EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1341766
Filing Year: 2021
Filename: 1341766_10-K_2021_0001829126-21-001412.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business
Overview
We are engaged in the development, marketing, sale and distribution of functional calorie-burning fitness and lifestyle beverages under the Celsius® brand name. According to multiple clinical studies we funded, a single serving of Celsius® burns 100 to 140 calories by increasing a consumer’s resting metabolism an average of 12% and providing sustained energy for up to a nine-hour period. Our exercise focused studies show Celsius delivers additional benefits when consumed prior to exercise. The studies show benefits such as increase in fat burn, increase in lean muscle mass and increased endurance.
We seek to combine nutritional science with mainstream beverages by using our proprietary thermogenic (calorie-burning) MetaPlus® formulation, while fostering the goal of healthier everyday refreshment by being as natural as possible without the artificial preservatives often found in many energy drinks and sodas. Celsius® has no artificial preservatives, aspartame or high fructose corn syrup and is very low in sodium. Celsius® uses good-for-you ingredients and supplements such as green tea (EGCG), ginger, calcium, chromium, B vitamins and vitamin C. The main Celsius line of products are sweetened with sucralose, a sugar-derived sweetener that is found in Splenda®, which makes our beverages low-calorie and suitable for consumers whose sugar intake is restricted.
We currently offer five beverage lines, CELSIUS® Originals, CELSIUS HEAT™, CELSIUS® BCAA+ENERGY, CELSIUS® On-the-Go and CELSIUS® Sweetened with Stevia.
Celsius has undertaken significant marketing efforts aimed at building brand awareness, including a wide variety of marketing vehicles such as television, radio, digital, social media, sponsorships, and magazine advertising. We also undertake various promotions at the retail level such as coupons and other discounts in addition to in-store sampling. During the first quarter of 2021, Celsius launched a branded cooler program, with a first phase target of locating up to 1,000 coolers in various retail outlets.
We distribute our In the United States and elsewhere in North America, Celsius® is sold across many retail segments. They include supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, nutritional stores, and mass merchants. We also sell to health clubs, spas, gyms, the military and e-commerce websites.
We distribute our products domestically through a hybrid of direct-store delivery (DSD) distributors and as well as sales direct to retailers (DTR). We are continuing to emphasize DSD distribution as we believe it has been a key element in opening additional domestic markets and retail segments and increasing sales.
Our products are distributed in various foreign regions, primarily Europe and Asia, through regional and country-specific distribution partners. In October 2019, we acquired Func Food, our Nordic distribution partner, who markets both our products as well as other products under its own brands. Celsius intends to use Func Food as a platform to expand product distribution elsewhere in Europe.
The Company does not directly manufacture its beverages and powder packets, but instead outsource the manufacturing process to established third-party co-packers. We do, however, provide our co-packers with flavors, ingredient blends, cans and other raw materials for our beverages purchased by us from various suppliers.
Recent Developments
On October 30, 2020, the Company fully repaid the outstanding bonds payable, which were reinstated as part of the acquisition of Func Food on October 25, 2019, in accordance with the original terms of the bonds. The total amount repaid was approximately $9.9 million, which included principal of $9.6 million and accrued interest of $0.3 million.
Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Company’s Business
Our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in the global macro-economic environment which may also reflect the negative impacts caused by pandemic and public health crises related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These macro-economic aspects may also impact inflation, currency exchange rates, interest rates, availability of capital markets, consumer demand, distribution and raw material costs.
Volatility in the financial markets and deterioration of global economic conditions could impact our business and operations in several ways, including the following:
● Purchasing power of consumers may be reduced thereby affecting demand for our products;
● Restrictions related to social distancing and other activities may limit the opportunity for our clients and consumers to purchase our products;
● If a significant number of our employees are unable to work, including illness or travel restrictions in connection with COVID-19, our operations may be negatively impacted;
● A shutdown of multiple co-packer facilities in connection with COVID-19 may affect our product availability;
● Decreased demand for our products due to significant unemployment as a result of COVID-19 and macro-economic environment;
● Limitations regarding our raw materials and other input components could substantially impact the availability of our products; and
● If needed, it may become more costly or difficult to obtain debt or equity financing to fund operations or investment opportunities, or to refinance our debt, in each case, on terms and within a time period acceptable to us.
Our ability to commercialize our products is critical to our success. Damage or disruption to our supply chain, including third-party manufacturing or transportation and distribution capabilities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related aspects or other reasons beyond our control or the control of our suppliers and business partners, could impair our operations.
We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on our supply chain, distribution and our consolidated results of operations. While the beverage industry has experienced some shortages of cans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Celsius has been able to secure adequate supply and has not experienced significant adverse effects on its business, operations and financial condition from such shortage or otherwise from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, we are unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to the uncertainties which include the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the intensity of the virus, the duration of the outbreak, and/or actions that may be taken by governmental agencies.
Corporate History
We were incorporated in Nevada on April 26, 2005 under the name “Vector Ventures, Inc.” and originally engaged in mineral exploration. Such business was unsuccessful. On January 26, 2007, we acquired the Celsius® beverage business of Elite FX, Inc., a Florida corporation engaged in the development of “functional” beverages since 2004 in a reverse merger, and subsequently changed our name to Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Our Products
Celsius® calorie-burning beverages were first introduced to the marketplace in 2005.
According to multiple clinical studies we funded, a single serving (12 ounce can) of Celsius® burns 100 to 140 calories by increasing a consumer’s metabolism an average of 12% for up to a three-hour period. In addition, these studies have indicated that drinking a single serving of Celsius® prior to exercising may improve cardiovascular health and fitness and enhance the loss of fat and gain of muscle from exercise.
We seek to combine nutritional science with mainstream beverages by using our proprietary thermogenic (calorie-burning) MetaPlus® formulation, while fostering the goal of healthier everyday refreshment by being as natural as possible without the artificial preservatives often found in many energy drinks or sodas. Celsius® has no chemical preservatives, aspartame or high fructose corn syrup and is very low in sodium. Celsius® uses good-for-you ingredients and supplements such as green tea (EGCG), ginger, calcium, chromium, B vitamins and vitamin C. Celsius is sweetened with sucralose, a sugar-derived sweetener that is found in Splenda®, which makes our beverages low-calorie and suitable for consumers whose sugar intake is restricted. Each 12 ounce can of Celsius® contains 200 milligrams of caffeine which is comparable to one 12-ounce cup of coffee from the leading coffeehouse.
We currently five beverage lines:
● CELSIUS® Originals, our initial product line. is currently offered in nine flavors: orange, wild berry, cola, grape, kiwi-guava and watermelon (which are carbonated), and non-carbonated green tea raspberry/acai, green tea/peach mango and green tea/grapefruit melon.
● CELSIUS HEAT™, introduced in 2018 is a trainer’s grade beverage. CELSIUS HEAT™ is also a dietary supplement, that uses the same proprietary thermogenic MetaPlus® formula as CELSIUS®, Originals, which is proven to accelerate metabolism, boost energy and accelerate calorie and fat burn when combined with exercise. CELSIUS HEAT™, which is packed with 2,000mg of L-citrulline and 300mg of caffeine, comes in eight carbonated flavors: Apple Jack’d, Orangesicle, Inferno Punch, Cherry Lime, Blueberry Pomegranate, Strawberry Dragonfruit, Tangerine Grapefruit and Jackfruit.
● CELSIUS® BCCA+ENERGY, introduced in 2019, is an innovative branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) functional beverage that fuels muscle recovery. The CELSIUS® BCCA+ENERGY product line was initially launched in the fitness channel.
● CELSIUS® On-the-Go is is a powdered form of the active ingredients in our beverages in individual On-The-Go packets as well as multiple serving canisters.
● CELSIUS® Sweetened with Stevia is a natural line extension introduced in 2018, targeting the natural products channel. CELSIUS® Sweetened with Stevia is available in six refreshing flavors: three sparkling - grapefruit, cucumber lime, orange pomegranate and three non-carbonated - pineapple coconut, watermelon berry and strawberries & cream. This product line boasts a clean ingredient panel featuring 100% natural caffeine-from-green-coffee bean extract and Stevia an all-natural sweetener.
Celsius® ready-to drink products are packaged in a distinctive 12 ounce sleek can that uses vivid colors in abstract patterns to create a strong on-shelf impact. The cans are sold as singles or in four-packs. We have recently redesigned our packaging to provide a cleaner, crisper and more modern look. In addition to being sugar free, our original ready-to -drink products line is non-GMO, kosher and vegan certified and soy and gluten free.
As a result of completion of the acquisition of Func Food in October 2019, we acquired the beverages, protein bars, supplements and superfoods marketed and distributed in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. These products are distributed under the FAST, FitFarm and CocoVi brands and which are owned by Func Food. FAST products is a market leader in Finland and has begun distribution into the Swedish market. FitFarm and CocoVi are well-established brands of superfoods and other supplements in the Nordic countries.
Clinical Studies
It is our belief that clinical studies substantiating product claims will become more important as more and more beverages are marketed with health claims. Celsius® was one of the first functional beverages to be launched along with a clinical study. Celsius® is also one of very few functional beverages that has clinical research on the actual product itself. Some beverage companies that do mention studies backing their claims are referencing independent studies conducted on one or more of the ingredients in the product. We believe that it is important and will become more important to have studies on the actual product.
We have funded seven U.S. based clinical studies for Celsius®. Each was conducted by a research organization and each studied the total Celsius® formula. The first study was conducted by the Ohio Research Group of Exercise Science & Sports Nutrition. The remaining studies were conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of the University of Oklahoma. We funded all of the studies and provided Celsius® beverage for the studies. However, none of our directors, executive officers or principal shareholders is in any way affiliated with either of the two research organizations which conducted the studies.
The first study was conducted in 2005 by the Ohio Research Group of Exercise Science & Sports Nutrition www.ohioresearchgroup.com. The Ohio Research Group of Exercise Science & Sports Nutrition is a multidisciplinary clinical research team dedicated to exploring the relationship between exercise, nutrition, dietary supplements and health. This placebo-controlled, double-blind cross-over study compared the effects of Celsius® and the placebo on metabolic rate. Twenty-two participants were randomly assigned to ingest a 12 ounce serving of Celsius® and on a separate day a serving of twelve ounces of Diet Coke®. All subjects completed both trials using a randomized, counterbalanced design. Randomized means that subjects were selected for each group randomly to ensure that the different treatments were statistically equivalent. Counterbalancing means that individuals in one group drank the placebo on the first day and drank Celsius® on the second day. The other group did the opposite. Counterbalancing is a design method that is used to control “order effects.” In other words, this was done to make sure that the order that subjects were served does not impact the results and analysis.
Metabolic rate (via indirect calorimetry, measurements taken from breaths into and out of calorimeter) and substrate oxidation (via respiratory exchange ratios) were measured at baseline (pre-ingestion) and for ten minutes at the end of each hour for three hours post-ingestion. The results showed an average increase of metabolism of twelve percent over the three-hour period, compared to a statistically insignificant change for the control group. Metabolic rate, or metabolism, is the rate at which the body expends energy. This is also referred to as the “caloric burn rate.” Indirect calorimetry calculates heat that living organisms produce from their production of carbon dioxide. It is called “indirect” because the caloric burn rate is calculated from a measurement of oxygen uptake. Direct calorimetry would involve the subject being placed inside the calorimeter for the measurement to determine the heat being produced. Respiratory Exchange Ratio is the ratio oxygen taken in a breath compared to the carbon dioxide breathed out in one breath or exchange. Measuring this ratio can be used for estimating which substrate (fuel such as carbohydrate or fat) is being metabolized or ‘oxidized’ to supply the body with energy.
The second study was conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of University of Oklahoma in 2007. This blinded, placebo-controlled study was conducted on a total of 60 men and women of normal weight. An equal number of participants were separated into two groups to compare one serving (a single 12 ounce can) of Celsius® to a placebo of the same amount. According to the study, those subjects consuming Celsius® burned significantly more calories versus those consuming the placebo, over a three-hour period. The study confirmed that over the three-hour period, subjects consuming a single serving of Celsius® burned 65% more calories than those consuming the placebo beverage and burned an average of more than 100 to 140 calories compared to the placebo. These results were statistically significant.
The third study, conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of University of Oklahoma in 2007, extended our second study with the same group of 60 individuals and protocol for 28 days and showed the same statistical significance of increased calorie burn (minimal attenuation). While the University of Oklahoma study did extend for 28 days, more testing would be needed for long term analysis of the Celsius® calorie-burning effects. Also, although these studies were on relatively small numbers of subjects, they have statistically significant results. Additional studies on a larger number and wider range of body compositions can be considered to further the analysis.
Our fourth study, conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of University of Oklahoma in 2009, combined Celsius® use with exercise. This ten-week placebo-controlled, randomized and blinded study was conducted on a total of 37 subjects. Participants were randomly assigned into one of two groups: Group 1 consumed one serving of Celsius® per day, and Group 2 consumed one serving of an identically flavored and labeled placebo beverage. Both groups participated in ten weeks of combined aerobic and weight training, following the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines of training for previously sedentary adults. The results showed that consuming a single serving of Celsius® prior to exercising may enhance the positive adaptations of exercise on body composition, cardio-respiratory fitness and endurance performance. According to the preliminary findings, subjects consuming a single serving of Celsius® lost significantly more fat mass and gained significantly more muscle mass than those subjects consuming the placebo - a 93.75% greater loss in fat and 50% greater gain in muscle mass, respectively. The study also confirmed that subjects consuming Celsius® significantly improved measures of cardio-respiratory fitness and the ability to delay the onset of fatigue when exercising to exhaustion.
Our fifth study was conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of University of Oklahoma in 2009. This ten-week placebo-controlled, randomized and blinded study was conducted on a total of 27 previously sedentary overweight and obese female subjects. Participants were randomly assigned into groups that consumed identically tasting treatment beverages with exercise or without exercise. All participants consumed one drink, either placebo or Celsius®, per day for 10 weeks. The exercise groups participated in ten weeks of combined aerobic and weight training, following the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines of training for previously sedentary adults. No changes were made to their diet. The results showed that consuming a single serving of Celsius® prior to exercising may improve cardiovascular health and fitness and enhance the positive adaptations of exercise on body composition. According to the preliminary findings, subjects consuming a single serving of Celsius® lost significantly more fat mass and gained significantly more muscle mass when compared to exercise alone - a 46% greater loss in fat, 27% greater gain in muscle mass, respectively. The study also confirmed that subjects consuming Celsius® significantly improved measures of cardio-respiratory fitness - 35% greater endurance performance with significant improvements to lipid profiles - total cholesterol decreases of 5 to 13% and bad LDL cholesterol 12 to 18%. Exercise alone had no effect on blood lipid levels.
Our sixth study was conducted by the Applied Biochemistry & Molecular Physiology Laboratory of University of Oklahoma in 2009. This ten-week placebo-controlled, randomized and blinded study was conducted on a total of 37 previously sedentary male subjects. Participants were randomly assigned into groups that consumed identically tasting treatment beverages with exercise or without exercise. All participants consumed one drink, either placebo or Celsius®, per day for 10 weeks. The exercise groups participated in ten weeks of combined aerobic and weight training, following the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines of training for previously sedentary adults. No changes were made to their diet. The results showed that consuming a single serving of Celsius® prior to exercising may improve cardiovascular health and fitness and enhance the positive adaptations of exercise on body composition. Significantly greater decreases in fat mass and percentage body fat and increases in VO2 were observed in the subjects that consumed Celsius® before exercise versus those that consumed the placebo before exercise. Mood was not affected. Clinical markers for hepatic, renal, cardiovascular and immune function, as determined by pre-and post-blood work revealed no adverse effects.
Our seventh study was conducted by Miami Research Institute in 2010 and demonstrated the efficacy and safety of the powders and the shots. This study allows the Company to make the same structure/function claims as the ready to drink beverages.
Manufacture and Supply of Our Products
Our beverages are produced by established third party beverage co-packers. A co-packer is a manufacturing plant that provides the service of filling bottles or cans for the brand owner. We believe one benefit of using co-packers is that we do not have to invest in the production facility and can focus our resources on brand development, sales and marketing. It also allows us produce in multiple locations strategically placed throughout the country. We purchase most of the ingredients and all packaging materials. The co-pack facility assembles our products and charges us a fee by the case. The shelf life of Celsius® products is specified as 15 to 18 months.
Substantially all of the raw materials used in the preparation, bottling and packaging of our products are purchased by us or by our co-packers in accordance with our specifications. Generally, we obtain the ingredients used in our products from domestic suppliers and some ingredients have several reliable suppliers. The ingredients in Celsius® include green tea (EGCG), ginger (from the root), caffeine, B vitamins, vitamin C, taurine, guarana, chromium, calcium, glucuronolactone, sucralose, natural flavors and natural colorings. Celsius® is labeled with a supplements facts panel. We have no major supply contracts with any of our suppliers. We single-source all our ingredients for purchasing efficiency; however, we have identified a second source for our critical ingredients and there are many suppliers of flavors, colorings and sucralose. In case of a supply restriction or interruption from any of the flavor and coloring suppliers, we would have to test and qualify other suppliers that may disrupt our production schedules.
Packaging materials, except for our distinctive sleek aluminum cans, are easily available from multiple sources in the United States; however, due to efficiencies we utilize single source vendor relationships. While the beverage industry has experienced some shortages of cans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Celsius has been able to secure adequate supply and has not experienced significant adverse effects from such shortages.
We believe that our co-packing arrangement and supply sources are adequate for our present needs.
Func Food similarly has its FAST and other products manufactured by independent third parties in the Nordic countries.
Distribution
Domestic
In the United States and elsewhere in North America, Celsius® is sold across many retail segments. They include supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, nutritional stores, and mass merchants. We also sell to health clubs, spas, gyms, the military, and e-commerce websites.
We distribute our products domestically through a hybrid of direct-store delivery (DSD) distributors and as well as sales direct to retailers (DTR).
We are continuing to emphasize the expansion of our DSD distribution network as we believe it has been a key element in opening additional domestic markets and retail segments and increasing sales.
We also sell our products online through our own and other e-commerce platforms such as Amazon. As a result of the shift to online purchasing by consumers, including additional growth arising from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the shutdown of various retail outlets, particularly gyms and health clubs in the fitness channel, e-commerce sales have accounted for a growing percentage of our domestic revenue. We expect this trend to continue at least through most of 2021.
International
We distribute our products in various foreign regions through regional and country-specific distribution partners. In October 2019, we acquired Func Food, our Nordic distribution partner, who markets both our products as well as other products under its own brands. Celsius intends to use Func Food as a platform to expand product distribution elsewhere in Europe.
We market our products in the Asian market, which is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing, through a partnership with A.S. Watson industries in Hong Kong and a license agreement with our partner in China, Qifeng Food Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“Qifeng”). While we initially began both local production and preliminary distribution of the Celsius® brand in 2018 through our partnership in Qifeng, effective January 1, 2019, we restructured our China distribution efforts by entering into two separate agreements as it relates to the commercialization of our Celsius products (i.e., license agreement) and a repayment of investment agreement with Qifeng. Under the license agreement, Qifeng was granted the exclusive license rights to manufacture, market and commercialize Celsius® brand products in China. Qifeng will pay a minimum royalty fee of $6.9 million for the five years of the term of the agreement, transitioning to a volume-based royalty fee, thereafter. Under a separate economic agreement, Qifeng Food will repay the marketing investments made by Celsius into the China market through 2018, over the same five-year period. The repayment, which was formalized via a note receivable from Qifeng, will need to be serviced even if the licensing agreement is cancelled or terminated.
Significant Customer
As a result of the growth of our business and the increase in online sales in 2020 related in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, one customer, Amazon, accounted for approximately 15% and 12.0% of our revenues during the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we do not believe that we are dependent on our sales to Amazon for our continued growth and profitability.
Seasonality of Sales
As is typical in the beverage industry, sales of our beverages are seasonal, with the highest sales volumes generally occurring in the second and third fiscal quarters, which correspond to the warmer months of the year in our major markets.
Competition
We believe that our Celsius® brand products are one of the few calorie-burning fitness beverages whose effectiveness is supported by clinical studies, which gives us a unique position in the beverage market. However, our products do compete broadly with all categories of consumer beverages. The beverage market is highly competitive, and includes international, national, regional and local producers and distributors, most of whom have greater financial, management and other resources than us. Our direct competitors in the functional beverage market include, but are not limited to The Coca-Cola Company, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, PepsiCo, Inc., Nestlé, Waters North America, Inc., Hansen Natural Corp., Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Monster Energy, and Red Bull.
Proprietary Rights
We have registered the Celsius® and MetaPlus® trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as a number of additional trademarks.
We have and will continue to take appropriate measures, such as entering into confidentiality agreements with our contract packers and ingredient suppliers, to maintain the secrecy and proprietary nature of our MetaPlus® formulation and product formulas.
We maintain our MetaPlus® formulation and product formulas as trade secrets. We believe that trade secrecy is a preferable method of protection for our formulas as patenting them might require their disclosure. Other than a company that is our outsourced production manager, no single member of the raw material supply chain or our co-packers has access to the complete formula.
We consider our trademarks and trade secrets to be of considerable value and importance to our business. No successful challenges to our registered trademarks have arisen and we have no reason to believe that any such challenges will arise in the future.
As a result of the acquisition of Func Food in October 2019, we have acquired additional brands and tradenames.
Government Regulation
The production, distribution and sale of our products in the United States is subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, various environmental statutes and various other federal, state and local statutes and regulations applicable to the production, transportation, sale, safety, advertising, labeling and ingredients of such products. California law requires that a specific warning appear on any product that contains a component listed by California as having been found to cause cancer or birth defects. The law exposes all food and beverage producers to the possibility of having to provide warnings on their products because the law recognizes no generally applicable quantitative thresholds below which a warning is not required. Consequently, even trace amounts of listed components can expose affected products to the prospect of warning labels. Products containing listed substances that occur naturally in the product or that are contributed to the product solely by a municipal water supply are generally exempt from the warning requirement. While none of our products are required to display warnings under this law, we cannot predict whether an important component of any of our products might be added to the California list in the future. We also are unable to predict whether or to what extent a warning under this law would have an impact on costs or sales of our products.
Measures have been enacted in various localities and states that require that a deposit be charged for certain non-refillable beverage containers. The precise requirements imposed by these measures vary. Other deposit, recycling or product stewardship proposals have been introduced in certain states and localities and in Congress, and we anticipate that similar legislation or regulations may be proposed in the future at the local, state and federal levels, both in the United States and elsewhere.
Our facilities in the United States are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. Compliance with these provisions has not had, and we do not expect such compliance to have, any material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The marketing and sale of our products internationally is similarly subject to compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations in those foreign countries where our products are sold.
Employees
As of the date of this Report, the Company employs 154 people, including its executive officers.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business faces certain risks. The risks described below may not be the only risks we face. Additional risks that we do not yet know of, or that we currently think as immaterial, may also impair our business. If any of the events anticipated by the risks described below or elsewhere in this report occur, our results of operations and financial conditions could be adversely affected.
Risk Factors Relating to Our Business
Our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in the global macro-economic environment which may also reflect the negative impacts caused by pandemic and public health crises related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These macro-economic aspects may also impact inflation, currency exchange rates, interest rates, availability of capital markets, consumer demand, distribution and raw material costs.
Volatility in the financial markets and deterioration of global economic conditions could impact our business and operations in several ways, including the following:
● Purchasing power of consumers may be reduced thereby affecting demand for our products;
● Restrictions related to social distancing and other activities may limit the opportunity for our clients and consumers to purchase our products;
● If a significant number of our employees are unable to work, including illness or travel restrictions in connection with COVID-19, our operations may be negatively impacted;
● A shutdown of multiple co-packer facilities in connection with COVID-19 may affect our product availability;
● Decreased demand for our products due to significant unemployment as a result of COVID-19 and macro-economic environment;
● Limitations regarding our raw materials and other input components could substantially impact the availability of our products; and
● If needed, it may become more costly or difficult to obtain debt or equity financing to fund operations or investment opportunities, or to refinance our debt, in each case, on terms and within a time period acceptable to us.
Our ability to commercialize our products is critical to our success. Damage or disruption to our supply chain, including third-party manufacturing or transportation and distribution capabilities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related aspects or other reasons beyond our control or the control of our suppliers and business partners, could impair our operations.
We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on our supply chain, distribution and our consolidated results of operations. While the beverage industry has experienced some shortages of cans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Celsius has been able to secure adequate supply and has not experienced significant adverse effects on its business, operations and financial condition from such shortage or otherwise from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, we are unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to the uncertainties which include the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the intensity of the virus, the duration of the outbreak, and/or actions that may be taken by governmental agencies.
We rely on third party co-packers to manufacture our products. If we are unable to maintain good relationships with our co-packers and/or their ability to manufacture our products becomes constrained or unavailable to us, our business could suffer.
We do not directly manufacture our products, but instead outsource such manufacturing to established third party co-packers. These third-party co-packers may not be able to fulfill our demand as it arises, could begin to charge rates that make using their services cost inefficient or may simply not be able to or willing to provide their services to us on a timely basis or at all. In the event of any disruption or delay, whether caused by a rift in our relationship or the inability of our co-packers to manufacture our products as required, we would need to secure the services of alternative co-packers. We may be unable to procure alternative packing facilities at commercially reasonable rates and/or within a reasonably short time period and any such transition could be costly. In such case, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.
We rely on distributors to distribute our products in the DSD sales channel and in international markets. If we are unable to secure such distributors and/or we are unable to maintain good relationships with our existing distributors, our business could suffer.
We distribute Celsius® in the DSD sales channel by entering into agreements with direct-to-store delivery distributors having established sales, marketing and distribution organizations. We similarly are seeking to expand our international distribution, particularly in the Far East and elsewhere in Asia by entering into agreements with large established distributors who service those markets. Many of our distributors are affiliated with and manufacture and/or distribute other beverage products. In many cases, such products compete directly with our products. The marketing efforts of our distributors are important for our success. If Celsius® proves to be less attractive to our distributors and/or if we fail to attract distributors, and/or our distributors do not market and promote our products with greater focus in preference to the products of our competitors, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Our customers are material to our success. If we are unable to maintain good relationships with our existing customers, our business could suffer.
Unilateral decisions could be taken by our distributors, grocery chains, convenience chains, drug stores, nutrition stores, mass merchants, club warehouses and other customers to discontinue carrying all or any of our products that they are carrying at any time, which could cause our business to suffer.
Additionally, as a result of the growth of our business and the increase in online sales in 2020 related in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, one customer, Amazon, accounted for approximately 15% and 12.0% of our revenues during the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we do not believe that we are dependent on our sales to Amazon for our continued growth and profitability.
Increases in cost or shortages of raw materials or increases in costs of co-packing could harm our business.
The principal raw materials used by us are flavors and ingredient blends as well as aluminum cans, the prices of which are subject to fluctuations. We are uncertain whether the prices of any of the above or any other raw materials or ingredients we utilize will rise in the future and whether we will be able to pass any of such increases on to our customers. We do not use hedging agreements or alternative instruments to manage the risks associated with securing sufficient ingredients or raw materials. In addition, some of these raw materials, such as our distinctive sleek 12 ounce can, are available from a single or a limited number of suppliers. As alternative sources of supply may not be available, any interruption in the supply of such raw materials might materially harm us.
While the beverage industry has experienced some shortages of cans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Celsius has been able to secure adequate supply and has not experienced significant adverse effects on its business, operations and financial condition from such shortage. However, there can be no assurance that if such shortages continue, its business, operations and financial condition will not be harmed.
Our failure to accurately estimate demand for our products could adversely affect our business and financial results.
We may not correctly estimate demand for our products. If we materially underestimate demand for our products and are unable to secure sufficient ingredients or raw materials, we might not be able to satisfy demand on a short-term basis, in which case our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We depend upon our trademarks and proprietary rights, and any failure to protect our intellectual property rights or any claims that we are infringing upon the rights of others may adversely affect our competitive position.
Our success depends, in large part, on our ability to protect our current and future brands and products and to defend our intellectual property rights. We cannot be sure that trademarks will be issued with respect to any future trademark applications or that our competitors will not challenge, invalidate or circumvent any existing or future trademarks issued to, or licensed by, us.
Our products are manufactured using our proprietary blends of ingredients. These blends are created by third-party suppliers to our specifications and then supplied to our co-packers. Although all of the third parties in our supply and manufacture chain execute confidentiality agreements, there can be no assurance that our trade secrets, including our proprietary ingredient blends will not become known to competitors.
We believe that our competitors, many of whom are more established and have greater financial and personnel resources than we do, may be able to replicate or reverse engineer our processes, brands, flavors, or our products in a manner that could circumvent our protective safeguards. Therefore, we cannot give you any assurance that our confidential business information will remain proprietary. Any such loss of confidentiality could diminish or eliminate any competitive advantage provided by our proprietary information.
We may incur material losses as a result of product recall and product liability.
We may be liable if the consumption of any of our products causes injury, illness or death. We also may be required to recall some of our products if they become contaminated or are damaged or mislabeled. A significant product liability judgment against us, or a widespread product recall, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The amount of the insurance we carry is limited, and that insurance is subject to certain exclusions and may or may not be adequate.
We rely on our management team and other key personnel.
We depend on the skills, experience, relationships, and continued services of key personnel, including our experienced management team. In addition, our ability to achieve our operating goals also depends on our ability to recruit, train, and retain qualified individuals. We compete with other companies both within and outside of our industry for talented personnel, and we may lose key personnel or fail to attract and retain additional talented personnel. Any such loss or failure could adversely affect our product sales, financial condition, and operating results.
In particular, our continued success will depend in part, on our ability to retain the talents and dedication of key employees. If key employees finalize their employment, become ill as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, or if an insufficient number of employees is retained to maintain effective operations, our business may be adversely affected and our management team may be distracted. Furthermore, we may not be able to locate suitable replacements for any of our key employees who leave or be able to offer employment to potential replacements on reasonable terms, all of which could adversely affect our procurement & distribution processes, sales & marketing activities, financial processes & condition and results of operations.
The FDA has not passed on the efficacy of our products or the accuracy of any claim we make related to our products.
Although six independent clinical studies have been conducted relating to the calorie-burning and related effects of our products, the results of these studies have not been submitted to or reviewed by the FDA. Further, the FDA has not passed on the efficacy of any of our products nor has it reviewed or passed on any claims we make related to our products, including the claim that our products aid consumers in burning calories or enhancing their metabolism.
Risk Factors Relating to Our Industry
We are subject to significant competition in the beverage industry.
The beverage industry is highly competitive. The principal areas of competition are pricing, packaging, distribution channel penetration, development of new products and flavors and marketing campaigns. Our products compete with a wide range of drinks produced by a relatively large number of manufacturers, most of which have substantially greater financial, marketing and distribution resources and name recognition than we do.
Important factors affecting our ability to compete successfully include the taste and flavor of our products, trade and consumer promotions, rapid and effective development of new, unique cutting-edge products, attractive and different packaging, branded product advertising and pricing. Our products compete with all liquid refreshments and with products of much larger and substantially better financed competitors, including the products of numerous nationally and internationally known producers, such as The Coca Cola Company, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, PepsiCo, Inc., Nestle, Waters North America, Inc., Hansen Natural Corp. and Red Bull. We also compete with companies that are smaller or primarily local in operation. Our products also compete with private label brands such as those carried by supermarket chains, convenience store chains, drug store chains, mass merchants and club warehouses.
There can be no assurance that we will compete successfully in the functional beverage industry. The failure to do so would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We compete in an industry that is brand-conscious, so brand name recognition and acceptance of our products are critical to our success and significant marketing and advertising could be needed to achieve and sustain brand recognition.
Our business is substantially dependent upon awareness and market acceptance of our products and brands by our targeted consumers. Our business depends on acceptance by our independent distributors of our brand as one that has the potential to provide incremental sales growth rather than reduce distributors’ existing beverage sales. The development of brand awareness and market acceptance is likely to require significant marketing and advertising expenditures. There can be no assurance that Celsius® will achieve and maintain satisfactory levels of acceptance by independent distributors and retail consumers. Any failure of the Celsius® brand to maintain or increase acceptance or market penetration would likely have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our sales are affected by seasonality.
As is typical in the beverage industry, our sales are seasonal. Our highest sales volumes generally occur in the second and third quarters, which correspond to the warmer months of the year in our major markets. Consumer demand for our products is also affected by weather conditions. Cool, wet spring or summer weather could result in decreased sales of our beverages and could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our business is subject to many regulations and noncompliance is costly.
The production, marketing and sale of our beverage products are subject to the rules and regulations of various federal, state and local health agencies. The marketing and sale of our products internationally is similarly subject to compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations in those foreign countries where our products are sold. If a regulatory authority finds that a current or future product or production run is not in compliance with any of these regulations, we may be fined, or production may be stopped, thus adversely affecting our business, financial condition and results of operations. Similarly, any adverse publicity associated with any noncompliance may damage our reputation and our ability to successfully market our products. Furthermore, the rules and regulations are subject to change from time to time and while we closely monitor developments in this area, we have no way of anticipating whether changes in these rules and regulations will impact our business adversely. Additional or revised regulatory requirements, whether labeling, environmental, tax or otherwise, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risk Factors Relating to our Status as a Fully Reporting Public Company
We are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that require us to incur audit fees and legal fees in connection with the preparation of such reports. These additional costs could reduce or eliminate our ability to earn a profit.
We are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and as a result, we are now required to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In order to comply with these requirements, our independent registered public accounting firm has to review our financial statements on a quarterly basis and audit our financial statements on an annual basis. Moreover, our legal counsel has to review and assist in the preparation of such reports. The costs charged by these professionals for such services cannot be accurately predicted at this time because factors such as the number and type of transactions that we engage in and the complexity of our reports cannot be determined at this time and will have a major effect on the amount of time to be spent by our auditors and attorneys. However, the incurrence of such costs will obviously be an expense to our operations and thus have a negative effect on our ability to meet our overhead requirements and earn a profit. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our common stock, if a market ever develops, could drop significantly.
If we do not maintain an effective internal control environment as well as adequate control procedures over our financial reporting, investor confidence may be adversely affected thereby affecting the value of our stock price
We are required to maintain proper internal control over our financial reporting and adequate controls related to our disclosures. As defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. If we fail to maintain adequate controls, our business, the results of operations, financial condition and/or the value of our stock may be adversely impacted.
Risk Factors Related to our Common Stock
We cannot guarantee the continued existence of an active established public trading market for our common stock.
Our common stock currently is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Trading in stock quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market may often experience wide fluctuations in trading prices, due to many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of our common stock for reasons unrelated to operating performance.
Market prices for our common stock may also be influenced by a number of other factors, including:
● the issuance of new equity securities pursuant to a public or private offering;
● changes in interest rates;
● competitive developments, including announcements by competitors of new products or services or significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
● variations in quarterly operating results;
● change in financial estimates by securities analysts;
● the depth and liquidity of the market for our common stock;
● investor perceptions of Celsius and the functional beverage industry generally; and
● general economic and other national conditions.
Our board of directors has the authority, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred stock with terms that may not be beneficial to common shareholders and with the ability to affect adversely shareholder voting power and perpetuate their control over us.
Our Articles of Incorporation allows our board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock without any vote or further action by our shareholders. Our board of directors has the authority to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. As a result, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that would grant to holders the preferred right to our assets upon liquidation, the right to receive dividend payments before dividends are distributed to the holders of common stock and the right to the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, prior to the redemption of our common stock.
The ability of our principal shareholders to control our business may limit or eliminate minority shareholders’ ability to influence corporate affairs.
Our principal shareholders own common stock and/or preferred stock which holds a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding capital. Accordingly, they will be able to effectively control the election of directors, as well as all other matters requiring shareholder approval. The interests of our principal shareholders may differ from the interests of other shareholders with respect to the issuance of shares, business transactions with or sales to other companies, selection of other directors and other business decisions. The minority shareholders have no way of overriding decisions made by our principal shareholders. This level of control may also have an adverse impact on the market value of our shares because our principal shareholders may institute or undertake transactions, policies or programs that result in losses, may not take any steps to increase our visibility in the financial community and / or may sell sufficient numbers of shares to significantly decrease our price per share.
We do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We do not expect to pay cash dividends on our common stock at any time in the foreseeable future. The future payment of dividends directly depends upon our future earnings, capital requirements, financial requirements and other factors that our board of directors will consider. Since we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock, return on your investment, if any, will depend solely on an increase, if any, in the market value of our common stock.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not applicable.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties.
We do not own any real property. We lease our principal executive offices located at 2424 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Our premises are leased for a monthly cost of $17,295 which now includes an additional 2,140 square-feet. The current lease expires on January 2024. The Company has no warehouses or other facilities as we store our product at third party contract warehouse facilities.
We also have leased premises in Europe which have an aggregate monthly cost of approximately $11,600 which include the unfavorable foreign currency impact. These leases have different periods and extend until August 2023.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
As previously reported in our periodic filings under the Exchange Act, on January 24, 2020, Evlution Nutrition, LLC (“Evlution”) filed suit against Celsius in federal court for the Southern District of Florida, for trademark infringement. Evlution asserted that Celsius’ BCAA dietary supplement product’s use of BCAA + ENERGY infringed upon Evlution’s registered trademarks. In October 2020, the Company resolved its dispute with Evlution by entering into a co-existence agreement under which both parties agreed not to challenge the others’ use of the BCAA Energy/BCAA+Energy marks. No other consideration was paid for the settlement.
In addition to other matters previously reported in our periodic filings under the Exchange Act, from time to time, we may become party to litigation or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course of our business.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “CELH.”
Dividends
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We do not expect to pay cash dividends on our common stock at any time in the foreseeable future. The future payment of dividends directly depends upon our future earnings, capital requirements, financial requirements and other factors that our board of directors will consider.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Plan category Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding
securities
reflected in
column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders 5,198,245 shares (1) $ 4.23 2,021,847 shares (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders 0 shares n/a 0 shares
Total 5,198,245 shares (1) 4.23 2,021,847 (1)
(1) Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan and 2015 Incentive Stock Plan.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Not Applicable.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Not applicable to the Company because we are a “smaller reporting company.”

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the corresponding notes, the unaudited financial statements and the corresponding notes included elsewhere in this information statement. This Item 7 contains forward-looking statements. The matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are subject to risk, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those made, projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements.
Results of Operations
Results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 include the operations of Func Food for the entire year, while results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 include the operations for Func Food beginning only as of the date of acquisition, October 25, 2019.
Year ended December 31, 2020 compared to year ended December 31, 2019
Revenue
For the year ended December 31, 2020, revenue was approximately $130.7 million, an increase of $55.6 million or 74.0% from $75.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Approximately 64% of this growth was as a result of increased revenues from North America where 2020 revenues were $95.5 million, an increase of $35.8 million or 60.0% from 2019. The balance of the increase was largely attributable to a 35% growth in European revenues to $33.7 million in 2020 from $14.5 million in 2019. 2020 results reflect the full financial impact of the consolidation of the results of operations of Func Food, which Celsius acquired in October 2019. Asian revenues (which primarily consist of royalty revenues from our China licensee) for the year ended December 31, 2020 were $1.1million, an increase of 30.0% from $840,648 for the year ended December 31, 2019. Other international markets generated $425,323 in revenues during the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $234,379 from $190,944 for the year ended December 31, 2020.
The total increase in revenue from 2019 period to 2020 was primarily attributable to increases in sales volume, as opposed to increases in product pricing. The primary factors behind the increase in North American sales volume were related to growth in e-commerce channel, which accounted for 20.0% of the growth and expansion in our DSD distributor network which generated significant revenue increases when compared to 2019. As noted above, the full consolidation of Func Food revenue in 2020 as well as the favorable impact of the strengthening of the Euro also beneficially impacted revenues. We estimate that the strengthening of the Euro accounted for approximately 5.0% of the increase in European revenue in 2020 as compared to 2019.
The following table sets forth the amount of revenues by category and changes therein for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
Year Ending
December 31,
Revenue Source Change (%)
Total Revenue $ 130,725,777 $ 75,146,546 74 %
North American Revenue $ 95,480,310 $ 59,659,320 60 %
European Revenue $ 33,727,441 $ 14,455,634 133 %
Asian Revenue $ 1,092,703 $ 840,648 30 %
Other Revenue $ 425,323 $ 190,944 123 %
Gross profit
For the year ended December 31, 2020, gross profit increased by approximately $29.7 million or 94.8% to $61.0 million, from $31.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Gross profit margins increased to 46.6% for the year ended December 31, 2020 from 41.7% for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in gross profit dollars and gross profit margins is mainly related to increases in volume, as opposed to increases in product pricing. Specifically, we estimate that increases in volume account for approximately 90% of the growth in gross profit (expressed in dollars) from 2019 to 2020. The impact of lower promotional allowances, together with supply chain savings or synergies as well as the favorable impact of the strength of the Euro accounted for the remaining approximately 10% of increase in gross profit dollars in 2020 when compared to 2019.
Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 were approximately $34.9 million, an increase of approximately $13.7 million or 65.1% from approximately $21.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. This increase reflects the impact of the consolidation of the operating results of Func Food following its October 2019 acquisition by the Company. As a result, our marketing investments increased by 81.3% or $6.4 million from 2019 to 2020. Similarly, all other sales and marketing expenses give effect to increases related to the consolidation of Func Food’s operations. Specifically, employee costs for 2020, which also include investments in human resources to properly service our markets, increased by $4.1 million or 62.1% from 2019. We estimated the currency impact to account for approximately $230,000 of the increase regarding employee costs when compared to the prior year. Moreover, due to the increase in business volume, our support to distributors, investments in trade activities and storage and distribution costs increased by $3.2 million from 2019 to 2020.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 were approximately $18.2 million, an increase of $6.6 million or 56.5% from $11.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. This increase similarly reflects the full impact of the consolidation of Func Food’s operations for the entire 2020 year, which was present only for part of 2019 following the acquisition date on October 25, 2019. As such, administrative expenses reflected an increase of $2.6 million, which included an increase of approximately $260,000 in our bad debt reserve, to cover potential collectability risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Employee costs for the year ended December 31, 2020, reflect an increase of $1.6 million or 54.5%, not only attributable to the consolidation of Func Food’s operations, but also additional investments in resources in order to properly support our higher business volume. Additionally, we estimated the currency impact to account for 2% of the increase in employee costs when compared to the prior year. All other increases for general and administrative expenses from 2019 to 2020 amounted to $2.4 million. These increases are mainly the result of higher stock option expense of $1.5 million, depreciation and amortization of $835,000 and net increases in all other administrative expenses of $82,000.
Other Income/(expense)
Total net other Income for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $730,000 which reflects a variance of 10.6 million when compared to net total other income of $11.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The variance of $10.6 million is mainly related to the recognition of a gain of $12.2 million pertaining to a note receivable from our Chinese licensee. The note receivable is the part of an agreement executed with our China distributor, related to the restructuring of our business relationship to a royalty-based model, which requires the repayment, over a five-year period, pursuant to an unsecured, interest-bearing note, of the investment the Company made in the China market during 2017 and 2018.
Net Income/Loss
As a result of all of the above, for the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had net income of $8.5 million or $0.12 per share based on a weighted average of 70,195,085 shares outstanding and $0.11 per share based on a weighted average of 74,443,601 shares outstanding, which includes the dilutive impact of outstanding stock options to purchase 4,248,516 shares. In comparison, for the year ended December 31, 2019 there was net income of $10.0 million or $0.16 per share based on a weighted average of 60,761,995 shares outstanding, and after adding back interest expense on convertible notes of $348,493 and the amortization on discount on notes payable of $239,570, a diluted net income of $10.6 million or $0.16 per share based on a weighted average of 64,183,399 shares outstanding, which includes the dilutive impact of the stock options of 1,153,231 shares and the dilutive effect of the convertible notes of 2,268,173 shares.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, we had cash of approximately $43.2 million and $23.1 million, respectively, and working capital of approximately $64.9 million and $24.8 million, respectively.
In addition to cash flow from operations, our primary sources of working capital have been private placements and public offerings of our securities (including a private placement of 1,437,909 shares at a price of $15.30 completed on August 25, 2020 and an underwritten public offering of 7,986,110 shares at an offering price of $3.60 per share completed on September 16, 2019).
Our current operating plan for the next twelve (12) months reflects sufficient financial resources, notwithstanding the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic nevertheless; we do not contemplate obtaining additional financing.
Cash flows provided by operating activities
Cash flows provided by operating activities totaled $3.4 million in 2020, representing a $2.4 million increase from $1.0 million in 2019. The increase was primarily driven by operating income adjusted for non-cash-items. The increase was further driven by efficient management of accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities.
Partially offsetting the increase in cash flows from operating activities was an increase in expenditures for prepaid expenses and other assets mainly related to deposits for inventory production, an increase accounts receivable mainly related to increase in sales volume and elimination of accounts receivable financing in Europe, as well as increased inventory levels to properly service demand for our products.
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities
Cash flows provided by investing activities totaled $0.8 million in 2020, representing a $15.1 million increase from net cash used in investing activities of $14.3 million in 2019. The increase was primarily due to the fact that 2019 included $14.2 million of cash consideration paid for the Func Food acquisition. The increase was further driven by collections of $1.3 million under a note receivable, which began in 2020.
Partially offsetting the increase in cash flows provided by investing activities was an increase in capital expenditures of $0.5 million, primarily attributable to the purchase of computer equipment and equipment utilized for trade-marketing and merchandising.
Cash flows provided by financing activities
Cash flows provided by financing activities totaled $15.6 million for 2020, representing a $13.1 million decrease from $28.7 in 2019. The decrease was primarily due to the fact that the Company fully repaid bonds in 2020 for $9.6 million and a $5.0 million difference in the amount of proceeds raised from common stock issuances in 2019 versus 2020. The decrease was further driven by the fact that 2019 included $1.5 million of proceeds received from a related party note and 2020 included cash paid for taxes on restricted stock of $0.7 million. Additionally, principal payments under finance leases increased by $0.255 million in 2020 mainly because Func Food was included in the Company’s consolidated results for the entire year, as opposed to only part of Q4 in 2019, as well as increased leasing activity.
Partially offsetting the decrease in cash flows provided by financing activities was a $3.9 million increase in proceeds from stock option exercises, primarily driven by increased stock price and vesting of options.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
Not applicable.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The financial statements and supplementary data listed in “Item 15. Financials Statements and Exhibits” are attached to this Report.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not applicable.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure controls and procedures
Our President and Chief Executive Officer as well as our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2020, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the SEC, including to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and our Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial and accounting officer), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based on that evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of December 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in that (a) we maintain records that in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (b) our records provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and board of directors; and (c) our records provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our principal executive officer and our Chief Financial Officer have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at doing so, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented if there exists in an individual a desire to do so. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on the framework set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013). Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and financial officers and effected by the Company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
● Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
● Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
● Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Based on the evaluation conducted under the above-referenced framework, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2020, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
Effective with the filing of this report, with respect to the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the Company is deemed to be a “non-accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, this annual report is not required to include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
With respect to the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Company was deemed to be an “accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, for only the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we have included the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in Item 8 setting forth our registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Item 308 (b) of Regulation S-K.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
Following the October 25, 2019 acquisition of our European subsidiaries, the Company committed time and resources to consolidating and integrating the subsidiaries’ system of controls with its own and evaluating control design, implementation, and effectiveness. This included incorporating the Company’s policies into the subsidiaries’ policies and aligning their internal control environment with ours. We also obtained the services of Grant Thornton in the Nordic region to assist with this assessment and the related testing to ensure that their internal controls are aligned with the Company’s and are in place and working effectively.
The majority of the control activities of the Company were not changed by the acquisition of our European subsidiaries, and the overall impact was not material to our internal controls over financial reporting.
There have been no other changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2020, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors and Executive Officers
The following sets forth the name of each of our directors and executive officers and their positions with Celsius:
Name
Age
Position with the Company
John Fieldly
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Edwin Negron-Carballo
Chief Financial Officer
Nicholas Castaldo
Director
Caroline Levy
Director
William H. Milmoe
Director
Hal Kravitz
Director
Kevin Harrington
Director
Tony Lau
Director
Thomas E. Lynch
Director
Alexandre Ruberti
Director
John Fieldly was named Chief Executive Officer in April 2018 and has served as a director since March 2017. Mr. Fieldly originally joined Celsius in January 2012 as its Chief Financial Officer and from March 2017 to March 2018 served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Celsius Holdings, Inc. he held leadership roles at Lebhar-Friedman, Oragenics, Inc. and Eckerd Drugs, Inc. Mr. Fieldly is a Certified Public Accountant in Florida. Mr. Fieldly’s long tenure with the Company makes him a valuable member of the board of directors in addition to his position as Chief Executive Officer.
Edwin Negron-Carballo became Chief Financial Officer in July 2018. He is well versed in USGAAP and IFRS as a Certified Public Accountant and has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Negron-Carballo served as the Chief Financial Officer of Concurrent Manufacturing Solutions, LLC from October 2012 to December 2017. Mr. Negron-Carballo’s prior experience also includes working for major companies such as KPMG, Sodexo, S.A., Tyco Healthcare-Latin America, Energizer Battery and Frito-Lay.
Nicholas Castaldo Mr. Castaldo joined the Board in March 2013. His career spans over 30 years in consumer businesses in the food and beverage industry with executive positions in public and private companies, multi-nationals and start-ups. He is an Equity Partner and Advisory Board member of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain and served as the company’s CMO for 2 years. Mr. Castaldo was an Equity Partner and member of the founding management team of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, a casual dining restaurant chain, and served as President, Senior Vice-President/Chief Marketing Officer, and Board Member for 12 years. He served for 8 years as President of Pollo Tropical, a Miami-based fast casual restaurant chain. He has held senior Marketing positions at Denny’s, CitiCorp Savings and Burger King. He is an Adjunct Professor at the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University teaching courses in Marketing and Entrepreneurship and earned an MBA from Harvard University. His experience in the food and beverage industry qualifies him as a valuable member of the board of directors.
Caroline Levy has served as a director of Celsius since July 2020. Ms. Levy most recently served as Senior Equity Research Analyst at Macquarie, in her role Caroline covered both large and small cap beverage companies. Prior to this, she spent eight years as a managing director and senior analyst at CLSA. This followed a decade at UBS, where Caroline headed the US consumer research team, while also holding the position of COO for all research and Chair of the Investment Review Committee. Caroline has made numerous media appearances including CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” and Bloomberg. Additionally, she has been recognized multiple times including, “The Institutional Investor All Star survey” and “The Wall Street Journal analyst rankings”, for stock picking and earnings accuracy. Ms. Levy’s investment banking experience, with a focus on beverage companies, brings a unique perspective to her position on our board of directors.
William H. Milmoe has served as a director of Celsius since August 2008. Since June 2000, Mr. Milmoe has served as President of CDS International Holdings, Inc., a privately-held holding company based in Boca Raton, Florida, which oversees the business investments and holdings of Carl DeSantis, one of our principal shareholders. Mr. Milmoe is a Certified Public Accountant and prior to joining CDS consulted on various business and tax matters along with five years of service with PricewaterhouseCoopers. His long and varied business and accounting experience qualifies him to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Kevin Harrington joined Celsius’ board of directors in March 2013. He has almost forty (40) years’ experience in product introduction and direct marketing, being one of the first to market products through infomercials. Since 2005, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Harrington Business Development, Inc., a privately-held consulting firm. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Harrington appeared as one of the original panelists on the ABC television program, “Shark Tank.” He currently also serves as Chairman of the Board of As Seen On TV, Inc., a public company which focuses on marketing products through infomercials and other direct marketing. Mr. Harrington’s extensive experience in product marketing makes him a valuable member of the board of directors.
Hal Kravitz became a director of Celsius in April 2016. Since November of 2019, Mr. Kravitz has served as President, Certified Management Group, a division of Advantage Solutions. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Kravitz served as Chief Executive Officer of AQUAhydrate, Inc., a company engaged in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of bottled water. In 2013, Mr. Kravitz helped form InterContinental Beverage Capital, a New York-based merchant bank focused on investments in the beverage industry. For over thirty (30) years prior thereto, Mr. Kravitz served as an executive officer and in other management positions in various units of the Coca-Cola system. We believe that Mr. Kravitz’s extensive experience in the beverage industry makes him a valuable member of the board of directors.
Tony Lau joined our board of directors in April 2019. Mr. Lau is an investor and director of consumer and retail investments at Horizons Ventures, Limited (“Horizons Ventures”), a Hong Kong based private investment fund, with whom he has been affiliated since 2014. Mr. Lau also manages China businesses and expansion for Horizons portfolio companies. Prior to Horizons Ventures, Mr. Lau was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, specializing in technology, media and telecommunications investment. Mr. Lau currently serves on the board of directors of ChromaDex Corp. (Nasdaq: CDXC), a patented and proprietary ingredient technologies company. Mr. Lau earned a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Peking University and is currently pursuing the Business Scholars Program (DBA) degree at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). The Company believes Mr. Lau is qualified to serve on the board of directors because of his extensive and unique business background.
Thomas E. Lynch became a director of the Company in November 2009. For over forty-five (45) years, he served as President of the Plastridge Insurance Agency, Inc., a multi-office insurance agency based in Delray Beach, Florida and currently is Chairman of the Board of the agency. The agency traces its origins back to 1919. Mr. Lynch has served on many different boards throughout the State of Florida and has also served as an elected official on several governmental boards. He is currently the Mayor of the Village of Golf, Florida. We believe that Mr. Lynch’s long business experience makes him a valuable member of our board of directors.
Alexandre Ruberti joined our board in February 2021. Mr. Ruberti brings a wealth of experience having spent the past 25 years in the beverage sales and distribution industry. His most recent tenure was serving dual positions with Red Bull. Mr. Ruberti joined Red Bull in 2005 as Head of National Sales and Distribution of Brazil and rapidly advanced to his role as President of Red Bull Distribution Company developing the business exponentially through incremental growth, sustaining profitability, and expanding the warehouse base from 34 to 99 facilities in seven years. In 2019 he was appointed the additional position as Executive Vice President of Sales for Red Bull North America. Prior to Red Bull, he spent nine years working at Coca-Cola Bottlers in Brazil, holding several positions across multiple departments. Mr. Ruberti holds an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil, He also serves as a Board Member of Future Farm, as well as Member of the Young Presidents' Organization - YPO - Santa Monica Bay chapter and is an active angel investor. We believe that given Mr. Ruberti’s extensive experience in the beverage industry will provide valuable perspectives to execute our strategy, drive profitability and enhance value for our shareholders.
Terms of Directors and Executive Officers
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders and until their successors are appointed and qualified, or until their removal, resignation, or death.
Family Relationships
There are no familial relationships among our officers and directors.
Board Committees and Independence
Our board of directors has established three standing committees, an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. The audit and enterprise risk committee currently consists of Messrs. Lynch, Levy and Milmoe, the human resource and compensation committee currently consists of Messrs. Kravitz, Castaldo and Harrington and the nominating and corporate governance committee currently consists of Messrs. Milmoe, Lau and Lynch. Our board of directors has determined that each of our directors is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
In addition, we believe each of Messrs. Lynch, Levy, and Milmoe qualifies an “audit committee financial expert” as the term is defined by the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, based on their respective business professional experience in the financial and accounting fields. At the time of the listing of our common stock for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, we are required to certify to the Nasdaq Stock Market, that our audit committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication.
Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee
The audit and enterprise risk committee assists our board of directors in its oversight of the company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the company’s financial statements, including (i) the quality and integrity of the company’s financial statements, (ii) the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence and (iv) the performance of our company’s internal audit functions and independent auditors, as well as other matters which may come before it as directed by the board of directors. Further, the audit committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities, shall:
● be responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of the work of any independent auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for our company;
● discuss the annual audited financial statements and the quarterly unaudited financial statements with management and the independent auditor prior to their filing with the SEC in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q;
● review with the company’s financial management on a period basis (a) issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentations, including any significant changes in our company’s selection or application of accounting principles, and (b) the effect of any regulatory and accounting initiatives, as well as off-balance sheet structures, on the financial statements of our company;
● monitor our Company’s policies for compliance with federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations and our company’s policies on corporate conduct;
● maintain open, continuing and direct communication between the board of directors, the audit committee and our independent auditors; and
● monitor our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and shall have the authority to initiate any special investigations of conflicts of interest, and compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as may be warranted.
● evaluate risk assessment of the Company
Mr. Lynch is the chairman of our audit committee.
Human Resource and Compensation Committee
The human resource and compensation committee aids our board of directors in meeting its responsibilities relating to the compliance with all external regulatory requirements, internal policies and the compensation of our company’s executive officers and to administer all incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans of the company, including the plans under which company securities may be acquired by directors, executive officers, employees and consultants. Further, the committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities, shall:
● monitor changes in employment laws and regulations to ensure our Company employment practices and policies are aligned and in compliance with statutory requirements;
● review periodically our company’s philosophy regarding executive compensation to (i) ensure the attraction and retention of corporate officers; (ii) ensure the motivation of corporate officers to achieve our company’s business objectives, and (iii) align the interests of key management with the long-term interests of our company’s shareholders;
● review and approve corporate goals and objectives relating to Chief Executive Officer compensation and other executive officers of Celsius;
● make recommendations to the board of directors regarding compensation for non-employee directors, and review periodically non-employee director compensation in relation to other comparable companies and in light of such factors as the compensation committee may deem appropriate; and
● review periodically reports from management regarding funding our company’s pension, retirement, long-term disability and other management welfare and benefit plans.
Mr. Kravitz is the chairman of our compensation committee.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The nominating and corporate governance committee recommends to the board of directors individuals qualified to serve as directors and on committees of the board of directors to advise the board of directors with respect to the board of directors composition, procedures and committees to develop and recommend to the board of directors a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company; and to oversee the evaluation of the board of directors and Celsius’ management.
Further, the nominating and corporate governance committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities shall:
● recommend to the board of directors and for approval by a majority of independent directors for election by shareholders or appointment by the board of directors as the case may be, pursuant to our bylaws and consistent with the board of director’s evidence for selecting new directors;
● review the suitability for continued service as a director of each member of the board of directors when his or her term expires or when he or she has a significant change in status;
● review annually the composition of the board of directors and to review periodically the size of the board of directors;
● make recommendations on the frequency and structure of board of directors’ meetings or any other aspect of procedures of the board of directors;
● make recommendations regarding the chairmanship and composition of standing committees and monitor their functions;
● review annually committee assignments and chairmanships;
● recommend the establishment of special committees as may be necessary or desirable from time to time; and
● develop and review periodically corporate governance procedures and consider any other corporate governance issue.
Messrs. Milmoe and Lau are the co-chairmen of our nominating and corporate governance committee.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) to report their ownership of and transactions in our common stock to the SEC. Copies of these reports are also required to be supplied to us. To our knowledge, based on our review of such reports, during the year ended December 31, 2020 the Reporting Persons complied with all applicable Section 16(a) reporting requirements.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of our executive officers, directors and employees. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business. This document will be made available in print, free of charge, to any shareholder requesting a copy in writing from our Secretary at our executive offices in Boca Raton, Florida.
Board of Directors Role in Risk Oversight
Members of the board of directors have periodic meetings with management and the Company’s independent auditors to perform risk oversight with respect to the Company’s internal control processes. The Company believes that the board’s role in risk oversight does not materially affect the leadership structure of the Company.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who are our two executive officers, during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary ($)
Bonus ($)
Stock
Awards (#)
Other ($)
Total ($)
John Fieldly, CEO(1)
464,526
284,782
4,129 (3)
6,201
755,509
422,300
234,377
400,000 (4)
5,889
662,566
410,000
223,450
450,000 (5)
8,668
642,118
Edwin Negron-Carballo, CFO(2)
270,000
112,340
4,129 (6)
382,867
206,000
67,980
350,000 (7)
274,488
92,308
33,825
150,000 (8)
126,791
(1) Mr. Fieldly was appointed Chief Executive Officer on April 16, 2018. Mr. Fieldly joined Celsius in January 2012 as its Chief Financial Officer and from March 2017 to March 2018 served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
(2) Mr. Negron-Carballo joined the Company on July 18, 2018 as Chief Financial Officer.
(3) Represents restricted stock awards where 4,129 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(4) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.72 and $3.23 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant. In addition, a 100,000-share restricted stock award was granted to Mr. Fieldly subject to a vesting schedule where 40,000 shares are immediately vested and 60,000 shares vest in the sole discretion by the Board of Directors upon their determination on October 23, 2020, that Func Food’s operations have been successfully integrated into the Company.
(5) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 300,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.80 and $4.48 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant.
(6) Represents restricted stock awards where 4,129 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(7) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.72 and $3.23 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant. In addition, a 50,000 share restricted stock award was granted to Mr. Negron-Carballo subject to a vesting schedule where 20,000 shares are immediately vested and 30,000 shares vest in the sole discretion by the Board of Directors upon their determination on October 23, 2020, that Func Food’s operations have been successfully integrated into the Company.
(8) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.60 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant.
In addition, executive officers are entitled to participate in benefit plans maintained for employees of the Company generally.
Employment Agreement
On August 1, 2020, the Company entered into a new employment agreement (the “Fieldly Employment Agreement”) with John Fieldly, our Chief Executive Officer. The initial term of the Fieldly Employment Agreement is from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The Fieldly Employment Agreement provides for a base annual salary of $464,530, eligibility for performance-based incentive bonuses, pursuant to such criteria as may be established by our compensation committee and the grant of options to Mr. Fieldly under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock. The Fieldly Employment Agreement provides for severance payments equal to (i) the annual base salary and a pro rata performance bonus for the number of months remaining in the term (up to a maximum of 6 months) in the event of termination upon death; (ii) twelve months’ salary in the event of termination other than for “cause” (as defined therein); and (b) a “golden parachute” payment in an amount equal to twice the total compensation (including performance bonus, if any) for the two prior calendar years in the event of termination without “cause” following a “change in control” (as defined therein). The Fieldly Employment Agreement also contains customary confidentiality and non-competition provisions.
Compensation of Directors Table
The following table summarizes all compensation paid to our directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
Non-Qualified
Fees
Non-Equity
Deferred
Earned or
Option/Equity
Plan
Compensation
All Other
Paid in Cash
Awards
Compensation
Earnings
Compensation
Total
Name
($)
(#)(1)
($)
($)
($)
($)
Nicholas Castaldo
35,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
35,000
Kevin Harrington
35,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
35,000
Hal Kravitz
37,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
37,000
Caroline Levy
3,333
55,000 (2)
-
-
-
3,333
Regan Ebert(3)
10,000
-
-
-
-
10,000
Tony Lau
-
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
-
John Fieldly
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thomas E. Lynch
37,000
5,050 (4)
-
-
-
37,000
William H. Milmoe
38,000
5,050 (4)
-
-
-
38,000
(1) Represents restricted stock awards where 3,097 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(2) Represents options to purchase 55,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $14.53 per share granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan in July 2020.
(3) Ms. Egbert resigned as a director in July 2020.
(4) Represents restricted stock awards of 1,958 and 3,097 issued in January and July of 2020 which are immediately vested.
Narrative Disclosure to the Director Compensation Table
Our non-employee directors will be compensated with options to purchase common stock or restricted awards of common stock as determined by the compensation committee. Non-employee directors are also reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with attending meetings.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth information with respect to stock awards and grants of options to purchase our common stock outstanding to the named executive officers at December 31, 2020.
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
Options (#)(1) Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
unearned
options Weighted
average option
exercise
price Option
expiration
Name Exercisable Un-exercisable (#)(1) ($)(1) date
John Fieldly CEO 690,000 350,000 350,000 3.04 Various
Edwin Negron-Carballo CFO 155,556 250,000 250,000 3.88 Various
(1) Represents grants of stock options under our Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan and 2015 Incentive Stock Plan.
Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan
In January 2007, we adopted our 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, which was amended in July 2009. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan provided for equity incentives to be granted to our employees, officers or directors or to key advisers or consultants. Equity incentives may be in the form of stock options with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares as determined pursuant to the Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, stock bonus awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. Options to purchase 245,000 shares of common stock are outstanding under the 2006 Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan as of the date of this Report. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (but not awards thereunder) expired in January 2017.
Incentive Stock Plan
Our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan, adopted in April 2015, provides for equity incentives to be granted to our employees, executive officers or directors or to key advisers or consultants. Equity incentives may be in the form of stock options with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares as determined pursuant to the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan, restricted stock awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing. The 2015 Incentive Stock Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. There are 7,041,493 shares of our common stock are currently reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of awards under the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan. The number of shares so reserved automatically adjusts upward on January 1 of each year, so that the number of shares covered by the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan is equal to 15% of our then issued and outstanding common stock. Stock option and awards to purchase an aggregate of 5,019,646 shares of our common stock are outstanding under the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan as of the date of this Report.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
The following table sets forth, as of the date of this Report, the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each executive officer and director, by each person known by us to beneficially own 5% or more of our common stock and by executive officers and directors as a group. The address of the each of the executive officers and directors set forth in the table is c/o the Company, 2424 North Federal Highway, Suite 208, Boca Raton, Florida 33431.
Names and addresses of beneficial owners
Number of
Shares of
common
stock(1)
Percentage of
class (%)
John Fieldly
1,225,252 (1)
1.7
Edwin Negron
301,866 (2)
*
Nicholas Castaldo
264,807 (3)
*
Caroline Levy
*
Tony Lau
174,764 (4)
*
Hal Kravitz
158,097 (5)
*
Kevin Harrington
73,685 (6)
*
Thomas E. Lynch
287,181 (7)
*
Alexandre Ruberti
*
William H. Milmoe
11,087,252 (8)
15.3
All officers and directors as a group (ten (10) persons)
13,542,904 (9)
18.8
Other 5% or greater shareholders:
Carl DeSantis
22,079,152 (10)
30.6
3161 Jasmine Drive
Delray Beach, Florida 33483
Li Ka Shing
8,899,348 (11)
12.3
7/F Cheung Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Solina Chau Hoi Shuen
House 4
2 Island Road,
Hong Kong.
6,279,964 (12)
8.7
Kimora Lee Simmons
Seventh Avenue, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10018
3,972,659 (13)
5.5
* Less than 1%
The persons named above have full voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated. Under the rules of the SEC, a person (or group of persons) is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if he or she, directly or indirectly, has or shares the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. Accordingly, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same security.
(1) Includes (a) 790,000 shares of our common stock that are issuable upon exercise of stock options and restricted stock rights and (b) 435,252 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Fieldly.
(2) Represents (a) 205,556 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 96,310 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Negron.
(3) Represents (a) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 109,807 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Castaldo.
(4) Represents (a) 171,667 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 3,097 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Lau.
(5) Represents (a) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 3,097 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Kravitz.
(6) Represents shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Harrington.
(7) Represents (a) 105,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 182,181 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Lynch.
(8) Represents (a) 193,100 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Milmoe; (b) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options; (c) 3,860,311 shares of common stock held of record by CDS Ventures, LLC (“CDS Ventures”); (d) 6,848,841 shares of common stock held of record by CD Financial, LLC (“CD Financial”); (d) 30,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation (the “Foundation”). Mr. Milmoe and Carl DeSantis share voting power with respect to shares of common stock beneficially owned by CDS Ventures, CD Financial and the Foundation. Mr. Milmoe has shared dispositive power with respect to the Foundation shares but disclaims any pecuniary interest therein.
(9) Includes (a) the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and the owned and held of record by CD Financial, CDS Ventures and the Foundation beneficially owned by Mr. Milmoe as set forth in footnote (8) above; and (b) the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and the shares owned and held of record by the Company’s other officers and directors as set forth in footnotes (1) - (7) above.
(10) Represents (a) 3,860,311 shares of common stock held of record by CDS Ventures; (b) 6,848,841 shares of common stock held of record by CD Financial; (c) 870,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl DeSantis Revocable Trust (“CD Revocable Trust”); (d) 10,500,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl DeSantis Retained Annuity Trust (“CD Retained Trust”). Voting power of shares of common stock beneficially owned by CDS Ventures and CD Financial is shared by Mr. DeSantis and William H. Milmoe. Mr. DeSantis has sole dispositive power with respect to all listed shares.
(11) Represents 8,899,348 shares of common stock held of record by Charmnew Limited.
(12) Represents 6,279,964 shares of common stock held of record by Grieg International Limited and Oscar Time Limited, over which shares Ms. Chau has voting and dispositive power.
(13) Represents shares of common stock held of record.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Plan category
Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
Weighted-
average
exercise price of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding
securities
reflected in
column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
5,198,245 shares (1)
$       4.23
2,021,847 shares (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
0 shares
n/a
0 shares
Total
5,198,245 shares (1)
4.23
2,021,847 (1)
(1) Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan and our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
Lease of Executive Offices
The Company’s executive offices located at 2424 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 are leased from a company affiliated with CD Financial. The lease expires in January 2024 and provides for monthly rent of $17,295. We believe that the monthly rent is commensurate with other properties available in the market.
Approval of Related Party Transactions
All related party transactions are subject to the review, approval or ratification of our board of directors or an appropriate committee thereof.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Audit Fees
The following is a summary of the audit, tax and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance fees billed to us for professional services rendered for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Year ended
December 31,
Audit fees(1) $ 135,000 $ 179,100
Tax fees(2) $ 10,000 $ 8,750
All other fees(3) $ 119,854 $ 70,462
(1) Audit fees consist of billings for the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements by Assurance Dimensions including the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
(2) Tax fees related to paid to our tax professionals regarding tax processes and the filing of our tax returns.
(3) All other Fees, mainly pertain to Sarbanes-Oxley related work, performed by a specialized external audit firm in 2020. The 2020 figures include audit and all related accounting services pertaining to our European business as of the date of the acquisition. The 2020 figures reflect the impact of the European business integration as of the date of the acquisition.
The Company has an audit committee consisting of “independent” directors. It is the Company’s policy to have its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer preapprove all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent public accountants, subject to approval by the audit committee. These services may include audit, audit-related, tax and other services. Pre-approval is generally for up to one year, is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. Unless there are significant variations from the pre-approved services and fees, the independent public accountants and management generally are not required to formally report to the audit committee regarding actual services and related fees.
Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
(1) Financial Statements. The following consolidated financial statements and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, are filed as “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Report:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules.
Financial Statement Schedules are omitted because the information required is not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
(3) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended*
3.2
Bylaws, as amended**
10.3
Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan**+
10.4
2015 Incentive Stock Plan**+
10.5
Code of Ethics**
10.6
Audit Committee Charter**
10.7
Compensation Committee Charter**
10.8
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter**
10.16
Amended and Restated Convertible Loan Agreement between the Company and CD Financial, LLC dated December 14, 2018***
10.20
Employment Agreement between the Company and John Fieldly dated August 1, 2020****+
21.1
Subsidiaries of Registrant*****
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*******
31.1
Section 302 Certification by Chief Executive Officer*******
31.2
Section 302 Certification by Chief Financial Officer*******
32.1
Section 906 Certification by Chief Executive Officer*******
32.2
Section 906 Certification by Chief Financial Officer*******
+ Management compensation plan or arrangement.
* Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference, except for an amendment thereto filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 15, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference.
*** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 19, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
**** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 4, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
***** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
******* Filed herewith.
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.
Date: March 11, 2021 CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ John Fieldly
John Fieldly, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
By: /s/ Edwin Negron-Carballo
Edwin Negron-Carballo, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title(s)
Date
/s/ John Fieldly
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 11, 2021
John Fieldly
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ Edwin F. Negron-Carballo
Chief Financial Officer
March 11, 2021
Edwin F. Negron-Carballo
(Principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/ Kevin Harrington
Director
March 11, 2021
Kevin Harrington
/s/ Hal Kravitz
Director
March 11, 2021
Hal Kravitz
/s/ Tony Lau
Director
March 11, 2021
Tony Lau
/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
Director
March 11, 2021
Thomas E. Lynch
/s/ William H. Milmoe
Director
March 11, 2021
William H. Milmoe
/s/ Nicholas Castaldo
Director
March 11, 2021
Nicholas Castaldo
/s/ Caroline Levy
Director
March 11, 2021
Caroline Levy
/s/ Alexandre Ruberti
Director
March 11, 2021
Alexandre Ruberti
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Collectability of Note Receivable
Description of the Matter
Effective January 1, 2019, the Company entered into a separate economic agreement for the repayment of its marketing investment in China with Qifeng. Under the repayment agreement, Qifeng agreed to refund the Company over a five-year period. The repayment was formalized via a Note Receivable (“Note”) from Qifeng. The initial outstanding principal under the Note was approximately $12.2 million and was denominated in the Chinese Renminbi (CNY). Installment payments under the Note are due on March 31 each year and the first installment payment on the Note was due March 31, 2020. This payment was delayed and paid in September 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The next installment payment due March 31, 2021 will be paid via a release of 62,000 shares of Celsius common stock owned by Qifeng. This release will provide sufficient funds to pay the full amount that is due under the second installment payment. Under a separate guarantee agreement the Company will maintain control over 275,079 Celsius common shares which serves as collateral for the payment on the remaining amounts that will become due over the next three-years.
We determined based on the fact pattern noted above the long term collectability of the remaining Note balance was as a critical audit matter. The Note is collateralized by the Company’s shares, however we noted that there is volatility relating to the value of the collateral which is based on the share price of the Company’s stock.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following: 1. Obtaining and testing for reasonableness of management’s analysis to support the collectability of the remaining Note balance. 2. Obtained, a confirmation from Qifeng of the remaining balance due under the Note as of December 31, 2020 as well as confirming their intent and ability to pay the next installment keeping them current with the agreement. 3. Reviewed a signed guarantee letter from Qifeng over the Company shares that are being used as collateral associated with the remainder of the Note. 4. Obtained the Qifeng account statement from the Company’s transfer agent verifying the number of shares owned by Qifeng. The value of the collateral shares at December 31, 2020 was in excess of the total note receivable balance as of December 31, 2020. Based on the procedures performed and evidence obtained we concluded that no allowance for collectability was required related to the Note as of December 31, 2020.
/s/ Assurance Dimensions
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017
Margate, Florida
March 10, 2021
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2019 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
As described in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management has excluded the acquired business of Func Food Group, from management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. We also excluded the acquired business from our audit of internal control over financial reporting.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Assurance Dimensions
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.
Coconut Creek, Florida
March 12, 2020
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
December 31,
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash $ 43,248,021 $ 23,090,682
Accounts receivable-net (note 2) 14,986,213 7,774,618
Note receivable-current (note 6) 1,885,887 1,181,116
Inventories-net (note 4) 18,403,622 15,292,349
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (note 5) 14,626,922 4,170,136
Total current assets 93,150,665 51,508,901
Notes receivable (note 6) 9,429,437 10,630,040
Property and equipment-net (note 8) 579,377 132,889
Right of use assets-operating leases (note 7) 836,038 395,828
Right of use assets-financial leases (note 7) 162,119 413,638
Long term security deposits 122,733 104,134
Intangibles (note 9) 16,590,083 17,173,000
Goodwill (note 9) 10,419,321 10,023,806
Total Assets $ 131,289,773 $ 90,382,236
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (note 11) $ 25,412,753 $ 17,292,647
Lease liability obligation-operating leases (note 7) 321,283 294,916
Lease liability obligation-financial leases (note 7) 205,824 354,158
Bonds payable-net (note 13) - 8,634,279
Other current liabilities (note 12) 425,232 107,399
Total current liabilities 26,365,092 26,683,399
Long-term liabilities:
Lease liability obligation-operating leases (note 7) 514,948 107,311
Lease liability obligation-financial leases (note 7) 82,290 132,537
Total Liabilities 26,962,330 26,923,247
Commitments and contingences (note 18)
Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 72,262,829 and 68,941,311 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (note 15) 72,263 68,942
Additional paid-in capital 159,884,154 127,552,998
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (202,142 ) (753,520 )
Accumulated deficit (55,426,832 ) (63,409,431 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity 104,327,443 63,458,989
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $ 131,289,773 $ 90,382,236
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
For the year
ended December 31,
Revenue (note 3) $ 130,725,777 $ 75,146,546
Cost of revenue (note 2) 69,752,032 43,844,733
Gross profit 60,973,745 31,301,813
Selling and marketing expenses 34,875,339 21,129,722
General and administrative expenses 18,187,406 11,620,534
Total operating expense 53,062,745 32,750,256
Income/(loss) from operations 7,911,000 (1,448,443 )
Other Income/(Expense):
Interest income on note receivable (note 6) 355,821 381,728
Interest on notes - (509,430 )
Interest expense on bonds (431,813 ) -
Interest on other obligations (16,004 ) (57,579 )
Amortization of discount on notes payable - (707,286 )
Amortization of discount on bonds payable (576,415 ) (119,188 )
Other miscellaneous expense (49,100 ) (29,579 )
Gain on lease cancellations 152,112 -
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 1,375,925 -
European deferred tax (note 16) (81,500 ) -
Gain on investment repayment-China Note Receivable (note 6) - 12,461,037
Total Other Income/(Expense) 729,026 11,419,703
Net income before income taxes 8,640,026 9,971,260
Income tax expense (note 16) (116,177 ) -
Net income 8,523,849 9,971,260
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Foreign currency translation gain/(losses) 551,378 (60,580 )
Comprehensive Income 9,075,227 9,910,680
Income/(Loss) per share:
Basic $ 0.12 $ 0.16
Diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.16
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic 70,195,085 60,761,995
Diluted1 74,443,601 64,183,399
(1) Please refer to Earnings per Share section for further details.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Accumulated
Preferred Stock Common Stock Additional
Paid-In Other-
Comprehensive Accumulated
Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Income (Loss) Deficit Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 - $ - 57,002,508 $ 57,003 $ 85,153,667 $ (26,997 ) $ (73,380,691 ) $ 11,802,982
Issuance of common stock from public offering
7,986,110 7,986 26,947,451
26,955,437
Issuance of common stock on conversion of note payable
3,196,460 3,196 10,230,136
10,233,332
Stock option expense
4,831,750
4,831,750
Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options - Cashless
510,649 (511 )
-
Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options - Cash
245,584 223,837
224,083
Beneficial Conversion Feature on Convertible Instruments
166,668
166,668
Foreign currency translation
(726,523 )
(726,523 )
Net income
9,971,260 9,971,260
Balance at December 31, 2019 - $ - 68,941,311 $ 68,942 $ 127,552,998 $ (753,520 ) $ (63,409,431 ) $ 63,458,989
Issuance of common stock from private placement
1,437,909 1,438 21,890,878
21,892,316
Stock option expense
6,340,000
6,340,000
Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options - Cashless
567,559 (567 )
Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of stock options - Cash
1,316,050 1,316 4,125,475
4,126,791
Cash paid for taxes on restricted stock awards
(115,430 )
(541,250 ) (656,680 )
Short swing payment
90,800
90,800
Foreign currency translation
551,378
26,993
Net income
8,523,849 9,048,234
Balance at December 31, 2020 - $ - 72,262,829 $ 72,263 $ 159,884,154 $ (202,142 ) $ (55,426,832 ) $ 104,327,443
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the year ended
December 31,
December 31,
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 8,523,849 9,971,260
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation 127,263 66,939
Amortization 1,611,566 826,474
Bad debt allowance 257,177 109,393
Inventory excess and obsolescence allowance 747,507 331,985
Stock-based compensation expense 6,340,000 4,831,750
Gain on China transaction (322,936 ) (12,461,037 )
Gain on lease cancellations (152,112 ) -
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable-net (7,468,772 ) (1,432,980 )
Inventory (3,858,780 ) (2,239,254 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (10,456,787 ) (805,571 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 8,120,106 2,624,892
Deposits/deferred revenue and other current liabilities (96,281 ) (895,806 )
Change in Right to Use and Lease Obligation-net 150,547 105,943
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,395,084 1,033,988
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from note receivable 1,331,011 -
Purchase of property and equipment (573,751 ) (77,974 )
Cash consideration for acquisition-net of cash from acquisition - (14,188,056 )
Net cash provided/(used) in investing activities 757,260 (14,266,030 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable-related-party, net - 1,500,000
Payments on bonds payable (9,601,531 )
Principal payments on financial lease obligations (280,208 ) (26,486 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 4,126,791 224,083
Cash paid on taxes on restricted stock awards (656,680 ) -
Net proceeds from collection of section 16b short swing profit 90,800 -
Net proceeds from sale of common stock 21,892,316 26,955,437
Net cash provided by financing activities 15,571,488 28,653,034
Effect on exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 433,507 (73,491 )
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 20,157,339 15,347,501
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 23,090,682 7,743,181
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $ 43,248,021 $ 23,090,682
Supplemental disclosures:
Cash paid during period for:
Interest $ 447,816 $ 131,528
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Debt conversion and related accrued expenses $ - $ 10,233,332
European Acquisition Adjustment:
Goodwill $ 395,515 -
Other liabilities $ (395,515 ) -
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Business -Celsius Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Celsius Holdings”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on April 26, 2005. On January 24, 2007, the Company entered into a merger agreement and plan of reorganization with Elite FX, Inc., a Florida corporation. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Elite FX, Inc. was merged into the Company’s subsidiary, Celsius, Inc. and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company on January 26, 2007. In addition, on March 28, 2007 the Company established Celsius Netshipments, Inc. a Florida corporation as a subsidiary of the Company.
On February 7, 2018, the Company established Celsius Asia Holdings Limited a Hong Kong corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. On February 7, 2018 Celsius China Holdings Limited a Hong Kong corporation became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celsius Asia Holdings Limited and on May 9, 2018, Celsius Asia Holdings Limited established Celsius (Beijing) Beverage Limited, a China corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celsius Asia Holdings Limited.
On October 25, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of Func Food Group, Oyj (“Func Food”). The Acquisition was structured as a purchase of all of Func Food’s equity shares and a restructuring of Func Food’s pre-existing debt. Func Food was the Nordic distributor for the Company since 2015. Func Food is a marketer and distributor of nutritional supplements, health food products, and beverages (see note 10).
The Company is engaged in the development, marketing, sale and distribution of “functional” calorie-burning fitness beverages under the Celsius® brand name.
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
Consolidation Policy - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Celsius Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All material inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Significant Estimates - The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts, allowance for inventory obsolescence, the useful lives and values of property, fixtures and equipment, impairment of intangible assets & goodwill, valuation of stock-based compensation, and deferred tax asset valuation allowance.
Reclassification of Prior Year Presentation - Certain prior year amounts in the consolidated statements of cash flows have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. An adjustment has been made to present certain changes in operating assets and liabilities related to the China Settlement as part of the total net changes in operating assets and liabilities, rather than as separately presented items. Additionally, modifications have been made to present the effects of depreciation & amortization, bad debt allowance and inventory excess and obsolescence allowance as adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash flows from operating activities, rather than as part of changes in operating assets and liabilities. Lastly, right-of-use assets and lease liabilities related to finance leases have been separately presented from those related to operating leases in the consolidated balance sheets. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported cash flows from operating, investing, or financing activities.
Segment Reporting - Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities, have discrete financial information, and whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (CODM) to make decisions about allocating resources and to assess performance. Even though we have operations in several geographies, we operate as a single enterprise. Our operations and strategies are centrally designed and executed given that our geographical components are very similar. Our CODM, the CEO, reviews operating results primarily from a consolidated perspective, and makes decisions and allocates resources based on that review. The reason our CODM focuses on consolidated results in making decisions and allocating resources is because of the significant economic interdependencies between our geographical operations and the Company’s U.S. entity.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Concentrations of Risk - Substantially all of the Company’s revenue derives from the sale of Celsius ® beverages.
The Company uses single supplier relationships for its raw materials purchases and filling capacity, which potentially subjects the Company to a concentration of business risk. If these suppliers had operational problems or ceased making product available to the Company, operations could be adversely affected.
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with high-quality financial institutions. At times, balances in the Company’s cash accounts may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit. At December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $43 million in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit.
For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had the following 10 percent or greater concentrations of revenue with its customers. Specifically, there is one customer that has accounted for approximately 15% and 12% of our revenue, for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. The below table reflects this customer’s evolution as a percentage of our total revenue.
Amazon 15.1 % 12.0 %
All other 84.9 % 88.0 %
Total 100.0 % 100.0 %
At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had the following 10 percent or greater concentrations of accounts receivable with its customers:
Amazon 11.4 % 19.2 %
All other 88.6 % 80.8 %
Total 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cash Equivalents - The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not have any investments with maturities of three months or less.
Accounts Receivable - Accounts receivable are reported at net realizable value. The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon factors pertaining to the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends, and other information. Delinquent accounts are written-off when it is determined that the amounts are uncollectible. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, there was an allowance for doubtful accounts of $549,573 and $292,400, respectively.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Inventories - Inventories include only the purchase cost and are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined using the FIFO method. Inventories consist of raw materials and finished products. The Company establishes an inventory reserve to reduce the value of the inventory during the period in which such materials and products are no longer usable or marketable. Specifically, the Company reviews inventory utilization during the past twelve months and also customer orders for subsequent months. If there has been no utilization during the last 12 months and there are no orders in-place in future months which will require the use of inventory item, then inventory item will be included as part of the reserve during the period being evaluated. Management will then specifically evaluate whether these items may be utilized within a reasonable time frame (e.g., 3 to 6 months). At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company recorded an allowance of $1,613,000 and $865,000 respectively. The changes in the allowance are included in cost of revenue.
Property and Equipment - Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset generally ranging from three to seven years.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets - In accordance with ASC Topics 350 “Goodwill and Other Intangibles” and 360, “Property, Plant, and Equipment” the Company reviews the carrying value of intangibles and other long-lived assets for impairment at least annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by comparison of its carrying amount to the undiscounted cash flows that the asset or asset group is expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the property, if any, exceeds its fair value. The Company did not record any impairment during the year ended December 31, 2020.
Long-lived Asset Geographic Data
The following table sets forth long-lived asset information which includes property plant and equipment and lease right of use assets and excludes goodwill and intangibles, where individual countries represent a material portion of the total:
December 31, December 31,
United States $ 694,697 $ 127,302
Sweden 431,959 360,153
Finland 450,878 454,900
Long-lived assets related to foreign operations 882,837 815,053
Total long-lived assets $ 1,577,534 $ 942,355
Goodwill - The Company records goodwill when the consideration paid for an acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired, including related tax effects. Goodwill is not amortized; instead, goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if the Company believes indicators of impairment exist. The Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If the Company determines that the fair value is less than the carrying value, the Company will recognize an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying value over its fair value. At December 31, 2020, there were no indicators of impairment.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Intangible assets - Intangible assets are comprised of customer relationships and brands acquired in a business combination. The Company amortizes intangible assets with a definitive life over their respective useful lives. Intangibles with indefinite lives are tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if the Company believes indicators of impairment exist.
Revenue Recognition - The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The Company recognizes revenue when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied. Product sales occur once control is transferred upon delivery to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods. The amount of consideration the Company receives and revenue the Company recognizes varies with changes in customer incentives the Company offers to its customers and their customers. Sales taxes and other similar taxes are excluded from revenue.
Customer Advances - From time to time the Company requires deposits in advance of delivery of products and/or production runs. Such amounts are initially recorded as customer advances liability within other current liabilities. The Company recognizes such revenue as it is earned in accordance with revenue recognition policies. As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, the Company did not have any customer advances.
Advertising Costs - Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company uses mainly radio, local sampling events, sponsorships, endorsements, and digital advertising. The Company incurred marketing and advertising expenses of approximately $14.2 million and $7.9 million, during years ending December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Research and Development - Research and development costs are charged to general and administrative expenses as incurred and consist primarily of consulting fees, raw material usage and test productions of beverages. The Company incurred expenses of $508,000 and $341,000 during years ending December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Foreign Currency Translation - Foreign subsidiaries’ functional currency is the local currency of operations and the net assets of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. The U.S. dollar results that arise from such translation, as well as exchange gains and losses on intercompany balances of long-term investment nature, are included in Comprehensive Income. The Company incurred foreign currency translation net gains during the year ended December 31, 2020 of approximately $27,000 and net losses of approximately $60,600 during the year ended December 31, 2019. Our operations in different countries required that we transact in the following currencies:
Chinese-Yuan
Norwegian-Krone
Swedish-Krona
Finland-Euro
The Company’s results now include the operations of our European entities for the entire year ended December 31, 2020. During this period the currencies in these countries appreciated considerably when compared to the US Dollar giving way to significant currency gains which are reflected in our consolidated results.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value due to their relative short-term maturity and market interest rates.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Fair Value Measurements - ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Additionally, ASC 820 requires the use of valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. These inputs are prioritized below:
Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the use of the reporting entity’s own assumptions.
Other than these noted previously, the Company did not have any other assets or liabilities measured at fair value at December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Income Taxes - The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to the provisions of ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires, among other things, an asset and liability approach to calculating deferred income taxes. The asset and liability approach require the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is provided to offset any net deferred tax assets for which management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred asset will not be realized. The Company follows the provisions of the ASC 740 -10 related to, Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions. When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. In accordance with the guidance of ASC 740-10, the benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any.
Income Taxes (continued) -Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above should be reflected as a liability for uncertain tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheet along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. The Company believes its tax positions are all highly certain of being upheld upon examination. As such, the Company has not recorded a liability for uncertain tax benefits.
The Company has adopted ASC 740-10-25 Definition of Settlement, which provides guidance on how an entity should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits and provides that a tax position can be effectively settled upon the completion of an examination by a taxing authority without being legally extinguished. For tax positions considered effectively settled, an entity would recognize the full amount of tax benefit, even if the tax position is not considered more likely than not to be sustained based solely on the basis of its technical merits and the statute of limitations remains open.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
The Company’s tax returns for tax years in 2018 through 2020 remain subject to potential examination by the taxing authorities.
Earnings per Share - Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income available to stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share are computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period. Under ASC 260-10-45-16, the calculation of diluted earnings per share, the numerator should be adjusted to add back any convertible dividends and the after-tax amount of interest recognized in the period associated with any convertible debt. The denominator should include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. Please refer to the below table for additional details:
For the years
ended December 31,
Net income available to common stockholders $ 8,523,849 $ 9,971,260
Adjustments for diluted earnings:
Interest expense on convertible notes - 348,493
Amortization of discount on notes payable - 239,570
Diluted net income (loss) available to common stockholders $ 8,523,849 $ 10,559,323
Income (Loss) per share:
Basic $ 0.12 $ 0.16
Diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.16
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic 70,195,085 60,761,995
Diluted 74,443,601 64,183,399
Share-Based Payments -The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 718 “Compensation - Stock Compensation” and related interpretations. As such, compensation cost is measured on the date of grant at the fair value of the share-based payments. Such compensation amounts, if any, are amortized over the respective vesting periods of the grants. On April 30, 2015, the Company adopted the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. This plan is intended to provide incentives which will attract and retain highly competent persons at all levels as employees of the Company, as well as independent contractors providing consulting or advisory services to the Company, by providing them opportunities to acquire the Company’s common stock or to receive monetary payments based on the value of such shares pursuant to Awards issued. The 2015 Plan permits the grant of options and shares for up to 5,000,000 shares. In addition, there is a provision for an annual increase of 15% to the shares included under the plan, with the shares to be added on the first day of each calendar year, beginning on January 1, 2017 (note 17). As of December 31, 2020, total shares available are 2.0 million.
Cost of Sales - Cost of sales consists of the cost of concentrates and or beverage bases, the costs of raw materials utilized in the manufacture of products, co-packing fees, repacking fees, in-bound & out-bound freight charges, as well as certain internal transfer costs, warehouse expenses incurred prior to the manufacture of the Company’s finished products, inventory allowance for excess and obsolete products, and certain quality control costs. Raw materials account for the largest portion of the cost of sales. Raw materials include cans, bottles, other containers, flavors, ingredients and packaging materials.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Operating Expenses - Operating expenses include selling expenses such as warehousing expenses after manufacture, as well as expenses for advertising, samplings and in-store demonstrations costs, costs for merchandise displays, point-of-sale materials and premium items, sponsorship expenses, other marketing expenses and design expenses. Operating expenses also include such costs as payroll costs, travel costs, professional service fees (including legal fees), depreciation and other general and administrative costs.
Shipping and Handling Costs - Shipping and handling costs for freight expense on goods shipped are included in cost of sales. Freight expense on goods shipped for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $9.5 million and $6.3 million, respectively.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company adopts all applicable, new accounting pronouncements as of the specified effective dates.
In September 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016-13”), which requires the immediate recognition of management’s estimates of current and expected credit losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, which makes certain improvements to Topic 326. In April and May 2019, the FASB issued ASUs 2019-04 and 2019-05, respectively, which adds codification improvements and transition relief for Topic 326. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, which delays the effective date of Topic 326 for Smaller Reporting Companies to interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-11, which makes improvements to certain areas of Topic 326. In February 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-02, which adds an SEC paragraph, pursuant to the issuance of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, to Topic 326. Topic 326 is effective for the Company for fiscal years and interim reporting periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.
On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU No. 2017-04, “Intangibles and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”, which eliminates the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill, but rather requires an entity to record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying value over its fair value. Adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in this update modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820. Adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
All new accounting pronouncements issued but not yet effective are not expected to have a material impact on our results of operations, cash flows or financial position with the exception of the updated previously disclosed above, there have been no new accounting pronouncements not yet effective that have significance to our consolidated financial statements.
Liquidity - These financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will be able to continue as a going concern. At December 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $54,902,447 which includes a net income available to common stockholders of $8,523,849 for year ended December 31, 2020. During the year ending December 31, 2020 the Company’s net cash provided by operating activities totaled approximately $3,395,084.
If our sales volumes do not meet our projections, expenses exceed our expectations, our plans change, we may be unable to generate enough cash flow from operations to cover our working capital requirements. In such case, we may be required to adjust our business plan, by reducing marketing, lower our working capital requirements and reduce other expenses or seek additional financing. Furthermore, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in the global macro-economic environment related to the pandemic and public health crises related to the COVID-19 outbreak. We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact to our business. While we do not expect that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or operations at this time, we are unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have due to the uncertainties which include the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the intensity of the virus, the duration of the outbreak, and/or actions that may be taken by governmental agencies.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
3. REVENUE
The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied. Product sales occur once control is transferred upon delivery to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods. The amount of consideration the Company receives and revenue the Company recognizes varies with changes in customer incentives the Company offers to its customers and their customers. Sales taxes and other similar taxes are excluded from revenue.
Information about the Company’s net sales by reporting segment for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
For the years ended
December 31, December 31,
North America $ 95,480,310 $ 59,659,320
Europe 33,727,441 14,455,634
Asia 1,092,703 840,648
Other 425,323 190,944
Net sales $ 130,725,777 $ 75,146,546
All of the Company’s North America revenue is derived from the United States, which is the Company’s country of domicile. Of the Company’s total foreign revenues of $35.2 million and $15.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the only individual country that represents a material portion of total consolidated revenue was Sweden, which had total revenues of approximately $23.1 million and $8.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Revenues are attributed to countries based on the location of the customer.
License Agreement
In January 2019, the Company entered into a license and repayment of investment agreement with Qifeng Food Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (“Qifeng”). Under the agreement, Qifeng was granted the exclusive license rights to manufacture, market and commercialize Celsius branded products in China. The term of the agreement is 50 years, with annual royalty fees due from Qifeng after the end of each calendar year. The royalty fees are based on a percentage of Qifeng’s sales of Celsius branded products; however, the fees are fixed for the first five years of the agreement, totaling approximately $6.9 million, and then are subject to annual guaranteed minimums over the remaining term of the agreement.
Under the agreement, the Company grants Qifeng exclusive license rights and provides ongoing support in product development, brand promotion and technical expertise. The ongoing support is integral to the exclusive license rights and, as such, both of these represent a combined, single performance obligation. The transaction price consists of the guaranteed minimums and the variable royalty fees, all of which are allocated to the single performance obligation.
The Company recognizes revenue from the agreement over time because the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits from the services. The Company uses the passage of time to measure progress towards satisfying its performance obligation because its efforts in providing the exclusive license rights and ongoing support occur on a generally even basis throughout the year. Total revenue recognized under the agreement was approximately $770,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020, determined by the minimum royalties due as per the licensing agreement, and is reflected in the Company’s Asia reporting segment.
4. INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following at:
December 31, December 31,
Finished goods $ 15,334,386 $ 12,990,044
Raw Materials 4,682,291 3,167,853
Less: Inventory reserve (1,613,055 ) (865,548 )
Inventories $ 18,403,622 $ 15,292,349
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
5. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other current assets total $14,626,922 and $4,170,136, at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and consist mainly of prepaid advances to co-packers related to inventory production, advertising, prepaid insurance, prepaid slotting fees, value added tax payments and deposits on purchases. The increase of approximately $10,500,000 is mainly related to advances to co-packers pertaining to inventory production.
6. NOTE RECEIVABLE
Note receivable consists of the following at:
December 31, December 31,
Note Receivable-current $ 1,885,887 $ 1,181,116
Note Receivable-non-current 9,429,437 10,630,04
Total Note Receivable $ 11,315,324 $ 11,811,156
Effective January 1, 2019, we restructured our China distribution efforts by entering into two separate agreements as it relates to the commercialization of our Celsius products (i.e., license agreement) and a repayment of investment agreement with Qifeng. Under the license agreement, Qifeng was granted the exclusive license rights to manufacture, market and commercialize Celsius® brand products in China. Qifeng will pay a minimum royalty fee of $6.9 million for the five years of the term of the agreement, transitioning to a volume-based royalty fee, thereafter. Under a separate economic agreement, Qifeng Food will repay the marketing investments made by Celsius into the China market through 2018, over the same five-year period. The repayment, which was formalized via a Note Receivable from Qifeng, will need to be serviced even if the licensing agreement is cancelled or terminated.
The initial outstanding principal under the Note was approximately $12.2 million which is denominated in Chinese Renminbi (CNY) and was recorded as Other Income on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. The amount recognized considered the net of the balances of the accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, as well as the marketing investments that were performed in the China market.
Scheduled principal payments plus accrued interest are due annually on March 31 of each year starting in 2020. The Note is recorded at amortized cost basis and accrues interest at a rate per annum equal to the weighted average of 5% of the outstanding principal up to $5 million and 2% of the outstanding principal above $5 million. On September 12, 2020, it was agreed to fix the interest rate at 3.21% which reflected the weighted average interest rate for the 5-year period of the Note. For the year ended December 31, 2020, interest income was approximately $356,000.
The Company assesses the Note for impairment periodically by evaluating whether it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all the contractual interest and principal payments as scheduled in the Note agreement, based on historical experience about Qifeng’s ability to pay, the current economic environment and other factors. If the Note is determined to be impaired, the impairment is measured based on the present value of the expected future cash flows under the Note, discounted at the Note’s effective interest rate. At December 31, 2020, the Note was not deemed to be impaired.
The first installment of the note and interest of RMB 10,848,193 as well as royalties in the amount of RMB 2,404,900 were due on March 31, 2020. We were requested to provide a 3-month consideration to delay payment until June 30, 2020, due to the impact of the health crisis in China. As of June 30, 2020, we received payment of the RMB 10,848,193. An additional extension of 3-months was requested regarding the payment of the RMB 2,404,900 pertaining to the royalties. As of September 30, 2020, we received payment in full of the royalties that were due. Both the Note and related payments are subject to foreign currency fluctuations.
In order to grant the aforementioned considerations, a guarantee was obtained for the full amount of the royalties that were payable as of September 30, 2020, as well as the amounts that become due on March 31, 2021 pertaining to the Note, related interest and royalties. As collateral, we have maintained a stock certificate in Celsius Holdings, Inc., which amounted to 337,079 shares.
In order to obtain payment pertaining to amounts that are due on March 31, 2021, we will release 62,000 shares which will provide sufficient funds to pay in full the amount that is due regarding the Note, interest and royalties. We will maintain the remaining 275,079 shares as collateral or guarantee of payment on the remaining amounts that will become due over the next three-years. As such, royalties, principal and interest are expected to be paid in full when they become due.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
7. LEASES
The Company’s leasing activities include an operating lease of its corporate office space from a related party (see Note 14) and several other operating and finance leases of vehicles and office space for the Company’s European operations.
At the inception of a contract, the Company assesses whether the contract is, or contains, a lease. The Company’s assessment is based on: (1) whether the contract involves the use of a distinct identified asset, (2) whether the Company obtains the right to substantially all the economic benefit from the use of the asset throughout the term, and (3) whether the Company has the right to direct the use of the asset. The Company allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease and non-lease component based on the component’s relative stand-alone price to determine the lease payments. Lease and non-lease components are accounted for separately.
Leases are classified as either finance leases or operating leases based on criteria in ASC Topic 842, “Leases”. The Company’s operating leases are generally comprised of real estate and vehicles, and the Company’s finance leases are generally comprised of vehicles.
At lease commencement, the Company records a lease liability equal to the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. A corresponding right-of-use asset (“ROU asset”) is recorded, measured based on the initial measurement of the lease liability. ROU assets also include any lease payments made and exclude lease incentives. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
Lease expense for operating leases, consisting of lease payments, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Included in lease expense are any variable lease payments incurred in the period that were not included in the initial lease liability. Lease expense for finance leases consists of the amortization of the ROU asset on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term, and interest expense is calculated using the effective interest rate method.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
7. LEASES (CONTINUED)
The following is a summary of lease cost recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations:
Year ended Year ended
December 31,
December 31,
Operating Finance Operating Finance
Leases Leases Leases Leases
Lease cost in general and administrative expenses:
Operating lease expense $ 384,503 $ - $ 188,977 $ -
Amortization of finance lease ROU assets - 328,505 - 97,478
Total lease cost in general and administrative expenses 384,503 328,505 188,977 97,478
Lease cost in other expense:
Interest on finance lease liabilities - 16,004 - 2,288
Total lease cost in other expense - 16,004 - 2,288
Total lease cost $ 384,503 $ 344,509 $ 188,977 $ 99,766
The following is a summary of the impact of the Company’s leases on the consolidated statements of cash flows:
Years ended
December 31,
Leasing activity in cash flows from operating activities:
Payments under operating leases (389,831 ) (182,917 )
Interest payments on finance lease liabilities (16,004 ) (2,288 )
Total leasing activity in cash flows from operating activities (405,835 ) (185,205 )
Leasing activity in cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on finance lease liabilities (280,208 ) (26,486 )
Total leasing activity in cash flows from financing activities: (280,208 ) (26,486 )
The weighted-average remaining lease terms and weighted-average discount rates for operating and finance leases at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:
December 31, December 31,
Weighted average remaining lease term (years) - operating leases 2.6 1.5
Weighted average remaining lease term (years) - finance leases 1.1 1.2
Weighted average discount rate - operating leases 6.52 % 6.88 %
Weighted average discount rate - finance leases 3.95 % 2.62 %
The future annual minimum lease payments required under the Company’s leases as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:
Operating Finance
Future minimum lease payments Leases Leases Total
$ 365,738 $ 210,477 $ 576,215
283,274 76,434 359,708
252,081 7,392 259,473
15,391 - 15,391
Total future minimum lease payments 916,484 294,303 1,210,787
Less: Amount representing interest (80,253 ) (6,189 ) (86,442 )
Present value of lease liabilities 836,231 288,114 1,124,345
Less: current portion (321,283 ) (205,824 ) (527,107 )
Long-term portion $ 514,948 $ 82,290 $ 597,238
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consist of the following at:
December 31, December 31,
Furniture and equipment $ 1,103,301 $ 529,550
Less: accumulated depreciation (523,924 ) (396,661 )
Total $ 579,377 $ 132,889
Depreciation expense amounted to $127,263 and $66,939 during years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
9. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES
Goodwill consists of approximately $10,419,321 resulting from the excess of the consideration paid and the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired from the Func Food Acquisition (see note 10). As detailed in note 10, goodwill increased by $395,000 in 2020. There was no other activity related to goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2020.
Intangible assets consist of acquired customer relationships and brands from the Func Food Acquisition. The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of intangible assets were as follows as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
December 31, December 31,
Intangible assets subject to amortization
Customer relationships gross carrying amount $ 14,050,000 $ 14,050,000
Less: accumulated amortization (582,917 ) -
Total $ 13,467,083 $ 14,050,000
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Brands total carrying amount $ 3,123,000 $ 3,123,000
Total Intangibles $ 16,590,083 $ 17,173,000
Customer relationships are amortized over an estimated useful life of 25 years and brands have an indefinite life. Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $582,917. There was no amortization expense related to intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Other fluctuations in the amounts of intangible assets are due to currency translation adjustments.
The following is the future estimated amortization expense related to customer relationships as of December 31, 2020:
Year ending December 31,
$ 562,000
562,000
562,000
562,000
562,000
Thereafter 10,657,083
$ 13,467,083
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
10. ACQUISITION-EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
The Company acquired 100% of Func Food Group, Oyj (“Func Food) on October 25, 2019 (“the Acquisition”). The Acquisition was structured as a purchase of all of Func Food’s equity shares and a restructuring of Func Food’s pre-existing debt. Total consideration was $27,060,701, which consisted of approximately $14,188,000 in cash, $8,357,000 of newly issued bonds (see note 13) and $4,516,000 related to the settlement of a pre-existing debt. In addition to the aforementioned bond issuance, the Company financed the acquisition by issuing new common shares.
Func Food is a marketer and distributor of nutritional supplements, health food products and beverages, that support sport activities and healthy living and lifestyles in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Func Food has been the Nordic distributor of Celsius products since 2015 and, as a result of the acquisition, the Company expects to further increase its Nordic market share by leveraging collaborations, revamping its marketing strategy and focusing on core products. It also expects to reduce costs through economies of scale.
The Company recorded the acquisition in accordance with ASC Topic 805, pertaining to business combinations. The following table summarizes the consideration paid for Func Food and the amounts of the assets acquired at fair market value and liabilities assumed recognized at the Acquisition date.
Acquisition consideration
Cash $ 14,188,056
Bonds payable 8,356,958
Settlement of pre-existing debt 4,515,687
Total consideration transferred 27,060,701
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Accounts receivable $ 1,300,468
Inventories 2,161,067
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 331,774
Property and equipment
Right of use asset 806,572
Other long-term assets 101,413
Intangible assets-Customer relationships 14,050,000
Intangible assets-Brands 3,123,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (3,489,080 )
Lease liability Obligations (817,041 )
Other current liabilities (927,088 )
Total identifiable net assets $ 16,641,701
Goodwill $ 10,419,000
During the year ended December 31, 2020, goodwill increased by approximately $395,000 due to an additional liability that the Company assumed from the Func Food Acquisition. The additional liability consisted of charges related to an uncertain fiscal position reflected in a 2016 filing. This increase in liabilities and goodwill was recorded as a measurement period adjustment to the net assets acquired from the Func Food Acquisition. The additional liability is reflected in other current liabilities.
The amounts of revenue and earnings of Func Food included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:
Years ended
December 31,
Revenue $ 33,727,441 $ 6,651,969
Earnings $ 4,459,555 $ 52,077
11. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following at:
December 31, December 31,
Accounts payable $ 11,854,421 $ 10,159,900
Accrued expenses 13,558,332 7,132,747
Total $ 25,412,753 $ 17,292,647
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
12. OTHER LIABILITIES
Other current liabilities consist of the following at:
December 31, December 31,
Other Liabilities-State Beverage Container Deposit $ 425,232 $ 107,399
Total $ 425,232 $ 107,399
13. BONDS PAYABLE
Bonds payable consists of the following as of:
December 31, December 31,
Bonds were originally issued by Func Food Group, Oyj and were reinstated as part of the purchase consideration to acquire the European Operations (see note 10). On October 30, 2020, the Company fully repaid the Bonds in cash, in accordance with their original terms. The total amount paid was approximately $9.9 million, consisting of $9.6 million of principal and $0.3 million of accrued interest.
Original terms of the bonds are as follows:
The Bonds are Euro-denominated, unregistered, and were issued on October 25, 2019 at an initial nominal amount of approximately $9.1 million, less discount and issuance costs of approximately $0.7 million. The Bonds accrue interest at a stated interest rate of 6.00% per annum, due semi-annually in arrears, with the first interest payment due on April 30, 2020. The maturity date of the Bonds is October 30, 2020. The Bonds are carried at the nominal amount, less any unamortized discount and issuance costs. The original issuance discount amounted to approximately $381,000. The discount was amortized using the effective interest rate method. As of December 31, 2020, there was zero unamortized discount. Amortization of the discount was approximately $381,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Bond issuance costs amounted to $195,415. The issuance costs were amortized over a straight-line basis, given the short-term nature and that it does not result in a material difference from applying the effective interest rate method. Amortization of the total bond discounts and issuance costs for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $576,415. Fluctuations in currency resulted in a translation loss of $394,371, for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Upon maturity of the Bonds, Func Food Group, Oyj may, at its own election, convert up to 50% of the outstanding nominal amount of the Bonds into shares of common stock, at a conversion price relative to the 30-day weighted-average trading price of the Company’s common shares prior to the Acquisition. This conversion feature was never exercised.
At Func Food Group, Oyj’s election, the Bonds are callable at 103% at any time. Additionally, mandatory prepayments would be required in the event of either i) a capital raise consummated by the Company or ii) the sale of a certain product line of Func Food. To the fullest extent possible, the net proceeds derived from either event must first be applied towards prepayment of the bonds at 103%, plus any accrued but unpaid interest on the repaid amount. Neither the call provision nor the mandatory prepayment provision was ever exercised or triggered.
The Bonds are unsubordinated and are guaranteed by Func Food and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Bonds are secured by substantially all the assets of Func Food. The Bonds contain certain financial covenants that are specific to Func Food, mainly related to minimum cash requirements at the end of each quarter. Func Food was in compliance with these covenants through the date that they were fully repaid and redeemed and thereafter. $ - $ 8,634,279
Total Bonds Payable $ - $ 8,634,279
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company’s office is rented from a company affiliated with CD Financial, LLC which is controlled by one of our major shareholders. The current lease expires on January 2024 with monthly rent of $17,295. The rental fee is commensurate with other properties available in the market.
15. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Issuance of common stock pursuant to incentive stock plan exercises
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,883,609 shares of its common stock pursuant to the exercise of grants under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans. The Company received aggregate proceeds of $4,126,791 for 1,316,050 cash exercises, with the balance of the grants having been exercised on a “cashless” basis.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 756,233 shares of its common stock pursuant to the exercise of grants under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans. The Company received aggregate proceeds of $224,083 for 245,584 cash exercises, with the balance of the grants having been exercised on a “cashless” basis.
Issuance of common stock pursuant to private placement
On August 25, 2020 the Company issued 1,437,909 shares of its common stock and obtained approximately $22,000,000 of cash as part of a private placement.
Issuance of common stock pursuant to public placement
On September 16, 2019, the Company issued 7,986,110 shares of common stock, in a public placement and obtained gross proceeds of $28,749,996 and paid $1,585,000 in commissions & fees and incurred in $209,559 of expenses related to the capital raise thereby resulting in net-proceeds in the amount of $26,955,437.
Cash paid for taxes on restricted stock awards
On October 29, 2020, the CEO and CFO elected to have a portion of their vested restricted stock awards withheld by the Company, in order to cover their personal income taxes. This election was permitted by the underlying restricted stock award agreements that were provided to both the CEO and CFO. The total cash paid by the Company was $656,680, corresponding to the applicable statutory tax amounts required to be withheld. The payment was recorded as a reduction to stockholders’ equity, in accordance with ASC-505-30, Equity-Treasury Stock. On the consolidated statements of cash flows, the payment is presented as a cash outflow from financing activities.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
16. INCOME TAXES
The Company’s net tax provision was approximately $200,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020 and zero for the year ended December 31 2019. The current year tax provision mainly relates to European taxes.
The Company has evaluated the global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI") and the foreign derived intangible income provisions and will treat any U.S. tax on foreign earnings under GILTI as a current period expense when incurred. The Company currently considers the earnings of its foreign entities to be permanently reinvested outside the United States based on estimates that future domestic cash generation will be sufficient to meet future domestic cash needs. Accordingly, deferred income taxes have not been recorded for the undistributed earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries.
The domestic and foreign components of the Company's income before provision for income taxes are as follows:
Domestic $ 8,110,620 $ 9,789,538
Foreign 529,406 181,722
Income before provision for income taxes $ 8,640,026 $ 9,971,260
Components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:
Current:
Domestic $ 2,717,564 $ 2,897,092
State 562,924 600,112
Foreign 382,543 50,155
$ 3,663,031 $ 3,547,359
Deferred
Domestic $ 471,198 $ -
State 97,605 -
Foreign 141,577 -
710,380 $ -
Valuation Allowance (4,175,734 ) (3,547,359 )
-
Income Tax Expense 197,677 -
A reconciliation of the total provision for income taxes after applying the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% to income before provision for income taxes to the reported provision for income taxes are as follows:
U.S. Statutory federal rate 21.0 % 21.0 %
State income tax rate, net of federal benefit 4.35 % 4.35 %
Permanent differences, including stock-based compensation 6.72 % 9.25 %
Change in valuation allowance, including effect of change in tax rates (29.77 )% (34.72 )%
Difference in foreign tax rates 0.01 % 0.12 %
Effective tax rate 2.30 % 0.0 %
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
16. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
December 31,
December 31,
Deferred Tax Assets:
U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards $ 5,121,094 $ 8,400,000
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards 7,000,000 7,900,000
Stock-based compensation 389,816 -
Inventory allowance 408,829 95,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts 139,289 74,000
Total deferred tax assets 13,059,028 16,469,000
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Depreciation 50,411 19,000
- -
Total deferred tax liabilities 50,411 19,000
Valuation Allowance 13,008,617 16,450,000
Net Deferred Tax Assets - -
The Company’s valuation allowance decreased by $3.4 million in 2020 and increased by $1.2 million during 2019. Total net operating loss carry forwards in the United States at December 31, 2020 were approximately $20.6 million, of which approximately $19.4 million, will expire between 2029 and 2037 and $1.2 million may be carried forward indefinitely. China has corporate tax rate of 25% with net operating loss carry forwards expiring after 4 years. The Company had $9.7 million of net operating loss carry forwards in China as of December 31, 2020. Hong Kong has a corporate tax rate of 17% with net operating loss carry forwards that do not expire. The Company had $3.5 million of net operating loss carry forwards in Hong Kong as of December 31, 2020. On October 25, 2019, the Company acquired wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Finland subsidiary had net operating loss carryforwards of $19.5 million as of December 31, 2020. There were no net operating loss carryforwards available in Norway or Sweden. In 2020 our Sweden subsidiary incurred approximately $116,000 of income tax expense due to the inability to fully utilize the NOLs generated from prior periods. The Finland tax rate is 20%. In the Netherlands, timing differences related to interest payments resulted in an uncertain tax position liability of $81,500. Deferred Tax Assets relating to foreign NOLs are being impacted by currency fluctuations.
17. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company adopted an Incentive Stock Plan on January 18, 2007. This plan is intended to provide incentives which will attract and retain highly competent persons at all levels as employees of the Company, as well as independent contractors providing consulting or advisory services to the Company, by providing them opportunities to acquire the Company’s common stock or to receive monetary payments based on the value of such shares pursuant to Awards issued. While the plan terminates 10 years after the adoption date, issued options have their own schedule of termination. During 2013, the majority of the shareholders approved to increase the total available shares in the plan from 2.5 million to 3.5 million shares of common stock. During May 2014, the majority of the shareholders approved to increase the total available shares in the plan from 3.5 million to 4.25 million shares of common stock, during February 2015, the majority of the shareholders approved to increase the total available shares in the plan from 4.25 million to 4.6 million shares of common stock and during April 2015, the majority of the shareholders approved to increase the total available shares in the plan from 4.6 million to 5.1 million shares of common stock. Options to acquire shares of common stock may be granted at no less than fair market value on the date of grant. Upon exercise, shares of new common stock are issued by the Company.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
17. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
The Company adopted the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan on April 30, 2015. This plan is intended to provide incentives which will attract and retain highly competent persons at all levels as employees of the Company, as well as independent contractors providing consulting or advisory services to the Company, by providing them opportunities to acquire the Company’s common stock or to receive monetary payments based on the value of such shares pursuant to Awards issued. The 2015 Plan permits the grant of options and shares for up to 5,000,000 shares. In addition, there is a provision for an annual increase of 15% of the shares pertaining to the 2015 plan that are outstanding as of the last day of the prior year. As of December 31, 2020, approximately 2.0 million shares are available.
Under the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, the Company has issued options to purchase approximately 5.2 million shares at an average price of $4.23 with a fair value of $239.6 million. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company issued options to purchase 620,535 and 1.20 million shares, respectively. Upon exercise, shares of new common stock are issued by the Company.
For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized an expense of approximately $6.3 million and $4.8 million, respectively, of non-cash compensation expense (included in General and Administrative expense in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations) determined by application of a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following inputs: exercise price, dividend yields, risk-free interest rate, and expected annual volatility. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $7.2 million of unrecognized pre-tax non-cash compensation expense, which the Company expects to recognize, based on a weighted-average period of 2.01 years. The Company used straight-line amortization of compensation expense over the two to three-year requisite service or vesting period of the grant. The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur. There are options to purchase approximately 2.39 million shares that have vested as of December 31, 2020.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of its stock option awards and warrant issuances. The calculation of the fair value of the awards using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price on the date of grant as well as assumptions regarding the following:
Year ended December 31,
Expected volatility
69.18-81.11 %
58.62-121.32 %
Expected term
4.84-5.00 Years
4.02-5.00 Years
Risk-free interest rate
0.23%-1.39% %
1.58%-2.72% %
Forfeiture Rate
0.00 %
0.00 %
Expected dividend yield
0.00 %
0.00 %
The expected volatility was determined with reference to the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination within the valuation model. The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury rate in effect at the time of grant.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
17. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
A summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding stock options as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and changes during the periods ending on that date is as follows:
Weighted Average Aggregate Weighted
Shares Exercise Grant Date
Fair
Intrinsic
Value
Average
Remaining
(000’s) Price Value (000’s) Term (Yrs)
Options
At December 31, 2018 4,840 $ 3.04 $ - $ 5,338 5.05
Granted 2,874 3.61 2.39
Exercised (912 ) .96 3.98 2,752
Forfeiture and cancelled (274 ) 3.57
At December 31, 2019 6,528 $ 3.54 $ - $ 8,978 6.58
Granted $ 7.14 $ 4.66
Exercised (1,806 ) 2.83 $ 20.27 31,480
Forfeiture and cancelled (99 ) 3.93
At December 31, 2020 5,198 $ 4.23
$ 240,866 6.89
Exercisable at December 31, 2020 2,395 $ 3.64
$ 111,775 5.69
The following table summarizes information about employee stock options outstanding at December 31, 2020:
Outstanding Options Vested Options
Number
Number
Outstanding Weighted Weighted Exercisable Weighted Weighted
at Averaged Averaged at Averaged Averaged
December 31, Remaining Exercise December 31, Exercise Remaining
Range of Exercise Price 2020 (000’s) Life Price 2020 (000’s) Price Life
$0.20 - $0.53 2.34 $ 0.27 $ 0.27 2.34
$0.65 - $1.80 4.15 $ 1.05 $ 1.05 4.15
$1.83 - $2.84 3.09 $ 1.97 $ 1.97 3.09
$3.20 - $6.20 4,627 7.22 $ 4.17 1,942 4.19 6.28
$7.20-$22.00 9.70 17.92
Outstanding options 5,198 6.92 $ 4.23 2,395 $ 3.64 5.69
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $7,245,000 of unrecognized pre-tax non-cash compensation expense, which the Company expects to recognize, based on a weighted-average period of 2.01 years.
Restricted Stock Awards
Restricted stock awards are awards of common stock that are subject to restrictions on transfer and to a risk of forfeiture if the holder leaves the Company before the restrictions lapse. The holder of a restricted stock award is generally entitled at all times on and after the date of issuance of the restricted shares to exercise the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares. The value of stock awards that vest over time is established by the market price on the date of its grant and generally vests over a period of 3 years. A summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is presented in the following table:
For the twelve months ended
December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Average
Grant Date
Grant Date
Shares Fair Value Shares Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of period 90,000 $ 3.23 66,667 $ 3.64
Granted 175,737 17.46 116,666 3.23
Vested (170,145 ) 8.08 (93,333 ) 3.38
Forfeited (29,363 ) 4.15 - -
Unvested at end of period 66,229 $ 28.11 90,000 $ 3.34
The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was approximately $2,947,000 and $314,000, respectively. Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock awards to employees and directors as of December 31, 2020 was $237,801 and is expected to be expensed over the next 53 months.
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In November of 2020, McGovern Capital, Inc. and Kevin McGovern (collectively “McGovern”) filed a claim in arbitration related to its Representative Agreement with Celsius Holdings, Inc. as amended by the first amendment dated August 6, 2016. Pursuant to the Representative Agreement, McGovern is entitled to receive a fee of three percent (3%) of “Net Revenues” received by the Company’s from sales of the Company’s Products in the People’s Republic of China for a period of four years from Initial Commercial Sale (which was September 1, 2017). “Net Revenues” are defined in the Representative Agreement as “the Company’s revenues net of actual discounts applied, credits and returns.” Effective January 1, 2019, the Company restructured its China operations from a distribution arrangement with Qifeng Food Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (“Qifeng”), to a license and royalty arrangement and a loan, pursuant to which Qifeng will market and distribute the Company’s products in China, and Celsius will receive an annual royalty payment. The Company intends to pay McGovern its percentage of the annual royalty payment, but McGovern has objected claiming that McGovern is entitled to be paid commissions on the entire royalty payment and the amount of the loan to Qifeng. The Company intends to defend against McGovern’s claims vigorously and has filed a counterclaim related to McGovern’s failure to comply with the covenant of good faith and fair dealing in the Representative Agreement. This matter is still in its early stages and the Company is unable to predict the outcome at this time.
In addition to the foregoing, from time to time, we may become party to litigation or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course of our business.
The Company has entered into distribution agreements with liquidated damages in case the Company cancels the distribution agreements without Cause. Cause has been defined in various ways. It is management’s belief that no such agreement has created any liability as of December 31, 2020.
Additionally, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by the pandemic and public health crises related to the COVID-19 outbreak which is affecting the macro-economic environment. Please refer to Item 1A. Risk Factors for further details.
19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Between January 1, 2021 and March 10, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 322,525 shares of its common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted under the Company’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure controls and procedures
Our President and Chief Executive Officer as well as our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2020, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the SEC, including to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and our Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial and accounting officer), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based on that evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of December 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in that (a) we maintain records that in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (b) our records provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and board of directors; and (c) our records provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our principal executive officer and our Chief Financial Officer have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at doing so, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented if there exists in an individual a desire to do so. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on the framework set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013). Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and financial officers and effected by the Company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
● Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
● Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
● Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Based on the evaluation conducted under the above-referenced framework, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2020, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
Effective with the filing of this report, with respect to the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the Company is deemed to be a “non-accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, this annual report is not required to include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
With respect to the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Company was deemed to be an “accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, for only the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we have included the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in Item 8 setting forth our registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Item 308 (b) of Regulation S-K.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
Following the October 25, 2019 acquisition of our European subsidiaries, the Company committed time and resources to consolidating and integrating the subsidiaries’ system of controls with its own and evaluating control design, implementation, and effectiveness. This included incorporating the Company’s policies into the subsidiaries’ policies and aligning their internal control environment with ours. We also obtained the services of Grant Thornton in the Nordic region to assist with this assessment and the related testing to ensure that their internal controls are aligned with the Company’s and are in place and working effectively.
The majority of the control activities of the Company were not changed by the acquisition of our European subsidiaries, and the overall impact was not material to our internal controls over financial reporting.
There have been no other changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2020, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B. Other Information.
None
PART III

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors and Executive Officers
The following sets forth the name of each of our directors and executive officers and their positions with Celsius:
Name
Age
Position with the Company
John Fieldly
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Edwin Negron-Carballo
Chief Financial Officer
Nicholas Castaldo
Director
Caroline Levy
Director
William H. Milmoe
Director
Hal Kravitz
Director
Kevin Harrington
Director
Tony Lau
Director
Thomas E. Lynch
Director
Alexandre Ruberti
Director
John Fieldly was named Chief Executive Officer in April 2018 and has served as a director since March 2017. Mr. Fieldly originally joined Celsius in January 2012 as its Chief Financial Officer and from March 2017 to March 2018 served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Celsius Holdings, Inc. he held leadership roles at Lebhar-Friedman, Oragenics, Inc. and Eckerd Drugs, Inc. Mr. Fieldly is a Certified Public Accountant in Florida. Mr. Fieldly’s long tenure with the Company makes him a valuable member of the board of directors in addition to his position as Chief Executive Officer.
Edwin Negron-Carballo became Chief Financial Officer in July 2018. He is well versed in USGAAP and IFRS as a Certified Public Accountant and has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Negron-Carballo served as the Chief Financial Officer of Concurrent Manufacturing Solutions, LLC from October 2012 to December 2017. Mr. Negron-Carballo’s prior experience also includes working for major companies such as KPMG, Sodexo, S.A., Tyco Healthcare-Latin America, Energizer Battery and Frito-Lay.
Nicholas Castaldo Mr. Castaldo joined the Board in March 2013. His career spans over 30 years in consumer businesses in the food and beverage industry with executive positions in public and private companies, multi-nationals and start-ups. He is an Equity Partner and Advisory Board member of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain and served as the company’s CMO for 2 years. Mr. Castaldo was an Equity Partner and member of the founding management team of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, a casual dining restaurant chain, and served as President, Senior Vice-President/Chief Marketing Officer, and Board Member for 12 years. He served for 8 years as President of Pollo Tropical, a Miami-based fast casual restaurant chain. He has held senior Marketing positions at Denny’s, CitiCorp Savings and Burger King. He is an Adjunct Professor at the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University teaching courses in Marketing and Entrepreneurship and earned an MBA from Harvard University. His experience in the food and beverage industry qualifies him as a valuable member of the board of directors.
Caroline Levy has served as a director of Celsius since July 2020. Ms. Levy most recently served as Senior Equity Research Analyst at Macquarie, in her role Caroline covered both large and small cap beverage companies. Prior to this, she spent eight years as a managing director and senior analyst at CLSA. This followed a decade at UBS, where Caroline headed the US consumer research team, while also holding the position of COO for all research and Chair of the Investment Review Committee. Caroline has made numerous media appearances including CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” and Bloomberg. Additionally, she has been recognized multiple times including, “The Institutional Investor All Star survey” and “The Wall Street Journal analyst rankings”, for stock picking and earnings accuracy. Ms. Levy’s investment banking experience, with a focus on beverage companies, brings a unique perspective to her position on our board of directors.
William H. Milmoe has served as a director of Celsius since August 2008. Since June 2000, Mr. Milmoe has served as President of CDS International Holdings, Inc., a privately-held holding company based in Boca Raton, Florida, which oversees the business investments and holdings of Carl DeSantis, one of our principal shareholders. Mr. Milmoe is a Certified Public Accountant and prior to joining CDS consulted on various business and tax matters along with five years of service with PricewaterhouseCoopers. His long and varied business and accounting experience qualifies him to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Kevin Harrington joined Celsius’ board of directors in March 2013. He has almost forty (40) years’ experience in product introduction and direct marketing, being one of the first to market products through infomercials. Since 2005, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Harrington Business Development, Inc., a privately-held consulting firm. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Harrington appeared as one of the original panelists on the ABC television program, “Shark Tank.” He currently also serves as Chairman of the Board of As Seen On TV, Inc., a public company which focuses on marketing products through infomercials and other direct marketing. Mr. Harrington’s extensive experience in product marketing makes him a valuable member of the board of directors.
Hal Kravitz became a director of Celsius in April 2016. Since November of 2019, Mr. Kravitz has served as President, Certified Management Group, a division of Advantage Solutions. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Kravitz served as Chief Executive Officer of AQUAhydrate, Inc., a company engaged in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of bottled water. In 2013, Mr. Kravitz helped form InterContinental Beverage Capital, a New York-based merchant bank focused on investments in the beverage industry. For over thirty (30) years prior thereto, Mr. Kravitz served as an executive officer and in other management positions in various units of the Coca-Cola system. We believe that Mr. Kravitz’s extensive experience in the beverage industry makes him a valuable member of the board of directors.
Tony Lau joined our board of directors in April 2019. Mr. Lau is an investor and director of consumer and retail investments at Horizons Ventures, Limited (“Horizons Ventures”), a Hong Kong based private investment fund, with whom he has been affiliated since 2014. Mr. Lau also manages China businesses and expansion for Horizons portfolio companies. Prior to Horizons Ventures, Mr. Lau was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, specializing in technology, media and telecommunications investment. Mr. Lau currently serves on the board of directors of ChromaDex Corp. (Nasdaq: CDXC), a patented and proprietary ingredient technologies company. Mr. Lau earned a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Peking University and is currently pursuing the Business Scholars Program (DBA) degree at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). The Company believes Mr. Lau is qualified to serve on the board of directors because of his extensive and unique business background.
Thomas E. Lynch became a director of the Company in November 2009. For over forty-five (45) years, he served as President of the Plastridge Insurance Agency, Inc., a multi-office insurance agency based in Delray Beach, Florida and currently is Chairman of the Board of the agency. The agency traces its origins back to 1919. Mr. Lynch has served on many different boards throughout the State of Florida and has also served as an elected official on several governmental boards. He is currently the Mayor of the Village of Golf, Florida. We believe that Mr. Lynch’s long business experience makes him a valuable member of our board of directors.
Alexandre Ruberti joined our board in February 2021. Mr. Ruberti brings a wealth of experience having spent the past 25 years in the beverage sales and distribution industry. His most recent tenure was serving dual positions with Red Bull. Mr. Ruberti joined Red Bull in 2005 as Head of National Sales and Distribution of Brazil and rapidly advanced to his role as President of Red Bull Distribution Company developing the business exponentially through incremental growth, sustaining profitability, and expanding the warehouse base from 34 to 99 facilities in seven years. In 2019 he was appointed the additional position as Executive Vice President of Sales for Red Bull North America. Prior to Red Bull, he spent nine years working at Coca-Cola Bottlers in Brazil, holding several positions across multiple departments. Mr. Ruberti holds an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil, He also serves as a Board Member of Future Farm, as well as Member of the Young Presidents' Organization - YPO - Santa Monica Bay chapter and is an active angel investor. We believe that given Mr. Ruberti’s extensive experience in the beverage industry will provide valuable perspectives to execute our strategy, drive profitability and enhance value for our shareholders.
Terms of Directors and Executive Officers
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders and until their successors are appointed and qualified, or until their removal, resignation, or death.
Family Relationships
There are no familial relationships among our officers and directors.
Board Committees and Independence
Our board of directors has established three standing committees, an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. The audit and enterprise risk committee currently consists of Messrs. Lynch, Levy and Milmoe, the human resource and compensation committee currently consists of Messrs. Kravitz, Castaldo and Harrington and the nominating and corporate governance committee currently consists of Messrs. Milmoe, Lau and Lynch. Our board of directors has determined that each of our directors is “independent” within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
In addition, we believe each of Messrs. Lynch, Levy, and Milmoe qualifies an “audit committee financial expert” as the term is defined by the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, based on their respective business professional experience in the financial and accounting fields. At the time of the listing of our common stock for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, we are required to certify to the Nasdaq Stock Market, that our audit committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication.
Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee
The audit and enterprise risk committee assists our board of directors in its oversight of the company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the company’s financial statements, including (i) the quality and integrity of the company’s financial statements, (ii) the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence and (iv) the performance of our company’s internal audit functions and independent auditors, as well as other matters which may come before it as directed by the board of directors. Further, the audit committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities, shall:
● be responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of the work of any independent auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for our company;
● discuss the annual audited financial statements and the quarterly unaudited financial statements with management and the independent auditor prior to their filing with the SEC in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q;
● review with the company’s financial management on a period basis (a) issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentations, including any significant changes in our company’s selection or application of accounting principles, and (b) the effect of any regulatory and accounting initiatives, as well as off-balance sheet structures, on the financial statements of our company;
● monitor our Company’s policies for compliance with federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations and our company’s policies on corporate conduct;
● maintain open, continuing and direct communication between the board of directors, the audit committee and our independent auditors; and
● monitor our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and shall have the authority to initiate any special investigations of conflicts of interest, and compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as may be warranted.
● evaluate risk assessment of the Company
Mr. Lynch is the chairman of our audit committee.
Human Resource and Compensation Committee
The human resource and compensation committee aids our board of directors in meeting its responsibilities relating to the compliance with all external regulatory requirements, internal policies and the compensation of our company’s executive officers and to administer all incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans of the company, including the plans under which company securities may be acquired by directors, executive officers, employees and consultants. Further, the committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities, shall:
● monitor changes in employment laws and regulations to ensure our Company employment practices and policies are aligned and in compliance with statutory requirements;
● review periodically our company’s philosophy regarding executive compensation to (i) ensure the attraction and retention of corporate officers; (ii) ensure the motivation of corporate officers to achieve our company’s business objectives, and (iii) align the interests of key management with the long-term interests of our company’s shareholders;
● review and approve corporate goals and objectives relating to Chief Executive Officer compensation and other executive officers of Celsius;
● make recommendations to the board of directors regarding compensation for non-employee directors, and review periodically non-employee director compensation in relation to other comparable companies and in light of such factors as the compensation committee may deem appropriate; and
● review periodically reports from management regarding funding our company’s pension, retirement, long-term disability and other management welfare and benefit plans.
Mr. Kravitz is the chairman of our compensation committee.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The nominating and corporate governance committee recommends to the board of directors individuals qualified to serve as directors and on committees of the board of directors to advise the board of directors with respect to the board of directors composition, procedures and committees to develop and recommend to the board of directors a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company; and to oversee the evaluation of the board of directors and Celsius’ management.
Further, the nominating and corporate governance committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities shall:
● recommend to the board of directors and for approval by a majority of independent directors for election by shareholders or appointment by the board of directors as the case may be, pursuant to our bylaws and consistent with the board of director’s evidence for selecting new directors;
● review the suitability for continued service as a director of each member of the board of directors when his or her term expires or when he or she has a significant change in status;
● review annually the composition of the board of directors and to review periodically the size of the board of directors;
● make recommendations on the frequency and structure of board of directors’ meetings or any other aspect of procedures of the board of directors;
● make recommendations regarding the chairmanship and composition of standing committees and monitor their functions;
● review annually committee assignments and chairmanships;
● recommend the establishment of special committees as may be necessary or desirable from time to time; and
● develop and review periodically corporate governance procedures and consider any other corporate governance issue.
Messrs. Milmoe and Lau are the co-chairmen of our nominating and corporate governance committee.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) to report their ownership of and transactions in our common stock to the SEC. Copies of these reports are also required to be supplied to us. To our knowledge, based on our review of such reports, during the year ended December 31, 2020 the Reporting Persons complied with all applicable Section 16(a) reporting requirements.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of our executive officers, directors and employees. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business. This document will be made available in print, free of charge, to any shareholder requesting a copy in writing from our Secretary at our executive offices in Boca Raton, Florida.
Board of Directors Role in Risk Oversight
Members of the board of directors have periodic meetings with management and the Company’s independent auditors to perform risk oversight with respect to the Company’s internal control processes. The Company believes that the board’s role in risk oversight does not materially affect the leadership structure of the Company.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who are our two executive officers, during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary ($)
Bonus ($)
Stock
Awards (#)
Other ($)
Total ($)
John Fieldly, CEO(1)
464,526
284,782
4,129 (3)
6,201
755,509
422,300
234,377
400,000 (4)
5,889
662,566
410,000
223,450
450,000 (5)
8,668
642,118
Edwin Negron-Carballo, CFO(2)
270,000
112,340
4,129 (6)
382,867
206,000
67,980
350,000 (7)
274,488
92,308
33,825
150,000 (8)
126,791
(1) Mr. Fieldly was appointed Chief Executive Officer on April 16, 2018. Mr. Fieldly joined Celsius in January 2012 as its Chief Financial Officer and from March 2017 to March 2018 served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
(2) Mr. Negron-Carballo joined the Company on July 18, 2018 as Chief Financial Officer.
(3) Represents restricted stock awards where 4,129 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(4) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.72 and $3.23 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant. In addition, a 100,000-share restricted stock award was granted to Mr. Fieldly subject to a vesting schedule where 40,000 shares are immediately vested and 60,000 shares vest in the sole discretion by the Board of Directors upon their determination on October 23, 2020, that Func Food’s operations have been successfully integrated into the Company.
(5) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 300,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.80 and $4.48 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant.
(6) Represents restricted stock awards where 4,129 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(7) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 and 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.72 and $3.23 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant. In addition, a 50,000 share restricted stock award was granted to Mr. Negron-Carballo subject to a vesting schedule where 20,000 shares are immediately vested and 30,000 shares vest in the sole discretion by the Board of Directors upon their determination on October 23, 2020, that Func Food’s operations have been successfully integrated into the Company.
(8) Represents stock options granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.60 per share. The options vest in three annual installments commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to continued employment and expire ten (10) years from the date of grant.
In addition, executive officers are entitled to participate in benefit plans maintained for employees of the Company generally.
Employment Agreement
On August 1, 2020, the Company entered into a new employment agreement (the “Fieldly Employment Agreement”) with John Fieldly, our Chief Executive Officer. The initial term of the Fieldly Employment Agreement is from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The Fieldly Employment Agreement provides for a base annual salary of $464,530, eligibility for performance-based incentive bonuses, pursuant to such criteria as may be established by our compensation committee and the grant of options to Mr. Fieldly under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock. The Fieldly Employment Agreement provides for severance payments equal to (i) the annual base salary and a pro rata performance bonus for the number of months remaining in the term (up to a maximum of 6 months) in the event of termination upon death; (ii) twelve months’ salary in the event of termination other than for “cause” (as defined therein); and (b) a “golden parachute” payment in an amount equal to twice the total compensation (including performance bonus, if any) for the two prior calendar years in the event of termination without “cause” following a “change in control” (as defined therein). The Fieldly Employment Agreement also contains customary confidentiality and non-competition provisions.
Compensation of Directors Table
The following table summarizes all compensation paid to our directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
Non-Qualified
Fees
Non-Equity
Deferred
Earned or
Option/Equity
Plan
Compensation
All Other
Paid in Cash
Awards
Compensation
Earnings
Compensation
Total
Name
($)
(#)(1)
($)
($)
($)
($)
Nicholas Castaldo
35,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
35,000
Kevin Harrington
35,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
35,000
Hal Kravitz
37,000
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
37,000
Caroline Levy
3,333
55,000 (2)
-
-
-
3,333
Regan Ebert(3)
10,000
-
-
-
-
10,000
Tony Lau
-
3,097 (1)
-
-
-
-
John Fieldly
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thomas E. Lynch
37,000
5,050 (4)
-
-
-
37,000
William H. Milmoe
38,000
5,050 (4)
-
-
-
38,000
(1) Represents restricted stock awards where 3,097 shares are immediately vested in July 2020.
(2) Represents options to purchase 55,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $14.53 per share granted under our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan in July 2020.
(3) Ms. Egbert resigned as a director in July 2020.
(4) Represents restricted stock awards of 1,958 and 3,097 issued in January and July of 2020 which are immediately vested.
Narrative Disclosure to the Director Compensation Table
Our non-employee directors will be compensated with options to purchase common stock or restricted awards of common stock as determined by the compensation committee. Non-employee directors are also reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with attending meetings.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth information with respect to stock awards and grants of options to purchase our common stock outstanding to the named executive officers at December 31, 2020.
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
Options (#)(1) Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
unearned
options Weighted
average option
exercise
price Option
expiration
Name Exercisable Un-exercisable (#)(1) ($)(1) date
John Fieldly CEO 690,000 350,000 350,000 3.04 Various
Edwin Negron-Carballo CFO 155,556 250,000 250,000 3.88 Various
(1) Represents grants of stock options under our Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan and 2015 Incentive Stock Plan.
Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan
In January 2007, we adopted our 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, which was amended in July 2009. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan provided for equity incentives to be granted to our employees, officers or directors or to key advisers or consultants. Equity incentives may be in the form of stock options with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares as determined pursuant to the Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, stock bonus awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. Options to purchase 245,000 shares of common stock are outstanding under the 2006 Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan as of the date of this Report. The Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (but not awards thereunder) expired in January 2017.
Incentive Stock Plan
Our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan, adopted in April 2015, provides for equity incentives to be granted to our employees, executive officers or directors or to key advisers or consultants. Equity incentives may be in the form of stock options with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares as determined pursuant to the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan, restricted stock awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing. The 2015 Incentive Stock Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the board of directors. There are 7,041,493 shares of our common stock are currently reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of awards under the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan. The number of shares so reserved automatically adjusts upward on January 1 of each year, so that the number of shares covered by the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan is equal to 15% of our then issued and outstanding common stock. Stock option and awards to purchase an aggregate of 5,019,646 shares of our common stock are outstanding under the 2015 Incentive Stock Plan as of the date of this Report.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
The following table sets forth, as of the date of this Report, the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each executive officer and director, by each person known by us to beneficially own 5% or more of our common stock and by executive officers and directors as a group. The address of the each of the executive officers and directors set forth in the table is c/o the Company, 2424 North Federal Highway, Suite 208, Boca Raton, Florida 33431.
Names and addresses of beneficial owners
Number of
Shares of
common
stock(1)
Percentage of
class (%)
John Fieldly
1,225,252 (1)
1.7
Edwin Negron
301,866 (2)
*
Nicholas Castaldo
264,807 (3)
*
Caroline Levy
*
Tony Lau
174,764 (4)
*
Hal Kravitz
158,097 (5)
*
Kevin Harrington
73,685 (6)
*
Thomas E. Lynch
287,181 (7)
*
Alexandre Ruberti
*
William H. Milmoe
11,087,252 (8)
15.3
All officers and directors as a group (ten (10) persons)
13,542,904 (9)
18.8
Other 5% or greater shareholders:
Carl DeSantis
22,079,152 (10)
30.6
3161 Jasmine Drive
Delray Beach, Florida 33483
Li Ka Shing
8,899,348 (11)
12.3
7/F Cheung Kong Center
2 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Solina Chau Hoi Shuen
House 4
2 Island Road,
Hong Kong.
6,279,964 (12)
8.7
Kimora Lee Simmons
Seventh Avenue, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10018
3,972,659 (13)
5.5
* Less than 1%
The persons named above have full voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated. Under the rules of the SEC, a person (or group of persons) is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if he or she, directly or indirectly, has or shares the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. Accordingly, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same security.
(1) Includes (a) 790,000 shares of our common stock that are issuable upon exercise of stock options and restricted stock rights and (b) 435,252 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Fieldly.
(2) Represents (a) 205,556 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 96,310 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Negron.
(3) Represents (a) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 109,807 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Castaldo.
(4) Represents (a) 171,667 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 3,097 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Lau.
(5) Represents (a) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 3,097 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Kravitz.
(6) Represents shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Harrington.
(7) Represents (a) 105,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and (b) 182,181 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Lynch.
(8) Represents (a) 193,100 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Milmoe; (b) 155,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options; (c) 3,860,311 shares of common stock held of record by CDS Ventures, LLC (“CDS Ventures”); (d) 6,848,841 shares of common stock held of record by CD Financial, LLC (“CD Financial”); (d) 30,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation (the “Foundation”). Mr. Milmoe and Carl DeSantis share voting power with respect to shares of common stock beneficially owned by CDS Ventures, CD Financial and the Foundation. Mr. Milmoe has shared dispositive power with respect to the Foundation shares but disclaims any pecuniary interest therein.
(9) Includes (a) the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and the owned and held of record by CD Financial, CDS Ventures and the Foundation beneficially owned by Mr. Milmoe as set forth in footnote (8) above; and (b) the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and the shares owned and held of record by the Company’s other officers and directors as set forth in footnotes (1) - (7) above.
(10) Represents (a) 3,860,311 shares of common stock held of record by CDS Ventures; (b) 6,848,841 shares of common stock held of record by CD Financial; (c) 870,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl DeSantis Revocable Trust (“CD Revocable Trust”); (d) 10,500,000 shares of common stock held of record by Carl DeSantis Retained Annuity Trust (“CD Retained Trust”). Voting power of shares of common stock beneficially owned by CDS Ventures and CD Financial is shared by Mr. DeSantis and William H. Milmoe. Mr. DeSantis has sole dispositive power with respect to all listed shares.
(11) Represents 8,899,348 shares of common stock held of record by Charmnew Limited.
(12) Represents 6,279,964 shares of common stock held of record by Grieg International Limited and Oscar Time Limited, over which shares Ms. Chau has voting and dispositive power.
(13) Represents shares of common stock held of record.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Plan category
Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
Weighted-
average
exercise price of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding
securities
reflected in
column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
5,198,245 shares (1)
$       4.23
2,021,847 shares (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
0 shares
n/a
0 shares
Total
5,198,245 shares (1)
4.23
2,021,847 (1)
(1) Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan and our 2015 Incentive Stock Plan.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
Lease of Executive Offices
The Company’s executive offices located at 2424 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 are leased from a company affiliated with CD Financial. The lease expires in January 2024 and provides for monthly rent of $17,295. We believe that the monthly rent is commensurate with other properties available in the market.
Approval of Related Party Transactions
All related party transactions are subject to the review, approval or ratification of our board of directors or an appropriate committee thereof.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Audit Fees
The following is a summary of the audit, tax and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance fees billed to us for professional services rendered for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Year ended
December 31,
Audit fees(1) $ 135,000 $ 179,100
Tax fees(2) $ 10,000 $ 8,750
All other fees(3) $ 119,854 $ 70,462
(1) Audit fees consist of billings for the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements by Assurance Dimensions including the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
(2) Tax fees related to paid to our tax professionals regarding tax processes and the filing of our tax returns.
(3) All other Fees, mainly pertain to Sarbanes-Oxley related work, performed by a specialized external audit firm in 2020. The 2020 figures include audit and all related accounting services pertaining to our European business as of the date of the acquisition. The 2020 figures reflect the impact of the European business integration as of the date of the acquisition.
The Company has an audit committee consisting of “independent” directors. It is the Company’s policy to have its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer preapprove all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent public accountants, subject to approval by the audit committee. These services may include audit, audit-related, tax and other services. Pre-approval is generally for up to one year, is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. Unless there are significant variations from the pre-approved services and fees, the independent public accountants and management generally are not required to formally report to the audit committee regarding actual services and related fees.

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
(1) Financial Statements. The following consolidated financial statements and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, are filed as “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Report:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules.
Financial Statement Schedules are omitted because the information required is not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
(3) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended*
3.2
Bylaws, as amended**
10.3
Amended 2006 Incentive Stock Plan**+
10.4
2015 Incentive Stock Plan**+
10.5
Code of Ethics**
10.6
Audit Committee Charter**
10.7
Compensation Committee Charter**
10.8
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter**
10.16
Amended and Restated Convertible Loan Agreement between the Company and CD Financial, LLC dated December 14, 2018***
10.20
Employment Agreement between the Company and John Fieldly dated August 1, 2020****+
21.1
Subsidiaries of Registrant*****
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*******
31.1
Section 302 Certification by Chief Executive Officer*******
31.2
Section 302 Certification by Chief Financial Officer*******
32.1
Section 906 Certification by Chief Executive Officer*******
32.2
Section 906 Certification by Chief Financial Officer*******
+ Management compensation plan or arrangement.
* Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference, except for an amendment thereto filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 15, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference.
*** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 19, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
**** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 4, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
***** Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
******* Filed herewith.