Powerfleet Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

Commission file number:001-39080

POWERFLEET, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(201) 996-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None

Indicate by checkmark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by checkmark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☒

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☒

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

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the price at which the common stock was last sold as of June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $105.8 million.

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of May 1, 2024 was 107,349,987 shares.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

References in this document to “Powerfleet”, “the Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us” are intended to mean Powerfleet, Inc., individually, or as the context requires, collectively with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Form 10-K”) contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and restates certain financial information and related footnote disclosures in the Company’s previously issued Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (collectively, the “Audited Financial Statements”), Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (collectively, the “Interim Unaudited Financial Statements”) to make certain changes as described below.

In connection with the preparation of its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company determined that the accounting for the redemption premium associated with its Series A convertible preferred stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) was understated resulting in an understatement of “net loss attributable to common stockholders” and “net loss per share attributable to common stockholders” for each period, an understatement of the value of the “convertible redeemable preferred stock” as of each balance sheet date, and an overstatement of the “additional paid-in capital” as of each balance sheet date. The required adjustments to correct the redemption value calculation of the Series A Preferred Stock and the related accretion of the value of the preferred stock in the consolidated statement of operations, include the recording of non-cash accretion resulting in an increase in the net loss attributable to common stockholders, an increase in the convertible redeemable preferred stock and a decrease in additional paid-in capital in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Because the correction of this misstatement is material to the previously reported results of operations of the Company included in our previously issued Audited Financial Statements and Interim Unaudited Financial Statements, the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”) concluded that the consolidated financial statements included in the Audited Financial Statements and Interim Unaudited Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon. In connection with the restatement to correct for this error, the Company determined that it is appropriate to revise the previously filed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K to correct other unrelated errors that were either unrecorded or addressed as out-of-period adjustments in previously filed consolidated financial statements that were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to such financial statements.

Due to the discovery of this error, the Company’s management identified a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that existed as of December 31, 2023 and prior periods, relating to the measurement and valuation of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock. For a discussion of management’s consideration of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, and the material weaknesses identified, see Part II, Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures” of this Form 10-K.

We have not filed, and do not intend to file, any amendments to our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the restated periods. Accordingly, investors should rely only on the financial information and other disclosures regarding the restated periods in this Form 10-K or in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as applicable, and not on any previously issued or filed reports, earnings releases, investor presentations or other similar communications relating to the restated periods.

See Note 2 to our financial statements, included in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K, for additional information on the restatement of, and the related effects on, our consolidated financial statements for the restated periods.

POWERFLEET, INC.

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