UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of August 2021
Commission File Number: 001-39810
IDEX Biometrics ASA
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Dronning Eufemias gate 16
Oslo, Norway
(Address of principal executive office)
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Report on Form 6-K and Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3 to this Report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-254083) of IDEX Biometrics ASA (including any prospectuses forming a part of such registration statements) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K
Press Release
On August 12, 2021, IDEX Biometrics ASA (the Company) issued a press release announcing the grant of incentive subscription rights pursuant to the Companys 2021 Incentive Subscription Rights Plan, including grants to primary insiders of the Company. A copy of this press release is attached to this Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Other Events
On August 12, 2021, the Company published its Interim Report for the first half of 2021 and issued a press release providing commentary thereon. The Interim Report and press release are attached to this form 6-K as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, respectively.
On August 12, 2021, the Company also published an updated Company Presentation for the first half of 2021. The Company Presentation is attached to this form 6-K as Exhibit 99.4.
The information with respect to the press releases and Company Presentation contained in this Report on Form 6-K and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.4 to this Report on Form 6-K shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
EXHIBIT LIST
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.
IDEX BIOMETRICS ASA | ||||||
Date: August 13, 2021 | By: |
/s/ Vincent Graziani |
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Name: Vincent Graziani | ||||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Grant of Incentive Subscription Rights in IDEX Biometrics 11 August 2021
The board of directors of IDEX Biometrics ASA resolved on 11 August 2021 to issue 8,880,100 incentive subscription rights to 103 new and continuing employees and individual contractors in the IDEX Biometrics group. The grant was made under the companys 2021 incentive subscription rights plan as resolved at the annual general meeting on 12 May 2021. The exercise price of the subscription rights is NOK 2.40 per share. The subscription rights vest by 25% per year over four years and expire on 12 May 2026. Following the grants there are 67,770,262 subscription rights outstanding in IDEX.
Primary insiders who received grants Vince Graziani, CEO of IDEX Biometrics, received on 11 August 2021 a grant of 1,210,400 incentive subscription rights to shares in IDEX. The grant was made for no consideration.
Jamie Simms, CFO of IDEX Biometrics, received on 11 August 2021 a grant of 247,400 incentive subscription rights to shares in IDEX. The grant was made for no consideration.
Anthony Eaton, CTO of IDEX Biometrics, received on 11 August 2021 a grant of 210,300 incentive subscription rights to shares in IDEX. The grant was made for no consideration.
IDEX Biometrics shares have ISIN NO0003070609.
For further information contact:
Marianne Bøe, Investor Relations
E-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com
Tel: + 47 9180 0186
James A. Simms, Chief Financial Officer
E-mail: jamie.simms@idexbiometrics.com
Tel: +1 978 319 5372
About IDEX Biometrics
IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and Nasdaq: IDBA) is a leading provider of fingerprint identification technologies offering simple, secure, and personal touch-free authentication for all. We help people make payments, prove their identity, gain access to information, unlock devices, or gain admittance to buildings with the touch of a finger. We invent, engineer, and commercialize these secure, yet incredibly user-friendly solutions. Our total addressable market represents a fast growing multi-billion-unit opportunity.
For more information, visit www.idexbiometrics.com and follow on Twitter @IDEXBiometrics
Exhibit 99.2
IDEX INTERIM REPORT FOR FIRST HALF 2021
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CEOS COMMENTS
August 11, 2021
Our financial results for the second quarter were in line with our first quarter results, largely reflecting sustained shipments to our existing access control customer, complemented by initial shipments of fingerprint authentication solutions for payment cards in Europe and Asia. I am pleased to report our order backlog continued its promising expansion, and I am confident the long-awaited uptake in fingerprint-based card authentication is approaching. In addition, recently announced commercial achievements and the strengthening of the companys leadership team are both important factors contributing to my confidence. |
On July 15, Infineon Technologies and IDEX Biometrics jointly announced a new reference design for the highest performance smart card with fingerprint authentication. This reference design is based on Infineons newest secure element (SE), the SLC38BML800 security controller, which has been enhanced to enable the highest degree of integration with our TrustedBioTM solution, thereby enabling a significant improvement in system performance over the prior generation SE. The combined solution enables fingerprint authenticated EMV payment card transactions that are three times faster than currently available solutions. Additional improvements allow for easier integration of the smart card solution into existing, high-volume manufacturing processes, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity and costs. Hardware samples are available today, and the full reference design, inclusive of our proprietary card operating system, are scheduled to be available during the fourth quarter. We have shipped development systems (hardware and software) to one of the worlds largest card manufacturers, the first customer for the new reference design..
We are excited and pleased by our collaboration with Infineon, as we believe our reference design establishes the new industry performance standard for biometrically-enabled smart cards. We also are working with other vendors in the worldwide payment card supply chain, notably producers of inlays and antennas, to enable a truly turnkey biometric smartcard solution for card manufacturers.
As previously announced, IDEMIA placed its first substantial production order with us during the second quarter, in association with the commercial launch of its second-generation F.CODE biometric payment card, based on a proprietary SE developed by IDEMIA. Fingerprint authentication for the F.CODE card is enabled by TrustedBio, with user enrolment enabled by our sleeve-based solution. IDEMIA has been experiencing accelerating demand for F.CODE deployment, as reflected by its increasing order backlog with us.
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Our customer, Zwipe, has worldwide marketing rights for the IDEMIA SE used in the F.CODE design, and sells its own card solution under the brand name Pay ONE, also incorporating our TrustedBio solution. Zwipe has been making excellent progress penetrating its targeted market segments as a provider of turnkey biometric smart card programs, further driving demand for TrustedBio.
Another source of enthusiasm on the commercial front has been the accelerating momentum IDEX Biometrics is experiencing in the rapidly developing digital currency space. In China, considerable activity is associated with the development of a Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP) infrastructure under the auspices of the Peoples Bank of China. During the second quarter, IDEX Biometrics announced its latest DCEP design win, with China Construction Bank, the second largest bank in the world. This follows an earlier win with Postal Savings Bank of China, the fourth largest bank in China and the countrys primary retail bank. We also have announced DCEP engagements with Goldpac and Chutian Dragon and expect to announce additional engagements and design wins over the coming quarters. This concept is evolving quickly, most notably in China, and we have established a very strong position in this emerging market space.
The concept of a biometrically-secured smart card serving as a physical wallet for the stored value of digital currency is experiencing wide acceptance in the broader commercial market. Applications range from logical and physical access solutions to devices for securely storing crypto-currency balances. IDEX Biometrics is actively pursuing opportunities with smart card manufacturers in these areas. These digital wallet opportunities, including DCEP, expand our total addressable market many times over.
In order to effectively address the broad range of promising opportunities before us, IDEX Biometrics strengthened its leadership team during the second quarter by appointing Catharina Eklof as our Chief Commercial Officer. Catharina brings over 20 years of global executive management experience across the financial services, retail, travel, and security industries. She has successfully led the strategy development and go-to-market execution for multiple technology-focused Fortune 500 firms, most notably Mastercard. Catharina will lead our business development, marketing, and sales functions globally.
As discussed last quarter, we are executing on a focused strategy to reposition IDEX Biometrics as the leading provider of fingerprint biometric solutions for payment cards and adjacent market applications. We see our value proposition as providing advanced, high performance solutions that enable our customers to design products that are as differentiated as our own. We have developed new, highly differentiated solutions to meet the demanding technical challenges of card-based, applications without batteries, and are aggressively pursuing a revised go-to-market approach to serve a still-evolving market space. We are achieving this progress despite the challenges of a global pandemic and a constrained semiconductor supply chain.
While our revenue remains modest, our order backlog is expanding, and, as highlighted by our recent announcements, our level of engagement continues to expand with partners and customers. We are displacing our competitors in important applications and are securing an increasing share of design wins and program trials. Our management team is executing on this aggressive strategy, and I am pleased to report to stakeholders this encouraging progress.
Vince Graziani, CEO, IDEX Biometrics ASA
REVIEW | FIRST HALF 2021 |
FIRST HALF REVIEW
First Half Financial Results
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For the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, IDEX Biometrics ASA (the Company) recorded revenue of $697 thousand, compared to $149 thousand for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 368%. On a year to date basis, revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 totaled $1.3 million, compared to $249 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of 430%. |
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First half and second quarter revenue growth was the result of the production-level shipments to an important early-adopter implementing a global network access control solution based on our second-generation solution. Shipments to this customer began in the second half of 2020. |
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Sequentially, second quarter revenue increased approximately 12% from the first quarter of 2021, reflecting the same customer shipment trends, including a sequential increase in pre-production level shipments of our current generation solutions for payment cards. |
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During the second quarter of 2021, the Company experienced vendor shipment delays associated with supply chain constraints within the semiconductor industry. The delays did not reduce second quarter revenue, but continued supply chain constraints may affect future inventory planning and timing of customer shipments. Semiconductor component availability may become a more significant risk factor as the Companys backlog and unit volumes expand, as we forecast. |
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Total operating expenses for the second quarter of 2021 were $8.1 million, compared to $6.3 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 29%. Operating expenses were flat sequentially. On a year to date basis, total operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2021 totaled $16.2 million, compared to $12.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of 28%. |
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Purchases, net of inventory change, increased by $272 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, compared to the second quarter of 2020, an increase of 850%, reflecting higher consumption of purchased raw materials and finished goods associated with increased product sales. Sequentially, Purchases, net of inventory change, increased $84 thousand, representing an increase of 38%, reflecting a shift in the mix of products shipped during the second quarter from that of the first quarter. On a year to date basis, Purchases, net of inventory change, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 totaled $524 thousand, compared to $51 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of 927%, also reflecting higher consumption of purchased raw materials and finished goods associated with increased product sales, as well as a shift in the nature of revenue recorded to product sales from the provision of services. |
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The gross profit margin was approximately 56% for the second quarter of 2021.1 For the second quarter of 2020, a similarly calculated gross profit margin was approximately 79%, reflecting the high percentage of higher-margin service-related revenue recognized during that period. For the first quarter of 2021, a similarly calculated gross margin was approximately 65%. The sequential decline in product-level profitability also reflected the shift in mix of products shipped during the second quarter. The influence of the supply chain constraints addressed above on gross profit margin was immaterial. On a year to date basis, a similarly calculated gross profit margin for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was approximately 60%, compared to approximately 80% for the six months ended June 30, 2020, reflecting the shift to product revenue for the first six months of 2021 from the service revenue recorded for the first quarter of 2020. |
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Operating expenses, excluding Purchases, net of inventory change, were $7.8 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $6.2 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of approximately 25%, primarily reflecting higher headcount and the reinstatement, from the third quarter of 2020, of salary levels that had been reduced during the second quarter of 2020 as a cash conservation measure. Sequentially, Operating expenses, excluding Purchases, net of inventory change, were essentially unchanged, declining by 1%. On a year to date basis, Operating expenses, excluding Purchases, net of inventory change, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 totaled $15.7 million, compared to $12.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of 25%, reflecting the absence during the current period of $1.4 million of government grants offsetting research costs and an increase in payroll expenses of $1.6 million, or 19%, reflecting higher headcount and share-based compensation costs. |
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Net loss for the second quarter of 2021 totaled ($7.2 million), versus ($6.4 million) for the second quarter of 2020 and ($7.5 million) for the first quarter of 2021. On a year to date basis, Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was ($14.8 million), compared to ($12.7 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2020. |
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The Company incurred an operating cash deficit of ($6.7 million) for the second quarter of 2021, versus ($5.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020 and ($6.9 million) for the first quarter of 2021. On a year to date basis, the operating cash deficit for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was ($13.6 million), compared to ($10.9 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2020. |
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The gross profit and gross profit margin figures discussed herein are characterized as non-GAAP measures. The Company is a fabless developer of semiconductor-based products, meaning it does not manufacture the products it designs and sells. If the Company were to present expenses in its Consolidated Statements of Profit and Loss on a basis reflecting their function, in contrast to the presentation of expenses by their nature as presented herein, it would present a cost of goods sold figure that would include expenses associated with manufacturing overhead. At the present time, such expenses are limited to the compensation and related costs associated with two employees responsible for supply chain management, and such expenses are presented as Operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Profit and Loss herein. The Company does not believe such expenses have been material to the calculation of gross profit, which is defined as Revenue less Purchases, net of inventory change, with gross profit margin defined as the quotient of gross profit divided by Revenue. In the future, the Company will assess the appropriate presentation of the Consolidated Statements of Profit and Loss based on circumstances and, as such, the calculation of gross profit margins. |
REVIEW | FIRST HALF 2021 |
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The Companys cash balance totaled $19.3 million as of June 30, 2021, versus $25.9 million as of March 31, 2021. |
Commercial and Market Updates
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During the second quarter of 2021, the Company received its first significant production order for its TrustedBio solution from IDEMIA, supporting the launch of their second-generation F.CODE card earlier in the quarter. Both IDEMIA and Zwipe are marketing card platforms utilizing the SE developed by IDEMIA, and both platforms incorporate our TrustedBio sensor to achieve both superior authentication performance and cost effectiveness. The Company anticipates increased orders for TrustedBio over the next few quarters, as these customers are experiencing increasing demand. |
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Several important initiatives toward large-scale smart card deployment with customers and issuers progressed during the second quarter. Our activities in Asia, notably China, are resulting in further expansion of our pipeline of opportunities for near-term revenue, with biometrically-enabled applications in payment cards, multi-use cards (e.g., payment cards also used for electronic ticketing), the rapidly evolving DCEP space, and access control. Our press releases address these opportunities and identify our partners and customers. |
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Our strategy is based, in part, on collaborating with innovators throughout the smart card supply chain, and we expect to announce new and/or expanded collaborative relationships in the near term. Our partners recognize the market for biometrically-enabled smart cards has been inhibited by the uneconomic cost of mass deployments and acknowledge the clear path to cost reduction will be through reducing component count and card manufacturing complexity. Unlike competitive sensor offerings, our products integrate a large-area sensor and a small-footprint ASIC into one device. Our latest TrustedBio solution offers image capture, algorithmic processing, power harvesting and management, and encryption, thereby eliminating the need for one or more microprocessors to provide these functions. With our TrustedBio product line, customers may optimize the level of functionality provided by our single ASIC design, allowing us to leverage a single hardware platform across multiple TrustedBio products addressing customer requirements and card architectures. We anticipate introducing TrustedBio product line extensions in the near-term. |
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As evidenced by the integration of TrustedBio into the SE developed by IDEMIA and the just-announced reference design involving Infineons latest SE, market-leading performance and compelling manufacturing advantages can be achieved through our collaboration with leading innovators. During July, we made the first shipment of hardware and software development systems associated with the just-announced reference design involving Infineons latest SE to a leading solution integrator, which we consider to be representative of the increased level of interest in TrustedBio among leading market participants. |
REVIEW | FIRST HALF 2021 |
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We continue to enjoy sustained demand from our initial customer for a card-based access control solution for computer networks. This customer, which is deploying fingerprint authentication across its worldwide installed base, recognizes the vulnerabilities of password-based credentials and values the ease-of-use, cost effectiveness, and security of our solution. Network access is only one of several access control applications we believe benefit from a card-based fingerprint authentication solution. Fingerprint authentication is commonplace today in physical access control, but the weakness in the current approach, using fixed sensors to control, for example, door locks, is the problematic requirement that users fingerprints must be centrally stored and retrieved for matching every time someone seeks to open that door. Another weakness of the fixed sensor approach is the poor hygienics of such a solution. With IDEXs card-based approach, the users fingerprint never leaves the card, which protects both the customer and the user from the risks of centralized storage, repeated transmittal, and exposure to pathogens that might have been left on the sensor by the last user. We believe our early-adopter customer has pioneered a concept that represents a significant adjacent market for IDEX, for which our TrustedBio solution is ideal. During the second quarter, we focused resources on this emerging opportunity and are pursuing both new customers and potential strategic partners with strengths in identity management and logical access control. |
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OUR BUSINESS
IDEX Biometrics is a leading developer of fingerprint identification and authentication solutions based on patented and proprietary sensor technologies, integrated circuit designs, and software. The Company may also license its technologies to third parties. Manufacturing is outsourced to large and established semiconductor fabrication companies and established providers of manufacturing, assembly, and test services.
Products and Technology
In 2020, we launched our next-generation solution, the TrustedBio family of products. This third generation of products was specifically designed to substantially reduce biometric payment cards costs and manufacturing challenges, while significantly improving both performance and security.
The Companys products are based on a portfolio of proprietary technologies, many of which are patented, including fingerprint sensors, fingerprint ASICs (i.e., application specific integrated circuits executing a range of functions), biometric software and matching algorithms, and remote enrollment solutions. Our fingerprint solutions can be used in dual interface, contactless-only, and contact only payment cards, offering a complete biometric authentication capability, integrating fingerprint image sensing, biometric processing, system power management, and encryption functions. The Company offers a complementary remote enrolment solution, overcoming a long-standing obstacle to adoption of fingerprint authentication in payment cards. Using our patented remote enrollment solutions, cardholders can easily store their fingerprints and activate their cards remotely (i.e., without the need to visit a bank branch), and at no point are communicating sensitive biometric information to third parties. We also are developing alternative approaches to enrolment, further reducing the costs of enrolment and the burdens placed upon cardholders.
Competitive Positioning
Our core competencies are in system design and are based on proven expertise in biometric applications, software development, circuit design, and manufacturing/packaging. We are adept at problem-solving and creative collaboration with customers and partners in the card industry supply chain.
Our mission is to provide differentiated solutions to customers, enabling those customers to meaningfully differentiate their own products. We have focused our competencies on the emerging market for biometrically-enabled authentication applications, primarily delivered in card form factors with no battery power. IDEX Biometrics is the only market participant that has developed a full fingerprint biometric solution, from concept to implementation, specifically targeting such cards. In doing so, we seek to avoid the commoditization pressures that have characterized the broader market for fingerprint sensors.
The Companys solutions utilize a patented sensor design, which separates the fingerprint sensor into two components sharing a single package: a flexible, polymer-based sensor array and a separate ASIC (described above), delivering demonstrably superior performance and compelling economics. No competitor offers such a solution.
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Direct competitors in fingerprint sensors utilize semiconductor-based image sensors, with no onboard processing. As the cost of semiconductors is a function of their size, efforts to reduce sensor costs has led to smaller, less effective sensors in competitive solutions. Such competitive solutions offer one-dimensional functionality, essentially capturing an image, rendering a bitmap, and transferring that bitmap to a third-party microprocessor for image processing and authentication functions. Biometrically-enabled cards using competitors sensors must be designed to address this limited functionality, and such designs typically require multiple components (e.g., separate microprocessors for biometric functions and power harvesting/power management), while burdening the SE with processing tasks that require additional, customized software development. Such cards can be notably slower in transaction time, in part because of the power management challenges of the complex design.
Additional components and system customization contribute to higher costs, manufacturing complexities, and development delays, the elimination of which is the foundation of the TrustedBio value proposition.
Impact of COVID-19
Since March 2020, all travel and face-to-face meetings ceased, and most staff were asked to work from home. Staff that needed to work at a Company facility did so in line with local government guidelines.
There have not been any significant delays in development projects. However, the pandemic did cause certain, short-term customer delays in 2020, including the temporary postponement of contract-related activities (e.g., the start-dates of certain biometric card pilots were delayed).
During the second quarter of 2021, many restrictions on interpersonal contact, workplace access, and travel were curtailed or terminated. However, as of this writing, the emergence of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has caused authorities worldwide to reconsider steps to limit the spread of this more contagious strain of the virus. Should governments in the countries in which we operate reimpose restrictions on interpersonal contact, workplace access, and travel, the Company may experience reduced productivity, and customers and potential customers may delay orders.
Our Opportunity
We are confident the development of the market for biometric payment cards is accelerating. The Companys strategy since 2018 has been to address the primary supply-side cause of delayed market development: the cost of an effective solution. With TrustedBio, we believe IDEX offers a biometric authentication solution with the highest level of performance at a compelling price point, positioning the Company to achieve its goal of becoming the leading provider of fingerprint biometric solutions for payment cards and adjacent market applications.
August 11, 2021
The Board of Directors of IDEX Biometrics ASA
FINANCIAL REVIEW | FIRST HALF 2021 |
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Statements of profit and loss
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, IDEX Biometrics recorded consolidated revenue of $697 thousand, compared to $149 thousand for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 368%. This revenue growth was the result of the current production-level shipments of sensor solutions to an important early-adopter implementing a global network access control solution based on our second-generation solution. Sequentially, revenue increased approximately 12% from the first quarter of 2021, reflecting the same customer shipment trends, including a sequential increase in pre-production level shipments of our third-generation solutions for payment cards.
For the first six months of 2021, the Company recorded consolidated revenue of $1.3 million, compared to $249 thousand for first six months of 2020, representing an increase of approximately 431%. This revenue growth was primarily the result of the shipments of sensor solutions for the access control application referenced above, which began in the third quarter of 2020.
Total operating expenses for the second quarter of 2021, inclusive of Purchases, net of inventory change, were $8.1 million, compared to $6.3 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of approximately 29%. Total operating expenses were flat sequentially from the first quarter of 2021. The year-over-year quarterly increase reflects the reinstatement, for the third quarter of 2020, of salary levels that had been reduced for the second quarter of 2020 as a cash conservation measure and share-based compensation expense associated with the award to employees of subscription rights and restricted shares during the third quarter of 2020.
Total operating expenses for the first six months of 2021, inclusive of Purchases, net of inventory change, were $16.2 million, compared to $12.6 million for the first six months of 2020, representing an increase of approximately 28%. The year-over-year six-month increase reflects the aforementioned salary reinstatement and increase in share-based compensation expense.
Purchases, net of inventory change, totaled $304 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $32 thousand for the second quarter of 2020, reflecting higher consumption of purchased raw materials and finished goods associated with increased product sales during the current quarter, in contrast to the delivery of engineering services during the first quarter of 2020. Production activities are outsourced. Sequentially, Purchases, net of inventory change, increased $84 thousand, representing an increase of 38%, reflecting a shift in the mix of products shipped during the second quarter.
Purchases, net of inventory change, totaled $524 thousand for the first six months of 2021, compared to $51 thousand for the first six months of 2020, again reflecting higher consumption of purchased raw materials and finished goods associated with increased product sales during the period.
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Payroll expenses, the Companys largest expense category, totaled $4.7 million for the second quarter of 2021, up from $3.5 million for the corresponding period of 2020, reflecting a higher current number of employees and the imposition of salary reductions during the second quarter of 2020.
Payroll expenses totaled $9.8 million for the first six months of 2021, in contrast to $8.2 million recorded for the first six months of 2020. The increase reflects a higher number of employees, the reinstatement of salary levels for the third quarter of 2020, and higher share-based compensation.
The number of employees totaled 99, 100, and 109 as of June 30, 2020, March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2021, respectively.
Share-based (non-cash) compensation expense totaled $558 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to the $404 thousand recorded for the second quarter of 2020 and the $806 thousand recorded for the first quarter of 2021, which reflected the accrual of compensation expense for the Companys employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) during the period.
Share-based (i.e., non-cash) compensation expense totaled $1.4 million for the first six months of 2021, in contrast to $917 thousand recorded for the first six months of 2020. The year-over-year increase is attributable to compensation expense associated with the aforementioned awards to employees of subscription rights and restricted shares, during the third quarter of 2020.
Research and development (R&D) expenses do not include the cost of employees engaged in R&D, but do reflect government grants made in support of R&D activities. R&D expenses, net of such government support, totaled $881 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to $560 thousand for the second quarter of 2020 and $608 thousand for the first quarter of 2021. R&D expenses, net of government support, totaled $1.5 million for the first six months of 2021, in contrast to $1.1 million for the first six months of 2020.
Other operating expenses, primarily expenses associated with marketing, sales, and administrative activities, totaled $1.8 million for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2020. Other operating expenses totaled $1.8 million for the first quarter of 2021. Other operating expenses totaled $3.6 million for the first six months of 2021, in contrast to $2.4 million for the first six months of 2020. Year over year increases are associated with higher accounting and legal fees, the result of the Companys listing of American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, higher public and investor relations costs, and higher software costs, offset by lower travel-related expenses.
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Amortization and depreciation charges2 totaled $460 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to $421 thousand for the second quarter of 2020 and $454 thousand for the first quarter of 2021. Amortization and depreciation charges totaled $914 thousand for the first six months of 2021, in contrast to $850 thousand for the first six months of 2020. The increased level of depreciation charges is primarily associated with the Companys investment in various laboratory equipment and engineering tools during 2020.
Net financial items, consisting primarily of the net effect of currency adjustments and the net amount of interest income and interest expense, totaled income of $156 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to the expense of $330 thousand recorded for the second quarter of 2020. Net financial items totaled expense of $56 thousand for the first quarter of 2021. The variation in net financial items between periods primarily is the result of fluctuations of the exchange rate of the U.S. Dollar to other currencies of countries in which IDEX Biometrics has operations.
The Company recorded no income tax expense for either the first or second quarter of 2021. An income tax benefit of $41 thousand was recorded for the second quarter of 2020. For the first six months of 2020, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $142 thousand, reflecting tax credits in the U.S. and UK.
Net loss for the second quarter of 2021 totaled ($7.2 million), representing a loss per share of ($0.01), in contrast to ($6.4 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a loss per share of ($0.01), and ($7.5 million) for the first quarter of 2021, representing a loss per share of ($0.01).
Net loss for the first six months of 2021 totaled ($14.8 million), representing a loss per share of ($0.02), in contrast to ($12.7 million) for the first six months of 2020, representing a loss per share of ($0.02).
Cash Flows
The Company incurred an operating cash deficit of ($6.7 million) for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to ($5.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020 and ($6.9 million) for the first quarter of 2021.
The operating cash deficit for the first six months of 2021 totaled ($13.6 million), in contrast to ($10.9 million) for the first six months of 2020.
Investing activities (i.e., capital expenditures) were not significant for these periods.
Total cash flow from financing activities, including the net proceeds from the issuance of shares and the net proceeds from the exercise of subscription rights (i.e., stock options), net of payments associated with lease liabilities and debt obligations, totaled $79 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to $10.1 million for the second quarter of 2020.
For the first six months of 2021, cash flow from financing activities totaled $25.6 million, in contrast to $9.4 million for the first six months of 2020. IDEX Biometrics completed private placement transactions with net proceeds of approximately $25.5 million, $8.0 million, and $10.0 million during the first quarter of 2021 (February 15, 2021), the fourth quarter of 2020 (November 9, 2020), and the second quarter of 2020 (May 11, 2020), respectively.
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Under IFRS 16 Leases, leased assets are capitalized, with corresponding assets and liabilities recorded on the Companys Consolidated statements of financial position. As the Company presents operational expenses based on the nature of such expenses, payments on lease obligations are not recorded as Other operating expenses, but as a combination of Depreciation of right-of-use assets (a component of Amortization and depreciation expenses) and Interest expenses on lease liabilities (a component of Financial items). The amount of cash lease payments made by the Company is reported in the Consolidated statements of cash flows as Payments on lease liabilities (a component of Financing activities). |
FINANCIAL REVIEW | FIRST HALF 2021 |
The Companys cash balance totaled $19.3 million as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $11.4 million as of June 30, 2020, and $25.9 million as of March 31, 2021.
Financial position
The largest assets held on the Companys Statement of financial position as of June 30, 2021, were cash of $19.3 million and acquired intangible assets of $3.2 million, representing 68% and 11% of total assets, respectively. Total intangible assets included goodwill of $968 thousand.
IDEX Biometrics has developed intellectual property and has incurred product development costs, the value of which generally are not recorded on the Statement of financial position, as, in managements judgment, such value does not satisfy accounting criteria for capitalization. No development costs were capitalized during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Tangible fixed assets, including the right-of-use value of leased assets, totaled, net of accumulated depreciation, $2.1 million as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $2.7 million as of June 30, 2020. Tangible fixed assets are comprised of scientific and test equipment, engineering tools, leasehold improvements, office equipment, and furniture with useful lives of three to seven years.
Inventory totaled $998 thousand as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $676 thousand as of June 30, 2020, and $912 thousand as of March 31, 2021. IDEX Biometrics is a fabless developer of semiconductor-based products, meaning it does not manufacture the products it designs and sells. Inventory consists of raw materials (primarily semiconductor components and substrates provisioned to the Companys contract manufacturing partners), work-in-progress (primarily incomplete assemblies held by manufacturing partners), and finished goods (completed fingerprint sensing devices held by the Company and available for sale).
As a result of significant and uncertain lead times across the electronics industry, the Company may hold historically high quantities of raw materials from time to time to satisfy expected demand. Similarly, given recent uncertainties associated with wafer foundry capacity and contract manufacturer scheduling, the Company has and may continue to opportunistically order raw materials and carry relatively large quantities of finished goods so that customer delivery schedules can be met. While inventory levels likely will continue to expand as order backlog increases and expectations of higher orders and shipments increase, management does not believe such large quantities of inventory represent, for the foreseeable future, a material risk to the Companys financial position.
Customer accounts receivable totaled $724 thousand as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $150 thousand as of June 30, 2020, and $537 thousand as of March 31, 2021. The increase in accounts receivable was the result of increased product shipments during the first six months of 2021. All customer accounts were current as of June 30, 2021.
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Total short-term liabilities totaled $3.2 million as of June 30, 2021, compared to $4.2 million as of June 30, 2020, and $3.8 million as of March 31, 2021. Quarterly variations in short-term liabilities are the result of activity levels (e.g., increased accounts payable levels associated with higher purchases of inventories) and the timing of expense accruals and the settlement of obligations.
Net working capital (i.e., short-term assets, excluding cash, less short-term liabilities) totaled $3.7 million as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $2.4 million as of June 30, 2020, and $3.8 million as of March 31, 2021. Should revenue increase in the foreseeable future, as management anticipates, net working capital will increase, as levels of inventory and customer accounts receivable, partially offset by an increase in trade accounts payable, likely will rise with such an increase in revenue.
Equity totaled $25.0 million as of June 30, 2020, in contrast to $15.2 million as of June 30, 2020, and $31.5 million as of March 31, 2021. The net increase year-over-year was primarily the result of the issuance of shares associated with the Companys two private placements during the period, offset by the net losses recorded for the four quarters.
In connection with its 2020 Annual Report, IDEX Biometrics reclassified $210.3 million of Retained losses against Paid-in capital. Total equity was not affected by the reclassification. The 2020 Annual Report was approved by the Companys shareholders at the 2021 Annual General Meeting.
As of June 30, 2021, the Company had no debt to financial institutions or lenders.
Liquidity
The Company incurred an operating cash deficit of ($6.7 million) for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to ($5.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020 and ($6.9 million) for the first quarter of 2021. The operating cash deficit for the first six months of 2021 totaled ($13.6 million), in contrast to ($10.9 million) for the first six months of 2020.
The primary operating cash items are the operating losses in each period, less non-cash expenses, including share-based compensation, depreciation, and amortization. Net working capital varies between quarters, mainly due to the timing of shipments, collections from customers, and disbursements to vendors.
The Company incurred capital expenditures of $39 thousand for the second quarter of 2021, in contrast to capital expenditures of $18 thousand for the second quarter of 2020 and $70 thousand for the first quarter of 2021.
The Companys balance sheet solvency, defined as the value of cash and accounts receivable, less short-term liabilities, totaled $18.8 million as of June 30, 2021, in contrast to $9.0 million as of June 30, 2020, and $25.0 million as of March 31, 2021.
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U.S. regulatory matters
On February 26, 2021, the Companys securities registration statement on Form F-1 was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This filing was associated with the listing of 800,000 American Depositary Shares (each representing 75 of the Companys ordinary shares, which are listed on the Oslo Børs) on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (JOBS Act), IDEX Biometrics is considered an emerging growth company, and thereby is exempt from various certain U.S. reporting requirements. These exemptions allow for reduced disclosure in periodic U.S. filings and deferral of the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Company will remain an emerging growth company until 2025, unless it reaches certain revenue, market capitalization, or debt issuance thresholds. As of June 30, 2021, the Company met the criteria to remain considered an emerging growth company.
Similarly, the Company is considered a foreign private issuer pursuant to SEC rules, promulgated under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (Exchange Act). As such, the Company is not required, among various exemptions, to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. registrants. Notably, IDEX Biometrics currently is not required to file quarterly reports with the SEC on Form 10-Q. The Company is required to file a Form 6-K in association with the disclosure of significant events, including the filing of this report with Norwegian regulatory authorities. Companies utilizing the foreign private issuer exemptions must confirm their status at the conclusion of their second fiscal quarter, which, for the Company, is June 30, 2021. To maintain such status, a majority of the Companys voting securities must be either directly or indirectly owned of record by non-residents of the U.S., or the following criteria must be met: (i) a majority of the Companys executive officers or directors cannot be U.S. citizens or residents; (ii) more than 50% of the Companys assets must be located outside the U.S.; and (iii) the Companys business must be administered principally outside the U.S. As of June 30, 2021, the Company met the criteria to remain considered a foreign private issuer.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT AND LOSS
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Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Note | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating revenue |
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Product revenue |
4 | 696 | 121 | 1,319 | 174 | 1,013 | ||||||||||||||||
Service revenue |
4 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 75 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total revenue |
697 | 149 | 1,321 | 249 | 1,095 | |||||||||||||||||
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Operating expenses |
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Purchases, net of inventory change |
304 | 32 | 524 | 51 | 275 | |||||||||||||||||
Payroll expenses |
5 | 4,682 | 3,515 | 9,783 | 8,192 | 17,672 | ||||||||||||||||
Research and development expenses |
6 | 881 | 1,070 | 1,489 | 1,110 | 1,895 | ||||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses |
7 | 1,763 | 1,218 | 3,476 | 2,409 | 5,936 | ||||||||||||||||
Amortization and depreciation |
8 | 460 | 421 | 914 | 850 | 1,719 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total operating expenses |
8,090 | 6,256 | 16,186 | 12,612 | 27,497 | |||||||||||||||||
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Loss from operations |
(7,393 | ) | (6,107 | ) | (14,865 | ) | (12,363 | ) | (26,402 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Financial income |
9 | 165 | 120 | 19 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
Financial cost |
9 | (9 | ) | (330 | ) | (20 | ) | (513 | ) | (477 | ) | |||||||||||
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Loss before tax |
(7,236 | ) | (6,437 | ) | (14,765 | ) | (12,857 | ) | (26,853 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Income tax benefit (expense) |
10 | | 41 | | 142 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
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Net loss for the period |
(7,236 | ) | (6,396 | ) | (14,765 | ) | (12,715 | ) | (26,754 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Loss per share, basic and diluted (USD) |
11 | (0.01 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.03 | ) | |||||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Quarters | First six months | Full year | ||||||||||||||||||
Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Net loss for the period |
(7,236 | ) | (6,396 | ) | (14,765 | ) | (12,715 | ) | (26,754 | ) | ||||||||||
Foreign currency translation differences |
(60 | ) | (1,339 | ) | (151 | ) | (760 | ) | 670 | |||||||||||
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Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of tax |
(7,296 | ) | (7,735 | ) | (14,916 | ) | (13,475 | ) | (26,084 | ) | ||||||||||
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Note | June 30, 2021 | June 30, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||
Assets |
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Non-current assets |
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Goodwill |
968 | 848 | 968 | |||||||||||
Intangible assets |
2,204 | 2,160 | 2,442 | |||||||||||
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Total intangible assets |
3,172 | 3,008 | 3,410 | |||||||||||
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Property, plant and equipment |
1,524 | 1,710 | 1,667 | |||||||||||
Right-of-use assets |
604 | 1,022 | 1,016 | |||||||||||
Non-current receivables |
79 | 124 | 75 | |||||||||||
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Total non-current assets |
8 | 5,379 | 5,864 | 6,168 | ||||||||||
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Current assets |
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Inventory |
13 | 998 | 676 | 859 | ||||||||||
Trade receivables |
724 | 150 | 487 | |||||||||||
Prepaid expenses |
869 | 688 | 1,031 | |||||||||||
Other current receivables |
1,103 | 929 | 1,163 | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
19,255 | 11,401 | 7,298 | |||||||||||
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Total current assets |
22,949 | 13,844 | 10,838 | |||||||||||
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Total assets |
28,328 | 19,708 | 17,006 | |||||||||||
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Equity and liabilities |
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Equity |
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Share capital |
18,787 | 16,435 | 17,251 | |||||||||||
Share premium |
28,132 | 206,637 | 3,608 | |||||||||||
Other paid-in capital |
20,028 | 16,782 | 18,664 | |||||||||||
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Total paid-in capital |
12 | 66,947 | 239,854 | 39,523 | ||||||||||
Foreign currency translation effects |
(12,473 | ) | (13,752 | ) | (12,322 | ) | ||||||||
Accumulated loss |
(29,452 | ) | (210,898 | ) | (14,687 | ) | ||||||||
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Total equity |
25,022 | 15,204 | 12,514 | |||||||||||
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Non-current liabilities |
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Non-current lease liabilities |
150 | 352 | 327 | |||||||||||
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Total non-current liabilities |
150 | 352 | 327 | |||||||||||
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
995 | 975 | 631 | |||||||||||
Income tax payable |
| 97 | | |||||||||||
Current lease liabilities |
486 | 698 | 731 | |||||||||||
Public duties payable |
310 | 549 | 320 | |||||||||||
Other current liabilities |
1,365 | 1,833 | 2,483 | |||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
3,156 | 4,152 | 4,165 | |||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
3,306 | 4,504 | 4,492 | |||||||||||
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Total equity and liabilities |
28,328 | 19,708 | 17,006 | |||||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Note |
Share
capital |
Share
premium |
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paid-in capital |
Foreign currency
translation effects |
Accumulated
loss |
Total
equity |
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Balance at January 1, 2021 |
17,251 | 3,608 | 18,664 | (12,322 | ) | (14,687 | ) | 12,514 | ||||||||||||||||||
Feb 15: Share issue |
12 | 1,485 | 24,070 | 25,555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mar 10: Share issue (SR exercise) |
12 | 5 | 20 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
May 12: Share issue (board renum.) |
5,7,12 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee Share Purchase Program |
5,7,12 | 36 | 434 | 470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation |
5,7,12 | 1,364 | 1,364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the period |
(14,765 | ) | (14,765 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income |
(151 | ) | (151 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2021 |
18,787 | 28,132 | 20,028 | (12,473 | ) | (29,452 | ) | 25,022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2020 |
15,445 | 197,639 | 15,903 | (12,992 | ) | (198,183 | ) | 17,812 | ||||||||||||||||||
Share issue May 11th |
12 | 983 | 8,998 | 9,981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share issue May 29th |
5,7,12 | 7 | 39 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation |
5,7,12 | 840 | 840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the period |
(12,715 | ) | (12,715 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income |
(760 | ) | (760 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2020 |
16,435 | 206,637 | 16,782 | (13,752 | ) | (210,898 | ) | 15,204 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2020 |
15,445 | 197,639 | 15,903 | (12,992 | ) | (198,183 | ) | 17,812 | ||||||||||||||||||
Share issue 11 May |
12 | 983 | 8,985 | 9,968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share issue 29 May (board remun.) |
5,7,12 | 7 | 39 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share issue 1 July (compstn.) |
5,7,12 | 70 | 615 | 685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share issue 9 November |
12 | 746 | 7,234 | 7,980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee Share Purchase Program |
5,7,12 | 52 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation |
5,7,12 | 2,055 | 2,055 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year |
(26,754 | ) | (26,754 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation of Share Premium |
(210,250 | ) | 210,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income |
670 | 670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2020 |
17,251 | 3,608 | 18,664 | (12,322 | ) | (14,687 | ) | 12,514 | ||||||||||||||||||
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Note | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating activities |
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Profit (loss) before tax |
(7,236 | ) | (6,436 | ) | (14,765 | ) | (12,857 | ) | (26,853 | ) | ||||||||||||
Amortization and depreciation expense |
8 | 460 | 422 | 914 | 850 | 1,719 | ||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation expense |
558 | 404 | 1,364 | 917 | 2,755 | |||||||||||||||||
Change in inventories |
(87 | ) | (42 | ) | (139 | ) | (58 | ) | (139 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in accounts receivables |
(186 | ) | (63 | ) | (236 | ) | (122 | ) | (414 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in accounts payable |
402 | 329 | 363 | 546 | 141 | |||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital items |
(653 | ) | (695 | ) | (900 | ) | (682 | ) | (618 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other operating activities |
59 | 325 | (159 | ) | 522 | 579 | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
9 | (2 | ) | | (7 | ) | (20 | ) | (27 | ) | ||||||||||||
Change in income taxes |
| 43 | | 27 | (437 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Net cash flow from operating activities |
(6,685 | ) | (5,713 | ) | (13,565 | ) | (10,877 | ) | (23,294 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
8 | (39 | ) | (18 | ) | (109 | ) | (40 | ) | (152 | ) | |||||||||||
Payments on non-current receivables |
| 19 | (4 | ) | 19 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
Interest received |
9 | 3 | | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
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Net cash flow used in investing activities |
(36 | ) | 1 | (106 | ) | (2 | ) | (232 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net proceeds from issue of shares |
295 | 10,251 | 26,050 | 10,249 | 18,731 | |||||||||||||||||
Payments on lease liabilities |
8 | (216 | ) | (200 | ) | (431 | ) | (392 | ) | (793 | ) | |||||||||||
Payment related to a financed asset purchase |
| | | (500 | ) | (500 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Net cash flow from financing activities |
79 | 10,051 | 25,619 | 9,357 | 17,438 | |||||||||||||||||
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
(6,642 | ) | 4,339 | 11,948 | (1,522 | ) | (6,088 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Effect of foreign exchange rate changes |
5 | 61 | 9 | (1,203 | ) | (740 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Opening cash and cash equivalents balance |
25,892 | 7,001 | 7,298 | 14,126 | 14,126 | |||||||||||||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents at period end |
19,255 | 11,401 | 19,255 | 11,401 | 7,298 | |||||||||||||||||
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1 |
The Company and its business |
IDEX Biometrics ASA (the Company) specializes in the design, development, and sale of fingerprint identification and authentication solutions based on patented and proprietary sensor technologies, circuit designs, software and algorithms, and enrolment techniques. IDEX Biometrics largest potential market is the biometric payment card market. The Company is a public limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in Norway. The address of the head office is Dronning Eufemias gate 16 at NO-0191 Oslo, Norway. There is one class of ordinary (i.e., common) shares, and all shares have equal rights. The Companys shares are listed on the Oslo Børs, the stock exchange in Oslo, under the ticker IDEX. As of March 1, 2021, the Company registered 60,000,000 ordinary shares with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in association with the listing of 800,000 American Depositary Shares (each representing 75 of the Companys ordinary shares) on the Nasdaq Capital Market, under the ticker IDBA.
IDEX Biometrics has wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Peoples Republic of China. The subsidiaries provide technical development services, sales facilitation, marketing assistance, and/or logistics processing for the parent company.
2 |
Basis of preparation and accounting policies |
These Consolidated interim financial statements for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and have not been subject to audit. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, which were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and in conformity with IFRS as adopted by the European Union. The accounting policies applied herein are consistent with those applied in the preparation of the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. Amounts presented may not sum precisely due to rounding.
IDEX Biometrics operates in one operating segment, fingerprint imaging and recognition technology, and these interim financial statements present the full consolidation of the accounts of the Company and all subsidiaries, reflecting this operational focus.
Pursuant to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, a going concern assumption has been applied in the preparation of these interim financial statements. See note 3.
These interim financial statements and the accompanying report were approved by the Board of Directors on August 11, 2021.
3 |
Risks |
It is the duty of the Board of Directors to present the principal risks facing IDEX in the conduct of its business. The Companys major risk is its business risk, broadly meaning risks to its ability to generate revenue and earn profit. Future revenue generation will depend, among other such risks, on the Companys ability to market and profitably deliver products on a sustained basis, its ability to legally protect its intellectual property rights, its ability to scale its operations to maximize efficiencies, and its ability to retain current employees and to attract new employees. The ability to generate future revenue is also highly dependent on the pace of development of the market for biometric payment cards, which remains in an early stage.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
The Companys assets primarily consist of cash, working capital, and intangible assets. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had no indebtedness to financial institutions or other third-party lenders. The Company maintains liquidity by investing available funds in readily accessible, floating-interest rate bank accounts. The Companys exposure to currency exchange rate changes is managed by maintaining an appropriate mix of cash deposits in the various currencies it utilizes for its operations. The Company does not engage in any active hedging strategies. The U.S. Dollar is the dominant currency of the Companys receivables and payables.
During the second quarter of 2021, the Company experienced vendor shipment delays associated with supply chain constraints within the semiconductor industry. The delays did not reduce second quarter revenue, but continued supply chain constraints may affect future inventory planning and timing of customer shipments. Semiconductor component availability may become a more significant risk factor as the Companys backlog and unit volumes expand, as anticipated.
COVID-19 RISK:
The future progression of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Companys business and operations are unknown and not predictable. There have not been any significant delays in development projects due to COVID-19. However, the pandemic did cause certain, short-term customer delays in 2020, including the temporary postponement of contract-related activities (e.g., the start date of certain biometric card pilots).
The Company continues to monitor the potential impact of COVID-19 on its business and consolidated financial statements. During the second quarter of 2021, many restrictions on interpersonal contact, workplace access, and travel were relaxed or terminated. However, as of the date of this report, the emergence of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has caused authorities worldwide to reconsider steps to limit the spread of this more contagious strain of the virus. Should governments in the countries in which IDEX Biometrics operates reimpose restrictions on interpersonal contact, workplace access, and travel, it may experience reduced productivity, and customers and potential customers may delay orders.
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Revenue from contracts with customers |
The Company records revenue from the sale of biometric fingerprint sensor products and the delivery of technical development and other engineering services to its customers. Product-related revenue is recognized upon shipment, generally on an Incoterms EXW (i.e., ex-works) basis. Revenue is recognized according to the criteria of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
The balances of customer accounts receivable as of June 30, 2021, June 30, 2020, and December 30, 2020 were $724 thousand, $150 thousand, and $487 thousand, respectively. There were no contract asset or contract liability balances at any of these three dates.
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Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
EMEA |
686 | 117 | 1,298 | 145 | 952 | |||||||||||||||
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Asia-Pacific |
10 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 56 | |||||||||||||||
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696 | 121 | 1,319 | 174 | 1,013 | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| (1 | ) | | (1 | ) | 3 | |||||||||||||
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1 | 28 | 2 | 75 | 82 | |||||||||||||||
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697 | 149 | 1,321 | 249 | 1,095 | |||||||||||||||
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
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Payroll expenses |
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Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Salary, payroll tax, benefits, other |
4,124 | 3,111 | 8,419 | 7,275 | 14,917 | |||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation |
558 | 404 | 1,364 | 917 | 2,755 | |||||||||||||||
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4,682 | 3,515 | 9,783 | 8,192 | 17,672 | |||||||||||||||
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Payroll expenses consist of costs for direct employees of the Company. Contractors are classified to Research and development costs or Other expenses as applicable.
The table below sets forth the number of employees, defined as full-time equivalents, by their function.
Full- time equivalents (FTEs) by function |
June 30, 2021 | June 30, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||
Supply chain and distribution |
2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Research and development |
78 | 74 | 72 | |||||||||
Marketing and sales |
8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
General and administrative |
9 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
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Total FTEs (excluding contractors) |
97 | 92 | 89 | |||||||||
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Under IFRS, the presentation format of the Consolidated statement of profit and loss is not prescribed. Since the Company was established, management has elected to present operating expenses by their nature, in contrast to their function. Accordingly, Payroll expenses, as presented, includes the compensation and benefit costs for all employees. Purchases, net of inventory change, as presented, does not include the cost of personnel engaged in supply chain and distribution activities, Research and development expenses, as presented, does not include the cost of personnel assigned to departments engaged in research and development activities, and Other operating expenses, as presented, does not include the cost of personnel assigned to marketing, sales, general, and administrative activities.
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Research and development expenses |
Research costs are expensed when incurred. Development costs are expensed unless they qualify for capitalization. The Companys patents and other intellectual property rights created are capitalized and recorded on the Statement of financial position only if they satisfy the criteria for capitalization. The Company has not capitalized development costs in any of the periods presented. Development costs related to the creation of intellectual property have been expensed when incurred.
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Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Gross R&D expenses |
881 | 1,479 | 1,489 | 2,312 | 4,196 | |||||||||||||||
Government grants credited to cost |
(560 | ) | (1,353 | ) | (2,301 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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881 | 919 | 1,489 | 959 | 1,895 | |||||||||||||||
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In 2020, the Company claimed research and development tax relief in the UK relating to activities in 2017, 2018, and 2019. UK tax relief is recorded as grants and credited to Research and development expenses. Government support is recognized when it is probable the Company will qualify and receive support, and the amount can be measured reliably. Accordingly, the Norwegian Skattefunn grants are recorded in the fourth quarter each year.
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Related party transactions |
The chair of the Board of Directors, Morten Opstad, is a partner in the law firm Advokatfirma Ræder AS (Ræder). Ræder provided legal services to the Company during the first six months of 2021, resulting in charges of $172 thousand. The services include work related to the private placement of shares completed in February 2021. Mr. Opstads work on behalf of the Company beyond his Director duties is invoiced by Ræder.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
Lawrence Ciaccia, a member of the Board of Directors, has served on the Companys Strategy Advisory Council (SAC) since 2014, and is compensated $15 thousand per year for such service. Mr. Ciaccia also provides to the Company, pursuant to a formal agreement, other consulting services, outside of his service on the SAC, for a fixed fee of $50 thousand per year.
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Non-current assets |
Amounts in USD 1,000 |
Goodwill |
Intangible
assets |
Property,
Plant, and Equipment |
Right-of-use
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Non-current
receivables |
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968 | 2,442 | 1,667 | 1,016 | 75 | 6,168 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions |
110 | 79 | 1 | 190 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and impairment losses |
(238 | ) | (254 | ) | (421 | ) | (913 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Effects of changes in foreign currency |
1 | (70 | ) | 3 | (66 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2021 |
968 | 2,204 | 1,524 | 604 | 79 | 5,379 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2020 |
941 | 2,605 | 2,013 | 1,375 | 152 | 7,086 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions |
40 | 104 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disposals and retirements at cost |
(37 | ) | (19 | ) | (56 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and impairment losses |
(187 | ) | (270 | ) | (393 | ) | (850 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Depreciation on disposed and retired assets |
37 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Effects of changes in foreign currency |
(93 | ) | (258 | ) | (73 | ) | (64 | ) | (9 | ) | (497 | ) | ||||||||||||
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848 | 2,160 | 1,710 | 1,022 | 124 | 5,864 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2020 |
941 | 2,605 | 2,013 | 1,375 | 152 | 7,086 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions |
198 | 154 | 427 | 779 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Settlements |
(62 | ) | (63 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and impairment losses |
(436 | ) | (468 | ) | (814 | ) | (1,719 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Depreciation on disposed and retired assets |
(109 | ) | (109 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Effects of changes in foreign currency |
27 | 75 | 77 | 28 | (15 | ) | 194 | |||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2020 |
968 | 2,442 | 1,667 | 1,016 | 75 | 6,168 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Acquired intangible assets and intellectual property rights have been capitalized at the time of acquisition. These assets are depreciated over their respective economic lives. The major items depreciate over 9.5 years and 17.3 years from acquisition, through July 2024 and to the end of 2030, respectively. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently, if circumstances merit. The Company is one cash generating unit and assessed its goodwill as of June 30, 2021. No impairment charge was made.
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Financial items |
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Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Interest income |
2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
Currency exchange gain |
163 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total financial income |
165 | 120 | 19 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
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9 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 63 | |||||||||||||||
Currency exchange loss |
317 | 487 | 414 | |||||||||||||||||
Total financial expense |
9 | 330 | 20 | 513 | 477 | |||||||||||||||
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156 | (330 | ) | 100 | (494 | ) | (451 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Income tax expense |
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had accumulated tax losses of $226.0 million. No deferred tax asset associated with these accumulated tax losses has been recorded on the Statement of financial position, as there is not sufficient evidence that taxable profit will be generated, against which the unused tax losses could be applied. There are no restrictions as to how long tax losses may be carried forward in Norway.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
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Profit (Loss) per share |
First Six Months | Full year | |||||||||||
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Profit (loss) attributable to the shareholders (USD 1,000) |
(14,831 | ) | (12,715 | ) | (26,754 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average basic number of shares |
893,994,292 | 736,017,382 | 767,069,645 | |||||||||
Weighted average diluted number of shares |
915,258,202 | 742,633,880 | 773,393,062 | |||||||||
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USD (0.02 | ) | USD (0.02 | ) | USD (0.03 | ) | ||||||
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The profit or loss per share is calculated by dividing the profit (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. Loss per share is calculated per basic share (i.e., without consideration for the dilutive effect of exercisable subscription rights).
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Shares and subscription rights |
Number of financial instruments |
Incentive
subscription rights |
Shares | ||||||
Balance at January 1, 2021 |
56,344,093 | 832,146,748 | ||||||
Feb 15: Share issue |
83,214,674 | |||||||
Mar 10: Share issue |
298,884 | |||||||
May 12: Issued shares in lieu of board remuneration |
535,583 | |||||||
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
2,032,821 | |||||||
Granted incentive subscription rights |
3,934,300 | |||||||
Exercised incentive subscription rights |
(246,734 | ) | ||||||
Expired/forfeited incentive subscription rights |
(1,141,497 | ) | ||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2021 |
58,890,162 | 918,228,710 | ||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2020 |
52,875,043 | 717,988,732 | ||||||
May 11: Share issue |
65,341,413 | |||||||
May 29: Issued shares in lieu of board remuneration |
441,982 | |||||||
Granted incentive subscription rights |
5,899,800 | |||||||
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(4,161,750 | ) | ||||||
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Balance at June 30, 2020 |
54,613,093 | 783,772,127 | ||||||
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52,875,043 | 717,988,732 | ||||||
May 11: Share issue |
65,341,413 | |||||||
May 29: Issued shares in lieu of board remuneration |
441,982 | |||||||
July 1: Issued shares in lieu of cash compensation |
4,318,523 | |||||||
November 9: Share issue |
42,528,181 | |||||||
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
1,527,917 | |||||||
Granted incentive subscription rights |
10,452,000 | |||||||
Exercised incentive subscription rights |
(52,150 | ) | ||||||
Expired/forfeited incentive subscription rights |
(6,930,800 | ) | ||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2020 |
56,344,093 | 832,146,748 | ||||||
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From time to time, on a discretionary basis, IDEX Biometrics awards subscription rights for the purchase of ordinary shares to employees and individual contractors, pursuant to the terms of an annual subscription rights program approved by shareholders at that years annual general meeting (AGM). Such subscription rights are denominated in Norwegian Krone. Unless specifically resolved otherwise by the Board of Directors, 25% of each grant of subscription rights vests per year, beginning on the first anniversary of the AGM at which the program was approved, and the grant expires on the fifth anniversary of such AGM. Unvested subscription rights terminate on the holders last day of employment or termination of contract. Vested subscription rights may be exercised up to 90 days after such termination date. The weighted average exercise price of outstanding incentive subscription rights on June 30, 2021 was NOK 1.71 per share.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
The fair value at grant date of a subscription right awarded to an employee is expensed over the vesting period of each tranche of the grant. The fair value of each tranche of a subscription right is determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, based on share prices quoted on the Oslo Børs. The Companys social security tax obligations related to share-based remuneration are recorded on each balance sheet date, based on the earned value of the subscription rights outstanding, and the adjustment to the accrued balance is recorded as cost.
Since September 1, 2020, IDEX Biometrics has operated an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), whereby employees may elect to invest a portion of their after-tax compensation in newly issued ordinary shares. Historically, employees made payroll contributions to the ESPP over the course of three-month contribution periods, after which they purchase shares at a 15% discount to the lesser of the share price at the beginning and ending of the offering period. On March 1, 2021, employees acquired 1,060,179 shares at NOK 1.83 per share. On June 1, 2021, employees acquired 972,642 shares at NOK 2.08 per share. At the 2021 AGM, shareholders approved the amendment of the ESPP to extend the contribution period to six months, effective with the period beginning September 1, 2021.
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Inventory |
Amounts in USD 1,000 |
June 30, 2021 | June 30, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost | Reserves | Net | Cost | Reserves | Net | Cost | Reserves | Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raw Materials |
497 | 497 | 708 | (455 | ) | 253 | 460 | (114 | ) | 346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Work in progress |
123 | 123 | 53 | 53 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finished Goods |
393 | (15 | ) | 378 | 799 | (429 | ) | 370 | 588 | (100 | ) | 488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Inventory |
1,013 | (15 | ) | 998 | 1,560 | (884 | ) | 676 | 1,073 | (214 | ) | 859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inventory, consisting of raw materials (primarily semiconductor components and substrates provisioned to the Companys contract manufacturing partners), work-in-progress (primarily incomplete assemblies held by manufacturing partners), and finished goods (completed fingerprint sensing devices held by the Company and available for sale), is valued at the lower of cost or recoverable value, reflecting reserves based on aging and obsolescence. Period to period variations in reserve balances are caused by differences in the times between the identification of an impairment (i.e., the calculation of a reserve charge) and the physical disposal of the inventory in question. As of June 30, 2021, the Company maintained an inventory reserve of $15 thousand, reflecting disposals of previously reserved inventory during the prior year.
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Events after the balance sheet date |
The board of directors resolved on August 11, 2021 to issue 8,880,100 incentive subscription rights to 103 new and continuing employees and individual contractors of IDEX Biometrics. The grant was made under the Companys 2021 Subscription rights plan. The exercise price of the subscription rights is NOK 2.40 per share, they vest by 25% per year, and they will expire on May 15, 2026. Following the grants, there are 67,770,262 subscription rights outstanding.
There have been no events between June 30, 2021, and the approval of these interim financial statements by the Board of Directors that have had any material impact on IDEXs results for the second quarter of 2021 or the value of the Companys assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2021.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES | FIRST HALF 2021 |
RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer have today reviewed and approved the IDEX Biometrics ASA consolidated unaudited interim condensed financial statements as of June 30, 2021.
To the best of our knowledge, we confirm the following:
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The interim condensed consolidated financial statements with notes for the first half of 2021 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and additional disclosure requirements as stated in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 5-6. |
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The interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the first half calendar year of 2021 give a true and fair view of the Companys assets, liabilities, financial position, and results for the period viewed in their entirety. |
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The report from the Board of Directors issued in concert with these condensed financial statements gives a true and fair view of the development, performance, and financial position of the Company, and a fair review of important events that have occurred during the first six months of the financial year and their impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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A description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the financial year have been disclosed in note 3 to the financial statements. |
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Major related party transactions have been disclosed in note 7 to the financial statements. |
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The report from the Board of Directors has been prepared in accordance with the Norwegian accounting act and generally accepted accounting practice in Norway. |
August 11, 2021
The Board of Directors of IDEX Biometrics ASA
/s/ Morten Opstad | /s/ Lawrence John Ciaccia | /s/ Deborah Davis | ||
Chair | Deputy chair | Board member | ||
/s/ Hanne Høvding | /s/ Annika Olsson | /s/ Thomas M. Quindlen | ||
Board member | Board member | Board member | ||
/s/ Stephen A. Skaggs | /s/ Vincent Graziani | |||
Board member | Chief Executive Officer |
Be part of the fingerprint authentication revolution Investor relations contacts Marianne Be, Investor Relations E-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com Tel: + 47 9180 0186 Brett Perry, U.S. Investor Relations E-mail: bperry@sheltongroup.com Tel: +1 214 272 0070 Jamie Simms, Chief Financial Officer E-mail: jamie.simms@idexbiometrics.com Tel: +1 978 319 5372 General Enquiries E-mail: mailbox@idexbiometrics.com Follow us and join the conversation www.idexbiometrics.com twitter.com/idexbiometrics linkedin.com/company/idexbiometrics
Exhibit 99.3
IDEX Biometrics ASA releases
Interim Report for the First Half of 2021
Oslo, Norway 12 August 2021 - IDEX Biometrics ASA (IDEX Biometrics or the Company), a leading provider of advanced fingerprint identification and authentication solutions for payment cards and adjacent applications, today released its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.
The first half report, to be filed with Financial Supervisory Authority in Norway (Finanstilsynet), and other materials are accessible on the Companys website: www.idexbiometrics.com/investors/interim-results/.
On 12 August, 2021, at 15:00 CET, Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer, will conduct a webcast presentation during which he will review results. The webcast presentation can be accessed through: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20210812_2/
Performance Review
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, IDEX Biometrics recorded revenue of $697 thousand, compared to $149 thousand for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 368%. Sequentially, revenues increased 12% from first quarter 2021 revenue of $624 thousand.
Total operating expenses for the second quarter of 2021 were $8.1 million, compared to $6.3 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an increase of 29%. Operating expenses were flat sequentially.
Net loss for the second quarter of 2021 totaled ($7.2 million), representing a loss per share of ($0.01), in contrast to ($6.4 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a loss per share of ($0.01), and ($7.5 million) for the first quarter of 2021, representing a loss per share of ($0.01).
The Company incurred an operating cash deficit of ($6.7 million) for the second quarter of 2021, versus ($5.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020 and ($6.9 million) for the first quarter of 2021. The Companys cash balance totaled $19.3 million as of June 30, 2021, versus $25.9 million as of March 31, 2021.
Commercial and Market Updates
Second quarter 2021 events reflected continued progress toward large-scale smart card deployment with customers and issuers:
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The Company received its first significant production order for its TrustedBio solution from IDEMIA, supporting the launch of IDEMIAs second-generation F.CODE card earlier in the quarter. |
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Activities in Asia, notably China, are resulting in further expansion of the Companys pipeline of opportunities for near-term revenue, with biometrically-enabled applications in payment cards, multi-use cards (e.g., payment cards also used for electronic ticketing), the rapidly evolving DCEP space, and access control. |
The Company continues to enjoy sustained demand from its initial customer for a card-based access control solution for computer networks, addressing the vulnerabilities of password-based credentials with an easy-to-use, cost effective, and highly secure solution based on the Companys technologies.
Commenting on recent events and performance, Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer, stated, I am pleased to report the Companys order backlog continued its promising expansion, and I am confident the long-awaited uptake in fingerprint-based card authentication is approaching. In addition, recently announced commercial achievements and the strengthening of the Companys leadership team are both important factors contributing to my confidence. Notably, IDEX Biometrics and Infineon Technologies AG, on July 15, jointly announced a new reference design for the highest performance smart card with fingerprint authentication. Based on Infineons latest secure element microprocessor, specifically optimized for integration of our TrustedBioTM solution, this reference design enables fingerprint-authenticated EMV payment card transactions that are three times faster than currently available solutions.
Mr. Graziani continued, Our partners recognize our innovative and highly-differentiated products address the challenges of high costs and unsatisfactory performance head on. TrustedBios advantages allow for reduced component count, faster time to market, and lower card manufacturing complexity. TrustedBio integrates a large-area sensor and a powerful, yet small-footprint, ASIC into one device offering image capture, algorithmic processing, power harvesting and management, and encryption. No competitor comes close to providing the performance and economic benefits of TrustedBio.
For further information contact:
Marianne Bøe, Investor Relations
E-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com
Tel: + 47 9180 0186
About IDEX Biometrics
IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and NASDAQ: IDAF) is a leading provider of a leading provider of advanced fingerprint identification and authentication solutions for payment cards and adjacent applications, offering simple, secure and personal authentication for all. We help people make payments, prove their identity, gain access to information, unlock devices or gain admittance to buildings with the touch of a finger. We invent, engineer, and commercialize these secure, yet incredibly user-friendly solutions. Our total addressable market represents a fast growing multi-billion-unit opportunity.
For more information, visit www.idexbiometrics.com and follow on Twitter @IDEXBiometrics
Trademark Statement
The wordmark IDEX, the trade name TrustedBio, and the IDEX logo are registered trademarks of IDEX Biometrics ASA. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act
Exhibit 99.4 Interim Report for First Half 2021 12 August 2021Exhibit 99.4 Interim Report for First Half 2021 12 August 2021
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IDEX Biometrics The next evolution of payment cards Reduced fraud Identity protection Top of wallet Low cost More convenientIDEX Biometrics The next evolution of payment cards Reduced fraud Identity protection Top of wallet Low cost More convenient
Q2 ’21 Financial Summary Continued shift to product sales; sustained shipments for network Summary Profit & Loss Statement ($000) Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2020 access control; initial shipments of Product $ 6 96 $ 6 23 $ 593 $ 246 $ 121 TrustedBio Services 1 1 5 2 28 Expenses under control Total Revenue 697 624 598 248 149 – Incremental headcount increases Purchases, net of inventory change 304 220 178 45 32 – Q2 ‘21 saw higher R&D prototyping Payroll expenses 4, 682 5, 101 5, 206 4, 275 3, 515 costs; no R&D credits recorded for Research and development expenses 881 608 ( 144) 930 1, 069 Q2 and Q1 ’21 (vs. prior years) Other operating expenses 1, 763 1, 713 2, 157 1, 370 1, 218 U.S. registration contributing to Depreciation and amortization 460 454 439 430 422 incrementally higher OpEx Total Operating expenses 8, 090 8, 096 7, 836 7, 050 6 ,256 Cash balance of $19.3 million as of Loss from operations $ (7,393) $ (7,472) $ (7,238) $ (6,801) $ (6,107) June 30, 2021 – $25.9 million as of March 31, 2021Q2 ’21 Financial Summary Continued shift to product sales; sustained shipments for network Summary Profit & Loss Statement ($000) Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2020 access control; initial shipments of Product $ 6 96 $ 6 23 $ 593 $ 246 $ 121 TrustedBio Services 1 1 5 2 28 Expenses under control Total Revenue 697 624 598 248 149 – Incremental headcount increases Purchases, net of inventory change 304 220 178 45 32 – Q2 ‘21 saw higher R&D prototyping Payroll expenses 4, 682 5, 101 5, 206 4, 275 3, 515 costs; no R&D credits recorded for Research and development expenses 881 608 ( 144) 930 1, 069 Q2 and Q1 ’21 (vs. prior years) Other operating expenses 1, 763 1, 713 2, 157 1, 370 1, 218 U.S. registration contributing to Depreciation and amortization 460 454 439 430 422 incrementally higher OpEx Total Operating expenses 8, 090 8, 096 7, 836 7, 050 6 ,256 Cash balance of $19.3 million as of Loss from operations $ (7,393) $ (7,472) $ (7,238) $ (6,801) $ (6,107) June 30, 2021 – $25.9 million as of March 31, 2021
Oslo Børs: IDEX Nasdaq: IDBA Investment Highlights Massive addressable market • One of only two suppliers and partnered with the ecosystem leaders; TAM of 400 million units/yr. expected by 2024 • TrustedBio™ is the only true “pure play” in the contactless card space • First solution that enables the cost point and user experience to accelerate market activation Accelerating commercial momentum • Infineon/IDEX technical and commercial partnership • High demand for Infineon/IDEX reference platform with building design win momentum • Growing backlog from existing customers • Multiple new design wins and orders from integrators and card manufacturers Opportunities in adjacent markets • DCEP hardware wallets, Crypto currency wallets, ID, Access Control • Volume production orders from Asian customer Large-scale certification gives us advantage in rapidly changing markets • Certification from two leading payment networks (EMVCo® certified) represents barrier to near-term entry • Two certifications from China UnionPay afford head start with DCEP
Q2 ’21: a pivotal quarter TM IDEMIA actively marketing IDEX based F.CODE cards • IDEMIA’s first Biometric Payment Card offering based on IDEX’s TrustedBio™ sensor • Most integrated Biometric Payment Card solution available today • Building order backlog in response to accelerating customer demand Announced Infineon technical and commercial partnership • Joint solution: TrustedBio Max™ + latest generation Infineon Secure Element (not possible with competitors’ sensors) • Infineon has been the leading provider of secure elements (SEs) for more than two decades • Full transactions ~3X faster than any solution available; contactless EMV transactions in 0.5 seconds TrustedBio Max™ product launch • The most advanced and integrated biometric payment solution ever created • Integrated sensor, biometric ASIC, biometric matching hardware, software, and algorithm enables groundbreaking low- cost, simplified manufacturing and industry leading performance Progressing as planned: Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP) initiative of the People’s Bank of China • IDEX featured in Digital RMB trials conducted by the Postal Savings Bank of China and China Construction Bank • Selected by Goldpac as a strategic technology partner; initial orders received for DCEP solutionQ2 ’21: a pivotal quarter TM IDEMIA actively marketing IDEX based F.CODE cards • IDEMIA’s first Biometric Payment Card offering based on IDEX’s TrustedBio™ sensor • Most integrated Biometric Payment Card solution available today • Building order backlog in response to accelerating customer demand Announced Infineon technical and commercial partnership • Joint solution: TrustedBio Max™ + latest generation Infineon Secure Element (not possible with competitors’ sensors) • Infineon has been the leading provider of secure elements (SEs) for more than two decades • Full transactions ~3X faster than any solution available; contactless EMV transactions in 0.5 seconds TrustedBio Max™ product launch • The most advanced and integrated biometric payment solution ever created • Integrated sensor, biometric ASIC, biometric matching hardware, software, and algorithm enables groundbreaking low- cost, simplified manufacturing and industry leading performance Progressing as planned: Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP) initiative of the People’s Bank of China • IDEX featured in Digital RMB trials conducted by the Postal Savings Bank of China and China Construction Bank • Selected by Goldpac as a strategic technology partner; initial orders received for DCEP solution
IDEX TrustedBio Max™: Proprietary Advantages The most complete solution for card-based biometric authentication SENSOR & ASIC ALGORITHMS & SOFTWARE + SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS + Wide-area polymer sensor, Biometric authentication algorithm Card architecture, reference design ASIC: MCU, PMU, Hardware accelerator, Embedded software for sensor, MCU, SE Enrolment solutions, system concepts Flexible, low-cost package design TrustedBio™: A single hardware platform that enables multiple products through firmware; supports multiple Secure Element architectures and multiple applications IDEX TrustedBio Max™: Proprietary Advantages The most complete solution for card-based biometric authentication SENSOR & ASIC ALGORITHMS & SOFTWARE + SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS + Wide-area polymer sensor, Biometric authentication algorithm Card architecture, reference design ASIC: MCU, PMU, Hardware accelerator, Embedded software for sensor, MCU, SE Enrolment solutions, system concepts Flexible, low-cost package design TrustedBio™: A single hardware platform that enables multiple products through firmware; supports multiple Secure Element architectures and multiple applications
IDEX & Infineon: Complete solution IDEX: • IDX3409 Biometric SoC ▬ MCU 200 Mhz ▬ Power management(PMU) ▬ Hardware accelerator • Biometric Algo • Biometric MCU Software • SE SDK Infineon: • SLC38 SE ASIC • SE Operating System Game Changing Performance: Integration: • Biometric process: ~250ms • Hardware system • Total transaction time (including EMV): ~500ms • Algorithm compiled for SLC38 • Presentation attack detection (PAD) • PMU synchronization and optimization • False Reject Rate: Less than 3% • Documentation and support A solution that will accelerate market activation: A seamless user experience; low card cost (~$5)IDEX & Infineon: Complete solution IDEX: • IDX3409 Biometric SoC ▬ MCU 200 Mhz ▬ Power management(PMU) ▬ Hardware accelerator • Biometric Algo • Biometric MCU Software • SE SDK Infineon: • SLC38 SE ASIC • SE Operating System Game Changing Performance: Integration: • Biometric process: ~250ms • Hardware system • Total transaction time (including EMV): ~500ms • Algorithm compiled for SLC38 • Presentation attack detection (PAD) • PMU synchronization and optimization • False Reject Rate: Less than 3% • Documentation and support A solution that will accelerate market activation: A seamless user experience; low card cost (~$5)
Digital Currency Electronic Payment: “DCEP” Central Bank Issuing Digital RMB Hardware Wallet Regional Banks Opportunity Industrial and Commercial Bank of China • Deployment by 2022 Olympic games Bank of China Card Manufacturing • Financial inclusion for 225 million China Construction Bank* Partners unbanked citizens Bank of Communications • 40% of population not using a Agricultural Bank of China smartphone Postal Savings Bank of China* $1B+ potential * Announced IDEX pilots Digital Payment • Digital wallet • Hardware wallet • Third party IDEX is uniquely positioned to support the impending deployment of DCEP in ChinaDigital Currency Electronic Payment: “DCEP” Central Bank Issuing Digital RMB Hardware Wallet Regional Banks Opportunity Industrial and Commercial Bank of China • Deployment by 2022 Olympic games Bank of China Card Manufacturing • Financial inclusion for 225 million China Construction Bank* Partners unbanked citizens Bank of Communications • 40% of population not using a Agricultural Bank of China smartphone Postal Savings Bank of China* $1B+ potential * Announced IDEX pilots Digital Payment • Digital wallet • Hardware wallet • Third party IDEX is uniquely positioned to support the impending deployment of DCEP in China
Oslo Børs: IDEX Nasdaq: IDBA Investment Highlights Massive addressable market for payment cards Accelerating commercial momentum Large-scale certification gives us advantage in rapidly changing markets Opportunities in adjacent markets • Digital currency, crypto-currency, ID, and access control
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