10-Q/A 1 uqmqa123101.htm 10-Q/A, 12/31/01 10-Q, 12/31/01

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q/A

 

[X]     Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

[ ]     Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2001

 

Commission file number 1-10869

 

                UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.                
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

           Colorado                        84-0579156     
(State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer    
incorporation or organization)       Identification No.)

 

 

425 Corporate Circle    Golden, Colorado     80401   
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

 

                    (303) 278-2002                  
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   X  . No     .

 

The number of shares outstanding (including shares held by affiliates) of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share at January 28, 2002, was 17,678,848.

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

December 31,

March 31,

Assets

    2001    

   2001   

 

(unaudited) 

 

Current assets:

   

   Cash and cash equivalents

$  2,254,768 

2,399,006 

   Accounts receivable (notes 6 and 8)

2,280,361 

3,899,041 

   Costs and estimated earnings in excess
     of billings on uncompleted contracts (note 3)


687,017 


572,009 

   Inventories (notes 4, 6 and 8)

5,274,889 

6,656,236 

   Prepaid expenses

273,776 

184,405 

   Equipment of discontinued operations held
   for sale, net (note 9)


1,500,686 

   
-    

   Other

     2,856 

    52,065 

     

          Total current assets

12,274,353 

13,762,762 

     

Property and equipment, at cost:

   

   Land

181,580 

181,580 

   Building

1,247,265 

1,240,435 

   Machinery and equipment

 8,618,193 

12,433,475 

 

10,047,038 

13,855,490 

   Less accumulated depreciation

(5,143,449)

(6,577,035)

     

          Net property and equipment

 4,903,589 

 7,278,455 

     

Patent and trademark costs, net of
  accumulated amortization of $205,585
  and $170,204



746,404 



731,707 

     

Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
  of $1,107,712 and $873,793


4,416,220 


5,662,797 

     

Other assets

    45,872 

    45,872 

     
 

$ 22,386,438
============

27,481,593
===========

     
   

(Continued)

 

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets, Continued

 

 

December 31,

  March 31,

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

    2001    

    2001   

 

(unaudited) 

 

Current liabilities:

   

   Accounts payable

$  2,802,585 

2,777,737 

   Other current liabilities (note 5)

951,309 

1,031,028 

   Current portion of long-term deferred
     gain on sale of real estate


483,209 


115,713 

   Current portion of long-term debt

523,865 

865,685 

   Revolving line-of-credit (note 6)

2,820,000 

4,037,000 

   

   Term debt and accrued future losses
     of discontinued operations (note 9)


1,311,196 


-    

   Billings in excess of costs and
     estimated earnings on uncompleted
     contracts (note 3)



   238,853
 



197,819
 

     

          Total current liabilities

9,131,017 

9,024,982 

     

Long-term deferred gain on sale of real estate

-    

636,423 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 1,279,553 

2,606,075 

     

          Total liabilities

10,410,570 

12,267,480 

     

Stockholders' equity (notes 7 and 13):

   

   Common stock, $.01 par value, 50,000,000

   

     shares authorized; 17,566,359 and

   

     17,423,358 shares issued

175,664 

174,233 

   Additional paid-in capital

51,237,932 

50,626,120 

   Accumulated deficit

(39,021,033)

(35,164,723)

   Accumulated other comprehensive income

(384,300)

(384,300)

   Note receivable from officer

   (32,395)

   (37,217)

     

          Total stockholders' equity

11,975,868 

15,214,113 

     

Commitments (note 12)

   
     
     
     
 

$ 22,386,438
============

27,481,593
 ===========

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

  Quarter Ended December 31,

  Nine Months Ended
     December 31,

   2001    

   2000    

   2001    

   2000    

Revenue (note 8):

   Contract services

$    888,736 

594,708 

2,206,011 

 1,492,607 

   Product sales

 4,277,233 

 6,345,238 

14,691,239 

17,719,221 

 5,165,969 

 6,939,946 

16,897,250 

19,211,828 

Operating costs and expenses:

   Costs of contract services

640,951 

470,129 

1,602,249 

1,336,470 

   Costs of product sales

4,161,723 

5,639,740 

13,563,029 

15,676,136 

   Research and development

16,450 

14,050 

87,194 

79,460 

   General and administrative

938,807 

856,652 

2,955,170 

2,727,979 

   Amortization of goodwill

    67,587 

    67,587 

   202,761 

   202,761 

 5,825,518 

 7,048,158 

18,410,403 

20,022,806 

      Loss from operations

(659,549)

(108,212)

(1,513,153)

(810,978)

Other income (expense):

   Interest income

14,003 

8,320 

58,300 

46,093 

   Interest expense

(95,273)

(79,489)

(292,801)

(203,184)

   Minority interest share of earnings

     of consolidated subsidiary

-    

(20,213)

-    

(59,790)

   Gain on sale of real estate

161,069 

-    

218,928 

-    

   Other

      -    

        4 

    (6,484)

    (2,906)

    79,799 

  (91,378)

   (22,057)

  (219,787)

      Loss from continuing operations

(579,750)

(199,590)

(1,535,210)

(1,030,765)

Discontinued operations (note 9):

   Loss from operations
     of discontinued gear division


-    


(229,949)


(644,650)


(807,342)

   Loss on disposal of gear
     division including provision of
     $663,792 for operating losses
     during phase-out period




      -   
 




      -   
 




(1,676,450
)




      -   
 

      -    

  (229,949)

(2,321,100)

   (807,342)

      Net loss

$   (579,750)
=============

  (429,539)
===========

(3,856,310)
===========

(1,838,107)
============

      Net loss per common share -
        basic and diluted (note 10)

          Continuing operations

$ (.03)  

(.01)  

(.09)  

(.06)  

          Discontinued operations

  -    

(.01)  

(.13)  

(.04)  

$ (.03)  
  =========

(.02)
  ===== 

(.22)
=====

(.10)
=====

Weighted average number of shares
  of common stock outstanding (note
  10)


17,536,527 
===========


17,363,215
==========


17,508,078
==========


17,282,878
==========

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

     2001    

   2000    

   

Cash flows provided (used) by operating
  activities of continuing operations:

   

     Loss from continuing operations

$ (1,535,210)

(1,030,765)

   

     Adjustments to reconcile loss from
       continuing operations to net cash provided
       (used) by operating activities of continuing
       operations:

   

          Depreciation and amortization

1,175,255 

1,073,319 

          Deferred gain on sale of real estate

(268,927)

-    

          Impairment of assets

-    

216,818 

          Minority interest share of earnings
            of consolidated subsidiary


-    


59,789 

          Non-cash compensation expense for
          common stock, stock options and warrants
          issued for services            



9,558 



79,176 

          Loss on sale of property and equipment

6,493 

2,917 

          Change in operating assets and
            liabilities:

   

            Accounts receivable and costs and
              estimated earnings in excess of
              billings on uncompleted
              contracts              




1,502,364 




(1,763,683)

            Inventories

1,424,838 

(3,717,566)

            Prepaid expenses and other current
              assets


(42,014)


(22,138)

            Accounts payable and other current
              liabilities              


(55,010)


2,703,985 

            Billings in excess of costs and
            estimated earnings on uncompleted
            contracts



    41,034
 



   343,192
 

     

                  Net cash provided (used) by
                    operating activities of
                    continuing operations 

 2,258,381 

(2,054,956)

     

Cash flows used by investing activities of
  continuing operations:

   

     Acquisition of property and equipment

(496,468)

(1,981,834)

     Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

-    

7,000 

     Increase in patent and trademark costs

(50,078)

(39,707)

     Proceeds from sale of Germany joint venture

-    

400,000 

     Investment in other long-term assets

      -    

   (75,000)

     

                  Net cash used by investing
                    activities of continuing
                    operations                  



$   (546,546)



(1,689,541
)

 

(Continued)

 

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
(unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

     2001    

   2000    

Cash flows provided (used) by financing activities of
  continuing operations:

     Borrowings (repayments) on revolving
       line-of-credit, net       


$(1,217,000)


2,480,000 

     Proceeds from borrowings

-    

700,000 

     Repayment of debt

(715,712) 

(565,249)

      Issuance of common stock upon exercise
       of employee options, net of note repayments  


487,626 


934,095 

     Issuance of common stock under employee
       stock purchase plan      


15,874 


25,720 

     Issuance of common stock upon exercise
       of Warrants


105,007 


96,000 

     Distributions paid to holders of minority

       Interest

     -    

  (50,508)

               Net cash provided (used) by
                 financing activities of continuing
                 operations



(1,324,205)



3,620,058
 

Cash provided (used) by continuing operations

387,630 

(124,439)

Net cash used in discontinued operations

 (531,868)

 (543,349)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(144,238)

(667,788)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

2,399,006 

2,085,115 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$ 2,254,768
  ===========

1,417,327
  =========

Interest paid in cash during the period

$   303,355 

  307,552
  =========

 

Non-cash investing and financing transactions:

In accordance with the provisions of the Company's stock option plans, the Company accepts as payment of the exercise price, mature shares of the Company's common stock held by the option holder for a period of six months prior to the date of the option exercise. For the nine months ended December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively, the Company issued 64,360 and 20,045 shares of common stock for options exercised for an aggregate exercise price of $234,875 and $63,864, for which the Company received 36,302 and 7,983 shares of common stock as payment for the exercise price. The shares received were recorded at cost as treasury stock and were subsequently retired.

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

 

 

(1) The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments which were solely of a normal recurring nature, necessary to a fair presentation of the results for the interim period, have been made. The results for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the fiscal year. The Notes contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Notes to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements filed on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2001.

(2) Certain financial statement amounts have been reclassified for comparative purposes.

  1. The estimated period to complete contracts in process ranged from one to sixteen months at December 31, 2001, and from one to fifteen months at March 31, 2001. The Company expects to collect substantially all related accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts within seventeen months. Contracts in process consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31, 2001

March 31, 2001

 

(unaudited)  

 
     

       Costs incurred on  
         uncompleted contracts


$ 2,687,173  


1,974,471  

       Estimated earnings

1,237,981  

720,333  

 

3,925,154  

2,694,804  

       Less billings to date

(3,476,990

(2,320,614

     
 

$   448,164  
===========  

  374,190  
=========     

       Included in the accompanying balance sheets as follows:

   

   

           Costs and estimated earnings in
             excess of billings on
             uncompleted contracts

$  687,017  

572,009  

           Billings in excess of costs and
             estimated earnings on
             uncompleted contracts



 (238,853



 (197,819

     

  $   448,164  
===========  

374,190  
========== 

(4) Inventories consist of:

December 31, 2001

March 31, 2001

 

(unaudited)  

 
     

       Raw materials

$ 3,914,417  

5,159,632  

       Work in process

1,035,588  

352,632  

       Finished products

  324,884  

1,143,972  

     

$ 5,274,889  
===========  

6,656,236  
  =========  

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(unaudited)

 

 

 

(5) Other current liabilities consist of:

 

December 31, 2001

March 31, 2001

 

(unaudited)  

 
     

      Accrued interest

$  31,362   

41,917   

      Accrued legal and accounting fees

69,000   

85,110   

      Accrued payroll, commissions,
        personal property taxes and real
        estate taxes



678,612   



684,296   

      Accrued warranty costs

58,404   

34,275   

      Customer deposits and prepayments

23,635   

44,575   

      Other

 90,296   

140,855   

     
 

$ 951,309   
=========   

1,031,028   
=========   

 

(6) Lines-of-credit

At December 31, 2001, the Company had lines-of-credit of $.4 million and $4.0 million. The $.4 million line-of-credit expires in July, 2002 and had no amount outstanding at December 31, 2001. The $4.0 million line-of-credit is due on demand, but if no demand is made, it is due April 15, 2002. Interest on the lines-of-credit is payable monthly at prime plus .75% (5.50% at December 31, 2001) and prime plus 3% (7.75% at December 31, 2001), respectively. Outstanding borrowings under both lines-of-credit are secured by accounts receivable, inventory and general intangibles, and are limited to certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory which changes from month-to-month. At December 31, 2001 the Company's borrowings on its lines-of-credit were limited to $3.4 million of which borrowings of $2.8 million were outstanding. Both lines have various covenants which limit the Company's ability to dispose of assets, merge with another entity, and pledge trade receivables and inventories as collateral. The $4.0 million line-of-credit also requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios as defined in the agreement. As of December 31, 2001, the Company was in compliance with the required ratios. However, the bank has nevertheless notified the Company that it does not intend to renew the Company's $4.0 million line-of-credit beyond its current expiration date of April 15, 2002. The Company expects to replace this facility with a similar line-of-credit, however, we cannot provide assurance that the line-of-credit will be replaced or if it is replaced that the new line-of-credit will be sufficient to meet the Company's funding needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in securing a replacement line-of-credit it could have a materially adverse impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

(7) Common Stock Options and Warrants

Incentive and Non-Qualified Option Plans

The Company has reserved 6,104,000 shares of common stock for key employees, consultants and key suppliers under its Incentive and Non-Qualified Option Plans of 1992 and 1982. Under these option plans the exercise price of each option is set at the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and the maximum term of the options is 10 years from the date of grant. Options granted to employees vest ratably over a three-year period. The maximum number of options that may be granted to any eligible employee during the term of the 1982 and 1992 plans is 1,000,000 options. Options granted under the Company's plans

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(unaudited)

 

 

to employees require the option holder to abide by certain Company policies which restrict their ability to sell the underlying common stock.

 

The following table summarizes activity under the plans for the nine months ended December 31, 2001:

 

 

Shares Under
   Option   

Weighted-Average
 Exercise Price 

Outstanding at March 31, 2001

2,814,820 

$5.96     

Granted

7,500 

4.54     

Exercised

       (176,541)

   4.07     

Forfeited

 (166,362)

    7.64

     

Outstanding at December 31, 2001

2,479,417 
========= 

$5.99     

     

Exercisable at December 31, 2001

1,774,562 
  ========= 

$5.49     

The following table presents summarized information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2001:

                                    Options Outstanding         

Options Exercisable  

   

   

Range of
Exercise Prices

Number
Outstanding at 12/31/01

Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life

Weighted Average Exercise Price

Number Exercisable at 12/31/01

Weighted Average Exercise Price

               
   

$2.25 - 3.31  

427,198  

3.6 years    

$3.00   

427,198  

$3.00   

   

$3.50 - 5.00  

 663,251  

4.7 years    

$4.27   

571,231  

$4.25   

   

$6.25 - 8.75  

 1,388,968  

6.4 years    

$7.73   

776,133  

$7.77   

   

$2.25 - 8.75  

 2,479,417  

5.5 years    

$5.99   

1,774,562  

$5.49   

Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan

In February 1994, the Company's Board of Directors ratified a Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors pursuant to which Directors may elect to receive stock options in lieu of cash compensation for their services as directors. The Company has reserved 500,000 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options under the Plan. The options are exercisable from 3 to 10 years from date of grant. Option prices are equal to the fair market value of common shares at the date of grant.

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(unaudited)

 

The following table presents summarized activity under the plan for the nine months ended December 31, 2001:

 

 

Shares Under
   Option   

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

     

Outstanding at March 31, 2001

47,060  

$5.96        

Granted

  7,076  

$5.85        

Exercised

-     

-          

Forfeited

  -     

-          

Outstanding at December 31, 2001

54,136  
======= 

$5.94        

     

Exercisable at December 31, 2001

38,509  
======  

$5.81        

 

The following table presents summarized information about stock options outstanding for non-employee directors:

                                 Options Outstanding            

Options Exercisable  

   

   

Range of Exercise Prices

Number Outstanding at 12/31/01

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life

Weighted Average Exercise Price

Number Exercisable at 12/31/01

Weighted Average Exercise Price

               
   

$4.25 - 5.06  

25,275   

4.9 years    

$4.76   

22,183   

$4.83   

   

$5.85 - 8.00  

28,861   

4.4 years    

$6.98   

16,326   

$7.14   

$4.25 - 8.00  

54,136   
======   

4.6 years    
   

$5.94   

38,509   
======   

$5.81   

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS 123") defines a fair value method of accounting for employee stock options and similar equity instruments. SFAS 123 permits an entity to choose to recognize compensation expenses by adopting the fair value method of accounting or continue to measure compensation costs using the intrinsic value methods prescribed by APB 25. The Company accounts for stock options granted to employees and directors of the Company under the intrinsic value method. Stock options granted to non-employees under the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan are accounted for under the fair value method. Had the Company reported compensation costs as determined by the fair value method of accounting for option grants to employees and directors, net loss and net loss per common share would have been the pro forma amounts indicated in the following table:

 

 

  Quarter Ended December 31,

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  2001   

  2000   

   2001   

   2000   

Net loss - as reported

$ (579,750)

(429,539)

(3,856,310)

(1,838,107)

Compensation expense -
  current period option grants


(1,463)


(4,850)


(3,963)


(34,200)

Compensation expense -
  prior period option grants


(323,527
)


(175,800)


(1,021,383)


 (626,490
)

Net loss - pro forma

$ (904,740)
===========

(610,189)
=========

(4,881,656)
===========

(2,498,797)
===========

Net loss per common share - as
  reported


$ (.03)  
======   


(.02)  
======  


(.22)  
======  


(.10)  
======  

Net loss per common share -
  pro forma

$ (.05)  

(.04)  

(.28)  

(.14)  

 

 

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(unaudited)

 

The fair value of stock options granted was calculated using the Black Scholes option pricing model based on the following weighted average assumptions:

 
 

  Quarter Ended December 31,

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

  2001   

  2000   

   2001   

   2000   

         

Expected volatility

4.84%

4.83%

4.81%

4.72%

Expected dividend yield

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Risk free interest rate

4.5%

5.7%

4.3%

6.2%

Expected life of options granted

5.9 years

5.9 years

4.5 years

5.6 years

Fair value of options granted as
  computed under the Black Scholes
  option pricing model


$2.34 per share


$2.91 per share


$2.23 per share


$3.94 per share

 

Future pro forma compensation cost for the remainder of the fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, assuming no additional grants by the Company to employees and directors, is as follows:

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
March 31,

Pro Forma
Compensation
Expense

   

2002   

$   286,490 

2003   

$ 1,026,213 

2004   

$ 472,508 

2005   

$ 4,175 

Warrants

 

The Company completed a private placement in fiscal 1998 of 750,000 units consisting of one common share and a warrant to acquire one share of common stock at an exercise price of $8.00 per share. During fiscal 2001 warrants to purchase 188,250 shares of common stock were extended for a period of two years at the fair value of such extension resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $105,007. The extended warrants expire October 2003 and all of the extended warrants remain outstanding at December 31, 2001.

 

  1. Significant Customers

 

The Company has historically derived significant revenue from a few key customers. The customers from which more than 10% of total revenue from continuing operations has been derived and the percentage of total revenue is summarized as follows:

 

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(unaudited)

 

 

Quarter Ended December 31,

Nine Months Ended December 31,

   2001  

   2000  

   2001  

   2000    

Tyco International

$ 1,215,880

1,318,547

4,023,295

3,352,234  

HandEra, Inc.

539,288

2,210,317

1,676,182

4,408,535  

Invacare Corporation

1,051,340

  646,528

3,100,715

2,227,221  

$ 2,806,508
===========

4,175,392
=========

8,800,192
=========

9,987,990  
=========  

Percentage of
  total revenue


54%
   


60%   


52%   


52%     

  

  

The significant customers for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 were customers in the Company's electronic products and mechanical products segments. These customers, in total, also represented 42% and 77% of total accounts receivable at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. In addition, the Company's electronic products segment manufactures products to customers design specification as a contract manufacturer. As such, the Company purchases inventory on behalf of customers for which the customer is financially obligated in the event his production order with the Company is cancelled or otherwise not fulfilled. Substantially all inventories carried by the electronic products segment are covered by customer commitments and approximately $1.6 million is attributable to customers A and B.

Contract services revenue derived from contracts with agencies of the U.S. Government and from sub-contracts with U.S. Government prime contractors totaled $266,037 and $244,531 for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $706,464 and $576,677 for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

 

  1. Discontinued Operations
  2.  

    In October, 2001, the Company formalized a plan to close its contract gear manufacturing business which is part of its mechanical products segment. The Company expects to complete performance under its existing contracts and sell its contract gear manufacturing assets for an amount approximating its net book value by the second quarter of fiscal 2003. Accordingly, the operating results of this division for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 have been reported separately as discontinued operations together with estimated losses from the disposal of division assets and an accrual for estimated operating losses to be incurred during the phase-out period. Loss from operations of discontinued gear division also includes interest expense on debt used to acquire gear manufacturing machinery and equipment but does not include allocations of general corporate overheads which have been reallocated to other business segments. All prior periods presented have been restated to reflect the contract gear manufacturing division as a discontinued operation.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
    (unaudited)

     

    Net revenue and losses from the discontinued gear division are shown in the following table. Losses for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 were applied as a reduction of the liability for accrued future losses of discontinued operations.

    Quarter Ended December 31,

    Nine Months Ended December 31,

     2001  

      2000 

     2001  

       2000  

    Net sales $ 424,824 472,687  1,123,223  1,097,627 
    Net loss $ (83,282) (229,949) (2,321,100) (807,342)

    Assets and liabilities of the discontinued gear division were as follows:

     

     
     

    December 31, 2001

    March 31, 2001

     

      (unaudited)

     

       

    Accounts receivable, inventories and
      other assets


    506,684   


    466,353  

    Property and equipment, net

    1,500,686   

    1,927,728  

    Goodwill, net

         -      

    1,043,816  

         

    Total assets

    2,007,370   

    3,437,897  

         

    Accounts payable and other liabilities

    233,958   

    233,819  

    Accrued future loses of discontinued
      operations


    580,510   


    -     

    Term debt

      730,686   

      952,630  

         

    Total liabilities

    1,545,154   

    1,186,449  

         

    Net assets of discontinued gear division

      462,216   
    =======   

    2,251,448  
    =========  

         

     

    As of December 31, 2001 all assets and liabilities of the discontinued gear division have been classified as current.

  3. Net loss per common share amounts are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 and 2000. Outstanding common stock options and warrants were not included in the computation because the effect of such inclusion would be antidilutive. As of December 31, 2001, the Company has outstanding options to purchase 2,533,553 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 188,250 shares of its common stock which could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future.
  4. Segments
  5.  

    The Company has three reportable segments: technology, mechanical products and electronic products. The technology segment encompasses the Company's technology-based operations including core research to advance its technology, application engineering and product development and job shop production of prototype components. The mechanical products segment encompasses the manufacture and sale of permanent magnet motors. As discussed in Note 9 the Company discontinued its gear operations in fiscal year 2002 and accordingly the financial results of this operation are no longer reported in continuing

    operations of the mechanical products segment in all periods presented. The electronic products segment encompasses the manufacture and sale of wire harness

     

     

    UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
    (unaudited)

     

     

     

    assemblies, electronic printed circuit board assemblies and electronic products. Salaries of the executive officers and corporate general and administrative expense is allocated to all segments of continuing operations.

     

    During the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, intersegment sales or transfers were immaterial.

     

    The Company's reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different business strategies.

     

    The following table summarizes significant financial statement information for the continuing operations of each of the reportable segments for the quarter ended December 31, 2001:

     

     
     

    Technology

    Mechanical Products

    Electronic Products

    Total

             

    Revenue

    $   904,687 

    1,051,340 

    3,209,942 

    5,165,969 

    Interest income

    11,996 

    2,007 

    -    

    14,003 

    Interest expense

    -    

    (15,287)

    (79,986)

    (95,273)

    Depreciation and

           

      amortization

    (79,228)

    (42,747)

    (215,900)

    (337,875)

    Goodwill amortization

    -    

    -    

    (67,587)

    (67,587)

    Segment earnings (loss)
       from continuing
       operations



    136,137 



    (51,192)



    (664,695)



    (579,750)

    Assets of continuing
      operations


    5,240,183 


    2,585,434 


    12,553,451 


    20,379,068 

    Assets of discontinued
      operations


    -    


    2,007,370 


    -    


    2,007,370 

    Total segment assets

    5,240,183 

    4,592,804 

    12,553,451 

    22,386,438 

    Expenditures for segment
      assets


    $   (39,399)


    (2,226)


    (59,541)


    (101,166)

     

    UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
    (unaudited)

     

     

     

    The following table summarizes significant financial statement information for the continuing operations of each of the reportable segments for the quarter ended December 31, 2000:

     

     
       

     

    Mechanical
    Products

     
     

    Technology

    Electronic Products

    Total

             

    Revenue

    $   599,033 

    646,528 

    5,694,385 

    6,939,946 

    Interest income

    8,143 

    177 

    -    

    8,320 

    Interest expense

    (13,463)

    (4,131)

    (61,895)

    (79,489)

    Depreciation and
      amortization


    (100,271)


    (25,506)


    (185,243)


    (311,020)

    Goodwill amortization

    -    

    -    

    (67,587)

    (67,587)

    Segment earnings
      (loss) from continuing
      operations



    (245,943)



    78,293 



    (31,940)



    (199,590)

    Assets of continuing
      operations


    8,090,699 


    2,377,136 


    14,957,352 


    25,425,187 

    Assets of discontinued
      operations


    -    


    3,739,042 


    -    


    3,739,042 

    Total segment assets

    8,090,699 

    6,116,178 

    14,957,352 

    29,164,229 

    Expenditures for segment
      assets


    $   (77,186)


    -    


    (509,009)


    (586,195)

     

    The following table summarizes significant financial statement information for the continuing operations of each of the reportable segments for the nine months ended December 31, 2001:

       

     
     

    Technology

    Mechanical Products

    Electronic Products

    Total

             

    Revenue

    $ 2,698,734 

    3,100,715 

    11,097,801 

    16,897,250 

    Interest income

    56,050 

    2,250 

    -    

    58,300 

    Interest expense

    -    

    (22,631)

    (270,170)

    (292,801)

    Depreciation and
      amortization


    (240,199)


    (99,562)


    (632,733)


    (972,494)

    Goodwill amortization

    -    

    -    

    (202,761)

    (202,761)

    Segment earnings (loss)
      from continuing
      operations



    (307,077)



    38,050 



    (1,266,183)



    (1,535,210)

    Assets of continuing
      operations


    5,240,183 


    2,585,434 


    12,553,451 


    20,379,068 

           

    Assets of discontinued
      operations


    -    


    2,007,370 


    -    


    2,007,370 

    Total segment assets

    5,240,183 

    4,592,804 

    12,553,451 

    22,386,438 

    Expenditures for segment
      assets


    $  (216,420)


    (14,454)


    (315,672)


    (546,546)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
    (unaudited)

     

     

    The following table summarizes significant financial statement information for the continuing operations of each of the reportable segments for the nine months ended December 31, 2000:

     

     
       

     
     

    Technology

    Mechanical Products

    Electronic Products

    Total

             

    Revenue

    $ 2,122,816 

    2,227,221 

    14,861,791 

    19,211,828 

    Interest income

    45,359 

    734 

    -    

    46,093 

    Interest expense

    (41,482)

    (12,744)

    (148,958)

    (203,184)

    Depreciation and
      amortization


    (297,620)


    (76,033)


    (496,905)


    (870,558)

    Goodwill amortization

    -    

    -    

    (202,761)

    (202,761)

    Segment earnings (loss)
      from continuing
      operations



    (776,499)



    205,776 



    (460,042)



    (1,030,765)

    Assets of continuing
      operations


    8,090,699 


    2,377,136 


    14,957,352 


    25,425,187 

    Assets of discontinued
      operations


    -    


    3,739,042 


    -    


    3,739,042 

    Total segment assets

    8,090,699 

    6,116,178 

    14,957,352 

    29,164,229 

    Expenditures for segment
      assets


    $  (332,043)


    (4,574)


    (1,759,924)


    (2,096,541)

  6. Commitments and Contingencies
  7.  

    Employment Agreements

     

    The Company has entered into employment agreements with two of its officers which expire December 31, 2002. The aggregate future compensation under the employment agreements is $415,000.

     

    Lease Commitments

     

    The Company has entered into operating lease agreements for office and manufacturing space and equipment which expire at various times through 2007. As of December 31, 2001, the future minimum lease payments under operating leases with initial noncancelable terms in excess of one year for the remainder of the fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter are as follows:

     

    2002

    $   136,412

    2003

        401,727

    2004

        274,242

    2005

        270,208

    2006

        261,868

    Thereafter

        252,140

       

    $ 1,596,597
    ===========

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
    (unaudited)

     

     

     

    Rental expense under these leases totaled $138,222 and $151,887 for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and $418,279 and $433,387 for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

     

  8. Comprehensive Income

The Company's comprehensive loss for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 was equal to its net loss.

Accumulated comprehensive loss as of December 31, 2001 and March 31, 2001 consists entirely of foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
         FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This Report contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. These statements appear in a number of places in this Report and include statements regarding our plans, beliefs or current expectations, including those plans, beliefs and expectations of our officers and directors with respect to, among other things the development of markets for our products. Important Risk Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements are listed below in Part II, Item 5 Other Information.

Financial Condition

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2001 was $2,254,768 and working capital (the excess of current assets over current liabilities) was $3,143,336 compared with $2,399,006 and $4,737,780,respectively, at March 31, 2001.

Accounts receivable declined $1,618,680 to $2,280,361 at December 31, 2001 from $3,899,041 at March 31, 2001. The decrease is primarily attributable to accelerated collections from a significant customer and lower revenue levels during the nine months ended December 31, 2001.

Costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts increased $115,008 to $687,017 at December 31, 2001 from $572,009 at March 31, 2001. The increase was due to the performance of work on engineering contracts at a rate greater than the associated billing arrangements. Estimated earnings on contracts in process rose to $1,237,981 at December 31, 2001 on costs incurred on contracts in process of $2,687,173 compared to estimated earnings on contracts in process of $720,333 on costs incurred on contracts in process of $1,974,471 at March 31, 2001. The increase is attributable to an expanded amount of work and improved pricing.

Inventories declined $1,381,347 to $5,274,889 principally due to a decline in raw material and finished products inventories, offset by an increase in work-in-process inventories. The decline in raw materials inventories is due to usage of slow moving inventory. The decline in finished products inventory is due to shipments of substantially all electronic products segment finished goods inventory on hand at March 31, 2001.

Prepaid expenses increased to $273,776 at December 31, 2001 from $184,405 at March 31, 2001 reflecting the prepayment of insurance premium costs on the Company's commercial insurance coverage.

Equipment of discontinued operations held for sale, net reflects the net book value of property and equipment of the discontinued gear division held for sale.

The Company invested $496,468 for the acquisition of property and equipment during the nine months ended December 31, 2001, compared to $1,981,834 for the nine months ended December 31, 2000. The decrease in capital expenditures is primarily attributable to higher than normal expenditures for manufacturing equipment at the Company's electronic products segment during the prior year period.

Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization, declined $1,246,577 to $4,416,220 at December 31, 2001 primarily due to write-down of goodwill associated with the discontinuation of the Company's gear division operations.

Accounts payable increased $24,848 to $2,802,585 at December 31, 2001 from $2,777,737 at March 31, 2001, primarily due to the expansion of payment terms to vendors.

Other current liabilities decreased $79,719 to $951,309 at December 31, 2001 from $1,031,028 at March 31, 2001. The decrease is primarily attributable to lower levels of other expense accruals at December 31, 2001 as compared to March 31, 2001. Prior to the end of the quarter the Company paid $207,900 to a customer pursuant to the terms of a contingent pricing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement the customer was entitled to a retroactive adjustment in purchase price upon satisfaction of annual volume shipment targets.

Current portion of long-term debt decreased $341,820 to $523,865 primarily due to the retirement of a portion of the Company's term debt during the first nine months of the year and the reclassification of term debt and accrued future losses of discontinued operations as a current liability.

Revolving line-of-credit declined $1,217,000 to $2,820,000 at December 31, 2001 from $4,037,000 at March 31, 2001. The decrease is attributable to lower working capital requirements during the nine months ended December 31, 2001 arising principally from lower levels of accounts receivable and inventory.

Term debt and accrued future losses of discontinued operation reflects the reclassification of term debt of the discontinued gear division to current liabilities and the expected future operating losses to be incurred during the phase-out of operations which represented $730,686 and $580,510 of the balance at December 31, 2001, respectively.(see also Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements above).

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts rose $41,034 to $238,853 at December 31, 2001 from $197,819 at March 31, 2001 reflecting billing to customers for certain sponsored development contracts in advance of performance of the associated work.

Long-term debt decreased $1,326,522 to $1,279,553 at December 31, 2001 reflecting principal repayments on the Company's term bank debt during the first nine months and the reclassification of the term debt of the discontinued gear division to current liabilities even though it doesn't mature until after April 2005.

Common stock and additional paid-in capital increased to $175,664 and $51,237,932 at December 31, 2001, respectively, compared to $174,233 and $50,626,120 at March 31, 2001. The increases were primarily due to issuances of common stock under the Company's employee benefit plans.

Results of Continuing Operations

Continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, resulted in a net loss of $579,750 or $.03 per common share compared to a net loss of $199,590 or $0.01 per common share for the quarter ended December 31, 2000. Continuing operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 resulted in a net loss of $1,535,210 or $0.09 per common share compared to a net loss of $1,030,765 or $0.06 per common share for the nine months ended December 31, 2000. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the quarter decreased by $337,521 to ($79,015) or nil per share and decreased by $312,892 to ($67,154) or nil per common share for the nine months ended December 31, 2001. EBITDA is a broadly used financial term which many investment professionals use as an approximation of the operating cash flow generated by a business. Management believes that this information may be useful to investors in the Company due to the amount of noncash depreciation and amortization charges reported by the Company. Investors are cautioned, however, that EBITDA is not a replacement or substitute for net earnings or loss determined by the application of generally accepted accounting principles and our calculation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled disclosures made by other companies.

Total revenue from continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 declined $1,773,977 or 26 percent to $5,165,969 compared to $6,939,946 for the comparable quarter last year. For the nine months ended December 31, 2001 total revenue declined $2,314,578 or 12 percent to $16,897,250 compared to $19,211,828 for the comparable period last year. Contract services revenue increased $294,028 or 49% to $888,736 compared to $594,708 for the comparable quarter last year, and rose $713,404 or 48% to $2,206,011 compared to $1,492,607 for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively. The increase in contract services revenue is attributable to improved demand for development projects. Product sales for the quarter declined $2,068,005 or 33% to $4,277,233 versus $6,345,238 for the comparable quarter last year. Product sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 declined $3,027,982 or 17% to $14,691,239 compared to $17,719,221 for the first nine months of the year. The Company has historically derived significant product sales revenue from three key customers, Tyco International, HandEra, Inc. and Invacare who together represented $2,806,508 or 54 percent and $8,800,192 or 52 percent of the Company's total revenue for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, respectively, compared to $4,175,392 or 60 percent and $9,987,990 or 52 percent for the comparable periods last year. Mechanical product sales revenue increased $404,812 or 63% to $1,051,340 and increased $873,494 or 39% to $3,100,715 for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, respectively, compared to $646,528 and $2,227,221 for the comparable periods last year due to increased shipments of wheel chair motors to Invacare Corporation. Electronic product sales revenue decreased $2,484,443 or 44% to $3,209,942 and decreased $3,763,990 or 25% to $11,097,801 for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, respectively, compared to $5,694,385 and $14,861,791 for the comparable periods last year. The decrease for the quarter is primarily attributable to reduced shipments of handheld personal digital assistants manufactured for HandEra, Inc. which represented $1,671,039 of the decrease in revenue and to reduced shipments to Tyco International which represented $102,667 of the decline. The decrease for the nine month period is primarily attributable to reduced shipments to HandEra, Inc. of $2,732,353 and generally lower shipments to several other customers due to weakening economic conditions during the current fiscal year. In addition, the Company expects to complete the manufacture of remaining open purchase order quantities for HandEra, Inc., which amounted to approximately $825,000 of the Company's backlog at December 31, 2001, over the next five months and then discontinue serving this customer.  The Company's electronics segment continues to experience poor conditions and rapidly changing product specifications.

Gross profit margins for the third quarter and first nine months were 7.0 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively, compared to 12.0 percent and 11.4 percent for the comparable quarter and nine month period last year. Gross profit margins on contract services was 27.9 percent and 27.4 percent for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 compared to 20.9 percent and 10.5 percent for the comparable periods last year. The improvement in gross profit margin on contract services is attributable to improved performance and margins on development programs. Gross profit margins on product sales for the third quarter and nine months were 2.7 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively, compared to 11.1 percent and 11.5 percent for the comparable periods last year. The decrease in margins on product sales is primarily attributable to decreased overhead absorption and inventory impairment charge of $143,649 at the Company's electronic product segment.

Research and development expenditures during the third quarter increased $2,400 to $16,450 compared to $14,050, and increased $7,734 to $87,194 compared to $79,460 for the nine months due to higher levels of internally-funded development activities.

General and administrative expense for the third quarter increased $82,155 to $938,807 and increased $227,191 to $2,955,170 for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, respectively, compared to $856,652 and $2,727,979 for the comparable prior year periods. The increase for both periods was primarily due to legal, accounting and investment banking fees associated with the due diligence review of a potential acquisition target of $50,000 and $206,461 for the quarter and nine months, respectively, which were charged to expense upon termination of negotiations during the quarter.

Interest income was $14,003 and $58,300 for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 compared to $8,320 and $46,093 for the comparable prior year

periods. The increase for the quarter and nine months is attributable to higher levels of invested cash.

Interest expense increased $15,784 to $95,273 and $89,617 to $292,801 for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001, respectively. The increase is attributable to higher levels of borrowing on the Company's revolving line-of-credit during the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 versus the comparable periods last year.

Results of Discontinued Operations

The losses of the discontinued gear division are reported as a reduction to the balance sheet caption - term debt and accrued future losses of discontinued operations. Gear operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 resulted in a loss of $83,282, which was applied as a reduction to the foregoing account versus a loss of $229,949 for the comparable quarter last year. Gear revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 was $424,824 compared to $472,687 for the comparable quarter last year. Operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 resulted in a net loss of $2,321,100 or $0.13 per share compared to a net loss of $807,342 or $0.04 per share for the nine months ended December 31, 2000. Gear revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 was $1,123,223 compared to $1,097,627 for the comparable period last year. EBITDA from gearing operations for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 was $(66,462) and $(1,758,904), respectively, versus $(122,297) and $(96,027) for the comparable prior year periods. See also note 9 to the consolidated financial statements above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company's cash balances and liquidity throughout the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 were adequate to meet operating needs. Net cash provided by operating activities was $2,258,381 for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 versus net cash used by operating activities of $2,054,956 for the nine months ended December 31, 2000. The increase in cash provided by operating activities is primarily attributable to reduced working capital requirements resulting from lower levels of accounts receivable ($1,502,364) and inventory ($1,424,838). Cash requirements throughout the first nine months of the year were funded from existing cash balances, cash generated from operations and the exercise of employee stock options and warrant extensions, and borrowings on the Company's credit facilities.

Cash used by investing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 was $496,468 compared to $1,981,834 for the comparable period last year, reflecting lower levels of capital expenditures.

Cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2001 was $1,324,205 consisting principally of net repayments on the Company's lines-of-credit and principal repayments on term debt.

At December 31, 2001, the Company had lines-of-credit of $.4 million and $4.0 million with two commercial banks. The $.4 million line-of-credit expires in July, 2002 and had no amount outstanding at December 31, 2001. The $4.0 million line-of-credit is due on demand, but if no demand is made, it is due April 15, 2002. Interest on the lines-of-credit is payable monthly at prime plus .75% (5.50% at December 31, 2001) and prime plus 3% (7.75% at December 31, 2001), respectively. Outstanding borrowings under both lines-of-credit are secured by accounts receivable, inventory and general intangibles, and are limited to certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory which changes from month-to-month. At December 31, 2001 the Company's borrowings on its lines-of-credit were limited to $3.4 million of which borrowings of $2.8 million were outstanding. Both lines have various covenants which limit the Company's ability to dispose of assets, merge with another entity, and pledge trade receivables and inventories as collateral. The $4.0 million line-of-credit also requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios as defined in the agreement. As of December 31, 2001, the Company was in compliance with the required ratios. However, the bank has nevertheless notified the Company that it does not intend to renew the Company's $4.0 million line-of-credit beyond its current expiration date of April 15, 2002. The Company expects to replace this facility with a similar line-of-credit, however, we cannot provide assurance that the line-of-credit will be replaced or if it is replaced that the new line-of-credit will be sufficient to meet the Company's funding needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in securing a replacement line-of-credit it could have a materially adverse impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

The Company believes that its existing cash balances and bank lines-of-credit, if renewed or replaced, will be sufficient to meet its operating capital requirements for at least the next twelve months, exclusive of acquisition financing requirements. Some of the Company's significant customers have experienced downturns in their businesses as a result of deteriorating general economic conditions and other factors. To the extent these customers experience financial difficulties sufficient to impair their ability to honor their financial commitments, or if the Company is unable to replace or renew its lines-of-credit on terms acceptable to the Company, the Company could experience a material adverse change in its financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

The Company is actively considering possible future acquisitions at any given time and from time to time enters into non-binding letters of intent with respect to possible acquisitions. For the longer-term, the Company expects to continue its strategy of growing its business through expanding its product line of permanent magnet motors and controllers, seek strategic alliances to accelerate the commercialization of its technology and pursue synergistic and accretive acquisitions. The Company expects to finance its future growth from existing cash resources, borrowings from banks, cash flow from operations and through the issuance of equity or debt securities or a combination thereof. There can, however, be no assurance that such financing or capital will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. In the event financing or capital for future growth as envisioned under the Company's strategy is not available, the Company will modify its strategy to align its operations with its then available financial resources.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 141 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a purchase method business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. The adoption of SFAS 141 will not have an effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 142 requires that, beginning on the first day of the Company's next fiscal year, goodwill no longer be amortized for any intangible assets determined to have an indefinite useful life acquired in a business combinations accounted for under the purchase method completed prior to June 30, 2001. In addition, the Company will be required to assign goodwill to specific reporting units and then test it for impairment at least annually under a two step approach designed to compare the carrying value of each reporting unit to the fair value of the reporting unit. Upon implementation, the Company will be required to reassess its intangible assets, including goodwill recorded in connection with earlier acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method, including their useful lives. The Company expects to implement SFAS 142 in the first fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2002. The Company has not yet assessed the impact the implementation of SFAS 142 will have on its financial condition and results of operations, and does not expect to do so until the quarter ending June 30, 2002.

In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS No. 144 establishes one accounting model to be used for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and broadens the presentation of discontinued operations to include more disposal transactions. Management is currently assessing the impact, if any, of SFAS No. 144 on the Company's consolidated financial statements for future periods.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risks

Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as foreign currency exchange and interest rates. The Company does not use financial instruments to any degree to manage these risks and does not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes. Subsequently, all of the Company's product sales, and related receivables are payable in U.S. dollars. The Company is subject to interest rate risk on its debt obligations. Long-term debt obligations have fixed interest rates and the Company's lines-of-credit have variable rates of interest indexed to the prime rate. Interest rates on these instruments approximate current market rates as of December 31, 2001. A one percent change in the prime interest rate would increase or decrease interest expense by $28,200 on an annual basis based on outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2001 on debt with adjustable interest rate provisions.

 

Item 5. Other Information

We have incurred significant operating losses and may continue to do so.

We have incurred significant operating losses as shown in the following tables:

 

Quarter ended December 31,

Nine Months ended December 31,

 

2001

2000

2001

2000

Net loss

$579,750

$ 429,539

$ 3,856,310

$ 1,838,107

 

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

 

2001

2000

1999

 

Net loss

$ 3,140,122

$ 6,471,807

$ 3,754,070

 

We have had accumulated deficits as follows:

March 31, 2001

$ 35,164,723

March 31, 2000

$ 32,024,601

December 31, 2001

$ 39,021,033

In the future we plan to make additional investments in product development and commercialization which is likely to cause us to remain unprofitable.

The current economic downturn has resulted in a reduction in our contract manufacturing service revenue and future reductions could further adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Our electronic products segment manufactures products to customers' design specifications as a contract manufacturer. We purchase inventory on behalf of customers for which the customer is financially obligated in the event his production order with us is cancelled or otherwise not fulfilled. Some of our customers have experienced downturns in their businesses as a result of deteriorating general economic conditions and other factors. In addition, our electronics manufacturing contracts generally do not include minimum purchase requirements and during economic downturns such as we have experienced in the current fiscal year, some of our customers have reduced and may continue to reduce their orders for our services and our electronics manufacturing revenue has declined and may continue to decline. Our loan agreements have terms limiting borrowings to certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory. If customers were not to honor financial obligations for the inventory we hold for them, or not pay the accounts receivable due from them, we would be required to repay a portion of the loan in order to be in compliance with our borrowing limitation provisions and operating performance of our loan agreement covenants. We cannot assure you that we would then be able to obtain waivers of such covenants or to obtain replacement financing on terms acceptable to us. In such a circumstance, we would have to curtail certain of our operations which could result in lower revenue levels and additional operating losses. To the extent our customers experience financial difficulties sufficient to impair their ability to honor their financial commitments, or reduce their orders, we could experience a material adverse change in our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Most of our net sales come from three customers, one of which we are losing. Reductions in purchases by either of the remaining two significant customers could further negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

A significant portion of our total revenue has historically been concentrated among three large customers, Tyco International, HandEra, Inc. and Invacare Corporation. We are in the process of completing shipments to HandEra, Inc. under an existing purchase order and expect to generate revenue of approximately $825,000 during the five months beginning January 1, 2002 and ending May 31, 2002, after which they will no longer be a customer. Revenue derived from HandEra, Inc. during the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2001 declined substantially to $539,288 and $1,676,182, respectively, from the comparable prior year levels of $2,210,317 and $4,408,535, respectively. The loss of either of the two remaining significant customers or a significant reduction in revenue from these customers could cause us to experience a material adverse change in our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

The failure by our customers to adapt their products to rapidly changing competitive conditions could harm our business.

Most of our sales are to companies in the electronics industry, which is subject to rapid technological change and product obsolescence. If our customers are unable to create products that keep pace with the changing technological environment, our customers' products could become obsolete and the demand for our manufacturing services could decline significantly, causing a material adverse change in our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Our operating losses and working capital requirements could consume our current cash balances.

We expect to have operating losses during fiscal 2002. Cash balances stood at $2,254,768 at December 31, 2001.  If our losses become larger, they could consume some or all of our current cash balances. During several fiscal years prior to fiscal 2002, we experienced substantial growth in our revenue which increased our working capital requirements. Should future growth resume at a similar rate or an accelerated rate, the working capital requirements to fund our operations and pursue acquisition opportunities may consume our existing cash balances.

Future rapid growth and expansion could strain our ability to manage our operations and financial resources.

During several fiscal years prior to fiscal 2002, we experienced substantial growth in our revenue which increased our operating complexity. We are actively considering possible future acquisitions at any given time. To manage future rapid growth we must:

- expand, train and manage our employee base and attract and retain additional highly skilled personnel

- expand and improve our computer systems and software tools to manage our manufacturing and engineering activities

- continue to develop and market new products and services

- integrate acquired operations with our existing operations

- control expenses and working capital requirements related to the expansion of our business

 

We cannot assure you that we will be able to satisfy these requirements, or otherwise manage our growth effectively, and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Our government contracts can be cancelled with little or no notice and could restrict our ability to commercialize our technology.

Some of our technology has been developed under government funding by the United States. In some cases, government agencies in the United States can require us to obtain or produce components for our systems from sources located in the United States rather than foreign countries. Our contracts with government agencies are also subject to the risk of termination at the convenience of the contracting agency and in some cases grant "march-in" rights to the government. March-in rights are the right of the United States government or the applicable government agency, under limited circumstances, to exercise a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide license to any technology developed under contracts funded by the government to facilitate commercialization of technology developed with government funding if we fail to commercialize the developed technology. The implementation of restrictions on our sourcing of components or the exercise of march-in rights by the government or an agency of the government could restrict our ability to commercialize our technology.

We face intense competition and may be unable to compete successfully.

We face intense competition from domestic and international companies, many of which possess longer operating histories and significantly greater financial resources and marketing, distribution and manufacturing capability.

If we are unable to protect our patents and other proprietary technology, we will be unable to prevent third parties from using our technology, which would impair our competitiveness and ability to commercialize our products. In addition, the cost of enforcing our proprietary rights may be expensive and result in increased losses.

Our ability to compete effectively against other companies in our industry will depend, in part, on our ability to protect our proprietary technology. Although we have attempted to safeguard and maintain our proprietary rights, we do not know whether we have been or will be successful in doing so. We have historically pursued patent protection in a limited number of foreign countries where we believe significant markets for our products exist or where potentially significant competitors have operations. It is possible that a substantial market could develop in a country where we have not received patent protection and under such circumstances our proprietary products would not be afforded legal protection in these markets. Further, our competitors may independently develop or patent technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to ours. We cannot assure you that additional patents will be issued to us or, if they are issued, as to the scope of their protection. Patents granted may not provide meaningful protection from competitors. Even if a competitor's products were to infringe patents owned by us, it would be costly for us to pursue our rights in an enforcement action, it would divert funds and resources which otherwise could be used in our operations and we cannot assure you that we would be successful in enforcing our intellectual property rights. In addition, effective patent, trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country where we may operate or sell our products in the future.

If third parties assert technology infringement claims against us, the defense of the claims could involve significant legal costs and require our management to divert time and attention from our business operations. If we are unsuccessful in defending any claims of infringement, we may be forced to obtain licenses or to pay royalties to continue to use our technology. We may not be able to obtain any necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we fail to obtain necessary licenses or other rights, or if these licenses are costly, our results of operations may suffer either from reductions in revenues through our inability to serve customers or from increases in costs to license third-party technologies.

 

Product liability insurance claims could cause an increase in our insurance rates or could exceed our insurance limits, which could impair our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

The sale of our products involves a risk of claims for product liability. We carry product liability insurance of $1 million covering all of our products. If we were to experience a large insured loss, it might exceed our coverage limits, or our insurance carriers could decline to further cover us or raise our insurance rates to unacceptable levels, any of which could impair our financial position and results of operations.


Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

            (a) Exhibits

                None

            (b) Reports on Form 8-K

                None

     

                                 SIGNATURES

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                 UQM Technologies, Inc.
                                 Registrant

     

    Date: February 14, 2002      By:/s/ Donald A. French
                                        Donald A. French
                                        Treasurer
                                        (Principal Financial and
                                        Accounting Officer)