UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 6-K
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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2024
Commission File Number: 001-41066
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Sono Group N.V.
(Registrant’s name)
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Waldmeisterstraße 93
80935 Munich
Germany
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ X ] Form 40-F [ ]
Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein includes a press release issued by Sono Group N.V. on June 24, 2024. The information in Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 6-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
99.1 | Press Release dated June 24, 2024 |
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.
Sono Group N.V. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date: June 24, 2024 | /s/ George O'Leary | |
George O'Leary | ||
Managing Director | ||
EXHIBIT 99.1
Sono Group N.V. Announces Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report and Corporate Update
MUNICH, June 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sono Group N.V. (OTC: SEVCF) (hereafter referred to as “Sono” or the “Company”, parent company to Sono Motors GmbH or “Sono Motors”), the solar technology company, announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2023.
“2023 was a transformative year for Sono. Sono Motors’ successful emergence from self-administration proceedings, together with the crucial investment secured by Sono, have positioned us for growth. We believe that we now have the team, expertise, technology, capital, and customer interest to execute our business plan and realize the potential of our flagship product,” said George O’Leary, Managing Director, CEO and CFO of Sono Group N.V.
2023 and Recent Business Updates
Financial Highlights
ABOUT SONO GROUP N.V.
SONO GROUP N.V. is the public holding company of Sono Motors, currently quoted on the OTC market under the symbol SEVCF. Following the Company's filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2023, Sono Group N.V. expects to have its ordinary shares admitted to trading on the OTCQB in July 2024.
CONTACT
Press:
press@sonomotors.com | www.sonomotors.com/press
Investors:
ir@sonomotors.com | ir.sonomotors.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes forward-looking statements. The words "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "estimate", "aim", "forecast", "project", "target", “will” and similar expressions (or their negative) identify certain of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are statements regarding the intentions, beliefs, or current expectations of the Company and Sono Motors. Forward-looking statements involve inherent known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and could cause the companies’ actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to: our ability to access the unfunded portion of the investment from Yorkville, including our ability to successfully comply with the agreements related thereto and the absence of any termination event or any event of default; our ability to maintain relationships with creditors, suppliers, service providers, customers, employees and other third parties in light of the performance and credit risks associated with our constrained liquidity position and capital structure; the Company’s status as a foreign private issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; the Company’s ability to have its shares admitted to trading on OTCQB and to comply with OTCQB continuing standards, as well as its ability to have its shares admitted to trading on a stock exchange in the future; our ability to achieve our stated goals; our strategies, plan, objectives and goals, including, among others, the successful implementation and management of the pivot of the companies’ business to exclusively retrofitting and integrating their solar technology onto third party vehicles and the successful development, launch of sales and delivery of the Solar Bus Kit; our ability to raise the additional funding required beyond the investment from Yorkville to further develop and commercialize their solar technology and business as well as to continue as a going concern. For additional information concerning some of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on June 21, 2024, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our website at ir.sonomotors.com. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond our ability to control or estimate precisely, such as the actions of courts, regulatory authorities and other factors. Readers should therefore not place undue reliance on these statements, particularly not in connection with any contract or investment decision. Except as required by law, the companies assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
INCOME STATEMENT
€k | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 |
Revenue | 42 | 229 | 16 |
Cost of sales | (70) | (392) | (58) |
Gross income(loss) | (28) | (163) | (42) |
Cost of research and development | (15,784) | (158,479) | (40,609) |
Selling and distribution costs | (1,110) | (3,558) | (3,220) |
General and administrative expenses | (13,204) | (20,023) | (15,094) |
Other operating income/expenses | (61,835) | 842 | (183) |
Deconsolidation gain | 40,122 | - | - |
Impairment loss on financial assets | 1 | 5 | (6) |
Operating income(loss) | (51,838) | (181,376) | (59,154) |
Interest and similar income | 8,427 | 999 | - |
Interest and similar expense | (10,149) | (3,321) | (4,781) |
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAX | (53,560) | (183,698) | (63,935) |
Tax on income and earnings | - | - | - |
Income (loss) after tax | (53,560) | (183,698) | (63,953) |
Income (loss) for the period | (53,560) | (183,698) | (63,953) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | - | - | 16 |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD | (53,560) | (183,698) | (63,937) |
Earnings per shares for income(loss) attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the company: | |||
BASIC/DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE IN EUR | (0.50) | (2.21) | (1.07) |
BALANCE SHEET
€k | FY 2023 | FY 2022 |
ASSETS | ||
Intangible assets | - | 3 |
Property, plant, and equipment | - | 667 |
Right-of-use assets | - | 790 |
Other financial assets | 1,037 | 158 |
Other non-financial assets | - | 73 |
Noncurrent assets | 1,037 | 1,691 |
Work in progress | - | 73 |
Other financial assets | 156 | 1,134 |
Other non-financial assets | 266 | 24,215 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 7,412 | 30,357 |
Current assets | 7,834 | 55,779 |
TOTAL ASSETS | 8,871 | 57,470 |
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||
Subscribed capital | 10,840 | 9,957 |
Capital reserve | 287,926 | 277,308 |
Accumulated deficit | (384,338) | (330,778) |
Equity | (85,572) | (43,513) |
Advance payments received from customers | - | 49,288 |
Financial liabilities | 987 | 4,649 |
Other non-financial liabilities | - | 469 |
Noncurrent liabilities | 987 | 54,406 |
Advance payments received from customers | - | 354 |
Financial liabilities | 38,102 | 30,225 |
Trade and other payables | 1,491 | 11,699 |
Other liabilities | 3 | 1,823 |
Provisions | 53,860 | 2,476 |
Current liabilities | 93,456 | 46,577 |
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 8,871 | 57,470 |
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
€k | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 |
Income (loss) after tax | (53,560) | (183,698) | (63,953) |
Depreciation of property, plant, and equipment | 29 | 284 | 125 |
Impairment of property, plant, and equipment | 3,842 | 39,264 | 1,965 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 78 | 462 | 415 |
Impairment of right-of-use assets | - | 1,748 | - |
Amortization of intangible assets | - | 68 | 34 |
Impairment of intangible assets | - | 170 | - |
Expenses for share based payment transaction | (572) | 1,447 | 1,981 |
Deconsolidation gain | (40,122) | - | - |
Other non-cash (income)/expenses | 6,280 | (665) | 112 |
Interest and similar income | (8,427) | (999) | - |
Interest and similar expense | 10,149 | 3,321 | 4,781 |
Movements in provisions | 51,814 | 274 | 2,091 |
Decrease/(Increase) in other assets | 4,805 | (6,773) | (3,760) |
Increase in trade and other payables | 16,916 | 2,521 | 5,218 |
(Decrease)/Increase in advances received from customers | (2,349) | 3,240 | 4,286 |
Interest paid | (49) | (251) | (436) |
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES | (11,166) | (139,587) | (47,141) |
Deconsolidation of Subsidiary cash balance | (7,481) | - | - |
Purchase of intangible assets | - | (35) | (223) |
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment | (3,842) | (47,203) | (1,429) |
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES | (11,323) | (47,238) | (1,652) |
Transaction costs on issue of shares to institutional investors | - | - | (17) |
Proceeds from issue of shares to institutional investors | - | - | 1,500 |
Transaction cost on issue of shares in IPO | - | - | (2,690) |
Proceeds from issues of shares in IPO | - | - | 142,334 |
Transaction costs on issue of shares from public offering | - | (842) | - |
Proceeds from issue of shares on public offering | - | 39,346 | - |
Transaction costs on issue of shares from committed equity facility | - | (771) | - |
Proceeds from issue of shares on committed equity facility | - | 17,254 | - |
Proceeds from issue of shares on stock option scheme | 6 | 25 | - |
Proceeds from convertible debentures | - | 28,453 | - |
Transaction costs for convertible debentures | - | (28) | - |
Repayment of borrowings | - | - | (2,187) |
Payment of principal portion of lease liabilities | (256) | (429) | (378) |
NET CASH (USED IN)/FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | (250) | 83,008 | 138,562 |
NET (DECREASE) / INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (22,739) | (103,817) | 89,769 |
Effect of currency translation on cash and cash equivalent | (206) | 1,235 | (94) |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR | 30,357 | 132,939 | 43,264 |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR | 7,412 | 30,357 | 132,939 |