UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

[X]

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly period ended September 30, 2019

For the Quarterly period ended March 31, 2020
[  ]TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to _____________

For the transition period from ____________ to _____________ 

Commission File No. 333-133624

 

WHERE FOOD COMES FROM, INC.

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Colorado

43-1802805

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

202 6th Street, Suite 400

Castle Rock, CO 80104

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(303) 895-3002

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, smalleror a small reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”filer” and “accelerated filer,”filer” and “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company”entity” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:Act.

 

Large accelerated filer:[  ] Accelerated filer:[  ]
Non-accelerated filer:[  ] Smaller reporting company:[X]
Emerging growth company[  ]   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [  ] No ☒                    [X]

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

WFCF

OTC Markets Group

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding as of November 4, 2019,May 1, 2020, was 24,733,302. 24,908,032.

 

 

 

 

Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Table of Contents

September 30, 2019March 31, 2020

 

Part 1 - Financial Information

Item 1.

Financial Statements

3

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditionand Results of Operations

      32

17

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

      38

22

Part II - Other Information

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

      40

23

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

      40

23

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

      40

Item 6.

Exhibits

      40

23
   
Item 6.Exhibits23

2

 

 

Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 September 30, December 31, 
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts) 

March 31,

2020

 

December 31,  

2019

 
 2019  2018  (Unaudited)    
Assets (Unaudited)            
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents $3,420,278  $1,482,391  $2,964  $2,638 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance  2,972,579   2,205,162   1,972   2,515 
Short-term investments in certificates of deposit  256,802   245,597   259   258 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  205,841   439,424   289   450 
Total current assets  6,855,500   4,372,574   5,484   5,861 
Property and equipment, net  1,569,480   1,675,472   1,575   1,545 
Right-of-use assets  3,331,344    
Long-term investments in certificates of deposit     252,999 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  3,204   3,268 
Investment in Progressive Beef  991,115   991,115   991   991 
Intangible and other assets, net  3,397,797   3,852,121   3,410   3,248 
Goodwill  3,143,734   3,143,734   2,946   2,946 
Deferred tax assets, net  248,923   175,923   383   378 
Total assets $19,537,893  $14,463,938  $17,993  $18,237 
                
Liabilities and Equity                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $1,014,904  $533,925  $681  $1,023 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  1,133,594   492,601   583   674 
Deferred revenue  951,826   654,872   1,413   797 
Current portion of notes payable  10,689   10,173 
Current portion of finance lease obligations  8,054   11,309   9   8 
Current portion of operating lease obligations  232,903      247   239 
Total current liabilities  3,351,970   1,702,880   2,933   2,741 
Notes payable, net of current portion  24,966   32,220 
Finance lease obligations, net of current portion  23,798   32,747   19   21 
Operating lease obligation, net of current portion  3,588,040      3,460   3,526 
Deferred rent liability     119,187 
Lease incentive obligation     362,088 
Total liabilities  6,988,774   2,249,122   6,412   6,288 
                
Commitments and contingencies                
                
Contingently redeemable non-controlling interest  1,267,178   1,449,007 
        
Equity:                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding      
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 95,000,000 shares authorized; 25,498,115 (2019) and 25,473,115 (2018) shares issued, and 24,784,625 (2019) and 24,968,256 (2018) shares outstanding  25,498   25,473 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding  -   - 
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 95,000 shares authorized; 25,802 shares issued, and 24,893 (2020) and 24,977 (2019) shares outstanding  26   26 
Additional paid-in-capital  11,159,709   11,031,264   11,456   11,425 
Treasury stock of 713,490 (2019) and 504,859 (2018) shares  (1,480,281)  (1,109,061)
Treasury stock of 909 (2020) and 825 (2019) shares  (1,823)  (1,665)
Retained earnings  1,577,015   818,133   1,922   2,163 
Total equity  11,281,941   10,765,809   11,581   11,949 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $19,537,893  $14,463,938 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $17,993  $18,237 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 Three months ended September 30,  Three months ended March 31, 
 2019  2018 
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)  2020   2019 
Revenues:             
Verification and certification service revenue $4,759,383  $3,906,996  $2,803  $2,812 
Product sales  1,086,272   783,303   725   641 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue  226,816   208,541   143   295 
Software-related consulting service revenue  160,011   226,538   241   207 
Total revenues  6,232,482   5,125,378   3,912   3,955 
Costs of revenues:                
Costs of verification and certification services  2,673,200   2,098,462   1,534   1,562 
Costs of products  696,579   489,149   502   443 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services  153,452   183,942   146   154 
Costs of software-related consulting services  122,224   117,303   120   130 
Total costs of revenues  3,645,455   2,888,856   2,302   2,289 
Gross profit  2,587,027   2,236,522   1,610   1,666 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  1,973,032   1,819,019   1,964   1,967 
Income from operations  613,995   417,503 
(Loss)/income from operations  (354)  (301)
Other expense (income):                
Dividend income from Progressive Beef  (30,000)  (100,000)  (30)  (30)
Other income, net  (2,028)  (3,516)  (2)  (3)
Gain on sale of assets  -   (1)
Gain on foreign currency exchange  (3)  - 
Interest expense  2,459   1,361   2   3 
Income before income taxes  643,564   519,658 
Income tax expense  184,001   169,000 
Net income  459,563   350,658 
(Loss)/income before income taxes  (321)  (270)
Income tax (benefit)/expense  (80)  (83)
Net (loss)/income  (241)  (187)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  81,359   26,691   -   44 
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc. $540,922  $377,349 
Net (loss)/income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc. $(241) $(143)
                
Per share - net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.:        
Per share - net (loss)/income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.:        
Basic $0.02  $0.02  $*  $* 
Diluted $0.02  $0.02  $*  $* 
                
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                
Basic  24,791,534   24,900,919   24,947   24,957 
Diluted  24,971,625   25,074,477   24,947   24,957 
* less than $0.01 per share        

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

 Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2019  2018 
Revenues:      
Verification and certification service revenue $11,314,318  $10,210,947 
Product sales  2,362,663   1,633,509 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue  821,779   759,301 
Software-related consulting service revenue  576,521   580,731 
Total revenues  15,075,281   13,184,488 
Costs of revenues:        
Costs of verification and certification services  6,332,564   5,399,626 
Costs of products  1,537,837   1,035,094 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services  469,065   489,887 
Costs of software-related consulting services  394,660   280,310 
Total costs of revenues  8,734,126   7,204,917 
Gross profit  6,341,155   5,979,571 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  5,624,559   5,293,961 
Income from operations  716,596   685,610 
Other expense (income):        
Dividend income from Progressive Beef  (90,000)  (100,000)
Other income, net  (7,195)  (11,556)
Gain on sale of assets  (1,000)   
Interest expense  7,648   3,755 
Income before income taxes  807,143   793,411 
Income tax expense  230,090   257,000 
Net income  577,053   536,411 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  181,829   53,261 
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc. $758,882  $589,672 
         
Per share - net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.:        
Basic $0.03  $0.02 
Diluted $0.03  $0.02 
         
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:        
Basic  24,879,556   24,756,262 
Diluted  25,062,349   24,938,699 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

 Nine months ended September 30,  Three months ended March 31, 
 2019  2018 
(Amounts in thousands) 2020  2019 
          
Operating activities:                
Net income $577,053  $536,411 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Net (loss)/income $(241) $(187)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  802,416   742,780   233   260 
Lease incentive obligation     (8,127)
Gain on sale of assets  (1,000)     -   (1)
Stock-based compensation expense  128,470   125,239   31   45 
Deferred tax (benefit) expense  (73,000)  57,376 
Bad debt expense  26,803   10,000 
Deferred tax benefit  (5)  (28)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect from acquisitions:                
Accounts receivable  (794,220)  (674,398)  543   199 
Short-term investments  (11,205)  (3,196)  (1)  (2)
Prepaid expenses and other assets  233,583   (62,403)  161   11 
Accounts payable  480,979   278,425   (342)  158 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  640,993   544,473   (91)  148 
Deferred revenue  296,954   71,831   616   635 
Right of use assets and liabilities, net  26,793      (8)  13 
Net cash provided by operating activities  2,334,619   1,618,411   896   1,251 
                
Investing activities:                
Acquisition of Sow Organic     (450,000)
Acquisition of JVF Consulting     (500,000)
Investment in Progressive Beef     (900,000)
Acquisition of Postelsia Holdings, Ltd.  (300)  - 
Proceeds from sale of assets  1,000      -   1 
Purchases of property, equipment and software development costs  (268,269)  (325,227)  (110)  (196)
Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments  252,999   250,000 
Redemption (purchases) of other long-term assets     (1,350)
Net cash used in investing activities  (14,270)  (1,926,577)  (410)  (195)
                
Financing activities:                
Repayments of notes payable  (6,738)  (7,062)  -   (2)
Repayments of finance lease obligations  (4,504)  (5,918)  (2)  (1)
Stock repurchase under Stock Buyback Plan  (371,220)  (140,850)  (158)  (83)
Net cash used in financing activities  (382,462)  (153,830)  (160)  (86)
Net change in cash  1,937,887   (461,996)  326   970 
Cash at beginning of period  1,482,391   2,705,778   2,638   1,482 
Cash at end of period $3,420,278  $2,243,782  $2,964  $2,452 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Equity

(Unaudited)

 

        Additional          
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Treasury  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Stock  Earnings  Total 
                   
Balance at January 1, 2018  24,652,895  $24,972  $10,353,037  $(724,530) $17,397  $9,670,876 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense        37,902         37,902 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (15,680)        (39,648)     (39,648)
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              35,484   35,484 
Balance at March 31, 2018  24,637,215  $24,972  $10,390,939  $(764,178) $52,881  $9,704,614 
                         
Effect of acquisition fair value adjustment        (321,937)        (321,937)
Stock-based compensation expense        42,119         42,119 
Issuance of common shares in acquisition of Sow Organic LLC  217,654   218   432,913         433,131 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (49,700)        (101,202)     (101,202)
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              176,839   176,839 
Balance at June 30, 2018  24,805,169  $25,190  $10,544,034  $(865,380) $229,720  $9,933,564 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense        45,218         45,218 
Issuance of common shares for investment in Progressive Beef LLC  50,340   50   91,065         91,115 
Issuance of common shares in acquisition of JVF Consulting LLC  158,437   159   315,132         315,291 
Vesting of restricted shares issued to employees  74,000   74   (74)         
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              377,349   377,349 
Balance at September 30, 2018  25,087,946  $25,473  $10,995,375  $(865,380) $607,069  $10,762,537 
        Additional          
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Treasury  Retained    
(Amounts in thousands) Shares  Amount  Capital  Stock  Earnings  Total 
                   
Balance at December 31, 2018  24,968  $25  $11,031  $(1,109) $818  $10,765 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   45   -   -   45 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (47)  -   -   (83)  -   (83)
Net loss attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.  -   -   -   -   (143)  (143)
Balance at March 31, 2019  24,921  $25  $11,076  $(1,192) $675  $10,584 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2019  24,977  $26  $11,425  $(1,665) $2,163  $11,949 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   31   -   -   31 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (84)  -   -   (158)  -   (158)
Net loss attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.  -   -   -   -   (241)  (241)
Balance at March 31, 2020  24,893  $26  $11,456  $(1,823) $1,922  $11,581 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Equity

(Unaudited)

        Additional          
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Treasury  Retained    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Stock  Earnings  Total 
                   
Balance at January 1, 2019  24,968,256  $25,473  $11,031,264  $(1,109,061) $818,133  $10,765,809 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense        44,702         44,702 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (46,758)        (83,423)     (83,423)
Net loss attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              (143,129)  (143,129)
Balance at March 31, 2019  24,921,498  $25,473  $11,075,966  $(1,192,484) $675,004  $10,583,959 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense        47,096         47,096 
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (95,348)        (168,769)     (168,769)
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              361,089   361,089 
Balance at June 30, 2019  24,826,150  $25,473  $11,123,062  $(1,361,253) $1,036,093  $10,823,375 
                         
Stock-based compensation expense        36,672         36,672 
Vesting of restricted shares to Employees  25,000   25   (25)         
Repurchase of common shares under Stock Buyback Plan  (66,525)        (119,028)     (119,028)
Net income attributable to Where Food Comes From, Inc.              540,922   540,922 
Balance at September 30, 2019  24,784,625  $25,498  $11,159,709  $(1,480,281) $1,577,015  $11,281,941 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 


Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 - The Company and Basis of Presentation

 

Business Overview

 

Where Food Comes From, Inc. is a Colorado corporation based in Castle Rock, Colorado (“WFCF”, the “Company,” “our,” “we,” or “us”). We are an independent, third-party food verification company conducting both on-site and desk audits to verify that claims being made about livestock, food, other high-value specialty crops and agricultural products are accurate. We care about food and other agricultural products, how it is grown and raised, the quality of what we eat, what farmers and ranchers do, and authentically telling that story to the consumer. Our team visits farms and ranches and looks at their plants, animals, and records, and compares the information we collect to specific standards or claims that farms and ranches want to make about how they are producing food. We strive to ensure that everyone involved in the food business - from growers and farmers to retailers and shoppers – can count on WFCF to provide authentic and transparent information about the food we eat and how, where, and by whom it is produced.

 

We also provide sustainability programs, compliance management and farming information management solutions to drive sustainable value creation. We employ a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) revenue model that bundles annual software licenses with ongoing software enhancements and upgrades and a wide range of professional services that generate incremental revenue specific to the food and agricultural industry. Finally, the Company’s Where Food Comes From Source Verified®Verified® retail and restaurant labeling program utilizes the verification of product attributes to connect consumers directly to the source of the food they purchase through product labeling and web-based information sharing and education.

 

Most of our customers are located throughout the United States.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

Our unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) andinclude the results of operations, financial position and cash flows ofWhere Food Comes From, Inc.and its subsidiaries, International Certification Services, Inc. (“ICS”), Validus Verifications Services, LLC (“Validus”), Sterling Solutions (“Sterling”), SureHarvest Services, Inc. (“SureHarvest”), A Bee Organic, Sow Organic, and JVF Consulting and Postelsia Holdings, Ltd. (“Postelsia”) (collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” and “our” throughout this Form 10-Q). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues, costs and expenses during the reporting period.All significant intercompany transactions and amounts have been eliminated. The results of businesses acquired are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of the acquisition.Actual results could differ from the estimates.

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and footnotes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, included in our Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2019.5, 2020. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. Net incomeloss and shareholders’ equity were not affected by these reclassifications. The financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations. The consolidated operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period of any future year.

 

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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Seasonality

 

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Significant portions of our verification and certification service revenue are typically realized during late May through early October when the calf marketings and the growing seasons are at their peak. Because of the seasonality of the business and our industry, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for any other quarter or for the full fiscal year.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification is the sole source of authoritative GAAP other than SEC issued rules and regulations that apply only to SEC registrants. The FASB issues an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) to communicate changes to the codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASU’s. ASU’s not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases that are not short-term in nature. Accounting for finance leases is substantially unchanged. Topic 842 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted the new lease standard as ofOn January 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective transition. Under the effective date method, financial results reported in periods prior to 2019 are unchanged. We also elected the package of practical expedients, which among other things, does not require reassessment of lease classification.

To assist in quantifying the impact on our consolidated financial statements and supplementing our existing disclosures,2020 we designed internal controls over the adoption and implemented a software solution to manage and account for our leases. The adoption had a significant impact on our consolidated balance sheet due to the recognition of approximately $3.90 million of operating lease liabilities with corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) assets for operating leases of $3.44 million as of January 1, 2019. The difference between the lease liability and the ROU asset primarily represents the existing deferred rent liabilities balances before adoption, resulting from historical straight-lining of operating leases. Balances for deferred rent and lease incentive obligation, which were historically presented separately, were cleared to zero and reclassed to our operating ROU asset.

In September 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies the accounting for share-based payments made to nonemployees so the accounting for such payments is substantially the same as those made to employees. Under this ASU, share based awards to nonemployees will be measured at fair value on the grant date of the awards, entities will need to assess the probability of satisfying performance conditions if any are present, and awards will continue to be classified according to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718 upon vesting which eliminates the need to reassess classification upon vesting, consistent with awards granted to employees. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2019 and it did not have any effect on its consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2016 the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which adds a new Topic 326 to the Codification and removes the thresholds that companies apply to measure credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost, such as loans, receivables, and held-to-maturity debt securities. Under current U.S. GAAP, companies generally recognize credit losses when it is probable that the loss has been incurred. The revised guidance will remove all recognition thresholds and will require companies to recognize an allowance for credit losses for the difference between the amortized cost basis of a financial instrument and the amount of amortized cost that the company expects to collect over the instrument’s contractual life. The Company is currently required to adopt the new standard in 2023.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

In April 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “SimplifyingSimplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which removes Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. AsThe adoption of this update did not have a result, under the ASU, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.  The Company is required to adopt the new standard in 2020.material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issuedOn January 1, 2020 we adopted ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 8420): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 modifies the requirements associated with the hierarchy associated with Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements.The provisionsadoption of this ASU are effective for reporting periods after December 15, 2019; early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect that this ASU willupdate did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In August 2018 the FASB issuedOn January 1, 2020 we adopted ASU 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal Use Software - Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, which amends the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to align with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software.The adoption of this update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The company doesdid not expect the new guidance to have ana material impact on its consolidated financial statements.our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Note 2 – Business Acquisitions

Sow Organic Acquisition

 

On May 16, 2018, weFebruary 21, 2020 the Company acquired substantially all of the assetsstock of Sow Organicprivately held Postelsia Holdings, Ltd. (“Postelsia”) for $450,000$250,000 in cash at the acquisition closing date, with an additional $50,000 in cash being held in escrow for six months following the closing date. The escrowed funds are to support any claims by the Company for breaches of representation and 217,654 shareswarranties.

Postelsia, based in Victoria, British Columbia, is a leader in the emerging field of common stockenvironmental and social sustainability programs for the seafood industry. Postelsia provides a range of WFCF valued at approximately $433,100. programs and consulting services designed to improve and promote sustainable practices, including environmental conservation, worker care, and food safety compliance. Postelsia will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

We believe the transaction further diversifies our offerings by adding complementary solutions and services available to new and existing customers. Sow Organic’s software as a service (SaaS) model allows organic certification bodies to automate and accelerate new customer onboarding by converting traditional paper-based processes to digital format, resulting in lower costs, improved workflow management and increased productivity.  Sow Organic’s unique design allows certification bodies to digitize any certification scheme.  Likewise,total consideration paid approximates the software affords producers and handlers a more efficient way to become certified and to digitally manage their records on an ongoing basis, including completing annual certification requirements fully online. We intend to further develop the organic business opportunity and collaborate on a broader rolloutfair value of the solutionassets acquired. We have allocated the total consideration to other certification markets where the tool is equally suitedour identifiable intangible assets (customer relationships) to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the certification process. This transaction further strengthens our intellectual property portfolio, which we believe represents a distinct competitive advantage for the Company.be amortized over an estimated useful life of 8 years.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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We believe the impacts on proforma revenue and earnings are immaterial. The following table summarizes the final fair values assigned to the assets and liabilities acquired in addition to the excess of the purchase price over the net assets acquired at the acquisition date.

Sow Organic, LLC: May 16, 2018 
Software acquired $156,000 
Identifiable intangible assets:   
Tradenames and trademarks  48,000 
Non-compete agreements  84,000 
Customer relationships  162,000 
Goodwill  433,131 
Total consideration $883,131 

Excess attributable to goodwill reflects the excess over the identifiable intangible assets acquired based on the final allocation of the purchase price. Goodwill is primarily attributable to the operational and financial benefits expected to be realized from the acquisition, including cost saving synergies from operating efficiencies, future growth in bundling opportunities across divisions and brands, realized savings from a more sophisticated information technology infrastructure, and strategic advances from expansion of our intellectual property.

JVF Consulting Acquisition

On August 30, 2018, we acquired substantially all of the assets of JVF Consulting, LLC (“Seller” or “JVF”) for $500,000 in cash and 158,437 shares of common stock of WFCF valued at approximately $315,300. We believe the transaction adds value to certain of our existing software solutions which are based on intellectual property built and owned by the Seller. JVF is currently the largest technology provider to our SureHarvest division. With this acquisition, WFCF controls the intellectual property associated with its current Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. Additionally, WFCF employed three of the Seller’s employees who enhance our ability to address new markets and services with our SaaS Solutions.

We believe the impacts on proforma revenue and earnings are immaterial. The following table summarizes the final fair values assigned to the assets and liabilities acquired in addition to the excess of the purchase price over the net assets acquired at the acquisition date.

JVF Consulting, LLC: August 30, 2018 
Software acquired $207,000 
Identifiable intangible assets:    
Tradenames and trademarks  87,000 
Non-compete agreements  37,000 
Customer relationships  104,000 
Goodwill  380,290 
Total consideration $815,290 

Excess attributable to goodwill reflects the excess over the identifiable intangible assets acquired based on the final allocation of the purchase price. Goodwill is primarily attributable to the operational and financial benefits expected to be realized from the acquisition, including cost saving synergies from operating efficiencies, future growth in bundling opportunities across divisions and brands, realized savings from a more sophisticated information technology infrastructure, and strategic advances from expansion of our intellectual property.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 3 – Basic and Diluted Net IncomeLoss per Share

 

Basic net income per share was computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options were converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and restricted stock awards are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the share data used in the basic and diluted incomeloss per share computations:computations (amounts in thousands):

 

  Three months ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Basic:            
Weighted average shares outstanding  24,791,534   24,900,919   24,879,556   24,756,262 
                 
Diluted:                
Weighted average shares outstanding  24,791,534   24,900,919   24,879,556   24,756,262 
Weighted average effects of dilutive securities  180,091   173,558   182,793   182,437 
Total  24,971,625   25,074,477   25,062,349   24,938,699 
                 
Antidilutive securities:  283,459   202,750   283,459   202,750 

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2020  2019 
Basic:      
Weighted average shares outstanding  24,947   24,957 
         
Diluted:        
Weighted average shares outstanding  24,947   24,957 
Weighted average effects of dilutive securities  -   - 
Total  24,947   24,957 
         
Antidilutive securities:  206   266 

 

The effect of the inclusion of the antidilutive shares would have resulted in an increase in earnings per share. Accordingly, the weighted average shares outstanding have not been adjusted for antidilutive shares.

 

Note 4 - Investment in Progressive Beef, LLC

 

On August 9, 2018, the Company purchased a ten percent membership interest in Progressive Beef, LLC (“Progressive Beef”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $991,000. The purchase price was payable in cash of $900,000 and 50,340 shares of common stock of WFCF valued at approximately $91,100 based upon the closing price of our stock on August 9, 2018, of $1.81 per share. Where Food Comes From is the primary certifier for Progressive Beef. For the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company received dividend income from Progressive Beef of $30,000 representing a distribution of their earnings. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company received dividend income totaling $90,000. The income is reflected within the “other (expense) income” section of the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019. The investment is accounted for as a financial instrument under ASC 321 and the Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to value the investment at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investment of the same issuer. The Company completed a qualitative assessment and determined that there were no impairment indicators as of September 30, 2019.March 31, 2020.

 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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Note 5 – Intangible and Other Assets

 

The following table summarizes our intangible and other assets:assets (amounts in thousands, except useful life):

 

 September 30, December 31, Estimated March 31, December 31, Estimated
 2019 2018 Useful Life 2020 2019 Useful Life

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

              
Tradenames and trademarks $417,307  $417,307  2.5  - 8.0 years $417  $417  2.5  - 8.0 years
Accreditations  85,395   85,395  5.0 years  85   85  5.0 years
Customer relationships  3,350,551   3,350,551  3.0 - 15.0 years  3,664   3,351  3.0 - 15.0 years
Patents  970,100   970,100  4.0 years  970   970  4.0 years
Non-compete agreements  121,000   121,000  5.0 years  121   121  5.0 years
  4,944,353   4,944,353     5,257   4,944  
Less accumulated amortization  2,031,882   1,577,558     2,333   2,182  
  2,912,471   3,366,795     2,924   2,762  
Tradenames/trademarks (not subject to amortization)  465,000   465,000     465   465  
  3,377,471   3,831,795     3,389   3,227  
Other assets  20,326   20,326     21   21  
Intangible and other assets: $3,397,797  $3,852,121    $3,410  $3,248  

 

Note 6 – Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

 

The following table summarizes our accrued expenses and other current liabilities as of:of (amounts in thousands):

 

  September 30,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Income and sales taxes payable $36,616  $19,978 
Payroll related accruals  814,184   147,798 
Customer deposits  113,279   72,982 
Professional fees and other expenses  169,515   251,843 
  $1,133,594  $492,601 

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2020  2019 
       
Income and sales taxes payable $97  $171 
Payroll related accruals  218   201 
Customer deposits  90   62 
Professional fees and other expenses  178   240 
  $583  $674 

 

Note 7 – Notes Payable

 

Notes Payable consist of the following:

  September 30,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
Vehicle note $35,655  $42,393 
Less current portion of notes payable and other long-term debt  (10,689)  (10,173)
Notes payable and other long-term debt $24,966  $32,220 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

In September 2017, we entered into a note payable of $54,165 for the purchase of a vehicle. Interest and principal payments are due in equal monthly installments of $1,087 over five years beginning October 2017. This note bears an interest rate of 7.44% per annum and is fully secured by the vehicle.

Unison Revolving Line of Credit

 

The Company has a revolving line of credit (“LOC”) agreement which matures April 12, 2020.2022. The LOC provides for $75,080 in working capital. The interest rate is at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 1.50% and is adjusted daily. Principal and interest are payable upon demand, but if demand is not made, then annual payments of accrued interest only are due, with the principal balance due on maturity.maturity. As of September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, the effective interest rate was 6.5%4.75% and 7.0%6.25%, respectively. The LOC is collateralized by all the business assets of ICS. As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, there were no amounts outstanding under this LOC.

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Note 8 – Stock-Based Compensation

 

In addition to cash compensation, the Company may compensate certain service providers, including employees, directors, consultants, and other advisors, with equity-based compensation in the form of stock options and restricted stock awards. The Company recognizes all equity-based compensation as stock-based compensation expense based on the fair value of the compensation measured at the grant date. For stock options, fair value is calculated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. For restricted stock awards, fair value is the closing stock price for the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The expense is recognized over the vesting period of the grant. For the periods presented, all stock-based compensation expense was classified as a component within selling, general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

 

The amount of stock-based compensation expense is as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

  Three months ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Stock options $33,975  $28,445  $113,857  $64,820 
Restricted stock awards  2,697   16,773   14,613   60,419 
Total $36,672  $45,218  $128,470  $125,239 

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2020  2019 
Stock options $30  $39 
Restricted stock awards  1   6 
Total $31  $45 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018,2020, the Company awarded stock options to purchase 25,00020,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.55$1.81 per share to one of our business consultants. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company awarded stock options to purchase 10,000 sharesemployees of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.71 per share to the members on the Company’s Board of Directors.Company. No other stock options were awarded during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2019.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

The Company estimated the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2019  2018 
Number of options awarded to purchase common shares  10,000   105,750 
Risk-free interest rate  1.50%   2.6% - 2.8% 
Expected volatility  100.3%   149.3 - 154.3% 
Assumed dividend yield  N/A   N/A 
Expected life of options from the date of grant  9.8 years   9.8 years 

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2020  2019 
Number of options awarded to purchase common shares  20,000    None 
Risk-free interest rate      1.56%  N/A 
Expected volatility        97.0%  N/A 
Assumed dividend yield      N/A   N/A 
Expected life of options from the date of grant  9.9 years   N/A 

 

The estimated unrecognized compensation cost from unvested awards which will be recognized ratably over the remaining vesting phase is as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

Years ended December 31st: Unvested stock options Unvested restricted stock awards Total unrecognized compensation expense  Unvested stock options Unvested restricted stock awards Total unrecognized compensation expense 
2019 (remaining three months)   36,909   1,061   37,970 
2020   113,378   4,251   117,629 
2020 (remaining nine months) $94  $3  $97 
2021   70,896   706   71,602   83   1   84 
2022   3,722      3,722   16   -   16 
2023  1   -   1 
  $224,905  $6,018  $230,923  $194  $4  $198 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Equity Incentive Plans

Our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) provides for the issuance of stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants. The Plan permits the granting of stock awards and stock options. The vesting of stock-based awards is generally subject to the passage of time and continued employment through the vesting period.

Stock Option Activity

 

Stock option activity under our Equity Incentive Plan is summarized as follows:

 

            Weighted avg.    
      Weighted avg.  Weighted avg.  remaining    
   Number of  exercise price  grant date fair  contractual life  Aggregate 
   awards  per share  value per share  (in years)  intrinsic value 
                 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018   434,451  $1.49  $1.47   6.91  $230,039 
Granted   10,000  $1.53  $1.71   10.00  $ 
Exercised     $  $     $ 
Expired/Forfeited   (7,325) $1.83  $1.86     $ 
Outstanding, September 30, 2019   437,126  $1.46  $1.49   6.23  $148,775 
Exercisable, September 30, 2019   256,919  $1.21  $1.22   4.43  $148,775 
Unvested, September 30, 2019   180,207  $1.81  $1.88   8.78  $ 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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           Weighted avg.    
     Weighted avg.  Weighted avg.  remaining    
  Number of  exercise price  grant date fair  contractual life  Aggregate 
  awards  per share  value per share  (in years)  intrinsic value 
                
Outstanding, December 31, 2019  437,126  $1.46  $1.49   5.97  $150,417 
 Granted  20,000  $1.81  $2.05   9.90     
 Exercised  -  $-  $-   -     
 Expired/Forfeited  -  $-  $-   -     
Outstanding, March 31, 2020  457,126  $1.48  $1.52   5.82  $178,795 
Exercisable, March 31, 2020  318,812  $1.34  $1.36   4.67  $172,704 
Unvested, March 31, 2020  138,314  $1.78  $1.88   8.76  $6,091 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference between the closing price of our common stock on September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and the exercise price for the in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders if all the in-the-money options had been exercised on September 30, 2019.March 31, 2020.

Restricted Stock Activity

 

Restricted stock activity under our Equity Incentive Plan is summarized as follows:

 

      Weighted avg. 
   Number of  grant date 
   options  fair value 
Non-vested restricted shares, December 31, 2018   30,000  $2.38 
Granted     $ 
Vested   (25,000) $2.35 
Forfeited     $ 
Non-vested restricted shares, September 30, 2019   5,000  $2.55 

     Weighted avg. 
  Number of  grant date 
  options  fair value 
Non-vested restricted shares, December 31, 2019  5,000  $2.55 
Granted  -  $- 
Vested  -  $- 
Forfeited  -  $- 
Non-vested restricted shares, March 31, 2020  5,000  $2.55 

 

Note 9 – Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities have been determined based upon the differences between the financial statement amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities as measured by enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when these differences are expected to reverse. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

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Notes to income taxes, and such taxes are the responsibility of the respective members. The Company is not providing for income taxes for the 40% interest owned by unrelated members of SureHarvest.Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

The provision or benefit for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based on the Company’s best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 we recorded an income tax expensebenefit of approximately $184,000 and $230,100, respectively,$80,000, compared to income tax expensebenefit of $169,000 and $257,000$83,000 for the same 2018 periods.2019 period.

 

Note 10 - Revenue Recognition

Verification and Certification Segment

We offer a range of products and services to maintain identification, traceability, and verification systems. We conduct both on-site and desk audits to verify that claims being made about livestock, food, other high-value specialty crops and agricultural products are accurate. We generate revenue primarily from the sale of our verification solutions, consulting services and hardware sales. We sell our products and services directly to customers at various levels in the livestock and agricultural supply chains.

Verification and certification service revenue primarily consists of fees charged for verification audits and other verification services that the Company performs for customers.

A more detailed summary of our verification and certification services is included in the subsections below.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Animal Verification and Certification Services

Our animal verification and certification services contracts are generally structured in one of the following ways: (i) we commit to perform the required number of animal audits to verify a customer’s compliance with a standard or claim, or (ii) we commit to perform animal audit services at a fixed price by site or location type as requested by our customer during an annual period. These contract structures are discussed in more detail in the subsections below. 

Contract to Provide Required Number of Animal Audit Services

For certain of our animal verification and certification services, we commit to perform the required number of location or site audits within our customer’s supply chain to verify customer’s compliance with a contractually-specified standard or claim. Each location or site audit is typically very short-term in nature, with a typical duration of one to two weeks. Upon completion of an audit, we provide the customer with an audit verification report for the specific site or location that was audited. Payment is made by customer upon completion of each site or location audit.

We generally enter into revenue contracts with a one-year term. Our customers generally have the right to terminate the contract without prejudice with thirty days’ written notice. We have determined that, as a result of the termination provisions present in these contracts, the accounting contract term is a thirty-day period, with each thirty-day time increment representing a separate accounting contract under ASC 606.

Furthermore, we have concluded that there is a single performance obligation that is a series comprised of each distinct location or site audit performed. Our customers are charged a standard daily rate for the provision of an audit based on the scale of site operations and geographical location. Consideration attributable to each audit within the series is variable, as the number of days required to complete each audit is not known until performance of that audit occurs. We have concluded that it is appropriate to allocate variable consideration (that is, the number of days required to complete an audit) to each audit within the series. This is because the consideration that we earn for each audit relates specifically to our efforts to transfer to our customer that discrete audit, and the resulting audit opinion or verification report, for that specified site or location, and this allocation is consistent with the allocation objective as defined in ASC 606. As a result, instances in which the Company evaluates and applies the constraint on variable consideration are immaterial.

We further concluded that over-time recognition is appropriate because: (i) our performance of audits does not create an asset with an alternative use, as the audit and related verification report relates to facts and circumstances that are specific to each customer site or location (that is, there is a practical limitation on our ability to readily direct the asset to another customer) and (ii) we have an enforceable right to payment, inclusive of a reasonable profit, for performance completed to date. We utilize an input method to measure over-time progress of each audit within the series based on the number of audit days performed.

We do, however, note that there are instances in which we only have an enforceable right to payment upon completion of an audit, and thus, over-time recognition is not permitted. For these contracts, revenue is recognized at the point in time at which an audit is completed. This does not result in a significant difference in the timing of revenue recognition (as compared to those audits that are recognized over time) due to the very short-term duration of an audit.

Our customers may also have the option to purchase incremental review services (for example, an investigative audit or video review services) that are unrelated to the audit services to verify compliance with a specified standard or claim. The incremental review services are also typically very short-term in nature (that is, one to two weeks). We have concluded that these optional purchases do not reflect a material right under ASC 606 because the incremental review services are performed at standard pricing that would be charged to other similarly situated customers. Upon customer request for an incremental review service, we believe that our customer has made a discrete purchasing decision that should be treated as a separate accounting contract under ASC 606.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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We charge a fixed fee for the incremental review service, and thus, upon customer request, we are entitled to fixed consideration for that service under ASC 606. We concluded that over-time revenue recognition is appropriate for incremental review services because: (i) our performance of incremental review services does not create an asset with an alternative use because that review service, and the associated customer deliverable, relates to facts and circumstances that are specific to each customer site or location (that is, there is a practical limitation on our ability to readily direct the asset to another customer) and (ii) we have an enforceable right to payment, inclusive of a reasonable profit, for performance completed to date on incremental review services. We utilize a time-based input method to measure progress toward complete satisfaction of an incremental review service, which is based on the number of hours performed on the incremental review service relative to the total number of hours required to complete that review service. As previously mentioned, our incremental review services are typically completed within one to two weeks of a customer request.

Contract to Provide Animal Audit Services at Customer Request

Other animal verification and certification services contracts are structured such that we commit to perform audit services at a fixed price by site or location type as requested by our customer during an annual period. Performance of an audit typically occurs within a one to two-week period. We invoice our customer upon completion of an audit, and payment is due from customer within thirty days or less of receipt of invoice.

Under this contract structure, the customer is, in effect, provided a pricing list for animal audit services, and pricing is effective over a one-year period. We have concluded that enforceable rights and obligations do not arise until a customer actually engages us to perform an audit service documented in the pricing list; therefore, each customer request represents a purchasing decision that is a separate accounting contract under ASC 606. 

We note that the termination provisions specified in our pricing lists vary. In certain instances, a customer may only have the right to terminate in the event of non-performance. Alternatively, in other contracts, a customer may have the right to terminate without prejudice at any time or with thirty days’ written notice. However, regardless of the termination provision specified, we have concluded that the accounting contract term is equal to the duration of the requested audit service (that is, the termination provisions generally do not affect the accounting contract term for each requested audit service).

Upon a customer’s request for an audit service, consideration is fixed, as we charge the customer a fixed fee by audit type over the annual period per the pricing list.

We concluded that over-time revenue recognition is appropriate for a requested audit service because: (i) our performance of the requested audit service does not create an asset with an alternative use as that audit, and the associated audit report, relate to facts and circumstances that are specific to each customer site or location (that is, there is a practical limitation on our ability to readily direct the asset to another customer) and (ii) we have an enforceable right to payment, inclusive of a reasonable profit, for performance completed to date on a requested audit. A time-based input method is utilized to measure progress toward complete satisfaction of an audit based on the number of hours performed on that audit relative to the total number of hours expected to be required to complete the audit. As previously mentioned, our audit services are typically completed within one to two weeks of a customer request.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Other Considerations for Animal Certification and Verification Services

In connection with the provision of on-site audits related to animal certification and verification services, reimbursable expenses are incurred and billed to customers, and such amounts are recognized on a gross basis as both revenue and cost of revenue.

Any amounts collected on behalf of a third-party and remitted in full to that third-party are excluded from the transaction price and, thus, revenue.

Crop and Other Processed Product Verification and Certification Services

Third-party crop and other processed product audits are generally structured such that we commit to perform an independent audit to verify that food producers and/or farmers comply with certain standards. We generally provide verification services related to organic, Non-GMO and gluten-free standards. Depending on the crop or product type, verification audit activities may take two months to one year to complete. During this assessment period, various integrated audit activities and/or input reviews are performed in accordance with the regulations specified by the relevant standard.

The fee structure is such that customers pay an annual assessment fee for a crop or other processed product to verify compliance with the specified standard. This fee is payable upfront on a nonrefundable basis. Our customers can typically terminate a crop or other processed product audit at any time without prejudice. However, given the nonrefundable upfront payment structure for the annual assessment service, we have concluded that the contract term is one year. We record the upfront payment made by the customer for the annual assessment service as deferred revenue.

The audit activities and input reviews required in the provision of an annual assessment are not distinct under ASC 606, and consequently, we account for an annual assessment as a single integrated performance obligation.

For certain of our third-party crop and other processed product audits, the annual assessment fee is fixed for the annual period. In other scenarios, the annual assessment fee may be variable due to increased review activities required for incremental inputs to a crop or processed product identified through the assessment process. At the time that an incremental input is identified, which generally occurs in the early stages of an annual assessment, the incremental consideration for the provision of review services related to that incremental input also becomes known. 

We allocate the transaction price derived from the annual assessment fee to the single integrated performance obligation for that annual assessment. Revenue related to the annual assessment is recognized over time in accordance with ASC 606. This is because the annual assessment service does not create an asset with an alternative use, as it relates to facts and circumstances that are specific to a customer’s crop or processed product. Further, we have an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date on the annual assessment due to the nonrefundable upfront payment made by customer. We utilize an input method to measure progress toward satisfaction of the annual assessment based on the percentage of activities/phases or input reviews completed under the annual assessment.

As it relates to the upfront payment for the annual assessment, we have utilized the practical expedient that exempts us from adjusting consideration for the effects of a significant financing component when we expect that the period between customer payment and the provision of the related service is one year or less.

In certain contracts, an independent third-party inspection may be required for a site or location in our customer’s supply chain in accordance with the regulations for a specified standard. An inspection is performed by an independent third-party inspector, and the customer is charged an hourly rate for these inspection services.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Under this scenario, a separate accounting contract arises upon initiation and performance of an inspection, and we typically invoice our customer for the inspection upon completion of the inspection service. Given that the customer has the ability to terminate at any time without prejudice, we have concluded that the contract term for each inspection ends as control of an inspection service transfers. Inspections are generally short-term in nature with a term ranging from a few days to two weeks.

We have further determined that inspections are distinct from an annual assessment. Consideration attributable to an inspection is variable, as the inspector is only able to provide a high-level estimate of the cost of the inspection based on the inspector’s hourly rate until the inspector is at the relevant producer/supplier site to determine the time and level of effort required to complete the inspection. Given the very short-term nature of an inspection, variability related to an inspection generally resolves itself within a reporting period. However, we are typically required by certain regulations to provide an inspection cost estimate to our customer, and, if required, we utilize that estimate as our estimate of variable consideration. The cost estimate is generally derived from the cost to perform the prior-year inspection for that specific customer site or location or, when required, the historical cost to provide an inspection for a comparable site or location. In our experience, the historical cost of inspections has been predictive of the future cost of an inspection.

Other Considerations for Crop and Other Processed Product Verification Services

Reimbursable expenses incurred in the provision of an annual assessment or required inspection are billed to our customers, and such amounts are recognized on a gross basis as both revenue and cost of revenue.

In addition, any amounts collected on behalf of a third-party and remitted in full to that third-party are excluded from the transaction price and, thus, revenue.

Product Sales

Product sales are primarily generated from the sale of cattle identification ear tags. Each customer purchase request represents a purchasing decision made by customer. As such, enforceable rights and obligations (and, thus, a separate accounting contract under ASC 606) arise at the time a customer submits its purchase request to us. At the time of request, we are entitled to fixed consideration, as the sales quantity and related price of the product is known. All of our customers are charged the same fixed price per tag.

Revenue for product sales is recognized upon delivery of the goods to customer, at which point title, custody and risk of loss transfer to the customer. We typically deliver product to the customer within a few days of customer’s sales request. At the time of delivery, we invoice our customer for the related product sales and record invoiced amounts to accounts receivable. Payment is typically due by customer upon receipt of invoice.

In relation to our product sales, the sales taxes collected from customers and remitted to government authorities are excluded from revenue.

Additionally, we do not typically provide right of return or warranty on product sales.

Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment

We predominately offer software products via a SaaS model, which is an annual subscription-based model. Support services are generally included in the subscription. We also provide web-hosting services on an annual basis to all of our customers in conjunction with their software subscription. Customers have the ability to terminate without prejudice upon thirty days’ written notice; however, the subscription fee, inclusive of maintenance and support services, and the web-hosting fee are paid upfront by the customer on a nonrefundable basis. Consequently, we have concluded that the contract term for the annual software subscription and web-hosting services is one year.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

We have determined that a software license subscription and the related hosting service should be accounted for as a service transaction, as we provide the functionality of our software through the hosting arrangement. The SaaS arrangement provides customers with unlimited access to our software and, thus, is accounted for as a series of distinct daily service periods that provide substantially the same service (that is, continuous access to the hosted software) each day during the annual contract term. Further, the provision of basic technical support services also represents a stand-ready obligation that is a series of distinct daily service periods that provide substantially the same service (that is, access to our technical support infrastructure) during the annual contract term. Because the basic technical support services and SaaS each represent performance obligations that are a series of distinct daily service periods, we have elected to combine these performance obligations.

We are entitled to fixed consideration for the software license subscription, inclusive of support services, and the related hosting service. The software license subscription and hosting fees in our contracts represent the standalone selling price for that related service. This is because the fees charged for the software license subscription and hosting service represent the software license subscription and hosting service fees that are charged to other customers with a similar level of data loaded into the software (regardless of whether that customer contracts for professional services). Accordingly, the software license subscription and hosting fees are allocated to the combined SaaS performance obligation.

We recognize revenue related to the SaaS arrangement over time because a customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefit from the provision of access to the hosted software over the annual subscription period. Accordingly, we utilize a time-based output measure of progress that results in a straight-line attribution of revenue. That is, revenue related to the combined SaaS obligation should be recognized daily on a straight-line basis over the one-year subscription term, as this reflects the direct measurement of value to a customer of the provision of access to the software via hosting each day.

As it relates to the upfront payment for the software subscription and hosting service, we have utilized the practical expedient that exempts us from adjusting consideration for the effects of a significant financing component when we expect that the period between customer payment and the provision of the related service is one year or less.

In addition, we record the upfront payment made by customer for the annual assessment service as deferred revenue.

In some of our SaaS contracts, we also provide software-related consulting services to our customers during an annual software subscription period. Consulting services fees are derived from a standard rate card by employee level, and we invoice for consulting services monthly on a time-incurred basis. Due to the termination provisions present in our SaaS contracts, our customers have an in-substance renewal decision each month for further consulting services (that is, via their decision not to terminate the contract each month). Accordingly, the contract term for consulting services is on a month-to-month basis within the annual subscription period.

We have concluded that consulting services are distinct from the SaaS arrangement. To the extent that consulting services result in a software enhancement or new functionality, we have determined that those consulting services are still distinct because added features typically provide new, discrete capabilities with independent value to a customer and a customer accesses the SaaS in a single-tenant architecture. Further, additional features and functionality are often made available to a customer substantially after the “go-live” date of the software (via the hosting service). As a result, our software-related consulting services represent distinct performance obligations.

We recognize revenue over time in accordance with ASC 606. This is because our performance does not create an asset with an alternative use, as consulting services, and, if applicable, any related software enhancements, are highly tailored to the farming industry specific to the given customer, and we have an enforceable right to payment, inclusive of profit, for performance completed to date. As a result, for our consulting services, we have elected to utilize the practical expedient that allows us to recognize revenue in the amount to which we have a right to invoice, as we believe that we have a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value to the customer of our performance completed to date for the provision of consulting services. 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Principal versus Agent Considerations

Under certain of our verification and certification service contracts, a third-party inspector may be required to perform an independent inspection of a site or location within our customer’s supply chain in accordance with regulations of a certain standard or claim. In this scenario, we have concluded that we are the principal in the provision of inspection services to our customer, as we control the inspection service, and the related inspection report, before it is transferred to our customer. In accordance with this conclusion, we present revenue related to inspections on a gross basis, with customer payment for an inspection presented as revenue and the inspection cost paid to the third-party inspector presented as an expense.

In addition, we utilize a third-party to provide web-hosting services in the provision of our SaaS arrangements. In this scenario, we are primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide web-hosting services to the customer, and we establish the fee that the customer is charged for the web-hosting services. Consequently, we have also concluded that we are the principal in the provision of web-hosting services under our SaaS arrangements. As such, we present revenue on a gross basis, with consideration received from our customer for the web-hosting service recorded as revenue and the cost paid to the third-party to provide those web-hosting services recorded as an expense.

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

We have identified four material revenue categories in our business: (i) verification and certification service revenue, (ii) product sales, (iii) software license, maintenance and support services revenue and (iv) software-related consulting service revenue.

 

Revenue attributable to each of our identified revenue categories is disaggregated in the table below.  below (amounts in thousands).

 

  Three months ended September 30, 2019  Three months ended September 30, 2018 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated
Totals
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated
Totals
 
Revenues:                                
Verification and certification service revenue $4,759,383  $  $  $4,759,383  $3,906,996  $  $  $3,906,996 
Product sales  1,086,272         1,086,272   783,303         783,303 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue     286,816   (60,000)  226,816      208,541      208,541 
Software-related consulting service revenue     196,723   (36,712)  160,011      226,538      226,538 
Total revenues $5,845,655  $483,539  $(96,712) $6,232,482  $4,690,299  $435,079  $  $5,125,378 
                                 

  Nine months ended September 30, 2019  Nine months ended September 30, 2018 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated
Totals
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated
Totals
 
Revenues:                                
Verification and certification service revenue $11,314,318  $  $  $11,314,318  $10,210,947  $  $  $10,210,947 
Product sales  2,362,663         2,362,663   1,633,509         1,633,509 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue     969,056   (147,277)  821,779      759,301      759,301 
Software-related consulting service revenue     660,755   (84,234)  576,521      580,731      580,731 
Total revenues $13,676,981  $1,629,811  $(231,511) $15,075,281  $11,844,456  $1,340,032  $  $13,184,488 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations

We generally enter into revenue contracts with a one-year term. In certain instances, we have concluded that our contract term is less than one year because: (i) the termination provisions present in the contract impact the contract term under ASC 606 or (ii) a contract under ASC 606 arises at the time our customer requests the provision of a good or service that is delivered within or over a few days to a couple of weeks. As a result of our short-term contract structures, we have utilized the practical expedient in ASC 606-10-50-14 that exempts us from disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

  Three months ended March 31, 2020  Three months ended March 31, 2019 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals 
Revenues:                                
Verification and certification service revenue $2,803  $-  $-  $2,803  $2,812  $-  $-  $2,812 
Product sales  725   -   -   725   641   -   -   641 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue  -   233   (90)  143   -   344   (49)  295 
Software-related consulting service revenue  -   265   (24)  241   -   221   (14)  207 
Total revenues $3,528  $498  $(114) $3,912  $3,453  $565  $(63) $3,955 

 

Contract Balances

 

Under our animal verification and certification services contracts, we invoice customers once the performance obligation for the provision of a site or location audit has been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional. In addition, any product sales are invoiced upon delivery to the customer, at which point payment is also unconditional. Accordingly, our animal verification and certification services contracts do not give rise to a contract asset under ASC 606; rather, invoiced amounts reflect accounts receivable.

Under our crop and other processed product verification and certification services, a nonrefundable payment for an annual assessment of compliance with a standard is typically made by our customers upfront upon contract execution. That is, payment is made in advance of the provision of annual assessment services. Accordingly, we recognize deferred revenue upon receipt of the upfront payment from our customers for crop and other processed product audit assessment services. Revenue is subsequently recognized, and the related deferred revenue is reduced, over the one-year period during which assessment services are provided to the customer using the over-time measure of progress selected in accordance with ASC 606. To the extent that an inspection is required during the annual assessment period, we invoice customers once the performance obligation for the inspection has been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional. As such, inspection services give rise to accounts receivable.

Our software subscriptions, web-hosting, and support services are paid by our customers upfront on a nonrefundable basis. That is, payment is made in advance of the provision of these services to our customers. As a result, we recognize deferred revenue upon receipt of the upfront payment from our customers for software subscriptions, web-hosting and maintenance and support services. Revenue is subsequently recognized, and the related deferred revenue is reduced, on a straight-line basis during the annual contract term that these stand-ready services are provided to customer.

Software-related consulting services are invoiced monthly on a time-incurred basis, at which point we have an enforceable right to payment for those services. Because payment is unconditional upon invoicing, our software-related consulting services are reflected as accounts receivable.

As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, accounts receivable from contracts with customers, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, were approximately $2,972,600$2.0 and $2,205,200,$2.5 million, respectively.

 

As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2018, deposits and2019, deferred revenue from contracts with customers werewas approximately $1,065,100$1.4 and $727,900,$0.8 million, respectively. The balance of the contract liabilities at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 20182019 are expected to be recognized as revenue within one year or less of the invoice date.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

The following table reflects the changes in our contract liabilities during the three month period ended September 30, 2019:March 31, 2020 (amounts in thousands):

 

Deferred revenue:       
Unearned revenue June 30, 2019$1,143,158 
Unearned revenue January 1, 2020 $797 
Unearned billings 434,005   1,235 
Revenue recognized (625,337)  (619)
Unearned revenue September 30, 2019$951,826 
Unearned revenue March 31, 2020 $1,413 

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The following table reflects the changes in our contract liabilities during the nine month period ended September 30, 2019:      

Deferred revenue:   
Unearned revenue January 1, 2019$654,872 
Unearned billings 2,187,176 
Revenue recognized (1,890,222)
Unearned revenue September 30, 2019$951,826 

Costs to fulfill a contract

Prior to August 2018, we incurred a fixed cost, payable to JVF Consulting, LLC, a third-party provider, to perform set-up activities for new (or first-year) customers that contract for our software subscription and hosting services. As previously discussed in Note 2, on August 30, 2018, we acquired JVF Consulting, which included three key employees. We concluded that those set-up activities performed by JVF did not transfer a good or service as defined in ASC 606 to our customers. 

We capitalize fixed set-up costs as an asset on the following basis: (i) the fixed set-up costs incurred relate specifically to a customer contract for our software subscription and hosting service, (ii) the fixed set-up costs incurred are expected to be recovered via provision of the software subscription and hosting service to that customer and (iii) the set-up costs generate or enhance resources of the Company by permitting us to provide software subscription and hosting services to our customer, which, in turn, generates revenues.

Capitalized costs related to those set-up activities are amortized on a straight-line basis over the one-year license subscription and hosting period.

The ending balance at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 of capitalized assets attributable to the set-up costs incurred to fulfill software subscription and hosting contracts was not material. No set-up costs related to our software subscription and hosting services were incurred for the three months ended September 30, 2019 or the year-ended December 31, 2018.

In addition, amortization of capitalized set-up costs for the three months ended September 30, 2019 or the year ended December 31, 2018 was not material, and no impairment loss was incurred related to capitalized set-up costs.

Commissions and other costs to obtain a contract are expensed as incurred as our contracts are typically completed in one year or less, and where applicable, we generally would incur these costs whether or not we ultimately obtain the contract.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Note 11 – Leases

We adopted ASU 2016-02: Leases (Topic 842) as of January 1, 2019. We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in the right-of-use (ROU) assets, current operating lease liabilities and noncurrent operating lease liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, current finance lease obligations and long-term finance lease obligations in our consolidated balance sheet.

ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term.

As the discount rates in the Company’s lease are not implicit, the Company estimated the incremental borrowing rate based on the rate of interest the Company would have to pay to borrow a similar amount on a collateralized basis over a similar term.

Our lease term includes options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees.

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, other regional offices, and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 15 years, some of which include multiple options to extend the leases for up to 5 years each.

 

The components of lease expense were as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 Three months ended
September 30, 2019
 Nine months ended
September 30, 2019
 
Operating lease cost$115,674 $353,267 
Finance lease cost      
Amortization of assets 2,025  6,558 
Interest on finance lease obligations 1,763  5,723 
Total net lease cost$119,462 $365,548 

  Three months ended 
  March 31, 2020  March 31, 2019 
Operating lease cost $116  $120 
Finance lease cost        
Amortization of assets  2   2 
Interest on finance lease obligations  1   2 
Total net lease cost $119  $124 

 

Included in the table above, is $92,200 and $276,600$92,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively,March 31, 2020, of operating lease cost for our corporate headquarters.This space is being leased from The Move, LLC. Our CEO and President, each a related party to WFCF, have a 24.3% jointly-held ownership interest in The Move, LLC.

Rent expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $154,200 and $435,300, respectively.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

September 30, 2019

  March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019 

Operating leases:

Related Party

 

Other

 

Total 

  Related Party Other Total Related Party Other Total 
Right of use asset$2,975,520 $332,869 $3,308,389 
Operating lease ROU assets $2,889  $296  $3,185  $2,933  $314  $3,247 
                               
Current operating lease liabilities 153,456 79,447 232,903  $164  $83  $247  $158  $81  $239 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 3,301,204  286,836  3,588,040   3,216   244   3,460   3,260   266   3,526 
Total operating lease liabilities$3,454,660 $366,283 $3,820,943  $3,380  $327  $3,707  $3,418  $347  $3,765 

 

Finance leases:September 30, 2019
Right of use asset, at cost$43,041 
Accumulated amortization (20,086)
Right of use asset, net$22,955 
    
Current obligations of finance leases$8,054 
Finance leases, net of current obligations 23,798 
Total finance lease liabilities$31,852 
    
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):   
Operating leases 11.2 
Finance leases 3.2 
    
Weighted average discount rate:   
Operating leases 5.8%
Finance leases 20.8%

  

March 31, 2020

  

December 31, 2019

 
Finance leases:        
Property and equipment, at cost $43  $43 
Accumulated amortization  (24)  (22)
Property and equipment, net $19  $21 
         
Current obligations of finance leases $9  $8 
Finance leases, net of current obligations  19   21 
Total finance lease liabilities $28  $29 
         
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):        
Operating leases  10.7   11.0 
Finance leases  2.8   3.0 
         
Weighted average discount rate:        
Operating leases  5.8%  5.8%
Finance leases  20.9%  20.8%

 

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases was as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

  Three months ended 
  March 31, 2020  March 31, 2019 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:      
Operating cash flows from operating leases $111  $100 
Operating cash flows from finance leases $1  $2 
Financing cash flows from finance leases $2  $1 
         
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:        
Operating leases $3,507  $3,513 

 Nine months ended 
 September 30, 2019 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:   
Operating cash flows from operating leases$319,586 
Operating cash flows from finance leases$5,723 
Financing cash flows from finance leases$4,504 


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:follows (amounts in thousands):

 

Years Ending December 31st, Operating Leases Finance Leases 
2019 (remaining three months) $110,773 $3,705 
2020  448,992  13,597 
2021  461,657  12,355 
2022  465,758  10,050 
2023  461,310  4,514 
Thereafter  3,308,155   
Total lease payments  5,256,645  44,221 
Less amount representing interest  (1,435,702) (12,369)
Total lease obligations  3,820,943  31,852 
Less current portion  (232,903) (8,054)
Long-term lease obligations $3,588,040 $23,798 

As previously reported in the 2018 Form 10-K under ASC Topic 840, future minimum lease payments under the Company’s operating lease agreements that had initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Years ended December 31st: Total 
2019 $420,370 
2020 421,590 
Years Ending December 31st, 

Operating

Leases

 

Finance

Leases

 
2020 (nine remaining months) $338  $10 
2021 432,079   462   12 
2022 447,264   466   10 
2023 460,682   461   5 
2024  407   - 
Thereafter  3,327,705   2,901   - 
Total lease commitments $5,509,690 
Total lease payments  5,035   37 
Less amount representing interest  (1,328)  (9)
Total lease obligations  3,707   28 
Less current portion  (247)  (9)
Long-term lease obligations $3,460  $19 

 

Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various legal actions, administrative proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We generally record losses for claims in excess of the limits of purchased insurance in earnings at the time and to the extent they are probable and estimable. We are not aware of any legal actions currently pending against us.

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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Contingently Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest

On December 28, 2016, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “SureHarvest Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, SureHarvest Services LLC (the “Buyer” or “SureHarvest”); and SureHarvest, Inc., a California corporation (the “Seller”). We purchased the business assets of the Seller for total consideration of approximately $2.66 million, comprised of approximately $1,122,000 in cash and 850,852 shares of common stock of WFCF valued at approximately $1,534,900. Additionally, we issued the Seller a 40% membership interest in SureHarvest, with the Company holding a 60% interest.

Following the thirty-nine-month anniversary of the effective date of the SureHarvest Purchase Agreement, the Company shall have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase all the units (the 40% interest) of SureHarvest held by the Seller, and the Seller shall have the option, but not the obligation, to require the Company to purchase all the units of SureHarvest held by the Seller.  The purchase price for the units shall be equal to the amount the selling holders of the units would be entitled to receive upon a liquidation of SureHarvest assuming all of the assets of SureHarvest are sold for a purchase price equal to the product of eight and half times trailing twelve-month earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, as defined, subject to an $8 million ceiling.  

Because SureHarvest, Inc. at its option, can require the Company to purchase its 40% interest in SureHarvest, the SureHarvest non-controlling interest meets the definition of a contingently redeemable non-controlling interest. Redeemable non-controlling interests are presented at the greater of their carrying amount or redemption value at the end of each reporting period and are shown as a separate caption between liabilities and equity (mezzanine section) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

The table below reflects the activity of the contingently redeemable non-controlling interest:

Balance, December 31, 2018$1,449,007 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in SureHarvest for the year to date period ended September 30, 2019 (181,829)
Balance, September 30, 2019$1,267,178 

Note 13 - Segments

 

With each acquisition, we assess the need to disclose discrete information related to our operating segments. Because of the similarities of certain of our acquisitions that provide certification and verification services, we aggregate operations into one verification and certification reportable segment. The operating segments included in the aggregated verification and certification segment include IMI Global, ICS, and Validus. The factors considered in determining this aggregated reporting segment include the economic similarity of the businesses, the nature of services provided, production processes, types of customers and distribution methods.

 

The Company also determined that it has a software sales and related consulting reportable segment. SureHarvest, which includes Sow Organic and JVF Consulting, is the sole operating segment. This segment includes software license, maintenance, support and software-related consulting service revenues.

 

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (the Company’s CEO) allocates resources and assesses the performance of its operating segments. Segment management makes decisions, measures performance, and manages the business utilizing internal reporting operating segment information. Performance of operating segments are based on net sales, gross profit, selling, general and administrative expenses and most importantly, operating income.

 


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Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

The Company eliminates intercompany transfers between segments for management reporting purposes. The following table shows information for reportable operating segments:segments (amounts in thousands):

 

 Three months ended September 30, 2019 Three months ended September 30, 2018 
   Verification
and
Certification Segment
   Software
Sales and
Related
Consulting
Segment
   Eliminations and Other   Consolidated Totals   Verification
and
Certification Segment
   Software
Sales
and
Related
Consulting
Segment
   Eliminations and Other   Consolidated Totals 
Assets:                        
Intangible and other assets, net$1,343,955 $2,053,842 $ $3,397,797 $2,883,887 $1,983,577 $ $4,867,464 
Goodwill 1,133,122  2,010,612    3,143,734  1,840,956  1,372,488    3,213,444 
Total assets 14,214,110  5,323,783    19,537,893  14,274,121  1,229,225    15,503,346 
                         
Revenues:                        
Verification and certification service revenue$4,759,383 $ $ $4,759,383 $3,906,996 $ $ $3,906,996 
Product sales 1,086,272      1,086,272  783,303      783,303 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue   286,816  (60,000) 226,816    208,541    208,541 
Software-related consulting service revenue   196,723  (36,712) 160,011    226,538    226,538 
Total revenues$5,845,655 $483,539 $(96,712)$6,232,482 $4,690,299 $435,079 $ $5,125,378 
Costs of revenues:                        
Costs of verification and certification services 2,733,350    (60,150) 2,673,200  2,098,462      2,098,462 
Costs of products 696,579      696,579  489,149      489,149 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services   153,452    153,452    183,942    183,942 
Costs of software-related consulting services   122,224    122,224    117,303    117,303 
Total costs of revenues 3,429,929  275,676  (60,150) 3,645,455  2,587,611  301,245    2,888,856 
Gross profit 2,415,726  207,863  (36,562) 2,587,027  2,102,688  133,834    2,236,522 
Depreciation & amortization 78,620  178,568    257,188  102,944  138,230    241,174 
Other operating expenses 1,519,708  232,698  (36,562) 1,715,844  1,442,568  135,277    1,577,845 
 Segment operating (loss)/income$817,398 $(203,403)$ $613,995 $557,176 $(139,673)$ $417,503 
Other items to reconcile segment operating income (loss) to net income attributable to WFCF:                        
Other expense (income) (29,563) (6)   (29,569) (102,155)     (102,155)
Income tax (benefit)/expense     184,001  184,001      169,000  169,000 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   81,359    81,359    26,691    26,691 
Net (loss)/income attributable to WFCF$846,961 $(122,038)$(184,001)$540,922 $659,331 $(112,982)$(169,000)$377,349 

 Nine months ended September 30, 2019 Nine months ended September 30, 2018 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals 
Assets:                        
Intangible and other assets, net$1,343,955 $2,053,842 $ $3,397,797 $2,883,887 $1,983,577 $ $4,867,464 
Goodwill 1,133,122  2,010,612    3,143,734  1,840,956  1,372,488    3,213,444 
Total assets 14,214,110  5,323,783    19,537,893  14,274,121  1,229,225    15,503,346 
                         
Revenues:                        
Verification and certification service revenue$11,314,318 $ $ $11,314,318 $10,210,947 $ $ $10,210,947 
Product sales 2,362,663      2,362,663  1,633,509      1,633,509 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue   969,056  (147,277) 821,779    759,301    759,301 
Software-related consulting service revenue   660,755  (84,234) 576,521    580,731    580,731 
Total revenues$13,676,981 $1,629,811 $(231,511)$15,075,281 $11,844,456 $1,340,032 $ $13,184,488 
Costs of revenues:                        
Costs of verification and certification services 6,455,687    (123,123) 6,332,564  5,399,626      5,399,626 
Costs of products 1,537,837      1,537,837  1,035,094      1,035,094 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services   469,065    469,065    489,887    489,887 
Costs of software-related consulting services   394,660    394,660    280,310    280,310 
Total costs of revenues 7,993,524  863,725  (123,123) 8,734,126  6,434,720  770,197    7,204,917 
Gross profit 5,683,457  766,086  (108,388) 6,341,155  5,409,736  569,835    5,979,571 
Depreciation & amortization 263,209  539,207    802,416  328,370  414,410    742,780 
Other operating expenses 4,229,813  700,718  (108,388) 4,822,143  4,127,982  423,199    4,551,181 
Segment operating (loss)/income$1,190,435 $(473,839)$ $716,596 $953,384 $(267,774)$ $685,610 
Other items to reconcile segment operating income (loss) to net income attributable to WFCF:                        
Other expense (income) (89,538) (1,009)   (90,547) (108,661) 860    (107,801)
Income tax (benefit)/expense     230,090  230,090      257,000  257,000 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   181,829    181,829    53,261    53,261 
Net (loss)/income attributable to WFCF$1,279,973 $(291,001)$(230,090)$758,882 $1,062,045 $(215,373)$(257,000)$589,672 


Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

  Three months ended March 31, 2020  Three months ended March 31, 2019 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals 
Assets:                                
Intangible and other assets, net $1,266  $2,144  $-  $3,410  $1,425  $2,273  $-  $3,698 
Goodwill  1,133   1,813   -   2,946   1,133   2,011   -   3,144 
Total assets  16,999   5,524   (4,530)  17,993   13,031   5,518   -   18,549 
                                 
Revenues:                                
Verification and certification service revenue $2,803  $-  $-  $2,803  $2,812  $-  $-  $2,812 
Product sales  725   -   -   725   641   -   -   641 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue  -   233   (90)  143   -   344   (49)  295 
Software-related consulting service revenue  -   265   (24)  241   -   221   (14)  207 
Total revenues $3,528  $498  $(114) $3,912  $3,453  $565  $(63) $3,955 
Costs of revenues:                                
Costs of verification and certification services  1,624   -   (90)  1,534   1,595   -   (33)  1,562 
Costs of products  502   -   -   502   443   -   -   443 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services  -   146   -   146   -   154   -   154 
Costs of software-related consulting services  -   120   -   120   -   130   -   130 
Total costs of revenues  2,126   266   (90)  2,302   2,038   284   (33)  2,289 
Gross profit  1,402   232   (24)  1,610   1,415   281   (30)  1,666 
Depreciation & amortization  88   146   -   234   82   178   -   260 
Other operating expenses  1,537   217   (24)  1,730   1,511   226   (30)  1,707 
 Segment operating (loss)/income $(223) $(131) $-  $(354) $(178) $(123) $-  $(301)
Other items to reconcile segment operating income (loss) to net income attributable to WFCF:                                
Other expense (income)  (30)  (3)  -   (33)  -   -   (31)  (31)
Income tax (benefit)/expense  -   -   (80)  (80)  -   -   (83)  (83)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  -   -   -   -   -   44   -   44 
Net (loss)/income attributable to WFCF $(193) $(128) $80  $(241) $(178) $(79) $114  $(143)

 

Note 14 – Supplemental Cash Flow Information

  Three months ended March 31, 
(Amounts in thousands) 2020  2019 
Cash paid during the year:        
Interest expense $2  $3 
Income taxes $-  $- 

Note 15 – Subsequent Events

 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), the initiative provides federally guaranteed loans to small businesses. These loans may be forgiven if borrowers maintain their payrolls during the crisis or restore their payrolls afterward. On April 17, 2020, the Company received a $1.0 million loan under the PPP with a maturity date of April 17, 2022 and an annual interest rate of 1.00%. The loan will be repaid in 17 monthly consecutive interest and principal payments of approximately $57,876, commencing December 1, 2020. The Company has not received any notification if any of the loan amount will be forgiven.

 Nine months ended September 30, 
 2019 2018 
Cash paid during the year:      
Interest expense$8,768 $3,755 
Income taxes$131,268 $418,965 
       
Non-cash investing and financing activites:      
Common stock issued in connection with acquisition of Sow Organic$ $433,131 
Common stock issued in connection with investment in Progressive Beef$ $91,115 
Common Stock issued in connection with acquisition of JVF Consulting$ $315,291 
Equipment acquired under a capital lease$ $19,809 
Lease incentive obligation$ $230,220 


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

 

General

 

This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contained in the Form 10−K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.2019. The following discussion and analysis includes historical and certain forward−looking information that should be read together with the accompanying consolidated financial statements, related footnotes and the discussion below of certain risks and uncertainties that could cause future operating results to differ materially from historical results or from the expected results indicated by forward−looking statements.

 

Business Overview

 

Where Food Comes From, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“WFCF,” the “Company,” “our,” “we,” or “us”) is a leading trusted resource for third-party verification of food production practices in North America. The Company supports more than 15,000 farmers, ranchers, vineyards, wineries, processors, retailers, distributors, trade associations, consumer brands and restaurants with a wide variety of value-added services provided through its family of verifiers, including IMI Global, International Certification Services, Validus Verification Services, Sterling Solutions, and A Bee Organic. In order to have credibility, product claims such as gluten-free, non-GMO, non-hormone treated, humane handling, and others require verification by an independent third-party such as WFCF. The Company’s principal business is conducting both on-site and desk audits to verify that claims being made about livestock, crops and other food products are accurate.

 

Through our more recent acquisitions, including SureHarvest Services LLC; Sow Organic, LLC; and JVF Consulting, LLC,LLC; and Postelsia Holdings, Ltd. (“Postelsia”) we provide sustainability programs, compliance management and farming information management solutions to drive sustainable value creation. We employ a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) revenue model that bundles annual software licenses with ongoing software enhancements and upgrades and a wide range of professional services that generate incremental revenue specific to the food and agricultural industry.

 

Finally, the Company’s Where Food Comes From Source Verified®Verified® retail and restaurant labeling program utilizes the verification of product attributes to connect consumers directly to the source of the food they purchase through product labeling and web-based information sharing and education. With the use of Quick Response Code (“QR”) technology, consumers can instantly access information about the producers behind their food.

 

WFCF was founded in 1996 and incorporated in the state of Colorado as a subchapter C corporation in 2006. The Company’s shares of common stock trade on the OTCQB marketplace under the stock ticker symbol, “WFCF.”

 

The Company’s original name – Integrated Management Information, Inc. (d.b.a. IMI Global) – was changed to Where Food Comes From, Inc. in 2012 to better reflect the Company’s mission. Early growth was attributable to source and age verification services for beef producers that wanted access to markets overseas following the discovery of “mad cow” disease in the U.S. Over the years, WFCF has expanded its portfolio to include verification and software services for most food groups and 40 standards. This growth has been achieved both organically and through the acquisition of other companies.


Current Marketplace OpportunitiesCoronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)

 

BecauseIn March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of growing demandnovel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic. The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting government-mandated closures and social distancing measures have disrupted economic markets, potentially triggering a global recession. Continued closures and social distancing measures could have a detrimental effect in which the prolonged economic impact is uncertain. This could result in a variety of risks to our business including the inability to perform audits at our customers locations due to social distancing, supplier disruptions as a result of business closures, food systems that are in disarray resulting in global food shortages, euthanasia of animals and dumping of dairy products because farmers have no distribution channel, all of which could negatively influence our revenue and costs. The government may introduce healthcare reform measures for increased transparency intowhich we cannot predict the financial implication of on our business. A weak or declining economy could cause our customers to delay purchases or payments for our services and products. Additionally, COVID-19 may introduce additional challenges including our ability to produce sufficient cash flows from operations or to raise capital when needed at acceptable terms, if at all.

All of our locations have been affected. We have adjusted certain aspects of our operations to protect our employees while avoiding business interruption. As an essential business to the food production practices,and agriculture industries, we have maintained standard business operations while under stay at home (and similar) guidelines from various states, by working remotely. Company management continues to evaluate when employees will return to their respective offices, on a state by state and department by department basis. The health of our employees is a key concern for the Company. The Company will continue to maintain standard business operations by having a majority of its employees work remotely until government mandates allow for normal business operations. Employees essential to operations, management and the accounting function remain on-site at our corporate headquarters. Internal controls over financial reporting have not been impacted by employees working remotely. Management is continuously monitoring to ensure controls are effective and properly maintained.

The Company generally performs onsite audits in connection with its verification and certification activity. Due to safety and social distancing reasons, some customers have requested postponement of onsite visits. At this time, we are uncertain of the material impact that continued social distancing measures will have upon our business. We continue to work with standard setting bodies and identify innovative solutions to offer our customers. We believe that our transformative approach will help further differentiate us from competitors. Additionally, we believe there are three main market driversthird party verification is an essential component to promote forward momentum forthe food and agricultural supply chain and ensures our business:future as a high quality provider of assurance services, thereby increasing the value of products in the food supply chain.

 

Market Driver #1 - Consumer awarenessWe will continue to monitor the situation closely and expectationsreact accordingly to any future restrictions or limitations, while keeping the interest of our customers and business in mind. Due to the uncertainty in the severity and duration of the pandemic, the impact on our revenues, profitability and statement of financial position is uncertain at this time.

 

Per the August 2017 edition of Global Organic Food Market produced by TechSci Research, the global organic food market stood at $110.25 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 16.15%, in value terms, during 2017 – 2022, to reach $262.85 billion by 2022. Growing awareness regarding health benefits of organic food consumption, rising per capita spending on organic food products and increasing health concerns due to the growing number of chemical poisoning cases are expected to drive global organic food market in the coming years. In addition, continuing product innovations and aggressive marketing strategies adopted by major players and online retailers would positively influence the global organic food market during forecast period.

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Per the 2018 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends produced by the Food Marketing Institute, shoppers evaluate a food retailer by how well it supports an overarching goal of eating well. Eating well means meeting one’s needs, pleasures and values through food experiences delivering health, taste or discovery and mindful connections. As consumers navigate a landscape of increasing choice around their sources for food, shopping well has come to mean more than just meeting eating needs within budget. Shopping well affords engagement with food discovery and ethical sourcing, even as it prompts shoppers to evolve their eating well aspirations. Shoppers continue to look “beyond the shelf” in their purchase decisions. Grass-fed beef has seen more engagement since last year’s study, as have local and fair-trade products, amidst an otherwise consistent picture of sustainable and ethical shopper behaviors. Shoppers also report a higher reliance on their food store to ensure food safety, with less reliance on the Food and Drug Administration. Consumers believe it is especially important for retailers to provide detailed information (transparency) about the products they sell. 

 

Market Driver #2 - Global competitiveness among retailers

Producers, restaurant chains and retailers with dominant market shares and large buying power, like Dannon, McDonald’s and Wal-Mart, are leading the way in prioritizing sustainable food supply initiatives in response to consumer demands.  With information literally at our fingertips, Google searches and smart phone apps are making it easier to expose where sustainable food supply chains are, and where they are not.

Producers, packers, distributors and retailers understand that verification, identification and traceability are key competitive differentiators. Oftentimes, it is necessary for export into international markets, including Korea, Russia, China and the European Union.

Market Driver #3 - Government regulation

The Animal Disease Traceability Rule promulgated by the USDA primarily covers beef cattle 18 months of age or older. Under the final rule, unless specifically exempted, livestock moved interstate must be officially identified and accompanied by an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection or other documentation, such as owner-shipper statements or brand certificates. Although animal disease traceability does not prevent disease, an efficient and accurate traceability system reduces the number of animals and response time involved in a disease investigation.

Cattle export verification (“EV”) requirements to China include source and age verification with the use of a program compliant ear tag.  In addition, China bans the use of synthetic growth promotants, including ractopamine. So, although there is not a formal non-hormone component to the EV requirements for the supply chain, due to China’s residue testing, packers seek non-hormone treated cattle and/or verified natural cattle to ensure continued market access. China is the world’s second largest buyer of beef.

The development of the U.S. Hemp Authority Certified program demonstrates commitment toward high standards and transparency with hemp cultivation. The 2014 Farm Bill allowed farmers to start pilot programs for hemp alongside their agricultural programs. As of 2018, a new bill allows farmers to grow hemp with all the protections traditional farming receives.  This Farm Bill allows farmers to legally grow hemp, which means more CBD products on the shelves. Through this bill, hemp will no longer be considered a controlled substance but rather take its place alongside all other types of traditional farming.


Seasonality

 

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Significant portions of our verification and certification service revenue are typically realized during late May through early October when the calf marketings and the growing seasons are at their peak. Because of the seasonality of the business and our industry, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for any other quarter or for the full fiscal year.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had cash, cash equivalents and certificates of deposits (classified as short-term and long-term investments) of approximately $3,677,100$3.2 million compared to approximately $1,981,000$2.9 million at December 31, 2018.2019. Our working capital at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 was approximately $3,503,500$2.6 million compared to $2,669,700$3.1 million at December 31, 2018.2019.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 was approximately $2,334,600$0.9 million compared to net cash provided of $1,618,400$1.3 million during the same period in 2018.2019. Net cash provided by operating activities is driven by our net incomeloss and adjusted by non-cash items. Non-cash adjustments primarily include depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, and deferred taxes. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily driven by a change in accounts receivable and accounts payable as of March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The Company has evaluated their customer receivables in relation to the current economic impact due to the coronavirus pandemic and does not feel any of the receivables are impaired at this time, but will keep actively monitoring the customer receivables.

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, was approximately $14,300$0.4 million compared to cash used in investing activities of $1,926,600$0.2 million used in the 20182019 period. Net cash used duringin the 2019March 31, 2020 period was primarily attributable to routine purchasesacquisition of property, equipment and software development costs offset by the redemption of a $250,000 certificate of deposit. The 2018 period net cash used was attributable to business acquisitions (Sow Organic and JVF Consulting) and other business investments (Progressive Beef) which utilized $1,850,000 of cash, $135,600Postelsia Holdings, Ltd for the purchase of a 2,300-square foot building located in Medina, North Dakota, which was previously leased, approximately $140,300 for leasehold improvements for the expansion of our Corporate Office, and approximately $49,400 for other routine purchases of property and equipment, offset by $250,000 in proceeds from the maturity of a certificate of deposit.

Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, was approximately $382,500 compared to $153,800 used in the 2018 period. Net cash used in both the 2019 and 2018 periods was primarily due to the repurchase of common shares under the Stock Buyback Plan.$0.3 million.

 

The primary driver of our operating cash flow is our third-party verification solutions, specifically the gross margin generated from services provided. Therefore, we focus on the elements of those operations, including revenue growth and long-term projects that ensure a steady stream of operating profits to enable us to meet our cash obligations. On a weekly basis, we review the performance of each of our revenue streams focusing on third-party verification solutions compared with prior periods and our operating plan. We believe that our various sources of capital, including cash flow from operating activities, overall improvement in our annual performance, and our ability to obtain additional financing, are adequate to finance current operations as well as the repayment of current debt obligations. We are not awareactively monitoring the economic effect of any other event or trend that would negatively affectthe coronavirus pandemic on our liquidity. In the event such a negative trend develops over the long term, we believe that there are sufficient financing avenueshave several options available to us, including various forms of downsizing, company-wide pay decreases, as well as, other forms of financing and from our internal cash-generating capabilities to adequately manage our ongoing business.

 

The culmination of all our efforts has brought significant opportunities to us,including increased investor confidence and renewed interest in our company, as well as the potential to develop business relationships with long-term strategic partners. In keeping with our core business, we will continue to review our business model with a focus on profitability, long-term capital solutions and the potential impact of acquisitions or divestitures, if such an opportunity arises. Additionally, we continually evaluate all funding options, including additional offerings of our securities to private, public and institutional investors and other credit facilities as they become available.


Our plan for continued growth is primarily based upon continued expansion of verification bundling opportunities, as well as acquisitions in national and international markets. We believe that there are significant growth opportunities available to us because often the only way to differentiate a product or brand, or overcome import/export restrictions is via a quality verification program.

 

Debt Facility

 

The Company has a revolving line of credit (“LOC”) agreement which matures April 12, 2020.2022. The LOC provides for $75,080 in working capital. The interest rate is at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 1.50% and is adjusted daily. Principal and interest are payable upon demand, but if demand is not made, then annual payments of accrued interest only are due, with the principal balance due upon maturity. As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, the effective interest rate was 6.5%4.75% and 7.0%6.25%, respectively. The LOC is collateralized by all the business assets of International Certification Services, Inc. (“ICS”). As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, there were no amounts outstanding under this LOC.

 

On April 17, 2020, the Company received a $1.0 million loan under the PPP with a maturity date of April 17, 2022 and an annual interest rate of 1.00%. The loan will be repaid in 17 monthly consecutive interest and principal payments of approximately $57,876, commencing December 1, 2020. The Company has not received any notification if any of the loan amount will be forgiven.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements of any type.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 compared to the same period in fiscal year 20182019

 

The following table shows information for reportable operating segments:segments (amounts in thousands):

 

Three months ended September 30, 2019 Three months ended September 30, 2018  Three months ended March 31, 2020 Three months ended March 31, 2019 
  Verification and
Certification Segment
   Software
Sales and
Related
Consulting
Segment
   Eliminations and Other   Consolidated Totals   Verification
and
Certification Segment
   Software
Sales
and
Related
Consulting
Segment
   Eliminations and Other   Consolidated Totals    Verification and Certification Segment    Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment    Eliminations and Other    Consolidated Totals    Verification and Certification Segment    Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment    Eliminations and Other    Consolidated Totals 
Assets:                                                 
Intangible and other assets, net$1,343,955 $2,053,842 $ $3,397,797 $2,883,887 $1,983,577 $ $4,867,464  $1,266  $2,144  $-  $3,410  $1,425  $2,273  $-  $3,698 
Goodwill 1,133,122 2,010,612  3,143,734 1,840,956 1,372,488  3,213,444   1,133   1,813   -   2,946   1,133   2,011   -   3,144 
Total assets 14,214,110 5,323,783  19,537,893 14,274,121 1,229,225  15,503,346   16,999   5,524   (4,530)  17,993   13,031   5,518   -   18,549 
                                                 
Revenues:                                                 
Verification and certification service revenue$4,759,383 $ $ $4,759,383 $3,906,996 $ $ $3,906,996  $2,803  $-  $-  $2,803  $2,812  $-  $-  $2,812 
Product sales 1,086,272   1,086,272 783,303   783,303   725   -   -   725   641   -   -   641 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue  286,816 (60,000) 226,816  208,541  208,541   -   233   (90)  143   -   344   (49)  295 
Software-related consulting service revenue   196,723  (36,712) 160,011    226,538    226,538   -   265   (24)  241   -   221   (14)  207 
Total revenues$5,845,655 $483,539 $(96,712)$6,232,482 $4,690,299 $435,079 $ $5,125,378  $3,528  $498  $(114) $3,912  $3,453  $565  $(63) $3,955 
Costs of revenues:                                                 
Costs of verification and certification services 2,733,350  (60,150) 2,673,200 2,098,462   2,098,462   1,624   -   (90)  1,534   1,595   -   (33)  1,562 
Costs of products 696,579   696,579 489,149   489,149   502   -   -   502   443   -   -   443 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services  153,452  153,452  183,942  183,942   -   146   -   146   -   154   -   154 
Costs of software-related consulting services   122,224    122,224    117,303    117,303   -   120   -   120   -   130   -   130 
Total costs of revenues 3,429,929  275,676  (60,150) 3,645,455  2,587,611  301,245    2,888,856   2,126   266   (90)  2,302   2,038   284   (33)  2,289 
Gross profit 2,415,726 207,863 (36,562) 2,587,027 2,102,688 133,834  2,236,522   1,402   232   (24)  1,610   1,415   281   (30)  1,666 
Depreciation & amortization 78,620 178,568  257,188 102,944 138,230  241,174   88   146   -   234   82   178   -   260 
Other operating expenses 1,519,708  232,698  (36,562) 1,715,844  1,442,568  135,277    1,577,845   1,537   217   (24)  1,730   1,511   226   (30)  1,707 
Segment operating (loss)/income$817,398 $(203,403)$ $613,995 $557,176 $(139,673)$ $417,503  $(223) $(131) $-  $(354) $(178) $(123) $-  $(301)
Other items to reconcile segment operating income (loss) to net income attributable to WFCF:                                                 
Other expense (income) (29,563) (6)  (29,569) (102,155)   (102,155)  (30)  (3)  -   (33)  -   -   (31)  (31)
Income tax (benefit)/expense   184,001 184,001   169,000 169,000   -   -   (80)  (80)  -   -   (83)  (83)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   81,359    81,359    26,691    26,691   -   -   -   -   -   44   -   44 
Net (loss)/income attributable to WFCF$846,961 $(122,038)$(184,001)$540,922 $659,331 $(112,982)$(169,000)$377,349  $(193) $(128) $80  $(241) $(178) $(79) $114  $(143)


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 Nine months ended September 30, 2019 Nine months ended September 30, 2018 
  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals  Verification and Certification Segment  Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment  Eliminations and Other  Consolidated Totals 
Assets:                        
Intangible and other assets, net$1,343,955 $2,053,842 $ $3,397,797 $2,883,887 $1,983,577 $ $4,867,464 
Goodwill 1,133,122  2,010,612    3,143,734  1,840,956  1,372,488    3,213,444 
Total assets 14,214,110  5,323,783    19,537,893  14,274,121  1,229,225    15,503,346 
                         
Revenues:                        
Verification and certification service revenue$11,314,318 $ $ $11,314,318 $10,210,947 $ $ $10,210,947 
Product sales 2,362,663      2,362,663  1,633,509      1,633,509 
Software license, maintenance and support services revenue   969,056  (147,277) 821,779    759,301    759,301 
Software-related consulting service revenue   660,755  (84,234) 576,521    580,731    580,731 
Total revenues$13,676,981 $1,629,811 $(231,511)$15,075,281 $11,844,456 $1,340,032 $ $13,184,488 
Costs of revenues:                        
Costs of verification and certification services 6,455,687    (123,123) 6,332,564  5,399,626      5,399,626 
Costs of products 1,537,837      1,537,837  1,035,094      1,035,094 
Costs of software license, maintenance and support services   469,065    469,065    489,887    489,887 
Costs of software-related consulting services   394,660    394,660    280,310    280,310 
Total costs of revenues 7,993,524  863,725  (123,123) 8,734,126  6,434,720  770,197    7,204,917 
Gross profit 5,683,457  766,086  (108,388) 6,341,155  5,409,736  569,835    5,979,571 
Depreciation & amortization 263,209  539,207    802,416  328,370  414,410    742,780 
Other operating expenses 4,229,813  700,718  (108,388) 4,822,143  4,127,982  423,199    4,551,181 
Segment operating (loss)/income$1,190,435 $(473,839)$ $716,596 $953,384 $(267,774)$ $685,610 
Other items to reconcile segment operating income (loss) to net income attributable to WFCF:                        
Other expense (income) (89,538) (1,009)   (90,547) (108,661) 860    (107,801)
Income tax (benefit)/expense     230,090  230,090      257,000  257,000 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   181,829    181,829    53,261    53,261 
Net (loss)/income attributable to WFCF$1,279,973 $(291,001)$(230,090)$758,882 $1,062,045 $(215,373)$(257,000)$589,672 

 

Verification and Certification Segment

 

Verification and certification service revenues consist of fees charged for verification audits and other verification and certification related services that the Company performs for customers. FeesFees earned from our WFCF labeling program are also included in our verification and certification revenues as it represents a value-added extension of our source verification. Verification and certification service revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased approximately $852,400, or 21.8% and $1,103,400 or 10.8%, respectively,March 31, 2020 decreased less than 0.4% compared to 2018. The increase is due to an increase in new verification customers, as well as an increase in product offerings.2019.

 

Our product sales are an ancillary part of our verification and certification services and represent sales of cattle identification ear tags. Product sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 increased approximately $303,000,$0.1 million, or 38.7% and $729,200 or 44.6%, respectively,13.1% compared to the same period in 2018.2019. Overall, our product sales have increased primarily in response to the growth of the China export market and the requirement for source and age verification using an identification tag at birth for cattle.

 

Costs of revenues for our verification and certification segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 were approximately $2.7$1.5 million and $6.5 million, respectively, compared to approximately $2.1 million and $5.4$1.6 million for the same period in 2018.2019. Gross margin for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 decreased to 41.3% and 41.6%, respectively,39.7% compared to 44.8% and 45.7%41.0% in 20182019 primarily due to competitive pricing offered to dairy calf ranches for significantly higher purchase volumes of cattle identification ear tags. Our margins are generally impacted by various costs such as cost of products, salaries and benefits, insurance, and taxes.

 

Other operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 increased approximately 5.3% while the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 2.5%,1.7% compared to the same three and nine month periodsperiod in 2018.  Overall, the increase in our selling, general and administrative expenses is due in part to continued increase in head count and increasing public company compliance costs.2019.


Software Sales and Related Consulting Segment

 

Software license, maintenance and support services revenue is a revenue stream specific to our acquisitions of SureHarvest, Sow Organic, JVF Consulting and JVF Consulting.Postelsia. We employ a SaaS revenue model that bundles annual software licenses with ongoing software enhancements and upgrades and a wide range of professional services that generate incremental revenue specific to the food and agricultural industry. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, software license, maintenance and support services revenue increaseddecreased approximately 37.6% and 27.6%, respectively,32.3% over 20182019 predominately due to a significant increasedecrease in the number of billable hours of staff focused on software enhancements and upgrades.

 

Software-related consulting service revenue primarily represents fees earned from professional appearances,consulting, customer education and training related services. Software-related consulting service revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2019 decreasedMarch 31, 2020 increased approximately 13.2% while the same revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 13.8%,19.9% compared to the same period in 2018.2019. The three month decreaseincrease is due to fluctuations in customer demand for consulting services. The nine month increase is predominately due to growth in customer education and training services.          

 

Costs of revenues for our software sales and related consulting segment for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 werewas approximately $275,700 and $863,700, respectively,$0.3 million. Gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2020 declined to 46.6% compared to approximately $301,200 and $770,20049.7% for the same period in 2018. Gross margin for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 improved to 43.0% and 47.0%, respectively, compared to 30.8% and 42.5% for the same period in 2018.2019. The three and nine month increasedecrease in gross margin is due to efficiency gains realized after consolidating business acquisitions during 2019.the decrease in billable hours of staff focused on software enhancements and upgrades.

 

Other operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 increasedMarch 31, 2020 decreased approximately 72.0% and 65.6%, respectively,4.0% compared to the same period in 2018.2019. The increasedecrease is predominately due to additional fixed costs absorbed from the Sow Organic and JVF acquisitions. managing general expenses.

 

As with all of our acquisitions, we continue to identify synergies and implement best practices. We focus our efforts to create value in various ways such as improving the performance of our acquired businesses, removing excess capacity, creating market access for products, acquiring skills and technologies more quickly or at a lower cost than we can build in-house, exploiting our industry-specific scalability and bundling opportunities, and picking winners early and helping them develop their businesses. Achieving any or all of these strategies take time to implement. We have learned that it can take two to three years after an acquisition to fully understand the complexities, at which time, we have seen solid improvements in revenues and/or costs.

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Dividend Income from Progressive Beef

 

On August 9, 2018, the Company purchased a ten percent membership interest in Progressive Beef, LLC (“Progressive Beef”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $991,000. For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company received dividend income of $30,000 and $90,000, respectively, from Progressive Beef representing a distribution of their earnings.

 

Income Tax Expense

 

The provision for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based on the Company’s best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we recorded income tax expensebenefit of approximately $184,000 and $230,100$80,000 compared to income tax expensebenefit of $169,000 and $257,000$83,000 for the same period in 2018. 2019.

 

Net Income and Per Share Information

 

As a result of the foregoing, net incomeloss attributable to WFCF shareholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 was approximately $540,900$0.2 million and $758,900, respectively, or $0.02 and $0.03less than a penny per basic and diluted common share, respectively, compared to net incomeloss of approximately $377,300$0.1 million and $589,700, or $0.02 and $0.02less than a penny per basic and diluted common share for the same periodsperiod in 2018.2019.


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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, have conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in such reports is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive and financial officers concluded as a result of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting discussed below, that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report. However, weWe believe that the financial statements included in this report fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Remediation Plan

In connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As a smaller reporting company, we have limited accounting and financial reporting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls over financial reporting. Due to limited accounting personnel, we did not apply the appropriate level of review, oversight and segregation of duties to the accounting and financial reporting function. This resulted in the identification of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As of September 30, 2019, we have hired additional accounting personnel. Additionally, we have implemented a more robust review, supervision and monitoring of the financial reporting process also intended to remediate the identified material weakness.

The Company lacked effective procedures for ensuring review and approval related to journal entries. Due to the related risks associated with financial reporting, this deficiency has been deemed an individual material weakness. As of September 30, 2019, we have strengthened controls around the journal entry process, including limiting access and ensuring all journal entries are reviewed and approved by appropriate personnel. 

We also identified a material weakness related to general information technology controls in the areas of user access to systems that support the Company’s financial reporting processes. We did not implement a procedure or control to periodically review the access granted in order to ensure that users of our information systems had the appropriate access relative to the user’s job responsibilities. We did not restrict and maintain network access accounts to only employees in the information technology department and had no compensating controls. With the acquisition of JVF Consulting in August 2018, we added 3 additional information technology professionals with knowledge of security, networking and infrastructure. These individuals ensure user access is documented, properly approved and routinely monitored to determine appropriateness. 

The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. The Company expects that the remediation of these material weaknesses will be completed prior to the end of fiscal year 2019.


In light of these material weaknesses, in preparing our financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2019, we performed additional analyses and procedures to ensure that our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. There have been no material misstatements identified in the financial statements as a result of these deficiencies.

Management believes that the foregoing efforts will effectively remediate the material weaknesses. As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to address the material weaknesses or to modify the remediation plans described above.

 

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements and can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

The changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred prior to and during the three months ended September 30, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting are described above under the heading “Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Remediation Plan.”

Except as described above, thereThere have not been any other changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various legal actions, administrative proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We generally record losses for claims in excess of the limits of purchased insurance in earnings at the time and to the extent they are probable and estimable. We are not aware of any significant legal actions at this time.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Our business is subject to a number of risks, including those identified in Item 1A. — “Risk Factors” of our 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10−K, that could have a material effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and/or liquidity and that could cause our operating results to vary significantly from period to period. As of September 30, 2019, thereMarch 31, 2020, the Company recognizes the coronavirus pandemic may have been no material changes toan economic impact on the risks disclosed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10−K.Company, but management does not know and cannot estimate what the financial impact may be. We may also disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On January 7, 2008, we announcedSeptember 30, 2019, our intentionBoard of Directors approved a new plan to buy backbuyback up to oneten million additional shares of our common stock from the open market (“Stock Buyback Plan”). Our Stock Buyback Plan has been and will be used to return capital to shareholders and to minimize the dilutive impact of stock options and other share-based awards. In the future, we may consider additional share repurchases under our plan based on several factors, including our cash position, share price, operational liquidity, and planned investment and financing needs.

Activity for the three months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

  Number of
Shares
 Cost of
Shares
 Average
Cost per
Share
 
        
Shares purchased - July 2019  31,604  57,105 $1.81 
Shares purchased - August 2019  23,964  43,323 $1.81 
Shares purchased - September 2019  10,957  18,600 $1.70 
   Total  66,525  119,028 $1.79 
  Number of Shares  Cost of Shares  Average Cost per Share 
          
Shares purchased - January 2020  19,295  $36,382  $1.89 
Shares purchased - February 2020  7,890   15,226  $1.93 
Shares purchased - March 2020  57,040   107,085  $1.88 
 Total  84,225  $158,693  $1.88 

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

(a)Exhibits

 

 

Number

Description

 

31.1

Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

31.2

Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

32.1

Certification of CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

32.2

Certification of CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: NovemberMay 14, 2019

2020

Where Food Comes From, Inc.

By:

By:

/s/ John K. Saunders

Chief Executive Officer

By:/s/ Dannette Henning
Chief Financial Officer

 

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By:

/s/ Dannette Henning 

Chief Financial Officer

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