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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
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QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended
November 30, 2021
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE
ACT |
For the transition period from _______ to _______
SEC File No. 001-37954
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SHIFTPIXY, INC. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Wyoming |
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47-4211438 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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501 Brickell Key Drive, Suite 300, Miami, FL
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33131 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number:
(888) 798-9100
N/A
(Former name, former address and former three months, if changed
since last report)
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title of each class |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
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PIXY |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”,
“non-accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging
growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act
o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
o
No
x
The number of shares of the registrant’s only class of common stock
issued and outstanding as of January 18, 2022, was
28,713,099.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
ShiftPixy, Inc. (the “Company”, “we” and “us”) is filing this
Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2021 (the “Original
Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 14, 2022 (the “Original Filing Date”), for the sole purpose
of correcting a technical error with the software of the Company’s
EDGAR service provider, which caused Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and
32.2, which were signed by the Registrant and filed on the Original
Filing Date with the Original Report, to be inadvertently included
in the body of the Form 10-Q instead of filed as exhibits. Such
exhibits are included in this Amendment No. 1.
Except as described above, no changes have been made to the
Original Report and this Amendment No. 1 does not modify, amend or
update in any way any of the financial or other information
contained in the Original Report. This Amendment No. 1 does not
reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original
Filing Date.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
ShiftPixy, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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November 30,
2021 |
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August 31,
2021 |
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(Unaudited) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash |
$ |
1,718,000 |
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$ |
1,199,000 |
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Accounts receivable |
400,000 |
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498,000 |
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Unbilled accounts receivable |
2,700,000 |
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2,741,000 |
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Deposit – workers’ compensation |
95,000 |
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155,000 |
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Prepaid expenses |
971,000 |
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605,000 |
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Other current assets |
199,000 |
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126,000 |
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Current assets of discontinued operations |
243,000 |
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356,000 |
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Total current assets |
6,326,000 |
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5,680,000 |
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Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account (See Note 2
and 5) |
116,725,000 |
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— |
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Fixed assets, net |
3,010,000 |
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2,784,000 |
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Note receivable, net |
4,004,000 |
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4,004,000 |
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Deposits – workers’ compensation |
246,000 |
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386,000 |
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Deposits and other assets |
944,000 |
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944,000 |
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Deferred offering costs – SPACs (See Note 5) |
38,493,000 |
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48,261,000 |
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Non-current assets of discontinued operations |
627,000 |
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883,000 |
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Total assets |
$ |
170,375,000 |
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$ |
62,942,000 |
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
$ |
7,669,000 |
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$ |
6,553,000 |
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Payroll related liabilities |
8,619,000 |
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7,876,000 |
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Accrued workers’ compensation costs |
604,000 |
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663,000 |
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Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
1,414,000 |
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1,516,000 |
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Total current liabilities |
18,306,000 |
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16,608,000 |
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Non-current liabilities |
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Accrued workers’ compensation costs |
1,321,000 |
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1,646,000 |
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Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations |
3,631,000 |
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3,765,000 |
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Total liabilities |
23,258,000 |
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22,019,000 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Class A common shares subject to possible redemption 11,500,000 and
no shares at $10.00 per share redemption value as of
November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021 (See note 2 and
5)
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$116,725,000 |
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— |
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Stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
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Preferred stock, 50,000,000 authorized shares; $0.0001 par
value
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— |
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— |
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Common stock, 750,000,000 authorized shares; $0.0001 par value;
28,713,099 and 25,863,099 shares issued as of November 30, 2021 and
August 31, 2021
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3,000 |
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3,000 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
140,968,000 |
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142,786,000 |
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Accumulated deficit |
(158,051,000) |
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(149,338,000) |
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Total ShiftPixy, Inc Stockholders' deficit |
(17,080,000) |
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(6,549,000) |
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Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries (See note
5) |
$ |
47,472,000 |
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$ |
47,472,000 |
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Total Equity (Deficit) |
$ |
30,392,000 |
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$ |
40,923,000 |
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Total liabilities and equity deficit |
$ |
170,375,000 |
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$ |
62,942,000 |
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See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial statements.
ShiftPixy Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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For the Three Months
Ended |
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November 30,
2021 |
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November 30,
2020 |
Revenues (gross billings of $21.2 million less worksite employee
payroll cost of $12.3 million and gross billings of $19.8 million
less worksite employees payroll cost of $17.3 million, for the
three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020,
respectively)
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$ |
8,940,000 |
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$ |
2,503,000 |
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Cost of revenue |
8,245,000 |
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|
1,990,000 |
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Gross profit (loss) |
695,000 |
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513,000 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Salaries, wages, and payroll taxes |
3,890,000 |
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2,193,000 |
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Stock-based compensation – general and administrative |
408,000 |
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496,000 |
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Commissions |
27,000 |
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38,000 |
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Professional fees |
1,737,000 |
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|
707,000 |
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Software development |
1,161,000 |
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877,000 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
123,000 |
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62,000 |
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General and administrative |
1,932,000 |
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1,759,000 |
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Total operating expenses |
9,278,000 |
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6,132,000 |
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Operating Loss |
(8,583,000) |
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(5,619,000) |
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Other (expense) income: |
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Interest expense |
(1,000) |
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(3,000) |
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Other income |
5,000 |
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— |
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Total other expense |
4,000 |
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(3,000) |
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Loss from continuing operations |
(8,579,000) |
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(5,622,000) |
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Total (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of
tax |
(134,000) |
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(1,314,000) |
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Net loss |
$ |
(8,713,000) |
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$ |
(6,936,000) |
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Net loss per share, Basic and diluted |
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Continuing operations |
$ |
(0.24) |
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$ |
(0.18) |
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Discontinued operations |
— |
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(0.04) |
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Net loss per common share – Basic and diluted |
$ |
(0.24) |
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$ |
(0.22) |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic and
diluted |
35,945,160 |
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30,808,150 |
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See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial statements.
ShiftPixy Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
(Deficit)
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2021
(Unaudited)
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Preferred Stock
Issued |
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Common Stock
Issued |
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Additional
Paid-In
Capital |
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Accumulated
Deficit |
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Total
Stockholders’
Deficit ShiftPixy, Inc |
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Noncontrolling interest |
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Total
Equity
(Deficit) |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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Balance, September 1, 2021 |
— |
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$ |
— |
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25,863,099 |
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$ |
3,000 |
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$ |
142,786,000 |
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$ |
(149,338,000) |
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$ |
(6,549,000) |
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$ |
47,472,000 |
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$ |
40,923,000 |
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Common stock issued for private placement, net of offering
cost |
— |
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— |
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2,850,000 |
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— |
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4,183,000 |
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— |
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4,183,000 |
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— |
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$ |
4,183,000 |
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Prefunded warrants from private placement, net of offering
costs |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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6,861,000 |
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— |
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|
6,861,000 |
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— |
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$ |
6,861,000 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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|
408,000 |
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— |
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|
408,000 |
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— |
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$ |
408,000 |
|
Remeasurement of IHC temporary equity |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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(13,270,000) |
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— |
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(13,270,000) |
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— |
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$ |
(13,270,000) |
|
Net Loss |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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(8,713,000) |
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|
(8,713,000) |
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$ |
(8,713,000) |
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Balance, November 30, 2021 |
— |
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$ |
— |
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28,713,099 |
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$ |
3,000 |
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$ |
140,968,000 |
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$ |
(158,051,000) |
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$ |
(17,080,000) |
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$ |
47,472,000 |
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$ |
30,392,000 |
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ShiftPixy Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
(Deficit)
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
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Preferred Stock
Issued |
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Common Stock
Issued |
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Additional
Paid-In
Capital |
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Accumulated
Deficit |
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Total
Stockholders’
Equity
(Deficit) |
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Shares |
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Amount |
|
Shares |
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Amount |
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Balance, September 1, 2020 |
— |
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$ |
— |
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16,902,142 |
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$ |
2,000 |
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$ |
119,430,000 |
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$ |
(119,462,000) |
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$ |
(30,000) |
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Common stock issued for private placement, net of offering
costs |
— |
|
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— |
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4,000,000 |
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— |
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|
10,701,000 |
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— |
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|
10,701,000 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
— |
|
|
— |
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— |
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— |
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|
421,000 |
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— |
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|
421,000 |
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Net Loss |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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(6,936,000) |
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(6,936,000) |
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Balance, November 30, 2020 |
— |
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$ |
— |
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20,902,142 |
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$ |
2,000 |
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$ |
130,552,000 |
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$ |
(126,398,000) |
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$ |
4,156,000 |
|
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial statements.
ShiftPixy, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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For the Three Months
Ended |
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November 30,
2021 |
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November 30,
2020 |
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net
loss
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$ |
(8,713,000) |
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$ |
(6,936,000) |
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Loss from discontinued operations |
(134,000) |
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(1,314,000) |
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Net loss from continuing operations |
(8,579,000) |
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(5,622,000) |
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net
cash used in continuing operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization
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123,000 |
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62,000 |
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Stock-based compensation |
408,000 |
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421,000 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
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Accounts receivable |
98,000 |
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150,000 |
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Unbilled accounts receivable |
41,000 |
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(157,000) |
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Prepaid expenses |
(366,000) |
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|
138,000 |
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Other current assets |
(73,000) |
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(46,000) |
|
Deposits – workers’ compensation |
200,000 |
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11,000 |
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Deposits and other assets |
— |
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(35,000) |
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Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
1,116,000 |
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(432,000) |
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Payroll related liabilities |
743,000 |
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|
1,012,000 |
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Accrued workers’ compensation costs |
(384,000) |
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127,000 |
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Total Adjustments |
1,906,000 |
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1,251,000 |
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Net cash used in continuing operating activities |
(6,673,000) |
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(4,371,000) |
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Net cash used in discontinued operating activities |
(1,000) |
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(981,000) |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
(6,674,000) |
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(5,352,000) |
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Investment of IHC IPO proceeds into Trust Account |
(116,725,000) |
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— |
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Purchase of fixed assets
|
(349,000) |
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(572,000) |
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
(117,074,000) |
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(572,000) |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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SPAC related offering costs paid |
(3,502,000) |
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from initial public offering of IHC |
116,725,000 |
|
|
— |
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Proceeds from underwritten public offering, net of offering
costs |
— |
|
|
10,701,000 |
|
Proceeds from private placement, net of offering costs |
4,183,000 |
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from private placement prefunded warrants, net of offering
costs |
6,861,000 |
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— |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
124,267,000 |
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|
10,701,000 |
|
Net increase in cash |
519,000 |
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|
4,777,000 |
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Cash - Beginning of Period |
1,199,000 |
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|
4,303,000 |
|
Cash -End of Period |
$ |
1,718,000 |
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$ |
9,080,000 |
|
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flows Information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
$ |
1,000 |
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$ |
3,000 |
|
Cash paid for income taxes |
— |
|
|
— |
|
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities: |
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|
Deferred offering costs SPACs |
$ |
9,464,000 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial statements.
ShiftPixy, Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
(Unaudited)
Note 1: Nature of Operations
ShiftPixy, Inc. was incorporated on June 3, 2015, in the State of
Wyoming. The Company is a specialized Human Capital service
provider that provides solutions for large contingent part-time
workforce demands, primarily in the restaurant and hospitality
service trades. The Company’s historic focus has been on the quick
service restaurant industry in Southern California, but has begun
to expand into other geographic areas and industries employing
temporary or part-time labor sources.
The Company functions as an employment administrative services
(“EAS”) provider primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
ReThink Human Capital Management, Inc. (“HCM”), as well as a
staffing provider through another of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
ShiftPixy Staffing, Inc (“Staffing”). These subsidiaries provide a
variety of services to our clients, (as a co-employer through HCM
and a direct employer through Staffing), including the following:
administrative services, payroll processing, human resources
consulting, and workers’ compensation administration and coverage
(as permitted and/or required by state law). The Company has built
a human resources information systems (“HRIS”) platform to assist
in customer acquisition that simplifies the onboarding of new
clients into the Company’s closed proprietary operating and
processing information system (the “ShiftPixy Ecosystem”). This
HRIS platform is expected to facilitate additional value-added
services in future reporting periods.
In January 2020, the Company sold the assets of Shift Human Capital
Management Inc. (“SHCM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
pursuant to which it assigned the majority of the Company’s
billable clients at the time of the sale to a third party for cash.
The continuing impact of this transaction on the Company’s
financial statements is described below in Note 3,
Discontinued Operations.
On March 31, 2021, shareholders representing a majority of the
Company’s outstanding shares of capital stock approved an amendment
to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
(the “Amendment”) making the federal district courts of the United
States the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint
asserting a cause of action against the Company arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. On May 13, 2021, the Company
filed the Amendment with the Wyoming Secretary of
State.
Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) applicable to interim reports of companies
filing as a small reporting company. 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 fair presentation have been included. The results of
operations for the three months ended November 30, 2021 are
not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the full year ending August 31, 2022.
For further information, refer to the consolidated financial
statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
2021 (“Fiscal 2021”), filed with the SEC on December 3,
2021.
Principles of Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of ShiftPixy Inc, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The
condensed consolidated financial statements also include the
accounts of (a) Industrial Human Capital, Inc. ("IHC"), which is a
special purpose acquisition company, or "SPAC", for which we serve
as the financial sponsor (as described below), and which is deemed
to be controlled by us as a result of our 15% equity ownership
stake, the overlap of three of our executive officers as executive
officers of IHC, and significant influence that we currently
exercise over the funding and acquisition of new operations for an
initial business combination ("IBC"). (see Note 2,
Variable Interest Entity).
All intercompany balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect
certain 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 revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates. Significant estimates include:
•Liability
for legal contingencies;
•Useful
lives of property and equipment;
•Deferred
income taxes and related valuation allowance;
•Valuation
of illiquid noncontrolling interest in SPAC shares
transferred;
•Valuation
of long-lived assets including long term notes receivable prior to
January 1, 2021; and
•Projected
development of workers’ compensation claims.
Revenue and Direct Cost Recognition
For the year ended August 31, 2021 ("Fiscal 2021"), we adopted
Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), using the modified
retrospective approach. Under this method, the guidance is applied
only to the most current period presented in the financial
statements. ASU No. 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive revenue
recognition model for revenue arising from contracts with customers
and superseded most of the previous revenue recognition guidance,
including industry-specific guidance. Under ASU No. 2014-09, an
entity recognizes revenue for the transfer of promised goods or
services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration
for which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those
goods or services. Our revenue recognition policies remained
substantially unchanged as a result of the adoption of ASU No.
2014-09 and we did not have any significant changes in our business
processes or systems.
The Company’s revenues are primarily disaggregated into fees for
providing staffing solutions and EAS/HCM services. The Company
enters into contracts with its clients for Staffing or EAS based on
a stated rate and price in the contract. Contracts generally have a
term of 12 months but are cancellable at any time by either party
with 30 days’ written notice. The performance obligations in the
agreements are generally combined into one performance obligation,
as they are considered a series of distinct services, and are
satisfied over time because the client simultaneously receives and
consumes the benefits provided as the Company performs the
services. Payments for the Company’s services are typically made in
advance of, or at the time that the services are provided. The
Company does not have significant financing components or
significant payment terms for its customers and consequently has no
material credit losses. The Company uses the output method based on
a stated rate and price over the payroll processed to recognize
revenue, as the value to the client of the goods or services
transferred to date appropriately depicts our performance towards
complete satisfaction of the performance obligation.
Staffing Solutions
The Company records gross billings as revenues for its staffing
solutions clients. The
Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the staffing
solutions services and has discretion in establishing price. The
Company includes the payroll costs in revenues with a corresponding
increase to cost of revenues for payroll costs associated with
these services. As a result, we are the principal in this
arrangement for revenue recognition purposes. For three months
ended November 30, 2020, the Company recognized no revenues
that should have been evaluated under a staffing solutions
model.
EAS Solutions
EAS solutions revenue is primarily derived from the Company’s gross
billings, which are based on (i) the payroll cost of the Company’s
worksite employees (“WSEs”) and (ii) a mark-up computed as a
percentage of payroll costs for payroll taxes and workers’
compensation premiums.
Gross billings are invoiced to each EAS client concurrently with
each periodic payroll of the Company’s WSEs, which coincides with
the services provided and which is typically a fixed percentage of
the payroll processed. Revenues, which exclude the payroll cost
component of gross billings and therefore consist solely of markup,
are recognized ratably over the payroll period as WSEs perform
their services at the client worksite. Although the Company assumes
responsibility for processing and remitting payroll and payroll
related obligations, it does not assume employment-related
responsibilities such as determining the amount of the payroll and
related payroll obligations. As a result, the Company records
revenue on a “net” basis in this arrangement for revenue
recognition purposes. Revenues that have been recognized but not
invoiced for EAS
clients are included in unbilled accounts receivable on the
Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and were $2,700,000 and
$2,741,000, as of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021,
respectively.
Consistent with the Company’s revenue recognition policy for EAS
clients, direct costs do not include the payroll cost of its WSEs.
The cost of revenue associated with the Company’s revenue
generating activities is primarily comprised of all other costs
related to its WSEs, such as the employer portion of
payroll-related taxes, employee benefit plan premiums and workers’
compensation insurance costs.
The fees collected from the worksite employers for benefits (i.e.
zero-margin benefits pass-through), workers’ compensation and state
unemployment taxes are presented in revenues and the associated
costs of benefits, workers’ compensation and state unemployment
taxes are included in operating expenses for EAS clients, as the
Company does retain risk and acts as a principal with respect to
this aspect of the arrangement. With respect to these fees, the
Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the service and has
discretion in establishing price.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company’s primary revenue streams include HCM and staffing
services. The Company’s disaggregated revenues for the three months
ended November 30, 2021 and November 30, 2020 were as
follows:
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HCM revenue is presented net, $14.1 million gross less WSE payroll
cost of $12.3 million for the three months ended November 30,
2021 and $19.8 million gross less WSE payroll cost of $17.3 million
for the three months ended November 30, 2020.
During Fiscal 2021 the Company announced the launch of ShiftPixy
Labs and expects to generate revenue from this initiative in Fiscal
2022. We generated no revenue from this initiative during the three
months ended November 30, 2021.
For the three months ended November 30, 2021 and
November 30, 2020, the following geographical regions
represented more than 10% of total revenues:
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Incremental Cost of Obtaining a Contract
Pursuant to the “practical expedients” provided under ASU No
2014-09, the Company expenses sales commissions when incurred
because the terms of its contracts are cancellable by either party
upon 30 days' notice. These costs are recorded in commissions in
the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Segment Reporting
Prior to Fiscal 2021, the Company operated as one reportable
segment under ASC 280,
Segment Reporting.
The chief operating decision maker regularly reviews the financial
information of the Company at a consolidated level in deciding how
to allocate resources and in assessing performance. During Fiscal
2021, the Company entered into new business lines and geographic
areas that, to date, are not material. However, with the migration
to Staffing during the fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2021,
the
Company is beginning to manage the business on a segmented basis
and therefore intends to report such information once systems and
processes are updated accordingly. Reporting and monitoring
activities on a segment basis will allow the chief operating
decision maker to evaluate operating performance more effectively.
See also Disaggregation of Revenue, above.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an
original maturity of three months or less when purchased as cash
equivalents. The Company had no such investments as of
November 30, 2021 or August 31, 2021.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At November 30, 2021, substantially all of the assets held in
the Trust Account were invested in U.S. Treasury securities with
maturities of 180 days or less. These funds are restricted for use
and may only be used for purposes of completing an IBC or
redemption of the public common shares of the SPACs.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains cash with a commercial bank, which is insured
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). At various
times, the Company has deposits in this financial institution in
excess of the amount insured by the FDIC. The Company has not
experienced any losses related to these balances and believes its
credit risk to be minimal. As of November 30, 2021, there was
$1,266,000 of cash on deposit in excess of the amounts insured by
the FDIC.
No individual clients represented more than 10% of revenues for the
three months ended November 30, 2021. However, three clients
represented 98% of total accounts receivable as of
November 30, 2021.
Fixed Assets
Fixed assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation
and amortization. Expenditures for major additions and improvements
are capitalized and minor replacements, maintenance, and repairs
are charged to expense as incurred. When fixed assets are retired
or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are
removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is
included in the results of operations for the respective period.
Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful
life or the initial lease term.
Fixed assets are recorded at cost and are depreciated over the
estimated useful lives of the related assets using the
straight-line method. The estimated useful lives of property and
equipment for purposes of computing depreciation are as
follows:
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The amortization of these assets is included in depreciation
expense on the condensed consolidated statements of
operations.
Internal Use Software
Software development costs relate primarily to software coding,
systems interfaces and testing of the Company’s proprietary
employer information systems and are accounted for in accordance
with ASC 350-40, Internal
Use Software.
Internal software development costs are capitalized from the time
the internal use software is considered probable of completion
until the software is ready for use. Business analysis, system
evaluation and software maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
The capitalized computer software development costs are reported
under the section fixed assets, net in the condensed consolidated
balance sheets.
The Company determined that there were no material capitalized
internal software development costs for the three months ended
November 30, 2021 or as of August 31, 2021. All capitalized
software recorded was purchased from third party vendors.
Capitalized software development costs are amortized using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the
software, generally
three to five years from when the asset is placed in
service.
During the three months ended November 30, 2021 and
November 30, 2020, the Company incurred research and
development costs of approximately $2.2 million and
$1.4 million, respectively. All costs were related to
internally developed or externally contracted software and related
technology for the Company’s HRIS platform and related mobile
application. In addition, no software costs were capitalized for
the three months ended November 30, 2021 and November 30,
2020, respectively.
Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets
The Company periodically evaluates its long-lived assets for
impairment in accordance with ASC 360-10,
Property, Plant, and Equipment.
ASC 360-10 requires that an impairment loss be recognized for
assets to be disposed of or held-for-use when the carrying amount
of an asset is deemed not to be recoverable. If events or
circumstances were to indicate that any of our long-lived assets
might be impaired, the Company would assess recoverability based on
the estimated undiscounted future cash flows to be generated from
the applicable asset. In addition, the Company may record an
impairment loss to the extent that the carrying value of the asset
exceeds the fair value of the asset. Fair value is generally
determined using an estimate of discounted future net cash flows
from operating activities or upon disposal of the asset. There were
no indicators noted of impairments during the periods ended
November 30, 2021 or November 30, 2020.
Workers’ Compensation
Everest Program
Until July 2018, a portion of the Company’s workers’
compensation risk was covered by a retrospective rated policy,
which calculates the final policy premium based on the Company’s
loss experience during the term of the policy and the stipulated
formula set forth in the policy. The Company funds the policy
premium based on standard premium rates on a monthly basis and
based on the gross payroll applicable to workers covered by the
policy. During the policy term and thereafter, periodic adjustments
may involve either a return of previously paid premiums or a
payment of additional premiums by the Company or a combination of
both. If the Company’s losses exceed the expected losses under that
policy, then the Company could receive a demand for additional
premium payments. The Company is currently engaged in litigation
regarding such a demand for additional premium payments, which we
believe to be without merit, as discussed at Note 11,
Contingencies, Everest Litigation,
below.
Sunz Program
From July 2018 through February 28, 2021, the Company’s
workers’ compensation program for its WSEs was provided primarily
through an arrangement with United Wisconsin Insurance Company and
administered by Sunz Insurance Solutions, LLC (“Sunz”). Under this
program, the Company has financial responsibility for the first
$0.5 million of claims per occurrence. The Company provides and
maintains a loss fund that is earmarked to pay claims and claims
related expenses. The workers’ compensation insurance carrier
establishes monthly funding requirements comprised of premium costs
and funds to be set aside for payment of future claims (“claim loss
funds”). The level of claim loss funds is primarily based upon
anticipated WSE payroll levels and expected workers’ compensation
loss rates, as determined by the insurance carrier. Monies funded
into the program for incurred claims expected to be paid within one
year are recorded as Deposit - workers’ compensation, a short-term
asset, while the remainder of claim funds are included in Deposit-
workers’ compensation, a long-term asset in its consolidated
balance sheets. The Company is currently engaged in litigation
regarding demands by Sunz for additional claims loss funds, which
we believe to be without merit, as discussed at Note 11,
Contingencies, Sunz Litigation,
below.
Current Program
Effective March 1, 2021, the Company migrated its clients to a
guaranteed cost program. Under this program, the Company’s
financial responsibility is limited to the cost of the workers’
compensation premium. The Company funds the workers’ compensation
premium based on standard premium rates on a monthly basis and
based on the gross payroll applicable to workers covered by the
policy. Any final adjustments to the premiums are based on the
final audited exposure multiplied by the applicable rates,
classifications, experience modifications and any other associated
rating criteria.
Under the Everest and Sunz programs, the Company utilized a third
party to estimate its loss development rate, which was based
primarily upon the nature of WSEs’ job responsibilities, the
location of WSEs, the historical frequency and severity of workers’
compensation claims, and an estimate of future cost trends. Each
reporting period, changes in the assumptions resulting from changes
in actual claims experience and other trends are incorporated into
its workers’ compensation claims cost estimates.
As of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the Company had
$95,000 and $155,000, in Deposit – workers’ compensation classified
as a short-term asset and $246,000 and $386,000, classified as a
long-term asset, respectively.
The Company’s estimate of incurred claim costs expected to be paid
within one year is included in short-term liabilities, while its
estimate of incurred claim costs expected to be paid beyond one
year is included in long-term liabilities on its consolidated
balance sheets. As of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021,
the Company had short term accrued workers’
compensation
costs of $0.6 million and $663,000, and long term accrued workers’
compensation costs of $1.3 million and $1,646,000,
respectively.
The Company retained workers’ compensation asset reserves and
workers’ compensation related liabilities for former WSEs of
clients transferred to Shiftable HR Acquisition, LLC, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Vensure Employer Services, Inc.
(“Vensure”), in connection with the Vensure Asset Sale described in
Note 3,
Discontinued Operations,
below. As of November 30, 2021, the retained workers’
compensation assets and liabilities are presented as a discontinued
operation net asset or liability. As of November 30, 2021, the
Company had $0.2 million in short term assets and $1.4 million of
short term liabilities, and had $0.6 million of long term assets
and $3.6 million of long term liabilities.
Because the Company bears the financial responsibility for claims
up to the level noted above, such claims, which are the primary
component of its workers’ compensation costs, are recorded in the
period incurred. Workers’ compensation insurance includes ongoing
health care and indemnity coverage whereby claims are paid over
numerous years following the date of injury. Accordingly, the
accrual of related incurred costs in each reporting period includes
estimates, which take into account the ongoing development of
claims and therefore requires a significant level of judgment. In
estimating ultimate loss rates, the Company utilizes historical
loss experience, exposure data, and actuarial judgment, together
with a range of inputs that are primarily based upon the WSE’s job
responsibilities, their location, the historical frequency and
severity of workers’ compensation claims, and an estimate of future
cost trends. For each reporting period, changes in the actuarial
assumptions resulting from changes in actual claims experience and
other trends are incorporated into the Company’s workers’
compensation claims cost estimates. The estimated incurred claims
are based upon: (i) the level of claims processed during each
quarter; (ii) estimated completion rates based upon recent
claim development patterns under the plan; and (iii) the
number of participants in the plan.
The Company has had very limited and immaterial COVID-19 related
claims between March 2020 through the date of this Quarterly
Report, although there is a possibility of additional workers’
compensation claims being made by furloughed WSEs as a result of
the employment downturn caused by the pandemic. On May 4,
2020, the State of California indicated that workers who become ill
with COVID-19 would have a potential claim against workers’
compensation insurance for their illnesses. There is a possibility
that additional workers’ compensation claims could be made by
employees required to work by their employers during the COVID-19
pandemic, which could have a material impact on our workers’
compensation liability estimates. While the Company has not seen
significant additional expenses as a result of any such potential
claims to date, which would include claims for reporting periods
after November 30, 2021, we continue to monitor closely all
workers’ compensation claims made as the COVID-19 pandemic
continues.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurement,
requires entities to disclose the fair value of financial
instruments, both assets and liabilities recognized and not
recognized on the balance sheet, for which it is practical to
estimate fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value of a financial
instrument as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged
in a current transaction between willing parties. At
November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the carrying value of
certain financial instruments (cash, accounts receivable and
payable) approximated fair value due to the short-term nature of
the instruments. Notes Receivable is valued at estimated fair value
as described below.
The Company measures fair value under a framework that utilizes a
hierarchy prioritizing the inputs to relevant valuation techniques.
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level
1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs
(Level 3 measurements). The three levels of inputs used in
measuring fair value are:
•Level
1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices
for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the
Company has the ability to access.
•Level
2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
◦Quoted
prices for similar assets or liabilities in active
markets;
◦Quoted
prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive
markets;
◦Inputs
other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or
liability;
◦Inputs
that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable
market data by correlation or other means; and
◦If
the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the
Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of
the asset or liability.
•Level
3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and
significant to the fair value measurement.
Funds held in trust represent U.S. treasury bills that were
purchased with funds raised through the initial public offering of
IHC. The funds raised from SPACs are held in trust accounts that
are restricted for use and may only be used for purposes of
completing an IBC or redemption of the public shares of common
stock of the SPACs as set forth in their respective trust
agreements. The funds held in trust are included within Level 1 of
the fair value hierarchy and included in Cash and marketable
securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed
consolidated balance sheets.
The Company did not have other Level 1 or Level 2 assets or
liabilities at November 30, 2021 or August 31, 2021. We
recorded the fair value of the SPAC founder shares that the Company
transferred to the underwriters using non-recurring Level 3
assumptions, including quoted asset prices for SPAC shares and
warrants and estimates of the likelihood of the IPOs and IBCs of
our sponsored SPACs being consummated. See also Note 5,
Deferred Offering Costs – SPACS,
below.
The valuation of the Note Receivable from the Vensure Asset Sale
(as defined below), is a Level 3 fair value measurement as of
August 31, 2020 and through December 31, 2020 (end of the earn-out
period as defined under the terms of the Note
Receivable).
The Note Receivable, as described in Note 3,
Discontinued Operations,
below, was estimated using a discounted cash flow technique based
on expected contingent payments identified in the Vensure Asset
Sale contract and with significant inputs that are not observable
in the market and thus represents a Level 3 fair value measurement
as defined in ASC 820. The Company valued the Note Receivable on
the January 1, 2020 transaction date using a 10% discount rate, and
on August 31, 2020 and through December 31, 2020 using a 15%
discount rate, which contemplates the risk and probability
assessments of the expected future cash flows. The significant
inputs in the Level 3 measurement not supported by market activity
include the probability assessments of expected future cash flows
related to the Vensure Asset Sale, appropriately discounted
considering the
uncertainties associated with the obligation, and as calculated in
accordance with the terms of the Vensure Asset Sale agreement. For
Fiscal 2020, the expected cash payments from the Note Receivable
were based on estimated gross wages billed for the clients
transferred to Vensure pursuant to the Vensure Asset Sale as of the
measurement date.
The Company used the following assumptions to value the Note
Receivable as of August 31, 2020:
•Discount
rate of 15%
•Actual
monthly wages billed to the extent available to the
Company
For interim reporting periods after December 31, 2020, including as
of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the Company
valued the Note Receivable as discussed in Note 3,
Discontinued Operations,
below.
The development and determination of the unobservable inputs for
Level 3 fair value measurements and the fair value calculations are
the responsibility of the Company’s chief financial officer and are
approved by the chief executive officer. There were no transfers
out of Level 3 for the three months ended November 30, 2021
and November 30, 2020.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses all advertising as incurred. The Company
incurred advertising costs totaling $401,000 and $202,000 for the
three months ended November 30, 2021 and November 30, 2020,
respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to ASC 740, Income
Taxes. Under ASC 740, deferred income taxes are provided on a
liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for
deductible temporary differences and operating loss carryforwards
and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary
differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases.
Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in
the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some
portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The
provision for income taxes represents the tax expense for the
period, if any, and the change during the period in deferred tax
assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the
date of enactment. ASC 740 also provides criteria for the
recognition, measurement, presentation
and disclosure of uncertain tax positions. Under ASC 740, the
impact of an uncertain tax position on the income tax return may
only be recognized at the largest amount that is
more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant
taxing authority.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
The Company utilizes ASC 260,
Earnings per Share.
Basic Net Income (Net Loss) per common share is computed by
dividing Net Income (Net Loss) attributable to common stockholders
by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock
outstanding during the reporting period. Common stock outstanding
for purposes of Net Income (Net Loss) per share calculations
include unexercised Preferred Options and unexercised
prefunded warrants, as described in Note 7,
Stockholders' Equity,
below. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed similar to
basic earnings (loss) per share except that the denominator is
increased to include additional common stock equivalents available
upon exercise of stock options and warrants using the treasury
stock method. Dilutive common stock equivalents include the
dilutive effect of in-the-money stock equivalents, which are
calculated based on the average share price for each period using
the treasury stock method, excluding any common stock equivalents
if their effect would be anti-dilutive. In periods in which a net
loss has been incurred, all potentially dilutive common stock
shares are considered anti-dilutive and thus are excluded from the
calculation. Securities that are excluded from the calculation of
weighted average dilutive common stock, because their inclusion
would have been antidilutive, are:
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Options |
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For the table above, “Options” represent all options granted under
the Company’s 2017 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (the "Plan"),
as described in Note 8, below.
Stock-Based Compensation
At November 30, 2021, the Company had one stock-based
compensation plan under which the Company may issue awards, as
described in Note 8,
Stock Based Compensation,
below. The Company accounts for the Plan under the recognition and
measurement principles of ASC 718,
Compensation- Stock Compensation,
which requires all stock-based payments to employees, including
grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the condensed
consolidated statements of operations at their fair
values.
The grant date fair value is determined using the
Black-Scholes-Merton (“Black-Scholes”) pricing model. For all
employee stock options, the Company recognizes expense on an
accelerated basis over the employee’s requisite service period
(generally the vesting period of the equity grant).
The Company’s option pricing model requires the input of highly
subjective assumptions, including the expected stock price
volatility and expected term. The expected volatility is based on
the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock since our
initial public offering. Any changes in these highly subjective
assumptions significantly impact stock-based compensation
expense.
The Company elects to account for forfeitures as they occur. As
such, compensation cost previously recognized for an unvested award
that is forfeited because of the failure to satisfy a service
condition is revised in the period of forfeiture.
The methods and assumptions used in the determination of the fair
value of stock-based awards are consistent with those described in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021, filed
with the SEC on December 3, 2021, which includes a detailed
description of the Company's stock-based compensation awards,
including information related to vesting terms, service and
performance conditions, payout percentages, and process for
estimating the fair value of stock options granted.
Recent Accounting Standards
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-2, Leases. The new
standard requires that a lessee recognize assets and liabilities on
the balance sheet for leases with terms longer than 12 months. The
recognition, measurement and presentation of lease expenses and
cash flows by a lessee will depend on its classification of the
lease as a finance or operating lease. The guidance
also includes new disclosure requirements providing information on
the amounts recorded in the financial statements. In July 2018, the
FASB issued ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842,
Leases. For entities that early adopted Topic 842, the amendments
are effective upon issuance of ASU 2018-10, and the transition
requirements are the same as those in Topic 842. For entities that
have not adopted Topic 842, the effective date and transition
requirements will be the same
as the effective date and transition requirements in Topic 842. The
updated effective date will be for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is evaluating the
effect of adopting this new accounting guidance and is currently
finalizing its analysis of the financial impact of the adoption.
The Company expects to adopt the guidance using the modified
retrospective method.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial
Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses
on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”). This standard requires
an impairment model (known as the current expected credit loss
(“CECL”) model) that is based on expected losses rather than
incurred losses. Under the new guidance, each reporting entity
should estimate an allowance for expected credit losses, which is
intended to result in more timely recognition of losses. This model
replaces multiple existing impairment models in current U.S. GAAP,
which generally requires a loss to be incurred before it is
recognized. The new standard applies to trade receivables arising
from revenue transactions such as contract assets and accounts
receivable. Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized when, among other
criteria, it is probable that an entity will collect the
consideration it is entitled to when goods or services are
transferred to a customer. When trade receivables are recorded,
they become subject to the CECL model and estimates of expected
credit losses on trade receivables over their contractual life will
be required to be recorded at inception based on historical
information, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable
forecasts. This guidance is effective for smaller reporting
companies for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022,
including the interim periods in the year. Early adoption is
permitted. The Company will adopt the guidance when it becomes
effective.
On December 31, 2019, the FASB issued ASC 2019-12 “Income Taxes:
Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes” (“Topic 740”). The
amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes
by removing certain exceptions. For public business entities, the
amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and
interim periods
within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Early
adoption of the amendments is permitted, including adoption in any
interim period for (1) public business entities for periods for
which financial statements have not yet been issued and (2) all
other entities for periods for which financial statements have not
yet been made available for issuance. An entity that elects to
early adopt the amendments in an interim period should reflect any
adjustments as of the beginning of the annual period that includes
that interim period. Additionally, an entity that elects early
adoption must adopt all the amendments in the same period. The
Company will adopt the guidance when it becomes
effective.
In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-4 Earnings Per Share (Topic
260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50),
Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and
Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):
Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of
Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options (a consensus of
the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). The amendments in this update
are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new
accounting guidance and is currently finalizing its analysis of the
financial impact of the adoption.
Variable Interest Entity
The Company is involved in the formation of various entities
considered to be Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). The Company
evaluates the consolidation of these entities as required pursuant
to ASC Topic 810 relating to the consolidation of VIEs. These VIEs
are primarily formed to sponsor the related SPACs.
The Company’s determination of whether it is the primary
beneficiary of VIE is based in part on an assessment of whether or
not the Company and its related parties are exposed to the majority
of the risks and rewards of the entity. Typically, the Company is
entitled to substantially all or portion of the economics of these
VIEs. The Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE
entities.
During the three months ended November 30, 2021, our sponsored
SPAC, IHC, completed its IPO, selling 11,500,000 units pursuant to
a registration statement and prospectus, as described below. The
IPO closed on October 22, 2021, raising gross proceeds of
$115 million.
These proceeds were deposited in a trust account established for
the benefit of the IHC public shareholders and, along with an
additional $1.675 million deposited in trust by the Company
for interest payments for future possible redemptions by IHC
stockholders, are included in Cash and marketable securities held
in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance
sheet at November 30, 2021. These proceeds are invested only
in U.S. treasury securities in accordance with the governing
documents of IHC.
Each unit had an offering price of $10.00 and consisted of one
share of IHC common stock and one redeemable warrant. Each warrant
entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of IHC common
stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The IHC public stockholders
have a right to redeem all or a portion of their shares of IHC
common stock upon the completion of its IBC, subject to certain
limitations. Under the terms of the registration statement and
prospectus, IHC is required to consummate its IBC within 12 months
of the completion of the IPO. If IHC is unable to meet this
deadline, and no extension is granted, then IHC will redeem 100% of
the public shares of common stock outstanding for cash, subject to
applicable law and certain conditions.
In connection with the IPO, we purchased, through investments,
4,639,102 private placement warrants ("Placement Warrants") at a
price of $1.00 per warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of
$4,639,102, and currently own 2,175,000 Founder Shares of IHC
common stock, representing approximately 15% of the issued and
outstanding common stock of IHC. Each Placement Warrant is
identical to the warrants sold in the IPO, except as described in
the IPO registration statement and prospectus. Following the
completion of the IHC IPO, we determined that IHC is a Variable
Interest Entity ("VIE") in which we have a variable interest
because IHC does not have enough equity at risk to finance its
activities without additional subordinated financial support. We
have also determined that IHC's public stockholders do not have
substantive rights, and their equity interest constitutes temporary
equity, outside of permanent equity, in accordance with ASC
480-10-S99-3A. As such, we have concluded that we are currently the
primary beneficiary of IHC as a VIE, as we have the right to
receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses of the entity,
as well as the power to direct a majority of the activities that
significantly impact IHC's economic performance and IHC does not
have enough equity at risk to finance its activities without
additional subordinated financial support. Since we are the primary
beneficiary, IHC is consolidated into our condensed consolidated
financial statements.
Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its stockholdings in its sponsored SPACs,
(which are consolidated in our condensed consolidated financial
statements), that are subject to possible redemption in accordance
with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity.” Shares of common stock subject to mandatory redemption are
classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair
value. Conditionally redeemable shares of common stock (including
shares of common stock that feature redemption rights that are
either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption
upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the
Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other
times, shares of common stock are classified as shareholders’
equity. Each sponsored SPAC's shares of common stock feature
certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the
SPAC's control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future
events. Accordingly, as of November 30, 2021, shares of common
stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary
equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the
Company’s balance sheets.
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value of these shares
immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of
redeemable shares of common stock to equal the redemption value at
the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the
carrying amount of the redeemable common stock are affected by
charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.
As of November 30, 2021 the carrying amount of the sponsored
SPAC shares of common stock subject to redemption was recorded at
their redemption value of $116,725,000. The remeasurement of the
redemption value of the redeemable shares of common stock is
recorded in equity. The remeasurement in equity comprised of
offering cost incurred in connection with the sale of public shares
of the SPACs was $13 million, consisting of approximately
$9.5 million of offering costs related to the founder shares
transferred to the SPACs’ underwriter representative as described
in Note 5,
Deferred Offering Costs,
and $3.5 million in other offering costs related to the IPO
paid at closing in cash.
Note 3: Discontinued Operations
On January 3, 2020, the Company executed an asset purchase
agreement assigning client contracts comprising approximately 88%
of its quarterly revenue through the date of the transaction,
including 100% of its existing professional employer organization
(“PEO”) business effective as of December 31, 2019, and
transferring $1.5 million of working capital assets, including
cash balances and certain operating assets associated with the
assigned client contracts included in the agreement, to a wholly
owned subsidiary of Vensure (the “Vensure Asset Sale”). Gross
proceeds from the Vensure Asset Sale were $19.2 million, of
which $9.7 million was received at closing and
$9.5 million was scheduled to be paid out in equal monthly
payments over the four years following the closing of the
transaction (the “Note Receivable”), subject to adjustments for
working capital and customer retention, (as measured by a gross
wage guarantee included in the governing agreement), over the
twelve month period following the Vensure Asset Sale.
For Fiscal 2020, the Company estimated the value of the Note
Receivable at fair value as discussed in Note 2,
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,
above. For the three months ended November 30, 2021, the
Company recorded the Note Receivable based on our estimate of
expected collections which, in turn, was based on additional
information obtained through
discussions with Vensure and evaluation of our records. On March
12, 2021, the Company received correspondence from Vensure
proposing approximately $10.7 million of working capital
adjustments under the terms of the Vensure Asset Sale agreement
which, if accepted, would have had the impact of eliminating any
sums owed to the Company under the Note Receivable. As indicated in
the reconciliation table below, the Company has recorded
$2.6 million of working capital adjustments, subject to final
review and acceptance, and has provided for an additional reserve
of $2.9 million for potential claims. By letter dated April 6,
2021, the Company disputed Vensure’s proposed adjustments.The
disputes between the Company and Vensure regarding working capital
adjustments under the Vensure Asset Sale agreement are currently
the subject of litigation pending in the Delaware Chancery Court,
as discussed at Note 11,
Contingencies,
Vensure Litigation,
below.
The following is a reconciliation of the gross proceeds to the net
proceeds from the Vensure Asset Sale as presented in the balance
sheet for the period ended November 30, 2021.
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Gross proceeds |
$ |
19,166,000 |
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Cash received at closing – asset sale |
(9,500,000) |
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Cash received at closing – working capital |
(166,000) |
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Gross note receivable |
$ |
9,500,000 |
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Less: Transaction reconciliation – estimated working
capital adjustments |
(2,604,000) |
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Adjusted Note Receivable |
6,896,000 |
|
Reserve for estimated potential claims |
(2,892,000) |
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Long-term note receivable, estimated net realizable
value |
$ |
4,004,000 |
|
The entire Note Receivable is recorded as a long term note
receivable as of November 30, 2021. Any adjustments to the
Note Receivable are applied against payments in the order they are
due to be paid. As such, the estimates of the working capital and
reserves for estimated potential claims would not result in any
cash payments due to the Company until later in Fiscal
2022.
The Vensure Asset Sale generated a gain of $15.6 million for
Fiscal 2020. The Company expected a minimal tax impact from the
Vensure Asset Sale as it utilized its net operating losses
accumulated since inception to offset the gain resulting from
discontinued operations tax provision with a corresponding offset
to the valuation allowance.
The Vensure Asset Sale met the criteria of discontinued operations
set forth in ASC 205 and as such the Company has reclassified its
discontinued operations for all periods presented and has excluded
the results of its discontinued operations from continuing
operations for all periods presented.
The terms of the Vensure Asset Sale call for adjustments to the
Note Receivable either for: (i) working capital adjustments or (ii)
in the event that the gross wages of the business transferred is
less than the required amount.
(i)
Working capital adjustments:
Through November 30, 2021, the Company has identified
$2.6 million of likely working capital adjustments, including
$88,000 related to lower net assets transferred at closing, and
$2.5 million of cash remitted to the Company’s bank accounts,
net of cash remitted to Vensure’s bank accounts. Under the terms of
the Vensure Asset Sale, a reconciliation of the working capital was
to have been completed by April 15, 2020. Due to operational
difficulties and quarantined staff caused by the outbreak of
COVID-19, Vensure requested a postponement of the working capital
reconciliation that was due in Fiscal 2020. Although Vensure
provided the Company with its working capital reconciliation on
March 12, 2021, it failed to provide adequate documentation to
support its calculations. Accordingly, the working capital
adjustment recorded as of November 30, 2021, represents the
Company’s estimate of the reconciliation adjustment by using
Vensure’s claims and the limited supporting information Vensure
provided as a starting point, and then making adjustments for
amounts in dispute based upon our internal records and best
estimates. There is no assurance that the working capital change
identified as of November 30, 2021 represents the final
working capital adjustment.
(ii)
Gross billings adjustment:
Under the terms of the Vensure Asset Sale, the proceeds of the
transaction are reduced if the actual gross wages of customers
transferred for Calendar 2020 are less than 90% of those customers’
Calendar 2019 gross wages. The Company has prepared an estimate of
the Calendar 2020 gross wages based on a combination of factors
including reports of actual transferred client billings in early
Calendar 2020, actual gross wages of continuing customers of the
Company, publicly available unemployment reports for the Southern
California markets and the relevant COVID-19 impacts on employment
levels, and other information. Based on the information available,
the Company estimated that it would receive additional
consideration below the required threshold and reduced
the
contingent consideration by $1.4 million. Vensure has not
identified any such adjustments to date. Based on the information
available, the Company reclassified the previously recorded gross
wages claim to a general potential claims reserve during Fiscal
2021. No additional adjustment was made during the three months
ended November 30, 2021.
The carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities from
the Vensure Asset Sale included in discontinued operations are as
follows:
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November 30,
2021 |
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August 31,
2021 |
Cash |
$ |
— |
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|
$ |
— |
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Accounts receivable and unbilled account receivable |
— |
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|
— |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
— |
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|
— |
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Deposits – workers’ compensation |
243,000 |
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|
356,000 |
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Total current assets |
243,000 |
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|
356,000 |
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Fixed assets, net |
— |
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|
— |
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Deposits – workers’ compensation |
627,000 |
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|
883,000 |
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Total assets |
$ |
870,000 |
|
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$ |
1,239,000 |
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|
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Accounts payable and other current liabilities |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
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Payroll related liabilities |
— |
|
|
— |
|
Accrued workers’ compensation cost |
1,414,000 |
|
|
1,516,000 |
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Total current liabilities |
1,414,000 |
|
|
1,516,000 |
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Accrued workers’ compensation cost |
3,631,000 |
|
|
3,765,000 |
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Total liabilities |
5,045,000 |
|
|
5,281,000 |
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|
|
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Net liability |
$ |
(4,175,000) |
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|
$ |
(4,042,000) |
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Reported results for the discontinued operations by period were as
follows:
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For
the Quarter Ended
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November 30, 2021 |
|
November 30, 2020 |
Revenues |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Cost of revenue |
133,000 |
|
|
1,314,000 |
|
Gross profit |
(133,000) |
|
|
(1,314,000) |
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|
|
Operating expenses: |
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|
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Salaries, wages and payroll taxes |
— |
|
|
— |
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Commissions |
— |
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— |
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Total operating expenses |
— |
|
|
— |
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|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued operations |
$ |
(133,000) |
|
|
$ |
(1,314,000) |
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Note 4: Special Purpose Acquisition Company ("SPAC")
Sponsorship
On April 29, 2021, we announced our sponsorship, through our
wholly-owned subsidiary, ShiftPixy Investments, Inc.
("Investments"), of four SPACs. Each SPAC that has not yet
commenced its IPO is currently seeking to raise approximately
$150 million in capital investment, through an IPO, to acquire
companies in the healthcare and technology segments of the staffing
industry, as well as one or more insurance entities, while IHC has
completed its IPO and is seeking to acquire companies in the light
industrial segment of the staffing industry, as described below. We
anticipate that, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, we will own
approximately 15% of the issued and outstanding stock in each
entity upon their IPOs being consummated, and that each will
operate as a separately managed, publicly traded entity following
the completion of their respective IBCs. We anticipate entering
into service agreements with each of the staffing entities that
will allow them to participate in our HRIS platform. We also expect
to facilitate the procurement of workers’ compensation, personal
liability, and other similar insurance products for these staffing
entities through our anticipated relationship with the insurance
SPAC after it completes its IBC. For the period ended
November 30, 2021, the sponsorship operations for all of these
entities, with the exception of IHC, are consolidated in the
accompanying financial statements as they were being conducted
under a wholly-owned subsidiary. The operations of IHC have been
consolidated in the accompanying financial statements for the
reasons set forth above.
The registration statement and prospectus covering the IPO of IHC
was declared effective by the SEC on October 19, 2021, and IHC
units (the “IHC Units”), consisting of one share of common stock
and an accompanying warrant to purchase one share of IHC common
stock, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on
October 20, 2021. The IHC IPO closed on October 22, 2021, raising
gross proceeds for IHC of $115 million. In connection with the
IHC IPO, we purchased, through our wholly-owned subsidiary,
4,639,102 placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant, for
an aggregate purchase price of $4,639,102.
Following the closing of the IPO, the sum of $116,725,000 was
placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), and has been
invested in U.S. government securities within the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "ICA"), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any
open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money
market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain
conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the ICA, as determined by the
Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the IBC and
(ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the
Company’s shareholders, as described below. The $116,725,000
consisted of the $115,000,000 of gross proceeds from the sale of
the Units in the IPO and $1,725,000 funded by the Company as
Sponsor representing guaranteed interest for future redemptions and
calculated as one year's interest at 1.5%. With the completion of
the IPO, the Company recorded approximately $9.5 million of
deferred costs into APIC as of November 30, 2021, and $274,000
of offering costs paid on behalf of IHC. During the quarter ended
November 30, 2021 IHC incurred approximately $3.5 million in
offering costs. No other offering costs has been incurred during
the period for the other SPACs.
Note 5: Deferred Offering Costs - SPACs
During Fiscal 2021, the Company incurred professional fees related
to the filing of registration statements for the IPOs of four
SPACs.
The Company also transferred certain Founder Shares of those SPACs
to a third party which created a non-controlling interest in those
entities. These Founder Shares of common stock were transferred to
the SPACs’ underwriter representative (the “Representative”) at
below fair market value, resulting in compensation and therefore
deferred offering costs for the SPACs, and the creation of a
minority interest. The non-controlling interest is recorded as a
minority interest on the Balance Sheet and the Statement of
Equity.
There were no similar transactions for Fiscal 2020.
As of August 31, 2021, Deferred offering costs - SPACs totaled
$48,261,000, consisting of $789,000 of legal and accounting fees
related to the SPACs’ IPOs and $47,472,000 related to the
non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries.
The non-controlling interest – deferred offering costs represents
the estimated value of the portion of our Founder Shares in each of
the following SPACs that we received as a result of our
sponsorship, and which we transferred to the Representative on
April 22, 2021, at a price below the fair market value of the
shares, as follows: (i) 2,000,000 shares of IHC common stock; (ii)
2,000,000 shares of TechStackery, Inc. ("TechStackery") common
stock; (iii) 2,000,000 shares of Vital Human Capital, Inc.
("Vital") common stock; and (iv) 4,000,000 shares of Firemark
Global Capital, Inc. ("Firemark") common stock. We estimate the
total value of the 10,000,000 shares transferred, which represents
deferred compensation to the Representative, to be $47,472,000, or
$4.7472 per share. We arrived at this valuation by reference to
similar SPAC IPO transactions, as set forth below:
1.Consistent
with most SPAC IPOs, the market price of units (consisting of some
combination of common stock and warrants) sold to the public in a
SPAC IPO is $10 per unit.
2.We
have valued the warrant portion of each Unit at $0.75. Deducting
this value from the Unit yields a value of $9.25 per share of
common stock at the time of the IPO, which we have applied to the
value of each of the Founder Shares that we issued to the
Representative.
3.We
have applied a further discount of 48.8%, which is a blended
discount designed to reflect the following contingencies and
uncertainties: (a) 20% probability that the SPAC IPOs are never
consummated; (b) 20% probability that none of our sponsored SPACs
successfully complete their IBC; and (c) 21% additional discounts
to account for future sponsor and Representative concessions, as
well as the possibility of decrease in the value of the common
stock of each SPAC.
One of the Company's sponsored SPACs, IHC, completed its IPO on
October 22, 2021, resulting in the recognition of approximately
$13 million of offering costs including $9.8 million that
had been deferred as of August 31, 2021. No offering costs were
incurred for TechStackery, Vital, or Firemark during the quarter
ended November 30, 2021. A reconciliation of the deferred offering
costs recorded by the Company as of November 30, 2021 is set forth
below:
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SPAC |
Shares |
Value |
Offering Cost as of August 31, 20211
|
Offering cost paid by sponsor |
Total Offering costs as of August 31, 2021 |
Recorded to APIC |
Balance as of November 30, 2021 |
IHC |
2,000,000 |
4.7472 |
9,494,000 |
274,000 |
9,768,000 |
(9,768,000) |
— |
TechStackery
|
2,000,000 |
4.7472 |
9,494,000 |
147,000 |
9,641,000 |
— |
|
9,641,000 |
Vital |
2,000,000 |
4.7472 |
9,494,000 |
147,000 |
9,641,000 |
— |
|
9,641,000 |
Firemark |
4,000,000 |
4.7472 |
18,990,000 |
221,000 |
19,211,000 |
— |
|
19,211,000 |
|
|
|
$47,472,000 |
$789,000 |
$48,261,000 |
$(9,768,000) |
$38,493,000 |
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1
Offering Costs represent that portion of our Founder Shares in each
of the following SPACs that we received as a result of our
sponsorship, and which we transferred to the Representative during
fiscal 2021.
Note 6: Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with GAAP, which contemplate continuation of the Company
as a going concern. Historically, the Company has funded itself
either through cash flow from operations or the raising of capital
through equity sales. If the Company is unable to obtain additional
capital, it may not be able to make payments in a timely manner or
otherwise fund its operations. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to
negatively impact worldwide economic activity through most of
Fiscal 2021, including within the United States where our
operations are based. While these negative impacts began to
ameliorate during Fiscal 2021, prolonged workforce disruptions
still negatively impacted sales for the majority of the three month
period ended November 30, 2021, as well as the Company’s
overall liquidity.
As of the end of the three months ended November 30, 2021, the
Company had cash of $2.1 million and a working capital deficit of
$11.9 million. During this same period, the Company used
approximately $6.67 million of cash from its continuing
operations and incurred recurring losses, resulting in an
accumulated deficit of $158.1 million as of November 30,
2021.
The recurring losses, negative working capital and cash used in the
Company’s operations are indicators of substantial doubt as to the
Company’s ability to continue as going concern for at least one
year from issuance of these financial statements. The Company’s
plans to alleviate this substantial doubt are discussed below.
These plans include raising additional capital to fund expansion of
its operations, including the continued development and support of
its HRIS platform, its SPAC sponsorship activities, and its
ShiftPixy Labs growth initiative.
The Company believes that IHC has the potential to generate
revenues during Fiscal 2022, provided that IHC successfully
completes its IBC and the Company is able to enter into one or more
client services agreements with IHC on favorable terms.
Similarly, the Company believes that its future relationship with
Vital and TechStackery will provide us with the potential to
generate revenues, provided that each of these SPACs is able to
launch its IPO and complete its IBC successfully, and the Company
is able to enter into one or more client services agreements with
each of these SPACs on favorable terms.
The Company also believes that Firemark has the potential to
generate additional payroll billings through contractual
arrangements by which the Company is able to provide low-cost
insurance product offerings to its clients, provided that Firemark
is able to launch its IPO and complete its IBC successfully, and
the Company is able to enter into a contractual relationship with
Firemark on favorable terms.
The Company also expects its ShiftPixy Labs growth initiative to
generate cash flow once launched, by functioning as an incubator of
food service and restaurant concepts through collaboration and
partnerships with local innovative chefs.
If successful, the Company believes that this initiative will
produce sound businesses that provide recurring revenue through
direct sales, as well as through utilization of the ShiftPixy
Ecosystem, HRIS platform, and other human capital services that
the
Company provides.
To the extent that this business model is successful and can be
replicated in other locations, the Company believes that it has the
potential to contribute significant revenue to ShiftPixy in the
future.
The Company may also take equity stakes in various branded
restaurants that it develops and operates with its partners through
ShiftPixy Labs. Such ownership interests will be held to the extent
that it is consistent with the Company’s continued existence as an
operating company, and to the extent that the Company believes such
ownership interests have the potential to create significant value
for its shareholders.
Further, on March 27, 2020, Former President Trump signed into law
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”)
Act.
The CARES Act, among other things, includes provisions relating to
refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer side social
security payments, net operating loss carry-back periods,
alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net
interest deduction limitations, increased limitations on qualified
charitable contributions, and technical corrections to tax
depreciation methods for qualified improvement property.
Pursuant to Section 2302 of the CARES Act, the Company is deferring
payment of taxes totaling $318,000 until December 31, 2022.
These deferrals will allow the Company to preserve capital for use
in its growth initiatives which, in turn, are expected to generate
substantial revenue and cash flow if successful.
Also, the Company closed a private placement transaction with a
large institutional investor on September 3, 2021, (immediately
following the close of Fiscal 2021), which yielded proceeds to the
Company of approximately $11.9 million net of fees and
expenses.
The Company expects to engage in additional sales of its securities
during Fiscal 2022, either through registered public offerings or
private placements, the proceeds of which the Company intends to
use to fund its operations and growth initiatives.
The Company’s management believes that its current cash position,
(including the proceeds of the September 2021 private placement),
along with its anticipated revenue growth and proceeds from future
sales of its securities, when combined with prudent expense
management, will be sufficient to alleviate substantial doubt about
its ability to continue as a going concern and to fund its
operations for at least one year from the date these financials are
available (especially when considering the absence of any funded
debt outstanding on its balance sheet). If these sources do not
provide the capital necessary to fund the Company’s operations
during the next twelve months, it may need to curtail certain
aspects of its operations or expansion activities, consider the
sale of additional assets, or consider other means of financing.
The Company can give no assurance that it will be successful in
implementing its business plan and obtaining financing on
advantageous terms, or that any such additional financing will be
available. These consolidated financial statements do not include
any adjustments for this uncertainty.
Note 7: Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock
Preferred Stock
As previously disclosed, in September 2016, the founding
shareholders of the Company were granted options to acquire
preferred stock of the Company (the “Preferred Options”). The
number of Preferred Options granted was based upon the number of
shares held at the time of the grant. These Preferred Options are
nontransferable and forfeited upon the sale of the related founding
shares of common stock held by the option holder. Upon the
occurrence of certain specified events, such founding shareholders
can exercise each Preferred Option to purchase one share of
preferred stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.0001 per
share. The preferred stock underlying the Preferred Options does
not include any rights to dividends or preference upon liquidation
of the Company and is convertible into shares of the Company’s
common stock on a one-for-one basis. Upon consummation of the
Vensure Asset Sale in January 2020, a total of 24,634,560 Preferred
Options became exercisable and exchangeable into an equal number of
shares of our common stock.
On June 4, 2020, Scott W. Absher, the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer, exercised 12,500,000 Preferred Options to purchase
12,500,000 shares of our preferred stock for an aggregate purchase
price of $1,250. Immediately following the exercise of the
Preferred Options described above, Mr. Absher elected to convert
the 12,500,000 shares of preferred stock into 12,500,000 shares of
common stock, which are subject to a 24-month lock-up period during
which such shares may not be traded. Between July 20, 2020 and
November 30, 2020, an additional 294,490 Preferred Options were
exercised and converted into 294,490 shares of common stock, which
were subject to a six-month lock up period at the time they were
issued, during which such shares could not be traded on the open
market. As of November 30, 2021, the restrictions on all of
these shares have been lifted, rendering them freely
tradeable.
On October 22, 2021, the Company’s board of directors canceled
11,790,000 of these Preferred Options previously issued to its
co-founder, J. Stephen Holmes.
Accordingly, these Preferred Options are no longer exercisable. A
total of 37,570 Preferred Options issued pursuant to the September
2016 grant and triggered by the Vensure Asset Sale remain
unexercised.
The amount of
Preferred Options, and the number of shares of preferred stock
issuable upon exercise of such options, is based upon the number of
shares of common stock held by the option holders at the time the
Preferred Options were issued in September 2016. Accordingly, in
order to confirm the original intent of the granting of up to
25,000,000 Preferred Options to Mr. Absher, it has always been the
Company’s intent to adopt a second grant of an additional
12,500,000 Preferred Options to
Mr. Absher, whereby each option permits the holder to acquire one
share of the Company’s preferred stock for $0.0001 per
share.
On August 13, 2021, consistent with this intent, the Company
granted 12,500,000 Preferred Options to Mr. Absher to purchase
shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, for
consideration of $0.0001 per share. Each Preferred Option is
exercisable for a period of twenty-four months upon (i) the
acquisition of a Controlling Interest (as defined below) in the
Company by any single shareholder or group of shareholders acting
in concert, (other than Mr. Absher), or (ii) the announcement of
(x) any proposed merger, consolidation, or business combination in
which the Company’s Common Stock is changed or exchanged, or (y)
any sale or distribution of at least 50% of the Company’s assets or
earning power, other than through a reincorporation. Each share of
Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one
basis. “Controlling Interest” means the ownership or control of
outstanding voting shares of the Company sufficient to enable the
acquiring person, directly or indirectly and individually or in
concert with others, to exercise one-fifth or more of all the
voting power of the Company in the election of directors or any
other business matter on which shareholders have the right to vote
under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act. As of November 30,
2021, no events have occurred that would trigger the exercise of
the Preferred Options issued to Mr. Absher in August
2021.
Common Stock and Warrants
During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company
closed a $12 million private placement transaction, inclusive of
$0.9 million of placement agent fees and costs, with a large
institutional investor pursuant to which the Company sold to the
investor an aggregate of (i) 2,850,000 shares of Common Stock,
together with warrants (the “September 2021 Common Warrants”) to
purchase up to 2,850,000 shares of Common Stock, with each
September 2021 Common Warrant exercisable for one share of Common
Stock at a price per share of $1.595, and (ii) 4,673,511 prefunded
warrants (the “September 2021 Prefunded Warrants”), together with
the September 2021 Common Warrants to purchase up to 4,673,511
shares of Common Stock, with each September 2021 Prefunded Warrant
exercisable for one share of Common Stock at a price per share of
$0.0001. Each share of Common Stock and accompanying September 2021
Common Warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of
$1.595 and each September 2021 Prefunded Warrant and accompanying
September 2021 Common Warrant were sold together at a combined
offering price of $1.5949.
The September 2021 Prefunded Warrants are immediately exercisable,
at a nominal exercise price of $0.0001, and may be exercised at any
time until all of the September 2021 Prefunded Warrants are
exercised in full. The September 2021 Common Warrants have an
exercise price of $1.595 per share, are immediately exercisable,
and will expire five years from the date that the registration
statement covering the resale of the shares underlying the
September 2021 Common Warrants is declared effective (which has not
yet occurred). The private placement generated gross proceeds of
approximately $12.0 million, prior to deducting
$0.9 million of costs consisting of Placement Agent
commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company. In
addition to the seven percent (7%) of the aggregate gross proceeds
cash fee, the Company issued to the Placement Agent 376,176
warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to five percent (5%) of the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the September 2021 Prefunded Warrants sold in the offering (the
“September Placement Agent Warrants”). The September Placement
Agent Warrants are exercisable for a period commencing on March 3,
2022 (six months after issuance) and expire four years from the
effective date (which has not yet occurred) of a registration
statement for the resale of the underlying shares, and have an
initial exercise price per share of $1.7545. .
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s common
stock and Prefunded Warrants from August 31, 2021 to
November 30, 2021.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Number
of
shares |
|
Weighted
average
remaining
life
(years) |
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price |
Warrants outstanding, August 31, 2021 |
9,592,085 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
$ |
3.87 |
|
Issued |
7,899,687 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
1.60 |
|
(Cancelled) |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
(Exercised) |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Warrants outstanding, November 30, 2021 |
17,491,772 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
2.83 |
|
Warrants exercisable, November 30, 2021 |
17,115,596 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
$ |
2.85 |
|
The following table summarizes the Company’s warrants outstanding
as of November 30, 2021:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants
Outstanding |
|
Weighted average
Life of
Outstanding
Warrants
in years |
|
Exercise
price |
Sep 2021 Common Warrants |
2,850,000 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
$ |
1.60 |
|
Sep 2021 Prefunded Warrants
(1)
|
4,673,511 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
1.59 |
|
Sep 2021Underwriter Warrants
(2)
|
376,176 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
1.75 |
|
May 2021 Common Warrants |
4,948,453 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
2.43 |
|
May 2021Underwriter Warrants |
247,423 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
2.43 |
|
October 2020 Common Warrants |
2,300,000 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
3.30 |
|
October 2020 Underwriter Warrants |
200,000 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
3.30 |
|
November 2020 Common Warrants |
1,277,580 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
5.40 |
|
November 2020 Underwriter Warrants |
111,108 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
5.40 |
|
March 2020 Exchange Warrants |
423,669 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
10.17 |
|
Amended March 2019 Warrants |
66,288 |
|
|
2.3 |
|
40.00 |
|
March 2019 Services Warrants |
3,366 |
|
|
2.3 |
|
70.00 |
|
June 2018 Warrants |
6,276 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
40.00 |
|
June 2018 Services Warrants |
5,422 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
99.60 |
|
2017 PIPE Warrants |
2,500 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
276.00 |
|
|
17,491,772 |
|
|
4.4 |
|
$ |
2.83 |
|
(1)The
September 2021 Prefunded Warrants were sold as part of a Prefunded
Warrant Unit as described above at a nominal price of $0.0001 per
share.
(2)The
September 2021 Placement Agent Warrants become exercisable six
months from issuance and expire four years from the effective date
(which has not yet occurred) of the registration statement covering
the resale of the underlying shares.
Note 8: Stock Based Compensation
Employee Stock Option Plan Increase
In March 2017, the Company adopted its 2017 Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides incentives to
eligible employees, officers, directors and consultants in the form
of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-qualified stock options
(“NQs”), (each of which is exercisable into shares of common
stock), (collectively, “Options”) or shares of common stock (“Share
Grants”).
On July 1, 2020, the Company's board of directors unanimously
approved an increase in the number of shares of common stock
issuable under the Plan from 250,000 to 3,000,000. On March 31,
2021, the Company’s shareholders approved the increase in the
number of shares of common stock issuable under the Plan as well as
any contingent grant awards under the Plan on or subsequent to July
1, 2020. On June 4, 2021, the Company registered an aggregate
of 3,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, reserved for
issuance under the Plan.
For all options granted prior to July 1, 2020, each option has
a term of service vesting provision over a period of time as
follows: 25% vest after a 12-month service period following the
award, with the balance vesting in equal monthly installments over
the succeeding 36 months. Options granted on or after July 1,
2020 typically vest over four years, with 25% of the grant vesting
one year from the grant date, and the remainder in equal quarterly
installments over the succeeding 12 quarters. All options granted
to date have a stated ten-year term and, as of November 30,
2021, all options granted to date are exercisable.
Stock grants are issued at fair value, considered to be the market
price on the grant date. The fair value of option awards is
estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes stock option
pricing model.
Following its adoption of ASU 2016-9, the Company elected to
account for forfeitures under the Plan as they occur. Any
compensation cost previously recognized for an unvested award that
is forfeited because of a failure to satisfy a service condition is
reversed in the period of the forfeiture.
The Company recognized approximately $408,000 and $496,000 of
compensation expense for the three months ended November 30,
2021 and November 30, 2020, respectively.
The Company compensates its board members through grants of common
stock for services performed. These services have been accrued
within the accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the
condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company has incurred
$56,000 and $75,000 for the three months ended November 30,
2021 and November 30, 2020, respectively.
The following table summarizes option activity during the three
months ended November 30, 2021:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding and Exercisable |
|
Number
of
Options |
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life |
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price |
|
|
|
(In years) |
|
|
Balance Outstanding, August 31, 2021 |
1,776,115 |
|
|
8.90 |
|
$ |
6.80 |
|
Granted |
105,000 |
|
|
9.87 |
|
1.18 |
|
Exercised |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Forfeited |
(58,125) |
|
|
3.19 |
|
3.89 |
|
Balance Outstanding at November 30, 2021 |
1,822,990 |
|
|
8.83 |
|
$ |
6.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance Exercisable at November 30, 2021 |
1,822,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding as of November 30, 2021 had aggregate
intrinsic value of $0.
At November 30, 2021, the total unrecognized deferred
share-based compensation expected to be recognized over the
remaining weighted average vesting periods of 2.77 years for
outstanding grants was $3,785,000. Option vesting activity from
August 31, 2021, through November 30, 2021 was as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Vested |
|
Number
of
Options |
|
Weighted
Remaining
Contractual
Life |
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price |
|
|
|
|
(In years) |
|
|
Balance, August 31, 2021 |
|
309,257 |
|
|
8.63 |
|
$ |
16.92 |
|
Vested |
|
93,001 |
|
|
8.85 |
|
5.65 |
|
Exercised |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Forfeited |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Balance, November 30, 2021 |
|
402,258 |
|
|
8.70 |
|
$ |
14.31 |
|
The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding and vested at November 30,
2021:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding |
|
Options Vested |
Exercise Prices |
|
Number of
Options
Exercisable |
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life |
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price |
|
Number
of
Options |
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life |
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price |
|
|
|
|
(In Years) |
|
|
|
|
|
(In Years) |
|
|
$1.36 - 10.00
|
|
1,782,293 |
|
|
8.4 |
|
$ |
4.27 |
|
|
366,810 |
|
|
8.9 |
|
$ |
5.15 |
|
$10.01 - $40.00
|
|
3,500 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
21.69 |
|
|
2,289 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
21.69 |
|
$40.01 - $80.00
|
|
13,396 |
|
|
7.3 |
|
51.21 |
|
|
10,610 |
|
|
7.3 |
|
51.22 |
|
$80.01 - $120.00
|
|
10,302 |
|
|
6.5 |
|
102.90 |
|
|
9,432 |
|
|
6.5 |
|
102.89 |
|
$120.01 - $160.00
|
|
12,375 |
|
|
5.8 |
|
155.20 |
|
|
11,992 |
|
|
5.7 |
|
155.42 |
|
$160.01 - $391.60
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
5.6 |
|
391.60 |
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
5.6 |
|
391.60 |
|
|
|
1,822,990 |
|
|
8.8 |
|
$ |
6.41 |
|
|
402,258 |
|
|
8.7 |
|
$ |
14.31 |
|
Note 9: Related Parties
Director Compensation
On December 23, 2019, pursuant to the terms of his director
agreement, we issued to Whitney White 428 shares of our common
stock, valued at $37,500 or $87.62 per share.
On February 10, 2020, Amanda Murphy was appointed to our Board. Ms.
Murphy was our Director of Operations at the time of her
appointment.
Ms. Murphy received approximately $264,000 and $240,000 in salaried
compensation in Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020, respectively. During
Fiscal 2021, in connection with her relocation to Miami, Florida as
part of the relocation of our principal executive offices, Ms.
Murphy received a one-time incentive payment of approximately
$80,000 in addition to reimbursement of her expenses associated
with her relocation.
On October 22, 2021, as noted above, our Board approved the
promotion of Ms. Murphy to the position of Chief Operating Officer,
as well as an increase in her annual salary to $500,000, all of
which were effective January 1, 2022.
Scott W. Absher, our CEO and Chair of our Board, received
compensation in the form of salary of approximately $765,000 and
$750,000 for Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020, respectively. In
addition, Mr. Absher received the following additional payments
during Fiscal 2021: (i) a one-time incentive payment of
approximately $160,000 in connection with his relocation to Miami,
Florida as part of the relocation of our principal executive
offices, in addition to reimbursement of his expenses associated
with his relocation; and (ii) a one-time bonus payment in the
amount of $240,000 in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the
Company. Subsequent to the end of Fiscal 2021, our Board approved
raising Mr. Absher’s annual salary to $1 million, effective
January 1, 2022, and also approved the payment of a $500,000 bonus
to Mr. Absher, 50% of which was payable upon Board
approval, and the remainder of which was payable on January 1,
2022. These bonuses are recorded in our Accounts payable and other
accrued liabilities in the condense consolidated balance
sheets.
J. Stephen Holmes
J. Stephen Holmes formerly served as a non-employee sales manager
advisor to and was a significant shareholder of the Company. The
Company incurred $750,000 in professional fees for services
provided by Mr. Holmes during each of Fiscal 2021 and 2020,
respectively. Further, on June 6, 2019, we advanced $325,000 in
cash to Mr. Holmes, which he repaid on July 18, 2019 by returning
558,132 shares of common stock to us at a fair value of $0.58 per
share. We classified these shares as treasury stock, which were
retired during Fiscal 2020.
On or about October 22, 2021, we severed all ties with Mr. Holmes,
effective immediately, and cancelled Preferred Options that had
previously been issued to him but had not been exercised. As a
result of these actions, the Company no longer has any financial
obligation to Mr. Holmes, and believes that he is no longer a
significant shareholder of the Company. See Note 7,
Stockholders Equity.
Related Persons to Scott Absher
Mark Absher, the brother of Scott Absher, was previously employed
as our Registered In-House Counsel, Director and Secretary. Mr.
Absher resigned from his positions with the Company on February 6,
2019 and received compensation of $276,951 in Fiscal 2019.
On November 18, 2021, Mr. Absher rejoined the Company as Deputy
General Counsel – Special Projects, for an annual salary of
$240,000.
Based on his re-hire date, Mr. Absher did not receive any
compensation from the Company in Fiscal 2021 or Fiscal
2020.
David May, a member of our business development team, is the
son-in-law of Scott Absher. Mr. May received compensation of
approximately $149,000 and $132,000 in Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020,
respectively. In addition, in connection with his relocation to
Miami, Florida, as part of the relocation of our principal
executive offices, Mr. May received a one-time incentive payment of
approximately $80,000 during Fiscal 2021, in addition to
reimbursement for expenses associated with his
relocation.
Jason Absher, a member of our business development team, is the
nephew of Scott Absher and the son of Mark Absher.
Mr. Absher was hired on February 22, 2021 at an annual salary of
$75,000, which was subsequently raised to $120,000, effective
August 1, 2021.
Mr. Absher did not receive any compensation in Fiscal 2020, but
received compensation of approximately $37,700 for Fiscal
2021.
Phil Eastvold, the Executive Producer of ShiftPixy Labs, is the
son-in-law of Scott Absher. Mr. Eastvold was hired on September 1,
2020 and therefore did not receive any compensation in Fiscal 2020.
Mr. Eastvold received compensation for Fiscal 2021 of approximately
$224,000. In addition, in connection with his relocation to Miami,
Florida as part of the relocation of our principal executive
offices, Mr. Eastvold received a one-time incentive payment of
approximately $88,000 during Fiscal 2021, in addition to
reimbursement for expenses associated with his
relocation.
Connie Absher, (the spouse of Scott Absher), Elizabeth Eastvold,
(the daughter of Scott Absher and spouse of Mr. Eastvold), and
Hannah Absher, (the daughter of Scott Absher), are also employed by
the Company. These individuals, as a group, received aggregate
compensation of $240,000 and $220,000 in Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal
2020, respectively. In addition, in connection with her relocation
to Miami, Florida as part of the relocation of our principal
executive offices, Hannah Absher received a one-time incentive
payment of approximately $18,000 during Fiscal 2021, in addition to
reimbursement for expenses associated with her relocation.
Connie Absher and Elizabeth Eastvold did not receive any such
relocation bonus.
Note 10: Commitments
Operating Leases & License Agreements
Effective April 15, 2016, the Company entered into a
non-cancelable five-year operating lease for its Irvine facility.
On July 25, 2017, the Company entered into a non-cancelable
operating lease for expansion space at its Irvine offices with a
termination date that coincides with the termination date of the
prior lease and extended the terms of the original lease to extend
until 2022. The leases for certain facilities contain escalation
clauses relating to increases in real property taxes as well as
certain maintenance costs.
Effective August 13, 2020, the Company entered into a
non-cancelable seven-year lease for 13,246 square feet of office
space located in Miami, Florida to house its principal executive
offices commencing October 2020, and continuing
through
September 2027. The lease contains escalation clauses relating to
increases in real property taxes as well as certain maintenance
costs.
Effective October 1, 2020, the Company entered into a
non-cancelable 64-month lease for 23,500 square feet of primarily
industrial space located in Miami, Florida, to house ghost
kitchens, production facilities, and certain marketing and
technical functions, including those associated with ShiftPixy
Labs. The lease contains escalation clauses relating to increases
in real property taxes as well as certain maintenance
costs.
Effective June 7, 2021, the Company entered into a
non-cancelable sublease agreement with Verifone, Inc. to sublease
premises consisting of approximately 8,000 square feet of office
space located in Miami, Florida, that the Company anticipates using
for its sales and operations workforce. The lease has a term of
three years expiring on May 31, 2024. The base rent is paid
monthly and escalates annually pursuant to a schedule set forth in
the sublease.
Effective June 21, 2021, the Company entered into a
non-cancelable 77-month lease, with an anticipated possession date
of March 1, 2022, for premises consisting of approximately 13,418
square feet of office space located in Sunrise, Florida, that the
Company anticipates using primarily to house its operations
personnel and other elements of its workforce. The base rent is
paid monthly and escalates annually pursuant to a schedule set
forth in the lease.
Future minimum lease and licensing payments under non-cancelable
operating leases at November 30, 2021, are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years ended November 30, |
|
|
2022 |
$ |
945,000 |
|
|
2023 |
1,068,000 |
|
|
2024 |
1,131,000 |
|
|
2025 |
1,165,000 |
|
|
2026 |
897,000 |
|
|
Thereafter |
838,000 |
|
|
Total minimum payments |
$ |
6,044,000 |
|
|
ShiftPixy Labs Ghost Kitchens
On March 17, 2021, the Company entered into a master service
agreement for the construction of six ghost kitchens to be placed
in its ShiftPixy Labs facility in Miami for a total cost of
$1,037,000. As of November 30, 2021, the Company has made
payments totaling $885,000 pursuant to this agreement, which it has
capitalized as construction in progress and included in Fixed
Assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company
expects to incur additional costs totaling $152,000 under this
contract, which it expects to pay by the end of the second quarter
of Fiscal 2022.
Non-contributory 401(k) Plan
The Company has a non-contributory 401(k) Plan (the
“401(k) Plan”). The 401(k) Plan covers all non-union
employees who are at least 21 years of age and have completed 3
months of service. There were no employer contributions to the
401(k) Plan for the three months ended November 30, 2021
and November 30, 2020.
Special Purpose Acquisition Company Sponsorship
On April 29, 2021, the Company announced its sponsorship, through a
wholly-owned subsidiary, of four SPAC IPOs.
The Company purchased founder shares in each SPAC (the "Founder
Shares"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, for an aggregate
purchase price of $25,000 per SPAC. The number of Founder Shares
issued was determined based on the expectation that such Founder
Shares would represent 15% of the outstanding shares of each SPAC
after its IPO (excluding the private placement warrants described
below and their underlying securities).
The registration statement and prospectus covering the IPO of one
of these SPACs, IHC, was declared effective by the SEC on October
19, 2021, and IHC units (the “IHC Units”), consisting of one share
of common stock and an accompanying warrant to purchase one share
of IHC common stock, began trading on the NYSE on October 20,
2021.
The IHC IPO closed on October 22, 2021, raising gross proceeds for
IHC of $115 million.
In connection with the IHC IPO, the Company purchased, through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, 4,639,102 placement warrants at a price of
$1.00 per warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of
$4,639,102. The Company also anticipates purchasing private
placement warrants in each of the three other SPACs it is
sponsoring, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, for an aggregate of
$17,531,408 (or up to $18,656,408 if the over-allotment option of
each SPAC is exercised in full), which includes the Company’s
investment in Founder Shares and assumes that all four SPAC IPOs
are consummated and the pricing terms of each other SPAC IPO is
identical to the pricing of the IHC IPO.
Each private placement warrant is exercisable to purchase one whole
share of common stock in each SPAC at $11.50 per share. The private
placement warrants of each SPAC will be worthless to the extent
that they do not complete an initial business
combination.
The investment amounts set forth above do not include loans that
the Company may extend to each SPAC in an amount not to exceed
$500,000 individually (or $2 million in the aggregate), in its
role as sponsor.
As of November 30, 2021, the Company had advanced, through its
wholly owned subsidiary, an aggregate of approximately $820,000 to
the SPACs for payment of various expenses in connection with the
SPAC IPOs, principally consisting of SEC registration, legal and
auditing fees.
The Company anticipates that each of the SPACs will repay these
advanced expenses from the proceeds of their respective SPAC
IPOs.
Note 11: Contingencies
Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial
statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company,
but which will be resolved only when one or more future events
occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management, in consultation
with its legal counsel as appropriate, assesses such contingent
liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of
judgment.
During the ordinary course of business, the Company is subject to
various claims and litigation. Management believes that after
consulting legal counsel the outcome of such claims or litigation
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial
position, results of operations or cash flow.
Kadima Litigation
The Company is in a dispute with its former software developer,
Kadima Ventures (“Kadima”), over incomplete but paid for software
development work. In May 2016, the Company entered into a contract
with Kadima for the development and deployment of user features
that were proposed by Kadima for an original build cost of
$2.2 million to complete. This proposal was later revised
upward to approximately $7.2 million to add certain features
to the original proposal. As of the date of this Quarterly Report,
the Company has paid approximately $11 million to Kadima, but
has never been provided access to the majority of the promised
software. Kadima has refused to continue development work, denied
access to developed software, and refused to surrender to the
Company any software that it has developed unless the Company pays
an additional $12.0 million above the $11.0 million
already paid. In April 2019, Kadima filed a complaint against the
Company in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, Maricopa
County, alleging claims for breach of contract, promissory estoppel
and unjust enrichment, and seeking damages in excess of
$11.0 million. The Company vigorously disputes and denies each
of Kadima’s claims, including that it owes any sums to Kadima, and
further believes that it is entitled, at a minimum, to a refund of
a substantial portion of the sums that it has already paid, along
with the release of the software modules currently being withheld.
In June 2020, the Company engaged in a mediation with Kadima in an
attempt to resolve the matter, which was unsuccessful. On July 14,
2020 the Company filed an answer to Kadima’s complaint, which
denied Kadima’s claims and asserted counter-claims for breach of
contract and fraud. Discovery is substantially complete, and a
trial date has not been set.
Splond Litigation
On April 8, 2019, claimant, Corey Splond, filed a class action
lawsuit, on behalf of himself and other similarly situated
individuals in the Eighth Judicial District Court for the State of
Nevada, Clark County, naming the Company and its client as
defendants, and alleging violations of certain wage and hour laws.
This lawsuit is in the initial stages, and the Company denies any
liability. Even if the plaintiff ultimately prevails, the potential
damages recoverable will depend substantially upon whether the
Court determines in the future that this lawsuit may appropriately
be maintained as a class action. Further, in the event that the
Court ultimately enters a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the
Company believes that it would be contractually entitled to be
indemnified by its client against at least a portion of any damage
award.
Radaro Litigation
On July 9, 2020, the Company was served with a complaint filed by
one of its former software vendors, Radaro Inc., in the United
States District Court for the Central District of California,
alleging damages arising from claims sounding in breach
of
contract and fraud. By Order filed October 21, 2020, the Court
dismissed plaintiff’s claims for fraud and for punitive damages,
with leave to replead. The Company denies plaintiff’s claims and is
defending the lawsuit vigorously. Discovery is underway, and the
Court has set a trial date of September 6, 2022.
Everest Litigation
On December 18, 2020, the Company was served with a Complaint filed
in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California by its former workers’ compensation insurance carrier,
Everest National Insurance Company. The Complaint asserts claims
for breach of contract, alleging that the Company owes certain
premium payments to plaintiff under a retrospective rated policy,
and seeks damages of approximately $600,000. On February 5, 2021,
the Company filed an Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint denying its
claims for relief, and also filed a cross-claim against the third
party claims administrator, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., for
claims sounding in breach of contract and negligence based upon its
administration of claims arising under the policy. By order dated
April 7, 2021, the Court dismissed the Company’s complaint against
Gallagher Bassett without prejudice to re-filing in another forum.
On May 17, 2021, the Company refiled its complaint against
Gallagher Basset in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
Discovery is underway in both cases, and the California Court has
set a trial date in the Everest case of February 22, 2022, while no
trial date has been set in the Illinois case.
Sunz Litigation
On March 19, 2021, the Company was served with a Complaint filed in
the Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit, Manatee County,
Florida, by its former workers’ compensation insurance carrier,
Sunz Insurance Solutions, LLC. The Complaint asserts claims for
breach of contract, alleging that the Company owes payments for
loss reserve funds totaling approximately $10 million. The
Company denies plaintiff’s allegations and is defending the lawsuit
vigorously. On May 12, 2021, the Company filed a motion to dismiss
the complaint, and Sunz filed an amended complaint in response.
Discovery is proceeding in the matter and no trial date has been
set.
Vensure Litigation
On September 7, 2021, Shiftable HR Acquisition, LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Vensure, filed a complaint against the Company in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware asserting claims arising
from the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “APA”) governing the Vensure
Asset Sale described above. The APA provided for Vensure to
purchase, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, certain of the
Company’s assets for total consideration of $19 million in
cash, with $9.5 million to be paid at closing, and the
remainder to be paid in 48 equal monthly installments (the
“Installment Sum”). The Installment Sum was subject to certain
adjustments to account for various post-closing payments made by
the parties, and the APA provided for the following procedure to
determine the final amount of the Installment Sum: (i) Within 90
days of the effective date, Vensure was required to provide the
Company with a “Proposed Closing Statement”, which must detail any
adjustments; (ii) Within 30 days of its receipt of Vensure’s
Proposed Closing Statement, the Company had the right to challenge
any of the proposed adjustments contained therein; and (iii) If the
Company disputed Vensure’s Proposed Closing Statement, a 30-day
period ensued for the parties to attempt to resolve the dispute,
with the Company entitled to examine “such Books and Records of
[Vensure] as relate to the specific items of dispute . .
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Vensure resisted the Company’s repeated efforts to obtain the
Proposed Closing Statement for over one year after the closing of
the transaction. Finally, on March 12, 2021, under threat of legal
action by the Company, Vensure provided its Proposed Closing
Statement, in which it contended for the first time that it owes
nothing to the Company, and that the Company actually owes Vensure
the sum of $1,519,991. By letter dated April 6, 2021, the Company
provided Vensure with its objections to the Proposed Closing
Statement, which included Vensure’s gross overstatement of payments
it purportedly made on the Company’s behalf, as well as its bad
faith actions in obstructing the Company’s efforts to make these
payments.
From April 2021 through August 2021, Vensure and the Company
engaged in the “30-day negotiation period” referred to above, which
was extended multiple times at Vensure’s request to provide Vensure
an opportunity to provide evidence supporting its assertions. Over
the course of these negotiations, Vensure withdrew its claim for
approximately $1.5 million from the Company, and acknowledged
that Vensure owed ShiftPixy some portion of the Installment Fund.
Nevertheless, in early September 2021, without warning and contrary
to the dispute resolution provisions of the APA, Vensure filed suit
against the Company in Delaware Chancery Court for breach of
contract and declaratory judgment, seeking unspecified damages. The
Company vigorously disputes and denies each of Vensure’s claims.
Accordingly, on November 4, 2021, the Company filed its Answer and
Counterclaim to Vensure’s Complaint, in which it not only denied
Vensure’s claims, but also asserted counterclaims for breach of
contract and tortious interference with contract. The counterclaim
seeks damages from Vensure
totaling approximately $9.5 million – the full amount due
under the APA - plus an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses.
Discovery is expected to commence shortly.
Note 12: Subsequent Events
Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date which
the financial statements are available to be issued. All subsequent
events requiring recognition as of November 30, 2021 have been
incorporated into these financial statements and there are no
subsequent events that required disclose in accordance with FASB
ASC Topic 855, " Subsequent Events."
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with our financial
statements and the related notes, and other financial information
included in this Quarterly Report, as well as the information
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021,
filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND
INFORMATION
This Quarterly Report, the other reports, statements, and
information that we have previously filed or that we may
subsequently file with the SEC, and public announcements that we
have previously made or may subsequently make, contain
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal
securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, which statements involve substantial risks and
uncertainties. Unless the context is otherwise, the forward-looking
statements included or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly
Report and those reports, statements, information and announcements
address activities, events or developments that we expect or
anticipate will or may occur in the future. Forward-looking
statements generally relate to future events or our future
financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify
forward-looking statements because they contain words such as
“may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,”
“anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,”
“contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or
“continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or
expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or
intentions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly
Report include, but are not limited to, statements
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We caution you that the forward-looking statements highlighted
above do not encompass all of the forward-looking statements made
in this Quarterly Report.
We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this
Quarterly Report primarily on our current expectations and
projections about future events and trends that we believe may
affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects. The outcome of the events described in these
forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021 filed with the SEC
on December 3, 2021, which is expressly incorporated herein by
reference, and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Moreover, we
operate in a very competitive and challenging environment. New
risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could
have an impact on the forward-looking statements
contained
in this Quarterly Report. We cannot assure you that the results,
events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking
statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or
circumstances could differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report relate
only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We
undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements
made herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this Quarterly Report or to reflect new information or the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We
may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations
disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not
place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our
forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of
any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures,
other strategic transactions or investments we may make or enter
into.
The risks and uncertainties we currently face are not the only ones
we face. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for us to predict which will arise. There may be
additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently
believe are immaterial to our business. In addition, we cannot
assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to
which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statements. If any such risks occur, our business,
operating results, liquidity and financial condition could be
materially affected in an adverse manner.
The industry and market data contained in this Quarterly Report are
based either on our management’s own estimates or, where indicated,
independent industry publications, reports by governmental agencies
or market research firms or other published independent sources
and, in each case, are believed by our management to be reasonable
estimates. However, industry and market data are subject to change
and cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to limits
on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary
nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and
uncertainties inherent in any statistical survey of market shares.
We have not independently verified market and industry data from
third-party sources. In addition, consumption patterns and customer
preferences can and do change. As a result, you should be aware
that market share, ranking and other similar data set forth herein,
and estimates and beliefs based on such data, may not be verifiable
or reliable.
Overview
Our current business, and the primary source of our revenues to
date, has been under a human capital fee-based SAAS business model.
We have developed a comprehensive HRIS platform designed to provide
real-time, agile business intelligence information for our clients
as well as an employment marketplace designed to match client
opportunities with a large workforce under a digital umbrella. Our
market focus is to use this traditional approach, coupled with
developed technology, to address underserved markets containing
predominately lower wage employees with high turnover, beginning
with light industrial, services, and food and hospitality markets.
We provide human resources, employment compliance,
insurance-related, payroll, and operational employment services
solutions for our clients and shift work or gig opportunities for
WSEs (or shifters). As consideration for providing these services,
we receive administrative or processing fees, typically as a
percentage of a client’s gross payroll, process and file payroll
taxes and payroll tax returns, provide workers’ compensation
insurance, and provide employee benefits. We have built a
substantial business on a recurring revenue model since our
inception in 2015. For the first quarter of Fiscal 2022, we
processed approximately $21.2 million of payroll billings, our
primary operating metric, and incurred approximately
$8.6 million in operating losses, which were driven primarily
by substantial investments in our technology platform, our SPAC
sponsorships and our ShiftPixy Labs growth initiative, as well as
by necessary upgrades to our back-office operations to facilitate
servicing a large WSE base under a traditional staffing
model.
For most of Fiscal 2021 and continuing into the first quarter of
Fiscal 2022, our primary focus was on clients in the restaurant and
hospitality industries, (market segments typically characterized by
high employee turnover and low pay rates), and healthcare
industries typically employing specialized personnel that command
higher pay rates. We believe that these industries are better
served by our HRIS platform and related mobile application, which
provide payroll and human resources tracking for our clients and
which we believe result in lower operating costs, improved customer
experience and revenue growth acceleration. California continued to
be our largest market during the first quarter of Fiscal 2022,
accounting for approximately % of our gross billings. Washington
and New Mexico represented our other significant markets during the
first quarter of Fiscal 2022, representing approximately 20% of our
total revenues. (Our other locations did not contribute revenue to
a material degree.) All of our clients enter into client services
agreements ("CSAs") with us or one of our wholly owned
subsidiaries.
Our business focus during Fiscal 2021 and continuing into the first
quarter of Fiscal 2022 was to complete our HRIS platform and to
expand that platform to position the Company for rapid billings
growth as well as to expand our product offerings to increase our
monetization of our payroll billings. To that end, we identified
and began to execute on various growth strategies, including our
sponsorship of various SPACs and our investment in our ShiftPixy
Labs initiative. We expect that our execution
of these strategies, if successful, will yield significant customer
growth driven by widespread adoption of our technology offerings,
which we believe represents a substantial value proposition to our
clients as a valuable source of agile human capital business
intelligence.
Our revenues for the first quarter of Fiscal 2022 consisted
of:
i) staffing solutions revenues equal to gross billings for staffing
solutions clients; and ii) EAS solutions revenues which consist of
administrative fees calculated as a percentage of gross payroll
processed, payroll taxes due on WSEs billed to the client and
remitted to the taxation authority, and workers’ compensation
premiums billed to the client for which we facilitate coverage for
our clients. Our costs of revenues for EAS solutions revenues
consist of the accrued and paid payroll taxes and our costs to
provide the workers’ compensation coverage and administration
related services, including premiums and loss reserves.
For staffing solutions revenues our cost of revenues also included
the gross payroll paid to staffing solutions employees. A
significant portion of our assets and liabilities is for our
workers’ compensation reserves, carried as cash balances, and our
estimates of projected workers’ compensation claims, carried as
liabilities. We provided a self-funded workers’ compensation policy
up to $500,000 and purchased reinsurance for claims in excess of
that limit up to February 28, 2021, after which we changed to a
direct cost premium only workers’ compensation
program.
We believe that our customer value proposition is to provide a
combination of overall net cost savings to our clients, for which
they are willing to pay increased administrative fees, as
follows:
•Payroll
tax compliance and management services;
•Governmental
HR compliance services, such as compliance with the Affordable Care
Act (“ACA”);
•Reduced
client workers’ compensation premiums or enhanced coverage;
and
•Access
to an employee pool of potential applicants to reduce turnover
costs.
We have invested heavily in a robust, cloud-based HRIS platform
(the ShiftPixy “Ecosystem”) in order to:
•reduce
WSE management costs;
•automate
new WSE and client onboarding; and
•provide
value-added services for our business clients resulting in
additional revenue streams to the Company.
Our cloud-based HRIS platform captures, holds, and processes HR and
payroll information for clients and WSEs through an easy-to-use
customized front-end interface coupled with a secure, remotely
hosted database. The HRIS platform can be accessed by either a
desktop computer or an easy to use smartphone application designed
with legally binding HR workflows in mind. Once fully implemented,
we expect to reduce the time, expense, and error rate for
on-boarding WSEs into our ecosystem. This allows our HRIS platform
to serve as a “gig” marketplace for WSEs and clients and for client
businesses to better manage their human capital needs.
We see our technology platform as a key competitive advantage and
differentiator to our market competitors and one that will allow us
to expand our human capital business beyond our current focus of
low-wage employees and healthcare workers. We believe that
providing this baseline business, coupled with a technology
solution to address additional concerns such as employee scheduling
and turnover, will provide a unique, cost effective solution to the
HR compliance, staffing, and scheduling problems that these
businesses face. We are completing additional features that we
expect to generate additional revenue streams, enhance and expand
our product offering, increase our client customer and WSE counts,
and increase our revenues and profit per existing WSE.
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to provide both business setbacks
and business opportunities. Our growth trajectory has been muted by
the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our core business
clients, primarily restaurants and nurse staffing organizations
supplying health services not related to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted and delayed our
expected growth, which we saw initially through a decrease in our
billed customers and WSEs beginning in mid-March 2020, when the
State of California first implemented “lockdown” measures.
Substantially all of our billed WSEs as of February 29, 2020 worked
for clients located in Southern California, and were primarily in
the QSR industry. Many of these clients were required to furlough
or lay off employees or, in some cases, completely shutter their
operations. For our clients serviced prior to the March 2020
pandemic lockdown, we experienced an approximate 30% reduction in
business levels within six weeks after the first lockdown
commenced. Early in
the pandemic, the combination of our sales efforts and the tools
that our services provide to businesses impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic resulted in additional business opportunities for new
client location additions, as did the fact that many of our clients
received Payroll Protection Plan loans ("PPP Loans") under the
CARES Act, which supported their businesses and payroll payments
during in-store lockdowns. Nevertheless, during the quarter ended
May 31, 2020, our WSE billings per client location decreased as
many of our clients were forced to cease operations or reduce
staffing. On July 13, 2020, the Governor of the State of California
re-implemented certain COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions in
most of the counties in the state, including those located in
Southern California where most of our clients were located. The
mercurial nature of the pandemic led to recurring lockdowns through
the issuance of additional orders by state and county health
authorities that yielded uneven patterns of business openings and
closings throughout our clients’ markets, which also experienced
significant lockdowns beginning in late November 2020 and through
the year-end holiday season as a spike in COVID-19 cases was
observed.
The negative impact of these lockdowns on our business and
operations continued through our third quarter of Fiscal 2021 in a
see-saw pattern, with some improvement observed after the removal
of many restrictions in California and elsewhere from March through
June 2021, only to be followed by the reimplementation of
restrictions in the face of the pandemic resurgence fueled by the
spread of the Delta variant of the virus. While the availability of
PPP Loans to our clients mitigated the negative impact on our
business during the initial stages of the pandemic, we believe that
the failure of the government to renew this program exacerbated the
deleterious impact of subsequent restrictions and lockdowns on our
financial results for Fiscal 2021. We have observed some degree of
business recovery as these lockdowns have relaxed and vaccination
efforts have accelerated, and we believe that, to the extent that
COVID-19 infection rates continue to decrease, and vaccination
rates increase, governmental authorities will continue to remove
restrictions, which will fuel our clients’ business
recoveries.
Nevertheless, we remain concerned that the recent resurgence of the
virus, in the form of the Omicron variant, could have a material
negative impact on our business and results of operations, as could
the emergence of additional variants of the virus in the
future.
We have also experienced increases in our workers’ compensation
reserve requirements, and we expect additional workers’
compensation claims to be made by furloughed employees. We also
expect additional workers’ compensation claims to be made by WSEs
required to work by their employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On May 4, 2020, the State of California indicated that workers who
became ill with COVID-19 would have a potential claim against
workers’ compensation insurance for their illnesses. These
additional claims, to the extent they materialize, could have a
material impact on our workers’ compensation liability
estimates.
Significant Developments in the Three Months Ended
November 30, 2021.
Financing Activities
September 2021 Private Placement
On September 3, 2021, we closed a private placement with a large
institutional investor pursuant to which we sold to the investor an
aggregate of (i) 2,850,000 shares of our common stock, together
with warrants (the “September 2021 Common Warrants”) to purchase up
to 2,850,000 shares of our common stock, with each September 2021
Common Warrant exercisable for one share of our common stock at a
price per share of $1.595, and (ii) 4,673,511 prefunded warrants
(the “September 2021 Prefunded Warrants”), together with the
September 2021 Common Warrants to purchase up to 4,673,511 shares
of our common stock, with each September 2021 Prefunded Warrant
exercisable for one share of our common stock at a price per share
of $0.0001. Each share of our common stock and accompanying
September 2021 Common Warrant were sold together at a combined
offering price of $1.595 and each September 2021 Prefunded Warrant
and accompanying September 2021 Common Warrant were sold together
at a combined offering price of $1.5949.
The September 2021 Prefunded Warrants were immediately exercisable,
at a nominal exercise price of $0.0001, and may be exercised at any
time until all of the September 2021 Prefunded Warrants are
exercised in full. The September 2021 Common Warrants have an
exercise price of $1.595 per share, are immediately exercisable,
and will expire five years from the date that the registration
statement relating to the resale of the shares underlying the
September 2021 Common Warrants is declared effective (which has not
yet occurred). The private placement generated gross proceeds of
approximately $12.0 million, prior to deducting $890,000 of costs
consisting of placement agent commissions and offering expenses
payable by us. In addition to the seven percent (7.0%) of the
aggregate gross proceeds cash fee, we issued warrants to the
placement agent to purchase an aggregate of up to five percent
(5.0%) of the aggregate number of shares of our common stock
issuable upon exercise of the September 2021 Prefunded Warrants
sold in the offering (the “September Placement Agent Warrants”).
The September Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable for a period
commencing on March 3, 2022 (six months after issuance) and expire
four years from the effective date (which has not yet occurred) of
a registration statement for the resale of the underlying shares,
and have an initial exercise price of $1.7545 per
share.
Growth Initiatives
During the three months ended November 30, 2021 we continued
to execute on our two primary growth initiatives. Each growth
initiative is designed to leverage our technology solution,
knowledge, and expertise to provide for significant revenue growth
for the human capital management services we provide to our
clients.
Sponsorship of SPACs
On April 29, 2021, we announced our sponsorship of four SPAC IPOs.
The Industrial Human Capital (“IHC”) IPO closed on October 22,
2021, raising gross proceeds for IHC of $115 million. IHC currently
intends to use the proceeds of the IHC IPO to acquire companies in
the light industrial segment of the staffing industry, and our goal
is to enter into CSAs with IHC following its IBC. Immediately
following the IHC IPO, IHC began to evaluate acquisition
candidates. IHC’s goal is to complete its IBC within one year of
consummation of the IHC IPO.
Although each of our remaining sponsored SPACs have filed
registration statements and prospectuses contemplating that they
will each seek to raise approximately $150 million, we currently
anticipate that two of these SPACs, Vital and TechStackery, will
seek to raise approximately $100 million each in capital investment
to acquire companies in the healthcare and technology segments of
the staffing industry, respectively. We also now expect that our
other remaining sponsored SPAC, Firemark, will seek to raise
approximately $100 million in capital investment to acquire one or
more insurance entities to provide workers’ compensation and
related insurance products. We currently own approximately 15% of
the issued and outstanding stock of IHC, and we expect to own
approximately 20% of each of the other SPACs upon their IPOs being
declared effective and consummated, (which equity stake is likely
to decrease). Assuming that the IPOs of each of the remaining SPACs
are consummated pursuant to the same pricing terms of the IHC IPO,
we expect to invest, through Investments, an aggregate amount of
$17,531,408 in the SPACs (or up to $18,656,408 if the
over-allotment option of each SPAC is exercised in full) through
the purchase of placement warrants in addition to our initial
$25,000 investment for the purchase of our Founder Shares in each
SPAC. These investment amounts set forth above do not include loans
that we may extend to each SPAC in an amount not to exceed $500,000
individually, (or $2 million in the aggregate), in our role as
sponsor for the purpose of funding various organizational expenses
of the SPACs.
We expect each SPAC to operate as a separately managed, publicly
traded entity following the completion of their respective IBCs, or
“De-SPAC”. We anticipate entering into CSAs with each of the
staffing entities that will allow them to participate in our HRIS
platform. We also expect to facilitate the procurement of workers’
compensation, personal liability, and other similar insurance
products for these staffing entities through our anticipated
relationship with Firemark, assuming that it is able to consummate
its IPO and complete the De-SPAC process successfully.
We believe that our sponsorship of the SPACs seeking to complete
IBCs with entities in the staffing industry has the potential to
generate significant revenues and earnings for us, while also
supporting a favorable business model for the SPACs. Similarly, we
believe that Firemark has the potential to benefit from a
relationship with us through both business referrals and licensed
access to our technology, which should provide the means to expand
its business in a profitable manner if and when it becomes
operational.
To date, we have incurred direct costs of $0.5 million to form the
SPAC entities, primarily for legal and professional services
related fees, which are included as operating expenses for the
three months ended November 30, 2021.
ShiftPixy Labs
On July 29, 2020, we announced the launch of ShiftPixy Labs, which
includes the development of ghost kitchens in conjunction with our
wholly-owned subsidiary, ShiftPixy Ghost Kitchens, Inc. Through
this initiative, we intend to bring various food delivery concepts
to market that will combine with our HRIS platform to create an
easily replicated, comprehensive food preparation and delivery
solution. The initial phase of this initiative is being implemented
in our dedicated kitchen facility located in close proximity to our
Miami headquarters, which we are already showcasing through the
distribution of video programming on social media produced and
distributed by our wholly-owned subsidiary, ShiftPixy Productions,
Inc. If successful, we intend to replicate this initiative in
similarly constructed facilities throughout the United States and
in selected international locations. We also intend to provide
similar services via mobile kitchen concepts, all of which will be
heavily reliant on our HRIS platform and which we believe will
capitalize on trends observed during the COVID-19 pandemic toward
providing customers with a higher quality prepared food delivery
product that is more responsive to their needs.
The idea of ShiftPixy Labs, (as described in more detail in Item 1
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021, filed with the
SEC on December 3, 2021), originated from discussions with our
restaurant clients, combined with our observations of industry
trends that appear to have accelerated during the pandemic.
Beginning in Calendar 2020, we recognized a significant uptick in
the use of mobile applications to order take-out food either for
individual pickup or third-party delivery, which grew even more
dramatically as the pandemic took hold. Not surprisingly, the
establishment of fulfillment kitchens for third party delivery also
spread rapidly during this time period, initially among national
fast food franchise chains but then among smaller
QSRs.
We believe that the restaurant industry is in the midst of a food
fulfillment paradigm shift that will ultimately result in the
widespread use of “ghost kitchens” in a shared environment. Similar
to shared office work locations, a shared kitchen can provide
significant cost efficiencies and savings compared to the cost of
operating multiple retail restaurant locations. Coupled with
ShiftPixy’s technology stack, which includes order delivery and
dispatch, we believe that the ghost kitchen solutions that emerge
from ShiftPixy Labs will provide a robust and effective delivery
order fulfillment option for our clients.
We have also observed the growing impact of social media platforms
over the past five years, a trend which has accelerated through the
pandemic. As this trend has gained steam, many social media
influencers have successfully capitalized on their popularity by
establishing new business concepts in a variety of industries,
including within the QSR space. Some of these QSRs are identified
as “virtual” restaurants with delivery-only service fulfilled by
centralized ghost kitchens. We intend to capitalize on this trend
by creating an extensive social media presence for ShiftPixy
Labs.
Many restaurant entrepreneurs have also become successful during
the pandemic by moving outside through the use of mobile food
trucks, which can be used as a launching point for restaurants and
ultimately expanded to traditional indoor dining locations. We have
researched this phenomenon and, coupled with our experience in the
restaurant industry, believe a significant business opportunity
exists to assist with the fulfillment of new restaurant ideas and
rapidly expand those ideas across a broad geographic footprint
utilizing centralized ghost kitchen fulfillment centers. Again, we
believe that ShiftPixy Labs will provide solutions that will
facilitate the rapid growth of these new businesses, through a
combination of centralized ghost kitchens and an available pool of
human capital resources provided through our HRIS platform, as well
as through other business assistance provided by our management
team.
During Fiscal 2021, we established an industrial facility in Miami
that we expect to be fully operational shortly. During the first
quarter of Fiscal 2022, we installed ten standardized kitchen
stations in both single and double kitchen configurations built
within standard cargo container shells in this facility. We expect
this facility, upon completion, to function as a state of the art
ghost kitchen space that will be used to incubate restaurant ideas
through collaboration and partnerships with local innovative chefs,
resulting in sound businesses that provide recurring revenue to us
in a variety of ways, both through direct sales and utilization of
the ShiftPixy Ecosystem, our HRIS platform, and other human capital
services that we provide. To the extent that this business model is
successful and can be replicated in other locations, it has the
potential to contribute significant revenue to us in the
future.
We may also take equity stakes in various branded restaurants that
we develop and operate with our partners through ShiftPixy Labs.
Such ownership interests will be held to the extent that it is
consistent with our continued existence as an operating company,
and to the extent that we believe such ownership interests have the
potential to create significant value for our
shareholders.
Workers’ Compensation Insurance
During Fiscal 2021, the Company made a strategic decision to change
its approach to securing workers’ compensation coverage for our
clients. This was primarily due to rapidly increasing loss
development factors stemming in part from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The combination of increased claims from WSEs, the inability of
WSEs to obtain employment quickly and return to work after injury
claims, and increasing loss development factor rates from our
insurance and reinsurance carriers resulted in significantly larger
potential loss exposures, claims payments, and additional expense
accruals. Starting on January 1, 2021, we began to migrate our
clients to our new direct cost program, which we believe
significantly limits our claims exposure. Effective March 1, 2021,
all of our clients had migrated to the direct cost
program.
For the first quarter of Fiscal 2022, included in cost of sales
were approximately $134,000 of expense for claims estimate
increases relating to loss reserves activity for calendar 2021 for
the legacy Sunz and Everest programs. The claims estimates are the
subject of ongoing litigation with our former workers’ compensation
insurance providers, Sunz and Everest, as described in Note 11,
above. We are currently re-evaluating the workers’ compensation
liability estimates under our legacy Sunz and Everest
programs.
Vensure Asset Sale Note Receivable Reconciliation
On January 3, 2020, we entered into an asset purchase agreement
with Shiftable HR Acquisition, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Vensure, pursuant to which we assigned client contracts
representing approximately 88% of our quarterly revenue as of
November 30, 2019, including 100% of our existing PEO business
effective as of December 31, 2019, and we transferred $1.6 million
of working capital assets, including cash balances and certain
operating assets associated with the assigned client contracts
included in the agreement. Gross proceeds from the Asset Sale were
$19.2 million, of which $9.7 million was received at closing and
$9.5 million was embodied in the Note Receivable described above,
to be paid out in equal monthly payments for the next four years
after certain transaction conditions were met. As of
November 30, 2021, Vensure and the Company were engaged in
litigation regarding the amount owed to the Company pursuant to the
Note Receivable, as described in Note 11,
Contingencies,
above.
Quarterly Performance Highlights: First Quarter Fiscal 2022 v.
First Quarter Fiscal 2021
•Served
approximately 72 clients and an average of 3,000
WSEs.
•Processed
over $21 million in gross billings from continuing operations,
representing an increase of 7.2% from the same period in Fiscal
2020 due to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, which had a
significant impact on our quick service restaurant ("QSR") customer
base. Our continuing operations mix remained consistent for
the three months ended November 30, 2021 with the same period
in Fiscal 2021, primarily consisting of QSR WSEs. (For further
information, please refer to the section entitled “Non-GAAP
Financial Measures”, below.) Our revenues for the three months
ended November 30, 2021 were 257% higher than the same period
in Fiscal 2021, due primarily to the our migration to a staffing
revenue recognition model during the latter part of Fiscal 2021.
Gross margin for the three months ended November 30, 2021
improved over the same period in Fiscal 2021, due primarily to
higher billings driving greater margins from additional
administrative fees and taxes.
Our financial performance for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, compared to the same period in Fiscal 2021,
included the following significant items:
Revenues
increased approximately 257.2%, to $8.9 million, from $2.5 million
in the same period in Fiscal 2021.
This revenue growth was due to the combination of an increase in
gross billings of 7.2%, to $21.2 million, from $19.8 million in the
same period in Fiscal 2021, and the impact of the transition of
some of our existing clients to a staffing revenue recognition
model, which commenced in the later part of Fiscal 2021. Recurring
WSE counts as of November 30, 2021 averaged approximately
3,000, which is consistent with a recovery to our pre-pandemic WSE
levels.
Billings per WSE increased to $7,066 due primarily to business
recoveries achieved by our QSR clients as the pandemic subsided,
combined with an increase in the placement of nursing WSEs who earn
higher wages and consequently generate higher
billings.
Revenue associated with administrative fees increased by 0.5%, and
tax revenues by 0.5%, both of which are consistent with our billed
wages increase of 7.2% during the quarter. Revenue associated with
workers’ compensation premiums decreased $37,000, or 0.5%, due to
the migration of our WSEs to a guaranteed cost program during
Fiscal 2021 and a change in our client mix that resulted in lower
billed workers’ compensation rates per wage dollar.
Gross Profit
increased approximately 35.7%, or $0.2 million, for the three
months ended November 30, 2021, compared to the same period in
Fiscal 2021, mainly driven by an increase of $119,000, or 0.5%, in
administrative fees and $202,000, or 0.5%, in taxes, consistent
with the 7.2% increase in our overall billings.
Operating expenses
increased by 51.3% to $9.3 million for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, from $6.1 million for the same period of
Fiscal 2021. The increase in operating expenses reflects the effect
of increased costs associated with our growth initiatives,
(including payroll-related costs of $3.9 million, professional fees
of $1.7 million, software development costs of $1.2 million, and
costs classified in our statement of operations as general and
administrative expenses of $1.9 million). Payroll-related costs
increased primarily due to hiring additional executive, operations,
and software development personnel to support our growth
initiatives. Professional fees increased due to litigation arising
in the normal course of business and legal fees we paid on behalf
of our sponsored SPACs. Software development costs were driven
primarily by our continuing investment in our HRIS platform, while
general and administrative expenses grew primarily due to rent cost
increases from our entry into leases covering the following: (i)
our principal executive offices in Miami, Florida; (ii) our
ShiftPixy Labs facility in Miami, Florida; and (iii) our new office
facility in Sunrise, Florida, which will house the majority of our
operations personnel
and other elements of our workforce.
Other contributors to the increase in general and administrative
expenses include marketing expenses related to our growth
initiatives.
Operating loss
increased by $2.9 million, or 52.7%, due to the net effect of a
$0.2 million or 35.7% increase in gross margin, less a $3.1 million
increase in operating expenses.
Other income (expense)
for the three months ended November 30, 2021 mainly consists
of recurrent interest expense for a capital lease copier, net of a
small insurance claim received.
Loss from discontinued operations
represents the reassessment of the workers' compensation claims
reserve associated with our former clients that we transferred to
Vensure as part of the Vensure Asset Sale. Loss from discontinued
operations was $134,000 for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, reflecting a 90% reduction compared to the
same period of Fiscal 2021.
Net Loss
for the three months ended November 30, 2021 increased to $8.7
million, or ($0.24) per share, from $6.9 million, or ($0.22), per
share for the same period of Fiscal 2021.
Results of Operations
The following table summarizes the unaudited condensed consolidated
results of our operations for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, and November 30, 2020.
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For the Three Months
Ended
(Unaudited) |
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November 30,
2021 |
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November 30,
2020 |
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Revenues (gross billings of $21.2 million less worksite employee
payroll cost of $12.3 million and gross billings of $19.8 million
less worksite employees payroll cost of $17.3 million, for the
three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020,
respectively)
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$ |
8,940,000 |
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$ |
2,503,000 |
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Cost of revenue |
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8,245,000 |
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1,990,000 |
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Gross profit (loss) |
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695,000 |
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513,000 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Salaries, wages, and payroll taxes |
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3,890,000 |
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2,193,000 |
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Stock-based compensation – general and administrative |
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408,000 |
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496,000 |
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Commissions |
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27,000 |
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38,000 |
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Professional fees |
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1,737,000 |
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707,000 |
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Software development |
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1,161,000 |
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877,000 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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123,000 |
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62,000 |
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General and administrative |
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1,932,000 |
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1,759,000 |
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Total operating expenses |
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9,278,000 |
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6,132,000 |
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Operating Loss |
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(8,583,000) |
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(5,619,000) |
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Other (expense) income: |
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Interest expense |
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(1,000) |
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(3,000) |
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Other Income |
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5,000 |
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Total other (expense) income |
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4,000 |
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(3,000) |
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Loss from continuing operations |
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(8,579,000) |
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(5,622,000) |
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(Loss) income from discontinued operations: |
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(Loss) income from discontinued operations |
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(134,000) |
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(1,314,000) |
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Total (loss) income from discontinued operations |
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(134,000) |
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(1,314,000) |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(8,713,000) |
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$ |
(6,936,000) |
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We report our revenues as gross billings, net of related direct
labor costs for our EAS/HCM clients and revenues without reduction
of labor costs for staffing services clients.
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2021 |
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2020 |
Net Revenues (in millions) |
$ |
8.9 |
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$ |
2.5 |
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Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter (in millions) |
6.4 |
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0.3 |
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Percentage Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter |
257.2 |
% |
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15.4 |
% |
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Cost of Revenues (in millions) |
$ |
8.2 |
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$ |
2.0 |
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Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter (in millions) |
6.3 |
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0.04 |
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Percentage Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter |
314.3 |
% |
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2.2 |
% |
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Gross Profit (in millions) |
$ |
0.7 |
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$ |
0.5 |
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Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter (in millions) |
0.2 |
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0.3 |
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Percentage Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter |
35.5 |
% |
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132.1 |
% |
Gross Profit Percentage of Revenues |
7.8 |
% |
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20.5 |
% |
Quarter ended November 30, 2021
Net revenue for our HCM services excludes the payroll cost
component of gross billings. With respect to staffing services,
employer payroll taxes, employee benefit programs, and workers’
compensation insurance, we believe that we are the primary obligor,
and we have latitude in establishing price, selecting suppliers,
and determining the service specifications. As such, the billings
for those components are included as revenue. Revenues are
recognized ratably over the payroll period as WSEs perform their
services at the client worksite.
Net Revenue
increased approximately 257.2% to $8.9 million, from $2.5 million
for the same period in Fiscal 2021.
The revenue increase was due to a 7.2% increase in gross billings
to $21.2 million for the three months ended November 30, 2021,
from $19.8 million for the same period in Fiscal 2021, combined
with the effect of the transition of some of our existing clients
to a staffing revenue recognition model during the latter part of
Fiscal 2021.
Recurring WSE counts as of November 30, 2021 averaged
approximately 3,000, which is consistent with recovery to our
pre-pandemic WSE levels. Our gross billings from staffing and HCM
services totaled approximately $7.1 million and $14.1 million,
representing 33.6% and 66.4% of our gross revenue,
respectively.
Revenue associated with administrative fees increased by 0.5%,
which is consistent with our billed wages increase of 7.2% as well
as the 0.5% increase in our revenues associated with taxes during
the three months ended November 30, 2021, compared to the same
period in Fiscal 2021. Revenue associated with workers’
compensation decreased by $37,000, or 0.4%, due to our migration to
a guaranteed workers' compensation cost program during Fiscal 2021,
combined with a change in our client mix yielding lower billed
workers’ compensation rates per wage dollar.
Cost of Revenues
includes our costs associated with employer taxes, workers’
compensation insurance premiums, and the gross wages paid by our
staffing clients. Cost of revenues increased $6.3 million, or
314.3%, to $8.2 million for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, from $2 million for the same period in
Fiscal 2021. The change in cost of revenues was due primarily to
the conversion of certain existing clients to a staffing revenue
recognition model during the latter part of Fiscal 2021. As
discussed above, the staffing model includes the gross wages in the
cost of sales as the Company is considered the
employer.
Gross Profit
increased approximately 35.7%, or $183,000, for the three months
ended November 30, 2021, compared to same period in Fiscal
2021, primarily driven by an increase in our administrative fees
and taxes billed for the period. This increase is consistent with
our overall increase of 7.2% in our gross billings for the three
months ended November 30, 2021 compared to the same period in
Fiscal 2021.
Net loss
increased by $1.8 million, or 25.6%, from $6.9 million for the
three months ended November 30, 2020, to $8.7 million for the three
months ended November 30, 2021.
This increase in net loss was primarily due to our increase in
operating costs
associated with our growth initiatives, (including payroll-related
costs of $3.9 million, professional fees of $1.7 million, software
development costs of $1.2 million, and costs classified in our
statement of operations as general and administrative expenses of
$1.9 million).
Operating expenses
increased by 51.3% to $9.3 million for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, from $6.1 million for the three moths ended
November 30, 2020. The increase in operating expenses reflects the
net effect of a small reduction of $88,000 and $11,000,
respectively, in stock based compensation and commission, and the
increased costs associated with our growth initiatives, including
payroll-related costs of $3.9 million, (which increased 77.4% or
$1.7 million compared with the same period of Fiscal 2021),
professional fees of $1.7, (which increased 145.7% or $1 million),
software development costs of $1.1 million, (which increased 32.4%
or $284,000), and costs classified in our statement of operations
as general and administrative expenses of $1.9 million, (which
increased 9.8% or $173,000). Payroll-related costs increased due
primarily to hiring additional executive, operations, and software
development personnel to support our growth initiatives and accrued
executive bonuses. Professional fees increased due to litigation
arising in the normal course of business and legal fees we paid on
behalf of our sponsored SPACs. Software development costs were
driven primarily by our continuing investment in our HRIS platform,
while general and administrative expenses grew primarily due to
rent cost increases from our entry into leases covering the
following: (i) our principal executive offices in Miami, Florida;
(ii) our ShiftPixy Labs facility in Miami, Florida;
and (iii) our new office facility in Sunrise, Florida, which will
house the majority of our operations personnel and other elements
of our workforce.
Other contributors to the increase in general and administrative
expenses include non-recurring costs to relocate certain employees,
and marketing expenses related to our growth
initiatives.
The following table presents certain information related to our
operating expenses (unaudited):
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For the Three Months
Ended
(Unaudited) |
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November 30,
2021 |
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November 30,
2020 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Salaries, wages, and payroll taxes |
$ |
3,890,000 |
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$ |
2,193,000 |
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Stock-based compensation – general and admin |
408,000 |
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496,000 |
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Commissions |
27,000 |
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38,000 |
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Professional fees |
1,737,000 |
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707,000 |
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Software development |
1,161,000 |
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|
877,000 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
123,000 |
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62,000 |
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General and administrative |
1,932,000 |
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1,759,000 |
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Total operating expenses |
$ |
9,278,000 |
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$ |
6,132,000 |
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Operating expenses increased $3.1 million, or 51.3%, to $9.2
million for the three months ended November 30, 2021 from $6.1
million in the same period of Fiscal 2021. The components of
operating expenses changed as follows:
Salaries, wages and payroll taxes
increased by approximately $1.7 million, or 77.4%, for the three
months ended November 30, 2021 in comparison to the three
months ended November 30, 2020, from $2.2 million to $3.9 million.
These costs consisted of gross salaries, benefits, and payroll
taxes associated with our executive management team and corporate
employees. Of the $1.7 million increase, $0.8 million was for
accrued management bonuses and $0.9 million was primarily
attributable to hiring additional employees in the executive,
operations, and software development ranks of our business to
support our various growth initiatives, including our SPAC
sponsorships and ShiftPixy Labs. Our corporate employee count
increased from 56 employees as of November 30, 2020, to 85
employees as of November 30, 2021.
Share-Based compensation
decreased by $0.1 million, or 17.7%, to $0.4 million for the three
months ended November 30, 2021.
Commissions
consist of commissions payments made to third party brokers and
inside sales personnel and remained consistent year over year, with
a slight decrease based on the reduction of our sales
force.
Professional fees
consists of legal fees, accounting and public company costs, board
fees, and consulting fees. Professional fees for the three months
ended November 30, 2021 increased by $1.0 million, or 145.7%,
to $1.7 million, from $0.7 million for the
three months ended November 30, 2020. The increase is primarily
attributable to an increase in legal fees related to our current
active litigation.
Software development
consists of costs associated with research and development
outsourced to third parties. Software development costs increased
$0.3 million, or 32.4%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, from $0.9 million for the three months
ended November 30 2020. The increased costs are due primarily to
additional contracted developers to support our mobile application
post development improvements.
Depreciation and amortization
increased by $61,000, or 98.4%, for the three months ended
November 30, 2021, as compared to the same period in Fiscal
2021, due to depreciation on asset purchases during the period to
support our growth initiatives.
General and administrative
expenses consist of office rent and related overhead, software
licenses, insurance, penalties, business taxes, travel and
entertainment, and other general business expenses. General and
administrative expenses for the three months ended
November 30, 2021 increased by $173,000, or 9.8%, to $1.9
million, from $1.8 million for the three months ended November 30,
2020. The increase was due primarily to approximately $0.2 million
of general and administrative expenses incurred in connection with
our sponsored SPACs during the quarter, whereas no such expenses
were incurred during the same period of Fiscal 2021 since the SPACs
had not yet been formed.
Other income (expense)
for the quarters ended November 30, 2021 and November 30, 2020
was insignificant.
Loss from continuing operations
increased by $2.9 million, or 52.2%, from a $5.6 million loss for
the three months ended November 30, 2020, to $8.6 million loss for
the three months ended November 30, 2021, due primarily to
expenses associated with the Company's growth initiatives, as
described above.
Gain/loss from discontinued operations.
For the three months ended November 30, 2021 and the three
months ended November 30, 2020, we recorded a loss primarily based
upon our reassessment of our workers' compensation claims reserve
associated with the clients that we transferred to Vensure in
connection with the Vensure Asset Sale. For the three months ended
November 30, 2021, the loss from discontinued operations
decreased $1.2 million or 89.9% in comparison with the same period
in Fiscal 2021. The decrease is driven by the phase out of the
claims liability reserved which has been in a decreasing trend
during the period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
For a discussion of our liquidity and capital resources, see Note
6, Going Concern, to the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements in “Part I, Item 1. Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)” of this
Quarterly
Report.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to financial measures presented in accordance with
GAAP, we monitor other non-GAAP measures that we use to manage our
business, make planning decisions and allocate resources. These key
financial measures provide an additional view of our operational
performance over the long term and provide useful information that
we use to maintain and grow our business. The presentation of these
non-GAAP financial measures is used to enhance the understanding of
certain aspects of our financial performance. They are not meant to
be considered in isolation, superior to, or as a substitute for the
directly comparable financial measures presented in accordance with
GAAP.
Our revenue recognition policy differs for our EAS/HCM and staffing
clients and is dependent on the respective CSA applicable to each
client. During Fiscal 2021, some of our EAS clients migrated to a
staffing CSA. Our policy is to report revenues as gross billings,
net of related direct labor costs, for our EAS/HCM clients, and
revenues without reduction for labor costs for staffing clients.
For the three months ended November 30, 2021, our gross
billings from HCM and staffing services totaled approximately
$14.1 million and $7.1 million (total of
$21.2 million), representing 66.4% and 33.6% of our gross
revenue, respectively. For the three months ended November 30,
2020, our gross billings were approximately $19.8 million from our
HCM services, and our gross billings generated from staffing were
immaterial. (We had no revenues generated from technology services
during the three months ended November 30, 2021 or
2020).
Gross billings represent billings to our business clients and
include WSE gross wages, employer payroll taxes, and workers’
compensation premiums as well as administrative fees for our
value-added services and other charges for workforce management
support. Gross billings for our HCM services are a non-GAAP
measurement that we believe to represent a key revenue-based
operating metric, along with number of WSEs and number of clients.
Active WSEs are defined as employees on our HRIS platform that have
provided services for at least one of our clients for any reported
period. Our primary profitability metrics are gross profit, and our
primary driver of gross profit is administrative fees.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measure
Gross Billings to Net Revenues
The following table presents a reconciliation of our Gross Billings
(unaudited) to Revenues:
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Gross Billings in millions |
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21.2 |
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19.8 |
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Less: Adjustment to Gross Billings |
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12.3 |
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$ |
17.3 |
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Revenues, in millions |
$ |
8.9 |
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$ |
2.5 |
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The following table provides the key revenue and our primary gross
profit driver used by management.
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Administrative Fees (in millions) |
$ |
0.47 |
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0.35 |
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Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter (in millions) |
0.12 |
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0.1 |
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Percentage Increase (Decrease), Quarter over Quarter |
34.3 |
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18.9 |
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Administrative Fee % of Gross Billings |
2.2 |
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1.8 |
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Average WSEs by Quarter (unaudited) |
3,000 |
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3,500 |
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Average Gross Billings per Average WSE |
$ |
7,066 |
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5,647 |
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Our billed WSEs as of the end of:
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November 30,
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Active WSEs (unaudited) |
3,000 |
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2,800 |
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3,500 |
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Average Active WSEs totaled approximately 3,000, which is
consistent with continuous growth and recovery to our pre-pandemic
levels. The increase in administrative fees was consistent with our
billings growth over the same time period. The increase in average
gross billings per WSE was due primarily to growth in the higher
wages commanded by our healthcare WSEs, as well as an increase in
billings to our restaurant clients as their operations recovered
from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material Commitments
The Company entered into a master service agreement for the
construction of six ghost kitchens to be placed in its ShiftPixy
Labs facility in Miami for a total cost of $1,037,000. As of
November 30, 2021, the Company has made payments totaling
$885,000, which we have capitalized as construction in progress and
included in Fixed Assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheet. We have recorded an additional cost to complete of $152,000
under this contract, which is expect to pay by the end of the
second quarter of Fiscal 2022. No additional contractual
obligations for ongoing capital expenditures exist at this time. We
do, however, purchase equipment and software necessary to conduct
our operations on an as needed basis.
Contingencies
For a discussion of contingencies, see Note 11,
Contingencies,
to the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in
“Part I, Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements (Unaudited)” of this Quarterly Report.
New and Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
For a listing of our new and recently adopted accounting standards,
see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in
“Part I, Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements (Unaudited)” of this Quarterly
Report.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s
reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and the Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer), to allow for timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating
disclosure controls and procedures, the Company recognizes that any
controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated,
can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired
control objectives, and management is required to apply its
judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible
controls and procedures.
The Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and
with the participation of management, including the Principal
Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, of the
effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures at August
31, 2021, as defined in Rule 13a -15(e) and Rule 15d -15(e) under
the Exchange Act. This evaluation was carried out under the
supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation,
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that, at November 30, 2021, our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective. A discussion of these findings is
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021, filed
with the SEC on December 3, 2021.
Management’s Updated Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
we conducted an updated evaluation as of November 30, 2021 of
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
based on the framework stated by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our
internal control system was designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in
accordance with GAAP. Because of inherent limitations, a system of
internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate due to a change in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
Based on its updated evaluation, our management concluded that our
internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of
November 30, 2021. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over
financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility
that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely
basis.
The material weaknesses detected at November 30, 2021, relate
to the following:
Lack of Adequate Finance and Accounting Personnel
The Company’s current accounting staff is small, and we lack
adequate written policies and procedures for accounting and
financial reporting with respect to the requirements and
application of GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements. Our relatively
small staff creates inadequate segregation of duties, which makes
the reporting process susceptible to errors, omissions, and
inadequate review procedures. During Fiscal 2021, the Company began
to implement a plan to develop its accounting and finance staff to
meet the needs of its growing business, including but not limited
to the hiring of new staff, departmental training and the
development of entity level controls and mitigating activity level
controls to reduce the risk of management
override resulting from inadequate segregation of duties. That plan
was not fully implemented during Fiscal 2021 and it will continue
into Fiscal 2022. The Company is in the process of finalizing
written policies and procedures to formalize the requirements of
GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements.
The Company did not perform an effective risk assessment or monitor
internal controls over financial reporting including completing the
documentation and procedures surrounding its IT environment,
controls over cut-off procedures, accounting for capitalized
software, discontinued operations, segregation of duties, and
corporate oversight functions. The Company will continue its
assessment on a quarterly basis.
During the period, the Company engaged outside experts to perform
non-routine analyses for valuation of options and other derivative
related expenses as well as to prepare the Company’s income tax
provisions and to review the discontinued operations accounting and
disclosures. The Company plans to continue hiring additional
personnel and external resources to further mitigate these material
weaknesses.
Once the remediation plan for each material weakness is fully
implemented, the identified material weaknesses in internal control
over financial reporting will be considered fully addressed when
the relevant internal controls have been in operation for a
sufficient period of time for management to conclude that the
material weaknesses have been fully remediated and the internal
controls over financial reporting are effective. The Company will
work to design, implement and rigorously test these new controls in
order to make these final determinations.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include an attestation
report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm regarding internal controls over financial reporting because
this is not required of the Company pursuant to Regulation S-K Item
308(b).
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than the changes to the internal controls over financial
reporting discussed above, there were no changes that have occurred
during the three months ended November 30, 2021, that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange
Act.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings and Risk Factors.
(a)
Legal Proceedings.
The Company is a party to various legal actions arising in the
ordinary course of business which, in the opinion of the Company,
are not material in that management either expects that the Company
will be successful on the merits of the pending cases or that any
liabilities resulting from such cases will be immaterial or
substantially covered by insurance. While it is impossible to
estimate with certainty the ultimate legal and financial liability
with respect to these actions, management believes that the
aggregate amount of such liabilities will not be material to the
results of operations, financial position or cash flows of the
Company. There have been no material developments to the litigation
disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021,
as filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021, except as noted in Note
11
Contingencies
to the accompanying financial statements.
(b)
Risk Factors.
You should carefully review and consider the information regarding
certain factors that could materially affect our business,
financial condition or future results set forth under Part I, Item
1A,
Risk Factors,
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal
2021, as filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021, which is expressly
incorporated herein by reference. Except as set forth below, there
have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal
2021.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits.
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Document Description |
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Exhibit 101 |
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Interactive data files formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business
Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows, and (iv) the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements. |
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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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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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101.PRE |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
* This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or
after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation
language in any filings.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the
registrant caused this Quarterly Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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ShiftPixy, Inc.,
a Wyoming corporation
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DATE: January 18, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Scott W. Absher |
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Scott W. Absher |
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Principal Executive Officer |
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this Report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Scott W. Absher |
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Scott W. Absher |
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Principal Executive Officer and Director |
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January 18, 2022 |
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/s/ Domonic J. Carney |
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Domonic J. Carney |
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Principal Financial Officer |
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