2,134,636 (representing the aggregate amount of
tax due, without interest or penalties).
In connection with the Offer in Compromise,
the Company has agreed that any net operating losses sustained for the years ending December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012
will not be claimed as deductions under the provisions of Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code except to the extent that such
net operating losses exceed the amount of interest and penalties abated. The IRS acceptance of the Offer in Compromise is conditioned,
among other things, on the Company filing and paying all required taxes for five tax years commencing on the date of the IRS acceptance.
Accrued payroll taxes, which include taxes,
penalties and interest related to state taxing authorities, totaled approximately $399,000 and are included in other current liabilities
on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012. The Company continues to work with the various state
taxing authorities to settle its remaining payroll tax obligations.
On July 16, 2012, Andrew T. Melton, the
Company’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“Melton”), filed a Complaint in the United
States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas alleging, among other things, wrongful termination of employment. Mr. Melton
is claiming damages in the aggregate amount of approximately $2.2 million, including unpaid salary, reimbursement of expenses,
and other payments under his employment agreement. The Company is currently in the discovery process and intends to vigorously
defend this litigation.
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
On October 16, 2012, Alexander
Fassbender, a creditor of the Company pursuant to a promissory note dated as of April 11, 2011, filed for entry of a
confessed judgment against the Company in Fairfax County, Virginia, Circuit Court seeking payment of $100,000 in principal,
default interest at 18% and attorneys’ fees of not less than $25,000, resulting from an alleged late monthly
installment payment by the Company under the Note. The Company disputes that it defaulted under the promissory note,
and Mr. Fassbender has acknowledged receipt of the monthly installment payment, although he claims that it was paid
late. The Company has filed a Motion to Set Aside or Vacate the Confessed Judgment and has requested a hearing on
November 30, 2012. The Company has accrued all costs as of September 30, 2012, pending resolution of this matter.
The Company is involved from time to time
in litigation incidental to the conduct of its business. Judgments could be rendered or settlements entered that could adversely
affect the Company’s operating results or cash flows in a particular period. The Company routinely assesses all of its litigation
and threatened litigation as to the probability of ultimately incurring a liability and records its best estimate of the ultimate
loss in situations where it assesses the likelihood of loss as probable.
See Note 3 for a discussion of the
termination of the Company’s contract with NYCDEP.
Note 11: Subsequent events
On October 9, 2012, the Company entered
into Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Agreements”) with nine individuals (the “Investors”) pursuant
to which the Company issued an aggregate of 3,765,000 shares of Common Stock, Warrants for the purchase of an additional 4,141,500
shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share and Warrants for the purchase of an additional 376,500 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants was $376,500, and
the Company received proceeds of $331,196, net of issuance costs. The Common Stock and Warrants were issued on terms similar to
the Company’s financing transactions on July 11, 2012 and August 9, 2012 as discussed in Note 7.
On October 4, 2012, the Company entered
into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with C13 Thermo LLC (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Lender
established a credit facility allowing the Company to borrow up to $700,000 (the “Credit Facility”) to finance the
fabrication and testing of an Ammonia Reduction Process system utilizing the Company’s proprietary technology (the “Project”).
The Company issued to the Lender a promissory note in the principal amount of $700,000 (the “Note”).
Amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility
will not bear interest (except in the case of an event of default, in which case all amounts borrowed, together with all fees,
expenses and other amounts due, shall bear interest at the default rate of 8% per annum). Upon maturity of the Note, the Company
will be charged a commitment fee equal to 10% of the aggregate principal amount borrowed under the Credit Facility. The Credit
Facility expires, and all amounts due under the Note, together with all commitment fees incurred under the Loan Agreement, will
become due and payable, on the earlier of (i) March 4, 2013 or (ii) the date on which the Company first draws against an irrevocable
documentary letter of credit that has been issued for the Company’s benefit in connection with the Project. The Company may
repay the Note in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty.
See Note 3 for a discussion of the
termination of the Company’s contract with NYCDEP.
63,856,250 Shares
Common Stock
THERMOENERGY CORPORATION
PROSPECTUS
______________ , 2012
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13.
|
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
|
The following table sets forth the fees and expenses, other
than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable in connection with the registration of the common stock hereunder. All amounts
are estimates except the SEC registration fee.
|
|
Amount to
be paid
|
|
SEC Registration Fee
|
|
$
|
697
|
|
Legal Fees and Expenses
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Accounting Fees and Expenses
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
Printing and Engraving Expenses
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
60,697
|
|
Item 14.
|
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
|
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware General Corporation Law") provides that a corporation may indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that
the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct
was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law states that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on
the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or
in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145(d) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law states that any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or
former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a
director or officer at the time of such determination (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action,
suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,
even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel
in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
Section 145(f) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections
of Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in
such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any
liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person's status
as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions
of Section 145.
Section 145(j) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall,
unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to, and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as
it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise
involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company or, while a director or
an officer, is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability
and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such person. We will not be obligated
to indemnify such person in connection with a proceeding commenced by such person unless our Board of Directors has authorized
the commencement of such a proceeding.
In addition, we maintain standard policies
of insurance that insure our directors and officers against liability asserted against such persons, whether or not such directors
or officers have the right to indemnification pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or otherwise.
Item 15.
|
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
|
Set forth below is information regarding
securities issued by us within the past three years (i.e., since December 14, 2009) that were not registered under the Securities
Act. Also included is the consideration, if any, received by us for such shares. Except where specifically noted, the
proceeds of all reported sales were used for general corporate operating purposes.
The issuances identified below were made
without registration in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 in that such issuances
did not involve any public offering.
1. On March 10, 2010,
we issued 3% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, dated as of March 1, 2010, in the aggregate principal amount of $2,699,999 to
the following Investors:
Investor
|
|
Note Amount
|
|
The Quercus Trust
|
|
$
|
1,200,000
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
$
|
600,000
|
|
Focus Fund L.P.
|
|
$
|
200,000
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
$
|
233,333
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
$
|
233,333
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd
|
|
$
|
233,333
|
|
The outstanding principal amount of the
Notes, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid, was convertible into shares of our Common Stock at any time
at a conversion price of $0.24 per share.
2. On June 30, 2010 we
issued additional 3% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $2 million to the following investors:
Investor
|
|
Note Amount
|
|
The Quercus Trust
|
|
$
|
980,000
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
$
|
620,000
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
$
|
133,333
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
$
|
133,333
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd
|
|
$
|
133,334
|
|
The outstanding principal amount of the
Notes, together with all interest then accrued and unpaid, was convertible into shares of our Common Stock at any time
at a conversion price of $0.24 per share.
3. On
July 8, 2010, we issued and sold shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants for the purchase of shares of
our Common Stock to the following investors (the “Investors”):
Investor
|
|
Purchase Price
|
|
|
Series B
Shares
|
|
|
Warrant
Shares
|
|
The Quercus Trust
|
|
$
|
1,200,000
|
|
|
|
500,000 shares
|
|
|
|
4,800,000 shares
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
$
|
300,000
|
|
|
|
125,000 shares
|
|
|
|
1,500,000 shares
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
41,667 shares
|
|
|
|
500,000 shares
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
41,667 shares
|
|
|
|
500,000 shares
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
41,667 shares
|
|
|
|
500,000 shares
|
|
Focus Fund L.P.
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
41,667 shares
|
|
|
|
500,000 shares
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,900,000
|
|
|
|
791,668 shares
|
|
|
|
8,300,000 shares
|
|
The Warrants entitle the holders thereof
to purchase, at a purchase price of $0.30 per share that number of shares of our Common Stock determined in each case by dividing
(i) 200% of the aggregate cash consideration paid by the holder for the shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by (ii)
the exercise price. The aggregate purchase price paid by the Investors for the Series B Shares and Warrants was $1,900,000,
all of which was paid by the cancellation of all of the accrued interest on, and a portion of the outstanding principal amounts
of, bridge notes issued by us to the Investors on March 1, 2010.
4. On
August 9, 2010, we issued and sold shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants for the purchase of shares of
our Common Stock to the following investors:
Investor
|
|
Purchase Price
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
Warrant Shares
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
$
|
2,060,001.60
|
|
858,334 shares
|
|
13,733,344 shares
|
SBL Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value)
|
|
$
|
739,999.20
|
|
308,333 shares
|
|
4,933,328 shares
|
Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund
|
|
$
|
1,905,000.00
|
|
793,750 shares
|
|
12,700,000 shares
|
SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value)
|
|
$
|
280,000.80
|
|
116,667 shares
|
|
1,866,672 shares
|
Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
$
|
15,000.00
|
|
6,250 shares
|
|
100,000 shares
|
Total
|
|
$
|
5,000,001.60
|
|
2,083,334 shares
|
|
33,333,344 shares
|
The Warrants entitle the holders thereof
to purchase, at a purchase price of $0.30 per share that number of shares of our Common Stock determined in each case by dividing
(i) 200% of the aggregate cash consideration paid by the holder for the shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by (ii)
the exercise price.
McNamee Lawrence Securities, LLC, a registered
broker-dealer, acted as our placement agent and adviser in connection with our offering of the shares of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Warrants. We paid McNamee Lawrence Securities, LLC a fee of $300,000 and issued to McNamee Lawrence
Securities, LLC a warrant for the purchase, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, of 41,667 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock.
5. On
October 20, 2010, we issued an aggregate of 1,802,445 shares of our Common Stock to certain holders as detailed below (the “2009
Noteholders”) of our Convertible Promissory Notes dated January 5, 2009 (the “2009 Notes”) upon conversion of
the 2009 Notes in accordance with their terms. The total outstanding principal amount of, and the accrued and unpaid
interest on, the converted 2009 Notes was $432,587. The conversion was effected at the rate of $0.24 per share.
Noteholder
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
|
Estate of Homer G. Perkins
|
|
860,430 shares
|
Roderick L. Oxford
|
|
55,689 shares
|
Northern Water Resources, Inc.
|
|
397,915 shares
|
Peter Laird
|
|
56,994 shares
|
Equity Securities Partners, LLC
|
|
89,878 shares
|
Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP
|
|
341,539 shares
|
The 2009 Notes were issued in partial consideration
for the sale to us by the 2009 Noteholders of shares of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock of CASTion Corporation, an entity
which we now operate as a majority-owned subsidiary (“CASTion”).
6. Also
on October 20, 2010, we issued to each of (i) Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (“MTDC”), (ii) BCLF
Ventures I, LLC (“BCLF”) and (iii) Donald F. Farley (“Farley”) shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) and Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Warrants”) as follows:
Shareholder
|
|
Number of Shares
|
|
Number of Warrant Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
|
|
18,518 shares
|
|
296,293 shares
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
18,518 shares
|
|
296,293 shares
|
Donald F. Farley
|
|
18,518 shares
|
|
296,293 shares
|
The issuance of the Preferred Shares and
Warrants to MTDC, BCLF and Farley was made pursuant to a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release between us and certain former
shareholders and directors of CASTion (the “Settling Defendants”) who were defendants in litigation initiated by the
2009 Noteholders. The 2009 Noteholders had alleged, among other things, that the Settling Defendants had breached their
fiduciary duty to the 2009 Noteholders in connection with the sale to us by certain of the Settling Defendants of a majority of
the outstanding shares of CASTion in 2007 and the Settling Defendants had threatened to assert third party claims against us in
connection therewith.
The Preferred Shares and Warrants were
issued to MTDC, BCLF and Farley without cash payment, in partial consideration for the release of claims against us by the Settling
Defendants.
7. On
December 1, 2010, we issued 200,000 shares of our Common Stock to Alliance Advisors LLC (“Alliance”) without cash payment
in partial consideration for investor relations and other consulting services performed by Alliance pursuant to an Investor Relations
Consulting Agreement dated as of August 1, 2010 between us and Alliance.
8. On
January 7, 2011, we issued and sold to the each of the following Noteholders pursuant to Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements
effective as of January 4, 2011 (i) shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock; (ii) warrants for the purchase of shares
of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share; and (iii) warrants for the purchase of shares of our Common Stock
at an exercise price of $0.40 per share:
Investor
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
$0.30 Warrant Shares
|
|
$0.40 Warrant Shares
|
BancBoston Ventures Inc.
|
|
3,469 shares
|
|
55,502 shares
|
|
152,710 shares
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
57,372 shares
|
|
917,957 shares
|
|
2,525,718 shares
|
Essex Regional Retirement Board
|
|
1,743 shares
|
|
27,752 shares
|
|
76,357 shares
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
|
|
105,220 shares
|
|
1,683,521 shares
|
|
4,632,132 shares
|
Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC
|
|
208,333 shares
|
|
3,333,333 shares
|
|
10,198,210 shares
|
9. On
each of January 31, 2011, February 28, 2011, March 31, 2011, April 30, 2011 and May 31, 2011, we issued to the following holders
of our Amended and Restated Promissory Notes due February 29, 2012 (the “Restated CASTion Notes”), upon the automatic
conversion, in accordance with the terms of the Restated CASTion Notes, of portions of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid
interest under, such Restated CASTion Notes, the following shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants:
Note Holder
|
|
Payment
|
|
|
Conversion
Amount
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
Warrants
|
Spencer Trask Specialty Group LLC
|
|
$
|
26,853.93
|
|
|
$
|
26,853.60
|
|
11,189 shares
|
|
179,024 shares
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
|
|
$
|
11,560.44
|
|
|
$
|
11,558.40
|
|
4,816 shares
|
|
77,056 shares
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
$
|
6,303.45
|
|
|
$
|
6,302.40
|
|
2,626 shares
|
|
42,016 shares
|
Essex Regional Retirement Board
|
|
$
|
190.57
|
|
|
$
|
189.60
|
|
79 shares
|
|
1,264 shares
|
BancBoston Ventures Inc.
|
|
$
|
381.12
|
|
|
$
|
379.20
|
|
158 shares
|
|
2,528 shares
|
The automatic conversions were triggered
by our making scheduled payments under the Restated Notes.
10. On
March 14, 2011, we issued to Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC (“Spencer Trask”) 1,000,000 shares of our Common Stock
upon the conversion of 100,000 Preferred Shares which had been issued to Spencer Trask on January 7, 2011, pursuant to the Note
Amendment and Forbearance Agreement between us and Spencer Trask.
11. On May 6, 2011, we issued 185,180 shares of our Common Stock
to Donald F. Farley upon the conversion of 18,518 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock which had been issued to Mr. Farley on October 20, 2010, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated as of October
20, 2010 among us and certain former shareholders and directors of CASTion Corporation, including Mr. Farley.
12. On
July 1, 2011, we issued to the holders of the Restated CASTion Notes, upon the automatic conversion, in accordance with the terms
of the Restated Notes, of portions of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest under, such Restated Notes, the following
shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants:
Note Holder
|
|
Payment
|
|
|
Conversion
Amount
|
|
Series B
Shares
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spencer Trask Specialty Group LLC
|
|
$
|
929,876.35
|
|
|
$
|
929,872.80
|
|
387,447 shares
|
|
6,199,152 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
|
|
$
|
400,311.36
|
|
|
$
|
400,308.00
|
|
166,795 shares
|
|
2,668,720 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BCLF Ventures I, LLC
|
|
$
|
218,272.95
|
|
|
$
|
218,272.80
|
|
90,947 shares
|
|
1,455,152 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Essex Regional Retirement Board
|
|
$
|
6,602.43
|
|
|
$
|
6,600.00
|
|
2,750 shares
|
|
44,000 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BancBoston Ventures Inc.
|
|
$
|
13,203.94
|
|
|
$
|
13,200.00
|
|
5,500 shares
|
|
88,000 shares
|
The automatic conversions on July 1, 2011
were triggered by our voluntary pre-payment of the Restated Note. The Warrants entitle the holders thereof to purchase,
at a purchase price of $0.30 per share at any time on or before the fifth anniversaries of their issuance
13. On
August 11, 2011, we issued to one individual and five entities (the “Noteholders”) an aggregate of 1,185,707 shares
of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Stock”) upon conversion, in accordance with their terms, of
an aggregate of $2,932.107.65 in principal of, and accrued interest on, our Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes due February 29, 2012 (the “Convertible Notes”) held by the Noteholders. The Convertible Notes were
converted into shares of Series B Stock at the rate of $2.40 per share. The Convertible Notes were converted, at our
election, pursuant to a provision of the Note Extension and Amendment Agreement, dated February 25, 2011, between us and the Noteholders
(the “Note Agreement”) permitting such conversion upon our retirement of Amended and Restated Promissory Notes held
by (i) BancBoston Ventures, Inc., (ii) BCLF Ventures I, LLC, (iii) Essex Regional Retirement Board, (iv) Massachusetts Technology
Development Corporation and (v) Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC and issued in partial payment for our acquisition of a controlling
interest in our subsidiary, CASTion Corporation (the “CASTion Notes”). Pursuant to the Note Agreement,
upon the conversion of each Convertible Note we issued to the holder thereof a Common Stock Purchase Warrant (each, a “Warrant”)
for the purchase of that number of shares of our Common Stock determined by dividing 200% of the amount of principal and interest
of such Convertible Note by $0.30. Set forth below are the number of shares of Series B Stock and the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued to each Noteholder, together with the amount of principal and accrued
interest of each Noteholder’s Convertible Note:
Noteholders
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
Warrants
|
|
Principal & Interest of
Convertible Notes
|
|
The Quercus Trust
|
|
440,088 shares
|
|
7,041,423 shares
|
|
$
|
1,056,213.49
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
411,583 shares
|
|
6,585,342 shares
|
|
$
|
987,801.29
|
|
Focus Fund L.P.
|
|
11,635 shares
|
|
186,165 shares
|
|
$
|
27,924.77
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
119,467 shares
|
|
1,911,485 shares
|
|
$
|
286,722.70
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
119,467 shares
|
|
1,911,485 shares
|
|
$
|
286,722.70
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd
|
|
119,467 shares
|
|
1,911,485 shares
|
|
$
|
286,722.70
|
|
The Warrants may be exercised, at any time on or before August
11, 2016, at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
14. Also
on August 11, 2011, pursuant to the Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement, dated June 17, 2011 between us and the Warrantholders
identified below (as amended on July 12, 2011, the “Bridge Loan Agreement”) three individuals and five entities (the
“Warrantholders”) exercised outstanding warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 3,469,387 shares of Series B Stock
at an exercise price, in cash, of $1.30 per share (or $4,510,202.92 in the aggregate) as follows:
Warrantholders
|
|
Series B Shares
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Robert S. Trump
|
|
1,829,127 shares
|
|
$
|
2,377,865.10
|
|
Focus Fund L.P.
|
|
300,000 shares
|
|
$
|
390,000.00
|
|
Hughes Capital
|
|
15,385 shares
|
|
$
|
20,000.00
|
|
Scott A. Fine
|
|
50,000 shares
|
|
$
|
65,000.00
|
|
Peter J. Richards
|
|
50,000 shares
|
|
$
|
65,000.00
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, LP
|
|
410,940 shares
|
|
$
|
534,222.39
|
|
Empire Capital Partners, Ltd
|
|
410,060 shares
|
|
$
|
533,078.19
|
|
Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd
|
|
403,875 shares
|
|
$
|
525,037.24
|
|
Pursuant to the Bridge Loan Agreement the
Warrantholders advanced to us the cash exercise price for the warrants in exchange for bridge notes (the “Bridge Notes”)
pending satisfaction of the conditions to the amendment and exercise of such warrants. Upon exercise of such warrants
and the issuance of the shares of our Series B Stock upon such exercise, the Bridge Notes were cancelled.
15. On October 3,
2011, we issued 600,000 shares of our Common Stock to Dawson James Securities, Inc. (“Dawson James”) in partial
consideration for financial advisory and other consulting services performed by Dawson James pursuant to a Financial Advisory
and Consulting Agreement dated as of September 15, 2011 between us and Dawson James.
16. On December 30, 2011, we entered
into separate Warrant Amendment Agreements with 21 individuals and entities who had, on that date, acquired from five funds
affiliated with Security Investors, LLC warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 27,700,000 shares of our Common Stock.
Pursuant to these Agreements, the individuals and entities identified below exercised the Warrants for the purchase of an
aggregate of 27,700,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price, in cash, of $0.095 per share (or
$2,631,500.00 in the aggregate). For its services in connection with this transaction, we paid Dawson James Securities,
Inc., a registered broker-dealer, a fee of $184,205.
17. On January 10, 2012, we entered
into separate Warrant Amendment Agreements with six individuals who had, on that date, acquired from five funds affiliated
with Security Investors, LLC warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of 5,633,344 shares of our Common Stock. Pursuant to
these Agreements, the individuals and entities identified below exercised the Warrants for the purchase of an aggregate of
5,633,344 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price, in cash, of $0.095 per share (or $535,167.68 in the
aggregate). For its services in connection with this transaction, we paid Dawson James Securities, Inc., a registered
broker-dealer, a fee of $37,462.
18. On February 10, 2012, we issued 419,180
shares of our Common Stock to ARC Capital (BVI) Limited (“ARC”) in partial consideration for financial advisory and
other consulting services performed by ARC pursuant to a Financial Advisory and Consulting Agreement dated as of November 7, 2011
between us and ARC.
19. On July 11, 2012, we issued and sold to 26 accredited
investors, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,731,625, an aggregate of 17,316,250 shares of our Common Stock and warrants for
the purchase of an additional 17,316,250 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. Among the Investors
were four of our affiliates: Cary G. Bullock, our Chairman and CEO; Robert F. Marrs, our Vice President – Business Development;
J. Winder Hughes III, a member of our Board of Directors; and The Quercus Trust, which is the beneficial owner of more than 10%
of our Common Stock. For its services in connection with these transactions, we paid Dawson James Securities, Inc. (“Dawson
James”), a registered broker-dealer, a fee of $135,412.50 and a non-accountable expense allowance of $27,082.50. We also
issued to Dawson James two warrants, one for the purchase of up to 1,354,125 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of
$0.10 per share and the other for the purchase of up to 1,354,125 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per
share.
20. On August
9, 2012, we issued and sold to 11 accredited investors, for an aggregate purchase price of $828,750, an aggregate of 8,287,500
shares of our Common Stock and warrants for the purchase of an additional 8,287,500 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price
of $0.15 per share. For its services in connection with these transactions, we paid Dawson James Securities, Inc. (“Dawson
James”), a registered broker-dealer, a fee of $82,875 and a non-accountable expense allowance of $16,575. We also issued
to Dawson James two warrants, one for the purchase of up to 828,750 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per
share and the other for the purchase of up to 828,750 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share.
21. On October 9, 2012, we issued and sold to 9 accredited investors, for an aggregate purchase price
of $376,500, an aggregate of 3,765,000 shares of our Common Stock and warrants for the purchase of an additional 3,765,000 shares
of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. For its services in connection with these transactions, we paid Dawson
James Securities, Inc. (“Dawson James”), a registered broker-dealer, a fee of $37,650 and a non-accountable expense
allowance of $7,530. We also issued to Dawson James two warrants, one for the purchase of up to 376,500 shares of our Common Stock
at an exercise price of $0.10 per share and the other for the purchase of up to 376,500 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise
price of $0.15 per share.
Item 16.
|
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
|
Index of Exhibits
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
3(i)
|
|
Certificate of Incorporation of ThermoEnergy Corporation, as amended — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2010
|
|
|
|
3(ii)
|
|
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 11, 2011
|
|
|
|
3(iii)
|
|
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 11, 2011
|
|
|
|
3(iv)
|
|
By-laws, as amended — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2009
|
|
|
|
4.1*
|
|
ThermoEnergy Corporation 2008 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 23, 2010
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
Form of 5% Convertible Promissory Note due March 21, 2013 issued to Martin A. Roenigk — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 22, 2007
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Martin A. Roenigk — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 22, 2007
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
Form of Convertible Promissory Notes due February 29, 2012, dated January 4, 2011, issued pursuant to the several Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and BancBoston Ventures, Inc.; BCLF Ventures I, LLC; Essex Regional Retirement Board; Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation; and Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 14, 2011
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Securities dated as of July 2, 2007 among ThermoEnergy Corporation, CASTion Corporation and the Sellers named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
|
|
|
|
4.6 *
|
|
Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Jeffrey L. Powell — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
|
|
|
|
4.7
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued to The Focus Fund and Robert S. Trump — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2007
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4.8
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Form of 7.5% Convertible Promissory Notes issued to The Focus Fund and Robert S. Trump — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended September 30, 2007
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4.9
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Warrant Agreement dated November 5, 2004 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Robert S. Trump, together with Form of Warrant — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.SS to Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D of Robert S. Trump filed on December 2, 2004
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4.10
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 18, 2007 between ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 19, 2007
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4.11
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Amendment No. 1 to Common Stock Purchase Warrant No. 2007-12-1 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2008
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4.12
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7.5% Convertible Promissory Notes due December 31, 2008 issued to Robert S. Trump — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 18, 2008
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4.13
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Common Stock Purchase Warrant No. 2008-RT1 issued to Robert S. Trump — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 18, 2008
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4.14
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issuable pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of September 15, 2008 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2008
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4.15
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10% Convertible Promissory Notes due September 30, 2013 issued to The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2008
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4.16
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10% Secured Convertible Promissory Note issued to The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 17, 2009
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4.17
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 6, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009
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4.18
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Form of 10% Convertible Promissory Note due October 31, 2009 issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 27, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009
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4.19
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 27, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009
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4.20
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Warrant No. W09-10 for the purchase of 600,000 shares of the Common Stock of ThermoEnergy Corporation issued to The Focus Fund, LP — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2009
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4.21
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10% Secured Convertible Promissory Note of ThermoEnergy Corporation dated June 25, 2009 in the principal amount of $150,000 issued to The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2009
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4.22
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10% Convertible Promissory Note of ThermoEnergy Corporation dated June 17, 2009 in the principal amount of $108,000 issued to The Focus Fund, LP — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2009
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4.23
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8% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $600,000 issued to Focus Fund L.P. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 27, 2009
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4.24
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Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued to Focus Fund L.P. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 27, 2009
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4.25
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Form of 8% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes issued to Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd, Robert S. Trump and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2009
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4.26
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued to Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd, Robert S. Trump and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2009
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4.27
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and the Investors named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2009
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4.28
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to the several Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and BancBoston Ventures, Inc.; BCLF Ventures I, LLC; Essex Regional Retirement Board; Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation; and Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 14, 2011
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4.29
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued pursuant to the several Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and BancBoston Ventures, Inc.; BCLF Ventures I, LLC; Essex Regional Retirement Board; Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation; and Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 14, 2011
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4.30
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements dated as of July 11, 2012 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and each of the individuals and entities identified therein as “Investors” — Filed by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 17, 2012
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5.1
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Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP — Filed herewith
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10.1
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License Agreement, effective December 30, 1997, by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 1998
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10.2
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Amendment No. 1 to License Agreement between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
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10.3
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Amendment No. 2 to License Agreement between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005
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10.4
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License Agreement, effective October 1, 2003, by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Alexander G. Fassbender — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.44 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003
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10.5
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Letter Agreement from Alexander G. Fassbender dated December 17, 2007 and addressed to The Quercus Trust and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 19, 2007
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10.6 *
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Employment Agreement of Alexander G. Fassbender, dated November 18, 1998, and Amendment No. 1 thereto — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
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10.7 *
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Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between Alexander G. Fassbender and ThermoEnergy Corporation, dated as of February 25, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2009
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10.8 *
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Executive Employment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2010 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Dennis C. Cossey — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 9, 2010
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10.9 *
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Executive Employment Agreement dated January 27, 2010 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Cary G. Bullock — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 2, 2010
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10.10 *
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Executive Employment Agreement dated November 2, 2009 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Teodor Klowan, Jr. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 3, 2009
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10.11 *
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Consulting Services Agreement between Rexon Limited and ThermoEnergy Corporation dated as of August 3, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 26, 2009
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10.12 *
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Rexon Limited pursuant to Consulting Services Agreement between Rexon Limited and ThermoEnergy Corporation dated as of August 3, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009
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10.13 *
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Executive Employment Agreement dated September 16, 2009 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Shawn R. Hughes — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009
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10.14 *
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Employment Agreement of Andrew T. Melton, dated May 1, 2005 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005
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10.15 *
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Employment Agreement of Jeffrey L. Powell, dated July 2, 2007 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
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10.16 *
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Bonus Agreement dated July 2, 2007 among ThermoEnergy Corporation, CASTion Corporation and Donald F. Farley, as agent for certain employees of CASTion Corporation identified therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
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10.17 *
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Option Agreement by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Dennis C. Cossey — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 1999
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10.18 *
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Retirement Plan of P.L. Montesi — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43 to Annual Report on Form 10-QSB for the year ended December 31, 2003
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10.19 *
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Agreement, dated May 27, 2005, among ThermoEnergy Corporation, the Estate of P.L. Montesi and Betty Johnson Montesi — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 3, 2005
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10.20
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 18, 2007 between ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 19, 2007
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10.21
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First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of June 25, 2008 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2008
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10.22
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Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2007, between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Martin A. Roenigk — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 22, 2007
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10.23
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Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Securities dated as of July 2, 2007 among ThermoEnergy Corporation, CASTion Corporation and the Sellers named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
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10.24
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Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2008, between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Robert S. Trump — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 18, 2008
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10.25
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Stock Pledge Agreement dated July 2, 2007 by ThermoEnergy Corporation in favor of Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC (in its capacity as agent for itself and for other Secured Parties who become parties thereto — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10, 2007
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10.26
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of September 15, 2008 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed January 13, 2009
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10.27
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Security Agreement dated as of February 11, 2009 among ThermoEnergy Corporation, CASTion Corporation and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 17, 2009
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10.28
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Limited Liability Company Agreement of Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, dated as of February 25, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2009
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10.29
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TEPS License Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2009
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10.30
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Agreement to Indemnify Certain Members of Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, dated as of February 25, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2009
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10.31
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Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 6, 2009 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and each of the Investors party thereto — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009
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10.32
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 27, 2009 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and the Investors party thereto — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009
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10.33
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Letter Agreement between The Quercus Trust and ThermoEnergy Corporation dated June 25, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2009
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10.34
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Letter Agreement between The Focus Fund, LP and ThermoEnergy Corporation dated June 15, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2009
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10.35
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Security Agreement between The Focus Fund, L.P. and ThermoEnergy Corporation dated July 31, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 27, 2009
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10.36
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Promissory Note in the principal amount of $110,000 issued pursuant to Focus Fund L.P. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 31, 2009
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10.37
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Security Agreement dated as of September 28, 2009 between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd, Robert S. Trump and The Quercus Trust — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2009
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10.38
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and the Investors named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2009
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10.39
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Form of Mutual Release between ThermoEnergy Corporation and the several Investors party to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2009
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10.40
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Voting Agreement dated as of November 19, 2009 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and the Series B Preferred Stockholders named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed November , 2009
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10.41
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Bridge Loan Agreement dated as of March 1, 2010 by and among The Quercus Trust, Robert S. Trump, Focus Fund, L.P., Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2010
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10.42
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Amendment No. 1 to Bridge Loan Agreement dated as of March 1, 2010 by and among The Quercus Trust, Robert S. Trump, Focus Fund, L.P., Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2010
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10.43
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Note Extension and Amendment Agreement dated as of February 25, 2011 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust; Robert S. Trump; Focus Fund L.P.; Empire Capital Partners, LP; Empire Capital Partners, Ltd; and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 3, 2011
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10.44
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Form of Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Promissory Notes dated issued pursuant to the Note Extension and Amendment Agreement by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and The Quercus Trust; Robert S. Trump; Focus Fund L.P.; Empire Capital Partners, LP; Empire Capital Partners, Ltd; and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 3, 2011
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10.45
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Security Agreement dated as of March 1, 2010 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation, The Quercus Trust, Robert S. Trump, Focus Fund, L.P., Empire Capital Partners, LP, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd, and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund Ltd and The Quercus Trust (as agent for itself and the other Investors) — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2010
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10.46
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Contract No. PO-98B (Registration No. CTC 826 20101417884) between The City of New York Department of Environmental Protection and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2010
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10.47
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Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 9, 2010 by and among Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund; SBL Fund, Series V (Mid Cap Value); Security Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Institutional Fund; SBL Fund, Series Q (Small Cap Value); and Security Equity Fund, Small Cap Value Fund and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 9, 2010
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10.48
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Form of Note Amendment and Forbearance Agreements by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and BancBoston Ventures, Inc.; BCLF Ventures I, LLC; Essex Regional Retirement Board; Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation; and Spencer Trask Specialty Group, LLC — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 14, 2011
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10.49
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Bridge Loan and Warrant Amendment Agreement by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and Robert S. Trump; Focus Fund L.P.; Hughes Capital; Scott A. Fine; Peter J. Richards, Empire Capital Partners, LP; Empire Capital Partners, Ltd; and Empire Capital Partners Enhanced Master Fund, Ltd – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2011.
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10.50
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Indenture of Lease, dated January 2008, by and between Liberty MA Portfolio Fee LLC and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 28, 2011
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10.51
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First Amendment to Lease, dated October 25, 2011, by and between Liberty MA Portfolio Fee LLC and ThermoEnergy Corporation — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 28, 2011
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10.52
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Form of Warrant Amendment Agreement, dated December 30, 2011, entered into by ThermoEnergy
Corporation and each of the following persons and entities: John Blum, Michael Brodherson, Scott E. Douglas, Steve Elsey,
Steven Etra, Jack and Mary Garson, Gunther Motor Company of Plantation, Inc., Francis Howard, JSL Kids Partners, John S.
Lemak, IRA Rollover, Next View Capital LP, W.P. O’Reilly & Associates, Ltd., Robert B. Prag, Bruce M. Robinson,
Steven Sack, Samax Family Limited Partnership, Sandor Capital Master Fund, L.P., John J. Shaw, Gerald and Seena Sperling,
Robert Stranger, and Mark Williams – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed
January 4, 2012
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10.53
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Dissolution Agreement, effective as of March 2, 2012, by and among Babcock-Thermo Clean
Combustion LLC, Babcock Power Development, LLC, Babcock Power Inc., ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, and ThermoEnergy
Corporation – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 8, 2012
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10.54
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Agreement, dated June 20, 2012, by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and Itea S.p.A. – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 26, 2012
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10.55
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Detailed License Agreement, dated June 20, 2012, by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation, ThermoEnergy Power Systems LLC, Itea S.p.A. and Unity Power Alliance LLC -- Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 26, 2012
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10.56
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Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 11, 2012 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and each of the individuals and entities identified therein as “Investors” -- Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 17, 2012
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10.57
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements dated as of July 11, 2012 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and each of the individuals and entities identified therein as “Investors” -- Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 17, 2012
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10.59
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Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 11, 2012 by and between ThermoEnergy Corporation and each of the individuals and entities identified therein as “Investors” — Filed by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 17, 2012
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10.60
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Loan Agreement dated as of October 4, 2012 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation,
ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, CASTion Corporation and C13 Thermo LLC – Filed by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 11, 2012
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10.61
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Promissory Note dated October 4, 2012 in the principal amount of $700,000 issued by
ThermoEnergy Corporation, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, and CASTion Corporation to C13 Thermo LLC – Filed by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 11, 2012
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10.62
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Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of October 4, 2012 by and among
ThermoEnergy Corporation, ThermoEnergy Power Systems, LLC, CASTion Corporation and C13 Thermo LLC – Filed by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 11, 2012
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10.63
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Bridge Loan Agreement dated November 30, 2012 by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and the
Investors party thereto — Filed by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 6, 2012
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10.64
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Form of Promissory Note issued pursuant to the Bridge Loan Agreement dated November 30, 2012
by and among ThermoEnergy Corporation and the Investors party thereto — Filed by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report
on Form 8-K filed December 6, 2012
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21.1
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Subsidiaries of the Issuer — Filed herewith
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23.1
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Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP — Included in Exhibit 5.1
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23.2
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP — Filed herewith
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24.1
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Power of Attorney of Dileep Agnihotri, Joseph P. Bartlett, Cary G. Bullock, Teodor Klowan, Jr., J. Winder Hughes III, Shawn R. Hughes, and Arthur S. Reynolds — Included on Signature Page
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101.INS **
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XBRL Instance Document
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101.SCH **
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL **
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
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101.DEF **
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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1.01 LAB **
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XBRL Extension Labels Linkbase Document
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101.PRE **
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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*May be deemed a compensatory plan or arrangement.
**
In
accordance with SEC rules, this interactive data file is deemed “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes
of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is
not subject to liability under those sections or acts.
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(i)
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range maybe reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii)
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial,
bona fide
offering thereof.
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, the issuer is subject to Rule 430C. Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
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(b) Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 14, 2012.
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Thermoenergy corporation.
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By:
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/s/ Cary G. Bullock
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Cary G. Bullock
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors of
ThermoEnergy Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Cary G. Bullock, Gregory M. Landegger, and Teodor Klowan,
Jr., and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us
and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this registration statement and any and all
subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in
our capacities as officers and directors to enable ThermoEnergy Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying the confirming
our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and
all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
NAME
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Cary G. Bullock
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Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
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December 14, 2012
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Cary G. Bullock
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/Teodor Klowan, Jr.
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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December 14, 2012
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Teodor Klowan, Jr. CPA
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(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
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Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Dileep Agnihotri
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Director
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December 14, 2012
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Dileep Agnihotri
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/s/ Joseph P. Bartlett
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Director
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December 14, 2012
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Joseph P. Bartlett
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/s/ J. Winder Hughes III
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Director
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December 14, 2012
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J. Winder Hughes III
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/s/ Shawn R. Hughes
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Director
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December 14, 2012
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Shawn R. Hughes
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/s/ Arthur S. Reynolds
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Director
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December 14, 2012
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Arthur S. Reynolds
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