UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

X

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005.

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM _____________ TO _____________.

 

Commission File Number: 1-8403         

 

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

 


 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

38-1749884



(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2956 Waterview Drive, Rochester Hills, Michigan

48309



(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(248) 293-0440

 


 


Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.      Yes  [ X ]   No  [  ]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

[ X ]

Accelerated filer

[   ]

Non-accelerated filer

[   ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).      Yes [   ]    No [ X ]

 

As of February 2, 2006, there were 30,880,725 shares of ECD’s Common Stock outstanding.

 

 


 

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ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I  —  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
  Item 1.     Financial Statements
    Consolidated Statements of Operations 3
    Consolidated Balance Sheets - Assets 4
    Consolidated Balance Sheets - Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 5
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 6
       NOTE A  -  Summary of Accounting Policies 8
       NOTE B  -  Settlement Agreement 13
       NOTE C  -  Accounts Receivable 14
       NOTE D  -  Inventories 15
       NOTE E  -  Joint Ventures and Investments 15
       NOTE F  -  Liabilities and Line of Credit 20
       NOTE G  -  Commitments 21
       NOTE H  -  Nonrefundable Advance Royalties 21
       NOTE I   -  Product Sales, Royalties, Revenues from Product Development
                   Agreements and License and Other Agreements
22
      NOTE J  -  Business Segments 23
      NOTE K  -  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 26
      NOTE L  -  Capital Stock 27
      NOTE M  -  Subsequent Event 31
  Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
              Results of Operations
32
  Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 48
  Item 4.   Controls and Procedures 49
PART II  —  OTHER INFORMATION 50
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 50
Item 6.   Exhibits 50
SIGNATURES 51

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1 .

Financial Statements

 

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

  Three Months Ended
        December 31,        
Six Months Ended
         December 31,         
      2005         2004         2005         2004    
REVENUES
    Product sales $ 21,680,812   $ 8,821,007   $ 40,947,613   $ 22,867,149  
    Royalties   331,076     1,497,241     1,514,246     3,076,214  
    Revenues from product development agreements   1,727,059     3,377,421     3,623,933     6,171,870  
    Revenues from product development agreements
     with related parties   141,309     2,038,577     556,572     5,156,191  
 



       Total revenues from product development
          agreements
  1,868,368     5,415,998     4,180,505     11,328,061  
    Revenues from license and other agreements   238,095     79,770,095     496,190     80,008,190  
    Other revenues   33,521     94,389     54,981     335,316  
    Other revenues from related parties   132,926     75,637     338,799     151,303  
 



       Total other operating revenues   166,447     170,026     393,780     486,619  
 



               TOTAL REVENUES   24,284,798     95,674,367     47,532,334     117,766,233  
EXPENSES
    Cost of product sales   17,689,210     12,346,779     33,548,661     25,670,630  
    Cost of revenues from product development
          agreements
  1,931,705     4,505,212     3,803,007     10,116,396  
    Product development and research   7,773,091     6,841,212     16,277,703     12,889,158  
    Patents   602,925     668,294     1,209,231     1,377,466  
    Operating, general and administrative (net)   3,350,847     3,297,064     6,540,875     5,809,937  
 



               TOTAL EXPENSES   31,347,778     27,658,561     61,379,477     55,863,587  
 



INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS   (7,062,980 )   68,015,806     (13,847,143 )   61,902,646  
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
    Interest income   801,000     108,355     1,597,554     185,533  
    Interest expense   (33,386 )   (234,379 )   (197,332 )   (470,806 )
    Equity in losses of investment in Ovonyx   (45,000 )   (100,000 )   (45,000 )   (100,000 )
    Impairment loss in Rare Earth Ovonic-China       (1,710,000 )       (1,710,000 )
    Distribution from joint venture               8,000,000  
    Other nonoperating income (expense)   33,400     267,223     (23,299 )   273,130  
 



               TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)   756,014     (1,668,801 )   1,331,923     6,177,857  
 



NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING
  OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND
   EXTRAORDINARY ITEM
  (6,306,966 )   66,347,005     (12,515,220 )   68,080,503  
INCOME TAXES       1,025,000         1,025,000  
 



NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING
  OPERATIONS BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEM   (6,306,966 )   65,322,005     (12,515,220 )   67,055,503  
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (including gain on
  disposition of discontinued operations of $739,602 in
  both of the three and six months ended December 31,
   2005)
  571,538     (451,019 )   313,979     (836,565 )
EXTRAORDINARY ITEM (net of taxes)       2,266,326         2,266,326  
 



NET INCOME (LOSS) $ (5,735,428 ) $ 67,137,312   $ (12,201,241 ) $ 68,485,264  
 



    CONTINUING OPERATIONS $ (.21 ) $ 2.56   $ (.43 ) $ 2.64  
    DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS   .02     (.02 )   .01     (.03 )
    EXTRAORDINARY ITEM       .09         .09  
 



BASIC NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE $ (.19 ) $ 2.63   $ (.42 ) $ 2.70  
 



DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
    CONTINUING OPERATIONS $ (.21 ) $ 2.38   $ (.43 ) $ 2.56  
    DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS   .02     (.02 )   .01     (.03 )
    EXTRAORDINARY ITEM       .08         .08  
 



DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE $ (.19 ) $ 2.44   $ (.42 ) $ 2.61  
 



See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

ASSETS

 

December 31,
     2005     
June 30,
     2005     
(Unaudited)
CURRENT ASSETS        
  Cash, including cash equivalents of $66,541,000 at
    December 31, 2005 and $83,964,000 at June 30, 2005
$ 66,955,386   $ 84,295,571  
  Short-term investments   1,979,525     11,840,526  
  Accounts receivable (net of allowance for uncollectible
    accounts of approximately $506,000 at December 31,
    2005 and $412,000 at June 30, 2005)
  22,766,158     19,112,613  
  Accounts receivable due from related parties   207,536     419,862  
  Inventories   21,053,936     18,066,876  
  Assets held for sale       131,797  
  Other   2,121,731     960,128  
 

       TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS   115,084,272     134,827,373  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT        
  Land and land improvements   267,000     267,000  
  Buildings and improvements   14,495,911     14,804,999  
  Machinery and other equipment (including construction
    in progress of approximately $27,817,000 at December
    31, 2005 and $1,930,000 at June 30, 2005)
  91,060,015     65,784,810  
  Capitalized lease equipment   10,180,594     10,000,000  
 

    116,003,520     90,856,809  
  Less accumulated depreciation and amortization   (32,551,061 )   (29,920,832 )
 

       TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT   83,452,459     60,935,977  
INVESTMENT IN AND ADVANCES TO JOINT VENTURES        
  Ovonyx   105,000      
  Cobasys        
OTHER ASSETS   2,620,095     2,300,083  
 

       TOTAL ASSETS $ 201,261,826   $ 198,063,433  
 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

December 31,
     2005     
   June 30,
       2005       
(Unaudited)
CURRENT LIABILITIES            
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses     $ 22,010,916   $ 15,914,518  
   Salaries, wages and amounts withheld from employees       2,366,742     4,368,205  
   Deferred revenues under business agreements       558,507     1,288,268  
   Current portion of deferred patent license fee       952,380     952,380  
   Current installments on long-term liabilities       444,323     369,010  
 
 
 
               TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES      26,332,868     22,892,381  
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES       10,274,913     10,203,772  
LONG-TERM DEFERRED PATENT LICENSE FEE       7,619,050     8,095,240  
NONREFUNDABLE ADVANCE ROYALTIES       1,134,213     1,151,679  
 
 
 
               TOTAL LIABILITIES      45,361,044     42,343,072  
COMMITMENTS (NOTE G)    
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
   Capital Stock    
     Class A Convertible Common Stock,    
        par value $0.01 per share:    
          Authorized - 500,000 shares    
          Issued & outstanding — zero shares at    
                 December 31, 2005 and 219,913 shares  
                at June 30, 2005           2,199  
     Class B Convertible Common Stock,    
        par value $0.01 per share:    
          Authorized, issued and outstanding - zero    
                 shares at December 31, 2005 and 430,000  
                 shares at June 30, 2005          4,300  
     Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share:    
          Authorized - 50,000,000 shares    
          Issued and outstanding — 29,440,013 shares at    
             December 31, 2005 and 28,232,970 shares   
             at June 30, 2005       294,400     282,330  
   Additional paid-in capital       452,957,184     440,577,239  
   Accumulated deficit       (297,392,594 )   (285,191,353 )
   Accumulated other comprehensive income       41,792     211,586  
   Unearned compensation on Class B Convertible    
     Common Stock           (165,940 )
 
 
 
          TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY       155,900,782     155,720,361  
 
 
 
          TOTAL LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY     $ 201,261,826   $ 198,063,433  
 
 
 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended
December 31,
         2005                   2004         
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:            
    Net income (loss)     $ (12,201,241 ) $ 68,485,264  
    Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash    
     provided by (used in) operating activities:    
        Depreciation and amortization       3,858,606     4,036,710  
        Depreciation on discontinued operations           38,380  
        Bad debt expense       92,705     154,595  
        Amortization of deferred nonrefundable patent license fee       (476,190 )   (476,190 )
        Equity in losses of investment in Ovonyx       45,000     100,000  
        Impairment loss in Rare Earth Ovonic           1,710,000  
        Changes in nonrefundable advance royalties       (17,466 )   (1,832,492 )
        Stock and stock options issued for services rendered       1,393,285     428,949  
        Gain on sale of discontinued operations       (739,602 )    
        (Gain)/Loss on sale of equipment       (36,958 )   5,101  
        Retirement liability       150,168     166,272  
        Option received in exchange for license           (79,532,000 )
    Changes in working capital:    
        Accounts receivable       (3,746,250 )   362,232  
        Accounts receivable due from related parties       212,326     1,885,507  
        Inventories       (2,987,060 )   (46,074 )
        Other assets       (1,042,729 )   (816,166 )
        Current portion of deferred nonrefundable patent license fee           952,380  
        Accounts payable and accrued expenses       4,098,462     (570,675 )
        Accounts payable and accrued expenses — related parties       (3,527 )   443,434  
        Deferred revenues under business agreements       (729,761 )   894,096  
        Deferred nonrefundable patent license fee           9,047,620  
 
 
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATIONS       (12,130,232 )   5,436,943  
 
 
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:    
    Purchases of property, plant and equipment       (26,396,548 )   (730,370 )
    Purchase of investments       (1,979,525 )    
    Investment in Ovonyx       (150,000 )   (100,000 )
    Proceeds from maturities of investments       11,840,526      
    Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations       453,000      
    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment       37,930     15,005  
 
 
 
NET CASH (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES       (16,194,617 )   (815,365 )
 
 
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:    
    Principal payments under short-term and long-term debt    
     obligations and capitalized lease obligations       (3,714 )   (162,451 )
    Proceeds from exercise of stock options       11,308,801     11,423,427  
    Expenses related to sale of stock       (150,629 )    
    Payment for services           (22,631 )
 
 
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES       11,154,458     11,238,345  
 
 
 
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND    
  CASH EQUIVALENTS       (169,794 )   56,582  
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS       (17,340,185 )   15,916,505  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD       84,295,571     13,826,537  
 
 
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD     $ 66,955,386   $ 29,743,042  
 
 
 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

Six Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004      
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF          
       CASH FLOW INFORMATION:  
 
              Cash paid for interest   $  453,819       $  470,806      
 
              Amounts due from sale of assets  438,887        
 
              Cash paid for income taxes  707,302        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the interim periods have been included. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s latest annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, (which is available on the Company's website www.ovonic.com).

 

Nature of Business

 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) is a technology, product development and manufacturing company engaged in the invention, engineering, development and commercialization of new materials, products and production technology in the fields of alternative energy and information technologies.

 

Financial Statement Presentation, Principles of Consolidation and Equity Accounting

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ECD and its 100%-owned manufacturing and sales subsidiaries United Solar Ovonic Corp. and United Solar Ovonic LLC (jointly referred to as "United Solar Ovonic") and its approximately 91%-owned subsidiary Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. (Ovonic Battery) (collectively the "Company"). No minority interest related to Ovonic Battery is recorded in the consolidated financial statements because there is no additional funding requirement by the minority shareholders. The Company has a number of strategic alliances and, as of December 31, 2005, has two major investments accounted for using the equity method: (i) Cobasys LLC, a joint venture between Ovonic Battery and a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, Chevron Technology Ventures LLC, (Chevron), each having 50% interest in the joint venture and (ii) Ovonyx, Inc., a 39.5%-owned corporation with Mr. Tyler Lowrey, Intel Capital and other investors. See Note E for discussions of all of the Company's major joint ventures and investments.

Discontinued Operations

 

In June 2005, the Company, as part of its restructuring plan, decided to sell the assets of Ovonic Battery’s metal hydride materials manufacturing business.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

At June 30, 2005, the Company reclassified the current net book value of these fixed assets as assets held for sale, and ceased depreciating these assets.

 

For the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has recorded the following results of its metal hydride materials manufacturing business as a discontinued operation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144:

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
       2005               2004               2005               2004       
Revenues     $ 24,594   $ 49,532   $ 54,788   $ 109,456  
Costs and expenses       (192,658 )   (500,551 )   (480,411 )   (946,021 )
Gain on disposition of discontinued operations       739,602       739,602  
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations     $ 571,538   $ (451,019 ) $ 313,979   $ (836,565 )
 
 
 
 
 

 

In December 2005, the Company sold Ovonic Battery’s metal hydride materials manufacturing business to Great Western Technologies Inc. (GWTI) for installment payments totaling $906,000, with an initial payment of $453,000; a second payment of $271,800 to be made no later than December 12, 2006; and a third payment of $181,200 to be made no later than December 12, 2007, which has been discounted to $167,087. The Company discounted one payment to be made after December 2006, but prior to December 2007. The Company recorded a gain on this sale of $740,000. In addition, GWTI assumed the lease obligations for two of Ovonic Battery’s manufacturing plants. ECD is subleasing a portion of one of these facilities.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported therein. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be based upon amounts that differ from those estimates.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with fiscal year 2006 presentation.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

The Company has evaluated its investment policies consistent with SFAS No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities," and determined that all of its investment securities are classified as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported in Stockholders' Equity under the caption "Accumulated other comprehensive income." The amortized cost of debt securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such amortization and accretion are included in interest income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in other nonoperating income (expense). The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in interest income. Short-term investments consist of corporate notes which mature 91 days or more from date of acquisition.

 

The following schedule summarizes the contractual maturities and unrealized gains and losses on the Company’s short-term investments (in thousands):

   
Gross Unrealized

 
    Cost Gains (Losses) Estimated
Fair Value
 
Due within one year or less at
   December 31, 2005
       
           Corporate Notes $   1,980 $   — $    —         $     1,980
Due within one year or less at
   June 30, 2005
       
           Corporate Notes $  11,841 $   — $    —         $    11,841

 

Capitalized Interest

 

Interest on debt is capitalized during active construction periods of equipment. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2005, the Company incurred total interest costs of $226,000 and $452,000, of which $193,000 and $255,000, respectively, were capitalized as part of the new 25-megawatt (25MW) solar cell manufacturing equipment currently under construction.

 

Overhead and Operating, General and Administrative Allocations

 

The Company allocates overhead and operating, general and administrative expenses to product development and research expenses and to cost of revenues from product development agreements based on a percentage of direct labor costs. For cost of

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

 

revenues from product development agreements, this allocation is limited to the amount of revenues, after direct expenses, under the applicable agreements. Overhead is allocated to cost of product sales through the application of overhead to inventory costs.

 

The following is a summary of the gross operating, general and administrative expenses and the aforementioned allocations:

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004             2005             2004      
Gross Expenses     $ 6,864,000   $ 6,694,000   $ 13,847,000   $ 12,616,000  
Less    
  — allocations to product development and research   (3,268,000 )   (2,756,000 )   (6,780,000 )   (5,351,000 )
  — allocations to cost of revenues from product
        development agreements
  (245,000 )   (641,000 )   (526,000 )   (1,456,000 )
 
 
 
 
 
Remaining Expenses $ 3,351,000   $ 3,297,000   $ 6,541,000   $ 5,809,000  
 
 
 
 
 

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

As of December 31, 2005, ECD had established a number of stock option plans as discussed in Note L. Prior to fiscal 2006, ECD applied the intrinsic value method as outlined in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," ("APB No. 25") and related interpretations in accounting for stock options granted under these programs. Under the intrinsic value method, no compensation expense was recognized if the exercise price of ECD's employee stock options equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of the grant. Accordingly, no compensation cost was recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of earnings prior to fiscal year 2006 on stock options granted to employees, since all options granted under ECD's stock option plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.


Effective July 1, 2005, ECD adopted SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS No. 123(R)"). This statement replaces SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS No. 123") and supersedes APB No. 25. SFAS No. 123(R) requires that all stock-based compensation be recognized as an expense in the financial statements and that such cost be measured at the fair value of the grant. This statement was adopted using the modified prospective method of application, which requires us to recognize compensation expense on a prospective basis. Therefore, prior period financial statements have not been restated. Under this method, in addition to reflecting compensation expense for new share-based grants, expense is also recognized to reflect the remaining service period of grants that had been included in pro-forma disclosures in prior periods. SFAS No. 123(R) also requires that excess tax benefits (none for the Company due to tax losses) related to stock option exercises be reflected as financing cash inflows instead of operating cash inflows.


With the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), ECD is required to record the fair value of stock-based compensation grants as an expense. In order to determine the fair value of stock options on the date of grant, ECD applies the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Inherent in this model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, option life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. While the risk-free interest rate and dividend yield are less subjective assumptions, typically based on factual data derived from public sources, the expected stock-price volatility and option life assumptions require a greater level of judgment which make them critical accounting estimates.


ECD uses an expected stock-price volatility assumption that is based on historical implied volatilities of the underlying stock which is obtained from public data sources.


With regard to the weighted-average option life assumption, ECD considers the exercise behavior of past grants and models the pattern of aggregate exercises. Patterns are determined on specific criteria of the aggregate pool of optionees.


In October 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 123(R)-2, "Practical Accommodation to the Application of Grant Date as defined in FASB Statement No. 123(R)," to provide guidance on determining the grant date for a grant as defined in SFAS No. 123(R). This FSP stipulates that assuming all other criteria in the grant date definition are met, a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of a grant to an individual employee is presumed to exist upon the grant's approval in accordance with the relevant corporate governance requirements, provided that the key terms and conditions of a grant (a) cannot be negotiated by the recipient with the employer because the grant is a unilateral grant, and (b) are expected to be communicated to an individual recipient within a relatively short time period from the date of approval. ECD has applied the principles set forth in this FSP upon its adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).


 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

 

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. ECD uses the treasury stock method to calculate diluted earnings per share. Potential dilution exists from stock options and warrants. Weighted average number of shares outstanding and basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the three months and six months ended December 31 are computed as follows:

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE A – Summary of Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
        2005                 2004                 2005                 2004        
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:    
        - for basic net income (loss) per share       29,427,060 *   25,500,955     29,221,533 *   25,337,052  
        - for diluted net income (loss) per share       29,427,060 *   27,524,047     29,221,533 *   26,199,018  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations     $ (6,306,966 ) $ 65,322,005   $ (12,515,220 ) $ 67,055,503  
Gain (loss) on discontinued operations       571,538     (451,019 )   313,979     (836,565 )
Extraordinary item           2,266,326         2,266,326  
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)     $ (5,735,428 ) $ 67,137,312   $ (12,201,241 ) $ 68,485,264  
 
 
 
 
 
Basic net income (loss) per share    
        Continuing operations     $ (.21 ) $ 2.56   $ (.43 ) $ 2.64  
        Discontinued operations       .02     (.02 )   .01     (.03 )
        Extraordinary item           .09         .09  
 
 
 
 
 
Basic net income (loss) per share     $ (.19 ) $ 2.63   $ (.42 ) $ 2.70  
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted net income (loss) per share    
        Continuing operations     $ (.21 ) $ 2.38   $ (.43 ) $ 2.56  
        Discontinued operations       .02     (.02 )   .01     (.03 )
        Extraordinary item           .08         .08  
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted net income (loss) per share     $ (.19 ) $ 2.44   $ (.42 ) $ 2.61  
 
 
 
 
 

* Additional weighted average shares outstanding for the 2005 periods due to the exercise of warrants
  to purchase 1,946,162 shares of Common Stock in April/May 2005.
 

 

Due to the Company’s net loss, the 2005 weighted average shares of potential dilutive securities of 2,189,439 and 2,378,124 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005, respectively, were excluded from the calculations of diluted net loss per share, as inclusion of these securities would have been antidilutive to the net loss per share. Additional securities of 397,786 and 947,367 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004, respectively, were excluded from the 2004 calculation of weighted average shares of potential dilutive securities. Because of the relationship between the exercise prices and the average market price of ECD’s Common Stock during this period, these securities would have been antidilutive regardless of the Company’s net income or loss.

 

NOTE B – Settlement Agreement

 

In July 2004, ECD announced that it and Cobasys had entered into a settlement agreement with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MEI), Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (PEVE), and Toyota Motor Corporation with respect to patent infringement disputes and counterclaims involving nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries before the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration. Under the terms of the settlement, no party admitted any liability.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE B – Settlement Agreement (Continued)

 

As part of the settlement, ECD and its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery, received a $10 million license fee from MEI and PEVE. This fee was recorded as a deferred patent license fee in July 2004 and is being amortized to income over 10.5 years. The Company recognized $238,000 and $476,000 as revenues from license and other agreements in the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively in connection with the amortization of this fee. In addition, Cobasys received a $20 million license fee from MEI, PEVE and Toyota, of which $4 million was placed in escrow for a next-generation NiMH battery development project plan. Upon receipt of the license fee, Cobasys, in September 2004, made an $8 million distribution each to Ovonic Battery and Chevron representing a partial reimbursement of legal expenses. The Company recorded this $8 million as a distribution from joint venture in the three months ended September 30, 2004.

 

NOTE C – Accounts Receivable

 

December 31, June 30,
      2005               2005       
Long-term contracts not accounted for under
  percentage-of-completion accounting
           
        Amounts unbilled principally on U.S. Government contracts     $ 622,674   $ 741,605  
        Amounts billed    
           U.S. Government       687,322     1,073,548  
 
 
 
                  Sub-total     1,309,996     1,815,153  
Amounts unbilled for other than long-term contracts    
           Commercial customers       3,027,289     3,401,579  
Amounts billed for other than long-term contracts    
           Commercial customers       18,934,873     14,307,881  
Allowance for uncollectible accounts       (506,000 )   (412,000 )
 
 
 
                  TOTAL   $ 22,766,158   $ 19,112,613  
 
 
 

 

Accounts Receivable Due from Related Parties  

 

December 31, June 30,
2005 2005
 
 
 
Amounts unbilled on long-term contracts – Cobasys     $ 51,185   $ 62,460  
Amounts billed on long-term contracts – Cobasys       67,316     296,085  
Other unbilled – Ovonyx       29,635     30,469  
Other billed – principally Ovonyx       59,400     30,848  
 
 
 
             TOTAL     $ 207,536   $ 419,862  
 
 
 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

NOTE D – Inventories

 

Inventories of raw materials, work in process and finished goods for the manufacture of solar cells and nickel hydroxide are valued at the lower of cost (first in, first out) or market. Cost elements included in inventory are materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead.

 

Inventories (substantially all for United Solar Ovonic) are as follows:

 

December 31,
2005
June 30,
2005
 

Finished products   $ 3,188,874 $ 5,104,043
Work in process     3,388,754   3,150,529
Raw materials     14,476,308   9,812,304
 

    $ 21,053,936 $ 18,066,876
 

 

NOTE E – Joint Ventures and Investments

 

Joint Ventures

 

Cobasys

 

In July 2001, Ovonic Battery and Chevron formed a strategic alliance (Cobasys LLC). Chevron invested $160,000,000 to match the Company’s technological contribution in the venture. Cobasys is owned 50% by Ovonic Battery and 50% by Chevron.

 

In December 2004, as part of its focus on its core businesses, ECD and Ovonic Battery entered into a series of agreements with Chevron and Cobasys to expand the scope of licenses granted to Cobasys at the time of the restructuring of the joint venture in July 2001. In consideration of the expanded licenses, ECD and Ovonic Battery received an option to purchase 4,376,633 shares, exercisable at $4.55 per share, of ECD Common Stock then owned by Chevron. The transaction increased Ovonic Battery’s revenue and decreased additional paid-in capital in the year ended June 30, 2005 by $79,532,000 based upon the value of this option using the Black-Scholes valuation model.

 

In July 2004, ECD and Cobasys entered into a settlement agreement with MEI, PEVE, and Toyota with respect to patent infringement disputes and counterclaims involving NiMH batteries before the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration. Under the terms of the settlement, no party admitted any liability. (See Note B for additional information on this settlement.)

 

The Company recorded revenues from Cobasys of $141,000 and $557,000 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005, respectively, and $592,000 and $1,067,000 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004, respectively, for services performed on behalf of Cobasys.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE E – Joint Ventures and Investments (Continued)

 

 

 

The following sets forth certain financial data regarding Cobasys that are derived from its financial statements:

 

COBASYS LLC AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Enterprise)

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
2005 2004 2005 2004
 



Revenue                    
   Product and prototype revenues     $ 250,189   $ 200,986   $ 341,163   $ 419,040  
   Contract research revenue       249,005     300,976     369,193     357,565  
   Other revenues       601,032     460,714     1,127,325     952,381  
   
 
 
 
      Total Revenue       1,100,226     962,676     1,837,681     1,728,986  
Expenses  
   Cost of product and prototype revenues       2,079,549     1,431,834     3,929,765     2,769,935  
   Research and development costs       5,065,453     4,841,633     9,788,076     7,414,573  
   Sales and marketing costs       955,745     578,803     1,798,124     1,228,347  
   Operating, general and administrative costs       1,913,436     1,449,637     3,513,955     2,886,302  
   Loss on asset impairment and disposal       164,750         180,810      
   Depreciation and amortization       884,734     769,142     1,718,969     1,489,061  
   Interest expense       644,976         1,240,179      
   
 
 
 
      Total Expenses       11,708,643     9,071,049     22,169,878     15,788,218  
   
 
 
 
Net (Loss)     $ (10,608,417 ) $ (8,108,373 ) $ (20,332,197 ) $ (14,059,232 )
   
 
 
 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE E – Joint Ventures and Investments (Continued)

 

 

 

COBASYS LLC AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Enterprise)

 

BALANCE SHEETS

 

December 31,
      2005      
June 30,
      2005      
(Unaudited) (Audited)
Assets            
    Current Assets:    
      Cash and cash equivalents (of which $1,050,604 is restricted
         as of June 30, 2005)
    $ 1,491,558   $ 2,375,677  
      Investment securities (restricted)           1,994,000  
      Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $2,750 and $10,577 as of
         December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005, respectively)
      1,510,098     1,516,034  
      Inventories, net       3,896,810     3,540,791  
      Prepaid expenses       565,289     249,729  
      Note receivable – current portion       105,230      
   
   
 
           Total Current Assets       7,568,985     9,676,231  
    Net Property, Plant and Equipment       38,467,387     35,902,091  
    Assets held for sale       601,459     565,500  
    Cash surrender value of life insurance       639,991     567,511  
    Note receivable – net of current portion       70,647      
   
   
 
               Total Assets     $ 47,348,469   $ 46,711,333  
   
   
 
Liabilities and Members’ Capital    
    Current Liabilities:    
      Accounts payable     $ 1,600,420   $ 2,379,324  
      Accounts payable, related party       55,000     301,713  
      Accrued expenses       2,653,410     3,161,399  
      Deferred revenues – current portion       1,904,762     2,150,000  
      Current installments of obligations under capital lease       15,272     13,513  
   
   
 
           Total Current Liabilities       6,228,864     8,005,949  
    Deferred revenue - noncurrent       15,375,395     16,295,219  
    Redeemable preferred interest – related party       43,514,714     20,135,095  
    Obligations under capital lease, net of current portion       24,859     33,889  
    Other noncurrent liabilities       1,320,490     1,024,837  
   
   
 
           Total Liabilities       66,464,322     45,494,989  
Members’ Interest       (19,115,853 )   1,216,344  
   
   
 
               Total Liabilities and Members’ Interest     $ 47,348,469   $ 46,711,333  
   
   
 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE E – Joint Ventures and Investments (Continued)

 

 

Ovonyx

 

As of December 31, 2005, ECD owned 39.5% of Ovonyx, Mr. Tyler Lowrey and his colleague owned 39.5% of Ovonyx, and Intel Capital and other investors owned the remainder of the shares outstanding without giving effect to the exercise of outstanding stock options. ECD has principally contributed intellectual property and licenses for its interest in Ovonyx.

 

In October 2002, ECD, through a newly formed company, Ovonic Cognitive Computer, Inc., which is owned 95% by ECD and 5% by Ovonyx, made a capital contribution of $1,000,000 in Ovonyx in exchange for technology previously contributed by ECD to Ovonyx and an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, which requires annual minimum royalty payments in order to maintain its exclusivity. ECD made a $50,000 minimum royalty payment in November 2003, a $100,000 payment in December 2004, and $150,000 in December 2005. ECD recorded its $1,300,000 investment in Ovonyx and accounts for this investment on the equity method and recognized its proportionate share ($45,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2005 and $100,000 in the three and six months ended December 31, 2004) of Ovonyx losses to the extent of its $1,300,000 investment.

 

ECD recorded revenues from Ovonyx of $90,000 and $254,000, respectively, for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and $67,000 and $136,000, respectively, for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004, representing services provided to this corporation.

 

Ovonic Hydrogen Systems

 

In October 2000, ECD and ChevronTexaco (now Chevron) formed Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems. Chevron funded the initial product and market development for this joint venture, the primary use of which was to fund a contract from Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems to ECD to further develop the Ovonic hydrogen storage technology. In December 2004, Chevron transferred to ECD its interest in Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems (renamed Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC by ECD). In accordance with SFAS 141, “Business Combinations,” the Company wrote down the assets and liabilities of Ovonic Hydrogen Systems to zero in December 2004. ECD received $4,675,000 from Chevron for payment of restructuring fees. The $4,675,000 received from Chevron was $2,266,000 (net of tax) in excess of restructuring costs.

 

Since December 2, 2004, Ovonic Hydrogen Systems has been wholly owned by ECD. It is funded by ECD at a reduced level and is included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Ovonic Hydrogen Systems is focusing on continuing to commercialize compact portable hydrogen storage canisters that have current and near-term market applications while continuing to develop and commercialize ECD’s proprietary reversible solid metal hydride-based low-pressure hydrogen storage system for longer-term stationary, transportation and infrastructure applications.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE E – Joint Ventures and Investments (Continued)

 

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004, the Company recorded revenues of $1,446,000 and $4,089,000, respectively, for services provided to this joint venture, primarily for market development and advanced product development work.

 

Investments in Rare Earth Ovonic

 

During the year ended June 30, 2000, ECD and Ovonic Battery formed three joint ventures for the manufacturing and licensing of advanced NiMH battery technology, alloy powders and certain battery applications. ECD and Ovonic Battery initially contributed technology for their 19% interest in each of these joint ventures. In February 2002, ECD and Ovonic Battery jointly made a proportionate $1,710,000 cash investment in the Rare Earth Ovonic joint ventures and maintained their 19% interest in these entities. All of these joint ventures are being accounted for using the cost method of accounting.

 

Ovonic Battery has three contracts totaling $63,600,000 for supplying equipment and technology to its Rare Earth Ovonic joint ventures. As of December 31, 2005, Ovonic Battery has received payments totaling $59,484,000 under the three contracts. In December 2004, the Company reviewed its estimates to complete the equipment under the Rare Earth Ovonic contracts. As a result of this review and the changes in estimates, the Company has reduced its estimated margin from 12% to 8%. This resulted in a reduction in the cumulative revenue for these contracts at December 31, 2004 of approximately $2,668,000. The Company reviewed its estimates at December 31, 2005 and no additional adjustments were made.

 

The Company recorded revenues related to the above equipment contracts from Rare Earth Ovonic of $320,000 and $718,000 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005, respectively, and $2,668,000 and $1,598,000 negative revenues for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the Company reviewed its revenues and cost estimates for its Rare Earth Ovonic joint ventures in connection with its investment ($1,710,000) in Rare Earth Ovonic. Based upon these estimates, the Company took an impairment charge of $1,710,000 as of December 31, 2004.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

NOTE F – Liabilities and Line of Credit

 

Warranty Liability

 

The Company estimates the liability for product warranty costs based upon its past experience and best estimate of future warranty claims. The following is a summary of the changes in the product warranty liability during the six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004:

 

Six Months Ended
December 31,
         2005                   2004         
 
Liability beginning of the period     $   1,635,532   $   1,945,934  
Amounts accrued for as warranty costs       38,989     (253,712 )
Warranty claims               (82,953 )          (106,628 )
Liability at December 31     $   1,591,568   $   1,585,594  

 

 

Warranty liability is recorded at the time that the product is sold (for sales of photovoltaic products) or at the time that revenue is recognized (for machine-building and equipment sales).

 

Government Contract Reserve

 

The Company’s contracts with the U.S. Government and its agencies are subject to audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). DCAA has audited the Company’s indirect rates, including its methodology of computing these rates, for the years through June 30, 2003. In its reports, DCAA has questioned the allowability of and the allocability of certain costs as well as the Compan’s methodology for allocating independent research and development to its indirect cost pools. In addition, DCAA has stated that there could be penalties imposed. The Company is in the process of discussing each of these items in detail with the Department of Energy. Management believes that some of these DCAA assertions are without merit. The Company has recorded a reserve of $2,564,000 and $2,294,000 at December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005, respectively, related to these issues.

 

Business Loan Agreement

 

The Company has a business loan agreement with LaSalle Bank in the amount of $4,000,000. This business loan agreement is used to provide a mechanism for the issuances of letters of credit and entering into foreign currency exchange transactions. The business loan agreement expires on August 31, 2006. This agreement contains certain covenants, including a minimum $20 million liquidity covenant. At December 31, 2005, the Company had outstanding letters of credit of $2,361,000 against the business loan agreement.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

NOTE G – Commitments

 

The Company, in the ordinary course of business, enters into purchase commitments for raw materials. The Company also enters into purchase commitments for capital equipment, including subcontracts for the purchase of components for the new 25MW solar cell manufacturing equipment being installed in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Company’s total obligations under purchase commitments at December 31, 2005, were $41,928,000 ($40,451,000 of which was due within one year and $1,477,000 thereafter). The increase in purchase commitments is primarily due to new purchase commitments for the new 25MW equipment and for raw materials for United Solar Ovonic.

 

NOTE H – Nonrefundable Advance Royalties

 

At December 31 and June 30, 2005, the Company deferred recognition of revenue relating to nonrefundable advance royalty payments, which consist of the following:

 

December 31,
     2005     
June 30,
     2005     
 
Battery   $   435,902   $   435,902  
Optical memory   698,311   715,777  
    $1,134,213
  $1,151,679
 

 

Creditable royalties earned and recognized as revenue were:

 

December 31,
     2005           2004     
Three months ended   $    8,733     $   697,123    
Six months ended   $  17,466     $1,832,492    

 

Included in creditable royalties in the six months ended December 31, 2004 are $1,125,000 and $686,000 for both the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004 related to advance royalty payments, made in prior years by licensees to the Company, associated with license agreements under which the licensees no longer have contractual obligations to make payments.

 

There are no obligations in connection with any of the advance royalty agreements which require the Company to incur any additional costs.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

NOTE I – Product Sales, Royalties, Revenues from Product Development Agreements and License and Other Agreements

 

The Company has product sales and business agreements with third parties and with related parties for which royalties and revenues are included in the consolidated statements of operations. Product sales include photovoltaic products, revenues related to machine-building and equipment sales contracts and nickel hydroxide. Revenues related to machine-building and equipment sales contracts are recognized on the percentage-of-completion method of accounting using the costs incurred to date as a percentage of the total estimated costs. All other product sales are recognized when the product is delivered to the customer.

 

A summary of all of the Company’s revenues follows.

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004             2005             2004      
         
Product sales                    
    Photovoltaics     $ 20,812,772   $ 11,235,026   $ 38,959,512   $ 24,211,343  
    Machine building and equipment sales       320,039     (2,667,924 )*   717,619     (1,598,035 )*
    Nickel hydroxide       541,941     253,905     1,264,422     253,841  
    Other       6,060         6,060      
   
 
 
 
Total product sales     $ 21,680,812   $ 8,821,007   $ 40,947,613   $ 22,867,149  
   
 
 
 
Royalties    
    Battery technology    
       Transportation     $ (62,676 )*** $ 406,096   $ 642,313   $ 506,276  
       Consumer       346,750     376,386     772,350     1,842,179 **
    Optical memory       49,109     714,234 **   95,432     726,074 **
    Ovonic Unified Memory       (2,107 )   525     4,151     1,685  
Total royalties     $ 331,076   $ 1,497,241   $ 1,514,246   $ 3,076,214  
Revenues from product development agreements    
    Photovoltaics     $ 902,300   $ 2,447,970   $ 2,274,161   $ 4,626,583  
    Battery technology       16,725     148     16,725     148  
    Optical memory       195,478     355,228     358,880     485,585  
    Solid hydrogen storage systems       157,770     123,241     241,992     147,973  
    Manufacturing technology for OLEDs       342,218     450,834     597,195     911,581  
    Fuel cell technology       112,568         134,980      
        1,727,059     3,377,421     3,623,933     6,171,870  
Revenues from product development    
  agreements - related parties    
    Battery technology       141,309     592,360     556,572     1,067,267  
    Solid hydrogen storage systems           1,446,217         4,088,924  
        141,309     2,038,577     556,572     5,156,191  
Total revenues from product development    
  agreements     $ 1,868,368   $ 5,415,998   $ 4,180,505   $ 11,328,061  
License and other agreements    
    Battery technology     $ 238,095   $ 79,770,095   $ 496,190   $ 80,008,190  


*  Reflects adjustment in percentage of completion revenues as of December 31, 2004. (See Note E of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.)  
**  Includes $1,125,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2004 and $686,000 for both the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004 related to advance royalty payments, made in prior years by licensees associated with license agreements under which the licensees no longer have contractual obligations to make payments (see Note H).  
***  Negative transportation royalties resulted from a change in estimated royalties at December 31, 2005 based upon a recent royalty report received from one licensee.  

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE I – Product Sales, Royalties, Revenues from Product Development Agreements and License and Other Agreements (Continued)

 

 

The following table presents revenues by country based on the location of the customer:

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
2005 2004 2005 2004
   
 
 
 
United States     $ 10,737,317   $ 91,151,616   $ 20,172,750   $ 104,326,142  
Germany       7,134,097     3,517,522     15,846,983     7,730,997  
China       1,062,099     (2,336,867 )*   2,269,326     (1,190,225 )*
Japan       455,231     1,654,489     1,750,639     3,388,234  
Other Countries       4,896,054     1,687,607     7,492,636     3,511,085  
      $ 24,284,798   $ 95,674,367   $ 47,532,334   $ 117,766,233  

* See Note E of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

 

NOTE J – Business Segments

 

The Company has three business segments: United Solar Ovonic, Ovonic Battery and the parent company, ECD. United Solar Ovonic is involved in manufacturing and selling photovoltaic products. Ovonic Battery is involved in developing and licensing Ovonic NiMH consumer battery technology and manufacturing of nickel hydroxide materials. ECD is involved in developing microelectronics, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, catalysis, photovoltaics technologies and machine building. Some general corporate expenses have been allocated to Ovonic Battery.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE J – Business Segments (Continued)

 

 

The Company’s operations by business segments were as follows:

 

Financial Data by Business Segment

(in thousands)

 

United Solar
  Ovonic  
   ECD    Ovonic
Battery
Consolidating
  Entries  
 Consolidated 
Revenues*                        
    Three months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 21,651   $ 15,592   $ 1,584   $ (14,542 ) $ 24,285  
        December 31, 2004       13,490     3,971     78,798     (585 )   95,674  
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 41,010   $ 26,707   $ 4,547   $ (24,732 ) $ 47,532  
        December 31, 2004       28,582     8,044     82,149     (1,009 )   117,766  
 
Operating Income (Loss)*    
    Three months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 1,756   $ (6,605 ) $ (2,044 ) $ (170 ) $ (7,063 )
        December 31, 2004       (1,906 )   (5,026 )   74,688     260     68,016  
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 3,437   $ (14,197 ) $ (2,769 ) $ (318 ) $ (13,847 )
        December 31, 2004       (2,538 )   (9,802 )   73,606     637     61,903  
 
Interest Income    
    Three months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 16   $ 1,632   $   $ (847 ) $ 801  
        December 31, 2004       6     791         (689)     108  
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 31   $ 3,176   $   $ (1,609)   $ 1,598  
        December 31, 2004       14     1,559         (1,388 )   185  
 
Interest Expense**    
    Three months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 880   $   $   $ (847 ) $ 33  
        December 31, 2004       924         (689 )   235  
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 1,807   $   $   $ (1,610 ) $ 197  
        December 31, 2004       1,859             (1,388 )   471  

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE J – Business Segments (Continued)

 

United Solar
  Ovonic  
   ECD    Ovonic
Battery
Consolidating
  Entries  
 Consolidated 
Equity in Net Loss of Investees                          
  Under Equity Method    
    Three months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $   $ (45 ) $   $   $ (45 )
        December 31, 2004           (100 )           (100 )
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $   $ (45 ) $   $   $ (45 )
        December 31, 2004           (100 )           (100 )
 
Depreciation Expense    
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 2,755   $ 932   $ 172   $   $ 3,859  
        December 31, 2004       2,689     1,129     257         4,075  
 
Capital Expenditures    
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 25,128   $ 1,314   $ 307   $ (352 ) $ 26,397  
        December 31, 2004       567     60     103         730  
 
Investments in and Advances    
  to Equity Method Investees    
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $   $ 105   $   $   $ 105  
        December 31, 2004                
 
Identifiable Assets    
    Six months ended    
        December 31, 2005     $ 118,973   $ 220,603   $ 5,450   $ (143,764 ) $ 201,262  
        December 31, 2004       78,054     145,130     4,504     (105,075 )   122,613  

  * Excludes discontinued operations (Ovonic Battery)
** Excludes intercompany interest between ECD and Ovonic Battery.

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

NOTE K – Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

The Company’s total comprehensive income (loss) was as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
        2005                 2004                 2005                 2004        
Net Income (Loss)     $ (5,735,428 ) $ 67,137,312   $ (12,201,241 ) $ 68,485,264  
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE    
   INCOME (LOSS) (net of taxes):    
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments                    
Foreign currency translation adjustments       (42,755 )   76,733     (169,794 )   56,582  
                                                                                               
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)     $ (5,778,183 ) $ 67,214,045   $ (12,371,035 ) $ 68,541,846  

 

There were no realized or unrealized holding gains on investments arising during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. There were no reclassification adjustments for gains realized in net income for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

The accumulated income (expense) balances of currency translation adjustments, net of taxes, were $41,792 and $211,586 at December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005, respectively. For the three months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the effect from foreign currency transactions was a loss of $9,472 and a gain of $262,617, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the effect from foreign currency transactions was a loss of $66,058 and a gain of $274,420, respectively.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

NOTE L – Capital Stock

 

On September 30, 2005, in accordance with the applicable agreements, 219,913 shares of Class A Convertible Stock and 430,000 shares of Class B Convertible Stock were converted into Common Stock on a share-for-share basis.

 

ECD has common stock reserved for issuance as follows:

 

           Number of Shares           
December 31, 2005 June 30, 2005
Conversion of Class A Convertible Common Stock     219,913  
Conversion of Class B Convertible Common Stock     430,000  
Stock options   3,851,996   4,410,476  
Warrants (see Note M)   1,737,792   1,790,892  
Convertible Investment Certificates   5,210   5,210  
TOTAL RESERVED SHARES   5,594,998   6,856,491  

 

ECD has two shareholder-approved plans, the 1995 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (1995 Stock Option Plan) pursuant to which 2,000,000 shares were reserved for grant and the 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (2000 Stock Option Plan) pursuant to which 3,000,000 shares were reserved for grant. The plans authorize the granting of stock options at such exercise prices and to such employees, consultants and other persons as the Compensation Committee appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) shall determine. The 1995 Stock Option Plan provides that no option shall be granted after January 26, 2005. The 2000 Stock Option Plan provides that no option shall be granted after October 25, 2010.

 

The exercise period for stock options generally may not exceed 10 years from the date of grant. Stock option grants to individuals generally become exercisable with 40% of the shares vesting one year after the date of grant and 20% after each of the second, third and fourth years of grant.

 

In September 1993, ECD’s Compensation Committee authorized ECD to cancel stock options to purchase 94,367 and 49,630 shares of Common Stock held by Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Dr. Iris M. Ovshinsky, respectively, which previously had been granted under ECD’s Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and to grant stock options to purchase 150,000 (adjusted to 528,088 as of June 30, 2005) and 100,000 (adjusted to 342,643 as of June 30, 2005) shares of Common Stock to Mr. and Dr. Ovshinsky, respectively, which were subsequently granted to them pursuant to Stock Option agreements dated November 1993 (the “Agreements”). The weighted average exercise price of the outstanding stock options is $14.99 per share at December 31, 2005.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE L – Capital Stock (Continued)

 

 

 

A summary of the transactions during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 with respect to the above agreements follows:

 

(Unaudited)
Shares
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Aggregate Intrinsic Value(1)
(in millions)

Weighted-Average Contractual Life Remaining
in Years

Outstanding at June 30, 2005 870,731 $ 14.99    
Granted at fair value    
Exercised    
Expired    
Forfeited    
Outstanding at September 30, 2005 870,731 $ 14.99 $ 26.0 ( 2 )
Exercisable at September 30, 2005 870,731 $ 14.99 $ 26.0 ( 2 )
Outstanding at December 31, 2005 870,731 $ 14.99 $ 26.0 ( 2 )
Exercisable at December 31, 2005 870,731 $ 14.99 $ 26.0 ( 2 )

(1) The intrinsic value of a stock option is the amount by which the current market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option.
(2) Twelve months after termination of employment other than voluntary termination.

 

In June 2005, the Agreements were amended by deleting the antidilution protection adjustment provision. No further options will be granted to Mr. and Dr. Ovshinsky under the Agreements. In consideration of the approvals by Mr. and Dr. Ovshinsky to such amendment, ECD’s Compensation Committee approved the grant of options to Mr. Ovshinsky (100,000 shares) and Dr. Ovshinsky (65,000 shares) under the 2000 Stock Option Plan.

 

On January 15, 1999, ECD entered into a Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Robert C. Stempel that granted Mr. Stempel an option to purchase up to 300,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.688 per share, the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the date of the Agreement. The option, which is not subject to vesting requirements, may be exercised from time to time, in whole or in part, commencing as of the date of the Agreement and ending on the tenth anniversary of such date.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE L – Capital Stock (Continued)

 

 

A summary of the transactions during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 with respect to the above Agreement follows:

 

(Unaudited)
Shares
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Aggregate Intrinsic Value(1)
(in millions)

Weighted-Average Contractual Life Remaining
in Years

Outstanding at June 30, 2005 300,000  $  10.688    
Granted at fair value
Exercised
Expired
Forfeited
Outstanding at September 30, 2005 300,000  $  10.688 $ 10.3 3.29
Exercisable at September 30, 2005 300,000  $  10.688 $ 10.3 3.29
Outstanding at December 31, 2005 300,000  $  10.688 $ 9.00 3.04
Exercisable at December 31, 2005 300,000  $  10.688 $ 9.00 3.04

(1)
The intrinsic value of a stock option is the amount by which the current market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option.

 

Total net stock-based compensation expense is attributable to the granting of and the remaining requisite service periods of stock options previously granted. Compensation expense attributable to net stock-based compensation in the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 was $403,000 and $903,000, increasing both basic and diluted loss $.01 and $.03, respectively, per share. As of December 31, 2005, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock grants was $1.7 million and the related weighted-average period over which it is expected to be recognized is approximately 2.5 years.

 

Prior to the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), SFAS No. 123 required that the Company provide pro forma information regarding net earnings and net earnings per common share as if compensation cost for ECD’s stock-based grants had been determined in accordance with the fair value method prescribed therein. ECD had previously adopted the disclosure portion of SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure,” requiring quarterly SFAS No. 123 pro forma disclosure. The pro forma charge for compensation cost related to stock-based grants granted was recognized over the service period. For stock options, the service period represents the period of time between the date of grant and the date each option becomes exercisable without consideration of acceleration provisions.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE L – Capital Stock (Continued)

 

 

The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings per common share as if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding grants for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004 (unaudited):

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Six Months Ended
December 31,
2004
2004
 
Net earnings, as reported     $  67,137,312            $  68,485,264         
Deduct:  
  Total stock-based compensation expense
      determined under fair value method
 
      for all grants     624,201              1,000,990         
Pro forma net earnings     $  66,513,111            $  67,484,274
 
Earnings per common share:  
   Basic – as reported   $     2.63 $     2.70
   Basic – pro forma   $     2.61 $     2.66
   Diluted – as reported   $     2.44 $     2.61
   Diluted – pro forma   $     2.42 $     2.58

 

A summary of the transactions during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 with respect to ECD’s 1995 and 2000 Stock Option Plans follows:

 

(Unaudited)
Shares
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Aggregate Intrinsic Value(1)
(in millions)

Weighted-Average Contractual Life Remaining
in Years

Outstanding at June 30, 2005 2,268,635          $  19.23           
Granted at fair value    
Exercised 474,220          $  20.89           
Expired 800          $  10.40           
Outstanding at September 30, 2005 1,793,615          $  18.80        $ 46.8 6.02
Exercisable at September 30, 2005 1,297,325          $  20.08        $ 32.2 5.12
Granted at fair value    
Exercised 29,810          $  18.53           
Expired 56,800          $  15.88           
Outstanding at December 31, 2005 1,707,005          $  18.90        $ 37.3 5.94
Exercisable at December 31, 2005 1,331,610          $  19.45        $ 28.3 5.22

(1) The intrinsic value of a stock option is the amount by which the current market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE L – Capital Stock (Continued)

 

 

There were no stock option grants in the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the total fair value of stock options vested during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 were as follows:

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

Six Months Ended
December 31,

2005
2004
2005
2004
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised     $ 419,207   $ 7,252,617   $ 7,051,611   $ 7,256,936  
Total fair value of stock options vested     $ 843,497   $ 817,939   $ 1,365,009   $ 886,546  

 

As of June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005, there were 430,000 nonvested shares of restricted stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Agreement dated January 19, 1999 and amended as of September 22, 2005 with a weighted average grant date fair value of approximately $4.6 million. The vesting schedule provides for quarterly vesting of 23,000 shares at the beginning of each quarter commencing July 1, 2006 through October 1, 2010 with 16,000 shares vesting on December 31, 2010.

 

NOTE M – Subsequent Event

 

In January 2006, ECD received proceeds of $21,445,000 in connection with the exercise of warrants to purchase 1,337,792 shares of ECD Common Stock by a purchaser of units in the private placements of November 2003 and January 2004.

 

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Item 2 .

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Quarterly Financial Information and Notes thereto and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2005 and is qualified in its entirety by the foregoing. The results of operations for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected in future periods.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. In addition, from time to time we and our representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. The words “may,” “will,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions have been used in this Quarterly Report to identify forward-looking statements.

 

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations with respect to future events and occurrences. Investors are cautioned that our actual results in the future may differ materially from the expected results reflected in our forward-looking statements. The expected results reflected in our forward-looking statements are subject to various significant risks and uncertainties, including the following:

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

 

We have a history of losses and our future profitability is uncertain.

 

We expect that we will need to obtain additional significant financing to continue to operate our business, including significant capital expenditures to increase our production capacity, and financing may be unavailable or available only on disadvantageous terms.

 

Our revenues and profits are dependent upon licensing arrangements and joint ventures, and our licensees and joint venture partners may be unwilling or unable to devote their financial resources and manufacturing and marketing capabilities to commercialize products based on our technologies.

 

Additional research and development efforts will be required before certain products based on our technologies can be manufactured and sold commercially, and there can be no assurance that such efforts will be successful.

 

It is uncertain that the market will accept our products once the technology has been developed and commercial-scale manufacturing has been achieved.

 

We and our joint ventures and licensees may not be able to manufacture products based on our technologies successfully on a commercial scale.

 

We and our joint ventures and licensees may experience performance problems with key suppliers or subcontractors.

 

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Other companies, many of which have greater resources than we have, may develop competing products or technologies which cause products based on our technologies to become obsolete or non-competitive.

 

Our ability to succeed will be dependent upon our ability to successfully implement our business plan, as to which no assurance can be given.

 

We receive a significant portion of our revenues from a small number of customers.

 

Adverse business or financial conditions affecting the automotive industry may have a material adverse effect on our Cobasys joint venture and our NiMH battery business.

 

Our government product development and research contracts may be terminated by unilateral government action, or we may be unsuccessful in obtaining new government contracts to replace those which have been terminated or completed.

 

The reduction or elimination of government incentives related to solar power could cause our revenues to decline.

 

We may suffer the loss of key personnel or may be unable to attract and retain qualified personnel to maintain and expand our business.

 

We may become subject to legal or regulatory proceedings which may reach unfavorable resolutions.

 

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations related to the discharge or disposal of toxic, volatile or other hazardous chemicals.

 

We are required to account for employee stock option plans using the fair value method, which will increase our net loss and net loss per share.

 

We have disclosed a material weakness in our internal controls that, if not remedied, could result in material misstatements in our financial statements, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.

 

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

 

 

Our success depends in part upon our ability to protect our intellectual property and our proprietary technology.

 

We rely on trade secrets and other confidential information to maintain our proprietary position.

 

We may be involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our patents, which could be expensive and time consuming.

 

Third parties may own or control patents or patent applications that are infringed by our products or technologies.

 

Risk Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock

 

 

Our stock price has been subject to significant volatility and your investment could suffer a decline in value.

 

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly.

 

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Because we do not intend to pay dividends, you will not receive funds without selling shares and, depending on when you sell your shares, you may lose the entire amount of your investment.

 

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law may delay or prevent an acquisition of our company.

 

There is also the risk that we incorrectly analyze these risks or that strategies we develop to address them are unsuccessful.

 

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this section. Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We are not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Effective July 1, 2005, ECD adopted SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS No. 123(R)"). This statement replaces SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS No. 123") and supersedes APB No. 25. SFAS No. 123(R) requires that all stock-based compensation be recognized as an expense in the financial statements and that such cost be measured at the fair value of the grant. This statement was adopted using the modified prospective method of application, which requires us to recognize compensation expense on a prospective basis. Therefore, prior period financial statements have not been restated. Under this method, in addition to reflecting compensation expense for new share-based grants, expense is also recognized to reflect the remaining service period of grants that had been included in pro-forma disclosures in prior periods. SFAS No. 123(R) also requires that excess tax benefits (none for ECD due to tax losses) related to stock option exercises be reflected as financing cash inflows instead of operating cash inflows.

 

With the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), ECD is required to record the fair value of stock-based compensation grants as an expense. In order to determine the fair value of stock options on the date of grant, ECD applies the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Inherent in this model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, option life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. While the risk-free interest rate and dividend yield are less subjective assumptions, typically based on factual data derived from public sources, the expected stock-price volatility, forfeiture rate and option life assumptions require a greater level of judgment which make them critical accounting estimates.

 

ECD uses an expected stock-price volatility assumption that is based on historical implied volatilities of the underlying stock which is obtained from public data sources. There were no stock option grants during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005.

 

 

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With regard to the weighted-average option life and forfeiture rate assumptions, ECD considers the behavior of past grants and models the pattern of aggregate exercises and forfeitures. Patterns are determined on specific criteria of the aggregate pool of optionees. There were no stock option grants during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2005.

 

In October 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 123(R)-2, "Practical Accommodation to the Application of Grant Date as defined in FASB Statement No. 123(R)," to provide guidance on determining the grant date for a grant as defined in SFAS No. 123(R). This FSP stipulates that assuming all other criteria in the grant date definition are met, a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of a grant to an individual employee is presumed to exist upon the grant's approval in accordance with the relevant corporate governance requirements, provided that the key terms and conditions of a grant (a) cannot be negotiated by the recipient with the employer because the award is a unilateral grant, and (b) are expected to be communicated to an individual recipient within a relatively short time period from the date of approval. ECD has applied the principles set forth in this FSP upon its adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).

 

Results of Operations

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2005 compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2004

 

Overview

 

The Company had a net loss of $5,735,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 compared to a net income of $67,137,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004. In December 2004, Ovonic Battery recognized revenue from a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with expanding the scope of the license granted to Cobasys. The net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2004, without this one-time, non-cash license fee, would have been $12,395,000. On a comparable basis, the net loss of $5,735,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 improved by $6,660,000 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2004, excluding the one-time, non-cash license fee.

 

In addition to the aforementioned one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000, other major changes in operating income (loss) were as follows:

 

 

United Solar’s product sales increased 86% to $20,896,000 for 2005 compared to $11,235,000 for 2004. United Solar’s gross profit increased to $4,425,000 for 2005 compared to a negative margin of $220,000 for 2004.

 

Royalties decreased to $331,000 in 2005 from $1,497,000 in 2004 due to $686,000 recognized in 2004 from an advance royalty payment made in prior years by a licensee to ECD associated with a license agreement under which the licensee no longer had contractual obligation to make payments and a change in estimated royalties based upon a recent royalty report received from a licensee.

 

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Overall spending for product development and research decreased by $1,641,000 as a result of our restructuring program; however, funding decreased by $3,548,000 resulting in an increase of $1,907,000 in the net cost of product development.

 

$2,266,000 extraordinary gain in 2004 due to payment received from Chevron in excess of restructuring costs (see Note E).

 

$1,710,000 impairment loss in 2004 for Rare-Earth Ovonic.

 

For the three months ended December 31, 2005, the Company had a gain from discontinued operations of $572,000. For the three months ended December 31, 2004, the loss from discontinued operations was $451,000.

 

The table below summarizes each of the Company’s business segment’s operating results (in thousands) for the three months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

          Revenues          

      Income (Loss)
      from Operations      
               Segment                 

2005

2004

2005

2004

United Solar Ovonic

 

$ 21,651

 

$ 13,490

 

$ 1,756

 

$(1,906

)

 

 

Energy Conversion Devices

 

15,592

 

3,971

 

(6,605

)

(5,026

)

Ovonic Battery (1)

 

1,584

 

78,798

 (2)

(2,044

)

74,688

 (2)

Consolidating Entries

 

(14,542

)

(585

)

(170

)

260

 

Consolidated

 

$ 24,285

  $  95,674

 (2)

$(7,063)

$68,016

 (2)

 

(1)

Excludes discontinued operations.

 

(2)

Includes a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000.

United Solar Ovonic Segment

 

The United Solar Ovonic segment’s operating income improved by $3,662,000 in 2005 versus 2004 primarily due to significantly higher product sales and the impact of cost reductions in 2005.

 

United Solar Ovonic’s 2005 revenues increased by $8,161,000 primarily due to increased product sales. Photovoltaic product sales increased by 86% to $20,896,000 for 2005 from $11,235,000 for 2004. This increase was principally attributable to higher shipments of photovoltaic products ($6,775,000), sales of $2,344,000 recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2005 for shipments physically shipped under Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) terms in the prior quarter, and higher pricing ($464,000).

 

Gross profit on United Solar Ovonic’s product sales was $4,425,000 (21.2% gross profit margin) in 2005 compared to a gross loss of $220,000 in 2004 due to higher sales, lower material costs, and improved absorption of fixed costs as United Solar Ovonic's production reached its full-rated capacity of 25MW annually in 2005.

 

United Solar Ovonic’s revenues from product development agreements in the three months ended December 31, 2005 were $750,000 compared to $2,255,000 in 2004. The

 

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decrease in 2005 was principally due to lower revenues on the U.S. Air Force contract for the development of new products for space and airship applications due to a reduction in work performed on this contract in 2005 and a delay in the start up of the replacement contract with National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL) (zero in the three months ended December 31, 2005 compared to $253,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004).

 

Revenues from product development agreements for the United Solar Ovonic segment in 2005 funded 50% of its cost of product development. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $1,505,000 and spending decreased by $768,000, resulting in an increase of $737,000 in net cost of product development.

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004      
 
Cost of revenues from product development agreements     $    668,000   $ 1,308,000  
Product development and research       839,000     967,000  
        Total cost of product development       1,507,000     2,275,000  
Revenues from product development agreements       750,000     2,255,000  
        Net cost of product development     $    757,000   $      20,000  

 

While product sales increased 86%, United Solar Ovonic’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) increased by only $242,000 (15%) in 2005. $236,000 of the increase resulted from higher personnel costs and $29,000 from higher utility costs, both due to increased manufacturing and sales volumes.

 

The product development expenditures were used to fund the development of new products for space and airship applications and to develop lower-cost and higher-efficiency terrestrial products.

 

Energy Conversion Devices Segment

 

The ECD segment had an increased operating loss in 2005, versus 2004, primarily due to a $1,446,000 decrease in the segment’s hydrogen development contract revenues.

 

ECD’s product sales, consisting of machine building, increased to $14,329,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 compared to $41,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004 with the increase in work performed to construct the new 25MW production equipment for United Solar Ovonic. These sales were made to a consolidated subsidiary and are eliminated in consolidation.

 

ECD’s revenues from product development agreements decreased in the three months ended December 31, 2005 to $1,070,000 from $3,012,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004, due to lower revenues from Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ECD, (zero in 2005 versus $1,446,000 in 2004), plus reduced revenues on contracts with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ($480,000 in 2005 versus $599,000 in 2004) for work done in optical switching and

 

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developing manufacturing technology related to optical switching and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and reduced revenues ($105,000 in 2005 versus $425,000 in 2004) on work performed by ECD on United Solar Ovonic’s U.S. Air Force contract.

 

Revenues from product development agreements for the ECD segment for the three months ended December 31, 2005 funded 18% of this segment’s cost of product development. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $1,942,000 while spending decreased by $636,000, principally in the hydrogen technology, resulting in an increase of $1,306,000 in net cost of product development.

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004      
Cost of revenues from product development agreements     $  1,348,000   $  3,057,000  
Product development and research       4,743,000     3,670,000  
        Total cost of product development       6,091,000     6,727,000  
Revenues from product development agreements       1,070,000     3,012,000  
        Net cost of product development     $  5,021,000   $  3,715,000  

 

Product development programs include work on the Ovonic Cognitive Computer technology, including a unique three-terminal device with high-speed high-current capabilities based on ECD’s Ovonic threshold/memory technology. Additionally, since acquiring a 100% interest in Ovonic Hydrogen Systems and Ovonic Fuel Cell Company, ECD has continued the development of solid hydrogen storage systems and the Ovonic metal hydride fuel cell technologies at a reduced level. ECD is also continuing development of its photovoltaics, optical switching, and OLED manufacturing technologies.

 

ECD’s royalties, consisting principally of optical memory royalties, were $47,000 in 2005 compared to $715,000 in 2004. The 2004 royalties included $686,000 related to advance royalty payments, made in prior years by a licensee to the Company, associated with a license agreement under which the licensee no longer has contractual obligations to make payments.

 

Other revenues are primarily related to insurance proceeds, services, facilities and miscellaneous administrative and laboratory and machine shop services provided to some of ECD’s joint ventures. Other revenues were $139,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 down from $203,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004. The decrease in other revenues in 2005 was primarily due to a decrease in machine shop revenue from United Solar Ovonic.

 

ECD’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) were $1,898,000 in 2005 compared to $1,533,000 in 2004. The increase in the net expense for 2005 was principally due to expenses of $373,000 of the total consolidated expense of $403,000 recorded in 2005 in connection with the adoption of SFAS 123(R) (see Note L of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), partially offset by a reduction in 2005 for costs related to compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

 

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Ovonyx is included in the ECD segment. This investment is not consolidated; it is accounted for using the equity method of accounting and, thus, no Ovonyx revenues or expenses are included in ECD’s results of operations for 2005 and 2004. During the three months ended December 31, 2005, ECD recognized $45,000 in its equity in losses of investment in Ovonyx compared to $100,000 recognized in the three months ended December 31, 2004.

 

Ovonic Battery Segment

 

The Ovonic Battery segment had an increased operating loss in the three months ended December 31, 2005 versus 2004. In December 2004, Ovonic Battery recognized a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with an expanded license granted to Cobasys. The loss from operations for the three months ended December 31, 2004, without this one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000, would have been $4,844,000. On a comparable basis, the loss from operations of $2,044,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 improved by $2,800,000 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2004, excluding this one-time, non-cash license fee.

 

The decrease in Ovonic Battery’s revenues was primarily due to the aforementioned $79,532,000 license fee in 2004 and a reduction in revenues from product development agreements principally related to decreased activities under the advanced product development agreement from Cobasys as Cobasys staffed up to assume full responsibility for its product development activities and is no longer reliant on Ovonic Battery.

 

Equipment sales revenues increased to $320,000 in 2005 from negative $2,668,000 in 2004, related to Ovonic Battery contracts with Rare Earth Ovonic to provide battery-manufacturing equipment, which is nearing completion. Nickel hydroxide sales were $542,000 in 2005 and $254,000 in 2004.

 

Revenues from product development agreements for the Ovonic Battery segment in the three months ended December 31, 2005 funded 7% of Ovonic Battery’s cost of product development as it continues to develop its core technologies. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $434,000 and spending decreased by $570,000, resulting in a decrease of $136,000 in net cost of product development.

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
      2005             2004      
 
Cost of revenues from product development agreements     $     26,000   $   582,000  
Product development and research       2,191,000     2,205,000  
        Total cost of product development       2,217,000     2,787,000  
Revenues from product development agreements       158,000     592,000  
        Net cost of product development     $ 2,059,000   $ 2,195,000  

 

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Royalties from NiMH batteries for transportation applications decreased to negative $63,000 in 2005, down from $406,000 in 2004. Overall royalties decreased by 64% to $284,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 from $782,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004 due to a change in estimated royalties based upon a recent royalty report received from one licensee.

 

Revenues from license and other agreements decreased to $238,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 from $79,770,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004. In December 2004, Ovonic Battery recognized a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with expanding the scope of the license granted to Cobasys. The 2005 and 2004 license fees include $238,000 for the amortization over 10.5 years of the $10,000,000 payment received in the settlement of the patent infringement disputes and counterclaims in consideration of the licenses granted and the agreement to cross license through December 31, 2014 (see Note B of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Revenues from license and other agreements depend on a small number of new business arrangements, are sporadic and vary dramatically from period to period.

 

Patent expenses were incurred in 2005 and 2004 in connection with the protection of Ovonic Battery’s United States and foreign patents covering its proprietary technologies. Total patent expenses decreased to $310,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2005 from $373,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2004.

 

Ovonic Battery’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) were negative $339,000 in 2005 compared to $136,000 in 2004. The decrease was primarily due to a reduced allocation in 2005 from ECD and other reductions in costs.

 

Other Income/Expense

 

The $2,425,000 increase in other income (net) ($756,000 income in 2005 compared to $1,669,000 loss in 2004) resulted primarily from higher interest income ($801,000 in 2005 compared to $108,000 in 2004) due to increased funds available for investment and higher interest rates and a $1,710,000 impairment loss in Rare Earth Ovonic-China in 2004.

 

Six Months Ended December 31, 2005 compared to Six Months Ended December 31, 2004

 

Overview

 

The Company had a net loss of $12,201,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 compared to a net income of $68,485,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004. In December 2004, the Company recognized a one-time non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with an expanded license granted to Cobasys. The net loss for the six months ended December 31, 2004, without this one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 (recognized in December 2004), would have been $11,047,000. On a comparable basis, the net loss of $12,201,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 increased by $1,154,000 compared to the six months ended December 31, 2004, excluding this one-time, non-cash license fee.

 

 

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In addition to the aforementioned one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000, other major changes in operating income (loss) were as follows:

 

 

United Solar’s product sales increased 61% to $39,043,000 for 2005 compared to $24,211,000 for 2004. United Solar’s gross profit increased to $7,992,000 for 2005 compared to a gross profit of $389,000 for 2004.

 

Royalties decreased to $1,514,000 in 2005 from $3,076,000 in 2004 due to $1,125,000 and $686,000 recognized in 2004 from advance royalty payments made in prior years by licensees to Ovonic Battery and ECD, respectively, associated with license agreements under which the licensees no longer had contractual obligation to make payments.

 

Overall spending for product development and research decreased by $2,924,000 as a result of our restructuring program; however, funding decreased by $7,148,000 resulting in an increase of $4,224,000 in the net cost of product development.

 

$2,266,000 extraordinary gain in 2004 due to payment received from Chevron in excess of restructuring costs (see Note E).

 

$8,000,000 income in 2004 resulting from a distribution from our joint venture Cobasys related to a partial reimbursement of legal fees related to the MEI settlement (see Note B).

 

$1,710,000 impairment loss in 2004 for Rare-Earth Ovonic.

 

For the six months ended December 31, 2005, the Company had a gain from discontinued operations of $314,000, and for the six months ended December 31, 2004, the loss from discontinued operations was $837,000.

 

The table below summarizes each of the Company’s business segment’s operating results (in thousands) for the six months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

 

          Revenues          

      Income (Loss)
      from Operations      
               Segment                 

2005

2004

2005

2004

United Solar Ovonic

 

$ 41,010

 

$ 28,582

 

$ 3,437

 

$(2,538

)

 

 

Energy Conversion Devices

 

26,707

 

8,044

 

(14,197

)

(9,802

)

Ovonic Battery (1)

 

4,547

 

82,149

 (2)

(2,769

)

73,606

 (2)

Consolidating Entries

 

(24,732

)

(1,009

)

(318

)

637

 

Consolidated

 

$ 47,532

  $  117,766

 (2)

$(13,847)

$61,903

 (2)

 

(1)

Excludes discontinued operations.

 

(2)

Includes a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000.

 

 

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United Solar Ovonic Segment

 

The United Solar Ovonic segment’s operating income improved by $5,975,000 in 2005 versus 2004 primarily due to significantly higher product sales and the impact of cost reductions in 2005.

 

United Solar Ovonic’s 2005 revenues increased by $12,428,000 primarily due to increased product sales. Photovoltaic product sales increased by 61% to $39,043,000 for 2005 from $24,211,000 for 2004. This increase was principally attributable to higher shipments of photovoltaic products ($10,470,000), sales of $4,015,000 recognized in the six months ended December 31, 2005 for shipments physically shipped under DDP terms in the prior periods and higher pricing ($429,000).

 

Gross profit on United Solar Ovonic’s product sales was $7,992,000 (20.5% gross profit margin) in 2005 compared to a gross profit of $389,000 in 2004 because of higher sales, lower material costs, and improved absorption of fixed costs in 2005.

 

United Solar Ovonic’s revenues from product development agreements in the six months ended December 31, 2005 were $1,961,000 compared to $4,201,000 in 2004. The decrease in 2005 was principally due to lower revenues on the U.S. Air Force contract for the development of new products for space and airship applications due to a reduction in work performed on this contract in 2005 and a delay in the start up of the replacement contract with NREL (zero in the six months ended December 31, 2005 compared to $450,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004).

 

Revenues from product development agreements for the United Solar Ovonic segment in 2005 funded 64% of its cost of product development. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $2,240,000 and spending decreased by $1,301,000, resulting in an increase of $939,000 in net cost of product development.

 

Six Months Ended
December 31,
       2005               2004       
Cost of revenues from product development agreements     $  1,411,000   $  2,917,000  
Product development and research       1,658,000     1,453,000  
        Total cost of product development       3,069,000     4,370,000  
Revenues from product development agreements       1,961,000     4,201,000  
        Net cost of product development     $  1,108,000   $     169,000  

 

While product sales increased 61%, United Solar Ovonic’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) increased by only $520,000 (18%) in 2005. $406,000 of the increase resulted from higher personnel costs and $104,000 from higher utility costs, both due to increased manufacturing and sales volumes.

 

 

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The product development expenditures were used to fund the development of new products for space and airship applications and to develop lower-cost and higher-efficiency terrestrial products.

 

Energy Conversion Devices Segment

 

The ECD segment had an increased operating loss in 2005, versus 2004, primarily due to a $4,089,000 decrease in the segment’s hydrogen development contract revenues.

 

ECD’s product sales, consisting of machine building, were $24,354,000 in 2005 compared to $73,000 in 2004 with the increase in work performed to construct the new 25MW equipment for United Solar Ovonic. These sales were made to a consolidated subsidiary. These sales are eliminated in consolidation.

 

ECD’s revenues from product development agreements decreased in the six months ended December 31, 2005 to $1,863,000 from $6,855,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004, due to lower revenues from Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ECD, (zero in 2005 versus $4,089,000 in 2004), plus reduced revenues on contracts with NIST ($849,000 in 2005 versus $1,190,000 in 2004) for work done in optical switching and developing manufacturing technology related to OLEDs, and reduced revenues ($204,000 in 2005 versus $780,000 in 2004) on work performed by ECD on United Solar Ovonic’s U.S. Air Force contract.

 

Revenues from product development agreements for the ECD segment for the six months ended December 31, 2005 funded 15% of this segment’s cost of product development. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $4,992,000 while spending decreased by $1,233,000, principally in the hydrogen technology, resulting in an increase of $3,759,000 in net cost of product development.

 

 

  Six Months Ended
December 31,
       2005               2004       
 
Cost of revenues from product development agreements $ 2,322,000   $ 6,949,000  
Product development and research   10,511,000     7,117,000  
        Total cost of product development   12,833,000     14,066,000  
Revenues from product development agreements   1,863,000     6,855,000  
        Net cost of product development $10,970,000   $  7,211,000  

 

Product development programs include work on the Ovonic Cognitive Computer technology, including a unique three-terminal device with high-speed high-current capabilities based on ECD’s Ovonic threshold/memory technology. Additionally, since acquiring a 100% interest in Ovonic Hydrogen Systems and Ovonic Fuel Cell Company, ECD has continued the development of solid hydrogen storage systems and the Ovonic metal hydride fuel cell technologies at a reduced level. ECD is also continuing development of its photovoltaics, optical switching, and OLED manufacturing technologies.

 

 

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ECD’s royalties, consisting principally of optical memory royalties, were $100,000 in 2005 compared to $728,000 in 2004. The 2004 royalties included $686,000 related to advance royalty payments, made in prior years by a licensee to the Company, associated with a license agreement under which the licensee no longer has contractual obligations to make payments.

 

Other revenues are primarily related to insurance proceeds, services, facilities and miscellaneous administrative and laboratory and machine shop services provided to some of ECD’s joint ventures. Other revenues were $372,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 down from $388,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004. The decrease in other revenues in 2005 was primarily due to a decrease in laboratory services revenue.

 

ECD’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) were $3,455,000 in 2005 compared to $2,422,000 in 2004. The increase in the net expense for 2005 was principally due to expenses of $800,000 of the total consolidated expense of $903,000 recorded in 2005 in connection with the adoption of SFAS 123(R) (see Note L of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) and an increase of $235,000 in 2005 for the costs associated with nonemployee stock options, partially offset by a reduction in 2005 for costs related to compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

 

Ovonyx is included in the ECD segment. This investment is not consolidated; it is accounted for using the equity method of accounting and, thus, no revenues or expenses of Ovonyx are included in ECD’s results of operations for 2005 and 2004. During the six months ended December 31, 2005, ECD recognized $45,000 in its equity in losses of investment in Ovonyx compared to $100,000 recognized in the six months ended December 31, 2004.

 

Ovonic Battery Segment

 

The Ovonic Battery segment had an increased operating loss in the six months ended December 31, 2005 versus 2004. In December 2004, Ovonic Battery recognized a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with expanding the scope of the license granted to Cobasys. The loss for the six months ended December 31, 2004, without this one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000, would have been $5,926,000. On a comparable basis, the loss from operations of $2,769,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 improved by $3,157,000 compared to the six months ended December 31, 2004, excluding this one-time, non-cash license fee. In addition, $1,125,000 in royalties was recognized in the six months ended December 31, 2004 – see Note H of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

The decrease in Ovonic Battery’s revenues was primarily due to the fact that in December 2004 Ovonic Battery recognized the aforementioned one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000.

 

Equipment sales revenues increased to $718,000 in 2005 from negative $1,598,000 in 2004, related to Ovonic Battery contracts with Rare Earth Ovonic to provide battery-manufacturing equipment, which is nearing completion. Nickel hydroxide sales were $1,264,000 in 2005 and $254,000 in 2004.

 

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Revenues from product development agreements for the Ovonic Battery segment in the six months ended December 31, 2005 funded 13% of Ovonic Battery’s cost of product development as it continues to develop its core technologies. Revenues from product development agreements decreased by $494,000 and spending decreased by $969,000, resulting in a decrease of $475,000 in net cost of product development.

 

  Six Months Ended
December 31,
2005 2004
Cost of revenues from product development agreements $   287,000   $  1,045,000  
Product development and research   4,109,000     4,320,000  
        Total cost of product development   4,396,000     5,365,000  
Revenues from product development agreements   573,000     1,067,000  
        Net cost of product development $ 3,823,000   $ 4,298,000  

 

Royalties from NiMH batteries for transportation applications increased to $642,000 in 2005, up from $506,000 in 2004. Overall royalties decreased by 40% to $1,415,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 from $2,348,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004 due to the recognition in 2004 of $1,125,000 related to an advance royalty payment made by a licensee to Ovonic Battery in 1993 associated with a license agreement under which the licensee no longer has a contractual obligation to make payments, partially offset by the increase in royalties for transportation applications.

 

Revenues from license and other agreements decreased to $496,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 from $80,008,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004. In December 2004, Ovonic Battery recognized a one-time, non-cash license fee of $79,532,000 in connection with an expanded license granted to Cobasys. The 2005 and 2004 license fees include $476,000 for the amortization over 10.5 years of the $10,000,000 payment received in the settlement of the patent infringement disputes and counterclaims in consideration of the licenses granted and the agreement to cross license through December 31, 2014 (see Note B of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). In addition, in 2005 Ovonic Battery received a $20,000 license fee from Intellect Battery, a Chinese licensee. Revenues from license and other agreements depend on a small number of new business arrangements, are sporadic and vary dramatically from period to period.

 

Patent expenses were incurred in 2005 and 2004 in connection with the protection of Ovonic Battery’s United States and foreign patents covering its proprietary technologies. Total patent expenses decreased to $632,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2005 from $812,000 in the six months ended December 31, 2004.

 

Ovonic Battery’s operating, general and administrative expenses (net of allocations) were negative $210,000 in 2005 compared to $540,000 in 2004. The decrease was due to a reduced allocation in 2005 from ECD and other reductions in costs.

 

 

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Other Income/Expense

 

The $4,846,000 decrease in other income (net) ($1,332,000 income in 2005 compared to $6,178,000 income in 2004) resulted primarily from an $8,000,000 distribution from joint venture in 2004 related to a partial reimbursement of legal fees related to the MEI settlement, partially offset by higher interest income ($1,598,000 in 2005 compared to $186,000 in 2004) due to increased funds available for investment and higher interest rates and an impairment loss of $1,710,000 in Rare Earth Ovonic-China in 2004.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of December 31, 2005, the Company had $66,955,000 consolidated cash and cash equivalents consisting of money market funds, certificates of deposit and corporate notes, classified as available-for-sale, maturing from one day to three months and had consolidated working capital of $88,751,000.

 

In January 2006, ECD received proceeds of $21,445,000 in connection with the exercise of warrants to purchase 1,337,792 shares of ECD Common Stock by a purchaser of units in the private placements of November 2003 and January 2004.

 

Our strategy is to transition from a highly successful research-oriented company to the next phase of development, which is to commercialize the products we have developed, increase manufacturing capacity of our United Solar Ovonic subsidiary and concentrate on growing sales revenues and equity value in our core commercial businesses United Solar Ovonic, Cobasys and Ovonyx. The Company intends to continue its efforts to secure funding to finance its hydrogen, fuel cell and other technologies.

 

ECD has commenced construction of new United Solar Ovonic 25MW manufacturing equipment at a total cost of, including leasehold improvements, $70,000,000, which is anticipated to begin manufacturing products in the Fall of 2006 following optimization of the manufacturing equipment. In addition, the Company is evaluating a number of alternatives to increase its manufacturing capacity in order to accelerate the growth of the United Solar Ovonic segment.

 

The commercialization of ECD’s Ovonic Unified Memory through the Ovonyx corporation does not require financial support because Ovonyx has generated sufficient funds for its operations through licensing activities. In December 2005, Ovonyx and Samsung entered into a long-term, royalty-bearing license agreement for Ovonyx’ intellectual property relating to the OUM thin-film semiconductor memory technology.

 

The commercialization of NiMH battery systems by the Cobasys joint venture does not currently require financial support due to the mechanism for additional funding by Chevron reached in December 2004 which provides for Chevron to continue funding the Cobasys expansion. Chevron will be entitled to priority right of repayment for providing the additional funding. ECD and Chevron will each continue to own a 50% interest in Cobasys subject to adjustment under certain circumstances.

 

 

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The Company expects the amount of cash to be received under existing product development agreements in the year ending June 30, 2006 to decrease to approximately $8,940,000, compared to $21,015,000 received in the year ended June 30, 2005, due to reduced funding to be received in the year ending June 30, 2006 from Chevron, Cobasys and the U.S. Air Force programs.

 

In December 2005, United Solar Ovonic signed an agreement with Actus Lend Lease to supply 6MW of PV products for the world's largest solar-powered residential community on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, for the United States Army.

 

Our current backlog of orders for machine-building and equipment sales contracts and photovoltaic products is $58,680,000 (of which we expect to recognize $40,088,000 in fiscal 2006) compared to a backlog of $52,059,000 at June 30, 2005. The backlog includes $58,638,000 at December 31, 2005, including approximately $1,071,000 for the Actus order representing the initial shipments under this order, and $51,299,000 at June 30, 2005, at United Solar Ovonic.

 

During the six months ended December 31, 2005, $12,130,000 of cash was used in operating activities. The difference between the net loss of $12,201,000 and the net cash used in operations was principally due to increases in accounts receivable ($3,746,000), inventories ($2,987,000) and other assets ($1,043,000), partially offset by depreciation and stock issued for services rendered, including $903,000 for stock-based compensation expense recognized in connection with the adoption of SFAS 123(R). These differences were also partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses ($4,098,000) and a decrease in accounts receivable due from related parties ($212,000).

 

The Company spent $26,397,000 on property, plant and equipment during the six months ended December 31, 2005, principally for United Solar Ovonic’s manufacturing expansion. In total, the Company expects to spend $51,000,000 for capital expenditures in fiscal 2006, primarily to double United Solar Ovonic’s capacity to manufacture solar modules and for leasehold improvements to the Company’s facilities.

 

On October 25, 2005, ECD filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The shelf registration statement will enable us to offer and sell up to an aggregate of $300 million of common stock, senior and subordinated debt securities, subscription rights, stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units from time to time in one or more public offerings. The terms of any such future offerings will be established at the time of such offerings.

 

In order to fund the planned accelerated growth, the Company is exploring many alternatives including, but not limited to, equity and debt financing, new business agreements and government-sponsored programs. The Company is also in discussions with potential partners to fund its various activities, including its hydrogen, information and fuel cell programs. No assurances can be given as to the timing or success of the aforementioned plans, negotiations, discussions and programs.

 

Management believes that funds generated from operations, new business agreements, exercises of stock options, cost-containment initiatives, and existing cash and cash equivalents will be adequate to support and finance planned growth, capital expenditures and company-sponsored product development programs over the coming year.

 

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Item 3 .

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

The following discussion about our exposure to market risk of financial instruments contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those described.

 

Our holdings of financial instruments are comprised of debt securities and time deposits. All such instruments are classified as securities available-for-sale. We do not invest in portfolio equity securities, or commodities, or use financial derivatives for trading purposes. Our debt security portfolio represents funds held temporarily, pending use in our business and operations. The Company had $68,521,000 and $95,805,000 of these investments (including cash equivalents) on December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005, respectively. On December 31, 2005, the investments had an average maturity of less than 30 days. It is the Company's policy that investments (including cash equivalents) shall be rated "A" or higher by Moody's or Standard and Poor's, no single investment (excluding cash equivalents) shall represent more than 10% of the portfolio and at least 10% of the total portfolio shall have maturities of 90 days or less. Our market risk primarily relates to the risks of changes in the credit quality of issuers. As of December 31, 2005, the risk associated with changes in interest rates is minimal due to the short average maturity of the investments.

 

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Item 4 .

Controls and Procedures  

 

 

A.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of June 30, 2005, we evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2005. This conclusion was reached solely due to a material weakness resulting from a failure to ensure the correct application of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 – Revenue Recognition when the revenue from sale transactions with certain of our international customers was initially recognized in a manner that was inconsistent with the shipping terms of Delivered Duty Paid.

 

We are confident that, as of December 31, 2005, we have fully remediated the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting with respect to accounting for these sale transactions. The remedial actions included:

 

 

Improved training, education and accounting reviews designed to ensure that all relevant personnel involved in sale transactions understand and apply proper revenue recognition accounting in compliance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 – Revenue Recognition; and

 

Reviewing all shipping terms, other than FOB shipping point, to ensure proper revenue recognition with current contracts; and

 

Adding controls around changes to shipping terms, other than FOB shipping point, and monitoring shipping terms periodically; and

 

Reviewing all new contracts to ensure that proper revenue recognition occurs.

 

As of December 31, 2005, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, which considered the material weakness and the remediation set forth above, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

 

 

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 4 .

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) held on November 15, 2005, the following directors were elected for the ensuing year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

 

 

         For       

     Withheld     

Robert I. Frey

26,349,249

413,630

William J. Ketelhut

26,363,834

399,045

Florence I. Metz

26,418,536

344,343

Iris M. Ovshinsky

25,947,248

815,631

Stanford R. Ovshinsky

26,144,915

617,964

Stephen Rabinowitz

26,461,540

301,339

Robert C. Stempel

26,236,988

525,891

 

Also approved at the Meeting was the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 (with 26,500,511 votes For; 186,978 votes Against; and 75,390 Abstentions).

 

Item 6 .

Exhibits

 

A. Exhibits

 

 

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.        

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephan W. Zumsteg                                    

 

Stephan W. Zumsteg

 

Date: February 9, 2006

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert C. Stempel                                        

 

Robert C. Stempel

 

Date: February 9, 2006

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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