SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) |
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| Basis of Presentation |
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial information as of and for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 has been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, such financial information includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed consolidated financial position at such date and the condensed consolidated operating results and cash flows for such periods. Operating results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year or for any other subsequent interim period.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These condensed consolidated unaudited financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2023.
The condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2023 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
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| Consolidation |
Consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, NSC, NS Global, and NAS. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
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| Use of Estimates |
Use of Estimates
Preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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| Basic and Diluted Earnings/Loss per Common Share |
Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share (“EPS”) amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260 – 10 “Earnings per Share”, which establishes the requirements for presenting EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and dilutive common stock equivalents. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding (denominator) during the period. As of the nine months ended December 31, 2023, the Company had Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holder’s option into approximately underlying common shares, of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a fixed conversion price of $0.35, shares of Series F Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holders’ option into approximately underlying common shares, of Series G Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a conversion price based on the discounted market price of $0.014 and warrants outstanding which were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as their effect would be anti-dilutive. As of the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company had shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holder’s option into approximately underlying common shares, shares of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at a fixed conversion price of $0.35, and shares of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred shares whose approximately underlying shares are convertible at the investors’ option at conversion price of 90% of the average of the two lowest market prices over the last 10 days, shares of Series F Preferred Stock which would be converted at the holders’ option into approximately underlying common shares, and warrants outstanding which were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
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| Fair Value Measurements |
Fair Value Measurements
ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement”, requires that certain financial instruments be recognized at their fair values at the balance sheet dates. However, other financial instruments, such as debt obligations, are not required to be recognized at their fair values, but GAAP provides an option to elect fair value accounting for these instruments. GAAP requires the disclosure of the fair values of all financial instruments, regardless of whether they are recognized at their fair values or carrying amounts. For financial instruments recognized at fair value, GAAP requires the disclosure of their fair values by type of instrument, along with other information, including changes in the fair values of certain financial instruments recognized in the operating results or within comprehensive income (loss) of the respective period. For financial instruments not recognized at fair value, the disclosure of their fair values is provided below under “Financial Instruments.”
Nonfinancial assets, such as property, plant and equipment, and nonfinancial liabilities are recognized at their carrying amounts in the Company’s balance sheets. GAAP does not permit nonfinancial assets and liabilities to be remeasured at their fair values. However, GAAP requires the remeasurement of such assets and liabilities to their fair values upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the impairment of property, plant and equipment. In addition, if such an event occurs, GAAP requires the disclosure of the fair value of the asset or liability along with other information, including the gain or loss recognized in operating results in the period the remeasurement occurred.
The Company did not have any Level 1 or Level 2 assets and liabilities at December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023.
The warrant liabilities and fair value option on Restructured notes, are Level 3 fair value measurements.
The following is a summary of activity of Level 3 during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and the year ended March 31, 2023:
Warrant liability
At December 31, 2023, the fair value of the warrant liability was estimated using a Black Sholes option pricing model with the following inputs: the price of the Company’s common stock of $; a risk-free interest rate ranging from 4.01% to 4.25%; and expected volatility of the Company’s common stock ranging from 109.9% to 114.6% and the remaining terms of each warrant issuance.
At March 31, 2023, the fair value of the warrant liability was estimated using a Black Sholes model with the following weighted-average inputs: the price of the Company’s common stock of $; a risk-free interest rate of 3.81% and expected volatility of the Company’s common stock ranging from 113.6% to 121.0% and the remaining terms of each warrant issuance.
Restructured August and Senior Notes Payable
On November 4, 2022, when the Company entered into a Restructuring Agreement for an Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note for two of their outstanding debentures (Note 6 and Note 7), which were accounted for as debt extinguishment, the Company elected to recognize the new debt under the fair value option within ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments.” The fair value for both periods is based on the maturity dates, the interest of 12%, the 15% exit fee, the 2% appreciation fee for an estimated period, and a 45% and 40% present value factor, respectively as of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023. In accordance with ASC 825, the Company chose to present the component for the accrued interest in the same line item on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet with the fair value option, and as of April 1, 2023, reclassed the accrued interest to not be presented as a separate line item.
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| Financial Instruments |
Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables, and debt and are accounted for under the provisions of ASC Topic 825. The carrying amount of these financial instruments, with the exception of discounted debt, as reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents |
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For the purpose of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents at December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023.
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| Concentration of Credit Risk |
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains cash balances at two financial institutions. Accounts at this institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000. As of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023, the Company’s cash balance exceeded FDIC coverage. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and periodically evaluates the credit worthiness of the financial institutions and has determined the credit exposure to be negligible.
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| Fixed Assets |
Fixed Assets
Equipment is carried at historical value or cost and is depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Estimated useful lives are as follows:
Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. At the time of retirement or other disposition of equipment, the cost and accumulated depreciation will be removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, will be reflected in operations.
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| Stock-Based Compensation |
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees in accordance with ASC 718. “Stock-based Compensation to Employees” is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the requisite employee service period. The Company estimates the fair value of stock-based payments using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for common stock options and warrants and the closing price of the Company’s common stock for common share issuances. Once the stock is issued the appropriate expense account is charged.
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| Intangible Assets |
Intangible Assets
The Company has intangible assets, which were acquired in a patent acquisition, and license rights agreements. The Company’s patents represent definite lived intangible assets and will be amortized over the twenty-year duration of the patent, unless at some point the useful life is determined to be less than the protected life of the patent. The Company’s license rights will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected term of the agreements of ten years. For the three months ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the amortization of the patents was $97,500 and $97,500 and in the amortization of the license rights was $270,000 and $270,000, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the amortization of the patents was $292,500 and $292,500 and the amortization of the license rights was $810,000 and $810,000, respectively.
The Company periodically evaluates the remaining useful lives of its finite-lived intangible assets to determine whether events and circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of amortization. As of December 31, 2023, the Company believes the carrying value of the intangible assets are still recoverable, and there is no impairment to be recognized.
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| License agreements |
License agreements
On August 25, 2021, the Company, through its 100% owned subsidiary NAS, entered into an Equipment Rights Agreements with Hydrenesis-Delta Systems, LLC (“Hydrenesis-Delta”) and a Technology Rights Agreement, in a sub-license agreement with Hydrenesis Aquaculture LLC (“Hydrenesis-Aqua”).Both Rights agreements are for a 10-year term, which shall automatically renew for ten-year successive terms. The agreements accord the exclusive rights to purchase or distribute the technology, or buy or rent the equipment, which is the primary business and revenue stream generated from indoor aquaculture farming of any species in the territory, which will be named the NSI Technologies and Equipment (“NSI Technologies”).
The terms of the Agreements set forth that NAS will pay Hydrenesis 12.5% royalty fees. The royalties are calculated per all customer or sub-license revenue generated by NAS, NSI or any affiliate, from the sale or rental of either the Technologies or Hydrenesis Equipment, based on gross revenue less returns, rebates and sales taxes. There are sales milestones for exclusivity, whereby if NAS fails to achieve a sales milestone starting in Year 3, the exclusivity rights in both of the Rights agreements shall revert to non-exclusive rights. To maintain the exclusivity for the subsequent year, the Company may pay the amount of the royalty fees that would have been due if the Sales Milestones had been met in the current year.
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| Impairment of Long-lived Assets |
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
The Company will periodically evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used when events and circumstances warrant such a review and at least annually. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such asset is separately identifiable and is less than its carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. Fair value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved. Losses on long-lived assets to be disposed of are determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost to dispose.
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| Commitments and Contingencies |
Commitments and Contingencies
Certain conditions may exist as of the date the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management and its legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed.
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| Revenue Recognition |
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, as such, the Company records revenue when its customers obtain control of the promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company will sell primarily to food service distributors, as well as to wholesalers, retail establishments and seafood distributors. Additionally, the Company will sell or rent the NSI Technologies.
To determine revenue recognition for the arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of Topic 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer by receipt of purchase orders and confirmations sent by the Company which includes a required line of credit approval process, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract which includes shipment of goods to the customer FOB shipping point or destination, (3) determine the transaction price which initiates with the purchase order received from the customer and confirmation sent by the Company and will include discounts and allowances by customer if any, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract which is the shipment of the goods to the customer and transaction price determined in step 3 above and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation which is when the Company transfers control of the goods to the customers by shipment or delivery of the products.
In the future, if the Company has customers with long-term contracts for multiple shipments of live shrimp, the Company will elect the right-to-invoice practical expedient and any variable consideration estimate will be excluded from the transaction price and the revenue will be recognized directly when the goods are delivered.
On May 21, 2023, the Company entered into a six-month agreement with a company for the use of the NSI Technologies. Per the agreement, the customer is to pay a total of $300,000 comprised of an initial payment equal to $150,000 at execution of the contract and then $25,000 per month for the combined total of the Service Fee. As of December 31, 2023, the Company has received $250,000, comprised of the initial payment and $100,000 related to the monthly service fees which began September 1, 2023.
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| Recently Issued Accounting Standards |
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280) Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” which expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments. The amendments require enhanced disclosure for certain segment items and required disclosure on how management uses reported measures to assess segment performance. The amendments do not change how segments are determined, aggregated, or how thresholds are applied to determine reportable segments. The updated standard is effective for annual periods beginning in fiscal 2025 and interim periods beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adopting this ASU.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” which requires two primary enhancements of 1) disaggregated information on a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, and 2) information on cash income taxes paid. Additionally, specific disclosures related to unrecognized tax benefits and indefinite reinvestment assertions were removed. For public business entities, the new requirements will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adopting this ASU.
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, “Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470- 20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. This ASU (1) simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock by removing the existing guidance in ASC 470-20, “Debt: Debt with Conversion and Other Options”, that requires entities to account for beneficial conversion features and cash conversion features in equity, separately from the host convertible debt or preferred stock; (2) revises the scope exception from derivative accounting in ASC 815-40 for freestanding financial instruments and embedded features that are both indexed to the issuer’s own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity, by removing certain criteria required for equity classification; and (3) revises the guidance in ASC 260 to require entities to calculate diluted earnings per share (EPS) for convertible instruments by using the if-converted method. In addition, entities must presume share settlement for purposes of calculating diluted EPS when an instrument may be settled in cash or shares. For SEC filers, excluding smaller reporting companies, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. For all other entities, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Entities should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption and cannot adopt the guidance in an interim reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2020-06 may have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
As of December 31, 2023, there were several new accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB. Each of these pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the Company. Management does not believe the adoption of any of these accounting pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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| Management’s Evaluation of Subsequent Events |
Management’s Evaluation of Subsequent Events
The Company evaluates events that have occurred after the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet date of December 31, 2023, through the date which the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Based upon the review, other than described in Note 12 – Subsequent Events, the Company did not identify any recognized or non-recognized subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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