Organization

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1. Organization 

a. Description of Business

        Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. (“CDTi” or the “Company”) is a global manufacturer and distributor of heavy duty diesel and light duty vehicle emissions control systems and products to major automakers and retrofitters. CDTi’s business is driven by increasingly stringent global emission standards for internal combustion engines, which are major sources of a variety of harmful pollutants. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and Sweden as well as an Asian investment and European joint venture.

b. Liquidity 

        The Company has suffered recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $176.8 million at March 31, 2013. The Company has funded its operations through equity sales, debt and bank borrowings.

        The Company has a $7.5 million secured demand facility backed by its receivables and inventory with Faunus Group International, Inc. (“FGI”). At March 31, 2013, the Company had $5.1 million in borrowings outstanding under this facility with $2.4 million available, subject to the availability of eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances for collateral. There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to borrow to the full limit of $7.5 million if FGI chooses not to finance a portion of its receivables or inventory. Additionally, FGI can cancel the facility at any time.

        The Company also has a purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital (“LPC”), under which the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, over a 30-month period to sell up to $10.0 million in common stock to LPC in amounts limited to $0.5 million to $1.5 million per sale, depending on the price of the Company's common stock as set forth in the purchase agreement. The Company currently has registered 1,702,836 shares for purchase shares under the agreement. However, the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to the purchase agreement is limited to 1,434,994 shares of common stock (19.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on October 7, 2011, the date of the purchase agreement) (the “Exchange Cap”), unless and until shareholder approval is obtained. The Exchange Cap is not applicable for at-market transactions, defined as when the average price for all shares purchased pursuant to the purchase agreement is greater than or equal the signing price per the agreement of $2.76 plus $0.254, or $3.014 per share. Assuming a purchase price of $2.18 per share (the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on March 31, 2013) and the purchase by LPC of the full 1,702,836 currently registered purchase shares, proceeds to the Company would be $3.7 million. If the purchase was limited to the Exchange Cap of 1,434,994 shares, the proceeds to the Company would be $3.1 million. There have been no sales to date under this arrangement.

        On May 15, 2012, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (the “Shelf Registration”) which was declared effective by the SEC on May 21, 2012. The Shelf Registration permits the Company to sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate of $50.0 million of various securities. There have been no issuances to date under this registration statement.

        On January 30, 2013, the Company and Kanis S.A. agreed to amend certain terms of the Company’s outstanding 6% shareholder note due 2013 to change the maturity date from June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2015 and to increase the interest rate from 6% to 8% beginning on June 30, 2013. In addition, the payment premium due under this note was changed from a range of $100,000 to $200,000, based proportionally on the number of days that the loan remains outstanding, to a fixed amount of $250,000 with $100,000 payable on June 30, 2013 and the remaining amount payable at maturity on June 30, 2015.

        Also on January 30, 2013, the Company and Kanis S.A. entered into a letter agreement regarding the Company’s 8% subordinated convertible notes due 2016 whereby Kanis S.A. agreed not to accelerate the maturity of these convertible notes during the 2013 calendar year.

        At March 31, 2013, the Company had $4.6 million in cash. Due to the availability under the secured demand facility with FGI and the purchase agreement with LPC, management believes that the Company will have access to sufficient working capital to sustain operations through at least the next twelve months. However, there is no assurance that, if necessary, the Company will be able to raise additional capital or reduce discretionary spending to provide the required liquidity.