The Company adopted a stock option plan (“Plan”). The purpose of this Plan is to provide additional incentives to key employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries in order to help attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of responsibility and otherwise promoting the success of its business activities. The general terms of awards under the option plan are that 100% of the options granted will vest the year following the grant. The maximum term of options granted is 5 years.
FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Period Ended September 30, 2010
(U.S. Dollars)
The Company may issue stock options and stock bonuses for shares of its common stock to provide incentives to directors, key employees and other persons who contribute to the success of the Company. The exercise price of all incentive options are issued for not less than fair market value at the date of grant.
The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2008 and, 2009 and the period ended September 30, 2010:
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Balance, December 31, 2007 | | | 1,912,440 | | $ | 3.04 - $4.60 | | $ | 3.38 | |
Granted | | | 203,000 | | | $3.60 | | $ | 3.60 | |
Cancelled or expired | | | (204,740 | ) | $ | 3.00 - $4.60 | | $ | 3.74 | |
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Balance, December 31, 2008 | | | 1,910,700 | | $ | 3.00 - $4.55 | | $ | 3.38 | |
Granted | | | 122,000 | | | $2.25 | | $ | 2.25 | |
Cancelled or expired | | | (486,000 | ) | $ | 3.00 - $4.55 | | $ | 3.44 | |
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Balance, December 31, 2009 | | | 1,546,700 | | $ | 2.25 – $3.85 | | $ | 3.25 | |
Granted | | | 315,000 | | $ | 1.50 – $2.25 | | $ | 1.87 | |
Cancelled or expired | | | (25,000 | ) | $ | 1.50 – $3.85 | | $ | 1.97 | |
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Balance, September 30, 2010 | | | 1,836,700 | | $ | 1.50 – $3.60 | | $ | 3.03 | |
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The fair value of each option grant is calculated using the following weighted average assumptions:
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Interest rate | | 1.4 – 2.49% | | 1.14% | |
Volatility | | 60% | | 65% | |
Dividend yield | | —% | | —% | |
Weighted average fair value of options granted | | $0.29 – 0.70 | | $1.00 | |
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 the Company granted 61,000 options to consultants that resulted in $15,024 in expenses for the period. During the same period, 254,000 options were granted to employees, resulting in $45,046 in expenses for the period. Options granted in previous quarters resulted in additional expenses in the amount of $15,855 for consultants and $32,613 for employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. No stock options were exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 the Company granted 61,000 options to consultants that resulted in $46,038 in expenses this quarter. During the same period, 61,000 options were granted to employees, resulting in $46,038 in expenses. Options granted in previous years resulted in additional expenses in the amount of $35,674 for consultants and $71,122 for employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. No stock options were exercised during this period.
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FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Period Ended September 30, 2010
(U.S. Dollars)
On April 14, 2005, the Company announced that it had raised $3,375,000 pursuant to a private placement. The investors in this offering purchased 900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a per-share price of $3.75, together with warrants to purchase up to 900,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants originally had a 4 year term and were exercisable at a price of $4.50 per share.
On June 8, 2005, the Company announced that it had raised an additional $327,750 pursuant to a private placement. An investor purchased 87,400 shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share price of $3.75, together with a warrant to purchase up to 87,400 additional shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants originally had a 4 year term and were exercisable at a price of $4.50 per share.
In February 2009, the Company amended the warrants granted in 2005 to a per share exercise price of $4.00 and extended the exercise term until July 31, 2009.
In May 2007 the Company closed a $3,042,455 private placement with institutional investors. The Company sold 936,140 units at a price of $3.25 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and one-half warrant with a three year term and an exercise price of $4.50 per share. The Company also issued 21,970 warrants with the same terms for investment banking services related to this transaction.
In February 2010, the Company amended the warrants granted in 2007 to a per share exercise price of $3.00 and extended the exercise term until December 31, 2010.
The following table summarizes the Company’s warrant activity for the three years ended December 31, 2009 (no subsequent activity):
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Cancelled/Expired | | | 987,400 | | $ | 4.50 | | $ | 4.50 | |
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The Company did not issue or cancel any shares of its common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
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FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Period Ended September 30, 2010
(U.S. Dollars)
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12. | SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY. |
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| (a) Development and marketing of two lines of energy and water conservation products (as shown under the column heading “EWCP” below), which consists of a (i) liquid swimming pool blanket which saves energy and water by inhibiting evaporation from the pool surface, and (ii) food-safe powdered form of the active ingredient within the liquid blanket and which is designed to be used in still or slow moving drinking water sources. |
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| (b) Manufacture of biodegradable polymers (“BCPA’s”) used by the petroleum, chemical, utility and mining industries to prevent corrosion and scaling in water piping. This product can also be used in detergents to increase biodegradability and in agriculture to increase crop yields by enhancing fertilizer uptake. |
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The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2,Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes, not including nonrecurring gains and losses and foreign exchange gains and losses. |
The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different, but synergistic products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies.
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Revenue | | $ | 814,613 | | $ | 8,080,706 | | $ | 8,895,319 | |
Interest revenue | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Interest expense | | | 53,142 | | | 1,265 | | | 54,407 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 34,631 | | | 234,578 | | | 269,209 | |
Segment profit (loss) | | | (1,208,559 | ) | | 1,435,225 | | | 226,666 | |
Segment assets | | | 5,315,657 | | | 2,493,131 | | | 7,808,788 | |
Expenditures for segment assets | | | 296,639 | | | 131,959 | | | 428,598 | |
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Revenue | | $ | 686,811 | | $ | 6,694,490 | | $ | 7,381,301 | |
Interest revenue | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Interest expense | | | 43,695 | | | 3,736 | | | 47,431 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 39,712 | | | 261,883 | | | 301,595 | |
Segment profit (loss) | | | (1,130,656 | ) | | 620,902 | | | (509,754 | ) |
Segment assets | | | 4,701,236 | | | 2,672,026 | | | 7,373,262 | |
Expenditures for segment assets | | | 1,564,173 | | | 24,258 | | | 1,588,431 | |
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FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Period Ended September 30, 2010
(U.S. Dollars)
The sales generated in the United States and Canada for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
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Canada | | $ | 292,226 | | $ | 276,488 | |
United States and abroad | | | 8,603,093 | | | 7,104,831 | |
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Total | | $ | 8,895,319 | | $ | 7,381,301 | |
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The Company’s long-lived assets (property, equipment, leaseholds and patents) are located in Canada and the United States as follows:
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Canada | | $ | 5,315,657 | | $ | 4,943,238 | |
United States | | | 2,493,131 | | | 2,596,193 | |
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Three customers accounted for $5,358,184 (60%) of sales made in the period (2009 - $4,559,009 or 62%).
The Company is committed to minimum rental payments for property and premises aggregating approximately $322,370 over the term of three leases, the last expiring on June 30, 2014.
Commitments in each of the next five years are approximately as follows:
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2010 | | $ | 35,466 | |
2011 | | | 89,480 | |
2012 | | | 74,023 | |
2013 | | | 77,026 | |
2014 | | | 46,375 | |
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On May 1, 2003, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, against John Wells and Equity Trust, S.A. seeking the return of 100,000 shares of its common stock and the repayment of a $25,000 loan which were provided to the defendants for investment banking services. The services were not performed and in the proceedings the Company sought the return of the shares and the repayment of the loan. On the date of issuance, the transaction was recorded as shares issued for services at a fair market value of $0.80 per share. On April 30, 2009 the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in favor of the Company and ordered Equity Trust S.A. to return the 100,000 shares and repay the loan with interest ($30,514US). The Company has reversed the expense recorded for the shares in the year ended December 31, 2009.
None.
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FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Period Ended September 30, 2010
(U.S. Dollars)
Certain of the comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation.
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Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation. |
Overview
The Company develops, manufactures and markets specialty chemicals that slow the evaporation of water. The Company also manufactures and markets biodegradable polymers which are used in the oil, gas and agriculture industries.
Results of Operations
The Company has two product lines:
Energy and Water Conservation products. The Company’s HEAT$AVR® product is used in swimming pools and spas. The product forms a thin, transparent layer on the water’s surface. The transparent layer slows the evaporation of water, allowing the water to retain a higher temperature for a longer period of time and thereby reducing the energy required to maintain the desired temperature of the water. WATER$AVR®, a modified version of HEAT$AVR®, can be used in reservoirs, potable water storage tanks, livestock watering ponds, canals, and irrigation ditches.
BCPA products. The second product TPA’s (i.e. thermal polyaspartate biopolymers) are biodegradable polymers used by the petroleum, chemical, utility and mining industries to prevent corrosion and scaling in water piping. This product can also be used in detergents to increase biodegradability and in agriculture to increase crop yields by enhancing fertilizer uptake.
The Company’s US subsidiary, Nanochem Solutions, Inc has normally generated income and paid income taxes on its profits. However, the Company’s Canadian subsidiary, Flexible Solutions Ltd., normally generates losses. The losses of the Company’s Canadian subsidiary cannot be used to reduce any taxes payable by the Company’s US subsidiary. As a result, and since for financial reporting purposes the operating results of the US and Canadian subsidiaries are consolidated, the income tax expense (benefit) shown in the Company’s statements of operations reflects the combined income tax (benefit) of the subsidiaries.
Material changes in the Company’s Statement of Operations for the periods presented are discussed below:
Nine Months ended September 30, 2010
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EWCP products | | I | | Increase in customers’ inventories to more normal levels. |
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BPCA products | | I | | Return to more normalized business in 2010 as opposed to 2009. |
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Gross Profit | | I | | Increase in sales. |
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Wages | | I | | Increase of employees and annual wage due to increase in sales. |
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Investor relations | | I | | During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 |
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Rent | | D | | A lease at a former location expired in 2009 |
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Consulting | | D | | The granting of stock options to long-term consultants, which vest over a five year period beginning in 2006, resulted in a stock option expense of $11,325 in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $25,481 in the same period 2009. |
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Research | | I | | New product development. |
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Commissions | | I | | Increased sales. |
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Utilities | | I | | Increased work at the Taber plant has required increased used of energy. Once the facility is operational, these costs will be allocated to overhead. |
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BPCA products | | I | | Return to more normalized business in 2010 as opposed to 2009 has resulted in an increase in revenue. |
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Gross Profit | | D | | Increased costs, mainly shipping, led to a decrease in gross profit. |
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Wages | | I | | Increase of employees and annual wage increases. |
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Rent | | D | | A lease at a former location expired in 2009 resulting in a decrease in rent expense. |
Capital Resources and Liquidity
The Company’s sources and (uses) of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are shown below:
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Cash provided by operations | | | 189,313 | | | 667,742 | |
Construction of plant in Taber, Alberta | | | (296,639 | ) | | (1,545,137 | ) |
Purchases of equipment | | | (131,959 | ) | | (24,258 | ) |
Proceeds from (repayment) of loans | | | (53,629 | ) | | 428,670 | |
Changes in exchange rates | | | 16,537 | | | 493,962 | |
Other | | | — | | | (5,125 | ) |
Cash on hand at beginning of year | | | 276,377 | | | — | |
In 2007, the Company began construction of a plant in Taber Alberta. The plant will be used to manufacture aspartic acid which is the major component of TPAs. Presently the Company buys its aspartic acid from China where the base raw material is oil. The Company’s plant in Taber will use sugar as the base raw material. Although the Company expects that it will still import some aspartic acid from China, using aspartic acid manufactured by it’s plant from sugar will reduce its raw material costs, reduce price fluctuations generated by oil prices and reduce shipping costs.
The Company expects that the Taber plant will begin commercial production in late 2010 or early 2011 and expects to spend approximately another $500,000 before commercial production begins.
The Company has sufficient cash resources to meets its future commitments and cash flow requirements for the coming year. As of September 30, 2010 working capital was $5,796,857 (2009 - $5,724,264) and the Company has no substantial commitments that require significant outlays of cash over the coming fiscal year.
The Company is committed to minimum rental payments for property and premises aggregating approximately $322,370 over the term of three leases, the last expiring on June 30, 2014.
Commitments in each of the next five years are approximately as follows:
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2010 | | $ | 35,466 | |
2011 | | | 89,480 | |
2012 | | | 74,023 | |
2013 | | | 77,026 | |
2014 | | | 46,375 | |
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Other than as disclosed in this report, the Company does not know of any trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in, or that are reasonably likely to result in, the Company’s liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way.
Other than as disclosed in this report, the Company does not know of any significant changes in its expected sources and uses of cash.
The Company does not have any lines of credit or similar financing arrangements.
See Note 2 to the financial statements included as part of this report for a description of the Company’s significant accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements.
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Item 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the direction and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive and Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2010. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide a reasonable level of assurance of reaching desired disclosure control objectives. Based on the evaluation, our Principal Executive and Financial Officer concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2010.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management, with the participation of our Principal Executive and Financial Officer, evaluated whether any change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2010. Based on that evaluation, it was concluded that there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2010 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 6. Exhibits.
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3.1 | | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant. (1) |
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3.2 | | Bylaws of the registrant. (1) |
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31.1 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
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31.2 | | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
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32 | | Certification of Principal Executive and Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 and §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
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| * | Filed with this report. |
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(1) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB (SEC File. No. 000-29649) filed February 22, 2000. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
November 11, 2010
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| Flexible Solutions International, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel B. O’Brien |
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| Name: | Daniel B. O’Brien |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel B. O’Brien |
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| Name: | Daniel B. O’Brien |
| Title: | Chief Financial and Accounting Officer |
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