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Note 3 - Liquidity and Going Concern | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements |
Liquidity and Going Concern [Text Block] | Note 3 – Liquidity and Going Concern The Company's primary sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents as well as availability under the credit agreement with PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”) (the “Credit Agreement”) (see Note 4 ). As indicated in Note 4, twice during 2018 we violated covenants in our credit facility and during March 2019 we entered into a forbearance agreement with PNC. Under the terms of this agreement, financial covenants as of March 31, 2019 were not considered and all previously identified compliance failures were waived, but we remained out of compliance with the terms of our credit facility, as amended, including the covenants as of June 30, 2019 calculated on or about July 31, 2019. On August 1, 2019, PNC issued a Default and Reservation of Rights letter to the Company, in which PNC advised that line of credit advances would continue to be available to the Company at PNC's sole discretion, and subject to its terms and conditions. On October 18, 2019, we entered into a new forbearance agreement with PNC (“Amendment 4” ). Identified events of default were waived until January 10, 2020 with respect to CTI Industries Corporation, but not its Mexican subsidiary (Flexo), subject to its terms and conditions. On January 13, 2020, we entered into a new forbearance agreement with PNC (“Amendment 5” ). PNC agreed to (i) waive the Loan Agreement's requirement that the Company apply the net proceeds of the Offering first to the Term Loans (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and agreed that the Company shall instead apply the net proceeds of the Offering to the Revolving Advances (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and in connection therewith the Revolving Commitment Amount (as defined in the Loan Agreement) shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount so applied to the Revolving Advances, and (ii) forebear from exercising the rights and remedies in respect of the Existing Defaults afforded to PNC under the Loan Agreement for a period ending no later than December 31, 2020. During 2019, we attempted to execute a major capital event with a partner that would infuse money, among other attributes. That effort was unsuccessful as envisioned. We were subsequently successful in obtaining new financing during 2020. On January 3, 2020 we entered into a securities purchase agreement, as amended on February 24, 2020 and April 13, 2020, ( the “LF Purchase Agreement”) with LF International Pte Ltd., a Singapore private limited company (the “LF International”), which is controlled by Company Chairman Mr. Yubao Li, pursuant to which we sold to LF International 500,000 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share and for aggregate proceeds of $5,000,000. Pursuant to the LF Purchase Agreement, we were authorized to sell an additional $2 million shares of Series A to other investors under similar financial terms, approximately $1 million of which has been sold as of September 30, 2020, including to an investor which converted an accounts receivable of $478,000 owed to the investor by the Company in exchange for 48,200 shares of Series A Preferred. There were several closings with the LF International from January 2020 through June 2020. The majority of the funds received reduced our bank debt. We issued a total of 400,000 shares of common stock to LF International and, pursuant to the LF Purchase Agreement, changed our name from CTI Industries Corporation to Yunhong CTI Ltd. During the transaction and subsequent interim closings, LF International had the right to name three directors to serve on our Board. They are Mr. Yubao Li, our Chairman of the Board, Ms. Wan Zhang and Ms. Yaping Zhang. The Credit Agreement provides for interest at varying rates in excess of the prime rate, depending on the level of senior debt to EBITDA over time. We believe that, during the first three months of 2020, the Company's standalone US business would have complied with the Credit Agreement's requirement that the Company maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of 0.75 to 1.00 for the three -month period ended March 31, 2020 ( the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”).The Company, as a consolidated group, however, did not comply with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, resulting in the noncompliance. The Lender has continued to make advances to the Company (“Discretionary Advances”), although it is not required to do so under the terms of the Loan Agreement due to the Events of Default. On July 17, 2020, the Lender provided the Company notice that multiple previously disclosed events, which each constitute an Event of Default, are continuing to occur. Additionally, the Lender required that the Company obtain a commitment for third -party equity funding in an amount not less than $3,000,000 by no later than July 31, 2020. Absent such commitment, the Lender advised that it may cease making discretionary advances to the Company. On July 22, 2020, the Company's board of directors authorized the Company to seek such funding and, to ensure that the Company met the Lender's equity funding commitment deadline. Mr. Yubao Li, the Company's Chairman, committed that, in the event the Company does not obtain funding of at least $3,000,000, he would provide the necessary funding. In September 2020, the Company received $1.5 million from an unrelated third party as an advance on a proposed sale of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the terms of which are currently being negotiated and finalized). Additionally, in October, the Company received a $1.5 million advance on a separate proposed equity financing for which the terms have not yet been finalized. The Lender has continued to make the Discretionary Advances throughout this period and has indicated that we have complied with their request. In addition to the above, financial performance in 2017, 2018 and 2019, included net losses attributable to the Company of $1.6 million, $3.6 million, and $7.1 million, respectively. While these results included significant charges related to the disposition of subsidiaries, we believe that the result raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern one year from the date these financial statements are issued. Additionally, we have experienced challenges in maintaining adequate seasonal working capital balances, made more challenging by increases in financing and labor costs, along with a supply disruption in the helium market during 2019. These changes in cash flows have created very significant strain within our operations and have therefore increased our attempts to obtain additional funding resources. In December 2019, COVID- 19 was reported in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization has since declared the outbreak to constitute a pandemic. The extent of the impact of COVID- 19 on our operational and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, the impact on our customers and employees, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. The preventative and protective actions that governments have taken to counter the effects of COVID- 19 have resulted in a period of business disruption, including delays in shipments of products and raw materials. To the extent the impact of COVID- 19 continues or worsens, the demand for our products may be negatively impacted, and we may have difficulty obtaining the materials necessary for the production of our products. In addition, the production facilities of our suppliers may be closed for sustained periods of time and industry-wide shipment of products may be negatively impacted, the severity of which may exceed the $1 million in Payroll Protection Program funds received by the Company from the US Federal Government. COVID- 19 has also delayed certain strategic transactions the Company intended to close on in the near future and the Company does not know if and when such transactions will be completed. Finally, claims have been filed in court by certain vendors regarding claims of non-payment pursuant to contractual obligations. While many have been resolved, the sum of the outstanding claims made or threatened exceeds $0.5 million in the aggregate. The cost of defense and potential ultimate resolution increases the strain on our financial resources. Management's plans include:
| ( 1 ) | Working with our new investor group to expand our business in profitable ways.
| ( 2 ) | Working with our bank to resolve our compliance failure on a long-term basis.
| ( 3 ) | Relocating our existing operation in Lake Zurich, IL to a lower cost environment in Laredo, TX and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
| ( 4 ) | Evaluating and potentially executing a transaction of our facility in Lake Barrington, IL.
| ( 5 ) | Simplifying our group structure, focusing on the most profitable products and markets, and
| ( 6 ) | Exploring alternative funding sources.
Management Assessment Considering both quantitative and qualitative information, we believe that our plans to obtain additional financing may provide us with an ability to finance our operations through 2020 and, if successfully executed, may mitigate the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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