Stock-Based Compensation
In the third quarter of 2018, we determined that we no longer qualified as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI) under the rules of the
SEC. To minimize any undue effects on employees, our board of directors approved the availability of a cash surrender feature for certain options, including options issued under our Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan (Option
Plan), until such time as we requalified as a FPI or we registered our common shares with the SEC. Accordingly, we accounted for the fair value of outstanding stock options at the end of March 31, 2019 as a liability, with changes in the
liability recorded through net income as a stock-based compensation fair value adjustment. On October 9, 2019, we ceased allowing cash surrender of options and returned to equity accounting under the Option Plan without quarterly fair value
adjustments at that date.
Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.5 million, compared
to $6.5 million for the same period of 2019. Stock-based compensation for the first quarter of 2019 included a $5.7 million fair value adjustment on cash settled stock options, as explained above.
Reorganization Expenses
In the first quarter of 2019, we incurred $2.6 million of reorganization expenses, including severance payments and related legal and
consulting costs associated with management and organizational changes. We do not consider current period severances related to our plant workforce to be reorganization in nature.
Income Tax
The provision
for income taxes is comprised of federal, state, provincial and foreign taxes based on pre-tax income. Income tax recovery for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $1.3 million, compared to a
$0.01 million recovery for the same period of 2019. As at March 31, 2020, we had C$41.4 million of loss carry-forwards in Canada and none in the United States. These loss carry-forwards will begin to expire in 2030.
Net Loss
Net loss was
$5.3 million or $0.06 net loss per share in the first quarter of 2020, consistent with a net loss of $5.3 million or $0.06 net loss per share for the first quarter of 2019. The loss remained flat as a result of changes in gross profit and
operating expenses as described above, offset by increased foreign exchange gains and income tax recoveries. Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 included $6.4 million of stock-based compensation expense and $2.6 million
of reorganization expenses, compared to $0.5 million and $nil, respectively, in the same period of 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2020 totaled $43.5 million, a decrease of $3.6 million from December 31, 2019. In
July 2019, we entered into a C$50.0 million revolving credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada (the RBC Facility). Draw-downs under the RBC Facility are available in both Canadian and U.S. dollars. We currently have
C$30.0 million available under the RBC Facility as amounts available under the RBC Facility are limited to three times our twelve-month trailing Adjusted EBITDA, excluding certain non-recurring items. As
a result of our decline in revenues, discussed previously, and the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our outlook, we have reached an agreement in principle, subject to completion of final
documentation, to allow a six-month covenant holiday from the Royal Bank of Canada, which amends our borrowing base to 75% of eligible accounts receivable and 25% of inventory, subject to an aggregate limit of
C$50.0 million including amounts borrowed under leasing facilities. Subsequent to March 31, 2020, we entered into a C$5.0 million equipment leasing facility in Canada and a $16.0 million equipment leasing facility in the United
States, of which we expect to utilize $7.4 million in May 2020 related to expenditures already incurred. These facilities, respectively, have seven and five-year terms and bear interest at 4.25% and 3.5%. The U.S. leasing facility is extendible for
an additional year.
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