The Company, Basis of Presentation and Going Concern
6 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 1. The Company, Basis of Presentation and Going Concern

The Company

 

Loop Industries, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Loop” or the “Company”) is a technology company focused on sustainability. Its mission is to accelerate the world’s shift toward sustainable plastic and away from dependence on fossil fuels. Loop has created a technology poised to disrupt the plastics industry. This technology decouples plastic from fossil fuels by depolymerizing waste polyester plastic to its base building blocks (monomers). The monomers are then repolymerized to create virgin-quality polyester plastic that meets FDA requirements for use in food-grade plastic packaging and to produce polyester fiber for textile applications. Loop branded polyester resin is designed to allow consumer packaged goods companies to meet and exceed their stated sustainability goals and circular ambitions.

 

Common shares of the Company are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “LOOP.”

 

Basis of presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. The balance sheet information as at February 28, 2018 is derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, which is included in Item 8 of the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2018. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with those financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending February 28, 2019.

 

Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated on consolidation.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. As reflected in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company has not yet begun commercial operations and does not yet have a recurring source of revenue. Since inception, the Company has accumulated a deficit of $28.3 million and during the six months ended August 31, 2018, the Company incurred a net loss of $7.1 million and used cash in operations of $3.9 million, which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

At the current stage of its development, Loop is a pre-revenue company, with its ongoing operations being financed by raising new equity capital. To date, the Company has been successful in raising capital to finance its ongoing operations.

 

As at August 31, 2018, the Company had cash on hand of $2.9 million. Management is evaluating its plans to continue to raise financing, the proceeds from which would be used to finance the start-up of its commercial operations and fund the further development of its ongoing pre-revenue operations. There can be no assurance that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company.

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not reflect the adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported expenses and balance sheet classifications that would be necessary if the Company were unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities as a going concern in the normal course of operations. Such adjustments could be material.