As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2,
2010
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Registration
No. 333-164613
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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8734
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87-0419387
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary
Standard Industrial
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(I.R.S
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Classification
Code Number)
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Identification
No.)
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85
Enterprise, Suite 410
Aliso
Viejo, CA 92656
(714)
545-3288
(Address,
including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant’s
Principal Executive Offices)
George
Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer
CNS
Response, Inc.
85
Enterprise, Suite 410
Aliso
Viejo, CA 92656
(714)
545-3288
Copy
to:
Scott
Alderton, Esq.
Stubbs
Alderton & Markiles, LLP
15260
Ventura Boulevard, 20
th
Floor
Sherman
Oaks, California 91403
(818)
444-4500
(Name,
Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent
for Service)
Approximate
date of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this Registration Statement.
If any
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check
the following box.
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If this
form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.
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If this
form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this
form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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Large
Accelerated Filer
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Accelerated
Filer
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Non-Accelerated
Filer
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Smaller
Reporting Company
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class
of Securities
To Be Registered
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Amount To Be
Registered (1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit (2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
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Amount
Of
Registration
Fee (3)
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Common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (3)
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2,875,385
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$
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0.95
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$
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2,731,615.75
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$
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194.76
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TOTAL
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2,875,385
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$
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2,731,615.75
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$
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194.76
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(1)
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In
the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or other similar transaction
involving the Registrant’s common stock, in order to prevent dilution, the
number of shares registered shall automatically be increased to cover the
additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities
Act.
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(2)
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Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, using the average of the
high and low price as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on
July 1, 2010.
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(3)
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CNS
Response, Inc. paid an aggregate filing fee in the amount of $2,421.71
with respect to 44,595,438 shares of common stock and 20,722,098 shares of
common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants with the initial filing of
this registration statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No 333-164613). This
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement increases the number of
shares of common stock being registered by 2,875,385 shares and reduces
the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
that are being registered by 2,313,083. The initial filing fee paid in the
amount of $2,421.71 is being carried forward into this Amendment No. 1 to
Form S-1 Registration Statement, and an additional $194.76 is being paid
herewith.
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REGISTRANT
HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE
NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER
AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL
THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH
DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY
DETERMINE.
Subject
to Completion, Dated July 2, 2010
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
65,879,838
Shares Common
Stock
This
prospectus relates to the offer and sale from time to time of up to 65,879,838
shares of our common stock that are held by the stockholders named in the
“Selling Stockholders” section of this prospectus. The prices at
which the selling stockholders may sell the shares in this offering will be
determined by the prevailing market price for the shares or in negotiated
transactions. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale
of the shares. We will bear all expenses of registration incurred in connection
with this offering. The selling stockholders whose shares are being registered
will bear all selling and other expenses.
Our
common stock is quoted on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol
“CNSO.OB.” On July 1, 2010, the last reported sales price of the
common stock on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board was $0.95 per
share.
Investing
in our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on
page 5.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or
adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date
of this prospectus is ______________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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Prospectus
Summary
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1
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Risk
Factors
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5
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Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward- looking
Statements
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20
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Use
of Proceeds
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21
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Market
for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
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21
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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22
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Business
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46
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Management
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63
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Executive
Compensation
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68
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Principal
and Selling Stockholders
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77
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Related
Party Transactions
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88
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Description
of Capital Stock
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96
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Plan
of Distribution
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100
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Legal
Matters
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104
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Experts
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104
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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104
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Index
to Financial Statements
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105
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You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any
supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide information that is
different from that contained in this prospectus. The information contained in
this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless
of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our common
stock.
Except as
otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus reflects a one-for-fifty
reverse stock split of our common stock which took effect on January 10,
2007.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This
summary highlights selected information contained in greater detail elsewhere in
this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information you should
consider before investing in our common stock. You should read the entire
prospectus carefully before making an investment decision, including “Risk
Factors” and the consolidated financial statements and the related
notes. References in this prospectus to “CNS Response, Inc.,” the
“company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to CNS Response, Inc. and our consolidated
subsidiaries.
Our
History
CNS
Response, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on March 16, 1987, under the name
Age Research, Inc. Prior to January 16, 2007, CNS Response, Inc.
(then called Strativation, Inc.) existed as a “shell company” with nominal
assets whose sole business was to identify, evaluate and investigate various
companies to acquire or with which to merge. On March 7, 2007, we
acquired CNS Response, Inc., a California corporation (“CNS California”) through
a merger of CNS California with a wholly-owned subsidiary that we formed for the
purpose of facilitating this transaction. Upon the closing of this
merger transaction, CNS California became our wholly-owned subsidiary, and we
changed our name from Strativation, Inc. to CNS Response, Inc.
Our
Business
Overview
We are a
life sciences company with two distinct business segments. Our Laboratory
Information Services business operated by CNS California, which we consider our
primary business, is focused on the commercialization of a patented system that
guides psychiatrists and other physicians to determine a proper treatment for
patients with behavioral (psychiatric and/or addictive)
disorders. Our Clinical Services business operated by our
wholly-owned subsidiary, Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc. (“NTC”), is a full service
psychiatric clinic. The address of our principal executive office is
85 Enterprise, Suite 410, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, and our telephone number is
(714) 545-3288.
Laboratory
Information Services
In
connection with our Laboratory Information Services business, we have developed
an extensive proprietary database (the “CNS Database”) consisting of over 17,000
clinical outcomes across more than 2,000 patients who had psychiatric or
addictive problems. For each patient, we have compiled electrocephalographic
(“EEG”) data, symptoms and outcomes, often across multiple treatments from
multiple psychiatrists and physicians. Using this database, our technology
compares a patient’s EEG to the outcomes in the database and ranks
treatment options based on treatment success of patients having similar
neurophysiology.
Trademarked
as Referenced-EEG
®
(“rEEG”), this patented technology allows us to create and provide simple
reports (“rEEG Reports”) that specifically guide physicians to treatment
strategies based on the patient’s own physiology. The vast majority of these
patients were considered long-term “treatment-resistant”, the most challenging,
high-risk and expensive category to treat.
rEEG
identifies relevant neurophysiology that is variant from the norm and identifies
medications that have successfully treated database patients having similar
aberrant physiology. It does this by comparing a patient’s standard
digital EEG to an external normative database, which identifies the presence of
abnormalities. The rEEG process then identifies a set of patients having similar
abnormalities as recorded in our CNS Database and reports on historical relative
medication success for this stratified group. Upon completion, the physician is
provided the analysis in a report detailing and ranking classes of agents (and
specific agents within the class) by treatment success for patients having
similar abnormal electrophysiology.
Our
business is focused on increasing the demand for our rEEG
services. We believe the key factors that will drive broader adoption
of our rEEG services will be acceptance by healthcare providers of their
clinical benefits, demonstration of the cost-effectiveness of using our test,
reimbursement by third-party payers, expansion of our sales force and increased
marketing efforts.
Clinical
Services
In
January 2008, we acquired our largest customer, the Neuro-Therapy Clinic,
Inc. Upon the completion of the transaction, NTC became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of ours. NTC operates one of the largest psychiatric
medication management practices in the state of Colorado, with nine full time
and four part time employees including psychiatrists and clinical nurse
specialists with prescribing privileges. Daniel A. Hoffman, M.D. is
the medical director at NTC, and, after the acquisition, became our Chief
Medical Officer and more recently, our President.
NTC,
having performed a significant number of rEEG’s, serves as an important resource
in our product development, the expansion of our CNS Database, production system
development and implementation, along with the integration of our rEEG services
into a medical practice. Through NTC, we also expect to successfully
develop marketing and patient acquisition strategies for our Laboratory
Information Services business. Specifically, NTC is learning how to best
communicate the advantages of rEEG to patients and referring physicians in the
local market. We will share this knowledge and developed
communication programs learned through NTC with other physicians using our
services, which we believe will help drive market acceptance of our
services. In addition, we plan to use NTC to train practitioners
across the country in the uses of our rEEG technology.
We view
our Clinical Services business as secondary to our Laboratory Information
Services business, and we have no current plans to expand this
business.
Financial
Information
Since our
inception, we have generated significant net losses. As of September 30, 2009,
we had an accumulated deficit of $25.2 million and as of March 31, 2010 we had
an accumulated deficit of $ 28.4 million. We incurred net losses of
$8.5 million and $5.4 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively and we incurred net losses of $1.4 million and $3.3
million for the three and six month periods ending March 31, 2010,
respectively. We have not yet achieved profitability and anticipate
that we will continue to incur net losses for the next few years. We anticipate
that a substantial portion of our capital resources and efforts will be focused
on research and development, scale up of our commercial organization, and other
general corporate purposes, including the payment of legal fees associated with
our litigation with Leonard Brandt, our former Chief Executive Officer and a
former director of the company. Research and development projects
include the completion of more clinical trials which are necessary to further
validate the efficacy of our products and services relating to our rEEG
technology across different type of behavioral disorders, the enhancement of the
CNS Database and, to a lesser extent, the identification of new medication that
are often combinations of approved drugs. As of September 30, 2009 we had
approximately $0.99 million in cash and cash equivalents and a working capital
deficit of approximately $1.1 million compared to approximately $2.0 million in
cash and cash equivalents and a working capital balance of approximately $0.83
million at September 30, 2008. As of March 31, 2010, we had approximately
$0.68 million in cash and cash equivalents and a working capital deficit of
approximately $0.98 million compared to approximately $0.56 million in cash and
cash equivalents and a working capital deficit of approximately $1.66
million at March 31, 2009. On June 3, 2010, we raised $250,000 from the
sale of a secured promissory note to John Pappajohn, a member of our Board of
Directors.
As of March 31, 2010, our current
liabilities of approximately $1.86 million exceeded our current assets
of approximately $0.87 million by approximately $0.98
million.
Our
continued operating losses and limited capital raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern. We
need additional funds
immediately
to continue our operations and
will need
substantial additional funds before we
can increase demand for our rEEG services. We are currently exploring
additional sources of capital; however, we do not know whether additional
funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all, especially given the
economic conditions that currently prevail. In addition, any additional
equity funding may result in significant dilution to existing stockholders, and,
if we incur additional debt financing, a substantial portion of our operating
cash flow may be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such
indebtedness, thus limiting funds available for our business
activities. If adequate funds are not available,
it would
have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and/or results of operations, and could ultimately
cause us to have to cease operations.
The
Offering
Common
stock offered
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Up
65,879,838 shares by the selling stockholders
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Common
stock outstanding
before
this offering
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56,023,921
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Common
stock to be outstanding
after
this offering
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Up
to 74,432,936 shares
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Use
of proceeds
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We
will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common
stock by the selling stockholders. See “Use of
Proceeds.”
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Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board symbol
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CNSO.OB
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Risk
Factors
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See
“Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 for a discussion of factors that
you should consider carefully before deciding to purchase our common
stock.
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In the
table above, the number of shares to be outstanding after this offering is based
on 56,023,921 shares outstanding as of June 22, 2010, and assumes the issuance
to the selling stockholders of the following additional shares which are being
offered for sale under the prospectus:
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18,409,015
shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted
average exercise price
of $0.59 per
share.
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In the
table above, the number of shares to be outstanding after this offering does not
reflect the issuance of the following shares, which are not being offered for
sale under this prospectus:
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15,759,711
shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants and
options, as of June 22,
2010.
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RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in CNS Response, Inc. involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully
consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this
prospectus before purchasing our common stock. The risks and uncertainties
described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and
uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently deem immaterial, also
may become important factors that affect us. If any of the following risks
occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be
materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common
stock could decline, and you may lose some or all of your
investment.
Risks
Related to Our Company
We
need immediate additional funding to support our operations and capital
expenditures, which may not be available to us and which lack of availability
could have a material adverse effect our business.
We have
not generated significant revenues or become profitable, may never do so, and
may not generate sufficient working capital to cover costs of
operations.
Our
continued operating losses and limited capital raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern.
Until we can generate
a sufficient amount of revenues to finance our operations and capital
expenditures, we have to finance our cash needs primarily through public or
private equity offerings, debt financings, borrowings or strategic
collaborations. As of March 31, 2010, we had approximately $0.68 million in cash
and cash equivalents at hand, which balance has declined since then, despite our
raising $250,000 through the sale of a promissory note in June.
We need additional funds
immediately
to continue our operations and
will need
substantial additional funds before we
can increas
e demand for our
rEEG services
. We are
currently exploring additional sources of capital; however, we do not know
whether additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all,
especially given the economic conditions that currently prevail. In
addition, any additional equity funding may result in significant dilution to
existing stockholders, and, if we incur additional debt financing, a substantial
portion of our operating cash flow may be dedicated to the payment of principal
and interest on such indebtedness, thus limiting funds available for our
business activities. If adequate funds are not available,
it would
have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition and/or results of operations, and could ultimately
cause us to have to cease operations.
We
have a history of operating losses.
We are a
company with a limited operating history. Since our inception, we have incurred
significant operating losses. As of March 31, 2010, our accumulated deficit was
approximately $28.4 million. Our future capital requirements will depend on many
factors, such as the risk factors described in this section, including our
ability to maintain our existing cost structure and to execute our business and
strategic plans as currently conceived. Even if we achieve
profitability, we may be unable to maintain or increase profitability on a
quarterly or annual basis.
If
our rEEG reports do not gain widespread market acceptance, our stock price may
be negatively impacted.
We have
developed a methodology that aids psychiatrists and other physicians in
selecting appropriate and effective medications for patients with certain
behavioral or addictive disorders based on physiological traits of the patient’s
brain and information contained in a proprietary database that has been
developed over the last twenty years. We began selling reports,
referred to as rEEG
Reports,
based on our methodology in 2000. To date, we have not received
widespread market acceptance of the usefulness of our rEEG Reports in helping
psychiatrists and physicians inform their treatment strategies for patients
suffering from behavioral and/or addictive disorders and we currently rely on a
limited number of employees to market and promote our rEEG Reports. To grow our
business, we will need to develop and introduce new sales and marketing programs
and clinical education programs to promote the use of our rEEG Reports by
psychiatrists and physicians and hire additional employees for this purpose. If
we do not implement these new sales and marketing and education programs in a
timely and successful manner, we may not be able to achieve the level of market
awareness and sales required to expand our business, which could also negatively
impact our stock price.
Our
rEEG Reports may not be as effective as we believe them to be, which could limit
or prevent us from growing our revenues.
Our
belief in the efficacy of our rEEG technology is based on a limited number of
studies. Such results may not be statistically significant, and may
not be indicative of the long-term future efficacy of the information we
provide. Controlled scientific studies, including those that have been announced
and that are planned for the future, may yield results that are unfavorable or
demonstrate that our services, including our rEEG Reports, are not clinically
useful. While we have not experienced such problems to date, if the initially
indicated results cannot be successfully replicated or maintained over time,
utilization of services based on our rEEG technology, including the delivery of
our rEEG Reports, may not increase as we anticipate, which would harm our
operating results and stock price. In addition, if we fail to upgrade
our CNS Database to account for new medications that are now available on the
market, psychiatrists and other physicians may be less inclined to utilize our
services if they believe that our reports only provide information about older
treatment options, which would further harm our operating results and stock
price.
If
government and third-party payers fail to provide coverage and adequate payment
rates for treatments that are guided by our rEEG Reports, our revenue and
prospects for profitability will be harmed.
Our
future revenue growth will depend in part upon the availability of reimbursement
from third-party payers for psychiatrists and physicians who use our rEEG
Reports to guide the treatment of their patients. Such third-party payers
include government health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, managed care
providers, private health insurers and other organizations. These third-party
payers are increasingly attempting to contain healthcare costs by demanding
price discounts or rebates and limiting both coverage on which procedures they
will pay for and the amounts that they will pay for new procedures. As a result,
they may not cover or provide adequate payment for treatments that are guided by
our rEEG Reports, which will discourage psychiatrists and physicians from
utilizing the information services we provide. We may need to conduct
studies in addition to those we have already announced to demonstrate the
cost-effectiveness of treatments that are guided by our products and services to
such payers’ satisfaction. Such studies might require us to commit a significant
amount of management time and financial and other resources. Adequate
third-party reimbursement might not be available to enable us to realize an
appropriate return on investment in research and product development, and the
lack of such reimbursement could have a material adverse effect on our
operations and could adversely affect our revenues and earnings.
Regulations
are constantly changing, and in the future our business may be subject to
additional regulations that increase our compliance costs.
Federal,
state and foreign laws and regulations relating to the sale of our rEEG Reports
are subject to future changes, as are administrative interpretations of
regulatory agencies. If we fail to comply with applicable federal, state or
foreign laws or regulations, we could be subject to enforcement actions,
including injunctions preventing us from conducting our business, withdrawal of
clearances or approvals and civil and criminal penalties. In the
event that federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations change, we may need
to incur additional costs to seek government approvals in order to sell our rEEG
Reports, in addition to our 510(k) clearance which we are currently pursuing
(please see page 27 under the heading “
Correspondence with FDA and Decision to
Seek 510(k) Clearance
” for
further information)
. There is no guarantee that we will be
able to obtain such approvals in a timely manner or at all, and as a result, our
business would be significantly harmed.
We
are currently in litigation with our former Chief Executive Officer and former
director, Leonard Brandt, relating to his attempt to replace the Board of
Directors with his own nominees.
Since
June of 2009, we have been involved in litigation against Leonard J. Brandt, a
stockholder, former director and our former Chief Executive
Officer. This litigation took place in the Delaware Chancery Court,
the Delaware Supreme Court and continues in the United States District Court for
the Central District of California. We have expended substantial
resources in connection with this litigation.
As
further described in this prospectus in the “Business” section under the heading
“Legal Proceedings,” on December 2, 2009, following a two day trial before the
Delaware Court of Chancery, we prevailed in certain actions that were pending
between the Company and Mr. Brandt, which were subsequently affirmed by the
Delaware Supreme Court.
The
litigation in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California continues. We filed suit in July, 2009 against Mr. Brandt
for violating the securities laws. Mr. Brandt has filed
counterclaims in that action alleging violation of the securities
laws. We are prosecuting our claims and vigorously defending Mr.
Brandt’s counterclaims, which we believe to be without merit. The
California securities litigation is compelling the Company to expend additional
resources.
We do not
know whether Mr. Brandt may institute new claims against us, and the
defense of any such claims could involve the expenditure of additional resources
by the Company. If the litigation continues it could make it more
difficult for us to raise any additional funds needed to finance our corporate
and working capital needs.
Our
Clinical Services Business generates the majority of our revenue, and adverse
developments in this business could negatively impact our operating
results.
Our Clinical Services business, which we
view as ancillary to our core Laboratory Information Services business,
currently generates the majority of our revenue
and is
operated by our
wholly-owned subsidiary, NTC
. In the event that NTC is
unable to sustain the current demand for its services because, for instance, the
company is unable to maintain favorable and continuing relations with its
clients and referring psychiatrists and physicians or Daniel Hoffman, the
Medical Director at NTC and our Chief Medical Officer and President, is no
longer associated with NTC, our revenues could significantly decline, which
could adversely impact our operating results and our ability to implement our
growth strategy.
Our
operating results may fluctuate significantly and our stock price could decline
or fluctuate if our results do not meet the expectation of analysts or
investors.
Management
expects that we will experience substantial variations in our operating results
from quarter to quarter. We believe that the factors which influence this
variability of quarterly results include:
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the
use of and demand for rEEG Reports and other products and/or services that
we may offer in the future that are based on our patented
methodology;
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the
effectiveness of new marketing and sales
programs;
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turnover
among our employees;
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the
introduction of products or services that are viewed in the marketplace as
substitutes for the services we
provide;
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communications
published by industry organizations or other professional entities in the
psychiatric and physician community that are unfavorable to our
business;
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the
introduction of regulations which impose additional costs on or impede our
business; and
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the
timing and amount of our expenses, particularly expenses associated with
the marketing and promotion of our services, the training of physicians
and psychiatrists in the use of our rEEG Reports, and research and
development.
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As a
result of fluctuations in our revenue and operating expenses that may occur,
management believes that period-to-period comparisons of our results of
operations are not a good indication of our future performance. It is possible
that in some future quarter or quarters, our operating results will be below the
expectations of securities analysts or investors. In that case, our common stock
price could fluctuate significantly or decline.
If
we do not maintain and expand our relationships in the psychiatric and physician
community, our growth will be limited and our business could be
harmed. If psychiatrists and other physicians do not recommend and
endorse our products and services, we may be unable to increase our sales, and
in such instances our profitability would be harmed.
Our
relationships with psychiatrists and physicians are critical to the growth of
our Laboratory Information Services business. We believe that these
relationships are based on the quality and ease of use of our rEEG Reports, our
commitment to the behavioral health market, our marketing efforts, and our
presence at tradeshows. Any actual or perceived diminution in our
reputation or the quality of our rEEG Reports, or our failure or inability to
maintain our commitment to the behavioral health market and our other marketing
and product promotion efforts could damage our current relationships, or prevent
us from forming new relationships, with psychiatrists and other physicians and
cause our growth to be limited and our business to be harmed.
To sell
our rEEG Reports, psychiatric professionals must recommend and endorse
them. We may not obtain the necessary recommendations or endorsements
from this community. Acceptance of our rEEG Reports depends on educating
psychiatrists and physicians as to the benefits, clinical efficacy, ease of use,
revenue opportunity, and cost-effectiveness of our rEEG Reports and on training
the medical community to properly understand and utilize our rEEG
Reports. If we are not successful in obtaining the recommendations or
endorsements of psychiatrists and other physicians for our rEEG Reports, we may
be unable to increase our sales and profitability.
Negative
publicity or unfavorable media coverage could damage our reputation and harm our
operations.
In the
event that the marketplace perceives our rEEG Reports as not offering the
benefits which we believe they offer, we may receive significant negative
publicity. This publicity may result in litigation and increased
regulation and governmental review. If we were to receive such
negative publicity or unfavorable media attention, whether warranted or
unwarranted, our ability to market our rEEG Reports would be adversely affected,
pharmaceutical companies may be reluctant to pursue strategic initiatives with
us relating to the development of new products and services based on our rEEG
technology, we may be required to change our products and services and become
subject to increased regulatory burdens, and we may be required to pay large
judgments or fines and incur significant legal expenses. Any
combination of these factors could further increase our cost of doing business
and adversely affect our financial position, results of operations and cash
flows.
If
we do not successfully generate additional products and services from our
patented methodology and proprietary database, or if such products and services
are developed but not successfully commercialized, then we could lose revenue
opportunities.
Our
primary business is the sale of rEEG Reports to psychiatrists and physicians
based on our rEEG methodology and proprietary database. In the
future, we may utilize our patented methodology and proprietary database to
produce pharmaceutical advancements and developments. For instance,
we may use our patented methodology and proprietary database to identify new
medications that are promising in the treatment of behavioral health disorders,
identify new uses of medications which have been previously approved, and
identify new patient populations that are responsive to medications in clinical
trials that have previously failed to show efficacy in United States Food &
Drug Administration (FDA) approved clinical trials. The development
of new pharmaceutical applications that are based on our patented methodology
and proprietary database will be costly, since we will be subject to additional
regulations, including the need to conduct expensive and time consuming clinical
trials.
In
addition, to successfully monetize our pharmaceutical opportunity, we will need
to enter into strategic alliances with biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies
that have the ability to bring to market a medication, an ability which we
currently do not have. We maintain no pharmaceutical manufacturing,
marketing or sales organization, nor do we plan to build one in the foreseeable
future. Therefore, we are reliant upon approaching and successfully
negotiating attractive terms with a partner who has these
capabilities. No guarantee can be made that we can do this on
attractive terms or at all. If we are unable to find strategic
partners for our pharmaceutical opportunity, our revenues may not grow as
quickly as we desire, which could lower our stock price.
Our
industry is highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete successfully,
which could result in price reductions and decreased demand for our
products.
The
healthcare business in general, and the behavioral health treatment business in
particular, are highly competitive. In the event that we are unable to convince
physicians, psychiatrists and patients of the efficacy of our products and
services, individuals seeking treatment for behavioral health disorders may seek
alternative treatment methods, which could negatively impact our sales and
profitability.
In
the event that we pursue our pharmaceutical opportunities, we or any development
partners that we partner with will likely need to conduct clinical
trials. If such clinical trials are delayed or unsuccessful, it could
have an adverse effect on our business.
We have
no experience conducting clinical trials of psychiatric medications and in the
event we conduct clinical trials, we will rely on outside parties, including
academic investigators, outside consultants and contract research organizations
to conduct these trials on our behalf. We will rely on these parties
to assist in the recruitment of sites for participation in clinical trials, to
maintain positive relations with these sites, and to ensure that these sites
conduct the trials in accordance with the protocol and our
instructions. If these parties renege on their obligations to us, our
clinical trials may be delayed or unsuccessful.
In
the event we conduct clinical trials, we cannot predict whether we will
encounter problems that will cause us or regulatory authorities to delay or
suspend our clinical trials or delay the analysis of data from our completed or
ongoing clinical trials. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be
successful in reaching the endpoints in these trials, or if we do, that the FDA
or other regulatory agencies will accept the results.
Any of
the following could delay the completion of clinical trials, or result in a
failure of these trials to support our business, which would have an adverse
effect on our business:
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or the inability to obtain required approvals from institutional review
boards or other governing entities at clinical sites selected for
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If we
determine that the costs associated with attaining regulatory approval of a
product exceed the potential financial benefits or if the projected development
timeline is inconsistent with our determination of when we need to get the
product to market, we may chose to stop a clinical trial and/or development of a
product.
We
may fail to successfully manage and maintain the growth of our business, which
could adversely affect our results of operations.
As we
continue expanding our commercial operations, this expansion could place
significant strain on our management, operational, and financial
resources. To manage future growth, we will need to continue to hire,
train, and manage additional employees, particularly a specially trained sales
force to market our rEEG Reports.
In
addition, we have maintained a small financial and accounting staff, and our
reporting obligations as a public company, as well as our need to comply with
the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC will continue to place significant demands on our
financial and accounting staff, on our financial, accounting and information
systems and on our internal controls. As we grow, we will need to add additional
accounting staff and continue to improve our financial, accounting and
information systems and internal controls in order to fulfill our reporting
responsibilities and to support expected growth in our business. Our current and
planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to
support our anticipated growth or management may not be able to effectively
hire, train, retain, motivate and manage required personnel. Our failure to
manage growth effectively could limit our ability to achieve our marketing and
commercialization goals or to satisfy our reporting and other obligations as a
public company.
We
may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property, which is the
core of our business.
We
consider the protection of our intellectual property to be important to our
business prospects. We currently have three issued U.S. patents, as
well as issued patents in Australia and Israel, and we have filed separate
patent applications in multiple foreign jurisdictions.
In the
future, if we fail to file patent applications in a timely manner, or in the
event we elect not to file a patent application because of the costs associated
with patent prosecution, we may lose patent protection that we may have
otherwise obtained. The loss of any proprietary rights which are obtainable
under patent laws may result in the loss of a competitive advantage over present
or potential competitors, with a resulting decrease in revenues and
profitability for us.
With
respect to the applications we have filed, there is no guarantee that the
applications will result in issued patents, and further, any patents that do
issue may be too narrow in scope to adequately protect our intellectual property
and provide us with a competitive advantage. Competitors and others
may design around aspects of our technology, or alternatively may independently
develop similar or more advanced technologies that fall outside the scope of our
claimed subject matter but that can be used in the treatment of behavioral
health disorders.
In
addition, even if we are issued additional patents covering our products, we
cannot predict with certainty whether or not we will be able to enforce our
proprietary rights, and whether our patents will provide us with adequate
protection against competitors. We may be forced to engage in costly
and time consuming litigation or reexamination proceedings to protect our
intellectual property rights, and our opponents in such proceedings may have and
be willing to expend, substantially greater resources than we are able
to. In addition, the results of such proceedings may result in our
patents being invalidated or reduced in scope. These developments
could cause a decrease in our operating income and reduce our available cash
flow, which could harm our business and cause our stock price to
decline.
We also
utilize processes and technology that constitute trade secrets, such as our CNS
Database, and we must implement appropriate levels of security for those trade
secrets to secure the protection of applicable laws, which we may not do
effectively. In addition, the laws of many foreign countries do not
protect proprietary rights as fully as the laws of the United
States.
While we
have not had any significant issues to date, the loss of any of our trade
secrets or proprietary rights which may be protected under the foregoing
intellectual property safeguards may result in the loss of our competitive
advantage over present and potential competitors.
Confidentiality
agreements with employees, licensees and others may not adequately prevent
disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
In order
to protect our proprietary technology and processes, we rely in part on
confidentiality provisions in our agreements with employees, licensees, treating
physicians and psychiatrists and others. These agreements may not effectively
prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate
remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential
information. Moreover, policing compliance with our confidentiality
agreements and non-disclosure agreements, and detecting unauthorized use of our
technology is difficult, and we may be unable to determine whether piracy of our
technology has occurred. In addition, others may independently
discover our trade secrets and proprietary information. Costly and
time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope
of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret
protection could adversely affect our competitive business
position.
The
liability of our directors and officers is limited.
The
applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporate Law and our Certificate
of Incorporation limit the liability of our directors to the Company and our
stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duties, with
certain exceptions, and for other specified acts or omissions of such persons.
In addition, the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporate Law and
of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as well as indemnification
agreements we have entered into with our directors, officers and certain other
individuals, provide for indemnification of such persons under certain
circumstances. In the event we are required to indemnify any of our
directors or any other person, our financial strength may be harmed, which may
in turn lower our stock price.
If
we do not retain our senior management and other key employees, we may not be
able to successfully implement our business strategy.
Our
future success depends on the ability, experience and performance of our senior
management and our key professional personnel. Our success therefore
depends to a significant extent on retaining the services of George Carpenter,
our Chief Executive Officer, our senior product development and clinical
managers, and others. Because of their ability and experience, if we
lose one or more of the members of our senior management or other key employees,
our ability to successfully implement our business strategy could be seriously
harmed. While we believe our relationships with our executives are
good and do not anticipate any of them leaving in the near future, the loss of
the services of any of our senior management could have a material adverse
effect on our ability to manage our business. We do not carry key man
life insurance on any of our key employees.
If
we do not attract and retain skilled personnel, we may not be able to expand our
business.
Our
products and services are based on a complex database of
information. Accordingly, we require skilled medical, scientific and
administrative personnel to sell and support our products and services. Our
future success will depend largely on our ability to continue to hire, train,
retain and motivate additional skilled personnel, particularly sales
representatives who are responsible for customer education and training and
customer support. In the future, if we pursue our pharmaceutical
opportunities, we will also likely need to hire personnel with experience in
clinical testing and matters relating to obtaining regulatory
approvals. If we are not able to attract and retain skilled
personnel, we will not be able to continue our development and commercialization
activities.
In
the future we could be subject to personal injury claims, which could result in
substantial liabilities that may exceed our insurance coverage.
All
significant medical treatments and procedures, including treatment that is
facilitated through the use of our rEEG Reports, involve the risk of serious
injury or death. While we have not been the subject of any personal injury
claims for patients treated by providers using our rEEG Reports, our business
entails an inherent risk of claims for personal injuries, which are subject to
the attendant risk of substantial damage awards. We cannot control whether
individual physicians and psychiatrists will properly select patients, apply the
appropriate standard of care, or conform to our procedures in determining how to
treat their patients. A significant source of potential liability is negligence
or alleged negligence by physicians treating patients with the aid of the rEEG
Reports that we provide. There can be no assurance that a future claim or claims
will not be successful or, including the cost of legal defense, will not exceed
the limits of available insurance coverage.
We
currently have general liability and medical professional liability insurance
coverage for up to $5 million per year for personal injury claims. We may
not be able to maintain adequate liability insurance, in accordance with
standard industry practice, with appropriate coverage based on the nature and
risks of our business, at acceptable costs and on favorable terms. Insurance
carriers are often reluctant to provide liability insurance for new healthcare
services companies and products due to the limited claims history for such
companies and products. In addition, based on current insurance markets, we
expect that liability insurance will be more difficult to obtain and that
premiums will increase over time and as the volume of patients treated by
physicians that are guided by our rEEG Reports increases. In the
event of litigation, regardless of its merit or eventual outcome, or an award
against us during a time when we have no available insurance or insufficient
insurance, we may sustain significant losses of our operating capital which may
substantially reduce stockholder equity in the company.
We
are subject to evolving and expensive corporate governance regulations and
requirements. Our failure to adequately adhere to these requirements or the
failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures could seriously harm our
business.
Because
we are a publicly traded company we are subject to certain federal, state and
other rules and regulations, including applicable requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Compliance with these evolving regulations is costly
and requires a significant diversion of management time and attention,
particularly with regard to our disclosure controls and procedures and our
internal control over financial reporting. Although we have reviewed
our disclosure and internal controls and procedures in order to determine
whether they are effective, our controls and procedures may not be able to
prevent errors or frauds in the future. Faulty judgments, simple errors or
mistakes, or the failure of our personnel to adhere to established controls and
procedures may make it difficult for us to ensure that the objectives of the
control system are met. A failure of our controls and procedures to detect other
than inconsequential errors or fraud could seriously harm our business and
results of operations.
Our
senior management’s limited recent experience managing a publicly traded company
may divert management’s attention from operations and harm our
business.
Our
management team has relatively limited recent experience managing a publicly
traded company and complying with federal securities laws, including compliance
with recently adopted disclosure requirements on a timely basis. Our
management will be required to design and implement appropriate programs and
policies in responding to increased legal, regulatory compliance and reporting
requirements, and any failure to do so could lead to the imposition of fines and
penalties and harm our business.
Risks
Related To Our Industry
The
healthcare industry in which we operate is subject to substantial regulation by
state and federal authorities, which could hinder, delay or prevent us from
commercializing our products and services.
Healthcare
companies are subject to extensive and complex federal, state and local laws,
regulations and judicial decisions governing various matters such as the
licensing and certification of facilities and personnel, the conduct of
operations, billing policies and practices, policies and practices with regard
to patient privacy and confidentiality, and prohibitions on payments for the
referral of business and self-referrals. There are federal and state laws,
regulations and judicial decisions that govern patient referrals, physician
financial relationships, submission of healthcare claims and inducement to
beneficiaries of federal healthcare programs. Many states prohibit business
corporations from practicing medicine, employing or maintaining control over
physicians who practice medicine, or engaging in certain business practices,
such as splitting fees with healthcare providers. Many healthcare laws and
regulations applicable to our business are complex, applied broadly and subject
to interpretation by courts and government agencies. Our failure, or the failure
of physicians and psychiatrists to whom we sell our rEEG Reports, to comply with
these healthcare laws and regulations could create liability for us and
negatively impact our business.
In
addition, the FDA regulates development, testing, labeling, manufacturing,
marketing, promotion, distribution, record-keeping and reporting requirements
for prescription drugs. Compliance with laws and regulations enforced by the FDA
and other regulatory agencies may be required in relation to future products or
services developed or used by us, in addition to the 510(k) clearance we are now
seeking. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may result in
various adverse consequences, including withdrawal of our products and services
from the market, or the imposition of civil or criminal
sanctions.
We
believe that this industry will continue to be subject to increasing regulation,
political and legal action and pricing pressures, the scope and effect of which
we cannot predict. Legislation is continuously being proposed, enacted and
interpreted at the federal, state and local levels to regulate healthcare
delivery and relationships between and among participants in the healthcare
industry. Any such changes could prevent us from marketing some or all of our
products and services for a period of time or permanently.
We
may be subject to regulatory and investigative proceedings, which may find that
our policies and procedures do not fully comply with complex and changing
healthcare regulations.
While we
have established policies and procedures that we believe will be sufficient to
ensure that we operate in substantial compliance with applicable laws,
regulations and requirements, the criteria are often vague and subject to change
and interpretation. We may become the subject of regulatory or other
investigations or proceedings, and our interpretations of applicable laws and
regulations may be challenged. The defense of any such challenge could result in
substantial cost and a diversion of management’s time and attention. Thus, any
such challenge could have a material adverse effect on our business, regardless
of whether it ultimately is successful. If we fail to comply with any applicable
laws, or a determination is made that we have failed to comply with these laws,
our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely
affected.
Failure
to comply with the Federal Trade Commission Act or similar state laws could
result in sanctions or limit the claims we can make.
The
Company’s promotional activities and materials, including advertising to
consumers and physicians, and materials provided to third parties for their use
in promoting our products and services, are regulated by the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) under the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair and deceptive
acts and practices, including claims which are false, misleading or inadequately
substantiated. The FTC typically requires competent and reliable scientific
tests or studies to substantiate express or implied claims that a product or
service is effective. If the FTC were to interpret our promotional materials as
making express or implied claims that our products and services are effective
for the treatment of mental illness, it may find that we do not have adequate
substantiation for such claims. Failure to comply with the FTC Act or similar
laws enforced by state attorneys general and other state and local officials
could result in administrative or judicial orders limiting or eliminating the
claims we can make about our products and services, and other sanctions
including fines.
Our
business practices may be found to constitute illegal fee-splitting or corporate
practice of medicine, which may lead to penalties and adversely affect our
business.
Many
states, including California, in which our principal executive offices are
located, have laws that prohibit business corporations, such as us, from
practicing medicine, exercising control over medical judgments or decisions of
physicians, or engaging in certain arrangements, such as employment or
fee-splitting, with physicians. Courts, regulatory authorities or other parties,
including physicians, may assert that we are engaged in the unlawful corporate
practice of medicine through our ownership of the Neuro-Therapy Clinic or by
providing administrative and ancillary services in connection with our rEEG
Reports. These parties may also assert that selling our rEEG Reports for a
portion of the patient fees constitutes improper fee-splitting. If
asserted, such claims could subject us to civil and criminal penalties and
substantial legal costs, could result in our contracts being found legally
invalid and unenforceable, in whole or in part, or could result in us being
required to restructure our contractual arrangements, all with potentially
adverse consequences to our business and our
stockholders.
Our
business practices may be found to violate anti-kickback, self-referral or false
claims laws, which may lead to penalties and adversely affect our
business.
The
healthcare industry is subject to extensive federal and state regulation with
respect to financial relationships and “kickbacks” involving healthcare
providers, physician self-referral arrangements, filing of false claims and
other fraud and abuse issues. Federal anti-kickback laws and regulations
prohibit certain offers, payments or receipts of remuneration in return for (i)
referring patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health care
program, or (ii) purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending
any service, good, item or facility for which payment may be made by a federal
health care program. In addition, federal physician self-referral legislation,
commonly known as the Stark law, generally prohibits a physician from ordering
certain services reimbursable by Medicare, Medicaid or other federal healthcare
program from any entity with which the physician has a financial relationship.
In addition, many states have similar laws, some of which are not limited to
services reimbursed by federal healthcare programs. Other federal and state laws
govern the submission of claims for reimbursement, or false claims laws. One of
the most prominent of these laws is the federal False Claims Act, and violations
of other laws, such as the anti-kickback laws or the FDA prohibitions against
promotion of off-label uses of medications, may also be prosecuted as violations
of the False Claims Act.
While we
believe we have structured our relationships to comply with all applicable
requirements, federal or state authorities may claim that our fee arrangements,
agreements and relationships with contractors and physicians violate these
anti-kickback, self-referral or false claims laws and regulations. These laws
are broadly worded and have been broadly interpreted by courts. It is often
difficult to predict how these laws will be applied, and they potentially
subject many typical business arrangements to government investigation and
prosecution, which can be costly and time consuming. Violations of these laws
are punishable by monetary fines, civil and criminal penalties, exclusion from
participation in government-sponsored health care programs and forfeiture of
amounts collected in violation of such laws. Some states also have similar
anti-kickback and self-referral laws, imposing substantial penalties for
violations. If our business practices are found to violate any of these
provisions, we may be unable to continue with our relationships or implement our
business plans, which would have an adverse effect on our business and results
of operations.
We
may be subject to healthcare anti-fraud initiatives, which may lead to penalties
and adversely affect our business.
State and
federal governments are devoting increased attention and resources to anti-fraud
initiatives against healthcare providers, taking an expansive definition of
fraud that includes receiving fees in connection with a healthcare business that
is found to violate any of the complex regulations described above. While to our
knowledge we have not been the subject of any anti-fraud investigations, if such
a claim were made defending our business practices could be time consuming and
expensive, and an adverse finding could result in substantial penalties or
require us to restructure our operations, which we may not be able to do
successfully.
Our
use and disclosure of patient information is subject to privacy and security
regulations, which may result in increased costs.
In
conducting research or providing administrative services to healthcare providers
in connection with the use of our rEEG Reports, as well as in our Clinical
Services business, we may collect, use, maintain and transmit patient
information in ways that will be subject to many of the numerous state, federal
and international laws and regulations governing the collection, dissemination,
use and confidentiality of patient-identifiable health information, including
the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and
related rules. The three rules that were promulgated pursuant to HIPAA that
could most significantly affect our business are the Standards for Electronic
Transactions, or Transactions Rule; the Standards for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information, or Privacy Rule; and the Health Insurance
Reform: Security Standards, or Security Rule. HIPAA applies to
covered entities, which include most healthcare facilities and health plans that
may contract for the use of our services. The HIPAA rules require covered
entities to bind contractors like us to compliance with certain burdensome HIPAA
rule requirements.
The HIPAA
Transactions Rule establishes format and data content standards for eight of the
most common healthcare transactions. If we perform billing and collection
services on behalf of psychiatrists and physicians, we may be engaging in one of
more of these standard transactions and will be required to conduct those
transactions in compliance with the required standards. The HIPAA Privacy Rule
restricts the use and disclosure of patient information, requires entities to
safeguard that information and to provide certain rights to individuals with
respect to that information. The HIPAA Security Rule establishes elaborate
requirements for safeguarding patient information transmitted or stored
electronically. We may be required to make costly system purchases and
modifications to comply with the HIPAA rule requirements that are imposed on us
and our failure to comply may result in liability and adversely affect our
business.
Numerous
other federal and state laws protect the confidentiality of personal and patient
information. These laws in many cases are not preempted by the HIPAA rules and
may be subject to varying interpretations by courts and government agencies,
creating complex compliance issues for us and the psychiatrists and physicians
who purchase our services, and potentially exposing us to additional expense,
adverse publicity and liability.
Risks
Relating To Investment In Our Common Stock
We
have a limited trading volume and shares eligible for future sale by our current
stockholders may adversely affect our stock price.
Bid and
ask prices for shares of our Common Stock are quoted on NASD’s Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board under the symbol CNSO.OB. There is currently no broadly followed,
established trading market for our Common Stock and an established trading
market for our shares of Common Stock may never develop or be maintained. Active
trading markets generally result in lower price volatility and more efficient
execution of buy and sell orders. The absence of an active trading market
reduces the liquidity of our Common Stock. As long as this condition continues,
the sale of a significant number of shares of Common Stock at any particular
time could be difficult to achieve at the market prices prevailing immediately
before such shares are offered. Also, as a result of this lack of trading
activity, the quoted price for our Common Stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin
Board is not necessarily a reliable indicator of its fair market value. If we
cease to be quoted, holders would find it more difficult to dispose of, or to
obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of, our Common Stock, and the
market value of our Common Stock would likely decline.
If
and when a larger trading market for our Common Stock develops, the market price
of our Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide
fluctuations, and you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the price
at which you acquired them.
The
market price of our Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be
subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors that are beyond
our control, including:
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quarterly
variations in our revenues and operating expenses;
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developments
in the financial markets and worldwide or regional economies;
·
announcements
of innovations or new products or services by us or our
competitors;
·
announcements
by the government relating to regulations that govern our industry;
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significant
sales of our Common Stock or other securities in the open market;
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variations
in interest rates;
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changes
in the market valuations of other comparable companies; and
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changes
in accounting principles.
In the
past, stockholders have often instituted securities class action litigation
after periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s
securities. If a stockholder were to file any such class action suit
against us, we would incur substantial legal fees and our management’s attention
and resources would be diverted from operating our business to respond to the
litigation, which could harm our business.
Future
sales of our Common Stock in the public market could cause our stock price to
fall.
The sale
of shares of our common stock which are registered for resale on this prospectus
or other shares eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or otherwise, could depress the market price of our Common
Stock. A reduced market price for our Common Stock could make it more
difficult to raise funds through future offering of Common Stock.
The
sale of securities by us in any equity or debt financing could result in
dilution to our existing stockholders and have a material adverse effect on our
earnings.
Any sale
of Common Stock by us in a future private placement or public offering could
result in dilution to our existing stockholders as a direct result of our
issuance of additional shares of our capital stock. In addition, our
business strategy may include expansion through internal growth, by acquiring
complementary businesses, by acquiring or licensing additional products and
services, or by establishing strategic relationships with targeted customers and
suppliers. In order to do so, or to finance the cost of our other activities, we
may issue additional equity securities that could dilute our stockholders' stock
ownership. We may also assume additional debt and incur impairment losses
related to goodwill and other tangible assets if we acquire another company and
this could negatively impact our earnings and results of
operations.
The
trading of our Common Stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board and the
potential designation of our Common Stock as a “penny stock” could impact the
trading market for our Common Stock.
Our
securities, as traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, may be subject to
SEC rules that impose special sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who
sell these securities to persons other than established customers or accredited
investors. For the purposes of the rule, the phrase “accredited
investors” means, in general terms, institutions with assets in excess of
$5,000,000, or individuals having a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or having
an annual income that exceeds $200,000 (or that, when combined with a spouse’s
income, exceeds $300,000). For transactions covered by the rule, the
broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser
and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction before the
sale. Consequently, the rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers
to sell our securities and also may affect the ability of purchasers to sell
their securities in any market that might develop therefor.
In
addition, the SEC has adopted a number of rules to regulate “penny stock” that
restrict transactions involving these securities. Such rules include
Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These rules may have the
effect of reducing the liquidity of penny stocks. “Penny stocks”
generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share (other
than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on
the NASDAQ Stock Market if current price and volume information with respect to
transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or
system). Because our securities may constitute “penny stock” within
the meaning of the rules, the rules would apply to us and to our
securities. Our stockholders may therefore find it more difficult to
sell their securities.
Stockholders
should be aware that, according to SEC, the market for penny stocks has suffered
in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns
include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few
broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii)
manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and
false and misleading press releases; (iii) “boiler room” practices involving
high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced
sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups
by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities
by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired
level, resulting in investor losses. Our management is aware of the
abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock
market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the
behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market,
management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent
the described patterns from being established with respect to our
securities.
We
have not paid dividends in the past and do not expect to pay dividends for the
foreseeable future, and any return on investment may be limited to potential
future appreciation on the value of our Common Stock.
We
currently intend to retain any future earnings to support the development and
expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. Our payment of any future dividends will be at
the discretion of our Board of Directors after taking into account various
factors, including without limitation, our financial condition, operating
results, cash needs, growth plans and the terms of any credit agreements that we
may be a party to at the time. To the extent we do not pay dividends,
our stock may be less valuable because a return on investment will only occur if
and to the extent our stock price appreciates, which may never
occur. In addition, investors must rely on sales of their Common
Stock after price appreciation as the only way to realize their investment, and
if the price of our stock does not appreciate, then there will be no return on
investment. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our
Common Stock.
Our
officers, directors and principal stockholders can exert significant influence
over us and may make decisions that are not in the best interests of all
stockholders.
Our
officers, directors and principal stockholders (greater than 5% stockholders)
collectively control approximately 44% of our issued and outstanding Common
Stock. As a result, these stockholders are able to affect the outcome of, or
exert significant influence over, all matters requiring stockholder approval,
including the election and removal of directors and any change in control. In
particular, this concentration of ownership of our Common Stock could have the
effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us or otherwise
discouraging or preventing a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain
control of us. This, in turn, could have a negative effect on the market price
of our Common Stock. It could also prevent our stockholders from realizing a
premium over the market prices for their shares of Common Stock. Moreover, the
interests of this concentration of ownership may not always coincide with our
interests or the interests of other stockholders, and accordingly, they could
cause us to enter into transactions or agreements that we would not otherwise
consider.
Transactions
engaged in by our largest stockholders, our directors or executives involving
our common stock may have an adverse effect on the price of our
stock.
Our
officers, directors and principal stockholders (greater than 5% stockholders)
collectively control approximately 44% of our issued and outstanding Common
Stock. Subsequent sales of our shares by these stockholders could have the
effect of lowering our stock price. The perceived risk associated with the
possible sale of a large number of shares by these stockholders, or the adoption
of significant short positions by hedge funds or other significant investors,
could cause some of our stockholders to sell their stock, thus causing the price
of our stock to decline. In addition, actual or anticipated downward pressure on
our stock price due to actual or anticipated sales of stock by our directors or
officers could cause other institutions or individuals to engage in short sales
of our Common Stock, which may further cause the price of our stock to
decline.
From time
to time our directors and executive officers may sell shares of our common stock
on the open market. These sales will be publicly disclosed in filings made with
the SEC. In the future, our directors and executive officers may sell a
significant number of shares for a variety of reasons unrelated to the
performance of our business. Our stockholders may perceive these sales as a
reflection on management's view of the business and result in some stockholders
selling their shares of our common stock. These sales could cause the price of
our stock to drop.
Anti-takeover
provisions may limit the ability of another party to acquire us, which could
cause our stock price to decline.
Delaware
law contains provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a third party
from acquiring us, even if doing so may be beneficial to our stockholders, which
could cause our stock price to decline. In addition, these provisions could
limit the price investors would be willing to pay in the future for shares of
our Common Stock.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
prospectus, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
“Business,” contains “forward-looking statements” that include information
relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies,
expectations, competitive environment, regulation and availability of resources.
These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements
regarding: proposed new products or services; our statements concerning
litigation or other matters; statements concerning projections, predictions,
expectations, estimates or forecasts for our business, financial and operating
results and future economic performance; statements of management’s goals and
objectives; trends affecting our financial condition, results of operations or
future prospects; our financing plans or growth strategies; and other similar
expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Words such as
“may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,”
“expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes” and
“estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense,
identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking
statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results,
and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by which,
that performance or those results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements
are based on information available at the time they are made and/or management’s
good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to
differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking
statements. Important factors that could cause these differences include, but
are not limited to:
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Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made. You should not put undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or
changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the
extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or
more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make
additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking
statements.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We will
not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares to be offered by the selling
stockholders. The proceeds from the sale of each selling
stockholder’s common stock will belong to that selling stockholder.
MARKET
FOR COMMON EQUITY
AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Common
Stock
Our
common stock is currently listed for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the
symbol CNSO.OB. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the
high and low bid information for Common Stock as determined from sporadic
quotations on the OTC Bulletin Board. The following quotations reflect
inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not
represent actual transactions.
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On
July 1, 2010, the closing sales price of our common stock as reported on the OTC
Bulletin Board was $0.95 per share. As of June 22, 2010, there were
376 record holders of our common stock. The number of holders of
record is based on the actual number of holders registered on the books of our
transfer agent and does not reflect holders of shares in “street name” or
persons, partnerships, associations, corporations or other entities identified
in security position listings maintained by depository trust
companies.
Dividends
We have
not paid or declared cash distributions or dividends on our common
stock. CNS California has never paid dividends on its common
stock. We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in
the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all earnings,
if and when generated, to finance our operations. The declaration of
cash dividends in the future will be determined by the board of directors based
upon our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements and other relevant
factors.
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and accompanying notes provided elsewhere in this
prospectus. This discussion summarizes the significant factors
affecting the condensed consolidated operating results, financial condition and
liquidity and cash flows of CNS Response, Inc. for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, and for the three and six months ended March 31,
2010 and March 31, 2009. Except for historical information, the
matters discussed in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations are “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Overview
We are a
life sciences company with two distinct business segments. Our Laboratory
Information Services business operated by CNS California, which we consider our
primary business, is focused on the commercialization of a patented system that
guides psychiatrists and other physicians in determining a proper treatment for
patients with behavioral (psychiatric and/or addictive)
disorders. Our Clinical Services business operated by our
wholly-owned subsidiary, Neuro-Therapy Clinic (“NTC”), is a full service
psychiatric clinic.
Laboratory
Information Services
In
connection with our Laboratory Information Services business, we have developed
an extensive proprietary database (the “CNS Database”) consisting of over 17,000
clinical outcomes across more than 2,000 patients who had psychiatric or
addictive problems. For each patient, we have compiled electrocephalographic
(“EEG”) data, symptoms and outcomes, often across multiple treatments from
multiple psychiatrists and physicians. Using this database, our technology
compares a patient’s EEG to the outcomes in the database and ranks
treatment options based on treatment success of patients having similar
neurophysiology.
Trademarked
as Referenced-EEG
®
(“rEEG
®
“), this patented technology allows us to create and provide simple reports
(“rEEG Reports”) that specifically guide physicians to treatment strategies
based on the patient’s own physiology. The vast majority of these patients were
considered long-term “treatment-resistant”, the most challenging, high-risk and
expensive category to treat.
rEEG
identifies relevant neurophysiology that is variant from the norm and identifies
medications that have successfully treated database patients having similar
aberrant physiology. It does this by comparing a patient’s standard
digital EEG to an external normative database, which identifies the presence of
abnormalities. The rEEG process then identifies a set of patients having similar
abnormalities as recorded in our CNS Database and reports on historical relative
medication success for this stratified group. Upon completion, the physician is
provided the analysis in a report detailing and ranking classes of agents (and
specific agents within the class) by treatment success for patients having
similar abnormal electrophysiology.
Our
business is focused on increasing the demand for our rEEG
services. We believe the key factors that will drive broader adoption
of our rEEG services will be acceptance by healthcare providers of its clinical
benefits, demonstration of the cost-effectiveness of using our test,
reimbursement by third-party payers, expansion of our sales force and increased
marketing efforts.
Clinical
Services
In
January 2008, we acquired our then largest customer, the Neuro-Therapy Clinic,
Inc. Upon the completion of the transaction, NTC became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of ours. NTC operates one of the largest psychiatric
medication management practices in the state of Colorado, with six full time and
four part time employees including psychiatrists and clinical nurse specialists
with prescribing privileges. Daniel A. Hoffman, M.D. is the medical
director at NTC, and, after the acquisition, became our Chief Medical Officer
and more recently, our President.
NTC,
having performed a significant number of rEEG’s, serves as an important resource
in our product development, the expansion of our CNS Database, production system
development and implementation, along with the integration of our rEEG services
into a medical practice. Through NTC, we also expect to develop
marketing and patient acquisition strategies for our Laboratory Information
Services business. Specifically, NTC is learning how to best communicate the
advantages of rEEG to patients and referring physicians in the local
market. We will share this knowledge and developed communication
programs learned through NTC with other physicians using our services, which we
believe will help drive market acceptance of our services. In
addition, we plan to use NTC to train practitioners across the country in the
uses of rEEG technology.
We view
our Clinical Services business as secondary to our Laboratory Information
Services business, and we have no current plans to expand this business
.
Business
operations
Since our
inception, we have generated significant net losses. As of September 30, 2009,
we had an accumulated deficit of $25.2 million. We incurred net losses of
$8.5 million and $5.4 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively.
As
of March 31, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of $28.4 million. We
incurred net losses of $3.25 million and $2.89 million for the six months
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
. We expect our net
losses to continue for at least the next couple of years. We anticipate that a
substantial portion of our capital resources and efforts will be focused on
research and development, scale up of our commercial organization, and other
general corporate purposes, including the payment of legal fees associated with
our litigation. Research and development projects include the
completion of more clinical trials which are necessary to further validate the
efficacy of our products and services relating to our rEEG technology across
different types of behavioral disorders, the enhancement of the CNS Database
and, to a lesser extent, the identification of new medications that are often
combinations of approved drugs.
We anticipate that future research and
development projects will be funded by grants or third-party
sponsorship.
As of March 31, 2010, our current
liabilities of approximately $1.86 million exceeded our current assets
of approximately $0.87 million by approximately $0.98 million and
our net losses will continue for the foreseeable future. We will
need substantial additional funds immediately to continue our operations and
substantial additional funds before we can increase demand for our rEEG
services. We are currently exploring additional sources of capital;
however, we do not know whether additional funding will be available on
acceptable terms, or at all, especially given the economic conditions that
currently prevail. In addition, any additional equity funding may result
in significant dilution to existing stockholders, and, if we incur additional
debt financing, a substantial portion of our operating cash flow may be
dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness, thus
limiting funds available for our business activities. If adequate
funds are not available, we may be required to delay or curtail significantly
our development and commercialization activities. This would have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and/or results of
operations, and could ultimately cause us to have to cease
operations.
Acquisition
of Neuro-Therapy Clinic
On
January 15, 2008, we acquired all of the outstanding common stock of NTC in
exchange for a non-interest bearing $300,000 note payable in equal monthly
installments over 36 months. The acquisition was accounted under the
purchase method of accounting, and accordingly, the purchase price was allocated
to NTC’s net tangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of January
15, 2008. The excess purchase price over the value of the net
tangible assets was recorded as goodwill. The purchase price and the
allocation thereof are as follows:
Fair
value of note payable issued
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265,900
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Direct
transaction costs
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43,700
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Purchase
price
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309,600
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to net tangible liabilities,
including
cash of $32,100
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to goodwill
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$
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320,200
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The
acquisition was not material, and accordingly, no pro forma results are
presented. As of September 30, 2009 the goodwill was determined to be
fully impaired and was consequently written off.
The
2009 Private Placement Transaction
On August 26, 2009, we received gross
proceeds of approximately $2,043,000 in the first closing of our private
placement transaction with six investors. Pursuant to Subscription
Agreements entered into with the investors, we sold approximately 38 Investment
Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists
of 180,000 shares of our common stock and a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 90,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share. After commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of
approximately $1,792,300 upon the first closing of our private
placement. In connection with the first closing, and as more fully
described in Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements, certain promissory notes then outstanding were converted into shares
of common stock and we issued warrants to the investors in connection with these
note conversions.
On December 24, 2009, we had a second
closing of our private placement in which we received additional gross proceeds
of approximately $2,996,000 from 24 investors. At the second
closing, we sold approximately 55 Investment Units on the same terms and
conditions as the Investment Units sold at the first closing. After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $2,650,400
in connection with this second closing of our private
placement.
On December 31, 2009, we had a third
closing of our private placement in which we received additional gross proceeds
of approximately $432,000 from five investors. At the third
closing, we sold 8 Investment Units on the same terms and conditions as the
Investment Units sold at the first closing. After commissions and expenses, we
received net proceeds of approximately $380,200 in connection with this third
closing of our private placement.
On January 4, 2010, we completed our
fourth and final closing of our private placement, resulting in additional gross
proceeds to us of $108,000 from two investors. At this fourth closing, we
sold 2 Investment Units on the same terms and conditions as the Investment Units
sold at the first closing. After commissions and expenses, we received net
proceeds of approximately $95,000 in connection with this final closing of our
private placement.
Prior to our private placement, we
raised aggregate proceeds of $1,700,000 in fiscal year 2009 through the issuance
of secured convertible promissory notes on each of March 30, May 14, and June
12, 2009. Upon the first closing of our private placement on August
26, 2009, these notes were converted into shares of our common stock, as more
fully described in Note 2 of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
Matters
Involving our Former Chief Executive Officer and Former Director, Leonard
Brandt
On April
10, 2009, our Board of Directors voted to remove Len Brandt as the CEO of the
Company and appointed George Carpenter as our CEO. On the same date, Mr.
Brandt resigned as Chairman of the Board, but retained his seat on the Board of
Directors. On June 19, 2009, Mr. Brandt informed us of his
intention to call a special meeting of Company stockholders in lieu of an annual
meeting, for the purpose of unseating the other members of the Board and
replacing them with his nominees. Subsequently, Mr. Brandt made
multiple mailings to stockholders purporting to give notice of a meeting,
scheduled multiple dates for the meeting and attempted to call and adjourn
meetings on at least six occasions. Mr. Brandt failed to convene
a quorum or take any action at any of these meetings.
Mr. Brandt
finally attempted to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held on
September 4, 2009, and purportedly held a meeting on that date, at which he
claimed to have elected his own slate of directors. Subsequent to
this purported meeting, Mr. Brandt filed an action under Section 225
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) seeking to validate the results
of that purported meeting. Mr. Brandt also filed several other
actions in the Delaware Chancery Court. He filed claims for breach of
fiduciary duty in connection with the approval by our Board of the May 14, 2009
and June 18, 2009 bridge loans and the first closing of the private placement on
August 26, 2009, and made a motion to preliminarily enjoin the voting of certain
shares of our common stock and to prevent action by written consent by such
stockholders. Mr. Brandt also sought a permanent injunction against
the voting of these shares and to rescind their issuance. While these
actions were pending, we were operating under what is commonly referred to as a
“status quo” order, which maintained the Board of Directors in place immediately
prior to the purported September 4 meeting (Messrs. Carpenter, Jones, Pappajohn,
Thompson and Brandt, and Drs. Harbin and Vaccaro). The status quo
order also placed certain restrictions on certain corporate actions during the
pendency of the Section 225 action described above.
On
December 2, 2009, following a two day trial, the Delaware Court of Chancery
entered judgment for the Company and its incumbent directors in the Section 225
action and dismissed the action with prejudice. The entry of Judgment
for the Company in the Section 225 action and dismissal of that action
terminated the “status quo” order, including its restrictions on the Company’s
ability to engage in certain corporate actions. The Chancery Court
also denied Brandt’s motion for an injunction that sought to prevent the voting
of shares issued by us in connection with our bridge financings in May and June
of 2009 and the securities offering in August 2009, dismissed Mr. Brandt's
counterclaims alleging breaches of duties in connection with those transactions,
and dismissed with prejudice another action brought by Mr. Brandt that
claimed he had not been provided information owed to him.
Finally, the Court dismissed our claims
against Mr. Brandt without prejudice.
On January 4, 2010, Mr. Brandt filed an
appeal with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware from the Chancery Court's
ruling in the Section 225 action. Mr. Brandt also appealed the denial
of his requested injunction and the dismissal of his claims regarding the
financings and stock issuances, but he dismissed this appeal on February 25,
2010, and that ruling thereby became final and un-appealable. On
April 20, 2010 the Delaware Supreme Court Summarily affirmed the ruling of
the Chancery Court dismissing the Section 225 action.
On September 29, 2009, the company held
its first annual meeting of Stockholders at which each of George Carpenter,
Henry Harbin, M.D., David Jones, John Pappajohn, Jerome Vaccaro, M.D. and Tommy
Thompson were elected as directors. On April 27, 2010, the company
held its 2010 annual meeting of Stockholders and five of the six directors were
reelected. The sixth, Tommy Thompson, had resigned from the
board.
We filed an action in the United
States District Court for the Central District of California against Mr. Brandt
and certain others in July 2009. Our complaint alleges a variety of violations
of federal securities laws, including anti-fraud based claims under Rule 14a-9,
solicitation of proxies in violation of the filing and disclosure dissemination
requirements of Regulation 14A, and material misstatements and omissions in and
failures to promptly file amendments to Schedule 13D. Mr. Brandt and
the other defendants have filed counterclaims against us, alleging violations of
federal securities laws relating to alleged actions and statements taken or made
by us or our officers and directors in connection with Mr. Brandt’s proxy and
consent solicitations. On December 14, 2009, the Company
answered the counterclaims in the case. On March 10, 2010, we
dismissed the Company’s claims against the defendants other than Mr. Brandt, and
these defendants dismissed their claims against us and the other
counterclaim defendants. On April 10, 2010 Mr. Brandt's attorneys
moved to withdraw from representing Mr. Brandt in the case. On May 17,
2010, Mr. Brandt's attorneys were permitted to withdraw. To the Company's
knowledge, Mr. Brandt has been without counsel since. The District
Court action continues with respect to our claims against Mr. Brandt and Mr.
Brandt’s counterclaims against us and the other counterclaim
defendants. We are vigorously prosecuting our claims and vigorously
defending Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims.
We have expended substantial resources
to pursue the defense of these legal proceedings initiated by
Mr. Brandt. Although the ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court
appeared to be definitive, we were required to expend additional resources as a
result of the appeals to the Delaware Supreme Court filed by
Brandt. We also do not know whether Mr. Brandt will institute new
claims against us and the defense of any such claims could involve the
expenditure of additional resources by the Company.
Publicly
Announced Results of Clinical Trial
On November 2, 2009, we reported the
results of a landmark study presented by Charles DeBattista, D.M.H, M.D., at the
U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress. The poster presentation,
titled Referenced-EEG® (rEEG) Efficacy Compared to STAR*D For Patients With
Depression Treatment Failure: First Look At Final Results,
highlighted a dramatic improvement in outcomes for patients with treatment
resistant depression. In this study, our rEEG technology proved
effective at predicting medication response for mostly treatment-resistant
patients approximately 65 percent of the time.
The study included 114 patients at
12 medical sites, including Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, UCI and
Rush. The 12-week study found that rEEG significantly outperformed
the modified STAR*D treatment algorithm. The difference, or
separation, between rEEG and the control group was 50 and 100 percent for the
study’s two primary endpoints. Typically, separation between a
new treatment and a control group is less than 10 percent in antidepressant
studies.
The study, the largest in our history,
was a randomized, single blinded, controlled, parallel group, multicenter
study. The patients in the study experienced depression treatment
failure of one or more SSRIs and/or had failure with at least two classes of
antidepressants. The patients fell into two
groups: 1) those treated with rEEG medication guidance, and
2) those treated with the modified STAR*D treatment
algorithm.
A paper with the results of this study
has been peer reviewed and has been submitted for publication in the Journal of
Psychiatric Research.
Correspondence with FDA and Decision to
Seek 510(k) Clearance
Since April of 2008, we have been in a
dialogue with the FDA regarding whether rEEG constitutes a medical device which
is subject to regulation by the FDA. On April 10, 2008 we received
correspondence from the FDA in which the FDA indicated it believed, based in
part on the combination of certain marketing statements it read on our website,
together with the delivery of our rEEG Reports, that we were selling a software
product to aid in diagnosis, which constituted a “medical device” requiring
pre-market approval or 510(k) clearance by the FDA pursuant to the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act (the “Act”). We do not believe that sales of
our Laboratory Information Services, including our rEEG Reports, are subject to
regulatory pre-market approval or 510(k) clearance. We responded to
the FDA on April 24, 2008 indicating that we believed it had incorrectly
understood our product offering, and clarified that our Laboratory
Information Services are not diagnostic and thus do not constitute a medical
device. On December 14, 2008, the FDA again contacted us and
indicated that, based upon its review of our description of our intended use of
the rEEG Reports on our website, it continued to maintain that the rEEG Reports
met its definition of medical devices. In response to of the FDA communications,
we made a number of changes to our website and other marketing documents to
reflect that rEEG is a service to aid in medication selection and
is not a diagnosis aid. On September 4, 2009, through our
regulatory counsel, we responded to the December 14, 2008 FDA letter explaining
our position in more detail.
On December 28, 2009, we received a
response from the FDA indicating that it still believes rEEG constitutes a
“medical device” under the Act. Although we continue to believe that
the FDA is in error over whether our Laboratory Information Services constitute
a device and over whether the FDA has jurisdiction over such Laboratory
Information Services, on April 1, 2010 we filed an application to obtain 510(k)
clearance for our rEEG service. We believe that 510(k) clearance will
provide us with increased commercial acceptance of our service. To
date, we have spent an aggregate of $64,100 for consulting and $56,900 for legal
services to prepare and file our 510(k) application and at this time, we do not
anticipate that the communications received from the FDA, or our decision to
seek 510(k) clearance, will have a material adverse effect on our liquidity,
capital resources and results of operations. We anticipate that
obtaining 510(k) clearance will take from three to six months based on similar
application filings with the FDA.
Since submitting our 510(k) application
on April 1, 2010 we have been in routine communication with the FDA and are
responding to their comments as we proceed through the review
process.
2010 Annual Meeting
On April 27, 2010, the Company held its
2010 annual meeting of stockholders and five of the six directors originally
elected in September 2009 were reelected; the sixth, Tommy Thompson, had
previously resigned from the board. In addition, the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
was amended to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the
plan from 10 million to 20 million shares of common stock and to increase the
maximum number of shares of common stock subject to awards granted within a
calendar year to any eligible employee or director from 3 million to 4 million
shares.
Financial
Operations Overview
Revenues
Our
Laboratory Information Services revenues are derived from the sale of rEEG
Reports to physicians. Physicians are generally billed upon delivery of a rEEG
Report. The list prices of our rEEG Reports to physicians range from
$200 to $800 with $400 being the most frequent charge.
Patient
service revenue is generated as a result of providing services to patients on an
outpatient basis. Patient service revenue is recorded at our established billing
rates less contractual adjustments. Generally, collection in full is not
expected on our established billing rates. Contractual adjustments are recorded
to state our patient service revenue at the amount we expect to collect for the
services provided based on amounts due from third-party payors at contractually
determined rates.
Cost of
Revenues
Cost of
revenues are for Laboratory Information Services and represent the cost of
direct labor, costs associated with external processing, analysis and consulting
review necessary to render an individualized test result and miscellaneous
support expenses. Costs associated with performing our tests are
expensed as the tests are performed. We continually evaluate the
feasibility of hiring our own personnel to perform most of the processing and
analysis necessary to render a rEEG Report.
Cost of
revenues for Clinical Services are not broken out separately but are included in
general and administrative expenses.
Research
and Development
Research
and development expenses are associated with our Laboratory Information Services
and primarily represent costs incurred to design and conduct clinical studies,
to recruit patients into the studies, to improve rEEG processing, to add data to
the CNS Database, to improve analytical techniques and advance application of
the methodology to additional clinical diagnosis. We charge all research and
development expenses to operations as they are incurred.
Sales
and Marketing
For
our Laboratory Information Services, our selling and marketing expenses consist
primarily of personnel and media cost to inform consumers of our products and
services. Additional marketing expenses are the costs of educating
physicians, laboratory personnel, other healthcare professionals regarding our
products and services.
For our
Clinical Services, selling and marketing costs relate to advertising to attract
patients to the clinic.
General
and Administrative
Our
general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel, occupancy,
legal, consulting and administrative and support costs for both our Laboratory
Information Services and Clinical Services businesses.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
This
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is
based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these
consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and
judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses
and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements, as well as revenues and expenses during the reporting
periods. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base
our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors we believe
are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for
making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not
readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could therefore differ
materially from those estimates under different assumptions or
conditions.
Our
significant accounting policies are described in Note 3 to our consolidated
financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We believe the
following critical accounting policies reflect our more significant estimates
and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements.
Revenue
Recognition
We have
generated limited revenues since our inception. Revenues for our Laboratory
Service product are recognized when an rEEG Report is delivered to a
Client-Physician. For our Clinical Services, revenues are recognized
when the services are performed.
Stock-based
Compensation Expense
Stock-based
compensation expense, which is a non-cash charge, results from stock option
grants. Compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the
calculated fair value of the award. We recognize stock-based
compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the
underlying option. The amount of stock-based compensation expense expected to be
amortized in future periods may decrease if unvested options are subsequently
cancelled or may increase if future option grants are made.
Results
of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
As
earlier described, we operate in two business segments: Laboratory Information
Services and Clinical Services. Our Laboratory Information Services
business focuses on the delivery of reports (“rEEG Reports”) that assist
physicians with treatment strategies for patients with behavioral (psychiatric
and/or addictive) disorders based on the patient's own physiology. Our Clinical
Services business operated through NTC provides full service psychiatric
services. For comparative purposes below, our Clinical Services
business which represents the operations of Neuro-Therapy Clinic are only
included since its acquisition on January 15, 2008.
The
following table presents consolidated statement of operations data for each of
the periods indicated as a percentage of revenues.
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
305
|
|
|
|
271
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
|
114
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
555
|
|
|
|
402
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(956
|
)
|
|
|
(708
|
)
|
Other
income (expense), net
|
|
|
(261
|
)
|
|
|
13
|
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
(1,217
|
)%
|
|
|
(695
|
)%
|
Revenues
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Service Revenues
|
|
$
|
120,400
|
|
|
$
|
178,500
|
|
|
|
(33
|
)%
|
Clinical
Service Revenues
|
|
|
579,700
|
|
|
|
595,000
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
Total
Revenues
|
|
$
|
700,100
|
|
|
$
|
773,500
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)%
|
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, the number of paid rEEG
Reports delivered during the year ended September 30, 2009 decreased to 321 from
476 in 2008 while the price per report was approximately $375 in both 2009 and
2008. The reduction in revenues from the sale of our rEEG Reports is
partly due to the acquisition of NTC, which was our largest customer prior to
its acquisition in January 2008. Furthermore, the Company diverted
its limited resources to focus on conducting and completing its clinical
trial. The clinical trial was completed in September 2009 with
top-line results announced in November 2009. The Company has entered
into agreements with two payer groups to pilot the use of rEEG
Reports. We expect to drive broader adoption of our rEEG technology
and see our Laboratory Services Revenues increase once the results of our
clinical trial are published and we have been granted 510(k) clearance by the
FDA.
Our
Clinical Services Revenues are a result of patient billings for psychiatric
services rendered. Revenues fell in 2009 compared to 2008 due to
staff turnover and the focus by key staff members on the clinical
trial. Currently, we anticipate that the Clinical Services business
will become self-sustaining and profitable, however, we do not anticipate a
significant increase in revenues generated by this business
segment.
Cost
of Revenues
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of Laboratory Information Services revenues
|
|
$
|
131,600
|
|
|
$
|
163,200
|
|
|
|
(19
|
)%
|
Cost of
Laboratory Information Services revenues consists of payroll, consulting, and
other miscellaneous costs. Consulting costs primarily represent
external costs associated with the processing and analysis of rEEG Reports and
range between $75 and $100 per rEEG Report. For the year ended
September 30, 2009, cost of revenues of $131,600 consist primarily of direct
labor and benefit costs of $99,600, which includes stock-based compensation and
consulting fees of $29,200. For the year ended September 30, 2008,
cost of revenues of $163,200 consisted primarily of direct labor and benefit
costs of $108,400, including stock-based compensation and consulting fees of
$48,600. We expect costs of revenues will increase as an absolute
number as more rEEG Reports are processed. However, we expect cost of revenues
to decrease as a percentage of revenues as we improve our operating
efficiency.
Research
and Development
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2009
|
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services research and development
|
|
$
|
2,137,200
|
|
|
$
|
2,097,300
|
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
Research
and development expenses consist of clinical study patient expenses, payroll and
benefit costs (including stock-based compensation), patents costs, consulting
fees, marketing and recruitment costs, database enhancements and maintenance,
travel and conference and other miscellaneous costs. Research and
development costs for the year ended September 30, 2009 totaled $2,137,200 and
were largely comprised of the following: clinical study patient costs of
$789,300, payroll and benefit costs of $792,100, patent costs of $213,100,
consulting costs of $105,700, marketing and recruiting costs $161,100, database
costs of $16,800 and travel and conference costs of $15,600. For
the year ended September 30, 2008 research and development costs totaled
$2,097,300 and were largely comprised of the following: clinical study patient
costs of $579,100, payroll and benefit costs of $855,600, patent costs of
$108,800, consulting costs of $285,000, marketing and recruiting costs $136,200,
database costs of $36,400 and travel and conference costs of
$50,200.
Clinical
study patient costs increased by $210,200 in fiscal 2009 as our clinical trial
was running for twelve months in fiscal 2009 compared to approximately nine
months in fiscal 2008. Patent costs also increased in fiscal 2009 by
$104,300 as a result of filing patent applications in Western Europe and
marketing and recruitment expenses increased by $25,000 in fiscal 2009 as we
accelerated patient enrollment in our clinical study. Conversely,
payroll and benefit costs declined in fiscal 2009 by $63,500 due to changes in
the staff-mix and reduced stock compensation and bonus expenses and
consulting expenses declined by $179,300 as expertise was brought in-house
and the clinical trial moved beyond the design stage which involved the use of
consultants. In fiscal 2009, database costs fell by $19,600 compared
to fiscal 2008 as the company reduced development efforts relating to the CNS
Database.
The
Company is applying for grants which, if obtained, will help the Company
accelerate its research and development efforts, and improve the functionality
of its CNS Database.
Sales
and marketing
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
908,500
|
|
|
$
|
847,600
|
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
7,300
|
|
|
|
33,800
|
|
|
|
(78
|
)%
|
Total
Sales and Marketing
|
|
$
|
915,800
|
|
|
$
|
881,400
|
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
Sales and
marketing expenses associated with our Laboratory Information Services business
consist primarily of payroll and benefit costs, consulting fees, marketing
costs, computer services, travel and conference costs and miscellaneous
costs. Sales and marketing expenses for fiscal 2009 were comprised of
the following: payroll and benefit costs of $596,200, consulting fees of
$82,400, marketing costs of $147,600, computer services costs of $31,700, and
travel and conference costs of $40,600. For fiscal 2008 the company
incurred: payroll and benefit costs of $403,000, consulting fees of $221,100,
marketing costs of $18,500, computer services costs of $25,000, and travel and
conference costs of $110,900.
In fiscal
2009, payroll and benefits increased by $193,200 principally as a result of the
hiring of a Vice President for commercial operations and additional sales and
support staff. This increase was partially offset by a reduction in
consulting fees of $138,900 as marketing expertise was brought in
house. Marketing expenses increased in fiscal 2009 by $129,100 in an
effort to advertise our rEEG technology to service providers and
consumers. This was partly offset by a reduction in travel and
conference costs of $70,300.
In fiscal
2010, we have reduced our sales and marketing expenditure for Laboratory
Information Services pending receipt of our 510(k) clearance from the FDA, after
which we plan to increase our Direct-to-Consumer
marketing. Furthermore, with the successful completion of our
clinical trial and publication of the results, we plan to introduce our rEEG
technology to additional psychiatric providers and medical insurance payers
later in fiscal 2010 and in 2011, which will increase our sales and marketing
expenditures.
Clinical
Services sales and marketing expenses consist of advertising in various media so
as to attract patients to our clinic in Denver. We do not anticipate
materially increasing sales and marketing expenses relating to our Clinical
Services business.
General
and administrative
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
Year
Ended
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
General and
administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
|
3,217,800
|
|
|
$
|
2,349,000
|
|
|
|
35
|
%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
669,600
|
|
|
|
756,700
|
|
|
|
(12
|
)%
|
Total
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
3,887,400
|
|
|
$
|
3,105,700
|
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
General
and administrative expenses for our Laboratory Information Services business are
primarily related to salaries and benefits (including stock-based compensation),
legal and other professional fees, consulting services, general administration
and occupancy costs, dues and fees, marketing and investor relations, and travel
and conferences. For the year ended September 30, 2009 these expenses
were as follows: Salaries and benefits $792,700, legal fees $1,362,000, other
professional fees $151,300, consulting costs $369,700, general administration
and occupancy costs $183,000, dues and fees $80,000, marketing and investor
relations $86,500, and travel and conference costs $69,800. For the
year ended September 30, 2008 these expenses were: Salaries and benefits
$1,420,900, legal fees $193,900, other professional fees $157,800, consulting
costs $94,600, general administration and occupancy costs $189,300, dues and
fees $46,300, marketing and investor relations $112,800, and travel and
conference costs of $78,100.
Changes
in general and administrative expenditures in 2009 were as
follows: Salaries and benefit costs decreased by $628,200 as a result
of staff reductions, including the termination of our former CEO Leonard Brandt
in April 2009, a non-recurring bonus expense of $69,900 declared in 2008 that
did not reoccur in 2009 and as a result of stock based compensation charges
falling $214,900 in fiscal 2009 compared to the prior year
period. Partly offsetting the reduction in salaries and benefits was
an increase in consulting fees of $275,100 as a result of the hiring of
consultants to perform functions previous undertaken by salaried employees.
Legal fees increased by $1,168,100 in 2009 principally due to costs associated
with defending against lawsuits brought by our former CEO and Chairman of the
Board, Leonard Brandt, as well as our fund raising efforts. Dues and
fees increased by $33,800 in 2009 as a result of the payment of Delaware
Franchise taxes for 2009, Blue Sky filings necessitated by our private
placement, and increased transfer agent fees associated with the holding of our
annual stockholders’ meeting. Certain other costs categories
decreased in 2009 including marketing and investor relations costs which
decreased by $26,300.
The
company incurred certain miscellaneous charges in 2009 which included Delaware
Franchise Tax assessments for fiscal 2007 and 2008 totaling $74,400;
additionally, the company accrued for a $34,800 payroll tax assessment which was
related to 2006, and a write-off of $22,600 of doubtful debts. In
2008 the company wrote off $56,900 in costs associated with a financing effort
that did not materialize.
General
and administrative expenses for our Clinical Services business for the year
ended September 30, 2009 were $669,600 which includes all costs associated with
running the clinic, including all payroll costs, medical supply costs, occupancy
costs and other general and administrative costs. These costs
declined $87,100 from $756,700 in 2008 primarily due to lower patient
volume.
Goodwill
impairment charges
During
the fiscal year 2009, we conducted a goodwill impairment test and determined
that all of the goodwill related to the NTC acquisition was impaired.
Accordingly, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $320,200 for the year
ended September 30, 2009.
Other
income (expense)
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2009
|
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory Information
Services (Expense), net
|
|
$
|
(1,822,700
|
)
|
|
$
|
104,600
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Clinical
Services (Expense)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
|
|
(600
|
)
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
Total
interest income (expense)
|
|
$
|
(1,822,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
104,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, we incurred a $90,000
financing fee in connection with the bridge note issued to Mr. Pappajohn on June
12, 2009 and $20,900 in interest expenses on the bridge notes issued to Mr.
Brandt and Sail Venture Partners. Additionally, $1,058,000 of
expenses associated with the valuation of bridge warrants and $642,000
associated with the value of the beneficial conversion feature of the bridge
notes were written off to interest expense upon conversion of the bridge
notes. Furthermore, $13,300 of interest expense was incurred on
long-term debt issued in connection with our acquisition of
NTC. These expenses were offset by interest income of $9,500 for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 from interest bearing
accounts. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, interest
income of $127,000 was earned on cash in interest bearing accounts. This was
offset by $22,000 of interest expense on long term debt.
Net
Loss
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2009
|
|
|
Year Ended
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services net loss
|
|
$
|
(8,451,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,166,200
|
)
|
|
|
64
|
%
|
Clinical
Services net loss
|
|
|
(70,900
|
)
|
|
|
(205,300
|
)
|
|
|
(35
|
)%
|
Total
Net Loss
|
|
$
|
(8,522 ,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,371,500
|
)
|
|
|
59
|
%
|
The
increase in net loss for Laboratory Information Services of $3.28 million for
the year ended September 30, 2009 is due primarily to charges associated with
our bridge note financings of $1.83 million, including the discount on
bridge notes and the value of the beneficial conversion features of the
notes; and a $1.17 million increase in legal fees primarily relating to costs
incurred in defending against lawsuits brought by our former CEO and Chairman of
the Board, Leonard Brandt. The impairment write down of goodwill associated with
our acquisition of NTC added a further $320,200 to the loss.
The
decrease in the net loss for Clinical Services of $134,400 for the year ended
September 30, 2009 is primarily due to reduced marketing expenses and reduced
general and administrative expenses.
Results
of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
The
following table presents consolidated statement of operations data for each of
the periods indicated as a percentage of revenues.
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
|
284
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
|
154
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
566
|
|
|
|
434
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(781
|
)
|
|
|
(792
|
)
|
Other
income (expense), net
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
(782
|
)%
|
|
|
(795
|
)%
|
Revenues
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Service Revenues
|
|
$
|
34,400
|
|
|
$
|
31,200
|
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
Clinical
Services Revenues
|
|
|
143,900
|
|
|
|
152,600
|
|
|
|
6
|
%
|
Total
Revenues
|
|
$
|
178,300
|
|
|
$
|
183,800
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, the number of
non-clinical study related paid rEEG Reports delivered increased from 79 for the
quarter ended March 31, 2009 to 89 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, while
the average price per report decreased from approximately $394 for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009 to $387 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 (clinical
study, training, database-enhancing and compassionate-use rEEG reports are
provided free of charge). We do not expect to drive broader adoption of
reports based on our rEEG technology until the Company obtains FDA 510(k)
clearance and the results of our multi-site clinical study to validate the
efficacy of our products is published. Accordingly, we anticipate
that Laboratory Services Revenues will not increase substantially in the
current fiscal year.
Our
Clinical Services revenue declined by $8,700 for the quarter ended March 31,
2010, as compared to the corresponding prior year period, because of a reduction
in the volume of patients treated as a result of a reduction in the number of
psychiatrists on staff. We have recruited a new psychiatrist who will start
working with our Clinical Services in the fourth quarter, at which time patient
volume should start increasing. Currently, we do not plan to materially
expand our Clinical Services business, and therefore we do not anticipate a
significant increase in revenues generated by this business segment beyond being
a self sustaining, stand-alone clinic.
Cost
of Revenues
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of Laboratory Information Services revenues
|
|
$
|
39,400
|
|
|
$
|
35,600
|
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
Cost of
Laboratory Information Services revenues consists of payroll costs, consulting
costs, and other miscellaneous charges
.
Consulting costs
primarily represent external costs associated with the processing and analysis
of rEEG Reports and range between $75 and $100 per rEEG Report.
For the
quarter ended March 31, 2010, cost of revenues consisted primarily of direct
labor and benefit costs (including stock-based compensation costs) of $25,700,
and consulting fees of $12,600. For the quarter ended March 31, 2009,
cost of revenues included direct labor and benefit costs (including stock
based compensation costs) of $24,500, and consulting fees of
$9,600. Direct labor and benefits remained consistent for the two
periods. Consulting fees increased in 2010 due to the higher number
of rEEG Reports delivered. We ultimately expect cost of revenues to
decrease as a percentage of revenues as operating efficiencies improve with the
volume of reports processed.
Research
and Development
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services research and development
|
|
$
|
318,700
|
|
|
$
|
521,800
|
|
|
|
(39
|
)%
|
Research
and development expenses consist of clinical studies, projects for training
doctors associated with our research studies, consulting fees, payroll costs
(including stock-based compensation costs), expenses related to database
enhancements and maintenance, and other miscellaneous costs.
Research and
development costs for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, primarily consisted
of the following: payroll and benefit costs (including stock based
compensation) of $207,400, consultant costs of $96,800 and other
miscellaneous costs of $14,400. For the comparable period for 2009,
research and development costs included: payroll and benefit costs (including
stock based compensation) of $196,600, consultant costs of $6,300 and other
miscellaneous costs of $15,000. Additionally, as the clinical study was in
progress for the 2009 quarter, clinical study costs were $214,000 and patient
marketing and recruitment costs were $90,200.
Comparing
the three months ended March 31, 2010 with the similar period in
2009, clinical study costs and patient marketing and recruitment costs were
eliminated in the 2010 quarter as the study was completed in September
2009. Consequently, the focus of the research and development
department moved from the clinical study to the preparation of scientific papers
for publications, and the generation of grant applications for research
funding. Additionally, the focus moved to the enhancing the rEEG
production system and the application for 510(k) clearance with the
FDA. As a result of this shift in focus, consulting fees increased by
$90,500, of which $56,900 was spent on consultants hired to assist the Company
with its FDA 510(k) application filed with the FDA on April 1,
2010. An additional $28,000 was spent on programming consultants to
enhance and document the production system; the balance of the increase was the
hiring of a technical writer to assist with a research paper. Payroll
and benefits increased by $10,800 in the 2010 quarter primarily due a
reassignment of a staff member between departments.
Sales
and marketing
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
201,900
|
|
|
$
|
282,300
|
|
|
|
(28
|
)%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
1,400
|
|
|
|
(57
|
)%
|
Total
Sales and Marketing
|
|
$
|
202,500
|
|
|
$
|
283,700
|
|
|
|
(29
|
)%
|
Sales and
marketing expenses associated with our Laboratory Information Services business
consist primarily of payroll and benefit costs, including stock-based
compensation; advertising and marketing; consulting fees and conference and
travel expenses.
Sales and marketing
expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 primarily consisted of
the following expenses: payroll and benefits $101,500, advertising and marketing
$24,700, consulting $27,800 and conferences and travel $33,100. For the
comparable period in 2009 expenses were as follows: payroll and benefits
$148,400, advertising and marketing $75,600, consulting $48,500 and conferences
and travel $3,400.
Comparing
the three month period ended March 31, 2010 with the similar quarter in
2009, payroll and benefits decreased by $46,700 in the 2010 quarter as
a result a reduction in staff and the reassignment of staff to another
department. Advertising and marketing expenses decreased by $50,900
as advertising was curtailed while the Company awaits its 501(k) clearance and
marketing efforts were largely limited to program development, whereas for the
2009 quarter the Company was actively executing its advertising and marketing
plans. Conference and travel expense increased by $30,600 in the 2010
quarter as the Company conducted its first user-group meeting in January
2010.
The
Clinical Services sales and marketing expenses consists of advertising to
attract patients to the clinic. We anticipate a moderate increase in
marketing expenditure to expand our Clinical Services business in the future,
which expenditures will be tailored based on the knowledge we have acquired in
attracting patients to our clinical trials and further market
analysis.
General
and administrative
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
818,800
|
|
|
$
|
630,200
|
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
$
|
191,000
|
|
|
|
168,300
|
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
Total
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
1,009,800
|
|
|
$
|
798,500
|
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
General
and administrative expenses for our Laboratory Information Services business are
largely comprised of payroll and benefit costs, including stock based
compensation, legal, patent costs, other professional and consulting fees,
general administrative and occupancy costs, conference and travel and
miscellaneous costs. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010,
General and Administrative costs consisted of salaries and benefit costs of
$224,100; legal fees of $340,700 and other professional and consulting fees of
$130,100; general administrative and occupancy costs of $74,600, patent costs
$32,600 and conference and travel costs of $15,400. Miscellaneous
costs were $1,000 in the 2010 quarter. For the similar period in
2009, General and Administrative costs consisted of the following: salaries
and benefit costs of $216,800; legal fees of $59,100 and other professional
and consulting fees of $155,600; general administrative and occupancy costs of
$51,700, patent costs of $32,400 and conference and travel expenses of
$10,100. Miscellaneous costs for the 2009 quarter were
$105,000.
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, in the quarter ended
March 31, 2010 in comparison to the same period in 2009, payroll and
benefit expenses increased by a net $7,300 due to a change in the staff mix as
the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) joined the staff midway through the quarter,
an increase in base salary for the CEO and an increase in stock based
compensation as a result of the options granted in March
2010. Professional and consulting fees decreased by a $25,500 largely
by hiring the CFO, who had formerly served as a consultant. Legal
fees increased by a net $281,800 which was due to 293,800 being incurred in
defending against actions brought by Mr. Brandt (see
Matters Involving our Former Chief
Executive Officer and Former Director, Leonard Brandt).
These
litigation costs were slightly offset by a reduction of $12,000 in regular legal
fees. General and administrative costs increased by a net $22,900 due
to filing fees, increased computer service costs and costs associated with
relocating the office. Patent and conference and travel costs did not
substantially change quarter over quarter. Miscellaneous expenses
incurred in the 2009 quarter of $105,000 were as a result of a revised IRS
assessment on 2006 payroll taxes and Delaware Franchise Tax assessments for
calendar years 2007 and 2008 did not reoccur to the same degree in the 2010
quarter.
General
and administrative expenses for our Clinical Services business include all costs
associated with operating NTC. This includes payroll costs, medical
supplies, occupancy costs and other general and administrative costs.
Costs increased in the quarter ended March 31, 2010 by $22,700 as compared to
the prior year quarter. This increase is largely due to clinical
services staff who worked on the clinical trial were no longer reimbursed by the
Laboratory Information Services for their time spent on the study.
Interest
income (expense)
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services (Expense), net
|
|
$
|
(100
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,600
|
)
|
|
|
(98
|
)%
|
Clinical
Services (Expense)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
interest income (expense)
|
|
$
|
(100
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,700
|
)
|
|
|
(98
|
)%
|
*
not meaningful
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, we earned interest
income of $1,800 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 from interest bearing
accounts. This was offset by $1,900 of interest expense on promissory
notes. For the comparable period in 2009, net interest income was $1,200 and
interest expense was $5,800 of interest expense on promissory
notes.
Net
Loss
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services net loss
|
|
$
|
(1,340,100
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,468,200
|
)
|
|
|
(9
|
)%
|
Clinical
Services net loss
|
|
|
(53,700
|
)
|
|
|
6,900
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
Net Loss
|
|
$
|
(1,393,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,461,300
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)%
|
*
not meaningful
The
decrease in net loss of $67,500 in the three months ended March 31, 2010
compared to the prior year period is due primarily to net decreases in
costs within our research and development and sales and marketing
departments. These decreases were substantially offset by expenses incurred in
defending the lawsuit brought by Mr. Brandt.
Results
of Operations for the six months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
The
following table presents consolidated statement of operations data for each of
the periods indicated as a percentage of revenues.
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
|
323
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
|
154
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
795
|
|
|
|
416
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(1,010
|
)
|
|
|
(812
|
)
|
Other
income (expense), net
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
(1,011
|
)%
|
|
|
(814
|
)%
|
Revenues
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Service Revenues
|
|
$
|
56,800
|
|
|
$
|
59,700
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)%
|
Clinical
Services
Revenues
|
|
|
265,000
|
|
|
|
295,800
|
|
|
|
(10
|
)%
|
Total
Revenues
|
|
$
|
321,800
|
|
|
$
|
355,500
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)%
|
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, the number of
non-clinical study related paid rEEG Reports delivered for the period decreased
from 153 in 2009 to 147 in 2010, while the average price per report decreased
from approximately $390 in 2009 to $386 in 2010 (clinical study, training,
database-enhancing and compassionate-use rEEG reports are provided free of
charge). We do not expect to drive broader adoption of reports based
on our rEEG technology until the Company obtains FDA 510(k) clearance and the
results of our multi-site clinical study to validate the efficacy of our
products is published. Accordingly, we anticipate that Laboratory
Services Revenues will not increase substantially in the current fiscal
year.
Our
Clinical Services revenue is as a result of patient billings for psychiatric
services rendered. Revenues declined by $30,800 in the first
half of 2010 versus the same period in 2009 because of a reduction in the volume
of patients treated as a result of a reduction in the number of psychiatrists on
staff. We have recruited a new psychiatrist who will start working with our
Clinical Services in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, at which
time patient volume should start increasing. Currently, we do not plan to
materially expand our Clinical Services business, and therefore we do not
anticipate a significant increase in revenues generated by this business segment
beyond being a self sustaining stand-alone clinic.
Cost of
Revenues
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of Laboratory Information Services revenues
|
|
$
|
69,100
|
|
|
$
|
69,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
%
|
Cost of
Laboratory Information Services revenues consists of payroll costs, consulting
costs, and other miscellaneous charges. Consulting costs primarily
represent external costs associated with the processing and analysis of rEEG
Reports and range between $75 and $100 per rEEG Report. For the six
months ended March 31, 2010, cost of revenues were $69,100 consisting primarily
of direct labor and benefit costs (including stock-based compensation costs) of
$50,900 and consulting fees of $16,400. For the six months ended
March 31, 2009, cost of revenues were also $69,100, which includes direct labor
and benefit costs (including stock based compensation costs) of $50,400, and
consulting fees of $17,500. There has been no material change in Cost
of Laboratory Information Services revenues for the two six-month periods ending
March 31, 2010 and 2009.
We
ultimately expect cost of revenues to decrease as a percentage of revenues as
operating efficiencies improve with the volume of reports
processed.
Research
and Development
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services research and development
|
|
$
|
541,300
|
|
|
$
|
1,147,800
|
|
|
|
(53)
|
%
|
Research
and development expenses consist of payroll costs (including stock-based
compensation costs), consulting fees, clinical study costs, patient marketing
and recruitment costs and other miscellaneous costs. Research and
development costs for the six months ended March 31, 2010, primarily
consisted of the following: payroll and benefit costs (including stock
based compensation) of $396,900, consultant costs of $115,200 and other
miscellaneous costs of $29,000. There were no clinical study costs or
patient marketing and recruitment costs during the period. For the
comparable period for 2009, research and development costs included: payroll and
benefit costs (including stock based compensation) of $396,200, consultant
costs of $12,300 and other miscellaneous costs of $41,900. Additionally, as the
clinical study was in progress during the 2009 period, research and development
costs included clinical study costs of $573,200 and patient marketing and
recruitment costs of $124,200.
Comparing
the six-month period ended March 31, 2010 with the similar period in 2009,
clinical study costs and patient marketing and recruitment costs were eliminated
in the 2010 quarter as the study was completed in September
2009. Consequently, the focus of the research and development
department moved from the clinical study to the preparation of scientific papers
for publications, and the generation of grant applications for research
funding. Additionally the focus moved to the enhancing the rEEG
production system and the application for 510(k) clearance with the
FDA. As a result of this shift in focus, consulting fees increased by
$102,900, of which $64,100 was spent on consultants hired to assist the Company
with its FDA 510(k) application which was filed with the FDA on April 1, 2010.
Additionally, $11,200 was spent on the services of a biostatistician to analyze
the results of the clinical trial. A further $28,000 was spent on
programming consultants to enhance and document the production
system. Payroll and benefits remained constant for the two periods
despite a change in the staff mix.
Sales
and marketing
|
|
Six Months Ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
400,250
|
|
|
$
|
542,900
|
|
|
|
(26)
|
%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
4,100
|
|
|
|
(39)
|
%
|
Total
Sales and Marketing
|
|
$
|
402,750
|
|
|
$
|
547,000
|
|
|
|
(26)
|
%
|
Sales and
marketing expenses associated with our Laboratory Information Services business
consist primarily of payroll and benefit costs, including stock-based
compensation; advertising and marketing; consulting fees and conference and
travel expenses. Sales and marketing expenses for the six-month
period ended March 31, 2010 primarily consisted of the following expenses:
payroll and benefits $237,100, advertising and marketing $66,200, consulting
$50,400 and conferences and travel $35,500. For the comparable period in 2009
expenses were as follows: payroll and benefits $320,900, advertising and
marketing $124,300, consulting $67,600 and conferences and conferences and
travel $17,100.
Comparing
the six months ended March 31, 2010 with the same period in 2009, payroll
and benefits decreased by $83,800 in the 2010 period as a result a
reduction in staff and the reassignment of staff to another
department. Advertising and marketing expenses decreased by $58,100
as advertising was curtailed while the Company awaits its 501(k) clearance and
marketing efforts were largely limited to program development, whereas for the
2009 period the Company was actively executing its advertising and marketing
plans. Conference and travel expenses increased by $18,400 in the
2010 period as the Company conducted its first user-group meeting in
January.
The
Clinical Services sales and marketing expenses consists of advertising to
attract patients to the clinic. We anticipate a moderate increase in
marketing expenditure to expand our Clinical Services business in the future,
which expenditures will be tailored based on the knowledge we have acquired in
attracting patients to our clinical trials and additional market
analysis.
General
and administrative
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
2,218,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,161,400
|
|
|
|
91
|
%
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
$
|
339,500
|
|
|
|
317,100
|
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
Total
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
2,557,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,478,500
|
|
|
|
84
|
%
|
General
and administrative expenses for our Laboratory Information Services business are
largely comprised of payroll and benefit costs, including stock based
compensation, legal, patent costs, other professional and consulting fees,
general administrative and occupancy costs, conference and travel and
miscellaneous costs. For the six-months ended March 31, 2010,
General and Administrative costs consisted of salaries and benefit costs of
$364,700; legal fees of $1,218,350 and other professional and consulting fees of
$290,200, general administrative and occupancy costs of $233,600, patent costs
$43,200 and conference and travel costs of $64,200. Miscellaneous
costs were $3,600 in the 2010 quarter. For the similar period in
2009, General and Administrative costs consisted of the following: salaries
and benefit costs of $455,600; legal fees of $131,400 and other
professional and consulting fees of $228,300; general administrative and
occupancy costs of $133,500, patent costs of $89,100 and conference and travel
expenses of $25,300. Miscellaneous costs for the 2009 period were
$99,700.
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, in the six months ended
March 31, 2010 in comparison to the same period in 2009, payroll and
benefit expenses decreased by a net $90,900 largely due to a change in the staff
mix as the former CEO, Mr. Brandt left the Company in April 2009 and the former
President, Mr. Carpenter became the CEO. Additionally the Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) joined the staff in mid February,
2010. Furthermore, stock based compensation was reduced by 20,400 to
$202,600 in the 2010 period. Professional and consulting fees
increased by $62,000 partly due to an increase in audit fees due to the timing,
complexity and increased frequency of SEC filings. Additionally,
consultants were hired in connection with the Brandt litigation and private
placement financing. Legal fees increased by a net $1,218,400 which
was due to $1,065,300 being incurred in defending against actions brought by Mr.
Brandt (see page 25
Matters Involving our
Former Chief Executive Officer and Former Director, Leonard
Brandt).
Additionally non-litigation legal fees increased by
$21,600 due to increased activity related to SEC filings, fund-raising and
FDA-related work. General and administrative costs increased by a
$100,100 due to an increase in investor relations and corporate promotional
expenses, increased computer service costs and costs associated with relocating
the office. Patent costs declined by $44,100 as costs were largely
associated with patent maintenance. Conference and travel costs
increased by $38,900 as a result of increased travel associated with raising
capital and litigation activities. Miscellaneous expenses incurred in
the 2009 six-month period of $99,700 were largely the result of a revised IRS
assessment on 2006 payroll taxes and Delaware Franchise Tax assessments for
calendar years 2007 and 2008 did not reoccur to the same degree in the 2010
period.
General
and administrative expenses for our Clinical Services business include all costs
associated with operating NTC. This includes payroll costs, medical
supplies, occupancy costs and other general and administrative
costs. These costs increased by $22,400 to $339,500 in the six months
ending March 31, 2010 from $317,100 for the comparable period in
2009. This increase is largely due to the fact that clinical services
staff who had worked on the clinical trial were no longer reimbursed by the
Laboratory Information Services for their time spent on the study.
Interest income
(expense)
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services (Expense), net
|
|
$
|
(1,500
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,400
|
)
|
|
|
(56
|
)%
|
Clinical
Services (Expense)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
Total
interest income (expense)
|
|
$
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,500
|
)
|
|
|
(51
|
)%
|
*
not
meaningful
With
respect to our Laboratory Information Services business, we earned interest
income of $2,800 for the six months ended March 31, 2010 from interest bearing
accounts. This was offset by $4,300 of interest expense on promissory
notes. For the comparable period in 2009, we earned interest income of $8,300
for the six months ended March 31, 2009 from interest bearing
accounts. This was offset by $11,700 of interest expense on
promissory notes.
Net
Loss
|
|
Six Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Percent
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services net loss
|
|
$
|
(3,199,100
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,892,500
|
)
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
Clinical
Services net loss
|
|
|
(53,900
|
)
|
|
|
(700
|
)
|
|
|
7,700
|
%
|
Total
Net Loss
|
|
$
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
The
increase in net loss of $359,800 in the six months ended March 31, 2010
compared to the prior year period is primarily due to net decreases in
costs within our research and development and sales and marketing
departments. These decreases were more than offset by expenses incurred in
defending against the lawsuit brought by Mr. Brandt.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Since our
inception, we have incurred significant losses. As of September 30,
2009, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $25.2 million and as of
March 31, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $28.4
million. We have not yet achieved profitability and anticipate that
we will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. We expect that
our research and development, selling and marketing and general and
administrative expenses will continue to grow and, as a result, we will need to
generate significant product revenues to achieve profitability. We may never
achieve profitability.
As of
September 30, 2009 we had approximately $0.99 million in cash and cash
equivalents and a working capital deficit of approximately $1.1 million compared
to approximately $2.0 million in cash and cash equivalents and a working capital
balance of approximately $0.83 million at September 30, 2008.
As of
March 31, 2010 we had approximately $0.68 million in cash and cash equivalents
and a working capital deficit balance of approximately $0.98 million compared to
approximately $0.56 million in cash and cash equivalents and a working capital
deficit of approximately $1.66 as at March 31, 2009.
Operating
Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements
Our
continued operating losses and limited capital raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern, and we need to raise substantial
additional funds in the next 12 months in order to continue to conduct our
business. Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenues to
finance our cash requirements, which we may never do, we expect to finance
future cash needs primarily through public or private equity offerings, debt
financings, borrowings or strategic collaborations.
We need
additional funds immediately to continue our operations and will need
substantial additional funds before we can increase demand for our rEEG
services. We are currently exploring additional sources of capital;
however, we do not know whether additional funding will be available on
acceptable terms, or at all, especially given the economic conditions that
currently prevail. In addition, any additional equity funding may result
in significant dilution to existing stockholders, and, if we incur additional
debt financing, a substantial portion of our operating cash flow may be
dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness, thus
limiting funds available for our business activities. We expect to
continue to incur operating losses in the future and to make capital
expenditures to expand our research and development programs (including
upgrading our CNS Database) and to scale up our commercial operations and
marketing efforts. If adequate funds are not available, it
would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and/or
results of operations, and could ultimately cause us to have to cease
operations.
Sources
of Liquidity
Since our
inception substantially all of our operations have been financed primarily from
equity and debt financings. Through March 31, 2010, we had received
proceeds of $13.7 million from the sale of stock, $4.8 million from
the issuance of convertible promissory notes and $220,000 from the issuance of
common stock to employees in connection with expenses paid by such employees on
behalf of the company.
On
June 3, 2010, the Company entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with John Pappajohn, pursuant to which Mr.
Pappajohn a
greed to
purchase two secured promissory notes (each, a “Note”) in the aggregate
principal amount of $500,000, with each Note in the principal amount of $250,000
maturing on December 2, 2010. On June 3, 2010 Mr. Pappajohn loaned the Company
$250,000 in exchange for the first Note (there were no warrants issued on this
first Note).
The
Company has agreed to issue to Mr. Pappajohn a warrant to purchase up to 250,000
shares of common stock (the “Warrant”) upon the issuance of the second Note, at
an exercise price (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) equal to the
fair market value per share at the time of issuance of the
Warrant. Issuance of the Warrant is subject to and conditioned upon
the purchase of the second Note by Mr. Pappajohn. The
Company and Mr. Pappajohn have agreed to enter into a registration rights
agreement covering the securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant.
Each Note accrues interest at a rate of
9% per annum which will be paid together with the repayment of the principal
amount at the earliest of (i) the maturity date; (ii) prepayment of the Note at
the option of the Company (iii) closing of a financing in which the aggregate
proceeds to the Company are not less than $3,000,000 or (iv) the occurrence of
an Event of Default (as defined in the Note). The Purchase Agreement
and each Note grants Mr. Pappajohn a senior security interest in and to all of
the Company’s existing and future right, title and interest in its tangible and
intangible property. Each Note includes provisions intended to
protect the right of the holder of the Note.
Cash
Flows
Net cash
used in operating activities was $4.6 million for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2009 compared to $3.7 million for fiscal year ended September 30,
2008. The increase in cash used of $0.9 million was primarily
attributable to increased legal fees associated with the Brandt litigation, our
private placement and bridge financings, investigation of FDA licensure issues
and the filing of patent applications.
Net cash
used in operating activities was $3.24 million for the six months ended March
31, 2010 compared to $1.89 million for six months ended March 31,
2009. The increase in cash used of $1.35 million was primarily
attributable to increased legal fees associated with the Brandt litigation of
$1.06 million and other increases in general and administrative
costs.
For the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, net cash used in investing activities was
$2,000 for the purchase of office equipment as compared to $74,600 for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Our 2008 investing activities
related to the acquisition of the Neuro-Therapy Clinic and the purchase of
furniture and equipment for our offices. Investing activities during the six
months ended March 31, 2010 consisted of $8,900 spent on office furniture at our
new Laboratory Information Services location. There were no
investing activities in the comparable period in 2009.
Net cash
proceeds from financing activities for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009
were $1.8 million, net of offering costs, raised on August 26, 2009 in
connection with the first closing of our private placement transaction; $1.7
million raised in bridge financing transactions (which ultimately converted into
equity as further described under Note 2 to our year-end Financial Statements
included elsewhere in this prospectus), and $295,500 due to the exercise of
options and warrants. These proceeds were partly offset by the
repayment of a convertible promissory note, with accrued interest, totaling
$92,600 and the repayment of $86,700 on a promissory note issued to Daniel
Hoffman in connection with our acquisition of NTC. Net cash used by
financing activities in 2008 primarily related to the payment of $60,600 on a
promissory note in connection with our NTC acquisition.
Net cash
proceeds from financing activities for the six months ended March 31, 2010 were
$2.99 million, net of placement agent fees, legal fees and other offering costs,
raised on December 24 and 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010 in connection with the
second, third and fourth closings of our private placement
transaction. These proceeds were partly offset by the repayment of
$46,100 on a promissory note issued to Daniel Hoffman M.D. in connection with
our acquisition of NTC. Net cash used by financing activities in the
period ended March 31, 2009 primarily related to the payment of $43,400 on the
promissory note issued in connection with our NTC acquisition.
Contractual
Obligations and Commercial Commitments
As of
March 31, 2010, we have a contractual obligation to pay the remaining balance on
a promissory note to Daniel Hoffman M.D. of $72,600 issued in connection with
our acquisition of NTC, which bears interest at a rate of 8% per
annum. Additionally, in December 2009, we signed a lease for our new
headquarters and Laboratory Information Services premises located in Aliso
Viejo, California. This lease expires on January 31, 2013 and our
remaining rent obligation during the term of the lease is
$127,000. In March 2010, we signed an amendment which extends our
lease for our Clinical Services premises located in Greenwood Village,
Colorado. This lease expires on April 30, 2013 and our total rent
obligation during the term of the lease is $ 188,500. As of March 31, 2009, the
balance outstanding on the aforementioned promissory note issued to Daniel
Hoffman was $162,700 and our obligations for leased space were
$73,500. Please see Notes 5 and 8 to our unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements in this prospectus for further
details.
Income
Taxes
Since
inception, we have incurred operating losses and, accordingly, have not recorded
a provision for federal income taxes for any periods presented. As of
September 30, 2009, we had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income
tax purposes of $20.8 million. Utilization of net operating loss and
credit carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to
restrictions contained in the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable if we
experience an “ownership change”. The annual limitation may result in the
expiration of our net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards before they
can be used.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no off-balance sheet arrangements or financing activities with special purpose
entities.
BUSINESS
With
respect to this discussion, the terms “we” “us” “our” “CNS” and the “Company”
refer to CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries CNS Response, Inc., a California corporation (“CNS California”),
Colorado CNS Response, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“CNS Colorado”) and
Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc., a Colorado professional medical corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CNS Colorado (“NTC”).
Background
CNS
Response, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on March 16, 1987, under the name
Age Research, Inc. Prior to January 16, 2007, CNS Response,
Inc. (then called Strativation, Inc.) existed as a “shell company” with nominal
assets whose sole business was to identify, evaluate and investigate various
companies to acquire or with which to merge. On January 16, 2007, we
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CNS
Response, Inc., a California corporation formed on January 11, 2000 (“CNS
California”), and CNS Merger Corporation, a California corporation and our
wholly-owned subsidiary (“MergerCo”) pursuant to which we agreed to acquire CNS
California in a merger transaction wherein MergerCo would merge with and into
CNS California, with CNS California being the surviving corporation (the
“Merger”). On March 7, 2007, the Merger closed, CNS California became our
wholly-owned subsidiary, and on the same date we changed our corporate name from
Strativation, Inc. to CNS Response, Inc. Simultaneous with the
closing of the Merger, we received gross proceeds of approximately $7.0 million
from the first closing of a private placement transaction with institutional
investors and other high net worth individuals. On May 16, 2007, we
completed a second closing of the private placement which resulted in $797,300
of additional gross proceeds to us. After commissions and expenses, we received
net proceeds of approximately $6.7 million in the private
placement.
Overview
CNS
Response is a life sciences company with two distinct business segments. Our
Laboratory Information Services business operated by CNS California, which we
consider our primary business, is focused on the research, development, and
commercialization of a patented system that guides psychiatrists and other
physicians/prescribers to determine a proper treatment for patients with
behavioral (psychiatric and/or addictive) disorders. Our Clinical Services
business operated by NTC is a full service psychiatric clinic.
Laboratory
Information Services
Traditionally,
prescription of medication for the treatment of behavioral disorders (such as
depression, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, addiction, anxiety disorders,
ADHD and schizophrenia) has been primarily based on symptomatic factors, while
the underlying physiology and pathology of the disorder is rarely able to be
analyzed, often resulting in multiple ineffective, costly, and often lengthy,
courses of treatment before effective medications are
identified. Some patients never find effective
medications.
We
believe that our technology offers an improvement upon traditional methods for
determining a course of medication for patients suffering from nonpsychotic
behavioral disorders because our technology is designed to correlate the success
of courses of medication, with the neurophysiological characteristics of a
particular patient. Our technology provides medical professionals with
medication sensitivity data for a subject patient based upon the identification
and correlation of treatment outcome information from other patients with
similar neurophysiologic characteristics. This treatment
outcome information is contained in a proprietary outcomes database that
consists of over 17,000 medication trials for patients with psychiatric or
addictive problems (the “
CNS
Database
”). For each patient in the CNS Database, we have
compiled electroencephalographic (“
EEG
”) scans, symptoms and
outcomes often across multiple treatments from multiple psychiatrists and
physicians. This patented technology, called “Referenced-EEG®” or
“rEEG®” represents an innovative approach to identifying effective medications
for patients suffering from debilitating behavioral disorders.
With
rEEG®, physicians order a digital EEG for a patient, which is then evaluated
with reference to the CNS Database. By providing this reference
correlation, an attending physician can choose a treatment strategy with the
knowledge of how other patients having similar brain function have previously
responded to a myriad of treatment alternatives. Analysis of this
complete data set yielded a platform of 74 quantitative biomarkers that have
shown utility in characterizing patient response to diverse
medications. This platform then allows a new patient to be
characterized, based on these 74 biomarkers, and the database to be queried to
understand the statistical probability of how patients with similar brain
patterns have previously responded to the medications currently in the database.
This technology allows us to create and provide simple reports (“
rEEG Reports
”) to the
prescriber that summarizes historical treatment success of specific medications
for those patients with similar brain patterns. It provides
neither a diagnosis nor specific treatment, but like all lab results, objective,
evidenced-based information to help the prescriber in their
decision-making.
Our
Laboratory Information Services business is focused on increasing the demand for
our rEEG Reports. We believe the key factors that will drive broader adoption of
our rEEG Reports will be acceptance by healthcare providers and patients of
their benefit, demonstration of the cost-effectiveness of using our technology,
reimbursement by third-party payers, expansion of our sales force and increased
marketing efforts.
In
addition to its utility in providing psychiatrists and other
physicians/prescribers with medication sensitivity guidance, rEEG provides us
with significant opportunities in the area of pharmaceutical development.
rEEG, in combination with the information contained in the CNS Database, has the
potential to be able to identify novel uses for neuropsychiatric medications
currently on the market and in late stages of clinical development, as well as
aid in the identification of neurophysiologic characteristics of clinical
subjects that may be successfully treated with neuropsychiatric medications in
the clinical testing stage. We intend to enter into relationships with
established drug and biotechnology companies to further explore these
opportunities, although no relationships are currently
contemplated. The development of biomarkers as the new method for
identifying the correct patient population to research is being encouraged by
both The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).
Clinical
Services
In
January 2008, we acquired our largest customer, NTC, located in Colorado. Upon
the completion of the transaction, NTC became our wholly-owned subsidiary. At
the time, NTC operated one of the largest psychiatric medication management
practices in the state of Colorado, under contracts with national health
plans. Daniel A. Hoffman, M.D. is the medical director at NTC, and,
after the acquisition, became our Chief Medical Officer and more recently, our
President.
NTC,
having performed a significant number of rEEG’s, serves as an important resource
in our product development, the expansion of our CNS Database, production system
development and implementation, along with the integration of our rEEG services
into a medical practice. Through NTC, we also expect to successfully
develop marketing and patient acquisition strategies for our Laboratory
Information Services business. Specifically, NTC is learning how to best
communicate the advantages of rEEG to patients and referring physicians in the
local market. We will share this knowledge and develop communication programs
which can be generalized to physicians using our services throughout the
country, which we believe will help drive market acceptance of our
services. In addition, we plan to use NTC to train practitioners
across the country in the uses of rEEG technology.
We view
our Clinical Services business as secondary to our Laboratory Information
Services business, and we have no current plans to significantly expand this
business.
Laboratory
Information Services
The
Challenge and the Opportunity
The
1990’s were known as “the Decade of the Brain,” a period in which basic
neuroscience yielded major advances in drug discovery and
neurotherapy. Several trends have emerged which may propel
significant adoption of these advances over the next decade:
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Comparative
Effectiveness Research is incorporated into the Obama health plan. The
cost to treat Americans under care for depression and other mental
illnesses rose by nearly two-thirds from $35 billion to $58 billion in the
last 10 years, according to a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. Finding more cost-effective treatment
modalities in mental disorders will be critical to successful health care
reform;
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Mental
Health Parity Act (Parity Act) requires payers, beginning in 2010, to pay
for behavioral medications and treatments using the same standards for
evidence and coverage as they currently use for medical/surgical
treatments;
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According
to a recent RAND report, 275,000 returning military personnel from the
Iraq and Afghanistan theatres suffer from Major Depression, Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury;
and
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Consumers
have emerged as active decision makers in behavioral treatment, driven by
over $4.8 billion in annual Pharma direct-to-consumer advertising and the
internet. At the same time, media costs for reaching those
consumers are at historic lows.
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Today,
there are over 100 prescription drugs available to patients suffering from a
behavioral disorder, representing one of the largest and fastest-growing drug
classes. Unfortunately, psychotropic drugs often do not work, or lose
their effect over time, and over 17 million Americans who have failed two or
more medication treatments are now considered “treatment
resistant”. For these patients, the conventional “trial and error”
method of prescribing psychotropic drugs has resulted in low efficacy, high
relapse and treatment discontinuation rates, significant patient suffering and
billions in additional cost to payers.
We
believe we are the first company to create a biomarker database that correlates a
patient’s response to major drug classes and specific medications with their
individual brain physiology. We developed this tool to improve
pharmacotherapy outcomes, particularly in treatment resistant patients, a
particularly expensive patient population with profound unmet clinical
needs. Our rEEG technology has been used by physicians to guide
prescribing in behavioral disorders such as depression, anxiety, anorexia, OCD,
bipolar, ADHD, addiction and others.
rEEG® was
developed by a pathologist/psychiatrist who recognized that correlation of a
patient’s unique brain patterns to known long-term medication outcomes in
similar patients might significantly improve therapeutic
performance. This approach — commonly referred to as Personalized
Medicine, and exemplified by biomarker companies such as Genomic Health (GHDX) —
is in the process of transforming both clinical practice and the pharmaceutical
industry. CNS Response brings this science to behavioral medicine,
where the unmet clinical need is well-documented, expensive, and
growing.
The
rEEG® Method
rEEG®
Reports are offered as a service, much like a reference lab, in which standard
electroencephalogram (EEG) readings are referenced to a biomarker database to
suggest patient-specific probabilities of response to different
medications. EEG recording devices are widely available, inexpensive
to lease, and are available in most cities by independent mobile EEG
providers.
The
service works as follows:
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Patients
are directed to a national rEEG® provider, who performs a standard digital
EEG.
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EEG
data is uploaded over the web to our central analytical
laboratory.
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We
analyze the data against the CNS Database for patients with similar brain
patterns.
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We
provide a report describing the probability of patient success with
different medication options (much like an antibiotic sensitivity report
commonly used in medicine).
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The
rEEG® Report is sent back to the doctor, typically the next
day.
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Treatment
Decisions Made by Licensed Professionals
With the
exception of our subsidiary, the Neuro-Therapy Clinic based in Denver, CO, we do
not currently operate our own healthcare facilities, employ our own treating
physicians or provide medical advice or treatment to
patients. Physicians who contract for our rEEG Reports own their own
facilities or professional licenses, and control and are responsible for the
clinical activities provided on their premises. Patients receive
medical care in accordance with orders from their attending physicians or
providers. Physicians who contract for rEEG Reports are responsible
for exercising their independent medical judgment in determining the specific
application of the information contained in the rEEG Reports, and the
appropriate course of care for each patient. Following the
prescription of any medication, Physicians are presumed to administer and
provide continuing care treatment.
Estimated
Market for rEEG Reports
Currently,
the wholesale (direct to physician) price for standard rEEG testing is $400 per
test, and the retail (payer and consumer) price is approximately
$800. Thus far, payments have typically been from psychiatrists whose
patients pay privately for the rEEG® Report. The National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that only 12.7% of patients get minimally
effective treatment, with over 17 million Americans now classified as “treatment
resistant”, meaning they’ve failed to find relief after trying two or more
medications.
We
therefore estimate the potential market for our rEEG Reports at $1.7 billion
annually, based on an addressable market of 17 million Treatment Resistant
patients, with only 12.5% of patients seeking care and complying with
treatment.
Path
to Adoption
Several
biomarker firms have successfully commercialized products that predict
medication response, including Genomic Health’s OncotypeDx which predicts
response to chemotherapy, and Roche/Affymetrix Cytochrome P450 test which shows
how each patient is likely to metabolize a given antidepressant. We
are following the paths to adoption used by these successful biomarker firms by
focusing on growth in three stages:
Consumers
and private-pay psychiatrists drive over 33% of the market for psychiatric
visits, and a significant proportion of all licensed psychiatrists now describe
themselves as private pay only. We believe consumers who have
experienced treatment failure will seek out our network of physicians once they
become aware of the successful outcomes demonstrated in our clinical
trial.
During
2008, the recruiting for our Depression Efficacy Trial (the Depression Efficacy
Trial is further described under the heading Laboratory Services Accomplishments
on page 53) generated many important lessons about integrated marketing for our
rEEG® service. By using a media mix of web, radio and TV, interested
patients were delivered into the trial at an average cost of $40-$68 per
contact. Upon obtaining 510(k) clearance from the FDA, we will continue to
pursue integrated consumer marketing as a means to introduce interested patients
to our rEEG® provider network.
To drive
growth in private pay, consumer-driven rEEG testing, we plan to do the
following:
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Grow
our focused physician network: We currently have 51 active
practicing physicians utilizing rEEG in their practices, defined as having
paid for testing within the last 12 months. An additional
52 physicians are currently involved in training or clinical trials
utilizing rEEG. Physicians who become “power users” (which we
define as physicians who conduct several tests per month) report
significantly better results than casual users of rEEG technology, and
have certain economies of scale in using the test in their
practices. Similar to the adoption of LASIK technology in
consumer-driven opthalmology, successful practices using rEEG have
reported that as their word-of-mouth referrals increase, their procedure
billings increase, and their average patient visits decrease (as patients
improve). Accordingly, their patient turnover may increase over
time, requiring additional marketing efforts to grow their practice
volume.
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We plan
to focus on supporting these power users through direct marketing, clinical
practice support (patient intake, scheduling, washout support and reporting),
and technical support. This focused network approach has been
successful in other specialties (for example, in organ transplant networks and
in disease management) because it is easier to sell to payers, facilitates data
collection, and is more cost-effective in delivering care even at higher
provider margins.
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Increase
unit pricing: Currently, the wholesale (direct-to-physician)
price for standard rEEG testing is $400 per test, and the retail (payer
and consumer) is approximately $800. We anticipate that
our pricing will be increased over time with greater acceptance of the
test as a standard of care, rewarding power users for committed volume and
affording improvement in test margins
overall.
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Utilize
our product laboratory: In 2008, we purchased the psychiatric
clinic in Denver, co-founded by our Chief Medical Officer, Daniel Hoffman,
MD. The clinic currently serves as a platform for perfecting
rEEG workflow, information systems, product development and
research. We also test local marketing strategies in Denver
which can then be generalized to other rEEG® network
clinics. The Denver clinic may ultimately become a national
Center of Excellence for neuropsychiatry, where insurers may direct
certain treatment-resistant
patients.
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Scalable
platform for delivery: During 2008 and 2009, significant
development effort was focused on production systems and lab
infrastructure to accommodate potential growth in the production volume of
our rEEG Reports. Our current production application is able to
accommodate up to 100 tests per day without additional
manpower. In addition to providing scalable capacity, the
production system provides for online delivery of tests and delivery of
test data to physicians’ desktops. Currently, we are investing
in projects to reduce or eliminate the remaining manual processes in test
production: ”artifacting” of EEG data and Neurologist review of
each case. It is estimated that these processes will, over
time, be replaced with validated algorithms and/or post-facto sampling for
quality assurance.
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Payer
economic trials.
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Health
plans currently spend over $30 billion on psychotropic medications each year
according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), and most are aware that these agents only work on about 30% of
patients who take them. The lack of medication adherence and poor
treatment outcomes in behavioral health have been longstanding issues for
payers, but they’ve lacked a targeted, cost-efficient approach to solve the
problem.
Presently,
rEEG is not a reimbursable procedure for most health care
payers. Initially, payer response to most new technologies
is a reflexive denial of coverage, regardless of the superiority of evidence or
economics. Over time, however, certain payers may adopt technologies
which confer a clear marketing or underwriting advantage, or which protect them
from legal claims for reimbursement under new legislation (e.g.
Parity). Because of this, it is possible that with sufficient
marketing efforts, we may shift payer “fear of adoption” to “fear of not
adopting” and increase the number of payers that approve our rEEG Reports as a
reimbursable expense.
We intend
to prove that our rEEG Reports are a compelling value for payers through
independent research, budget impact models, and payer pilots (economic
trials):
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Evidence for payers:
We will share well-designed research on rEEG® efficacy,
showing the weight of superior evidence in controlled and real-world
clinical trials and case series.
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Parity:
In 2010, Mental
Health Parity Act (Parity Act) will change all payers’ coverage criteria,
requiring equal coverage for behavioral and medical therapies, using the
same coverage criteria and evidence. Milliman Global Actuarial
Services estimates a 1-3% increase in overall health costs resulting from
a significant increase in behavioral health expenditures driven by the
Parity Act. Of particular interest to us, however, is the
specific language in the Parity Act which requires that coverage of a
scope-of-service for one type of diagnosis (for example: a Neurologist
performing a diagnostic EEG for Epilepsy) be applied equally as the use of
an EEG by a Psychiatrist for medication
management.
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Budget Impact Model:
A Budget Impact Model for rEEG® has been developed by
Analysis Group Economics based on the published research of Kessler,
Russell, and others covering the cost of treatment failure in mental
disorders. Modeling the economic impact of rEEG® in a health
plan with five million members, we estimate that full utilization of rEEG®
in treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, bipolar and ADHD could save
$8,500 per treatment resistant member for a savings of $45 million per
year.
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Economic Trials:
Economic Trials are intended to demonstrate the comparative effectiveness
of rEEG versus prevailing Trial & Error medication management through
pilot programs within a payer’s own population. Although no
payer is currently reimbursing physicians for the use of rEEG technology,
we are currently negotiating pilot programs for reimbursement coverage
with several of the nation’s largest payers, representing over 80 million
covered lives.
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Full
reimbursement of referenced-EEG is likely to follow successful
direct-to-consumer adoption of the rEEG test, along with continued release of
confirmatory rEEG research in peer-reviewed publications. Following
the example of the biomarker firms discussed above, it appears possible to
accelerate the effect of these initiatives in the following ways:
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Patient Advocacy:
we believe that some components of the rEEG test may be
billable to payers under Mental Health Parity
Act. Historically, patients of our physician network providers,
and those in our own clinic in Colorado, have paid out of pocket for rEEG
testing and then sought reimbursement from their insurance
carrier. Although these providers frequently furnish
information to support these claims, the success of their prosecution by
patients is unclear.
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Accordingly,
we intend to follow the example of biomarker firms such as Genomic Health, which
developed Patient Advocacy services where patient claims were documented and
tracked, and the company helped organize the advocacy of each claim with third
party payers. Using this approach, Genomic Health was able to win a
retrospective reversal of claim denials for its test from Medicare (the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services) in 2006.
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Guideline development :
we intend to continue internal and externally-sponsored
clinical research to prove the efficacy of our technology to professional
associations, such as the American Psychiatric Association. We
believe that with strong clinical results, professional associations may
endorse rEEG in their treatment guidelines, which may drive full payer
coverage.
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We also
believe that the inclusion of historical and new rEEG research in Comparative
Effectiveness studies conducted under the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) would be a significant milestone. As a consequence of
this recent focus on cost-effective treatment, an unprecedented level of funding
has been made available under the Economic Recovery Act, the budgets for NIH and
AHRQ, and earmarked budgets for Defense and the Veterans Association
(VA). We intend to pursue research opportunities with several
external sponsors of research, including:
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the
National Institutes of
Mental Health
, focusing on the cost-effectiveness of rEEG as a more
deployable version of brain imaging to guide
prescribing;
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Department of Defense and
the Veterans Administration
, to address the potential for rEEG in
treating returning soldiers with PTSD and Major Depression;
and
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Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS)
, as a mechanism for improving quality and
cost performance in programs that spend billions on psychotropic
medications.
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Laboratory
Services Accomplishments
Over the
last few years, we have been primarily focused on proving the efficacy of
rEEG-guided treatments through multiple clinical trials. The largest
of these — the Depression Efficacy Trial — was a multi-center, randomized,
parallel controlled trial completed in 2009 at 12 medical centers,
including Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, UCI and Rush. The study began
in late 2007 and was completed in September 2009, screening 465 potential
subjects with Treatment Resistant Depression and ultimately randomizing 114
participants to a 12-week course of treatment utilizing rEEG in the experimental
group, and a modified STAR*D algorithm in the control group (STAR*D, or
Sequenced Alternatives to Relieve Depression, was a large, seven-year study
sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and completed in
2006). Top-line results were consistent with previous clinical
trials of rEEG:
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The
study found that rEEG significantly outperformed the modified STAR*D
treatment algorithm from the beginning. The difference, or
separation, between rEEG and the STAR*D control group was 50 and 100
percent for the study’s two primary endpoints. By
contrast, separation between a new treatment and a control group often
averages less than 10 percent in antidepressant
studies. Interestingly, separation was achieved early (week 2)
and durable, continuing to grow through week
12.
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The
control group in this case, STAR*D, was a particularly tough comparator,
representing a level of evidence-based depression care that is available
to only 10% of the US population, according to one of the study’s
authors.
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Statistical
significance (p < .05) was achieved on all primary and most secondary
endpoints.
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In the
course of undertaking the study, we also gained insights into marketing of the
rEEG technology, highlighting aspects of marketing which proved to be more
successful than others. Furthermore, we also developed a foundation
for commercialization of the rEEG technology with insurance companies, and
signed a payer group, Cal Optima (a Southern California health plan for
Medicare/Medicaid enrollees), to run a pilot study with us. A second
large insurer is in the process of negotiating a pilot
study. Additionally, over the course of the last few years, much time
has been spent securing sufficient financing to continue our operations and
ensure that the clinical trial was completed.
Going
forward, we plan to continue expanding the CNS Database with the addition of
more pharmaceuticals and their respective outcomes. Additionally, we
plan on improving the functionality and clinical utility of our rEEG Reports, in
order to improve adoption and compress the training period necessary for
physicians to become proficient with the report. Finally, we plan to
increase and refine our marketing efforts to consumers and psychiatrists, and
expand our effort to obtain regular insurance reimbursement for rEEG-guided
therapies.
Use
of rEEG Technology in Pharmaceutical Development
In addition to its utility in providing
psychiatrists and other physicians with medication sensitivity guidance, rEEG
provides us with significant opportunities in the area of pharmaceutical
development. In the future, we aim to use our propriety data and
processes to advance central nervous system (CNS) pharmaceutical development and
economics, in one or more of the following ways:
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Enrichment :
selecting patients for clinical trial who not only have the symptoms
of interest, but are shown by rEEG® screening to likely respond to the
developer’s drug. An oft-cited example is the antidepressant
Prozac, which failed several clinical trials before it achieved success in
two separate trials. The ability to design trials in which
exclusion criteria identify and exclude patients who are clearly
resistant, as determined by rEEG, has the potential to sharpen patient
focus and productivity in clinical trials of psychotropic
medications.
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Repositioning :
rEEG®
may suggest new applications/indications of existing
medications. For example, Selective Serotonin Reuptake
Inhibitors Antidepressants (SSRI’s) are now commonly given by primary care
physicians for depression and other complaints, but often produce unwanted
side effects or inadequate results. The ability to biomarker
patients who respond better to tricyclics (TCA’s), or combinations of
TCA’s and stimulants, offers the potential for new indications for
existing compounds.
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Salvage :
resuscitation of medications that failed phase II or III
studies. One example of this opportunity is
Sanofi-Aventis’ unsuccessful PMA filing for Rimonabant, a
promising anti-obesity/cardiometabolic compound which was
denied approval in the U.S. due to CNS side-effects in their clinical
trial populations. Being able to screen out trial participants
with resistance to a certain medication is an application for rEEG, and
could create “theranostic” products (where an indication for use is
combined with rEEG) for compounds which have failed to receive
broader approval.
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New Combinations :
unwanted adverse effects occur with medications in fields from
cancer to hepatitis. The ability to improve these medications, in
combination with psychotropics, may improve safety, compliance, and,
sometimes, patient outcomes.
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Decision Support :
improved understanding supports improved decision making at
all levels of pharmaceutical
development.
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Competition
Comparable
Biomarker Companies
Although
there are no companies offering a service directly comparable to rEEG, the
following companies might be noted as pursuing similar strategies:
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GENOMIC
HEALTH (Nasdaq: GHDX) Genomic Health, Inc. is a life science
company focused on the development and commercialization of genomic-based
clinical laboratory services for cancer that allow physicians and patients
to make individualized treatment decisions. The company was founded in
2000 and is based in Redwood City, California. In 2004, the
company launched the Oncotype DX breast cancer test, which has been shown
to predict the likelihood of chemotherapy benefit, as well as recurrence
in early-stage breast cancer. By the end of 2008, the company
reported that over 90% of health plans were reimbursing use of this
test. In addition to its adopted Oncotype DX breast cancer
test, Genomic Health launched its Oncotype DX colon cancer test in early
2010.
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ASPECT
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Nasdaq: ASPM), an EEG anesthesia monitoring
company, is developing a specific EEG measurement system that indicates a
patient's likely response to some antidepressant medications. Its
biomarker, based on research from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, is
called Cordance.
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375-subject multi-site clinical trial on the efficacy of this biomarker in
guiding treatment of treatment resistant depression — the BRITE trial —
demonstrated positive predictive outcomes for a single antidepressant,
escitalopram (Lexapro). Patients in the trial were
measured prior to and after taking medication. Publicly available
data suggests that the technology may validate a patient's treatment but does
not guide specific treatment. Initial trials have shown efficacy in correlating
a patient's ultimate response to antidepressants. The revenue model may involve
sale of equipment and a per-patient charge, but the company does not
currently appear to be close to a commercial release of its
product.
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BRAIN
RESOURCE COMPANY (Aust: BRRZF) (www.brainresource.com), is an Australian
Clinical Research Organization (CRO) and biomarker company focused on
personalized medicine solutions for patients, clinicians, pharmaceutical
trials and discovery research. As a CRO, its main focus has
been iSPOT, an $18 million international biomarker study with a private
biotechnology company. Their revenue model includes physician
services and sale of systems and services to pharmaceutical development
companies in the CNS discovery field. As a biomarker provider,
it signed a $6 million agreement in 2008 with Optum (United Healthcare) to
provide screening for plan members.
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We
believe that we have a competitive advantage with respect to the behavioral
biomarker firms such as Aspect Medical or Brain Resource Company as we offer
more comprehensive testing (e.g. to cover the full range of CNS medications, not
just certain antidepressants in the case of Aspect Medical) and have conducted
studies to validate the efficacy of our service. We also believe that
we offer greater clinical utility (ease of use, rapid results) in day-to-day
clinical practice than our competitors.
Emerging
Medical Device Technologies
The field
of neuropsychiatry is undergoing dramatic change as a result of the introduction
of new technologies. Many of these technologies are focused on the same
treatment-resistant patient populations which are the focus of rEEG, and are
priced from $10,000 to over $50,000 for a full course of treatment. Two of the
three examples presented here are invasive, implantable devices.
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CYBERONICS, INC.
(Nasdaq: CYBX) is a neuromodulation company, engages in the design,
development, manufacture, and marketing of implantable medical devices
that provide vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy for the treatment of
epilepsy and treatment-resistant depression. The VNS therapy system
consists of an implantable generator that delivers an electrical signal to
an implantable lead attached to the left vagus nerve, as well as a bipolar
lead, a programming wand and software, and a tunneling
tool.
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Cyberonics
has developed an implantable Vagus Nerve Stimulation device approved for
treatment-resistant depression. This device has received pre-market
approval from the Food and Drug Agency for patients and is believed
to be under reimbursement review by insurance payers.
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MEDTRONIC,
INC. (NYSE: MDT). Medtronic has an implantable deep brain stimulation
device (DBS) in development which is similar to their device approved for
Parkinson's treatment. Deep brain stimulation uses an implanted electrode
– essentially a pacemaker for the brain — to deliver electrical
stimulation to specific structures within the brain. The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved DBS as a treatment for essential tremor in
1997, for Parkinson's disease in 2002, and dystonia in 2003. DBS is also
routinely used to treat chronic pain and has been used to treat various
affective disorders, including major depression. While DBS has proven
helpful for some patients, there is potential for serious complications
and side effects.
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NEURONETICS
(Privately held) (www.neuronetics.com). Neuronetics has
pioneered and refined the NeuroStar TMS Therapy system for non-invasive,
non-systemic treatment for depression using a focused, pulsed magnetic
field to stimulate function in targeted brain
regions. NeuroStar TMS Therapy stimulates nerve cells in an
area of the brain that is linked to depression by delivering highly
focused MRI-strength magnetic field
pulses.
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TMS is
performed in a physician's office with each treatment lasting about 40 minutes
daily for four to six weeks. In an open-label clinical trial, which
is most like real world clinical practice, approximately one in two patients
experienced significant improvement in symptoms, and one in three experienced
complete symptom resolution. NeuroStar TMS Therapy was cleared by the FDA in
October 2008 for patients who have not adequately benefited from prior
antidepressant medication.
From a
competitive standpoint, we view these emerging treatment options as expensive
augmentations to existing therapies for treatment-resistant patients, and as
competitive therapeutic options to medications. To the best of our knowledge,
rEEG-guided therapy provides a higher probability of treatment success at a
significantly lower cost than device-based solutions, which gives us a
competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Intellectual
Property
rEEG
Patents
We have
three issued U.S. Patents which we believe provide us with the right to exclude
others from using our rEEG technology. In addition, we believe these
patents cover the analytical methodology we use with any form of neurophysiology
measurement including SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), fMRI
(Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging), PET (Positron Emission Tomography), CAT
(Computerized Axial Tomography), and MEG
(Magnetoencephalography)). We do not currently have data on the
utility of such alternate measurements, but we believe they may, in the future,
prove to be useful to guide therapy in a manner similar to rEEG. We
have also filed patent applications for our technology in various foreign
jurisdictions, and have issued patents in Australia and Israel.
rEEG
Trademarks
“Referenced-EEG”
and “rEEG” are registered trademarks of CNS California in the United
States. We will continue to expand our brand names and our
proprietary trademarks worldwide as our operations expand.
CNS
Database
The CNS
Database consists of over 17,000 medication trials across over 2,000 patients
who had psychiatric or addictive problems. The CNS Database is maintained in two
parts:
1. The
QEEG Database
The QEEG
Database includes EEG recordings and neurometric data derived from analysis of
these recordings. This data is collectively known as the QEEG Data.
QEEG or “Quantitative EEG” is a standard measure that adds modern computer and
statistical analyses to traditional EEG studies. The Company utilizes
two separate, FDA-approved external QEEG databases which provide statistical and
normative information in the rEEG process.
2. The
Clinical Outcomes Database
The
Clinical Outcomes Database consists of physician provided assessments of the
clinical long-term outcomes (average of 405 days) of patients and their
associated medications. The clinical outcomes of patients are recorded using an
industry-standard outcome rating scale, the Clinical Global Impression Global
Improvement scale (“CGI-I”). The CGI-I requires a clinician to rate
how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to a baseline
state. A patient's illness is compared to change over time and rated as: very
much improved, much improved, minimally improved, no change, minimally worse,
much worse, or very much worse.
The
format of the data is standardized and that standard is enforced at the time of
capture by a software application. Outcome data is input into the
database by the treating physician or in some cases, their office
staff. Each Physician has access to his/her own patient data through
the software tool that captures clinical outcome data.
We
consider the information contained in the CNS Database to be a valuable trade
secret and are diligent about protecting such information. The CNS
Database is stored on a secure server and only a limited number of employees
have access to it.
Research
and Development
In the
remainder of 2010, we plan to continue to enhance, refine and improve the
accuracy of our CNS Database and rEEG through expansion of the number of
medications covered by our rEEG Reports, expansion of our biomarkers, refinement
of our biomarker system, and by reducing the time to turnaround a report to the
physician.
Government
Regulation
Since
April of 2008, we have been in a dialogue with the FDA regarding whether rEEG
constitutes a medical device which is subject to regulation by the
FDA. On April 10, 2008 we received a “warning letter” from the FDA in
which the FDA indicated it believed, based in part on the combination of certain
marketing statements it read on our website, together with the delivery of our
rEEG Reports, that we were selling a software product to aid in diagnosis, which
constituted a “medical device” requiring pre-market approval or 510(k) clearance
by the FDA pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the
“Act”). We do not believe that sales of our Laboratory Information
Services, including our rEEG Reports, are subject to regulatory pre-market
approval or 510(k) clearance. We responded to the FDA on April 24, 2008
indicating that we believed it had incorrectly understood our product offering,
and clarified that our Laboratory Information Services are not diagnostic
and thus do not constitute a medical device. On December 14, 2008,
the FDA again contacted us and indicated that, based upon its review of our
description of our intended use of the rEEG Reports on our website, it continued
to maintain that the rEEG Reports met its definition of medical devices. In
response to of the FDA communications, we made a number of changes to our
website and other marketing documents to reflect that rEEG is a service
to aid in medication selection and is not a
diagnosis aid. On September 4, 2009, through our regulatory
counsel, we responded to the December 14, 2008 FDA letter explaining our
position in more detail.
On
December 28, 2009, we received a response from the FDA indicating that it still
believes rEEG constitutes a “medical device” under the Act. Although
we continue to believe that the FDA is in error over whether our Laboratory
Information Services constitute a device and over whether the FDA has
jurisdiction over such Laboratory Information Services, on April 1, 2010 we
filed an application to obtain 510(k) clearance for our rEEG
service. We believe that 510(k) clearance will provide us with
increased commercial acceptance of our service. To date, we have
spent an aggregate of $64,100 for consulting and $56,900 for legal services to
prepare and file our 510(k) application and at this time, we do not anticipate
that the communications received from the FDA, or our decision to seek 510(k)
clearance, will have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, capital
resources and results of operations. We anticipate that obtaining
licensure will take from three to six months based on similar application
filings with the FDA.
In
addition to the foregoing, federal and state laws and regulations relating to
the sale of our Laboratory Information Services are subject to future changes,
as are administrative interpretations of regulatory agencies. In the event that
federal and state laws and regulations change, we may need to incur additional
costs to seek government approvals for the sale of our Laboratory Information
Services.
In the
future, we may seek approval for medications or combinations of medications for
new indications, either with corporate partners, or potentially, on our own. The
development and commercialization of medications for new indications is subject
to extensive regulation by the U.S. Federal government, principally through the
FDA and other federal, state and governmental authorities elsewhere. Prior to
marketing any central nervous system medication, and in many cases prior to
being able to successfully partner a central nervous system medication, we will
have to conduct extensive clinical trials at our own expense to determine safety
and efficacy of the indication that we are pursuing.
Description
of Property
On
January 22, 2010, we moved to our new leased facility for our headquarters and
Laboratory Information Services business, located at 85 Enterprise, Suite
410, Aliso Viejo, California 92656. We entered into a 36 month lease for
the 2,023 square foot facility, which expires on January 31,
2013. The average cost of the lease for the period is $3642 per
month.
With
respect to our Clinical Services operations, on April 1, 2010, we negotiated a
37 month extension to the original lease for our clinical services space, which
expired in February 2010. The new lease for our 3,542 square foot
facility will expire on April 30, 2013, and has an average cost for the lease
term of $5,100 per month.
We
believe that our current space is adequate for our needs and that suitable
additional or substitute space will be available to accommodate the foreseeable
expansion of our operations.
Employees
As of
June 1, 2010, we had approximately 15 full-time and 5 part-time employees, and 3
independent contractors. We provide all full-time employees with
medical insurance, dental insurance and paid vacation. We believe
that our relations with our employees are good. None of our employees
belong to a union.
Legal
Proceedings
From time
to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our
operations in the ordinary course of business. Other than as set forth below, we
are not currently party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which,
in our management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial
position.
Since
June of 2009, we have been involved in litigation against Leonard J. Brandt, a
stockholder, former director and our former Chief Executive Officer (“Brandt”)
in the Delaware Chancery Court and the United States District Court for the
Central District of California. At the conclusion of a two-day
trial that commenced December 1, the Chancery Court entered judgment
for the Company and dismissed with prejudice Brandt's action brought
pursuant to Section 225 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which sought to
oust the incumbent directors other than Brandt. The Chancery Court thereby
found that the purported special meeting of stockholders convened by Brandt on
September 4, 2009 was not valid and that the directors purportedly elected at
that meeting are not entitled to be seated. On January 4, 2010,
Brandt filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in
relation to the case. On April 20, 2010, the Delaware Supreme Court
summarily affirmed the ruling of the Chancery Court dismissing the 225
action.
The Chancery
Court also denied an injunction sought by Mr. Brandt to prevent the voting
of shares issued by the Company in connection with our bridge financing in
June 2009 and securities offering in August 2009, and dismissed
Brandt's claims regarding those financings and stock issuances.
On January 4, 2010, Brandt also filed an appeal in relation to this ruling with
the Delaware Supreme Court. On February 25, 2010, Mr. Brandt
voluntarily dismissed this appeal, and the ruling of the Chancery Court thereby
became final and non-appealable.
The
Chancery Court also dismissed with prejudice another action brought by Mr.
Brandt, in which he claimed he had not been provided with information owed to
him. Mr. Brandt did not appeal this dismissal.
An action
before the United States District Court for the Central District of California
remains outstanding. We are vigorously prosecuting our claims and
vigorously defending Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims, which we believe to be without
merit.
The
following is a summary of the litigation proceedings involving the Company and
Brandt:
Delaware
Chancery Court – CNS Response, Inc. v. Leonard Brandt, Meyerlen LLC, EAC
Investment Limited Partnership and “John Does 1-20” (Any CNS Stockholder
Purporting to be Among Holders of Shares Constituting 25% Of the Company's Stock
As Referenced In the June 20, 2009 Notice Of Special Meeting) – C.A. No.
4688-CC
On June
26, 2009, we commenced an action in the Delaware Court of Chancery against
Leonard Brandt and certain other parties in connection with Brandt’s efforts to
seize control of the Company by unseating the incumbent directors (other than
Brandt). In our complaint, we alleged that Brandt’s actions in
connection with his purported special meeting notices and attempts to call and
hold a special meeting violate certain provisions of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and we sought declaratory and injunctive relief to
invalidate a special meeting called by Brandt.
On June
26, 2009, we also moved for issuance of a temporary restraining order to prevent
Mr. Brandt from holding his purported special meeting. Brandt opposed
the motion. On June 29 the Chancery Court heard and denied our motion
for a temporary restraining order, on the grounds that we could seek relief from
Brandt’s actions after his special meeting occurred.
On August
12, 2009, Brandt and Defendant MeyerLen, LLC filed an answer and affirmative
defenses to our June 26, 2009 complaint. In addition, Brandt filed a
counterclaim and third-party complaint against us, our other directors,
affiliates of one of the directors, and investors who are not employees,
officers or directors of the Company. In his answer, and in the
counterclaims and third party claims, Brandt alleged, among other things, that
the other directors acted without authority in connection with his removal as
the CEO in April 2009 and violated their fiduciary duties in connection with
their consideration and approval of certain financings completed by us
subsequent to Brandt’s termination as CEO. Brandt alleged that
certain defendants aided and abetted the directors in their breaches and
wrongful acts. Brandt also asked the court to invalidate certain
bylaw changes adopted by our board of directors.
On August
24, 2009, Brandt filed a motion seeking an injunction against our issuance of
shares of our stock to John Pappajohn or Sail Ventures pursuant to existing
agreements between us and those investors, and against the implementation of our
previously-announced bylaw amendments.
On
October 22, 2009, Brandt and Defendant MeyerLen, LLC filed an amended answer and
affirmative defenses to our June 26, 2009 complaint and an amended counterclaim
and third-party complaint against us, our other directors, affiliates of one of
the directors, and investors who are not employees, officers or directors of the
Company. On the same day, Brandt filed an amended motion for a
preliminary injunction, which sought to prevent the voting of shares issued by
the Company in connection with our bridge financings in May and June, 2009
and the securities offering in August, 2009. On the same day, Brandt
moved to expedite proceedings in the action, coordinate discovery with his
Section 225 action described below, and have the motion for a preliminary
injunction argued at the conclusion of the trial of the Section 225
action.
On
October 30, 2009, the Delaware Chancery Court granted the motion to expedite
proceedings in the action, coordinate discovery with his Section 225 action
described below, and have the motion for a preliminary injunction argued at the
conclusion of the trial of the Section 225 action.
On
December 2, 2009, after full briefing, evidentiary submissions, and argument of
the motion for a preliminary injunction, the Chancery Court denied the
injunctive relief sought by Brandt to prevent the voting of shares issued by the
company in connection with our bridge financings in May and June and
securities offering in August. Instead, the Court dismissed
Brandt's counterclaims regarding those financings and stock
issuances. On the same date, the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed the
underlying Section 211 action against Brandt as moot. On January 4,
2010, Brandt filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in
relation to the case. On February 25, 2010, Mr. Brandt voluntarily
dismissed this appeal.
Delaware
Chancery Court – Leonard J. Brandt v. CNS Response, Inc., C.A. No,
4773-CC
On July
31, 2009, Brandt filed an action under Section 220 of the DGCL asking the
Chancery Court to require us to provide him with certain books and records,
including stockholder information. On July 31, Brandt also requested
emergency injunctive relief against us compelling us to provide the records
immediately. We opposed the motion. On August 3, 2009 the
Chancery Court heard argument and denied the requested emergency
relief. On August 24, 2009, we answered the complaint and asserted
affirmative defenses to it. On December 2, 2009, the Chancery
Court dismissed Brandt’s action with prejudice.
Purported
September 4 Stockholders Meeting and Subsequent Action Filed by Brandt Under
DGCL 225 — Leonard J. Brandt v. CNS Response, Inc., George Carpenter, Henry T .
Harbin, M.D., David B. Jones, Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., John Pappajohn and Tommy
Thompson, C.A. N o. 4867-CC
Pursuant
to a notice dated August 25, Brandt purported to hold a special meeting of
stockholders on September 4, 2009. In his proxy materials
accompanying the notice, Brandt claimed that the record date for the purported
meeting was August 24. Brandt claimed that a quorum was present and
proceeded to call a vote on his proposal to elect himself and his nominees as
directors. He then claimed that his own shares and the shares for
which he purportedly held proxies were sufficient to elect Brandt and the other
nominees. We took the position that no valid stockholder action was
taken on September 4, that no changes to the board of directors occurred, and
that the election of the company’s directors would occur at the scheduled CNS
annual meeting of stockholders on September 29, 2009. While our bylaws permit
stockholders to call special meetings under certain circumstances, those
meetings (i) require the stockholders wishing to call the meeting to follow
certain procedures that Brandt did not follow and (ii) cannot involve the
election of directors. In addition, Brandt’s purported record date of
August 24 was invalid because our board of directors had already established
August 27 as the record date and, as a result, not all of the stockholders
entitled to vote at his purported meeting were permitted to do so.
On
September 4, Brandt filed an action seeking relief under Section 225 of the DGCL
in the Delaware Court of Chancery against us and our directors George Carpenter,
Henry T. Harbin, M.D., David B. Jones, Jerome Vaccaro, M.D., John Pappajohn and
former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. Section 225 provides a
statutory mechanism for review of contested elections. Brandt sought to have the
Court declare that his meeting and election were valid.
On
September 25, 2009, the Company and its incumbent directors answered the
complaint and asserted affirmative defenses. On September 29, 2009,
the Chancery Court issued a “status quo” order, which maintained the Board of
Directors in place immediately prior to the purported September 4 meeting
(Messrs. Carpenter, Jones, Pappajohn, Thompson and Brandt, and Drs. Harbin and
Vaccaro). The status quo order also placed certain restrictions on
certain corporate actions during the pendency of the Section 225
action.
Later on
September 29, the Company convened its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which had
been duly noticed earlier in September. At the meeting we submitted
certain matters to a vote of security holders through the solicitation of
proxies. At the meeting, our stockholders elected George Carpenter,
Henry Harbin, M.D., David B. Jones, John Pappajohn, Tommy Thompson and Jerome
Vaccaro, M.D. to serve as Directors on our Board of Directors for one year
or until their respective successors have been elected.
Full
discovery in the action occurred in September, October and
November. On December 1 and 2, 2009, the Chancery Court conducted a
trial of the matter. At the close of the trial, the court granted
judgment to the Company on Brandt’s complaint and dismissed Brandt’s action with
prejudice. The Chancery Court thereby found that the purported
special meeting of stockholders convened by Brandt on September 4, 2009 was not
valid and that the directors purportedly elected at that meeting are not
entitled to be seated. On January 4, 2010, Brandt filed an appeal
with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in relation to the
case. On April 20, 2010 the Delaware Supreme Court
summarily affirmed the ruling of the Chancery Court dismissing the Section
225 action.
Delaware
Chancery Court – CNS Response, Inc. v. Leonard Brandt, C.A. No. 4901-CC (Breach
of Fiduciary Duty)
On
September 16, 2009, we filed a complaint in the Delaware Chancery Court against
Brandt for violations of his fiduciary duty of loyalty to the Company and its
stockholders. On December 2, 2009, the Chancery Court dismissed the
Company’s breach of fiduciary duty claims without prejudice.
United
States District Court for the Central District of California - CNS
Response, Inc. v. Leonard Brandt, EAC Investment Limited Partnership and EAC
Investment, Inc. (Case No. SACV 09-00756-CJC)
On July
2, 2009, we filed a complaint against Brandt, EAC Investment Limited Partnership
and EAC Investment, Inc. (collectively, “EAC”), another stockholder of the
Company. In that complaint, we allege that Brandt has violated
sections 14(a) and 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
related SEC rules and regulations (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with his
ongoing campaign to seize control of the company by unseating the incumbent
directors (other than Brandt). We allege that EAC violated Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company sought injunctive and
declaratory relief to prevent the use of proxies and written consents that
Brandt or the other defendants obtained in violation of law, declaring the
proxies obtained by Brandt invalid, prohibiting any further unlawful
proxy solicitation and any further violations of Section 13(d) and 14(a) of
the Exchange Act, and requiring remedial disclosures. The Company
also sought damages in an amount to be determined.
The
defendants responded to our complaint by filing motions to dismiss on July 27,
2009 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), based on two primary
arguments: (i) that the defendants had filed preliminary proxy materials,
preliminary consent solicitation materials and/or amended Schedule 13Ds with the
SEC, and those filings cured any alleged violations, and (ii) that we faced
no imminent threat of irreparable injury and, therefore, were not entitled to
injunctive relief. EAC also moved to dismiss the complaint against it
for improper venue. We filed our oppositions to the motions to
dismiss on August 10, 2009. On August 18, 2009, the court denied the
motions to dismiss, finding, among other things, that our complaint adequately
pled a basis for relief and that whether Brandt’s filings could cure the alleged
violations of sections 14(a) and 13(d) were questions of fact that could not be
resolved in a motion to dismiss.
On August
17, 2009, Brandt distributed to our stockholders by email preliminary proxy
materials with a proxy card. On August 21, 2009, we filed a motion
for temporary restraining order to enjoin Brandt from using any invalidly
obtained proxies or consents, including any proxies or consents obtained in
response to his preliminary proxy statement distribution. We
asserted, among other things, that the delivery of preliminary proxy
materials including a proxy card violated Rule 14a-4(f) of the Exchange Act and
that the disclosures contained in, or omitted from, the materials distributed by
Brandt violated Rule 14a-9 of the Exchange Act. On August 25, 2009,
the court denied our motion for the temporary restraining order citing, among
other things, an affidavit provided by Brandt that he would not solicit proxies
until he has filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
On
September 17, 2009, the defendants in the case filed counterclaims against us,
our Chief Executive Officer and director George Carpenter, and “Roes 1 through
10,” alleging violations of Section 14 of the Exchange Act in the solicitation
of proxies or the revocation of proxies. Unspecified damages and
injunctive relief are sought. On December 14, 2009, the company and
George Carpenter answered the counterclaims in the case.
On March
10, 2010, we dismissed the Company’s claims against EAC, and EAC dismissed its
claims against us and Mr. Carpenter. On April 10, 2010 Mr. Brandt's
attorneys moved to withdraw from representing Mr. Brandt in the
case. The District Court action continues with respect to our claims
against Mr. Brandt and Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims against us and the other
counterclaim defendants. We are vigorously prosecuting our claims and
vigorously defending Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims.
We have
expended substantial resources to pursue the defense of legal proceedings
initiated by Mr. Brandt and the California securities litigation is
compelling the Company to expend additional resources. We also do not
know whether Mr. Brandt will institute new claims against us and the
defense of any such claims could involve the expenditure of additional resources
by the Company.
Website
We
maintain a website at www.CNSResponse.com. The reference to our web address does
not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained at this
site.
MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of our executive
officers and directors as of June 1, 2010.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
George
Carpenter
|
52
|
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
|
Paul
Buck
|
54
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Daniel
Hoffman
|
62
|
President,
Chief Medical Officer
|
John
Pappajohn
|
81
|
Director
|
David
B. Jones
|
66
|
Director
|
Jerome
Vaccaro, M.D.
|
54
|
Director
|
Dr.
Henry T. Harbin
|
63
|
Director
|
George
Carpenter, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
Secretary
George
Carpenter joined our board of directors as Chairman on April 10, 2009. Mr.
Carpenter has been serving as our Chief Executive Officer since April 10, 2009
and prior to that date served as our President since October 1, 2007. As
President, Mr. Carpenter’s primary responsibility involved developing strategy
and commercializing our rEEG technology. From 2002 until he joined CNS, Mr.
Carpenter was the President & CEO of WorkWell Systems, Inc., a national
physical medicine firm that manages occupational health programs for Fortune 500
employers. Prior to his position at WorkWell Systems, Mr. Carpenter founded and
served as Chairman and CEO of Core, Inc., a company focused on integrated
disability management and work-force analytics. He served in those positions
from 1990 until Core was acquired by Assurant, Inc. in 2001. From 1984 to 1990,
Mr. Carpenter was a Vice President of Operations with Baxter Healthcare, served
as a Director of Business Development and as a strategic partner for Baxter’s
alternate site businesses. Mr. Carpenter began his career at Inland Steel where
he served as a Senior Systems Consultant in manufacturing process control. Mr.
Carpenter holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BA with
Distinction in International Policy & Law from Dartmouth College. The Board
selected Mr. Carpenter to serve as a director because of his extensive
experience as chief executive officer for several companies and his service in a
variety of leadership positions in the areas of fund raising, business
development and building a management team. Mr. Carpenter provides critical
insight into the areas of organizational and operational
management.
Paul
Buck, Chief Financial Officer
Effective
February 18, 2010, we appointed Paul Buck, 54, to the position of Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Buck has been working with the Company as an independent
consultant since December 2008, assisting management with finance and accounting
matters as well as the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Mr. Buck has worked as an independent consultant since 2004 and has
broad experience with a wide variety of public companies. His projects have
included forensic accounting, restatements, acquisitions, interim management and
system implementations. Mr. Buck, a Swiss National, was raised in Southern
Africa and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Bachelor of
Commerce degree both from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He started
his career with Touche Ross & Co. in Cape Town and qualified as a Chartered
Accountant. In 1985, Mr. Buck joined the Los Angeles office of Touche Ross &
Co. where he was an audit manager. In 1991 he joined the American Red Cross
Biomedical Services as the CFO of the Southern Californian Region. After five
years with the organization, he returned to Deloitte & Touche as a manager
in the Solutions Consulting Group. In 1998, Mr. Buck was recruited back to the
American Red Cross Biomedical Services as CFO and became the Director of
Operations for the Southern California Region until 2003.
Daniel
Hoffman, Chief Medical Officer and President
Dr.
Hoffman, 61, became our President on April 10, 2009 and our Chief Medical
Officer on January 15, 2008 upon our acquisition of Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc.,
which at the time of the acquisition was our largest customer and which was
owned by Dr. Hoffman. He had served as the Medical Director of Neuro-Therapy
Clinic, Inc. since 1993. Dr. Hoffman is a Neuropsychiatrist with over 25 years
experience treating general psychiatric conditions such as depression, bipolar
disorder and anxiety. He provides the newest advances in diagnosing and treating
attentional and learning problems in children and adults. Dr. Hoffman has
authored over 40 professional articles, textbook chapters, poster presentations
and letters to the editors on various aspects of neuropsychiatry, Quantitative
EEG, LORETA, Referenced EEG, advances in medication management, national
position papers and standards, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, neurocognitive
effects of Silicone Toxicity, sexual dysfunction and other various topics. Dr.
Hoffman has given over 58 major presentations and seminars, including Grand
Rounds at Universities and Hospitals, workshops and presentations at national
society meetings (such as American Psychiatric Association and American
Neuropsychiatric Association), national CME conferences, insurance companies,
national professional associations, panel member discussant, and presenter of
poster sessions. He has also lectured internationally as part of a consortium
advancing Quantitative EEG in Psychiatry and done research with the major
national academic institutions on the use of Referenced EEG to help guide
treatment choices and as a Biomarker.
Dr. Hoffman has a
Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Michigan, an MD from
Wayne State University School of Medicine and conducted his Residency in
Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. During the past
five years, Dr. Hoffman has served as the President of Neuro-Therapy Clinic,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company that is focused on discovering
ways to integrate technology into the creation of better business
practices.
John
Pappajohn, Director
John
Pappajohn joined our board of directors on August 26, 2009. Since 1969, Mr.
Pappajohn has been the President and sole owner of Pappajohn Capital Resources,
a venture capital firm, and President and sole owner of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a
financial consulting firm, both located in Des Moines, Iowa. He serves as a
director on the boards of the following public companies: American CareSource
Holdings, Inc., Dallas, TX since 1994; PharmAthene, Inc., Annapolis, MD, since
2007; Spectrascience, Inc., San Diego, CA, since 2007, and ConMed Healthcare
Management, Inc., Hanover, MD, since 2005. Mr. Pappajohn also serves as director
of CareGuide, Inc., Florida (formerly Patient Infosystems, Inc.) since 1996,
which was a public company through January 2009. Mr. Pappajohn was chosen to
serve as a director of the Company because of his unparalleled experience
serving as a director of more than 40 companies and the substantial insight he
has gained into the life sciences and healthcare industries by actively
investing in the industries for more than 40 years, and by founding and
supporting several public healthcare companies.
David
B. Jones, Director
David B.
Jones has been a director of CNS California since August 2006, and became a
director of the company upon the completion of our merger with CNS California on
March 7, 2007. Mr. Jones currently serves as a partner of Sail
Venture Partners, L.P., a position which he has held since 2003. Mr.
Jones served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dartron, Inc., a
computer accessories manufacturer. From 1985 to 1997, Mr. Jones was a general
partner of InterVen Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Southern
California and Portland, Oregon. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Jones was President and
Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Capital, Inc., the venture capital
affiliate of First Interstate Bancorp. Mr. Jones is a graduate of Dartmouth
College and holds Masters of Business Administration and law degrees from the
University of Southern California. Mr. Jones is the longest-serving member on
our board and adds substantial expertise from his venture capital finance
background and his executive experience. His experience provides the Company
with valuable insight with respect to financing and operational strategies and
corporate governance issues.
Jerome
Vaccaro, M.D., Director
Jerome
Vaccaro, M.D., joined the board of directors of CNS California in 2006 and
became a director of the Company upon the completion of our merger with CNS
California on March 7, 2007. Dr. Vaccaro is President and Chief Operating
Officer of APS Healthcare, Inc. (APS), a privately held specialty healthcare
company, which he joined in June 2007. From February 2001 until its acquisition
by United Health Group in 2005, Dr. Vaccaro served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of PacifiCare Behavioral Health (“PBH”), and then served as
Senior Vice President with United Health Group’s Specialized Care Services until
he joined APS. Dr. Vaccaro has also served as Medical Director of PBH
(1996-2001), Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCare Dental and Vision
(2002-2004), and Senior Vice President for the PacifiCare Specialty Health
Division (2002-2004). Dr. Vaccaro has an extensive background in community
mental health and public sector work, including editing the textbook,
“Practicing Psychiatry in the Community,” which is hailed as the definitive
community psychiatry text. Dr. Vaccaro completed medical school and a Psychiatry
Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. After his
training, Dr. Vaccaro served on the full-time faculty of the University of
Hawaii (1985-1989) and UCLA (1989-1996) Departments of Psychiatry. Dr. Vaccaro
was chosen to serve on the Company’s board because of his experience in senior
executive positions in a diverse set of mental healthcare companies, his
extensive background in community mental health and public sector work and his
valuable experience in medical academia.
Henry
T. Harbin, M.D., Director
Henry
Harbin, M.D. joined our board of directors on October 17, 2007. Since 2004, Dr.
Harbin has worked as an independent consultant providing health care consulting
services to a number of private and public organizations. Dr. Harbin is a
psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in the behavioral health field. He
has held a number of senior positions in both public and private health care
organizations. He worked for 10 years in the public mental health system in
Maryland serving as director of the state mental health authority for three of
those years. He has been CEO of two national behavioral healthcare companies
— Greenspring Health Services and Magellan Health Services. At the time he
was CEO of Magellan, it was the largest managed behavioral healthcare company
managing the mental health and substance abuse benefits of approximately 70
million Americans including persons who were insured by private employers,
Medicaid and Medicare. In 2002 and 2003, he served on the President’s New
Freedom Commission on Mental Health. As a part of the Commission he was chair of
the subcommittee for the Interface between Mental Health and General Medicine.
In 2005, he served as co-chair of the National Business Group on Health’s work
group that produced the Employer’s Guide to Behavioral Health Services in
December 2005. The Board selected Dr. Harbin to serve as a director because of
his over 30 years of experience in the behavioral health field, which includes
an impressive service record in the area of public sector health. His experience
provides significant vision to a company in the mental healthcare
industry.
Board
Composition and Committees and Director Independence
Our board
of directors currently consists of five members: George Carpenter, Henry Harbin,
David Jones, Jerome Vaccaro and John Pappajohn. Each director was elected at our
annual meeting of shareholders held on April 27, 2010. Each of our directors
will serve until our next annual meeting and until his successor is duly elected
and qualified.
We are
not a “listed company” under SEC rules and are therefore not required to have
separate committees comprised of independent directors. Our board of directors
has, however, determined that David Jones, Jerome Vaccaro, Henry Harbin and John
Pappajohn are “independent” as that term is defined in Section 5600 of the
Nasdaq Listing Rules as required by the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “Nasdaq Listing
Rules”).
Our board
of directors established an audit committee and a compensation committee at a
board meeting held on March 3, 2010, and each committee has its own charter. The
primary functions of these two committees are described below.
Audit
Committee.
The primary functions of the Audit Committee are
to: assist the board of directors in its oversight responsibilities regarding
(1) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, (2) the Company’s
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (3) the independent
accountant’s qualifications and independence and (4) the Company’s internal and
disclosure controls; prepare the report of the Audit Committee required by the
SEC for inclusion in the Company’s annual proxy statement; retain and terminate
the Company’s independent accountant; approve audit and non-audit services to be
performed by the independent accountant; and perform such other functions as the
board of directors may from time to time assign to the committee.
The Audit
Committee is composed of three members, all of whom are “independent” as such
term is defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Listing
Rules. Our board has also determined that David Jones qualifies as an “audit
committee financial expert” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of
the SEC and that each of our other committee members is able to read and
understand fundamental financial statements and has substantial business
experience that results in that member’s financial sophistication.
Compensation
Committee.
The Company’s executive compensation program is
administered by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is
composed of three directors, each of whom qualifies as an outside director
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. The committee reports to the full board of directors on all matters
within the committee’s responsibilities.
The
Compensation Committee’s primary functions are to: discharge the oversight
responsibilities of the board of directors with respect to compensation of the
Company’s executives; if required, prepare the report of the Compensation
Committee pursuant to SEC rules for inclusion in the Company’s annual proxy
statement; and administer designated executive compensation plans of the
Company. The Chief Executive Officer is not present during voting or
deliberations on his or her compensation.
The
following table below sets forth the membership of each Committee:
Name of Director
|
|
Audit Committee
|
|
Compensation Committee
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
Pappajohn
|
|
Member
|
|
Chair
|
|
|
|
|
|
David
B. Jones
|
|
Chair
|
|
Member
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jerome
Vaccaro
|
|
Member
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Henry
T. Harbin
|
|
|
|
Member
|
We do not
have a nominating and corporate governance committee and the function
customarily delegated to such committee is performed by our full board of
directors. In addition, we do not have any charter that relates to the functions
traditionally performed by such committee.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Compensation
Structure
Compensation
Philosophy
Generally,
we compensate our executive officers with a compensation package that is
designed to drive company performance to maximize shareholder value while
meeting our needs and the needs of our executives. The following are objectives
we consider:
|
·
|
Alignment
- to align the interests of executives and shareholders through
equity-based compensation awards;
|
|
·
|
Retention
- to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified, high performing
executives to lead our growth and success;
and
|
|
·
|
Performance
- to provide, when appropriate, compensation that is dependent upon the
executive's achievements and the company’s
performance.
|
In order
to achieve the above objectives, our executive compensation philosophy is guided
by the following principles:
|
·
|
Rewards
under incentive plans are based upon our short-term and longer-term
financial results and increasing shareholder
value;
|
|
·
|
Executive
pay is set at sufficiently competitive levels to attract, retain and
motivate highly talented individuals who are necessary for us to strive to
achieve our goals, objectives and overall financial
success;
|
|
·
|
Compensation
of an executive is based on such individual's role, responsibilities,
performance and experience; and
|
|
·
|
Annual
performance of our company and the executive are taken into account in
determining annual bonuses with the goal of fostering a
pay-for-performance culture.
|
Compensation
Elements
We
compensate our executives through a variety of components, which may include a
base salary, annual performance based incentive bonuses, equity incentives, and
benefits and perquisites, in order to provide our executives with a competitive
overall compensation package. The mix and value of these components are impacted
by a variety of factors, such as responsibility level, individual negotiations
and performance and market practice. The purpose and key characteristics for
each component are described below.
Base
Salary
Base
salary provides executives with a steady income stream and is based upon the
executive’s level of responsibility, experience, individual performance and
contributions to our overall success, as well as negotiations between the
company and such executive officer. Competitive base salaries, in conjunction
with other pay components, enable us to attract and retain talented executives.
The Board typically sets base salaries for our executives at levels that it
deems to be competitive, with input from our Chief Executive
Officer.
Annual
Incentive Bonuses
Annual
incentive bonuses are a variable performance-based component of compensation.
The primary objective of an annual incentive bonus is to reward executives for
achieving corporate and individual goals and to align a portion of total pay
opportunities for executives to the attainment of our company’s performance
goals. Annual incentive awards, when provided, act as a means to recognize the
contribution of our executive officers to our overall financial, operational and
strategic success.
Equity
Incentives
Equity
incentives are intended to align executive and shareholder interests by linking
a portion of executive pay to long-term shareholder value creation and financial
success over a multi-year period. Equity incentives may also be provided to our
executives to attract and enhance the retention of executives and to facilitate
stock ownership by our executives. The Board considers individual and company
performance when determining long-term incentive opportunities.
Health
& Welfare Benefits
The
executive officers participate in health and welfare, and paid time-off benefits
which we believe are competitive in the marketplace. Health and welfare and paid
time-off benefits help ensure that we have a productive and focused
workforce.
Severance
and Change of Control Arrangements
We do not
have a formal plan for severance or separation pay for our employees, but we
typically include a severance provision in the employment agreements of our
executive officers that have written employment agreements with us. Generally,
such provisions are triggered in the event of involuntary termination of the
executive without cause or in the event of a change in control. Please see the
description of our employment agreements with each of George Carpenter, Daniel
Hoffman and Paul Buck below for further information.
Other
Benefits
In order
to attract and retain highly qualified executives, we may provide our executive
officers with automobile allowances, consistent with current market
practices.
Accounting
and Tax Considerations
We
consider the accounting implications of all aspects of our executive
compensation strategy and, so long as doing so does not conflict with our
general performance objectives described above, we strive to achieve the most
favorable accounting (and tax) treatment possible to the company and our
executive officers.
Process
for Setting Executive Compensation; Factors Considered
When
making pay determinations for named executive officers, the Board considers a
variety of factors including, among others: (1) actual company performance as
compared to pre-established goals, (2) individual executive performance and
expected contribution to our future success, (3) changes in economic conditions
and the external marketplace, (4) prior years’ bonuses and long-term incentive
awards, and (5) in the case of executive officers, other than Chief Executive
Officer, the recommendation of our Chief Executive Officer, and in the case of
our Chief Executive Officer, his negotiations with our Board. No specific
weighing is assigned to these factors nor are particular targets set for any
particular factor. Ultimately, the Board uses its judgment and discretion when
determining how much to pay our executive officers and sets the pay for such
executives by element (including cash versus non-cash compensation) and in the
aggregate, at levels that it believes are competitive and necessary to attract
and retain talented executives capable of achieving the Company’s long-term
objectives.
Summary
Compensation Table
Name and
Principal Position
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
September
30,
|
|
Salary
($)
|
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
|
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
|
|
|
Total
($)
|
|
George
Carpenter
(Chief
Executive
Officer,
|
|
2009
|
|
|
180,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
20,500
|
(2
)
|
|
|
|
200,500
|
|
Principal
Executive
Officer,
Director)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
180,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
680,700
|
(1
)
|
|
|
16,300
|
(2
)
|
|
|
|
877,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel
Hoffman
(President,
Chief
Medical
Officer)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
(4
)
|
|
|
33,400
|
(3
)
|
|
|
|
183,400
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
108,100
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
39,200
|
(3
)
|
|
|
|
147,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leonard
Brandt (Former
Chief
Executive Officer,
|
|
2009
|
|
|
119,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
(5
)
|
|
|
20,500
|
|
|
|
|
140,300
|
|
Former
Principal
Executive
Officer,
Former
Director)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
175,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
19,000
|
(2
)
|
|
|
|
194,000
|
|
(1) These
options were granted on October 1, 2007. The amount reflected in the table
represents the aggregate grant date fair value of options computed in accordance
with FASB ASC Topic 718 (formerly FAS 123R). The fair value was estimated using
the assumptions detailed in Note 4 to our year end Financial Statements. The
aggregate number of option awards outstanding for Mr. Carpenter at September 30,
2009 was 968,875.
(2) Relates
to healthcare insurance premiums paid on behalf of executive officers by the
company.
(3) Relates
to healthcare insurance premiums for the year ended September 30, 2009 of
$28,300 and automobile expenses of $4,400 paid on behalf of Dr. Hoffman by the
company. For the year ended September 30, 2008, healthcare insurance premiums
were $15,300 and automobile expenses were $8,900. Additionally Dr.
Hoffman was paid $15,000 in consulting fees for services rendered to the company
prior to his employment.
(4) The
aggregate number of option awards outstanding for Dr. Hoffman at September 30,
2009 was 933,075.
(5) The
aggregate number of option awards outstanding for Mr. Brandt at September 30,
2009 was 1,302,500.
Grant
of Plan Based Awards in the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2009
No option
grants to executive officers occurred during fiscal year ending September 30,
2009 under our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, which is the only plan pursuant to
which awards can be granted, as the Board was focused on management changes,
securing funding and defending against a lawsuit brought by a dissident
shareholder and fellow director.
Narrative
Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards
Table
Since we
had $0.99 million in cash and cash equivalents and a working capital deficit of
approximately $1.1 million as of September 30, 2009, we elected to preserve our
cash and did not pay any bonuses to our executive officers during our fiscal
year ended September 30, 2009.
The
following is a summary of each employment agreement that we have entered into
with respect to our named executive officers, which summary includes, where
applicable, a description of all payments the company is required to make to
such named executive officers at, following or in connection with the
resignation, retirement or other termination of such named executive officers,
or a change in control of our company or a change in the responsibilities of
such named executive officers following a change in control.
Employment
Agreements
George Carpenter
On
October 1, 2007, after our 2007 fiscal year end, we entered into an employment
agreement with George Carpenter pursuant to which Mr. Carpenter served as our
President. During the period of his employment, Mr. Carpenter will receive a
base salary of no less than $180,000 per annum, which is subject to upward
adjustment at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer or our Board of
Directors. On March 3, 2010, the Board of Directors resolved to increase the
annual base salary of Mr. Carpenter to $270,000, with the increase in salary
having retroactive effect to January 1, 2010. In addition, pursuant to the terms
of the employment agreement, on October 1, 2007, Mr. Carpenter was granted an
option to purchase 968,875 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.89 per share pursuant to our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. These options vest as
follows: 121,109 shares vested immediately with the remaining 847,766 shares
vesting equally over 42 months commencing April 30, 2008. In the event of a
change of control transaction, a portion of Mr. Carpenter’s unvested options
equal to the number of unvested options at the date of the corporate transaction
multiplied by the ratio of the time elapsed between October 1, 2008 and the date
of corporate transaction over the vesting period (48 months) will automatically
accelerate, and become fully vested. Mr. Carpenter will be entitled to four
weeks vacation per annum, health and dental insurance coverage for himself and
his dependents, and other fringe benefits that we may offer our employees from
time to time.
Mr.
Carpenter’s employment is on an “at-will” basis, and Mr. Carpenter may terminate
his employment with us for any reason or for no reason. Similarly, we may
terminate Mr. Carpenter’s employment with or without cause. If we terminate Mr.
Carpenter’s employment without cause or Mr. Carpenter involuntarily terminates
his employment with us (an involuntary termination includes changes, without Mr.
Carpenter’s consent or pursuant to a corporate transaction, in Mr. Carpenter’s
title or responsibilities so that he is no longer the President of the company),
Mr. Carpenter shall be eligible to receive as severance his salary and benefits
for a period equal to six months payable in one lump sum upon termination. If
Mr. Carpenter is terminated by us for cause, or if Mr. Carpenter voluntarily
terminates his employment, he will not be entitled to any
severance.
As of
April 10, 2009, Mr. Carpenter was named Chief Executive Officer and a Director
of the company and Daniel Hoffman became our President. Other than Mr.
Carpenter’s 2010 salary increase described above, his option grant on March 3,
2010 described below and his change in title, there have been no changes in the
terms of Mr. Carpenter’s employment with us.
Daniel Hoffman
On
January 11, 2008, we entered into an employment agreement with Daniel Hoffman
pursuant to which Dr. Hoffman began serving as our Chief Medical Officer
effective January 15, 2008. During the period of his employment, Dr. Hoffman
will receive a base salary of $150,000 per annum, which is subject to upward
adjustment. Dr. Hoffman will also have the opportunity to receive bonus
compensation, if and when approved by our Board of Directors. Dr. Hoffman’s
employment is on an “at-will” basis, and Dr. Hoffman may terminate his
employment with us for any reason or for no reason. Similarly, we may terminate
Dr. Hoffman’s employment with or without cause. If we terminate Dr. Hoffman’s
employment without cause or Dr. Hoffman involuntarily terminates his employment
with us (an involuntary termination includes changes, without Dr. Hoffman’s
consent or pursuant to a corporate transaction, in Dr. Hoffman’s title or
responsibilities so that he is no longer the Chief Medical Officer of the
company), Dr. Hoffman will be eligible to receive as severance his salary and
benefits for a period equal to six months payable in one lump sum upon
termination. If Dr. Hoffman is terminated by us for cause, or if Dr. Hoffman
voluntarily terminates his employment, he will not be entitled to any severance.
Dr. Hoffman will be entitled to four weeks vacation per annum, health and dental
insurance coverage for himself and his dependents, and other fringe benefits
that we may offer our employees from time to time.
Prior to
his employment, from October 1, 2007 to January 15, 2008 Dr. Hoffman earned
$15,000 for consulting services rendered to the company. In addition,
as compensation for his services to us as a consultant, Dr. Hoffman was granted
options to purchase an aggregate of 814,062 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.09 on August 7, 2007. In accordance with the terms of his
employment agreement, the terms of Dr. Hoffman’s option grant were amended to
provide that in the event of a change of control transaction, a portion of Dr.
Hoffman’s unvested options equal to the number of unvested options at the date
of the corporate transaction multiplied by the ratio of the time elapsed between
August 7, 2007 and the date of corporate transaction over the vesting period (42
months), will automatically accelerate, and become fully vested.
In
addition to being the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hoffman was named President of
the Company on April 10, 2009.
Paul
Buck
On
February 18, 2010, we entered into an employment agreement with Paul Buck
pursuant to which Mr. Buck began serving as our Chief Financial Officer on an
“at will” basis and will be paid a salary of no less than $208,000 per annum,
which is subject to upward adjustment at the discretion of the Chief Executive
Officer or the Board of Directors of the Company. Pursuant to his
employment agreement, Mr. Buck also received an option to purchase 450,000
shares of the company’s common stock on March 3, 2010, which options vest in 48
equal installments commencing on March 3, 2010. Mr. Buck will be
entitled to four weeks vacation per annum, health and dental insurance coverage
for himself and his dependents, and other fringe benefits that the Company may
offer its employees from time to time. As Mr. Buck’s employment is on an
“at-will” basis, he may terminate his employment with the Company for any reason
or for no reason. Similarly, the Company may terminate Mr. Buck’s employment
with or without cause. If the Company terminates Mr. Buck’s employment without
cause or Mr. Buck involuntarily terminates his employment with the Company, Mr.
Buck shall be eligible to receive as severance his salary and benefits for a
period equal to six months payable in one lump sum upon termination. If Mr. Buck
is terminated by the Company for cause, or if Mr. Buck voluntarily terminates
his employment, he will not be entitled to any severance.
The
Company has no other employment agreements with its executive
officers.
2006
Stock Incentive Plan
On August
3, 2006, CNS California adopted the CNS California 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “2006 Plan”). On March 7, 2007, in connection with the closing of the
merger transaction with CNS California, we assumed the CNS California stock
option plan and all of the options granted under the plan at the same price and
terms. Subsequently, we amended the 2006 Plan on March 3, 2010 to
increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the
2006 Plan from 10 million to 20 million shares and increased the limit on shares
underlying awards granted within a calendar year to any eligible employee or
director from 3 million to 4 million shares of common stock. The
amendment was approved by shareholders at the annual meeting held on April 27,
2010. The following is a summary of the 2006 Plan, as amended, which
we use to provide equity compensation to employees, directors and consultants to
the company.
The 2006
Plan provides for the issuance of awards in the form of restricted shares, stock
options (which may constitute incentive stock options (ISO) or nonstatutory
stock options (NSO)), stock appreciation rights and stock unit grants and is
administered by the board of directors. As of September 30, 2009, 2,124,740
options were exercised and there were 6,662,014 options and 183,937 restricted
shares outstanding under the 2006 Plan and 1,029,309 shares available for
issuance of awards. The option price for each share of stock subject
to an option shall be (i) no less than the fair market value of a share of stock
on the date the option is granted, if the option is an ISO, or (ii) no less than
85% of the fair market value of the stock on the date the option is granted, if
the option is a NSO; provided, however, if the option is an ISO granted to an
eligible employee who is a 10% shareholder, the option price for each share of
stock subject to such ISO shall be no less than 110% of the fair market value of
a share of stock on the date such ISO is granted. Stock options have a maximum
term of ten years from the date of grant, except for ISOs granted to an eligible
employee who is a 10% shareholder, in which case the maximum term is five years
from the date of grant. ISOs may be granted only to eligible
employees.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2009
The
following table presents information regarding outstanding options held by our
named executive officers as of the end of our fiscal year ended September 30,
2009. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, Leonard Brandt
exercised 2,124,740 options at an exercise price of $0.132 per share which were
granted on August 11, 2006.
Name
|
|
Number of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options (#)
|
|
|
Option Exercise
Price ($)
|
|
Option Expiration
Date
|
|
|
Exercisable
|
|
|
Unexercisable
|
|
|
|
|
|
George
Carpenter
(1)
|
|
|
484,454
|
|
|
|
484,421
|
|
|
|
0.89
|
|
October
1, 2017
|
Daniel
Hoffman
(2)
|
|
|
508,796
119,013
|
|
|
|
305,796
0
|
|
|
|
1.09
0.12
|
|
August
8, 2017
August
11, 2016
|
Leonard
Brandt
(3)
|
|
|
229,353
827,930
|
|
|
|
104,258
140,959
|
|
|
|
1.20
1.09
|
|
August
8, 2012
August
8, 2017
|
(1) Please
see the summary of Mr. Carpenter’s employment agreement above, which describes
the vesting terms of the options granted to Mr. Carpenter.
(2) On
August 8, 2007, Dr. Hoffman was granted options to purchase 814,062 shares of
our common stock. The options are exercisable at $1.09 per share and
vest as follows: options to purchase 203,516 shares vested on March
8, 2008; options to purchase 593,600 shares vest in equal monthly installments
of 16,960 shares over 35 months commencing on April 30, 2008; the remaining
options to purchase 16,946 shares vest on March 31, 2011. On August
11, 2006, Dr. Hoffman was granted an option to purchase 119,013 shares of common
stock at an exercise price of $0.12 per share, which is now fully
exercisable.
(3) On
August 8, 2007, Mr. Brandt was granted options to purchase 1,302,500 shares of
our common stock. The options were exercisable at $1.20 per share as to 333,611
shares and $1.09 per share as to 968,889 shares. The option to purchase 333,611
of our shares was scheduled to vest as follows: options to purchase 83,403
shares vested on August 8, 2007, the date of grant; options to purchase 243,250
shares were scheduled to vest in equal monthly installments of 6,950 shares over
35 months commencing on January 31, 2008 and the remaining options to purchase
6,958 shares were scheduled to vest on December 31, 2010. The option to purchase
968,889 of our shares was scheduled to vest as follows: options to purchase
269,357 shares vested on August 8, 2007, the date of grant; options to purchase
135,675 shares vested in equal monthly installments of 27,135 shares over 5
months beginning on August 31 2007; options to purchase 543,726 shares were
scheduled to vest in equal monthly installments of 20,138 shares over 27 months
beginning on January 31, 2008 and the remaining options to purchase 20,131
shares were scheduled to vest on April 30, 2010. Upon Mr. Brandt’s termination
as a Director on December 2, 2009, Mr. Brandt forfeited 90,358 options having an
exercise price of $1.20 per share and 100,683 options having an exercise price
of $1.09 per share.
Director
Compensation
During
our fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, our non-employee directors did not
receive compensation for their services on our board. We do not pay
management directors for board service in addition to their regular employee
compensation. The full Board of Directors has the primary
responsibility for reviewing and considering any revisions to director
compensation. Going forward, we intend to compensate our non-employee
directors for their service on our Board with a combination of cash payments and
option grants (please see the description of option grants to our non-employee
directors on March 3, 2010 described below). As described below, Dr.
Harbin received compensation for consulting services he provided to the company
during our fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
Non-Employee Director Compensation
|
|
Name
|
|
All Other Compensation
($)
|
|
|
Total ($)
|
|
Jerome
Vaccaro (1)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Henry
Harbin (2)
|
|
|
46,400
|
|
|
|
46,400
|
|
John
Pappajohn (3)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Tommy
Thompson (3)(4)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
David
Jones (3)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
(1) The
aggregate number of option awards outstanding for Dr. Vaccaro at September 30,
2009 was 20,000. On August 28, 2006, Dr. Vaccaro was granted 20,000 options
having an exercise price of $0.12 for his service as a Director. The options
vested semiannually in four equal amounts over a period of two years commencing
February 28, 2007 through August 31, 2008. These options expire on August 28,
2016 and are fully vested.
(2) The
amount reflected in the table represents the aggregate grant date fair value of
options granted under the March 17, 2009 Consulting Agreement (as defined below)
computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 (formerly FAS 123R). The fair
value was estimated using the assumptions detailed in Note 4 to our year end
Financial Statements. The aggregate number of option awards outstanding for Dr.
Harbin at September 30, 2009 was 156,000.
On August
8, 2007, we entered into an agreement with Dr. Harbin for consulting services.
Pursuant to the agreement, we granted, on August 8, 2007, options to purchase
24,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.09 per share
pursuant to our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. The options expire on August 8, 2017
and are now fully vested.
As
compensation for his service as a Director of the company, on December 19, 2007,
we granted Dr. Harbin options to purchase 20,000 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price of $0.80 per share under our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. The
options expire on December 19, 2017 and are now fully vested.
On April
15, 2008, we entered into a consulting agreement with Dr. Harbin which expired
on December 31, 2008. Pursuant to the agreement, we paid Dr. Harbin a consulting
fee of $24,000 in cash of which $8,000 was paid during the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2009. Additionally Dr. Harbin was granted options to purchase
56,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.96 per share under
our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. The options expire on April 15, 2018 and are now
fully vested.
On March
17, 2009, we entered into a consulting agreement with Dr. Harbin (the “March 17,
2009 Consulting Agreement), which expired on December 31, 2009 pursuant to which
Dr. Harbin was to be paid an aggregate of $24,000 as compensation for his
consulting services. Dr. Harbin was paid the $24,000 due to him in January 2010.
In addition, as further compensation, we granted Dr. Harbin options to purchase
56,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share, with
the options vesting in equal monthly installments over a twelve month period
commencing on January 1, 2009. The options expire on March 17,
2019.
On March
26, 2010, we entered into a consulting agreement with Dr. Harbin (the “March 26,
2010 Consulting Agreement”), pursuant to which Dr. Harbin is to be paid an
aggregate of $36,000 as compensation for his consulting services. The agreement
expires on December 31, 2010, but is renewable for two one year terms on January
1, 2011 and 2012.
(3) No
options were granted to Mr. Pappajohn, Mr. Thompson or Mr. Jones as of September
30, 2009.
(4) Mr.
Thompson resigned from the Board effective March 12, 2010.
Option
Grants to Officers and Directors on March 3, 2010
After
adopting the amendment to the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, on March 3,
2010, the Company’s Board of Directors granted options to the directors and
officers as listed in the table below. Each of the options has an
exercise price of $0.55 per share and a term of 10 years from the date of
grant. The options vest evenly over a 48 month period for officers and
over a 36 month period for non-employee directors starting on March 3,
2010.
Executive Officers and Directors:
|
|
Number of
Options Granted
on March 3, 2010
|
|
Vesting Period:
Number of month
Starting March 3,
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Carpenter
Chief
Executive Officer, Secretary
|
|
|
4,000,000
|
|
48
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul Buck
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
48
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Daniel Hoffman
President
and Chief Medical Officer
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
48
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David B. Jones (3)
Director
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
36
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Jerome Vaccaro
Director
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
36
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr. Henry Harbin (1)
Director
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
36
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Pappajohn (3)
Director
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
36
months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tommy Thompson (2)
Director
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
36
months
|
|
(1)
|
Dr.
Harbin was granted options by purchase 250,000 shares of common stock for
his work as a Director and options to purchase 400,000 shares of common
stock as part of a consulting
agreement.
|
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Thompson was granted options by purchase 250,000 shares of common stock
for his work as a Director and options to purchase 150,000 shares of
common stock for his special advisory work with the
Company. Shortly after being granted the options Mr. Thompson
resigned from the Board of Directors and forfeited the 250,000 options to
purchase common stock that were provided as director
compensation.
|
|
(3)
|
Non-employee
directors were granted options by purchase 250,000 shares of common stock
for their board service.
|
Changes
in Control
We do not
have any arrangements which may at a subsequent date result in a change in
control.
PRINCIPAL
AND SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The
selling security holders may offer and sell, from time to time, any or all of
the shares of common stock held by them. Because the selling security
holders may offer all or only some portion of the 65,879,838 shares of common
stock to be registered, we cannot estimate how many shares of common stock the
selling security holders may hold upon termination of the offering, nor can we
express, as a percentage, how this number of shares will relate to the total
number of shares that we will have outstanding at that time.
The
following table presents information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
common stock as of June 15, 2010, and the number of shares of common stock
covered by this prospectus. The number of shares in the table
represents an estimate of the number of shares of common stock to be offered
by:
|
·
|
each
of the executive officers;
|
|
·
|
all
of our directors and executive officers as a
group;
|
|
·
|
each
stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
common stock; and
|
|
·
|
each
of the selling stockholders.
|
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally
includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Unless otherwise
indicated below, to our knowledge, the persons and entities named in the table
have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares
beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable. Shares
of our common stock subject to options and warrants from the company that are
currently exercisable or exercisable within sixty days of June 15, 2010 are
deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the
options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but
are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of any other person.
The
information presented in this table is based on 56,023,921 shares of our common
stock outstanding on June 15, 2010. Unless otherwise indicated, the
address of each of the executive officers and directors and 5% or more
stockholders named below is c/o CNS Response, Inc., 85 Enterprise, Suite 410,
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656.
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
Prior to Offering
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
After Offering
|
|
Name of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
Shares
Being
Offered
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executive
Officers and Directors:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
George
Carpenter (1)
Chief
Executive Officer, Secretary
|
|
|
1,726,275
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1,186,275
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
%
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
Prior to Offering
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
After Offering
|
|
Name of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
Shares
Being
Offered
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
Paul
Buck (2)
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
|
326,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
56,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Daniel Hoffman (3)
President
and Chief Medical Officer
|
|
|
970,956
|
|
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
|
|
110,545
|
|
|
|
860,411
|
|
|
|
1.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David
B. Jones(4)
Director
|
|
|
8,737,735
|
|
|
|
15.0
|
%
|
|
|
8,696,055
|
|
|
|
41,680
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Jerome Vaccaro (5)
Director
|
|
|
61,680
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
61,680
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Henry Harbin (6)
Director
|
|
|
275,184
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
10,834
|
|
|
|
264,350
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John
Pappajohn (7)
Director
|
|
|
11,762,592
|
|
|
|
19.8
|
%
|
|
|
11,720,912
|
|
|
|
41,680
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors
and officers as a group (7
persons)
(8)
|
|
|
23,860,672
|
|
|
|
37.1
|
%
|
|
|
21,348,346
|
|
|
|
2,512,326
|
|
|
|
3.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5%
Stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leonard
Brandt (9)
|
|
|
11,081,982
|
|
|
|
19.0
|
%
|
|
|
9,970,523
|
|
|
|
1,111,459
|
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sail
Venture Partners LP (4)
|
|
|
8,696,055
|
|
|
|
15.0
|
%
|
|
|
8,696,055
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Selling Stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Argyris
Vassiliou (10)
|
|
|
500,001
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
500,001
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
James
Howard Desnick, M.D. (11)
|
|
|
1,620,000
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
%
|
|
|
1,620,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Peter
Unanue (12)
|
|
|
974,990
|
|
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
|
|
974,990
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ann
Vassiliou Children’s Trust P2587 (13)
|
|
|
500,001
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
500,001
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
AC
Care, LLC (14)
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
AJWC
Ltd. (15)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Andy’s
Liquor, Inc. (16)
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
1.3
|
%
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Theodore
Chafoulias (17)
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Dennis
James Colbert and Patti J. Colbert, as joint tenants with right of
survivorship (18)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ronald
I. Dozoretz, M.D. (19)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Richard
L. Hexum, Jr. (20)
|
|
|
770,000
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
%
|
|
|
770,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Larry
Hopfenspirger (21)
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
William
and Joanne Jellison (22)
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Jeffrey
P. Knightly (23)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Meyer
Leon Proler (24)
|
|
|
1,853,274
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
%
|
|
|
1,847,274
|
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Dale
Ragan (25)
|
|
|
645,000
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
|
645,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Richard
Lee Roehl (26)
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Lindsay
A. Rosenwald, M.D. (27)
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Gene
Salkind, M.D. (28)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Starr
F. Schlobohm Rev. Trust U/D/A 12/09/04 (29)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
Prior to Offering
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
After Offering
|
|
Name of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
Shares
Being
Offered
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
Myron
F. Steves, Jr. (30)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
David
S. Strutt (31)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Brian
J. Thompson (32)
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Mark
C. Thompson & Bonita S. Thompson Revocable Living Trust Dated 1/14/04
(33)
|
|
|
1,620,000
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
%
|
|
|
1,620,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
John
Francis Wheeler (34)
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
270,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
White
Sand Investor Group, L.P. (35)
|
|
|
1,350,000
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
|
1,350,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
B +
D Associates (36)
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Adolfo
and Donna Carmona, as joint tenants with right of survivorship
(37)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The
Carnahan Trust (38)
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
540,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Jordan
Family LLC (39)
|
|
|
330,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
330,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
John
V. BiVona (40)
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Maxim
Group LLC (41)
|
|
|
965,134
|
|
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
|
|
965,134
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Monarch
Capital Group (42)
|
|
|
65,340
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
65,340
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Robert
Nathan (43)
|
|
|
152,460
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
152,460
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Felix
Investments, LLC (44)
|
|
|
292,200
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
292,200
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
George
C. Foulkes (45)
|
|
|
30,102
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
30,102
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Max
A. Schneider, Inc. (46)
|
|
|
128,617
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
128,617
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Kenneth
Leonard (47)
|
|
|
150,513
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
150,513
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Anthony
Morgenthau (48)
|
|
|
7,415
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
7,415
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Mao
Holdings (Cayman) Limited (49)
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Glenn
Baron (50)
|
|
|
90,308
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
90,308
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Moty
Yekutiel (51)
|
|
|
208,553
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
34,607
|
|
|
|
173,946
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Pike
Family Trust (52)
|
|
|
107,834
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
107,834
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Carl
Cadwell (53)
|
|
|
642,336
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
144,136
|
|
|
|
498,200
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Brian
MacDonald (54)
|
|
|
2,373,166
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
%
|
|
|
1,015,459
|
|
|
|
1,357,707
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
W.
Hamlin Emory (55)
|
|
|
1,342,101
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
|
117,170
|
|
|
|
1,224,931
|
|
|
|
2.2
|
%
|
Heartland
Value Fund (56)
|
|
|
2,340,000
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
|
|
2,340,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
EAC
Investment Limited Partnership (57)
|
|
|
1,766,279
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
%
|
|
|
1,766,279
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Partner
Healthcare Offshore Fund, Ltd.
Partner
Healthcare Fund, L.P. (58)
|
|
|
1,333,657
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
|
1,333,657
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
David
J. Zwiebel (59)
|
|
|
24,486
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
12,501
|
|
|
|
11,985
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Craig
B. Swanson (60)
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
David
J. Galey (61)
|
|
|
56,122
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
15,231
|
|
|
|
40,891
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Bill
and Kim Woodworth (62)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Bradley
N. Rotter Self Employed Pension Plan & trust (63)
|
|
|
142,751
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
33,751
|
|
|
|
109,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Bradley
Rotter (64)
|
|
|
532,333
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
432,333
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
Prior to Offering
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
After Offering
|
|
Name of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
|
Shares
Being
Offered
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Percentage
of
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
Paul
E. von Kuster (65)
|
|
|
109,688
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
109,688
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Paul
E. von Kuster, Trustee, Credit trust under will of Thomas W. von Kuster
(66)
|
|
|
55,575
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
55,575
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
David
R. Holbrooke (67)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Max
A Schneider, M.D. Trust (68)
|
|
|
18,625
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
14,625
|
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Frederick
E. Kahn, MD (69)
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Dr.
Jim Greenblatt (70)
|
|
|
197,708
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
187,528
|
|
|
|
10,180
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Lawrence
M. Baill (71)
|
|
|
44,727
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
44,727
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Jospeh
A. Bailey (72)
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Daniel
E. Greenblatt (73)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Fred
Ehrman (74)
|
|
|
325,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Michael
T. Cullen, M.D. (75)
|
|
|
54,182
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
26,000
|
|
|
|
28,182
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Crown
Jewel Ventures, LLC (76)
|
|
|
181,226
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
49,419
|
|
|
|
131,807
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Itasca
Capital Partners, LLC (77)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Kerry
Judd and Susan Stillman (78)
|
|
|
10,970
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
10,970
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
H.
R. Swanson Revocable Trust (79)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Robert
James Blinken Jr. (80)
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
29,250
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Brean
Murray Carret & Co. (81)
|
|
|
1,278,657
|
|
|
|
2.3
|
%
|
|
|
1,257,650
|
|
|
|
21,007
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Hal
F. Lewis (82)
|
|
|
32,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
32,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
G&A
Consulting Retirement Trust (83)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Scott
Alderton (84)
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Murray
Markiles (85)
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
V.
Joseph Stubbs (86)
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
50,894
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Jonathan
Hodes (87)
|
|
|
25,535
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
25,535
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
John
McIlvery (88)
|
|
|
25,804
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
25,804
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Greg
Akselrud (89)
|
|
|
21,272
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
21,272
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Scott
Galer (90)
|
|
|
17,877
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
17,877
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Kevin
DeBre (91)
|
|
|
22,558
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
22,558
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan
Azlein (92)
|
|
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
9,430
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
AJ
Investors # 1 (93)
|
|
|
359,506
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
50,001
|
|
|
|
309,505
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
John
Pagnucco (94)
|
|
|
650,699
|
|
|
|
1.2
|
%
|
|
|
560,807
|
|
|
|
89,892
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Tanya
Ragan (95)
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ann
& RJ Vassiliou (96)
|
|
|
367,608
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
367,608
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
NICALE
Partners (97)
|
|
|
367,608
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
367,608
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Thomas
W. Von Kuster Jr. (98)
|
|
|
17,625
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
14,625
|
|
|
|
3,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Thomas
E. Brust & Susan Brust JT TEN (99)
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
58,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
(1)
|
Consists
of (a) 360,000 shares of common stock (b) 180,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock and (c) options to acquire 1,186,275 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable
options. 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares of
common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants are being registered for
resale on this prospectus.
|
|
(2)
|
Consists
of (a) 180,000 shares of common stock (b) 90,000 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and (c)
options to acquire 56,250 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable options. 180,000 shares of
common stock and 90,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
warrants are being registered for resale on this
prospectus. Paul Buck was a financial consultant to the
company.
|
|
(3)
|
Consists
of (a) 98,544 shares of common stock, which includes 500 shares held by
Dr. Hoffman’s daughter (b) 12,501 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase common stock and
(c) options to acquire 859,911 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable options. 98,044 shares of
common stock and 12,501 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
warrants are being registered for resale on this
prospectus.
|
|
(4)
|
Consists
of (a) 6,471,067 shares of Common Stock held by Sail Venture
Partners,L.P., (b) 2,224,988 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable warrants held by Sail Venture
Partners,L.P., and (c) options to acquire 41,680 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable options held by David
Jones. Sail Venture Partners, LLC is the general partner of
Sail Venture Partners, L.P.. 6,471,067 shares of common stock
and 2,224,988 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
are being registered for resale on this prospectus by Sail Venture
Partners, L.P.. The unanimous vote of the managing members of Sail Venture
Partners, LLC (who are Walter Schindler, Alan Sellers, Thomas Cain, F.
Henry Habicht and David B. Jones), is required to voting and make
investment decisions over the shares held by Sail Venture Partners,
L.P.. The address of Sail Venture Partners, L.P. is 600 Anton
Blvd., Suite 1010, Costa Mesa, CA
92626.
|
|
(5)
|
Consists
of options to acquire 61,680 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable
options.
|
|
(6)
|
Consists
of (a) 8,333 shares of common stock, (b) 2,501 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and (c)
options to acquire 264,350 shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of vested and exercisable options. 8,333 shares of
common stock and 2,501 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
warrants are being registered for resale on this prospectus by the selling
stockholder.
|
|
(7)
|
Consists
of (a) 8,387,578 shares of common stock and (b) 3,333,334 shares of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to
purchase common stock and (c) options to acquire 41,680 shares of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable
options. 8,387,578 shares of common stock and 3,333,334 shares
of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants are being registered
for resale on this prospectus by the selling stockholder. The
address of John Pappajohn is 2116 Financial Center, Des Moines, IA
50309.
|
|
(8)
|
Consists
of (a) 15,505,522 shares of common stock (b) 5,843,324 shares of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants and
(c) 2,511,826 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of vested
and exercisable options.
|
|
(9)
|
Consists
of (a) 8,890,795 shares of common stock (including 540,000 shares owned by
Mr. Brandt's children and 956,164 shares held by Brandt Ventures),
(b)
1,079,728 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to
purchase common stock (including warrants to purchase 478,082 shares of
common stock held by Brandt Ventures) and (c) 1,111,459 shares reserved
for issuance upon exercise of options to purchase common stock held by Mr.
Brandt.
Of these holdings, 8,890,795 shares of common
stock and 1,079,728 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon
exercise of certain warrants to purchase common stock are being registered
for resale.
The
address of Leonard Brandt is 28911 Via Hacienda San Juan Capistrano CA
92675.
Leonard Brandt became our Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Secretary upon completion of our merger with
CNS Response, Inc., a California corporation (or CNS California) on March
7, 2007 and served in these positions until April 10, 2009. Mr.
Brandt is a founder of CNS California, and previously served as its
President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of its Board of
Directors.
|
|
(10)
|
Consists
of 333,334 shares of common stock and 166,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(11)
|
Consists
of 1,080,000 shares of common stock and 540,000 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(12)
|
Consists
of 650,000 shares of common stock and 324,990 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(13)
|
Consists
of 333,334 shares of common stock and 166,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Argyris
Vassiliou, as trustee of the Ann Vassiliou Children’s Trust P2587,
exercises voting and investment authority over the shares held by this
selling stockholder.
|
|
(14)
|
Consists
of 66,667 shares of common stock and 33,333 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Andrew
Chafoulias, as Chief Manager, exercises voting and investment authority
over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(15)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. William Wu,
as President, exercises voting and investment authority over the shares
held by this selling stockholder.
|
|
(16)
|
Consists
of 500,000 shares of common stock and 250,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Gus
Chafoulias, as President, exercises voting and investment authority over
the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(17)
|
Consists
of 100,000 shares of common stock and 50,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(18)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(19)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(20)
|
Consists
of 513,333 shares of common stock and 256,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(21)
|
Consists
of 400,000 shares of common stock and 200,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(22)
|
Consists
of 333,333 shares of common stock and 166,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(23)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(24)
|
Consists
of 1,460,351 shares of common stock and 386,923 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and options to
acquire 6,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of vested
and exercisable options. 1,460,351 shares of common stock and
386,923 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants are
being registered for resale on this prospectus by the selling
stockholder. Dr. Proler provides medical consulting services to
the company.
|
|
(25)
|
Consists
of 430,000 shares of common stock and 215,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(26)
|
Consists
of 720,000 shares of common stock and 360,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(27)
|
Consists
of 720,000 shares of common stock and 360,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. The selling
stockholder is an affiliate of a broker dealer but has certified to the
company that she bought the securities being registered for resale in the
ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of such
securities, had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly,
with any person to distribute such
securities.
|
|
(28)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(29)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Starr F.
Schlobohm, as trustee of the selling stockholder, exercises voting and
investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(30)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(31)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(32)
|
Consists
of 180,000 shares of common stock and 90,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Mr.
Thompson is an employee of Equity Dynamics, Inc., which has provided
advisory services to the company.
|
|
(33)
|
Consists
of 1,080,000 shares of common stock and 540,000 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock. Mark C. Thompson & Bonita S. Thompson, as trustees,
exercise voting and investment authority over the shares held by this
selling stockholder.
|
|
(34)
|
Consists
of 180,000 shares of common stock and 90,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(35)
|
Consists
of 900,000 shares of common stock and 450,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Elliott
Donnelley, as President, Corporate G.P., exercises voting and investment
authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(36)
|
Consists
of 333,333 shares of common stock and 166,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Bruce
Seyburn, as Partner, exercises voting and investment authority over the
shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(37)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(38)
|
Consists
of 360,000 shares of common stock and 180,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Kevin and
Laurie Carnahan, as trustees, exercise voting and investment authority
over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(39)
|
Consists
of 220,000 shares of common stock and 110,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Patricia J.
Jordan, as Chief Manager, exercises voting and investment authority over
the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(40)
|
Consists
of 166,667 shares of common stock and 83,333 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(41)
|
Consists
of 965,134 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to
purchase common stock. The selling stockholder is a
broker-dealer, and has represented to the company that it received its
warrants to purchase common stock as compensation for investment banking
services to the company. Michael Rabinowitz exercises voting
and investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(42)
|
Consists
of 65,340 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to
purchase common stock. The selling stockholder is a
broker-dealer, and has represented to the company that it received its
warrants to purchase common stock as compensation for investment banking
services to the company. Michael Potter, as Chairman, exercises
voting and investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(43)
|
Consists
of 152,460 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to
purchase common stock. The selling stockholder is a
broker-dealer, and has represented to the company that it received its
warrants to purchase common stock as compensation for investment banking
services to the company. The selling shareholder is also an
affiliate of a broker-dealer. The selling stockholder has
represented that it purchased or otherwise acquired the warrants in the
ordinary course of business and, at the time of such purchase/acquisition,
had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any
person, to distribute the securities to be
resold.
|
|
(44)
|
Consists
of 292,200 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to
purchase common stock. The selling stockholder is a
broker-dealer and has represented to the company that it received its
warrants to purchase common stock as compensation for investment banking
services to the company. Frank Mazzola exercises voting and
investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(45)
|
Consists
of 21,636 shares of common stock and 8,466 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(46)
|
Consists
of 125,242 shares of common stock and 3,375 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable
warrants. Max A. Schneider exercises voting and investment
authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(47)
|
Consists
of 108,182 shares of common stock and 42,331 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock.
|
|
(48)
|
Consists
of 7,415 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of vested and
exercisable warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(49)
|
Consists
of 250,000 shares of common stock and 150,000 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock. Michel Clemence, Dominique Warluzel and Mansour
Ojjeh, as directors of the selling stockholder, each exercise voting and
dispositive power over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(50)
|
Consists
of 64,910 shares of common stock and 25,398 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock.
|
|
(51)
|
Consists
of 198,394 shares of common stock and 10,159 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock. 24,448 shares of common stock and 10,159 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus
|
|
(52)
|
Consists
of 107,834 shares of common stock. John Pike, as trustee of the
selling stockholder, exercises voting and investment authority over the
shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(53)
|
Consists
of 600,006 shares of common stock and 42,330 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase
common stock. 101,806 shares of common stock and 42,330 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(54)
|
Consists
of 1,242,375 shares of common stock and 1,357,707 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable options to purchase
common stock. Brian MacDonald is the Chief Engineer of the
Company. 1,015,459 shares of common stock are being registered
for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(55)
|
Consists
of 1,015,334 shares of common stock, 4,233 shares of common stock issuable
upon the exercise of vested and exercisable warrants to purchase common
stock and 322,534 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of
vested and exercisable options to purchase common
stock. 117,170 shares of common stock are being registered for
re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(56)
|
Consists
of 1,800,000 shares of common stock and 540,000 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock. The selling stockholder is affiliated with Alps
Distributors, Inc. a registered broker/dealer and member of
FINRA. The selling stockholder purchased or otherwise acquired
these shares in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of such
purchase/acquisition, had no agreements or understandings, directly or
indirectly, with any person, to distribute the securities to be
resold. Mr.Paul T. Beste, Vice President & Secretary of
Heartland Group Inc., exercises voting and investment authority over the
shares held by this selling
stockholder.
|
|
(57)
|
Consists
of 1,292,177 shares of common stock and 474,102 shares of common stock
issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock. Elizabeth Morgentheau, as President of the selling
stockholder, exercises voting and investment authority over the shares
held by this selling stockholder.
|
|
(58)
|
Consists
of 651,090 shares of common stock and 195,327 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of certain warrants to purchase common stock held by Partner
Healthcare Fund, LP, and 374,800 shares of common stock and 112,440 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
held by Partner Healthcare Offshore Fund, Ltd. Brian Grossman,
as the Portfolio Manager of Partner Healthcare Offshore Fund, Ltd.,
exercises voting and investment authority over the shares held by Partner
Healthcare Offshore Fund, Ltd. Brian Grossman, as the Portfolio
Manager of Partner Healthcare Fund, L.P., exercises voting and investment
authority over the shares held by Partner Healthcare Fund,
L.P.
|
|
(59)
|
Consists
of 11,985 shares of common stock and 12,501 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 12,501
warrants to purchase shares of common stock are being registered for
re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(60)
|
Consists
of 22,500 shares of common stock and 6,750 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(61)
|
Consists
of 40,891 shares of common stock and 15,231 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(62)
|
Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Kimberly
Craig-Woodworth and William N. Woodworth are affiliated with Brean Murray,
Carret & Co. a registered broker/dealer and member of
FINRA. Kimberly Craig-Woodworth and William N. Woodworth
purchased or otherwise acquired these shares in the ordinary course of
business and, at the time of such purchase/acquisition, had no agreements
or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person, to distribute
the securities to be resold.
|
|
(63)
|
Consists
of 109,000 shares of common stock and 33,751 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Bradley
Rotter, Trustee of the Bradley N. Rotter Self Employed Pension Plan &
Trust, exercises voting and investment authority over the shares held by
this selling stockholder. 33,751 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock are being registered
for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(64)
|
Consists
of 432,333 shares of common stock and 100,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 100,000 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
|
|
(65)
|
Consists
of 84,375 shares of common stock and 25,313 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(66)
|
Consists
of 42,750 shares of common stock and 12,825 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Paul E. von
Kuster, Trustee, Credit trust under will of Thomas W. von Kuster,
exercises voting and investment authority over the shares held by this
selling stockholder.
|
|
(67)
|
Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(68)
|
Consists
of (a)11,250 shares of common stock (b) 3,375 shares reserved
for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and (c)
4,000 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of options to purchase
common stock. 11,250 shares of common stock and 3,375 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus. Max Schneider, Trustee of the Max A Schneider, M.D.
Trust, exercises voting and investment authority over the shares held by
this selling stockholder.
|
|
(69)
|
Consists
of 22,500 shares of common stock and 6,750 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
|
|
(70)
|
Consists
of (a) 129,028 shares of common stock (b) 58,500 shares reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and (c) 10,180
shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of options to purchase common
stock. 129,028 shares of common stock and 58,500 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus. Dr. Greenblatt is a contractor who acts as one of
CNS Response, Inc.’s Regional Medical Directors and in this capacity,
among other things, trains physicians in the use of
rEEG.
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Consists
of 32,886 shares of common stock and 11,841 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(72)
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Consists
of 22,500 shares of common stock and 6,750 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Mr. Bailey
is affiliated with Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC, a registered
broker/dealer and member of FINRA, as he is an employee of Brean Murray,
Carret & Co., LLC. Mr. Bailey purchased or otherwise
acquired his shares in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of
such purchase/acquisition, had no agreements or understandings, directly
or indirectly, with any person, to distribute the securities to be
resold.
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(73)
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Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(74)
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Consists
of 250,000 shares of common stock and 75,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 75,000 shares reserved
for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock are being
registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus. Mr. Ehrman is affiliated with Brean Murray, Carret
& Co. a registered broker/dealer and member of FINRA. Mr.
Ehrman purchased or otherwise acquired his shares in the ordinary course
of business and, at the time of such purchase/acquisition, had no
agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person, to
distribute the securities to be
resold.
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(75)
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Consists
of 48,182 shares of common stock and 6,000 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 20,000
shares of common stock and 6,000 shares reserved for issuance upon
exercise of warrants to purchase common stock are being registered for
re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
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(76)
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Consists
of 131,807 shares of common stock and 49,419 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 49,419
shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus. Sharon Keene exercises voting and investment
authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(77)
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Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Michael S.
Wallace, the Managing Member of Itasca Capital Partners, LLC, exercises
voting and investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(78)
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Consists
of 8,438 shares of common stock and 2,532 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(79)
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Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. H. R.
Swanson, Trustee of the H. R. Swanson Rev. Trust, exercises voting and
investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(80)
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Consists
of 22,500 shares of common stock and 6,750 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(81)
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Consists
of 641,472 shares of common stock and 637,185 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Brean
Murray, Carret & Co., LLC is a FINRA member firm. Brean
Murray, Carret & Co., LLC purchased or otherwise acquired its shares
in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of such
purchase/acquisition, had no agreements or understandings, directly or
indirectly, with any person, to distribute the securities to be
resold. William McCluskey, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Brean Murray, Carret & Co., LLC, exercises voting and
investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder. 633,138 shares of common stock and 624,512 shares
reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock
are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
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(82)
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Consists
of 25,000 shares of common stock and 7,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Mr. Lewis
is affiliated with a registered broker/dealer and member of
FINRA. Mr. Lewis purchased or otherwise acquired his shares in
the ordinary course of business and, at the time of such
purchase/acquisition, had no agreements or understandings, directly or
indirectly, with any person, to distribute the securities to be
resold.
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(83)
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Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. Gary Gossard, as
Trustee of the G&A Consulting Retirement Trust, exercises voting and
investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(84)
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Consists
of 36,096 shares of common stock and 14,798 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(85)
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Consists
of 36,096 shares of common stock and 14,798 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(86)
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Consists
of 36,096 shares of common stock and 14,798 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(87)
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Consists
of 18,456 shares of common stock and 7,079 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(88)
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Consists
of 18,624 shares of common stock and 7,180 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(89)
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Consists
of 15,518 shares of common stock and 5,754 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(90)
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Consists
of 12,869 shares of common stock and 5,008 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(91)
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Consists
of 16,371 shares of common stock and 6,187 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(92)
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Consists
of 7,254 shares of common stock and 2,176 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(93)
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Consists
of 309,505 shares of common stock and 50,001 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. 50,001
shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus. Adam Katz, as Partner of AJ Investors #1, exercises
voting and investment authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(94)
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Consists
of 306,748 shares of common stock and 214,951 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock held by John Pagnucco;
75,000 shares of common stock and 45,000 shares reserved for issuance upon
exercise of warrants to purchase common stock held by John W. Pagnucco
1998 Rollover Roth IRA RBC Dain; and 9,000 shares of common stock held by
John Pagnucco as custodian for his grandchildren over which John Pagnucco
exercises voting and dispositive control. Of these holdings, 225,856
shares of common stock and 214,951 shares of common stock reserved for
issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock held by John
Pagnucco and 75,000 shares of common stock and 45,000 shares of common
stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock held by John W Pagnucco 1998 Rollover Roth IRA RBC Dain are being
registered for resale sale on this
prospectus.
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(95)
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Consists
of 83,333 shares of common stock and 41,667 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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(96)
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Consists
of 367,608 shares of common stock.
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(97)
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Consists
of 367,608 shares of common stock. Argyris Vassiliou, as
general partner of the NICALE Partners, exercises voting and investment
authority over the shares held by this selling
stockholder.
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(98)
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Consists
of 14,250 shares of common stock, (including 1,000 shares owned by his
minor child) and 3,375 shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of
warrants to purchase common stock. 11,250 shares of common stock and 3,375
shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock are being registered for re-sale by the selling shareholder on this
prospectus.
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(99)
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Consists
of 45,000 shares of common stock and 13,500 shares reserved for issuance
upon exercise of warrants to purchase common
stock.
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RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
Except as
follows, since October 1, 2007, there has not been, nor is there currently
proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we are or
will be a party:
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which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the
average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal
years;
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which any director, executive officer, other stockholders of more than 5%
of our common stock or any member of their immediate family had or will
have a direct or indirect material
interest.
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Transactions
with George Carpenter
On
December 24, 2009, the Company completed a second closing of its private
placement in which it received gross proceeds of approximately $3 million, which
included $108,000 invested by Mr. Carpenter. In exchange for his investment, the
Company issued to Mr. Carpenter 360,000 shares of its common stock and a five
year non-callable warrant to purchase 180,000 shares of its common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share.
The registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the private placement
to Mr. Carpenter. This investment was completed with the identical terms as
received by all other investors in the Company’s private placement closings that
took place on August 26, 2009, December 24, 2009, December 31, 2009 and January
4, 2010.
On
January 4, 2010 a family member of Mr. Carpenter’s was paid $36,000 for data
discovery consulting services in support of the Company’s litigation with Mr.
Brandt. This transaction was done with knowledge of certain board members and
was subsequently ratified by the Board.
On March
3, 2010, the Board granted options to purchase 4,000,000 shares to George
Carpenter, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The options have an exercise
price of $0.55 per share, vest in equal monthly installments over a period of
four years and have a term of 10 years from the date of grant.
Transactions
with SAIL Venture Partners LP
On March
7, 2007, Odyssey Venture Partners II, L.P. (now called Sail Venture Partners
LP), invested an aggregate of $447,000 in our Private Placement and in exchange
were issued 372,500 shares of our Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 111,750
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. Mr. Jones, a
director of the company, is a partner of Sail Venture Partners,
L.P.
The registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2007 private
placement to Sail Venture Partners LP.
On March
30, 2009, we executed two senior secured convertible promissory notes each in
the principal amount of $250,000 with SAIL Venture Partners, LP (“SAIL”) and
Brandt Ventures, GP (“Brandt”). David Jones, a member of our board of directors,
is one of four managing members of SAIL Venture Partners, LLC, which is the
general partner of SAIL. Leonard Brandt, also a member of our board of directors
until December 3, 2009 and our former Chief Executive Officer, is the general
partner of Brandt.
These
notes accrue interest at the rate of 8% per annum and are due and payable upon a
declaration by the note holder(s) requesting repayment, unless sooner converted
into shares of our common stock (as described below), upon the earlier to occur
of: (i) June 30, 2009 or (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the notes),
which includes the default that occurred as a result of Mr. Brandt no longer
serving as our Chief Executive Officer effective as of April 10, 2009. The notes
are secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets (including all
intellectual property). In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the company, unless Brandt and/or SAIL informs us otherwise, we shall pay
such investor an amount equal to the product of 250% multiplied by the principal
and all accrued but unpaid interest outstanding on the note.
In
concert with an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding
any and all other debt that is converted), the principal and all accrued, but
unpaid interest outstanding under the notes shall be automatically converted
into the securities issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by
90% of the per share price paid by the investors in such financing.
On May
14, 2009, we entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with
SAIL.
Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, on May 14, 2009, SAIL purchased a Secured Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $200,000 from us. In order to induce SAIL to
purchase the note, we issued to SAIL a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares
of our common stock at a purchase price equal to $0.25 per share. The warrant
expires on the earlier to occur of May 31, 2016 or a change of control of the
company.
The
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock underlying the aforementioned warrant.
The
Purchase Agreement also provides that, at any time on or after June 30, 2009,
and provided that certain conditions are satisfied by us, SAIL will purchase
from us a second Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal sum of
$200,000 and will be issued a second warrant identical in terms to the warrant
described above. The aforementioned conditions include our entry into a term
sheet in which investors commit to participate in an equity financing by us of
not less than $2,000,000 (excluding any and all other debt that are to be
converted).
The notes
issued or issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement accrue interest at the
rate of 8% per annum and are due and payable, unless sooner converted into
shares of our common stock (as described below), upon the earlier to occur of:
(i) a declaration by SAIL on or after June 30, 2009 or (ii) an Event of Default
as defined in the notes. The note(s) are secured by a lien on substantially all
of our assets (including all intellectual property). In the event of a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company, unless SAIL informs us
otherwise, we shall pay SAIL an amount equal to the product of 250% multiplied
by the principal and all accrued but unpaid interest outstanding on the
note(s).
In the
event we consummate an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000
(excluding any and all other debt that is converted), then the principal and all
accrued, but unpaid interest outstanding under the note(s) shall be
automatically converted into the securities issued in the equity financing by
dividing such amount by 85% of the per share price paid by the investors in such
financing.
In
addition, in the event we issue preferred stock that is not part of an equity
financing described above, SAIL may, at its option, convert the principal and
all accrued, but unpaid interest outstanding under the note(s) into preferred
stock by dividing such amount by 85% of the per share price paid by the
purchasers’ of our preferred stock.
On August
26, 2009, the Company completed an equity financing transaction of approximately
$2 million. As a result of the financing, each of the notes described above that
were held by SAIL and Brandt automatically converted into common stock, with
SAIL receiving 1,758,356 shares and Brandt receiving 956,164 shares. In
addition, pursuant to the terms of the notes, SAIL was issued a non-callable
five year warrant to purchase 879,178 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.30 per share and Brandt was issued a non-callable five year warrant
to purchase 478,082 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
The registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the
aforementioned common stock and common stock underlying the
warrants.
In
connection with the equity financing referred to above, on August 26, 2009, SAIL
purchased 6 Units for $324,000. Each Unit consists of 180,000 shares of common
stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase an additional 90,000
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share. The shares of
common stock and warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable and
were issued separately. This investment was completed with the identical terms
as received by all other investors in the Company’s private placement closings
that took place on August 26, 2009, December 24, 2009, December 31, 2009 and
January 4, 2010.
The
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2009 private
placement to SAIL.
Transactions
with Leonard Brandt
Please
see the discussion above under the heading “
Transaction with Sail Venture
Partners LP”
for a summary of a bridge financing transaction which closed
on March 30, 2009, in which Mr. Brandt participated.
Transactions
with Henry Harbin, M.D.
Prior to
his appointment as a Director, Dr. Harbin was party to several transactions with
us. On March 7, 2007, Dr. Harbin participated in the first closing of
our private placement transaction pursuant to which we received gross proceeds
of approximately $7.0 million from institutional investors and other high net
worth individuals. In the first closing of the private placement, we
sold 5,840,374 “Investment Units” at $1.20 per Investment Unit. Each
Investment Unit consists of one share of our common stock, and a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase three-tenths of one share of our common stock,
at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. Mr. Harbin received 8,334
shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 2,501 shares of our common
stock as a result of his investment in the company.
The registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part covers
the resale of the common stock and the
common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2007 private placement to Dr.
Harbin.
In
addition, since June 2007, Dr. Harbin has acted as a strategic advisor to the
company, and has advised us on our marketing initiatives. As compensation for
his services as an advisor, on August 8, 2007, we granted Dr. Harbin a
non-qualified option to purchase 24,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.09 per share. Options to purchase 6,000 shares vested on
the date of grant, and the remaining 18,000 shares vested in equal installments
of 2,000 shares on each monthly anniversary of the grant date for a period of
nine months.
Subsequently,
on April 15, 2008, we entered into a consulting agreement which expired on
December 31, 2008 pursuant to which Dr. Harbin was paid an aggregate of $24,000
and was granted options to purchase 56,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $0.96 per share, with options to purchase 14,000 shares
vesting on the date of grant, options to purchase 37,328 shares vesting in eight
equal monthly installments of 4,666 options commencing on April 30, 2008, and
the remaining options to purchase 4,672 shares vesting on December 31,
2008.
On March
17, 2009, we entered into a consulting agreement with Dr. Harbin which expired
on December 31, 2009 pursuant to which Dr. Harbin was paid an aggregate of
$24,000 as compensation for his consulting services. Dr. Harbin was paid the
$24,000 due to him in January 2010. In addition, as further compensation, we
granted Dr. Harbin options to purchase 56,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $0.40 per share, with the option vesting in equal monthly
installments over a twelve month period commencing on January 1,
2009.
On
March 26, 2010, we entered into a new Consulting Agreement with Dr. Harbin,
pursuant to which Dr. Harbin is to be paid an aggregate of $36,000 as
compensation for his consulting services. The agreement expires on December 31,
2010, but is renewable for two one year terms on January 1, 2011 and 2012. In
addition to his cash compensation, On March 3, 2010 we granted Dr. Harbin
options to purchase 400,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.55 per share as further compensation for such services, with the options
vesting in equal monthly installments over a 36 month period commencing on March
3, 2010. The options expire on March 3, 2020.
Transactions
with Daniel Hoffman
On January 11, 2008, we, through our wholly owned
subsidiary, Colorado CNS Response, Inc. and pursuant to the terms of a Stock
Purchase Agreement, acquired all of the outstanding common stock of
Neuro-Therapy Clinic, PC, a Colorado professional medical corporation wholly
owned by Dr. Hoffman (“NTC”) in exchange for a non-interest bearing note of
$300,000 payable in equal monthly installments over 36 months. At the
time of the transaction, NTC was our largest customer. Upon the
completion of the acquisition, Dr. Hoffman was appointed our Chief Medical
Officer. The Stock Purchase Agreement provides that upon the
occurrence of certain events, as defined in the purchase agreement, Dr. Hoffman
has a repurchase option for a period of three years subsequent to the closing,
as well as certain rights of first refusal, in relation to the assets and
liabilities we acquired.
On March
3, 2010, the Board granted options to purchase 500,000 shares to Daniel Hoffman.
Each of the options have an exercise price of $0.55 per share, vest in equal
monthly installments over a period of four years and have a term of 10 years
from the date of grant.
Prior to
his employment, from October 1, 2007 to January 15, 2008, Dr. Hoffman earned
$15,000 for consulting services rendered to the Company. In addition, as
compensation for his services to us as a consultant, Dr. Hoffman was granted
options to purchase an aggregate of 814,062 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.09 on August 7, 2007. In accordance with the terms of his
employment agreement, the terms of Dr. Hoffman’s option grant were amended to
provide that in the event of a change of control transaction, a portion of Dr.
Hoffman’s unvested options equal to the number of unvested options at the date
of the corporate transaction multiplied by the ratio of the time elapsed between
August 7, 2007 and the date of corporate transaction over the vesting period (42
months), will automatically accelerate, and become fully vested.
Prior to
his employment with us, Dr. Hoffman participated in our private placement
transaction which closed on May 16, 2007. In the private placement,
we received gross proceeds of approximately $7.8 million from institutional
investors and other high net worth individuals, including $50,000 from Dr.
Hoffman. In exchange for his investment, Dr. Hoffman was issued
41,667 shares of our common stock, and a fully-vested five year non-callable
warrant to purchase 12,501 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$1.80 per share.
The
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2007 private
placement to Dr. Hoffman.
Transactions
with John Pappajohn
In
conjunction with the closing of the Company’s private placement on August 26,
2009, Mr. Pappajohn joined the Company’s Board of Directors.
On June
12, 2009, we entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Mr.
John Pappajohn (“Pappajohn”).
Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, on June 12, 2009, Pappajohn purchased a Secured
Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 from us. In
order to induce Pappajohn to purchase the note, we issued to Pappajohn a warrant
to purchase up to 2,333,333 shares of our common stock and issued to relatives
of Pappajohn warrants to purchase up to a total of 1,000,000 shares, all at a
purchase price equal to $0.30 per share. These warrants were exercised for
shares of common stock in cashless exercises on February 23, 2010 and February
24, 2010, and such shares are being registered for resale on
this
registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
.
The note
issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement provided that the principal amount of
$1,000,000 together with a single Premium Payment of $90,000 which is due and
payable, unless sooner converted into shares of our common stock (as described
below), upon the earlier to occur of: (i) a declaration by Pappajohn on or after
June 30, 2010 or (ii) an Event of Default as defined in the note. The note was
secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets (including all intellectual
property). In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
company, unless Pappajohn informs us otherwise, we were required to pay
Pappajohn an amount equal to the product of 250% multiplied by the then
outstanding principal amount of the note and the Premium Payment.
The note
also contained a provision that, in the event we consummated an equity financing
transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other debt that is
converted), the then outstanding principal amount of the note (but excluding the
Premium Payment, which will be repaid in cash at the time of such equity
financing) shall be automatically converted into the securities issued in the
equity financing by dividing such amount by the per share price paid by the
investors in such financing.
On August
26, 2009, the Company completed an equity financing transaction of approximately
$2 million. As a result of the financing, the note described above held by Mr.
Pappajohn automatically converted into common stock, with Mr. Pappajohn
receiving 3,333,334 shares. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the note, Mr.
Pappajohn received a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares
of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
The registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the
aforementioned common stock and the common stock underlying the warrants issued
to Mr. Pappajohn.
In
connection with the equity financing referred to above, on August 26, 2009, Mr.
Pappajohn invested an additional $1,000,000 in the Company. In exchange for his
investment, the Company issued an additional 3,333,333 shares of common stock to
Mr. Pappajohn and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares
of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share. The terms of this
investment were identical to the terms received by all other investors in the
Company’s private placement closings that took place on August 26, 2009,
December 24, 2009, December 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010.
The registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2009 private
placement to Mr. Pappajohn.
The
Company intends to reimburse Equity Dynamics, Inc., a company solely owned by
Mr. Pappajohn, for expenses which Equity Dynamics incurred between May and
December, 2009 on behalf of CNS Response, Inc. These expenses include $34,700
incurred in connection with the Company’s private placement financing and other
activities.
On
February 23, 2010 Mr. Pappajohn exercised 2,333,333 warrants and was issued
1,720,910 shares of common stock in a net exercise of warrants in lieu of cash
transaction.
On
June 3, 2010, we entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with
John Pappajohn,
pursuant
to which Mr. Pappajohn agreed to purchase two secured promissory notes (each, a
“Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 with each Note in the
principal amount of $250,000 maturing on December 2, 2010.
On June 3,
2010, Mr. Pappajohn loaned the Company $250,000
in
exchange for the first Note (there were no warrants issued on this first
Note).
We have agreed to issue to Mr. Pappajohn a warrant to purchase up
to 250,000 shares of common stock (the “Warrant”) upon the issuance of the
second Note, at an exercise price (subject to customary anti-dilution
adjustments) equal to the fair market value per share at the time of issuance of
the Warrant. Issuance of the Warrant to Mr. Pappajohn is subject to and
conditioned upon the purchase by Mr. Pappajohn of the second Note. The Company
and Mr. Pappajohn will execute a registration rights agreement covering the
securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.
Each Note
accrues interest at a rate of 9% per annum which will be paid together with the
repayment of the principal amount at the earliest of (i) the maturity date; (ii)
prepayment of the Note at the option of the Company (iii) closing of a financing
in which the aggregate proceeds to the Company are not less than $3,000,000 or
(iv) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Note). The Purchase Agreement and each Note grant Mr. Pappajohn a
senior security interest in and to all of the Company’s existing and future
right, title and interest in its tangible and intangible
property. Each Note includes provisions intended to protect the right
of the holder of the Note.
Transactions
with Paul Buck
On March
3, 2010, the Board granted options to purchase 450,000 shares to Paul
Buck. Each of the options have an exercise price of $0.55 per share,
vest in equal monthly installments over a period of four years and have a term
of 10 years from the date of grant.
Prior to
his employment by the Company, Mr. Buck had been working with the Company as an
independent consultant since December 2008, assisting management with finance
and accounting matters as well as the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Mr. Buck earned $260,800 in consulting services rendered to
the Company.
On
December 24, 2009, the Company completed a second closing of its private
placement in which it received gross proceeds of approximately $3 million, which
included $54,000 invested by Mr. Buck. In exchange for his
investment, the Company issued to Mr. Buck 180,000 shares of its common stock
and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of its common
stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share. This investment was
completed with the identical terms as received by all other investors in the
Company’s private placement closings that took place on August 26, 2009,
December 24, 2009, December 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010.
The registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
covers
the resale of the common
stock and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the 2009 private
placement to Mr. Buck.
Transactions
with Non-Executive Directors
On March
3, 2010, the Board granted options to purchase 250,000 shares to each
non-executive Director (Dr. Harbin, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pappajohn, Mr. Thompson, and
Dr. Vaccaro) for their board service. Each of the options have an exercise price
of $0.55 per share, vest in equal monthly installments over a period of three
years and have a term of 10 years from the date of grant.
As Mr.
Thompson has subsequently resigned from the board, he has forfeited the option
to purchase the 250,000 shares granted to him. However, on March 3, 2010, the
Board also granted options to Mr. Thompson to purchase 150,000 shares for his
services as an advisor to the Company. Each of the options have an exercise
price of $0.55 per share, vest in equal monthly installments over a period of
three years and have a term of 10 years from the date of grant.
Transactions
with Promoters and Control Persons
Prior to
our merger with CNS California, which closed on March 7, 2007, Strativation,
Inc. (now called CNS Response, Inc.) existed as a “shell company” with nominal
assets whose sole business was to identify, evaluate and investigate various
companies to acquire or with which to merge.
Shares
for Debt Agreement
Prior to
our merger with CNS California, on January 11, 2007, we entered into a Shares
For Debt Agreement with Richardson & Patel LLP (“R&P”), our former legal
counsel, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and R&P agreed to accept
645,846 restricted shares of our common stock (the “Shares”) as full and
complete settlement of a portion of the total outstanding debt in the amount of
$261,202 that we owed to R&P for legal services (the “Partial Debt”). On
January 15, 2007, the company and R&P agreed to amend and restate the Shares
for Debt Agreement to increase the number of Shares to be issued in settlement
of such Partial Debt to 656,103 restricted shares of our common stock, which
then represented 75.5% of our issued and outstanding common
stock.
Registration
Rights Agreement
On
January 11, 2007, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement in connection
with the above referenced Shares For Debt Agreement with R&P and various
other stockholders of the Company signatory thereto (“Majority Stockholders”) in
connection with the shares of the company acquired pursuant to the Shares For
Debt Agreement and certain other transactions that took place on or around July
18, 2006. On January 15, 2007, the company and the Majority Stockholders agreed
to amend and restate the Registration Rights Agreement to provide registration
rights to the Majority Stockholders for up to 767,101 shares of our common stock
held or to be acquired by them.
Merger
Agreement
On
January 16, 2007, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with CNS
Response, Inc., a California corporation (or CNS California), and CNS Merger
Corporation, a California corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary that was
formed to facilitate the acquisition of CNS California (the “Merger Agreement”).
On March 7, 2007, the merger with CNS California closed, CNS California became
our wholly-owned subsidiary, and we changed our name from Strativation, Inc. to
CNS Response, Inc.. At the Effective Time of the Merger (as defined
in the Merger Agreement, as amended on February 23, 2007), MergerCo was merged
with and into CNS California, the separate existence of MergerCo ceased, and CNS
California continued as the surviving corporation at the subsidiary level. We
issued an aggregate of 17,744,625 shares of our common stock to the stockholders
of CNS California in exchange for 100% ownership of CNS California.
Additionally, we assumed an aggregate of 8,407,517 options to purchase shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock on the same terms
and conditions as previously issued by CNS California. Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, our former sole director and executive officer, Silas Phillips,
resigned as a director and executive officer of our company effective as of the
closing of the merger, and the directors and officers of CNS California were
appointed to serve as directors and officer of our company. Except for the
Merger Agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by that
agreement, neither CNS California, nor the directors and officers of CNS
California serving prior to the consummation of the Merger, nor any of their
associates, had any material relationship with us, or any of our directors and
officers, or any of our associates prior to the merger. Following the merger,
the business conducted by the company is the business conducted by CNS
California.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Merger Agreement, we paid an advisory fee of $475,000 to
Richardson & Patel, LLP, our former legal counsel and a principal
shareholder, immediately upon the closing of the merger.
Transactions
with Selling Stockholders
2007
Private Placement
On March
7, 2007, simultaneous with the closing of the Merger, we received gross proceeds
of approximately $7,008,450 in the first closing of a private placement
transaction with institutional investors and other high net worth individuals
(“Investors”). Pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered into with
these Investors, we sold 5,840,368 Investment Units, at $1.20 per Investment
Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of one share of our common stock, and a
five year non-callable warrant to purchase three-tenths of one share of our
common Stock, at an exercise price of $1.80 per share (the “Investor
Warrant”). On May 16, 2007, we completed a second closing of the
private placement for an additional 664,390 Investment Units. The
additional gross proceeds to us amounted to $797,300.
Brean Murray Carret & Co. (“Brean
Murray”) acted as placement agent and corporate finance advisor in connection
with the private placement. For their services as placement agent and financial
advisor, pursuant to the terms of an Engagement Agreement between CNS California
and Brean Murray, Brean Murray received a retainer in the form of 83,333 shares
of our common stock (having a deemed value of $100,000) upon the closing of the
private placement. We also paid Brean Murray a fee equal to 8% of the
funds raised in the private placement, or approximately $624,500 of the gross
proceeds from the financing. In addition, Brean Murray received
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase shares of our common stock
in amounts equal to (i) 8% of the shares of common stock sold by Brean Murray in
the private placement (520,380 warrants at an exercise price of $1.44 per
share), and (ii) 8% of the shares underlying the Investor Warrants sold by Brean
Murray in the private placement (156,114 warrants at an exercise price of $1.80
per share). The Placement Agent Warrants are fully vested and have a
term of 5 years. We also paid $87,700 in costs, fees and expenses
incurred by Brean Murray in connection with the private
placement. After payment of commissions and expenses associated with
the offering, we received net proceeds of approximately $6.9 million in the
private placement financing.
The holders of the shares (i) sold in
our 2007 private placement, (ii) issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants
sold in the 2007 private placement, (iii) issuable upon exercise of the
Placement Agent Warrants or otherwise under the engagement agreement with Brean
Murray, and (iv) issued upon conversion of CNS California Series A Preferred
Stock, CNS California Series B Preferred Stock and certain shares of CNS
California Common Stock under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each have
piggy-back registration rights with respect to such shares. For
holders who have elected to participate, we are including for resale on
this
registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part
the shares of common stock and/or shares of
common stock purchasable under warrants issued in the above mentioned
transactions that are held by such holders.
2009
Private Placement
On August
26,
December 24 and December 31,
2009 and January 4, 2010, the Company completed a first, second, third and
fourth and final closing of its private placement, resulting in gross proceeds
to the Company of $2,000,000, $2,996,000, $432,000 and $108,000 respectively
from accredited investors.
Pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered
into with the investors, we sold approximately 103 Investment Units at $54,000
per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of 180,000
shares of our Common Stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase
90,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share. After commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of
approximately $4,920,000 in the private placement.
Pursuant
to Registration Rights Agreements entered into with each investor and the
placement agent, we agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale
of the Common Stock and the Common Stock underlying the warrants sold in the
2009 private placement, as well as the Common Stock underlying the warrants
issued to the placement agent (as further described below) by the later of
October 26, 2009 or the 20th calendar day after the termination of the
offering. The Registration Rights agreement with the investors was
subsequently amended to allow the filing of the registration statement by the
later of 10 business days following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for its September 30, 2009 year end or the 20
th
calendar day after termination of the offering. The
initial registration statement was filed on February 1, 2010. In
addition, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective no later than 180 days following the final closing
of the offering and maintain such effectiveness until the earlier of the second
anniversary of the date of such effectiveness or the date that all of the
securities covered by the registration statement may be sold without
restriction. The registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part covers the resale of the Common Stock and the Common Stock
underlying the warrants sold in the private placement.
Pursuant
to a Placement Agent Agreement entered into with Maxim Group LLC dated as of
August 3, 2009, Maxim Group LLC served as lead placement agent in our recently
completed private placement offering, and received, in addition to cash
commissions and a non-accountable expense allowance (See pages F-29 to F-32 for
further details), warrants to purchase an aggregate of 965,134 shares of our
Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.33 per share. Monarch Capital Group,
Robert Nathan and Felix Investments, LLC also acted as placement agents in our
recently completed private placement. In addition to cash commissions
and a non-accountable expense allowance, each placement agent received warrants
to purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share,
with Monarch Capital Group receiving 65,340 warrants, Robert Nathan receiving
152,460 warrants and Felix Investments, LLC receiving 292,200 warrants. The
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes the shares
underlying the warrants held by Maxim Group LLC, Monarch Capital Group, Robert
Nathan and Felix Investments, LLC.
The
warrants held by each placement agent expire between February 26, 2015 and
January 4, 2015, corresponding to five years and six months after the closing of
each tranche of the private placement in compliance with FINRA Rule
5110(f)(2)(H). All shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of
placement agent warrants received by each placement agent are restricted from
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation or from being the subject of
any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result
in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a
period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part, except transfers of the
warrants to officers or partners each respective placement agent as allowed
under FINRA Rule 5110 (g)(1) and (2).
The
Form of Subscription Agreement, Form of Warrant issued to the investors, the
Registration Rights Agreement with the investors, Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Rights Agreement
with the
investors, the Placement Agent Agreement, a form of warrant issued to
the Placement Agent, and a form of Registration Rights Agreement with the
Placement Agent
associated with our 2009 private placement are referenced
at Exhibits 10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 10.21, 10.28, 10.29 and 10.30
hereto.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
The
information set forth below is a general summary of our capital stock structure.
As a summary, this Section is qualified by, and not a substitute for, the
provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws, as
amended.
Authorized
Capital Stock
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 750,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share.
Common
Stock
As of
June 22, 2010, we had 56,023,921 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
In addition, we have reserved 14,870,973 shares of Common Stock for issuance in
respect of options to purchase common stock and 19,297,753 shares of Common
Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to issued and outstanding warrants to
purchase our Common Stock.
Dividend
Rights
The
holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends
out of funds legally available at the times and in the amounts that our Board
may determine.
Voting
Rights
Each
holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock
held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.
No
Preemptive or Similar Rights
Holders
of Common Stock do not have preemptive rights, and Common Stock is not
convertible or redeemable.
Right to
Receive Liquidation Distributions
Upon our
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, the assets legally available for
distribution to our stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of
Common Stock.
Warrants
At
June 22, 2010, the following warrants were outstanding:
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warrants
that will expire at various times through 2012 to purchase an aggregate of
189,146 shares of our common stock at an exercise price per share of
$0.01, which were granted in connection with the issuance of convertible
promissory notes;
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warrants
that will expire at various times through 2015 to purchase an aggregate of
1,427,022 shares of our common stock at an exercise price per share of
$0.59 which were granted in connection with the issuance of convertible
promissory notes;
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warrants
that will expire at various times through 2011 to purchase an aggregate of
1,143,587 shares of our common stock at an exercise price per share of
$1.51 which were issued to investors in connection with the private
placement completed in November
2006;
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warrants
that will expire in 2011 to purchase 7,921 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price per share of $1.01 which were granted to the placement
agent in connection with the private placement completed in November
2006;
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warrants
that will expire in 2011 to purchase an aggregate of 4,752 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price per share of $1.812 which were granted
to the placement agent in connection with the private placement completed
in November 2006;
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warrants
that will expire in 2012 to purchase 1,951,445 shares of our common stock
at an exercise price per share of $1.80 which were issued to investors in
connection with the private placement which was completed concurrently
with the Merger on March 7, 2007;
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warrants
that will expire in 2012 to purchase 520,380 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price per share of $1.44 which were issued to the placement
agent in connection with the private placement which was completed
concurrently with the Merger on March 7,
2007;
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warrants
that will expire in 2012 to purchase 156,114 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price per share of $1.80 which were issued to the placement
agent in connection with the private placement which was completed
concurrently with the Merger on March 7,
2007.
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warrants
that will expire in 2016 to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price per share of $0.25 which were issued to SAIL Venture
Partners, LLC in connection with the a bridge note of $200,000 which was
executed on May 14, 2009.
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warrants
that will expire in 2014 through January 2015 to purchase 12,322,252
shares of our common stock at an exercise price per share of $0.30 which
were issued to investors who participated in our private placement in
which we raised gross proceeds of $5,579,000 between August, 2009 and
January 2010.
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warrants
that will expire in 2014 through January 2015 to purchase 1,475,134 shares
of our common stock at an exercise price per share of $0.33 which were
issued to the placement agents in connection with the private placement in
which we raised gross proceeds of $5,579,000 between August 2009 and
January 2010.
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Options
On August
3, 2006, CNS California adopted the CNS California 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “Stock Option Plan”). The Stock Option Plan provides for the issuance of
awards in the form of restricted shares, stock options (which may constitute
incentive stock options (ISO) or non-statutory stock options (NSO)), stock
appreciation rights and stock unit grants to eligible employees, directors and
consultants and is administered by the board of directors.
The
option price for each share of stock subject to an option shall be (i) no less
than the fair market value of a share of stock on the date the option is
granted, if the option is an ISO, or (ii) no less than 85% of the fair market
value of the stock on the date the option is granted, if the option is a NSO;
provided, however, if the option is an ISO granted to an eligible employee who
is a 10% shareholder, the option price for each share of stock subject to such
ISO shall be no less than 110% of the fair market value of a share of stock on
the date such ISO is granted. Stock options have a maximum term of ten years
from the date of grant, except for ISOs granted to an eligible employee who is a
10% shareholder, in which case the maximum term is five years from the date of
grant. ISOs may be granted only to eligible employees. The Company has adopted
ASC 718-20 (formerly, SFAS No. 123R - revised 2004, “Share-Based Payment”), and
related interpretations. Under ASC 718-20, share-based compensation cost is
measured at the grant date based on the calculated fair value of the award. The
Company estimates the fair value of each option on the grant date using the
Black-Scholes model. Stock-based compensation expense is
recognized over the employees’ or service provider’s requisite service period,
generally the vesting period of the award.
Originally,
a total of 10 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under
the 2006 Plan. The 2006 Plan also originally provided that in any
calendar year, no eligible employee or director shall be granted an award to
purchase more than 3 million shares of stock. On March 3, 2010, the Board of
Directors approved an amendment to the 2006 Plan which increased the number of
shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan from 10 million
to 20 million shares and increased the limit on shares underlying awards granted
within a calendar year to any eligible employee or director from 3 million to 4
million shares of common stock. The amendment was approved by
shareholders at the annual meeting held on April 27, 2010.
On March
3, 2010, the Board of Directors also approved the grant of 9,450,000 options to
staff members, directors, advisors and consultants. For staff members
the options will vest equally over a 48 month period while for directors,
advisors and consultants the options will vest equally over a 36 month
period.
As of
March 31, 2010, 2,124,740 options were exercised and there were 14,870,973
options and 183,937 restricted shares outstanding under the amended 2006 Plan
and a further 575,000 options approved but not yet granted, leaving 2,245,350
shares available for issuance pursuant to future awards.
The
following is a summary of the status of options outstanding at March 31,
2010:
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Exercise Price
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Number of Shares
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Weighted Average
Contractual Life
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Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
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$
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0.12
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859,270
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10
years
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$
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0.12
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$
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0.132
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987,805
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7
years
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$
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0.132
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$
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0.30
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135,700
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10
years
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$
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0.30
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$
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0.59
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28,588
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10
years
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$
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0.59
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$
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0.80
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140,000
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10
years
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$
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0.80
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$
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0.89
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968,875
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10
years
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$
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0.89
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$
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0.96
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496,746
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10
years
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$
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0.96
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$
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1.09
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2,513,549
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10
years
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$
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1.09
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$
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1.20
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243,253
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5
years
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$
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1.20
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$
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0.51
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41,187
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10
years
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$
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0.51
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$
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0.40
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56,000
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10
years
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$
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0.40
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$
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0.55
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8,400,000
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10
years
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$
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0.55
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Total
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14,870,973
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$
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0.63
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Anti-Takeover
Provisions
Delaware
has enacted the following legislation that may deter or frustrate takeovers of
Delaware corporations, such as CNS Response:
Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law
. Section 203 provides, with some exceptions,
that a Delaware corporation may not engage in any of a broad range of business
combinations with a person or affiliate, or associate of the person, who is an
“interested stockholder” for a period of three years from the date that the
person became an interested stockholder unless: (i) the transaction resulting in
a person becoming an interested stockholder, or the business combination, is
approved by the board of directors of the corporation before the person becomes
an interested stockholder; (ii) the interested stockholder acquires 85% or more
of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation in the same transaction that
makes it an interested stockholder, excluding shares owned by persons who are
both officers and directors of the corporation, and shares held by some employee
stock ownership plans; or (iii) on or after the date the person becomes an
interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by the
corporation’s board of directors and by the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the
corporation’s outstanding voting stock at an annual or special meeting,
excluding shares owned by the interested stockholder. An “interested
stockholder” is defined as any person that is (a) the owner of 15% or more of
the outstanding voting stock of the corporation or (b) an affiliate or associate
of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting
stock of the corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately
prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether the person is
an interested stockholder.
Authorized but Unissued
Stock
. The authorized but unissued shares of our common stock
are available for future issuance without shareholder approval. These additional
shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public
offering to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee
benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock
may enable our Board to issue shares of stock to persons friendly to existing
management, which may deter or frustrate a takeover of the company.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company. The address of American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company is 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York, and the phone number is
(718) 921-8201.
Market
Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The
Company’s shares trade on the Nasdaq Over-the-Counter bulletin board market (OTC
BB) under the symbol CNSO.OB. These shares are very thinly traded,
with an average daily volume for the twelve months ended September 30, 2009 of
350 shares per day with no trades occurring on 215 out of 252 trading
days. Consequently, management believes that the prices quoted on the
OTC BB may not accurately reflect the value of the Company’s common
shares. In addition, certain members of management have made open
market purchases of the Company’s shares, including approximately 500 shares as
recently as February 20, 2009.
We have
never paid dividends on our common stock. CNS California has never
paid dividends on its common stock. We intend to retain any future
earnings for use in our business.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We are
registering the shares of common stock on behalf of the selling security
holders. The shares covered by this prospectus may be offered and sold from time
to time by the selling stockholders. The term “selling stockholder” includes
pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest selling shares
received after the date of this prospectus from each selling stockholder as a
pledge, gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer. The
number of shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder will decrease as
and when it effects any such transfers. The plan of distribution for the selling
stockholders’ shares sold hereunder will otherwise remain unchanged, except that
the transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors will be selling
stockholders hereunder. To the extent required, we may amend and supplement this
prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of
distribution.
The
selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with
respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. The selling stockholders
may make these sales at prices and under terms then prevailing or at prices
related to the then current market price. The selling stockholders may also make
sales in negotiated transactions. The selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time pursuant to one or more of the following
methods:
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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one
or more block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the
shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as
principal to facilitate the
transaction;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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publicly
or privately negotiated
transactions;
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through
underwriters, brokers or dealers (who may act as agents or principals) or
directly to one or more purchasers;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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In
connection with distributions of the shares or otherwise, the selling
stockholders may:
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enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares in the
course of hedging the positions they
assume;
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sell
the shares short and redeliver the shares to close out such short
positions;
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enter
into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions which require the delivery to them of shares offered by this
prospectus, which they may in turn resell;
and
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pledge
shares to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, which, upon a
default, they may in turn
resell.
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In
addition to the foregoing methods, the selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time in transactions involving principals or brokers not
otherwise contemplated above, in a combination of such methods or described
above or any other lawful methods. The selling stockholders may also transfer,
donate or assign their shares to lenders, family members and others and each of
such persons will be deemed to be a selling stockholder for purposes of this
prospectus. The selling stockholders or their successors in interest may from
time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of
common stock, and if the selling stockholders default in the performance of
their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell
the shares of common stock from to time under this prospectus; provided however
in the event of a pledge or then default on a secured obligation by the selling
stockholder, in order for the shares to be sold under this registration
statement, unless permitted by law, we must distribute a prospectus supplement
and/or amendment to this registration statement amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, secured party or other successors in
interest of the selling stockholder under this prospectus.
The
selling stockholders may also sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, which permits limited resale of shares purchased in a private
placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Sales
through brokers may be made by any method of trading authorized by any stock
exchange or market on which the shares may be listed or quoted, including block
trading in negotiated transactions. Without limiting the foregoing, such brokers
may act as dealers by purchasing any or all of the shares covered by this
prospectus, either as agents for others or as principals for their own accounts,
and reselling such shares pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders
may effect such transactions directly, or indirectly through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents acting on their behalf. In effecting sales,
broker-dealers or agents engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for
other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive
commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders, in amounts
to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale (which compensation as to a
particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions for routine
market transactions).
In
offering the shares covered by this prospectus, the selling stockholders, and
any broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers who execute sales
for the selling stockholders, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Any profits
realized by the selling stockholders and the compensation of such broker-dealers
may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
The
Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of
the shares.
The
Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses,
claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
Each of
Maxim Group LLC, Monarch Capital Group, Robert Nathan, and Felix Investments,
LLC are registered broker dealers and FINRA members and are listed as selling
shareholders in this prospectus. Maxim Group LLC served as lead placement agent
in our recently completed private placement offering, and received, in addition
to cash commissions and a non-accountable expense allowance, warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 965,134 shares of our Common Stock with an exercise
price of $0.33 per share. Monarch Capital Group, Robert Nathan and Felix
Investments, LLC also acted as placement agents in our recently completed
private placement. In addition to cash commissions and a
non-accountable expense allowance, each placement agent received warrants to
purchase shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share,
with Monarch Capital Group receiving 65,340 warrants, Robert Nathan receiving
152,460 warrants and Felix Investments, LLC receiving 292,200
warrants. The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a
part includes the shares underlying the warrants held by Maxim Group LLC,
Monarch Capital Group, Robert Nathan and Felix Investments,
LLC.
The
warrants held by each placement agent expire between February 26, 2015 and
January 4, 2015, corresponding to five years and six months after the closing of
each tranche of the private placement in compliance with FINRA Rule
5110(f)(2)(H). All shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of
placement agent warrants received by each placement agent are restricted from
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation or from being the subject of
any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result
in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a
period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part, except transfers of the
warrants to officers or partners each respective placement agent as allowed
under FINRA Rule 5110 (g)(1) and (2).
Maxim
Group LLC has indicated to us its willingness to act as selling agent on behalf
of certain of the selling shareholders named in the prospectus under the section
titled “Principal and Selling Stockholders” that purchased our privately placed
securities. All shares sold, if any, on behalf of selling shareholders by Maxim
Group LLC would be in transactions executed by Maxim Group LLC on an agency
basis and commissions charged to its customers in connection with each
transaction shall not exceed a maximum of 5% of the gross proceeds. Maxim Group
LLC does not have an underwriting agreement with us and/or the selling
shareholders and no selling shareholders are required to execute transactions
through Maxim Group LLC. Further, other than any existing brokerage relationship
as customers with Maxim Group LLC, no selling shareholder has any pre-arranged
agreement, written or otherwise, with Maxim Group LLC to sell their securities
through Maxim Group LLC.
FINRA
Rule 5110 requires members firms (unless an exemption applies) to satisfy the
filing requirements of Rule 5110 in connection with the resale, on behalf of
selling shareholders, of the securities on a principal or agency basis. NASD
Notice to Members 88-101 states that in the event a selling shareholder intends
to sell any of the shares registered for resale in this prospectus through a
member of FINRA participating in a distribution of our securities, such member
is responsible for insuring that a timely filing, if required, is first made
with the Corporate Finance Department of FINRA and disclosing to FINRA the
following:
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it
intends to take possession of the registered securities or to facilitate
the transfer of such certificates;
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the
complete details of how the selling shareholders' shares are and will be
held, including location of the particular
accounts;
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whether
the member firm or any direct or indirect affiliates thereof have entered
into, will facilitate or otherwise participate in any type of payment
transaction with the selling shareholders, including details regarding any
such transactions; and
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in
the event any of the securities offered by the selling shareholders are
sold, transferred, assigned or hypothecated by any selling shareholder in
a transaction that directly or indirectly involves a member firm of FINRA
or any affiliates thereof, that prior to or at the time of said
transaction the member firm will timely file all relevant documents with
respect to such transaction(s) with the Corporate Finance Department of
FINRA for review.
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No FINRA
member firm may receive compensation in excess of that allowable under FINRA
rules, including Rule 5110, in connection with the resale of the securities by
the selling shareholders, which total compensation may not exceed
8%.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Stubbs
Alderton & Markiles, LLP (“SAM LLP”), has provided legal services to us in
connection with its preparation of the registration statement covering the
securities offered by this prospectus. In addition, SAM LLP has rendered a legal
opinion, attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1, as to the validity of the shares of the
common stock to be registered hereby. SAM LLP was the holder of
61,880 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 37,128 shares of common
stock at an exercise price of $1.51 of CNS Response, Inc., a California
corporation, which converted into 61,880 shares of our common stock and warrants
to purchase 37,128 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.51 upon
the closing of the merger on March 7, 2007. In addition, SAM Venture
Partners invested $162,600 in the Private Placement that closed on March 7,
2007, and in exchange received 135,500 shares of our common stock, and warrants
to purchase 40,652 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per
share. Subsequent to the Private Placement, SAM Venture Partners
distributed the aforementioned shares and warrants to its partners, each of whom
is a partner in SAM LLP.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus have been audited
by Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation, independent certified public
accountants, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their reports
appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance on such reports given
upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC. We have also filed with the SEC under the Securities
Act a registration statement on Form S-1 with respect to the common stock
offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes part of the
registration statement, does not contain all the information set forth in the
registration statement or the exhibits and schedules which are part of the
registration statement, portions of which are omitted as permitted by the rules
and regulations of the SEC. Statements made in this prospectus regarding the
contents of any contract or other document are summaries of the material terms
of the contract or document. With respect to each contract or document filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the corresponding
exhibit. For further information pertaining to us and the common
stock offered by this prospectus, reference is made to the registration
statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, copies of which may be
inspected without charge at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 on official business days during the hours
of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Copies of all or any portion of the
registration statement may be obtained from the SEC at prescribed
rates. Information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by
calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an
Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The web
site can be accessed at
http://www.sec.gov
. The
internet address of CNS Response is http://www.cnsresponse.com.
INDEX TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-1
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009 and 2008
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F-2
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2009 and
2008
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F-3
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years
Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
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F-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 2009 and
2008
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F-5
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended September
30, 2009 and 2008
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F-6
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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F-22
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 (unaudited) and September
30, 2009
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F-23
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009
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F-24
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for
the six months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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F-25
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Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-26
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors
CNS
Response, Inc.
2755
Bristol St., Suite 285
Costa
Mesa, CA 92626
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CNS Response, Inc. (the
“Company”) and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity
(deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
September 30, 2009. CNS Response, Inc.’s management is responsible for these
financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September
30, 2009 and 2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each
of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2009 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1
to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s continued operating
losses and limited capital raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue
as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to this matter are
also described in Note 1. The accompanying consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
this uncertainty.
/s/
Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation
Santa
Ana, California
December
29, 2009
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 and 2008
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As at September 30,
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
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$
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988,100
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$
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1,997,000
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Accounts
receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,700 and $17,200
in 2009 and 2008 respectively)
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61,700
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|
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98,200
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Prepaids
and other
|
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89,500
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|
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189,400
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Total
current assets
|
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1,139,300
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|
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|
2,284,600
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Other
Assets
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21,600
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|
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28,700
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Goodwill
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-
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320,200
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$
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1,160,900
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$
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2,633,500
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Accounts
payable (including $7,000 and $6,800 to related parties in 2009 and 2008
respectively)
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|
$
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1,285,600
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$
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335,700
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Accrued
liabilities
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261,400
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207,500
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Deferred
compensation (including $81,200 and $107,000 to related parties in
2009 and 2008 respectively)
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220,100
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|
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264,900
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Accrued
patient costs
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|
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305,500
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|
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397,500
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Accrued
consulting fees (including $18,000 and $0 to related parties in 2009 and
2008, respectively)
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72,100
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|
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67,600
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Accrued
interest
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|
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-
|
|
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42,600
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Convertible
promissory notes
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-
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50,000
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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95,900
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88,500
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Total
current liabilities
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2,240,600
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1,454,300
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LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
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Note
payable to officer
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24,800
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118,600
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Capital
lease
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5,600
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7,700
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Total
long-term liabilities
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30,400
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126,300
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES
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2,271,000
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1,580,600
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COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
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-
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-
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STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY:
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 750,000,000 shares; 41,781,129
and 25,299,547 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and
2008
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41,800
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25,300
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Additional
paid-in capital
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24,044,000
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17,701,300
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Accumulated
deficit
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(25,195,900
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)
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(16,673,700
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Total
stockholders' equity
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(1,110,100
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)
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1,052,900
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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$
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1,160,900
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$
|
2,633,500
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See
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
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YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
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2009
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2008
|
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REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
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Laboratory
Information Services
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120,400
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178,500
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|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
579,700
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|
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|
595,000
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|
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$
|
700,100
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|
$
|
773,500
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OPERATING
EXPENSES:
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Cost
of Laboratory Service revenues
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131,600
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163,200
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|
Research
and development
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2,137,200
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2,097,300
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Sales
and marketing
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915,800
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881,400
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General
and administrative
|
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3,887,400
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3,105,700
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Goodwill
impairment charges
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|
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320,200
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|
-
|
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|
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Total
operating expenses
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|
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7,392,200
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|
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|
6,247,600
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OPERATING
LOSS
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|
|
(6,692,100
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)
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(5,474,100
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)
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OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE):
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Interest
income (expense), net
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(1,732,900
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)
|
|
|
104,000
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Financing
premium
|
|
|
(90,000
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)
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|
|
-
|
|
Total
other income (expense)
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|
|
(1,822,900
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)
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104,000
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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LOSS
BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
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(8,515,000
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)
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(5,370,100
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)
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PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
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7,200
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|
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|
1,400
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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NET
LOSS
|
|
$
|
(8,522,200
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)
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|
$
|
(5,371,500
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC
NET LOSS PER SHARE
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|
$
|
(0.31
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)
|
|
$
|
(0.21
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DILUTED
NET LOSS PER SHARE
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|
$
|
(0.31
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)
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|
$
|
(0.21
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic
|
|
|
27,778,171
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|
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|
25,299,547
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
27,778,171
|
|
|
|
25,299, 547
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|
See
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND
2008
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Additional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
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Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balance
at October 1, 2007
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
$
|
25,300
|
|
|
$
|
16,630,000
|
|
|
$
|
(11,302,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
5,353,100
|
|
Stock-
based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,071,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,071,300
|
|
Net
loss for the year ended September 30, 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(5,371,500
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)
|
|
|
(5,371,500
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)
|
Balance
at September 30, 2008
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
$
|
25,300
|
|
|
$
|
17,701,300
|
|
|
$
|
(16,673,700
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,052,900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-
based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
850,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
850,500
|
|
Issuance
of 3,433,333 bridge warrants
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,058,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,058,000
|
|
Exercise
of 1,498,986 $0.01 warrants
|
|
|
1,498,986
|
|
|
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
13,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
Exercise
of 2,124,740 $0.132 options
|
|
|
2,124,740
|
|
|
|
2,100
|
|
|
|
278,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
280,500
|
|
Issuance
of stock in connection with the Maxim PIPE net of offering costs of
$250,700
|
|
|
6,810,002
|
|
|
|
6,800
|
|
|
|
1,785,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,792,300
|
|
Value
of beneficial conversion feature of bridge notes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
642,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
642,000
|
|
Issuance
of stock on conversion $1,720,900 of bridge notes and accrued
interest
|
|
|
6,047,854
|
|
|
|
6,100
|
|
|
|
1,714,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,720,900
|
|
Warrants
issued in association with the Maxim PIPE
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,607,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,607,000
|
|
Offering
cost pertaining to the Maxim PIPE
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,607,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,607,000
|
)
|
Net
loss for the year ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,522,200
|
)
|
|
|
(8,522,200
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
41,781,129
|
|
|
$
|
41,800
|
|
|
$
|
24,044,000
|
|
|
$
|
(25,195,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,110,100
|
)
|
See
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
|
|
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER
30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(8,522,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,371,500
|
)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
& amortization
|
|
|
9,100
|
|
|
|
6,300
|
|
Discount
on bridge notes issued
|
|
|
1,058,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Value
of beneficial conversion feature of bridge notes
|
|
|
642,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Stock
based compensation
|
|
|
850,500
|
|
|
|
1,071,300
|
|
Non-cash
interest expense
|
|
|
20,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
|
|
|
320,200
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Write-off
of doubtful accounts
|
|
|
22,700
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
13,800
|
|
|
|
(39,000
|
)
|
Prepaids
and other
|
|
|
99,900
|
|
|
|
(30,400
|
)
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
1,003,800
|
|
|
|
116,300
|
|
Deferred
compensation and others
|
|
|
(40,300
|
)
|
|
|
192,600
|
|
Accrued
patient costs
|
|
|
(92,000
|
)
|
|
|
397,500
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(4,613,600
|
)
|
|
|
(3,656,900
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred
offering relating to acquisition
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(43,700
|
)
|
Furniture
& Fixtures
|
|
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|
|
(30,900
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|
|
(74,600
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment
of convertible debt with accrued interest
|
|
|
(92,600
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Repayment
of debt
|
|
|
(86,700
|
)
|
|
|
(60,600
|
)
|
Repayment
of lease payable
|
|
|
(1,800
|
)
|
|
|
(1,000
|
)
|
Proceeds
from the sale of common stock, net of offering costs
|
|
|
1,792,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Proceeds
from bridge notes
|
|
|
1,700,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants and options
|
|
|
295,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net
cash provided (used) by financing activities
|
|
|
3,606,700
|
|
|
|
(61,600
|
)
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
|
|
|
(1,008,900
|
)
|
|
|
(3,793,100
|
)
|
CASH-
BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
|
|
1,997,000
|
|
|
|
5,790,100
|
|
CASH-
END OF YEAR
|
|
$
|
988,100
|
|
|
$
|
1,997,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid
during the period for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$
|
64,100
|
|
|
$
|
22,440
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
$
|
7,200
|
|
|
$
|
5,972
|
|
Fair
value of note payable to officer issued for acquisition
|
|
$
|
118,600
|
|
|
$
|
265,900
|
|
Fair
value of equipment acquired through lease
|
|
$
|
7,600
|
|
|
$
|
10,500
|
|
Conversion
of bridge notes and related accrued interest into common
stock
|
|
$
|
1,720,900
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
See
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Organization
and Nature of Operations
CNS
Response, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on July 10, 1984.
The Company utilizes a patented system that guides psychiatrists and other
physicians to determine a proper treatment for patients with mental, behavioral
and/or addictive disorders. The Company also intends to identify,
develop and commercialize new indications of approved drugs and drug candidates
for this patient population.
In
addition, as a result of its acquisition of Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc. (“NTC”)
on January 15, 2008, the Company provides behavioral health care
services. NTC is a center for highly-advanced testing and treatment
of neuropsychiatric problems, including learning, attentional and behavioral
challenges, mild head injuries, as well as depression, anxiety, bipolar and all
other common psychiatric disorders. Through this acquisition, the Company
expects to advance neurophysiology data collection, beta-test planned
technological advances in rEEG, advance physician training in rEEG and
investigate practice development strategies associated with rEEG.
Going
Concern Uncertainty
The
Company has a limited operating history and its operations are subject to
certain problems, expenses, difficulties, delays, complications, risks and
uncertainties frequently encountered in the operation of a new business. These
risks include the failure to develop or supply technology or services to meet
the demands of the marketplace, the ability to obtain adequate financing on a
timely basis, the failure to attract and retain qualified personnel, competition
within the industry, government regulation and the general strength of regional
and national economies.
To date,
the Company has financed its cash requirements primarily from debt and equity
financings. It will be necessary for the Company to raise additional
funds. The Company’s liquidity and capital requirements depend on
several factors, including the rate of market acceptance of its services, the
future profitability of the Company, the rate of growth of the Company’s
business and other factors described elsewhere in this Annual
Report. The Company is currently exploring additional sources of
capital but there can be no assurances that any financing arrangement will be
available in amounts and terms acceptable to the Company.
2.
|
CONVERTIBLE DEBT AND EQUITY
FINANCINGS
|
Prior to
September 30, 2006, CNS California issued convertible promissory notes with
detachable warrants from time to time to fund its operations. The
notes bear interest at 8% per year, compounded annually, and are payable on
demand. The terms of the notes provide for the (i) conversion of
principal and accrued interest into the same type of securities issued by CNS
California upon a qualified institutional financing, the amount of which
financing varies between notes and ranges from $1 to $4 million, and (ii)
conversion price to be equal to the same price as the shares sold in the
financing. The notes provide for an aggregate of $2,196,000 in
principal to convert automatically and $920,700 to convert at the note holders’
options based upon certain financing requirements (as defined).
In
October 2006, CNS California and the note holders of certain convertible
promissory notes converted notes with an aggregate outstanding balance of
$3,061,700 and related accrued and unpaid interest of $1,005,300 at September
30, 2006 into 5,993,515 shares of CNS California Series A Preferred
Stock. In addition, the exercise price of warrants to purchase
1,062,116 shares of the CNS California common stock issued to such note holders
was changed to $0.59 per share. Upon completion of the reverse merger
pursuant to which CNS California became a subsidiary of the Company, the
preferred shares were converted into 5,993,515 shares of the Company’s
common stock and the warrants were converted into warrants to purchase 1,062,116
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.59 per
share. The consolidated financial statements of the Company presented
reflect the issuance of these shares as common stock.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
As of
September 30, 2008, one note issued by CNS California with a principal
balance of $49,950 was outstanding. In May 2009, the Company entered into a
settlement and release agreement with this note holder and fully repaid the
promissory note with accrued interest on June 30, 2009.
Between
March 30 and June 12, 2009 the Company entered into three rounds of bridge
financings in the form of secured convertible promissory notes. These
three rounds are referred to as:
|
(a)
|
the
March 30, 2009 SAIL/Brandt Notes
|
|
(b)
|
the
May 14, 2009 SAIL Note
|
|
(c)
|
the
June 12, 2009 Pappajohn Note
|
All these
notes were converted to equity as a result of the private placement transaction
that closed on August 26, 2009 and are fully described in the section
below.
The
Private Placement Transaction
On
August 26, 2009, CNS Response, Inc. (the “Company”) received gross proceeds of
approximately $2,043,000 in a private placement transaction (the “Private
Placement”) with six investors. Pursuant to Subscription Agreements
entered into with the investors, the Company sold approximately 38 Investment
Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists
of 180,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and a five year non-callable
warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $0.30 per share. After commissions and expenses, the Company
received net proceeds of approximately $1,792,300 in the Private
Placement. These funds were used to repay outstanding liabilities,
fund the Company’s recent clinical trial and for general working capital
purposes.
A
FINRA member firm, the Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim Group”), acted as lead placement
agent in connection with the Private Placement. For its services in
connection with the first closing of the offering, Maxim Group received (i) a
cash fee of $ 55,980, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $40,860, and (iii) a five
year non-callable warrant to purchase 274,867 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier than
February 26, 2010.
Pursuant
to a Registration Rights agreement entered into with each investor, the Company
agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the common stock
and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the Private Placement, as
well as the common stock underlying the warrants issued to Maxim Group by the
later of October 26, 2009 or the 20th calendar day after the termination of the
offering. The Registration Rights agreement was subsequently amended
to permit the filing of the registration statement no later that 10
business days following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for its September 30, 2009 year end, or the 20
th
calendar day after termination of the private offering.
In
addition, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective no later than 180 days following the final closing
of the offering and maintain such effectiveness until the earlier of the second
anniversary of the date of such effectiveness or the date that all of the
securities covered by the registration statement may be sold without
restriction.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Events
Relating to Private Placement Transaction
|
(a)
|
Conversion of the March 30, 2009
SAIL/Brandt Notes
|
On March
30, 2009, the Company entered into two Senior Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes, each in the principal amount of $250,000 (each a “March Note” and,
collectively, the “March Notes”), with Brandt Ventures, GP (“Brandt”) and SAIL
Venture Partners, LP (“SAIL”). Leonard Brandt, a former member of the Company’s
board of directors, is the general partner of Brandt and David B. Jones, a
current member of the Company’s board of directors, is a managing member of Sail
Venture Partners, LLC, which is the general partner of SAIL. The terms of the
March Notes provided that in the event the Company consummates an equity
financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other debt
that is converted), then the principal and all accrued, but unpaid interest
outstanding under the notes shall be automatically converted into the securities
issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by 90% of the per share
price paid by the investors in such financing. In accordance with the
terms of the March Notes, at the closing of the Private Placement, the Company
issued to each of Brandt and SAIL 956,164 shares of common stock and a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase 478,082 shares of its common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share.
|
(b)
|
Conversion of the May 14, 2009
SAIL Note
|
On
May 14, 2009, the Company entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “SAIL Purchase Agreement”) with SAIL. Pursuant to the SAIL
Purchase Agreement, on May 14, 2009 SAIL purchased a Secured Promissory Note in
the principal amount of $200,000 from the Company (the “May SAIL
Note”). In order to induce SAIL to purchase the note, the Company
issued to SAIL a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at a purchase price equal to $0.25 per share. The
warrant expires on May 31, 2016.
The terms
of the May SAIL Note provided that in the event the Company consummates an
equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other
debt that is converted), then the principal and all accrued, but unpaid interest
outstanding under the note shall be automatically converted into the securities
issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by 85% of the per share
price paid by the investors in such financing. In accordance with the
terms of the May SAIL Note, at the first closing of the Private Placement on
August 26, 2009, the Company issued to SAIL 802,192 shares of its common stock
and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 401,096 shares of its common
stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
|
(c)
|
Conversion of the June 12,
2009 Pappajohn Note
|
On June
12, 2009, John Pappajohn entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Pappajohn Purchase Agreement”) with the
Company. Pursuant to the Pappajohn Purchase Agreement, Mr. Pappajohn
purchased a Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$1,000,000 from the Company. In order to induce Mr. Pappajohn to
purchase the note, the Company issued to Mr. Pappajohn a warrant to
purchase up to 3,333,333 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase
price equal to $0.30 per share. The warrant expires on June 30,
2016.
The note
issued pursuant to the Pappajohn Purchase Agreement provided that the principal
amount of $1,000,000 together with a single payment of $90,000 (the “Premium
Payment”) would be due and payable, unless sooner converted into shares of the
Company’s common stock (as described below), upon the earlier to occur of: (i) a
declaration by Mr. Pappajohn on or after June 30, 2010 or (ii) an Event of
Default (as defined in the note). The note was secured by a lien on
substantially all of the assets (including all intellectual property) of the
Company. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company, unless Mr. Pappajohn informed the Company otherwise, the
Company was required to pay Mr. Pappajohn an amount equal to the product of 250%
multiplied by the then outstanding principal amount of the note and the Premium
Payment.
The
Pappajohn Purchase Agreement also provided that in the event the Company
consummated an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding
any and all other debt that is converted), the then outstanding principal amount
of the note (but excluding the Premium Payment, which would be repaid in cash at
the time of such equity financing) would be automatically converted into the
securities issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by the per
share price paid by the investors in such financing. The note also
provided that the securities issued upon conversion of the note would be
otherwise issued on the same terms as such shares are issued to the lead
investor that purchases shares of the Company in the qualified
financing.
On August
26, 2009, at the closing of the Private Placement, the Company paid the Premium
Payment to Mr. Pappajohn, and the outstanding principal amount of Mr.
Pappajohn’s note ($1,000,000 as of August 26, 2009) converted into 3,333,334
shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, in accordance with the terms
of his note, Mr. Pappajohn was issued a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 1,666,667 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$0.30 per share.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Upon the
abovementioned conversions, the Company evaluated the terms and calculated the
fair value of the common stocks (by using the close market price at the
respective original issuance date of the convertible notes) and warrants (by
running the Black-Scholes Model) issued upon the conversions and so determined
that the notes were converted with a beneficial conversion feature amounting to
$642,000. As a result, for the year ended September 30, 2009, the Company
recorded $642,000 as interest expense.
3.
|
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
|
Basis
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CNS Response, Inc., an
inactive parent company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries CNS California and
NTC. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated
in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management to make
estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
revenue and expense, and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including
those related to revenue recognition, doubtful accounts, intangible assets,
income taxes, valuation of equity instruments, contingencies and litigation. The
Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other
assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the
results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.
Cash
The
Company deposits its cash with major financial institutions and may at times
exceed federally insured limit of $250,000. At September 30, 2009
cash exceeded the federally insured limit by $819,600. The Company believes that
the risk of loss is minimal. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses
related to cash deposits with financial institutions.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
ASC
825-10 (formerly SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments”) defines financial instruments and requires disclosure of the fair
value of financial instruments held by the Company. The Company considers the
carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts
payable and accrued liabilities, to approximate their fair values because of the
short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their
expected realization.
The
Company also analyzes all financial instruments with features of both
liabilities and equity under ASC 480-10 (formerly SFAS 150, “Accounting for
Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and
Equity”), ASC 815-10 (formerly SFAS No 133, “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities”) and ASC 815-40 (formerly EITF 00-19,
“Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially
Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”).
The
Company adopted ASC 820-10 (formerly SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements”) on
January 1, 2008. ASC 820-10 defines fair value, establishes a three-level
valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances
disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as
follow:
|
·
|
Level 1 inputs
to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical
assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
|
·
|
Level 2 inputs
to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and
liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the
assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the
full term of the financial
instruments.
|
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
|
·
|
Level 3 inputs
to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair
value.
|
As of
September 30, 2009 the Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that
are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value in accordance
with ASC 820-10.
Accounts
Receivable
The
Company estimates the collectability of customer receivables on an ongoing basis
by reviewing past-due invoices and assessing the current creditworthiness of
each customer. Allowances are provided for specific receivables
deemed to be at risk for collection.
Fixed
Assets
Fixed
assets, which are recorded at cost, consist of office furniture and equipment
and are depreciated over their estimated useful life on a straight-line
basis. The useful life of these assets is estimated to be from 3 to 5
years. Depreciation and accumulated depreciation for the years ended
September 2009 and 2008 is $9,100 and $6,300 respectively.
Goodwill
In
accordance with ASC 350-20 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS” ) No. 142,
Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets
)
(“ASC 350-10”)
,
goodwill is not amortized
but instead is measured for impairment at least annually, or more
frequently if certain indicators are present.
The
Company measures for impairment by applying fair value-based tests at the
reporting unit level. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the
carrying value of the net assets assigned to that unit, then goodwill is not
impaired and no further testing is performed. The Company, if necessary,
measures the amount of impairment by applying fair value-based tests to
individual assets and liabilities within each reporting unit. If the carrying
value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, the Company
records an impairment loss equal to the difference.
To
determine the reporting unit’s fair values, the Company uses the income
approach. The income approach provides an estimate of fair value based on
discounted expected future cash flows (“DCF”). Estimates and assumptions with
respect to the determination of the fair value of the Company’s reporting units
using the income approach include the Company’s operating forecasts, revenue
growth rates and risk-commensurate discount rates.
The
Company’s estimates of revenues and costs are based on historical data, various
internal estimates and a variety of external sources, and are developed by the
Company’s regular long-range planning process.
During
the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, the Company conducted a goodwill
impairment test and determined that the amount of the recorded goodwill related
to the NTC acquisition was fully impaired. Accordingly, the Company
recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $320,200 for the year ended September
30, 2009.
Long-Lived
Assets
As
required by ASC 350-30 (formerly SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets
) (“ASC 350-30”), the Company reviews the
carrying value of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the historical cost-carrying value of an asset may
no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the carrying
value of the asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result
from the asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows are
less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal
to the difference between the asset’s carrying value and fair value. No
impairment loss, apart from the abovementioned goodwill impairment, was recorded
for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Revenues
The
Company recognizes revenue as the related services are delivered.
Research
and Development Expenses
The
Company charges all research and development expenses to operations as
incurred.
Advertising
Expenses
The
Company charges all advertising expenses to operations as incurred.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company has adopted ASC 718-20 (formerly SFAS No. 123R,
Share-Based Payment
-revised
2004) (“ASC718-20”) and related interpretations which establish the accounting
for equity instruments exchanged for employee services. Under ASC 718-20,
share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the
calculated fair value of the award. The expense is recognized over the
employees’ requisite service period, generally the vesting period of the
award.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes to conform to the requirements of ASC 740-20
(formerly SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes
)
(“ASC 740-20”). Under the provisions of ASC 740-20, an entity recognizes
deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences of events that
have already been recognized in the Company's financial statements or tax
returns. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on
provisions of the enacted tax law. The effects of future changes in tax laws or
rates are not anticipated. Valuation allowances are established when necessary
to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be
realized.
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
ASC
220-10 (formerly, SFAS No. 130,
Reporting Comprehensive
Income
) (“ASC 220-10”), requires disclosure of all components of
comprehensive income (loss) on an annual and interim
basis. Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity
of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and
circumstances from non-owner sources. The Company’s comprehensive
income (loss) is the same as its reported net income (loss) for the years ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008.
Income
(Loss) per Share
Basic and
diluted net income (loss) per share has been computed using the weighted average
number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
Segment
Information
The
Company uses the management approach for determining which, if any, of its
products and services, locations, customers or management structures constitute
a reportable business segment. The management approach designates the internal
organization that is used by management for making operating decisions and
assessing performance as the source of any reportable segments. Management uses
two measurements of profitability and does disaggregate its business for
internal reporting and therefore operates two business segments which are
comprised of a reference laboratory and a clinic. The Reference
Laboratory provides reports (“rEEG Reports”) that assist physicians with
treatment strategies for patients with behavioral (psychiatric and/or addictive)
disorders based on the patient’s own physiology. The Clinic operates
NTC, a full service psychiatric practice.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Reclassifications
Certain
amounts in prior years have been reclassified to conform to current year
presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously
reported operating loss or net income.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In April
2009, the FASB issued ASC 825-10 (formerly FASB Staff Position
No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments) (“ASC 825”) , which requires that the fair value
disclosures required for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107,
“Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, be included in interim
financial statements. This FSP also requires entities to disclose the method and
significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments
on an interim and annual basis and to highlight any changes from prior periods.
FSP 107-1 was effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, with
early adoption permitted. The adoption of FSP 107-1 did not have a material
impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued ASC 855-10 (formerly Statement No. 165, Subsequent
Events) (“ASC 855”). ASC 855 establishes general standards of accounting
for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. In accordance
with this Statement, entities should apply the requirements to interim or annual
financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this
statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB approved its Accounting Standards Codification, or Codification,
as the single source of authoritative United States accounting and reporting
standards applicable for all non-governmental entities, with the exception of
the SEC and its staff. The Codification, which changes the referencing of
financial standards, is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending
after September 15, 2009. Therefore, starting from fiscal year end 2009,
all references made to US GAAP will use the new Codification numbering system
prescribed by the FASB. As the Codification is not intended to change or alter
existing US GAAP, it did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements.
As a
result of the Company’s implementation of the Codification during the year ended
September 30, 2009, previous references to new accounting standards and
literature are no longer applicable. In the current annual financial statements,
the Company will provide reference to both new and old guidance to assist in
understanding the impact of recently adopted accounting literature, particularly
for guidance adopted since the beginning of the current fiscal year but prior to
the Codification.
In August
2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-05 (ASU 2009-05),
“Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) – Measuring Liabilities at
Fair Value.” ASU 2009-05 amends Subtopic 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures – Overall,” and provides clarification for the fair value
measurement of liabilities. ASU 2009-05 is effective for the first reporting
period including interim period beginning after issuance. The Company does not
expect the adoption of ASU 2009-05 to have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
Common
and Preferred Stock
As of
September 30, 2009 the Company is authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of
common stock.
As of
September 30, 2009, CNS California is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of
two classes of stock, 80,000,000 of which was designated as common shares and
20,000,000 of which was designated as preferred shares.
As of
September 30, 2009, Colorado CNS Response, Inc. is authorized to issue 1,000,000
shares of common stock.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
As of
September 30, 2009, Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Colorado CNS Response, Inc., is authorized to issue ten thousand (10,000) shares
of common stock, no par value per share.
Stock-Option
Plan
On August
3, 2006, CNS California adopted the CNS California 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “2006 Plan”). The 2006 Plan provides for the issuance of awards in the form
of restricted shares, stock options (which may constitute incentive stock
options(ISO) or non-statutory stock options (NSO)), stock appreciation rights
and stock unit grants to eligible employees, directors and consultants and is
administered by the board of directors. A total of 10 million shares of stock
are reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan. As of September 30,
2009, 2,124,740 options were exercised and there were 6,662,014 options and
183,937 restricted shares outstanding under the 2006 Plan and 1,029,309 shares
available for issuance of awards.
The 2006
Plan provides that in any calendar year, no eligible employee or director shall
be granted an award to purchase more than 3 million shares of stock. The option
price for each share of stock subject to an option shall be (i) no less than the
fair market value of a share of stock on the date the option is granted, if the
option is an ISO, or (ii) no less than 85% of the fair market value of the stock
on the date the option is granted, if the option is a NSO; provided, however, if
the option is an ISO granted to an eligible employee who is a 10% shareholder,
the option price for each share of stock subject to such ISO shall be no less
than 110% of the fair market value of a share of stock on the date such ISO is
granted. Stock options have a maximum term of ten years from the date of grant,
except for ISOs granted to an eligible employee who is a 10% shareholder, in
which case the maximum term is five years from the date of grant. ISOs may be
granted only to eligible employees. The Company has adopted ASC 718-20
(formerly, SFAS No. 123R -revised 2004, “Share-Based Payment”), and related
interpretations. Under ASC 718-20, share-based compensation cost is measured at
the grant date based on the calculated fair value of the award. The Company
estimates the fair value of each option on the grant date using the
Black-Scholes model. The following assumptions were made in
estimating the fair value:
Options granted in:
|
|
Dividend
Yield
|
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
Expected life
|
Fiscal
2006
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
5.46
|
%
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
5
years
|
November
2006
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
10
years
|
August
2007
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
4.72
|
%
|
|
|
91
|
%
|
5
years
|
October
2007
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
4.60
|
%
|
|
|
105
|
%
|
5
years
|
December
2007
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
|
113
|
%
|
5
years
|
April
2008
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
3.78
|
%
|
|
|
172
|
%
|
5
years
|
September
2008
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
3.41
|
%
|
|
|
211
|
%
|
5
years
|
October
2008
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
3.77
|
%
|
|
|
211
|
%
|
5
years
|
March
2009
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
3.00
|
%
|
|
|
385
|
%
|
5
years
|
The
expense is recognized over the employees’ requisite service period, generally
the vesting period of the award. Stock-based compensation expense
included in the accompanying statements of operations for the years ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
|
|
For the fiscal year ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Operations
|
|
$
|
16,100
|
|
|
$
|
16,100
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
260,800
|
|
|
|
321,100
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
137,500
|
|
|
|
83,100
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
436,100
|
|
|
|
651,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
850,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,071,300
|
|
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Total
unrecognized compensation as of September 30, 2009 amounted to
$1,094,100.
A summary
of stock option activity is as follows:
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2007
|
|
|
7,436,703
|
|
|
$
|
0.57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
1,880,621
|
|
|
$
|
0.85
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(352,757
|
)
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2008
|
|
|
8,964,567
|
|
|
$
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.43
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(2,124,740
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.132
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(257,813
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
6,662,014
|
|
|
$
|
0.76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average fair value of options granted during:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended September 30, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.73
|
|
Year
ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.43
|
|
Following
is a summary of the status of options outstanding at September 30,
2009:
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Number of Shares
|
|
Weighted Average
Contractual Life
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
|
|
859,270
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
$
|
0.132
|
|
|
|
987,805
|
|
7
years
|
|
$
|
0.132
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
135,700
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
|
28,588
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
$
|
0.80
|
|
|
|
140,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.80
|
|
$
|
0.89
|
|
|
|
968,875
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.89
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
|
496,746
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
|
|
2,614,232
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
$
|
1.20
|
|
|
|
333,611
|
|
5
years
|
|
$
|
1.20
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
|
|
275,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
|
|
56,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
6,662,014
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.76
|
|
Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock
At
September 30, 2007, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 6,899,353 shares
of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $1.812
with a weighted average exercise price of $1.04. The warrants expire
at various times through 2017. No warrants were issued or exercised
during the 12 months ended September 30, 2008.
During
the year ended September 30, 2009, 1,498,986 warrants with an exercise price of
$0.01 were exercised.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
During
the year ended September 30, 2009, the following additional 10,137,118 warrants
were granted and are outstanding as of September 30, 2009:
Warrants to
Purchase
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Issued in Connection With:
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
shares
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
A
$200,000 bridge note with SAIL on May 14, 2009 as described in Note
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,333,333
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
A
$1,000,000 bridge note with Pappajohn on June 12, 2009 as described
in Note 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,404,991
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Associated
with the private placement transaction of 6,810,002 shares at $0.30 with
50% warrant coverage as described in Note 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
956,164
shares
|
|
$
|
0.27
|
|
Associated
with the automatic conversion of
|
401,096
shares
|
|
$
|
0.255
|
|
$1,700,000
of convertible promissory notes and
|
1,666,667
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
$20,900
accrued interest upon completion an equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
financing
in excess of $1,500,000 as described in Note
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
274,867
shares
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
The
placement agent for private placement as described in Note
2
|
At
September 30, 2009, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 15,537,485
shares of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to
$1.812 with a weighted average exercise price of $0.65. The warrants
expire at various times through 2017.
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial
reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and are measured using the
enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are
expected to reverse. We provide a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax
assets to their estimated realizable value.
Reconciliations
of the provision (benefit) for income taxes to the amount compiled by applying
the statutory federal income tax rate to profit (loss) before income taxes is as
follows for each of the years ended September 30:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Federal
income tax (benefit) at statutory rates
|
|
|
(34
|
)%
|
|
|
(34
|
)%
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
Non
deductible interest expense
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Change
in valuation allowance
|
|
|
37
|
%
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
Goodwill
write off
|
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Temporary
differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of
assets and liabilities that give rise to significant portions of deferred taxes
relate to the following at September 30, 2009 and 2008:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Deferred
income tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
operating loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
8,765,900
|
|
|
$
|
4,953,000
|
|
Deferred
interest, consulting and compensation liabilities
|
|
|
987,500
|
|
|
|
17,000
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
(24,300
|
)
|
|
|
223,300
|
|
Deferred
income tax assets - other
|
|
|
7,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
9,736,900
|
|
|
|
5,193,300
|
|
Deferred
income tax liabilities—other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(12
,300
|
)
|
Deferred
income tax asset—net before valuation allowance
|
|
|
9,736,900
|
|
|
|
5,181,000
|
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
|
(9,736,900
|
)
|
|
|
(5,181,000
|
)
|
Deferred
income tax asset—net
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Current
and non-current deferred taxes have been recorded on a net basis in the
accompanying balance sheet. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has net
operating loss carryforwards of approximately $20.8 million. The net operating
loss carryforwards expire by 2028. Utilization of net operating losses and
capital loss carryforwards may be subject to the limitations imposed by Section
382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company has placed a valuation allowance
against the deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities due to
the uncertainty surrounding the realization of such excess tax assets.
Management periodically evaluates the recoverability of the deferred tax assets
and the level of the valuation allowance. At such time as it is determined that
it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are realizable, the
valuation allowance will be reduced accordingly.
6
.
ACQUISITION OF NEURO THERAPY CLINIC,
PC
On
January 15, 2008, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Colorado CNS
Response, Inc., acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Neuro-Therapy
Clinic, PC (“NTC”) in exchange for a non-interest bearing note payable of
$300,000 payable in equal monthly installments over 36 months. Upon
the completion of the acquisition, the sole shareholder of NTC was appointed
Chief Medical Officer of the Company. Prior to the acquisition, NTC
was the Company’s largest customer.
The
acquisition was accounted under the purchase method of accounting, and
accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to NTC’s net tangible assets based
on their estimated fair values as of January 15, 2008. The excess purchase price
over the value of the net tangible assets was recorded as
goodwill. The purchase price and the allocation thereof are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
Fair
value of note payable issued
|
|
$
|
265,900
|
|
Direct
transaction costs
|
|
|
43,700
|
|
Purchase
price
|
|
|
309,600
|
|
Allocated
to net tangible liabilities, including cash of
$32,100
|
|
|
(10,600
|
)
|
Allocated
to goodwill
|
|
$
|
320,200
|
|
The
acquisition was not material, and accordingly, no pro forma results are
presented. As of September 30, 2009, goodwill was measured and
determined to be fully impaired and consequently written off.
7
.
LONG-TERM DEBT
As
described in Note 6 above, during the year ended September 30, 2008 the Company
issued a note payable to an officer in connection with the acquisition of
NTC. The note is non-interest bearing and the Company determined its
fair value by imputing interest at an annual rate of 8%. As of
September 30, 2009 the note has an outstanding principal balance in the
amount of $118,600, of which $93,800 is current.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
8
.
REPORTABLE
SEGMENTS
The
Company operates in two business segments: reference laboratory and
clinic. Reference laboratory provide reports (“rEEG Reports”) that
assist physicians with treatment strategies for patients with behavioral
(psychiatric and/or addictive) disorders based on the patient’s own
physiology. Clinic operates NTC, a full service psychiatric
practice.
The
following tables show operating results for our reportable segments, along with
reconciliation from segment gross profit to (loss) from operations, the most
directly comparable measure in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, or GAAP:
|
|
Year ended September 30,2009
|
|
|
|
Reference
Laboratory
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
138,900
|
|
|
|
628,200
|
|
|
|
(67,000
|
)
|
|
|
700,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
131,600
|
|
|
|
18,500
|
|
|
|
(18,500
|
)
|
|
|
131,600
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
2,137,200
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,137,200
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
908,500
|
|
|
|
7,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
915,800
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
3,266,300
|
|
|
|
669,600
|
|
|
|
(48,500
|
)
|
|
|
3,887,400
|
|
Goodwill
impairment charges
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
6,763,800
|
|
|
|
695,400
|
|
|
|
(67,000
|
)
|
|
|
7,392,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from operations
|
|
$
|
(6,624,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(67,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
(6,692,100
|
)
|
The following table
includes selected segment financial information as of September 30, 2009,
related to goodwill and total assets:
|
|
Reference
Laboratory
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$
|
1,118,000
|
|
|
$
|
42,900
|
|
|
$
|
1,160,900
|
|
In
accordance with ASC 260-10 (formerly SFAS 128, “Computation of Earnings Per
Share”), basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net
income (loss) to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss)
per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for the period by the
weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares
outstanding during the period. For the years ended September 30, 2009
and 2008, the Company has excluded all common equivalent shares from the
calculation of diluted net loss per share as such securities are
anti-dilutive.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
A summary
of the net income (loss) and shares used to compute net income (loss) per share
for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Net
loss for computation of basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$
|
(8,522,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,371,500
|
)
|
Net
income (loss) for computation of dilutive net income (loss) per
share
|
|
$
|
(8,522,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,371,500
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
net income (loss) per share
|
|
$
|
(0.31
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
net income (loss) per share
|
|
$
|
(0.31
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
weighted average shares outstanding
|
|
|
27,778,171
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
Dilutive
common equivalent shares
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Diluted
weighted average common shares
|
|
|
27,778,171
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anti-dilutive
common equivalent shares not included in the
computation
of dilutive net loss per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible
debt
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,995,000
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
8,318,310
|
|
|
|
6,899,353
|
|
Options
|
|
|
8,548,206
|
|
|
|
8,767,212
|
|
10.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT
LIABILITIES
|
Litigation
From time
to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our
operations in the ordinary course of business. Other than as set forth above, we
are not currently party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which,
in our management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial
position.
Since
June of 2009, the Company has been involved in litigation against Leonard J.
Brandt, a stockholder, former director and the Company’s former Chief
Executive Officer (“Brandt”) in both the Delaware Chancery Court and the United
States District Court for the Central District of California. For a
full description of the events associated with the Brandt Litigation please
refer to the section called “Business” under the heading “Legal Proceedings”
contained elsewhere in this prospectus which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Lease
Commitments
The
Company’s lease for its headquarters and Laboratory Information Services
business, located at 2755 Bristol St., Suite 285, Costa Mesa, California,
expired in November 2009. The Company continues to lease this space
on a month to month basis at a cost of $4,410 per month.
The
Company leases space for its Clinical Services operations under an operating
lease. The base rental as of September 2009 is $6,021 per month. This
lease terminates on February 28, 2010.
The
Company also sub-leases space for its Clinical Services operations on a
month-to-month basis for $1,075 per month.
The
Company leases a copier for $216 per month which it accounts for as a capital
lease with an interest rate of 9% per year. The lease terminates in February
2013 at which time the copier can be purchased at fair value.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
Future
Minimum Lease Payment and Debt Maturities
At
September 30, 2009, the estimated future minimum lease payment under
non-cancelable operating and capital leases and debt maturities were as
follows:
Year ending September 30,
|
|
Operating
Leases
|
|
|
Capital
Lease
|
|
|
Debt
Maturities
|
|
|
Total
|
|
2010
|
|
|
36,000
|
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
138,600
|
|
2011
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
|
|
27,600
|
|
2012
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
2013
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,100
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
36,000
|
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
|
$
|
125,000
|
|
|
$
|
169,900
|
|
Less
interest
|
|
|
(700
|
)
|
|
|
(1,200
|
)
|
|
|
(6,400
|
)
|
|
|
(8,300
|
)
|
Net
present value
|
|
|
35,300
|
|
|
|
7,700
|
|
|
|
118,600
|
|
|
|
161,600
|
|
Less
current portion
|
|
|
(35,300
|
)
|
|
|
(2,100
|
)
|
|
|
(93,800
|
)
|
|
|
(131,200
|
)
|
Long-term
debt and lease obligation
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
5,600
|
|
|
$
|
24,800
|
|
|
$
|
30,400
|
|
11.
|
SIGNIFICANT
CUSTOMERS
|
For the
year ended September 30, 2009, three customers accounted for 39% of Laboratory
Information Services revenue and 45% of accounts receivable at September 30,
2009.
For the
year ended September 30, 2008, two customers accounted for 29% of Laboratory
Information Services revenue and 24% of accounts receivable at September 30,
2008.
The
following key events occurred after the end of the fiscal year dated September
30, 2009:
Results
of Clinical Trial Announced
On
November 2, 2009, the Company reported the results of its landmark study
presented by Charles DeBattista, D.M.H, M.D., at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental
Health Congress. The poster presentation, titled Referenced-EEG®
(rEEG) Efficacy Compared to STAR*D For Patients With Depression Treatment
Failure: First Look At Final Results, highlighted a dramatic
improvement in personalized medicine technology for use in treatment of patients
with depression. In this study, rEEG proved effective at predicting
medication response for treatment-resistant patients approximately
65 percent of the time.
The study
included 114 patients in 12 medical centers, including Harvard,
Stanford, Cornell, UCI and Rush. The 12-week study found that rEEG
significantly outperformed the modified STAR*D treatment
algorithm. The difference, or separation, between rEEG and the
control group was 50 and 100 percent for the study’s two primary
endpoints. Typically, separation between a new treatment and a
control group is less than 10 percent in antidepressant
studies.
The
study, the largest in the Company’s history, was a randomized, blinded,
controlled, parallel group, multicenter study. The patients in the
study experienced depression treatment failure of one or more SSRIs and/or had
failure with at least two classes of antidepressants. The patients
fell into two groups: 1) those treated with rEEG medication
guidance, and 2) those treated with the modified STAR*D treatment
algorithm.
Ruling from
Delaware Chancery Court in Relation to Company’s Litigation with Leonard
Brandt
On
December 2, 2009, the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed complaints brought
against the Company by Brandt. At the conclusion of a two-day
trial that commenced December 1, the Chancery Court entered judgment
for the Company and dismissed with prejudice Brandt's action brought pursuant to
Section 225 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Chancery Court
thereby found that the purported special meeting of stockholders convened by
Brandt on September 4, 2009 was not valid and that the directors purportedly
elected at that meeting will not be seated. On January 4, 2010,
Brandt filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in
relation to the case, which the Company believes is without merit and intends to
vigourously defend. For a full description of the events associated
with the Brandt Litigation please refer to the heading “Legal Proceedings” on
page 48 of this prospectus.
Completion
of Second Closing of Private Placement Transaction
On
December 24, 2009, the Company completed a second closing of its private
placement (the first closing having occurred on August 26, 2009), resulting in
additional gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.0 million from
accredited investors.
Pursuant
to Subscription Agreements entered into with the investors, the Company sold
approximately 55 Investment Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each
“Investment Unit” consists of 180,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and a
five year non-callable warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
After
commissions and expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately
$2.65 million at the second closing. The Company intends to use the
proceeds from the second closing of its private placement for general corporate
purposes, including clinical trial expenses, research and development expenses,
and general and administrative expenses, including the payment of accrued legal
expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s litigation with Leonard
Brandt.
A FINRA
member firm acted as lead placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection
with the second closing of the private placement. For its services in
connection with the second closing, the Placement Agent received (i) a cash fee
of $195,200, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $59,920, and (iii) a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase 672,267 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier
than June 24, 2010.
In
connection with the second closing of the Company’s private placement, each
investor who participated in the financing became party to the Registration
Rights agreement described above under Note 2 and will receive the same rights
and benefits as the investors in the first closing of the Company’s Private
Placement on August 26, 2009.
Completion
of Third and Fourth Closings of Private Placement Transcation
The
Company completed a third and fourth closing of its private placement, on
December 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010, respectively, resulting in gross proceeds
to the Company of approximately $540,000, thereby completing its Private
Placement.
Pursuant
to Subscription Agreements entered into with the investors, the Company sold 10
Investment Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists
of 180,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and a five year non-callable
warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $0.30 per share.
After
commissions and expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately
$480,000 in the Private Placement. The Company intends to use the net
proceeds from the Private Placement for general corporate purposes, including
clinical trial expenses, research and development expenses, and general and
administrative expenses, including the payment of accrued legal expenses
incurred in connection with the Company’s litigation with Leonard
Brandt.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009 AND 2008
A FINRA
member firm acted as lead placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection
with the Private Placement. For its services in connection with the
December 31, 2009 closing of the Private Placement, the Placement Agent received
(i) a cash fee of $4,320, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $8,640, and (iii) a
five year non-callable warrant to purchase 14,400 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $.33 per share.
For its
services in connection with the January 4, 2010 closing of the Private
Placement, the lead Placement Agent received (i) a cash fee of $1,080, (ii) a
cash expense allowance of $2,160, and (iii) a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 3,600 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $.33
per share.
In
connection with the third and fourth closings of the Company’s Private
Placement, each investor who participated in the financing became party to the
Registration Rights agreement described above under Note 2 and will receive the
same rights and benefits as the investors in the earlier closings of the
Company’s Private Placement.
Receipt
of letter from Food and Drug Administration
On
December 28, 2009, the Company's regulatory counsel received a letter (“the
Letter”) from the FDA in response to its prior correspondence relating to the
possible classification of the Company's rEEG, as a medical device. The Company
will continue its ongoing dialogue with the FDA regarding its rEEG (which may be
subject to pre-market review). If pre-market review is required the Company’s
revenue could be negatively impacted until such review is completed and
clearance to market or approval is obtained. The Letter does not have any impact
on the consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended September
30, 2009 and 2008. See “Government Regulation” section for detailed
discussion.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
UNAUDITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
For the three months ended
March 31,
|
|
|
For the six months ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information Services
|
|
$
|
34,400
|
|
|
$
|
31,200
|
|
|
$
|
56,800
|
|
|
$
|
59,700
|
|
Clinical
Services
|
|
|
143,900
|
|
|
|
152,600
|
|
|
|
265,000
|
|
|
|
295,800
|
|
|
|
|
178,300
|
|
|
|
183,800
|
|
|
|
321,800
|
|
|
|
355,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of laboratory services revenues
|
|
|
39,400
|
|
|
|
35,600
|
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
318,700
|
|
|
|
521,800
|
|
|
|
541,300
|
|
|
|
1,147,800
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
202,500
|
|
|
|
283,700
|
|
|
|
402,800
|
|
|
|
547,000
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
1,009,800
|
|
|
|
798,500
|
|
|
|
2,557,500
|
|
|
|
1,478,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
1,570,400
|
|
|
|
1,639,600
|
|
|
|
3,570,700
|
|
|
|
3,242,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
|
|
(1,392,100
|
)
|
|
|
(1,455,800
|
)
|
|
|
(3,248,900
|
)
|
|
|
(2,886,900
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income (expense), net
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
(4,700
|
)
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(3,500
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other income
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
(4,700
|
)
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(3,500
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOSS
BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
(1,392,200
|
)
|
|
|
(1,460,500
|
)
|
|
|
(3,250,600
|
)
|
|
|
(2,890,400
|
)
|
Income
taxes
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
|
$
|
(1,393,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,461,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS PER SHARE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
54,512,337
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
|
48,530,317
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
54,512,337
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
|
48,530,317
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
March 31,
2010
|
|
|
September 30,
2009
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
682,800
|
|
|
$
|
988,100
|
|
Accounts
receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,600
(unaudited) as of March 31, 2010 and $11,200 as of September
30, 2009)
|
|
|
69,200
|
|
|
|
61,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
and other
|
|
|
120,700
|
|
|
|
89,500
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
872,700
|
|
|
|
1,139,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture
and Fittings
|
|
|
21,100
|
|
|
|
17,500
|
|
Other
Assets
|
|
|
18,700
|
|
|
|
4,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$
|
912,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,160,900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable (including amounts due to related parties of $0
(unaudited) as of March 31, 2010 and $7,000 as of September 30,
2009)
|
|
$
|
955,600
|
|
|
$
|
1,285,600
|
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
337,100
|
|
|
|
261,400
|
|
Deferred
compensation (including $69,100 (unaudited) and $81,200 to
related parties as of March 31, 2010 and September
30, 2009 respectively)
|
|
|
228,700
|
|
|
|
220,100
|
|
Accrued
patient costs
|
|
|
193,100
|
|
|
|
305,500
|
|
Accrued
consulting fees
|
|
|
66,100
|
|
|
|
72,100
|
|
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
74,700
|
|
|
|
95,900
|
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
1,855,300
|
|
|
|
2,240,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG
–TERM LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note
payable to officer
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
24,800
|
|
Capital
lease
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
5,600
|
|
Total long term liabilities
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
30,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
equity (deficit):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock, $0.001 par value; authorized, 750,000,000 shares,
issued and, 56,023,921 and 41,781,129 shares outstanding as of
March 31, 2010 and September 30, 2009 respectively
|
|
|
56,000
|
|
|
|
41,800
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
27,445,600
|
|
|
|
24,044,000
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(28,448,900
|
)
|
|
|
(25,195,900
|
)
|
Total
stockholders’ equity (deficit)
|
|
|
(947,300
|
)
|
|
|
(1,110,100
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
$
|
912,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,160,900
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
UNAUDITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
For the six months
ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to
net
cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
|
|
5,300
|
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
420,400
|
|
|
|
441,500
|
|
Doubtful
debt write-off
|
|
|
5,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
(13,300
|
)
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
Prepaids
and other current assets
|
|
|
(31,200
|
)
|
|
|
19,000
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
(330,000
|
)
|
|
|
336,500
|
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
69,700
|
|
|
|
128,100
|
|
Deferred
compensation
|
|
|
8,600
|
|
|
|
(15,700
|
)
|
Accrued
patient costs
|
|
|
(112,400
|
)
|
|
|
83,600
|
|
Security
deposits on leases
|
|
|
(14,600
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(3,244,700
|
)
|
|
|
(1,891,200
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
of office furniture
|
|
|
(8,900
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(8,900
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
from Secured Convertible notes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Repayment
of note
|
|
|
(46,100
|
)
|
|
|
(42,500
|
)
|
Prepayment
of lease
|
|
|
(1,000
|
)
|
|
|
(900
|
)
|
Proceeds
from sale of common stock, net of offering costs
|
|
|
2,995,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net
cash from financing activities
|
|
|
2,948,300
|
|
|
|
456,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
decrease in cash
|
|
|
(305,300
|
)
|
|
|
(1,434,600
|
)
|
Cash,
beginning of period
|
|
|
988,100
|
|
|
|
1,997,000
|
|
Cash,
end of period
|
|
$
|
682,800
|
|
|
$
|
562,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
|
|
|
|
|
INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid
during the period for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$
|
1,700
|
|
|
$
|
7,900
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
$
|
2,400
|
|
|
$
|
2,800
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
UNAUDITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
For the six months ended
March 31, 2010
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Total
|
|
BALANCE
- September 30, 2009
|
|
|
41,781,129
|
|
|
$
|
41,800
|
|
|
$
|
24,044,000
|
|
|
$
|
(25,195,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,110,100
|
)
|
Stock-
based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
420,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
420,400
|
|
Issuance
of stock in connection with the Maxim PIPE net of offering costs of
$540,600
|
|
|
11,786,666
|
|
|
|
11,800
|
|
|
|
2,983,600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,995,400
|
|
Warrants
issued in association with the Maxim PIPE
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,615,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,615,100
|
|
Offering
cost pertaining to the Maxim PIPE
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(7,615,100
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(7,615,100
|
)
|
Value
of warrants surrendered for cashless exercise
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(415,800
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(415,800
|
)
|
Stock
issued for cashless exercise
|
|
|
2,456,126
|
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
413,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
415,800
|
|
Net
loss for the six months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
|
56,023,921
|
|
|
$
|
56,000
|
|
|
$
|
27,445,600
|
|
|
$
|
(28,448,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
947,300
|
|
For the six months ended March
31, 2009
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Total
|
|
BALANCE
- September 30,
2008
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
$
|
25,300
|
|
|
$
|
17,701,300
|
|
|
$
|
(16,673,700
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,052,900
|
|
Stock-
based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
441,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
441,500
|
|
Net
loss for the six months ended March 31, 2009
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
|
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
Balance
at March 31, 2009
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
$
|
25,300
|
|
|
$
|
18,142,800
|
|
|
$
|
(19,566,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,398,800
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS
OF PRESENTATION
|
Organization
and Nature of Operations
CNS
Response, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated as Age Research, Inc. in
Delaware. In connection with a merger on March 7, 2007 with CNS
Response, Inc., a California corporation, the Company changed its name to its
current name and commenced its current operations. The Company
utilizes a patented system that guides psychiatrists and other physicians to
determine a personalized regimen for patients with mental, behavioral and/or
addictive disorders. The Company also intends to identify, develop
and commercialize new indications of approved drugs and drug candidates for this
patient population.
In
addition, as a result of its acquisition of Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc. (“NTC”)
on January 11, 2008, the Company provides behavioral health care
services. NTC is a center for highly-advanced testing and treatment
of neuropsychiatric problems, including learning, attentional and behavioral
challenges, mild head injuries, as well as depression, anxiety, bipolar and all
other common psychiatric disorders. Through this acquisition, the Company
expects to advance neurophysiology data collection, beta-test planned
technological advances in rEEG, advance physician training in rEEG and
investigate practice development strategies associated with rEEG.
Going
Concern Uncertainty
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America which contemplate continuation of the company as a
going concern. The Company has a limited operating history and its
operations are subject to certain problems, expenses, difficulties, delays,
complications, risks and uncertainties frequently encountered in the operation
of a new business. These risks include the failure to develop or supply
technology or services to meet the demands of the marketplace, the ability to
obtain adequate financing on a timely basis, the failure to attract and retain
qualified personnel, competition within the industry, government regulation and
the general strength of regional and national economies.
To date,
the Company has financed its cash requirements primarily from debt and equity
financings. It will be necessary for the Company to raise additional
funds. The Company’s liquidity and capital requirements depend on
several factors, including the rate of market acceptance of its services, the
future profitability of the Company, the rate of growth of the Company’s
business and other factors described elsewhere in this Quarterly
Report. The Company is currently exploring additional sources of
capital but there can be no assurances that any financing arrangement will be
available in amounts and on terms acceptable to the Company.
Basis
of Presentation
The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of CNS Response, Inc.
(“CNS,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) have been prepared pursuant to the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and include all
the accounts of CNS and its wholly owned subsidiaries CNS California and
NTC. Certain information and note disclosures, normally included in
financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States, have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such
rules and regulations. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary
for a fair statement of our financial position as of March 31, 2010 and our
operating results, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ equity for the
interim periods presented. The September 30, 2009 balance sheet was derived from
our audited consolidated financial statements but does not include all
disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
and the related notes should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and notes for the year ended September 30, 2009 which are
included in our current report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 30, 2009.
The
preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses in the
financial statements. Examples of estimates subject to possible revision based
upon the outcome of future events include, among others, recoverability of
long-lived assets and goodwill, stock-based compensation, the allowance for
doubtful accounts, the valuation of equity instruments, use and other taxes.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The
results of operations for the six months ended March 31, 2010 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for future periods or
for the year ending September 30, 2010.
Reclassifications
Certain
amounts previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current
period presentation. The reclassifications were made to change the income
statement presentation to provide the users of the financial statements
additional information related to the operating results of the Company. These
reclassifications include reclassifying the Company’s patent costs to
General and Administrative costs which were previously included in Research and
Development costs. The reclassifications had no effect on
consolidated net income or consolidated assets and liabilities.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
ASC
825-10 (formerly SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments”) defines financial instruments and requires disclosure of the fair
value of financial instruments held by the Company. The Company considers the
carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts
payable and accrued liabilities, to approximate their fair values because of the
short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their
expected realization.
The
Company also analyzes all financial instruments with features of both
liabilities and equity under ASC 480-10 (formerly SFAS 150, “Accounting for
Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and
Equity”), ASC 815-10 (formerly SFAS No 133, “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities”) and ASC 815-40 (formerly EITF 00-19,
“Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially
Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”).
The
Company adopted ASC 820-10 (formerly SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements”) on
January 1, 2008. ASC 820-10 defines fair value, establishes a three-level
valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances
disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as
follow:
|
·
|
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices
(unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
|
·
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted
prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs
that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or
indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial
instruments.
|
|
·
|
Level
3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and
significant to the fair value.
|
As of
March 31, 2010 the Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that are
required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value in accordance with
ASC 820-10.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In April
2009, the FASB issued ASC 825-10 (formerly FASB Staff Position
No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments) (“ASC 825”) , which requires that the fair value
disclosures required for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107,
“Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, be included in interim
financial statements. This FSP also requires entities to disclose the method and
significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments
on an interim and annual basis and to highlight any changes from prior periods.
FSP 107-1 was effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, with
early adoption permitted. The adoption of FSP 107-1 did not have a material
impact on the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued ASC 855-10 (formerly Statement No. 165, Subsequent
Events) (“ASC 855”). ASC 855 establishes general standards of accounting
for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. In accordance
with this Statement, entities should apply the requirements to interim or annual
financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this
statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB approved its Accounting Standards Codification, or Codification,
as the single source of authoritative United States accounting and reporting
standards applicable for all non-governmental entities, with the exception of
the SEC and its staff. The Codification, which changes the referencing of
financial standards, is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending
after September 15, 2009. Therefore, starting from fiscal year end 2009, all
references made to US GAAP will use the new Codification numbering system
prescribed by the FASB. As the Codification is not intended to change or alter
existing US GAAP, it did not have any impact on the Company’s unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
As a
result of the Company’s implementation of the Codification during the year ended
September 30, 2009, previous references to new accounting standards and
literature are no longer applicable. In the current interim financial
statements, the Company will provide reference to both new and old guidance to
assist in understanding the impact of recently adopted accounting literature,
particularly for guidance adopted since the beginning of the current fiscal year
but prior to the Codification.
In August
2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-05 (ASU 2009-05),
“Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) – Measuring Liabilities at
Fair Value.” ASU 2009-05 amends Subtopic 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures – Overall,” and provides clarification for the fair value
measurement of liabilities. ASU 2009-05 is effective for the first reporting
period including interim period beginning after issuance. The adoption of ASU
2009-05 did not have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
In
January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06 (ASU
2010-06), “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) – Improving
Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements.” ASU 2010-06 amends Subtopic 820-10
that requires new disclosures and provides clarification of existing
disclosures. ASU 2010-06 also includes conforming amendments to the guidance on
employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plans assets (Subtopic
715-20). ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods
beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases,
sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3
fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2010-06 on
its unaudited consolidated financial statements.
In
February 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-09 (“ASU
2010-09”) as amendments to certain recognition and disclosure requirements. The
amendments remove the requirement for an SEC filer to disclose a date in both
issued and revised financial statements. Revised financial statements include
financial statements revised as a result of either correction of an error or
retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. Those amendments remove potential
conflicts with the SEC’s literature. All of the amendments in ASU 2010-09 were
effective upon issuance for interim and annual periods. The adoption of ASU
2010-09 did not have a material impact on the Company’s unaudited
consolidated financial statements.
2.
|
CONVERTIBLE
DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCING
|
Between
March 30 and June 12, 2009 the Company entered into three rounds of bridge
financings in the form of secured convertible promissory notes. These
three rounds are referred to as:
|
(a)
|
the
March 30, 2009 SAIL/Brandt Notes
|
|
(b)
|
the
May 14, 2009 SAIL Note
|
|
(c)
|
the
June 12, 2009 Pappajohn Note
|
All these
notes were converted to equity as a result of a private placement transaction
that closed on August 26, 2009, which is fully described in the section
below.
The
Private Placement Transactions
Completion
of First Closing of Private Placement Transaction
On August
26, 2009, the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $2,043,000 in a
private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”) with six
investors. Pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered into with the
investors, the Company sold approximately 38 Investment Units at $54,000 per
Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of 180,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 90,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share. After commissions and expenses, the Company received net proceeds
of approximately $1,792,300 in the Private Placement. These funds were
used to repay outstanding liabilities, fund the Company’s recent clinical trial
and for general working capital purposes.
A FINRA
member firm, the Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim Group”), acted as lead placement agent
in connection with the Private Placement. For its services in connection
with the first closing of the offering, Maxim Group received (i) a cash fee of $
55,980, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $40,860, and (iii) a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase 274,867 shares of the Company’s common stock at
an exercise price of $0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier than February
26, 2010.
A
secondary placement agent who participated in the first closing of the private
placement received cash fees of $29,200 and five year non-callable warrants to
purchase 97,200 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price
of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier than February 26,
2010.
Pursuant
to a Registration Rights agreement entered into with each investor, the Company
agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the common stock
and the common stock underlying the warrants sold in the Private Placement, as
well as the common stock underlying the warrants issued to Maxim Group by the
later of October 26, 2009 or the 20th calendar day after the termination of the
offering. The Registration Rights agreement was subsequently amended to
permit the filing of the registration statement no later that 10 business
days following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its
September 30, 2009 year end, or the 20th calendar day after termination of
the private offering. The Registration Statement was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2010.
In
addition, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective no later than 180 days following the final closing
of the offering and maintain such effectiveness until the earlier of the second
anniversary of the date of such effectiveness or the date that all of the
securities covered by the registration statement may be sold without
restriction. To date, the registration statement has not been declared
effective.
Events
Relating to Private Placement Transaction
|
(a)
|
Conversion
of the March 30, 2009 SAIL/Brandt
Notes
|
On March
30, 2009, the Company entered into two Senior Secured Convertible Promissory
Notes, each in the principal amount of $250,000 (each a “March Note” and,
collectively, the “March Notes”), with Brandt Ventures, GP (“Brandt”) and SAIL
Venture Partners, LP (“SAIL”). Leonard Brandt, a former member of the Company’s
board of directors, is the general partner of Brandt and David B. Jones, a
current member of the Company’s board of directors, is a managing member of SAIL
Venture Partners, LLC, which is the general partner of SAIL. The terms of the
March Notes provided that in the event the Company consummates an equity
financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other debt
that is converted), then the principal and all accrued, but unpaid interest
outstanding under the notes shall be automatically converted into the securities
issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by 90% of the per share
price paid by the investors in such financing. In accordance with the
terms of the March Notes, at the closing of the Private Placement, the Company
issued to each of Brandt and SAIL 956,164 shares of common stock and a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase 478,082 shares of its common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share.
|
(b)
|
Conversion
of the May 14, 2009 SAIL Note
|
On May
14, 2009, the Company entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
(the “SAIL Purchase Agreement”) with SAIL. Pursuant to the SAIL Purchase
Agreement, on May 14, 2009 SAIL purchased a Secured Promissory Note in the
principal amount of $200,000 from the Company (the “May SAIL Note”). In
order to induce SAIL to purchase the note, the Company issued to SAIL a warrant
to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase
price equal to $0.25 per share. The warrant expires on May 31,
2016.
The terms
of the May SAIL Note provided that in the event the Company consummates an
equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other
debt that is converted), then the principal and all accrued, but unpaid interest
outstanding under the note shall be automatically converted into the securities
issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by 85% of the per share
price paid by the investors in such financing. In accordance with the
terms of the May SAIL Note, at the first closing of the Private Placement on
August 26, 2009, the Company issued to SAIL 802,192 shares of its common stock
and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 401,096 shares of its common
stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
|
(c)
|
Conversion of
the June 12, 2009 Pappajohn Note
|
On June
12, 2009, John Pappajohn entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Pappajohn Purchase Agreement”) with the Company. Pursuant
to the Pappajohn Purchase Agreement, Mr. Pappajohn purchased a Secured
Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 from the
Company. In order to induce Mr. Pappajohn to purchase the note, the
Company issued to Mr. Pappajohn a warrant to purchase up to 3,333,333 shares of
the Company’s common stock at a purchase price equal to $0.30 per share.
The warrant expires on June 30, 2016.
The note
issued pursuant to the Pappajohn Purchase Agreement provided that the principal
amount of $1,000,000 together with a single payment of $90,000 (the “Premium
Payment”) would be due and payable, unless sooner converted into shares of the
Company’s common stock (as described below), upon the earlier to occur of: (i) a
declaration by Mr. Pappajohn on or after June 30, 2010 or (ii) an Event of
Default (as defined in the note). The note was secured by a lien on
substantially all of the assets (including all intellectual property) of the
Company. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, unless Mr. Pappajohn informed the Company otherwise, the Company
was required to pay Mr. Pappajohn an amount equal to the product of 250%
multiplied by the then outstanding principal amount of the note and the Premium
Payment.
The
Pappajohn Purchase Agreement also provided that in the event the Company
consummated an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding
any and all other debt that is converted), the then outstanding principal amount
of the note (but excluding the Premium Payment, which would be repaid in cash at
the time of such equity financing) would be automatically converted into the
securities issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by the per
share price paid by the investors in such financing. The note also
provided that the securities issued upon conversion of the note would be
otherwise issued on the same terms as such shares are issued to the lead
investor that purchases shares of the Company in the qualified
financing.
On August
26, 2009, at the closing of the Private Placement, the Company paid the Premium
Payment to Mr. Pappajohn, and the outstanding principal amount of Mr.
Pappajohn’s note ($1,000,000 as of August 26, 2009) converted into 3,333,334
shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, in accordance with the terms
of his note, Mr. Pappajohn was issued a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 1,666,667 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$0.30 per share.
Upon the
abovementioned conversions, the Company evaluated the terms and calculated the
fair value of the common stock (by using the closing market price on the
respective original issuance dates of the convertible notes) and warrants
(through the use of the Black-Scholes Model) issued upon the conversions and
determined that the notes were converted with a beneficial conversion feature
amounting to $642,000. As a result, for the year ended September 30, 2009, the
Company recorded $642,000 as interest expense.
Completion
of Second, Third and Fourth Closings of Private Placement
Transaction
On
December 24 and 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010, the Company completed a second,
third and fourth and final closing of its private placement (the first closing
having occurred on August 26, 2009), resulting in additional gross proceeds to
the Company of $2,996,000, $432,000 and $108,000 respectively from accredited
investors.
Pursuant
to Subscription Agreements entered into with the investors, the Company sold
approximately 65 Investment Units in the three closings at $54,000 per
Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of 180,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 90,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
After
commissions and expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately
$2,650,400 million at the second closing, $380,200 at the third and $95,000 at
the fourth and final closing. The Company intends to use the proceeds from
these closings of its private placement for general corporate purposes,
including clinical trial expenses, research and development expenses, and
general and administrative expenses, including the payment of accrued legal
expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s litigation with Mr.
Brandt.
A FINRA
member firm, the Maxim Group acted as lead placement agent in connection with
the second, third and fourth closings of the private placement. For its
services in connection with the second closing, the Maxim Group received (i) a
cash fee of $195,200, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $59,920, and (iii) a five
year non-callable warrant to purchase 672,267 shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no
earlier than June 24, 2010. For the third closing the Maxim Group received
(i) a cash fee of $4,300, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $8,600, and (iii) a
five year non-callable warrant to purchase 14,400 shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no
earlier than June 30, 2010. For the fourth closing the Maxim Group
received (i) a cash fee of $1,100, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $2,100, and
(iii) a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 3,600 shares of the Company’s
common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no
earlier than July 4, 2010
Secondary
placement agents who participated in the second closing of the private placement
received cash fees of $75,200 and five year non-callable warrants to
purchase 250,800 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price
of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier than June 24, 2010. For
the third closing, the secondary placement agents received cash fees of $38,900
and five year non-callable warrants to purchase 129,600 shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first
exercisable no earlier than June 30, 2010. For the fourth closing, the
secondary placement agents received cash fees of $9,700 and five year
non-callable warrants to purchase 32,400 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per share, first exercisable no earlier
than July 4, 2010.
In
connection with the second, third and fourth closing of the Company’s private
placement, each investor who participated in the financing became party to the
abovementioned Registration Rights agreement, pursuant to which a registration
statement on Form S-1 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 1, 2010, and received the same rights and benefits as the investors in
the first closing of the Company’s Private Placement on August 26,
2009.
Common
and Preferred Stock
As of
March 31, 2010 the Company is authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of common
stock.
As of
March 31, 2010, CNS California is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of two
classes of stock, 80,000,000 of which was designated as common shares and
20,000,000 of which was designated as preferred shares.
As of
March 31, 2010, Colorado CNS Response, Inc. is authorized to issue 1,000,000
shares of common stock.
As of
March 31, 2010, Neuro-Therapy Clinic, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Colorado CNS Response, Inc., is authorized to issue ten thousand (10,000) shares
of common stock, no par value per share.
Stock-Option
Plan
On August
3, 2006, CNS California adopted the CNS California 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “2006 Plan”). The 2006 Plan provides for the issuance of awards in the form
of restricted shares, stock options (which may constitute incentive stock
options (ISO) or non-statutory stock options (NSO), stock appreciation rights
and stock unit grants to eligible employees, directors and consultants and is
administered by the board of directors.
The
option price for each share of stock subject to an option shall be (i) no less
than the fair market value of a share of stock on the date the option is
granted, if the option is an ISO, or (ii) no less than 85% of the fair market
value of the stock on the date the option is granted, if the option is a NSO;
provided, however, if the option is an ISO granted to an eligible employee who
is a 10% shareholder, the option price for each share of stock subject to such
ISO shall be no less than 110% of the fair market value of a share of stock on
the date such ISO is granted. Stock options have a maximum term of ten years
from the date of grant, except for ISOs granted to an eligible employee who is a
10% shareholder, in which case the maximum term is five years from the date of
grant. ISOs may be granted only to eligible employees. The Company has adopted
ASC 718-20 (formerly, SFAS No. 123R-revised 2004, “Share-Based Payment”), and
related interpretations. Under ASC 718-20, share-based compensation cost is
measured at the grant date based on the calculated fair value of the award. The
Company estimates the fair value of each option on the grant date using the
Black-Scholes model.
Originally,
a total of 10 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under
the 2006 Plan. The 2006 Plan also originally provided that in any calendar
year, no eligible employee or director shall be granted an award to purchase
more than 3 million shares of stock. On March 3, 2010, the Board of Directors
approved an amendment to the 2006 Plan which increased the number of shares of
common stock reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan from 10 million to 20
million shares and increased the limit on shares underlying awards granted
within a calendar year to any eligible employee or director from 3 million to 4
million shares of common stock. The amendment was approved by shareholders
at the annual meeting held on April 27, 2010.
On March
3, 2010, the Board of Directors also approved the grant of 9,450,000 options to
staff members, directors, advisors and consultants. For staff members the
options will vest equally over a 48 month period while for directors, advisors
and consultants the options will vest equally over a 36 month period. The
effective grant date for accredited investors was March 3, 2010 and the exercise
price of $0.55 per share was based on the quoted closing share price of the
Company’s common stock on that day. For non-accredited investors the grant
date will be determined after obtaining a permit from the State of California
allowing the granting of options to non-accredited investors.
As of
March 31, 2010, 2,124,740 options were exercised and there were 14,870,973
options and 183,937 restricted shares outstanding under the amended 2006 Plan
and further 575,000 options approved but not yet granted, leaving 2,245,350
shares available for issuance of future awards.
Stock-based
compensation expense is recognized over the employees’ or service provider’s
requisite service period, generally the vesting period of the award.
Stock-based compensation expense included in the accompanying statements of
operations for the periods ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 is as
follows:
|
|
For the three months
ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Cost
of laboratory services revenues
|
|
$
|
4,900
|
|
|
$
|
4,000
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
78,800
|
|
|
|
65,200
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
35,600
|
|
|
|
38,200
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
117,400
|
|
|
|
106,500
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
236,700
|
|
|
$
|
213,900
|
|
|
|
For the six months ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Cost
of laboratory services revenues
|
|
$
|
8,900
|
|
|
$
|
8,000
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
143,700
|
|
|
|
130,400
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
65,200
|
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
202,600
|
|
|
|
223,100
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
420,400
|
|
|
$
|
441,500
|
|
Total
unrecognized compensation expense as of March 31, 2010 amounted to
$5,098,900
A summary
of stock option activity is as follows:
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
6,662,014
|
|
|
$
|
0.76
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(191,041
|
)
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
6,470,973
|
|
|
$
|
0.74
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
8,650,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
0.55
|
|
Outstanding
at March 31, 2010
|
|
|
14,870,973
|
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
Weighted
average fair value of options granted during:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
Six
months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
The
following is a summary of the status of options outstanding at March 31,
2010:
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Number of Shares
|
|
Weighted Average
Contractual Life
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
|
859,270
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
$
|
0.132
|
|
|
987,805
|
|
7
years
|
|
$
|
0.132
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
135,700
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
28,588
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
$
|
0.80
|
|
|
140,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.80
|
|
$
|
0.89
|
|
|
968,875
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.89
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
496,746
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
|
2,513,549
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
$
|
1.20
|
|
|
243,253
|
|
5
years
|
|
$
|
1.20
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
|
41,187
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.51
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
|
56,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
|
8,400,000
|
|
10
years
|
|
$
|
0.55
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
14,870,973
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock
At
September 30, 2008, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 6,899,353 shares
of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $1.812
with a weighted average exercise price of $1.04. The warrants expire at
various times through 2017.
During
the year ended September 30, 2009, 1,498,986 warrants with an exercise price of
$0.01 were exercised.
During
the year ended September 30, 2009, the following additional 10,137,118 warrants
were granted as follows:
Warrants to Purchase
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Issued in Connection With:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
shares
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
A
$200,000 bridge note with SAIL on May 14, 2009 as described in Note
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,333,333
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
A
$1,000,000 bridge note with Pappajohn on June 12, 2009 as described
in Note 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,404,991
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Associated
with the August 26, 2009 private placement transaction of 6,810,002 shares
at $0.30 with 50% warrant coverage as described in Note
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,023,927
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Associated
with the automatic conversion of
$1,700,000
of convertible promissory notes and
$20,900
accrued interest upon completion an equity
financing
in excess of $1,500,000 as described in Note
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
274,867
shares
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
The
placement agent for private placement as described in Note
2
|
At
September 30, 2009, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 15,537,485
shares. During the six months ended March 31, 2010, a further 7,093,601
warrants were granted and 3,333,333 warrants were exercised as
follows:
5,893,334
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
Associated
with the second, third and fourth closing of the private placement
transaction of 11,786,667 shares at $0.30 with 50% warrant coverage as
described in Note 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,200,267
shares
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
Associated
with warrants for the lead and secondary placement agents for private
placement as described in Note 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,333,333)
shares
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
These
warrants were surrendered in a net exercise method and 2,456,126 shares
were issued in lieu of
cash.
|
At March
31, 2010, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 19,297,753 shares of the
Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.01 to $1.812 with a
weighted average exercise price of $0.59. The warrants expire at various
times through 2017.
4.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
As at
March 31, 2010 deferred compensation included the following: $9,000 of
accrued fees due to a director in accordance with a consulting agreement.
During the six months ended March 31, 2010 a payment of $24,000 was made to a
director for consulting services per an agreement and $36,000 was paid, with
board approval, to a family member of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who
provided data discovery consulting services in support of the Company’s
litigation with Mr. Brandt.
5.
LONG-TERM DEBT
During
the year ended September 30, 2008 the Company issued a note payable to an
officer in connection with the acquisition of NTC. The note is
non-interest bearing and the Company determined its fair value by imputing
interest at an annual rate of 8%. As of March 31, 2010 and September 30,
2009 the note has an outstanding principal balance in the amount of $72,600 and
$118,600 respectively. The entire balance is current as of March 31,
2010.
6.
REPORTABLE
SEGMENTS
The
Company operates in two business segments: Laboratory Information Services and
Clinic. Laboratory Information Services provide reports (“rEEG Reports”)
that assist physicians with treatment strategies for patients with behavioral
(psychiatric and/or addictive) disorders based on the patient’s own
physiology. Clinic operates NTC, a full service psychiatric
practice.
The
following tables show operating results for the Company’s reportable segments,
along with reconciliation from segment gross profit to (loss) from operations,
the most directly comparable measure in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP:
|
|
Three Months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information
Services
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
40,400
|
|
|
$
|
143,900
|
|
|
$
|
(6,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
178,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
39,400
|
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
|
|
(6,000
|
)
|
|
|
39,400
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
318,700
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
318,700
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
201,900
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
202,500
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
818,800
|
|
|
|
191,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,009,800
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
$
|
1,378,800
|
|
|
$
|
197,600
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
1,570,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(Loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
(1,338,400
|
)
|
|
$
|
53,700
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(1,392,100
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months ended March 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information
Services
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
34,600
|
|
|
$
|
180,100
|
|
|
$
|
(30,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
183,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
35,600
|
|
|
|
3,400
|
|
|
|
(3,400
|
)
|
|
|
35,600
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
521,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
521,800
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
282,300
|
|
|
|
1,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
283,700
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
657,700
|
|
|
|
168,300
|
|
|
|
(27,500
|
)
|
|
|
798,500
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
$
|
1,497,400
|
|
|
$
|
173,100
|
|
|
$
|
(30,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,639,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(Loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
(1,462,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
7,000
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(1,455,800
|
)
|
|
|
Six Months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information
Services
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
66,800
|
|
|
$
|
298,300
|
|
|
$
|
(43,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
321,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
(10,000
|
)
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
541,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
541,300
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
400,300
|
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
402,800
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
2,251,300
|
|
|
|
339,500
|
|
|
|
(33,300
|
)
|
|
|
2,557,500
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
$
|
3,192,900
|
|
|
$
|
352,000
|
|
|
$
|
(33,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,570,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(Loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
(3,195,200
|
)
|
|
$
|
(53,700
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(3,248,900
|
)
|
|
|
Six Months ended March 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Laboratory
Information
Services
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
66,800
|
|
|
$
|
329,700
|
|
|
$
|
(41,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
355,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenues
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
|
|
7,100
|
|
|
|
(7,100
|
)
|
|
|
69,100
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
1,147,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,147,800
|
|
Sales
and marketing
|
|
|
542,900
|
|
|
|
4,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
547,000
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
1,195,300
|
|
|
|
317,100
|
|
|
|
(33,900
|
)
|
|
|
1,478,500
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
$
|
2,955,100
|
|
|
$
|
328,300
|
|
|
$
|
(41,100
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,242,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(Loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
(2,888,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,400
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(2,886,900
|
)
|
The
following table includes selected segment financial information as of March 31,
2010, related to goodwill and total assets:
|
|
Laboratory
Information
Services
|
|
|
Clinic
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$
|
861,400
|
|
|
$
|
51,100
|
|
|
$
|
912,500
|
|
In
accordance with ASC 260-10 (formerly SFAS 128, “Computation of Earnings Per
Share”), basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net
income (loss) to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net
income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for
the period by the weighted average number of common and dilutive common
equivalent shares outstanding during the period. For the three months and
six months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company has excluded all
common equivalent shares from the calculation of diluted net loss per share as
such securities are anti-dilutive.
A summary
of the net income (loss) and shares used to compute net income (loss) per share
for the three months and six months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are as
follows:
|
|
For
the
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Net
loss for computation of basic net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(1,393,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,461,300
|
)
|
Net
loss for computation of dilutive net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(1,393,800
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,461,300
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
weighted average shares outstanding
|
|
|
54,512,337
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
Dilutive
common equivalent shares
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Diluted
weighted average common shares
|
|
|
54,512,337
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
|
|
For
the
Six
Months
ended
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Net
loss for computation of basic net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
Net
loss for computation of dilutive net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(3,253,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,893,200
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
weighted average shares outstanding
|
|
|
48,530,317
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
Dilutive
common equivalent shares
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Diluted
weighted average common shares
|
|
|
48,530,317
|
|
|
|
25,299,547
|
|
Anti-dilutive
common equivalent shares not included in the computation of dilutive net loss
per share:
|
|
For
the
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Convertible
debt
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,995,000
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
21,326,499
|
|
|
|
6,899,353
|
|
Options
|
|
|
7,870,973
|
|
|
|
8,740,087
|
|
|
|
For
the
Six
Months
ended
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Convertible
debt
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,995,000
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
18,707,898
|
|
|
|
6,899,353
|
|
Options
|
|
|
7,236,708
|
|
|
|
8,840,843
|
|
8.
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
|
Litigation
From time
to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our
operations in the ordinary course of business. Other than as set forth below, we
are not currently party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which,
in our management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial
position.
Since
June of 2009, we have been involved in litigation against Leonard J. Brandt, a
stockholder, former director and our former Chief Executive Officer (“Brandt”)
in the Delaware Chancery Court and the United States District Court for the
Central District of California. At the conclusion of a two-day
trial that commenced December 1, 2009, the Chancery Court entered
judgment for the Company and dismissed with prejudice Brandt's action
brought pursuant to Section 225 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which
sought to oust the incumbent directors other than Brandt. The Chancery
Court thereby found that the purported special meeting of stockholders convened
by Brandt on September 4, 2009 was not valid and that the directors purportedly
elected at that meeting are not entitled to be seated. On January 4, 2010,
Brandt filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in
relation to the case. On April 20, 2010, the Delaware Supreme Court
affirmed the ruling of the Chancery Court.
The
Chancery Court also denied an injunction sought by Mr. Brandt to prevent the
voting of shares issued by the Company in connection with our bridge financing
in June 2009 and securities offering in August 2009, and dismissed Brandt's
claims regarding those financings and stock issuances. On January 4, 2010,
Brandt also filed an appeal in relation to this ruling with the Delaware Supreme
Court. On February 25, 2010, Mr. Brandt voluntarily dismissed this appeal,
and the ruling of the Chancery Court thereby became final and
non-appealable.
The
Chancery Court also dismissed with prejudice another action brought by Mr.
Brandt, in which he claimed he had not been provided information owed to
him. Mr. Brandt did not appeal this dismissal.
In July
2009, we filed an action in the United States District Court for the Central
District of California against Mr. Brandt and certain others in July 2009.
Our complaint alleges a variety of violations of federal securities laws,
including anti-fraud based claims under Rule 14a-9, solicitation of proxies in
violation of the filing and disclosure dissemination requirements of Regulation
14A, and material misstatements and omissions in and failures to promptly file
amendments to Schedule 13D. On September 17, 2009, Mr. Brandt and the other
defendants filed counterclaims against us, alleging violations of federal
securities laws relating to alleged actions and statements taken or made by us
or our officers and directors in connection with Mr. Brandt’s proxy and consent
solicitations. On December 14, 2009, the Company answered the
counterclaims in the case. On March 10, 2010, we dismissed the Company’s
claims against the defendants other than Mr. Brandt, and they dismissed their
claims against us and the other counterclaim defendants. On April 10, 2010
Mr. Brandt's attorneys moved to withdraw from representing Mr. Brandt in the
case. The District Court action continues with respect to our claims
against Mr. Brandt and Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims against us and the other
counterclaim defendants. We are vigorously prosecuting our claims and
vigorously defending Mr. Brandt’s counterclaims.
Lease
Commitments
The
Company leased its headquarters and Laboratory Information Services space under
an operating lease which terminated on November 30, 2009. The Company continued
to lease the space on a month-to-month basis through January 22, 2010 at which
time the Company moved to its new premises.
On
December 30, 2009 the Company entered a three year lease, commencing February 1,
2010 and terminating on January 30, 2013 for its new Headquarters and Laboratory
Information Services business premises located at 85 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo,
California 92656. The 2,023 square foot facility has an average cost
for the lease term of $3,600 per month.
The
Company leases space for its Clinical Services operations under an operating
lease. The base rental as of December 31, 2009 was $6,000 per month. This
lease terminated on February 28, 2010 and a 37 month extension to the lease was
negotiated commencing April 1, 2010 and terminating April 30, 2013. The 3,542
square foot facility has an average cost for the lease term of $5,100 per
month.
The
Company also sub-leased space for its Clinical Services operations on a
month-to-month basis for $1,000 per month up until March 2010 when it terminated
this sub-lease and gave up the space.
The
Company leases a copier for $200 per month which it accounts for as a capital
lease with an interest rate of 9% per year. The lease terminates in February
2013 at which time the copier can be purchased at fair value.
The
Company incurred rent expense of $34,300 and $32,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009 and $71,800 and $62,500 for the six months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009
Events
subsequent to March 31, 2010 have been evaluated through the date these
financial statements were issued to determine whether they should be disclosed
to keep the financial statements from being misleading. The following
events have occurred since March 31, 2010.
On April
1, 2010, the Company filed its application for 510(k) clearance with the FDA and
has engaged in routine correspondence with the FDA regarding the
filing.
On April
20, 2010, as detailed in Note 8 and on page 23 (see
Matters Involving our Former Chief
Executive Officer and Former Director, Leonard Brandt)
, the Delaware
Supreme Court ruled on an appeal filed by Mr. Brandt on January 4, 2010.
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in favor of the Company by the
Chancery Court of Delaware.
On April
27, 2010, as mentioned in Note 3, the amendment to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
was approved by shareholders at the annual meeting. The amendment
increased the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the
2006 Plan from 10 million to 20 million shares and increased the limit on shares
underlying awards granted within a calendar year to any eligible employee or
director from 3 million to 4 million shares of common stock.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The
Registrant will bear all expenses of registration incurred in connection with
this offering. The selling shareholders whose shares are being registered will
bear all selling and other expenses. The following table itemizes the expenses
incurred by the Registrant in connection with the offering. All the amounts
shown are estimates except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration
fee.
|
|
Amount
|
|
Registration
fee – Securities and Exchange Commission
|
|
$
|
2,422
|
|
Legal
fees and expenses
|
|
$
|
40,000
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
Miscellaneous
expenses
|
|
$
|
5,000
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
67,422
|
|
ITEM
14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Delaware General Corporation Law and certain provisions of our certificate of
incorporation an bylaws under certain circumstances provide for indemnification
of our officers, directors and controlling persons against liabilities which
they may incur in such capacities. A summary of the circumstances in which such
indemnification is provided for is contained herein, but this description is
qualified in its entirety by reference to our certificate of incorporation,
bylaws and to the statutory provisions.
In
general, any officer, director, employee or agent may be indemnified against
expenses, fines, settlements or judgments arising in connection with a legal
proceeding to which such person is a party, if that person’s actions were in
good faith, were believed to be in our best interest, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe
their actions were unlawful. Unless such person is successful upon the merits in
such an action, indemnification may be awarded only after a determination by
independent decision of the board of directors, by legal counsel, or by a vote
of the stockholders, that the applicable standard of conduct was met by the
person to be indemnified.
The
circumstances under which indemnification is granted in connection with an
action brought on our behalf is generally the same as those set forth above;
however, with respect to such actions, indemnification is granted only with
respect to expenses actually incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of the action. In such actions, unless the court determines
otherwise, the person to be indemnified must have acted in good faith and in a
manner believed to have been in our best interest, and have not been adjudged
liable to the corporation.
Indemnification
may also be granted pursuant to the terms of agreements which we are currently
party to with each of our directors and executive officers, agreements which we
may enter into in the future or pursuant to a vote of stockholders or directors.
Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation also grant the power to us to
purchase and maintain insurance which protects our officers and directors
against any liabilities incurred in connection with their service in such a
position, and such a policy may be obtained by us.
A
stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the
costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers as required
by these indemnification provisions. At present we are reimbursing SAIL Venture
Partners, LLP, $107,600 and Equity Dynamics, Inc $55,200 for their costs
incurred in defending Mr. Jones and Mr. Pappajohn and their respective
organizations in the course of the Brandt Litigation. Apart from our
litigation with Brandt, there is no pending litigation or proceeding
involving any of our directors, officers or employees regarding which
indemnification by us is sought, nor are we aware of any threatened litigation
that may result in claims for indemnification.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC,
this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is therefore unenforceable.
Reference
is made to the following documents filed as exhibits to this Registration
Statement regarding relevant indemnification provisions described above and
elsewhere herein:
Exhibit
|
|
Number
|
|
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended
|
|
3.1.1
|
|
|
|
Bylaws
of Registrant
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ITEM
15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
Reference
is made to the Shares for Debt Agreement entered into on January 11, 2007
described above in the section entitled Certain Relationships and Related
Transaction, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Merger
with CNS California
On
January 16, 2007, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with CNS
Response, Inc., a California corporation (or CNS California), and CNS Merger
Corporation, a California corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary that was
formed to facilitate the acquisition of CNS California. On March 7, 2007,
the merger with CNS California closed, CNS California became our wholly-owned
subsidiary, and we changed our name from Strativation, Inc. to CNS Response,
Inc. At the Effective Time of the Merger (as defined in the Merger
Agreement, as amended on February 23, 2007), MergerCo was merged with and into
CNS California, the separate existence of MergerCo ceased, and CNS California
continued as the surviving corporation at the subsidiary level. We issued
an aggregate of 17,744,625 shares of our common stock to the stockholders of CNS
California in exchange for 100% ownership of CNS California. Additionally,
we assumed an aggregate of 8,407,517 options to purchase shares of common stock
and warrants to purchase shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions
as previously issued by CNS California.
Securities
Issued in 2007 Private Placement
On March
7, 2007, simultaneous with the closing of the Merger, we received gross proceeds
of approximately $7,008,450 in the first closing of a private placement
transaction (the “Private Placement”) with institutional investors and other
high net worth individuals (“Investors”). Pursuant to Subscription
Agreements entered into with these Investors, we sold 5,840,368 Investment
Units, at $1.20 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of one
share of our common stock, and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase
three-tenths of one share of our common Stock, at an exercise price of $1.80 per
share (the “Investor Warrant”). On May 16, 2007, we completed a second
closing of the Private Placement for an additional 664,390 Investment
Units. The additional gross proceeds to us amounted to
$797,300.
Brean
Murray Carret & Co. (“Brean Murray”) acted as placement agent and corporate
finance advisor in connection with the Private Placement. For their services as
placement agent and financial advisor, pursuant to the terms of an Engagement
Agreement between CNS California and Brean Murray, Brean Murray received a
retainer in the form of 83,333 shares of our common stock (having a deemed value
of $100,000) upon the closing of the Private Placement. We also paid Brean
Murray a fee equal to 8% of the funds raised in the Private Placement, or
approximately $624,500 of the gross proceeds from the financing. In
addition, Brean Murray received warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to
purchase shares of our common stock in amounts equal to (i) 8% of the shares of
common stock sold by Brean Murray in the Private Placement (520,381 warrants at
an exercise price of $1.44 per share), and (ii) 8% of the shares underlying the
Investor Warrants sold by Brean Murray in the Private Placement (156,114
warrants at an exercise price of $1.80 per share). The Placement Agent
Warrants are fully vested and have a term of 5 years. We also paid $87,700
in costs, fees and expenses incurred by Brean Murray in connection with the
Private Placement. We expressly assumed CNS California’s agreement with
Brean Murray upon the closing of the Merger. Pursuant to this agreement,
Brean Murray had a right of first refusal to represent us in certain corporate
finance transactions for a period of one year following the closing of the
Private Placement. After payment of commissions and expenses associated
with the offering, we received net proceeds of approximately $6.9 million in the
private placement financing.
In
connection with the above stock issuances, except as otherwise disclosed we did
not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions. None of the sales of
securities described or referred to above was registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Each of the purchasers fell into
one or more of the categories that follow: one of our existing shareholders, one
of our creditors, one of our current or former officers or directors, one of our
employees, one of our service providers, or an accredited investor with whom we
or one of our affiliates had a prior business relationship. As a result, no
general solicitation or advertising was used in connection with the sales. In
making the sales without registration under the Securities Act, the company
relied upon one or more of the exemptions from registration contained in
Sections 4(2) of the Securities Act, and in Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act.
Securities
Issued in 2009-2010 Private Placement
First
Closing: August 26, 2009
On August
26, 2009, we received gross proceeds of approximately $2,000,000 in the first
closing of our private placement transaction from six accredited
investors. Pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered into with the
investors, we sold approximately 38 Investment Units at $54,000 per Investment
Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists of 180,000 shares of our Common
Stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share. After commissions
and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $1,792,300 in the
Private Placement. These funds were used to repay outstanding liabilities,
fund the clinical trial and for working capital. A FINRA member firm acted
as lead placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the Private
Placement. For its services in connection with the Private Placement, the
Placement Agent received (i) a cash fee of $55,980, (ii) a cash expense
allowance of $40,860, and (iii) a five year non-callable warrant to purchase
274,867 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share,
first exercisable no earlier than February 26, 2010.
Pursuant
to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into with each investor, we agreed to
file a registration statement covering the resale of the Common Stock and the
Common Stock underlying the warrants sold in the private placement, as well as
the Common Stock underlying the warrants issued to the Placement Agent by the
later of October 26, 2009 or the 20th calendar day after the termination of the
offering. The Registration Rights agreement was subsequently amended to
allow the filing of the registration statement by the later of 10 business days
following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its
September 30, 2009 year end or the 20
th
calendar day after termination of the offering.
In
addition, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to have the registration
statement declared effective no later than 180 days following the final closing
of the offering and maintain such effectiveness until the earlier of the second
anniversary of the date of such effectiveness or the date that all of the
securities covered by the registration statement may be sold without
restriction.
In
issuing the shares and warrants to the investors without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we relied upon one or
more of the exemptions from registration contained in Sections 4(2) of the
Securities Act, and in Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as the shares and
warrants were issued to accredited investors, without a view to distribution,
and were not issued through any general solicitation or advertisement. We made
this determination based on the representations of each investor which included,
in pertinent part, that such investor is an “accredited investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, that
such investor was acquiring the shares and the warrant for investment purposes
for its own account, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with,
any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities
Act, and that such investor understood that the shares, the warrant and the
securities issuable upon exercise thereof may not be sold or otherwise disposed
of without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
therefrom.
The Form
of Subscription Agreement, Form of Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement,
and Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement are referenced at
Exhibits 10.18, 10.19 and 10.20 and 10.21 hereto.
Events
Relating to First Closing of Private Placement Transaction
(a)
Conversion of March Notes
On March
30, 2009, we entered into two Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, each
in the principal amount of $250,000 (each a “March Note” and, collectively, the
“March Notes”), with Brandt Ventures, GP (“Brandt”) and SAIL Venture Partners,
LP (“SAIL”). Leonard Brandt, a former member of our board of directors, is the
general partner of Brandt and David B. Jones, a current member of our board of
directors, is a managing member of Sail Venture Partners, LLC, which is the
general partner of SAIL. The terms of the March Notes provided that in the event
we consummate an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding
any and all other debt that is converted), then the principal and all accrued,
but unpaid interest outstanding under the notes shall be automatically converted
into the securities issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by
90% of the per share price paid by the investors in such financing. In
accordance with the terms of the March Notes, at the first closing of the
private placement, we issued to each of Brandt and SAIL 956,164 shares of common
stock and a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 478,082 shares of
our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
(b)
Conversion of May SAIL Note
On May
14, 2009, we entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the
“SAIL Purchase Agreement”) with SAIL. Pursuant to the SAIL Purchase Agreement,
on May 14, 2009 SAIL purchased a Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount
of $200,000 from us (the “May SAIL Note”). In order to induce SAIL to purchase
the note, we issued to SAIL a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares of our
common stock at a purchase price equal to $0.25 per share. The warrant
expires on the earlier to occur of May 31, 2016 or a change of control of the
company. The terms of the May SAIL Note provided that in the event we
consummate an equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any
and all other debt that is converted), then the principal and all accrued, but
unpaid interest outstanding under the note shall be automatically converted into
the securities issued in the equity financing by dividing such amount by 85% of
the per share price paid by the investors in such financing. In accordance
with the terms of the May SAIL Note, at the first closing of the private
placement, we issued to SAIL 802,192 shares of our common stock and a five year
non-callable warrant to purchase 401,096 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share.
(c)
Conversion of Pappajohn Note
On June
12, 2009, Mr. Pappajohn entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Pappajohn Purchase Agreement”) with us. Pursuant to the
Pappajohn Purchase Agreement, Mr. Pappajohn purchased a Secured Convertible
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 from us. In order to
induce Mr. Pappajohn to purchase the note, we issued to Mr. Pappajohn a
warrant to purchase up to 3,333,333 shares of our common stock at a purchase
price equal to $0.30 per share. The warrant expires on June 30,
2016.
The note
issued pursuant to the Pappajohn Purchase Agreement provided that the principal
amount of $1,000,000 together with a single payment of $90,000 (the “Premium
Payment”) would be due and payable, unless sooner converted into shares of our
common stock (as described below), upon the earlier to occur of: (i) a
declaration by Mr. Pappajohn on or after June 30, 2010 or (ii) an Event of
Default (as defined in the note). The note was secured by a lien on
substantially all of our assets (including all of our intellectual
property). In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
company, unless Mr. Pappajohn informed us otherwise, we were required to pay Mr.
Pappajohn an amount equal to the product of 250% multiplied by the then
outstanding principal amount of the note and the Premium Payment.
The
Pappajohn Purchase Agreement also provided that in the event we consummated an
equity financing transaction of at least $1,500,000 (excluding any and all other
debt that is converted), the then outstanding principal amount of the note (but
excluding the Premium Payment, which would be repaid in cash at the time of such
equity financing) would be automatically converted into the securities issued in
the equity financing by dividing such amount by the per share price paid by the
investors in such financing. The note also provided that the securities
issued upon conversion of the note would be otherwise issued on the same terms
as such shares are issued to the lead investor that purchases shares of the
company in the qualified financing.
At the
first closing of the private placement, we paid the Premium Payment to Mr.
Pappajohn, and the outstanding principal amount of Mr. Pappajohn’s note
($1,000,000 as of August 26, 2009) converted into 3,333,334 shares of our common
stock. In addition, in accordance with the terms of his note, Mr. Pappajohn was
issued a five year non-callable warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.
In
issuing the shares and warrants described above without registration under the
Securities Act, we relied upon one or more of the exemptions from registration
contained in Sections 4(2) of the Securities Act, and in Regulation D
promulgated thereunder, as such shares and warrants were issued to accredited
investors, without a view to distribution, and were not issued through any
general solicitation or advertisement. We made this determination based on the
representations of each note holder which included, in pertinent part, that such
note holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, that such note holder was
acquiring the shares and warrants for investment purposes for its own account,
and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or
public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, and that such
note holder understood that the shares, the warrants and the securities issuable
upon exercise thereof may not be sold or otherwise disposed of without
registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
therefrom.
Second
Closing: December 24, 2009
On
December 24, 2009, we completed a second closing of our private placement (as
described above, the first closing of our private placement occurred on August
26, 2009), resulting in additional gross proceeds to us of approximately $3.0
million.
Pursuant
to Subscription Agreements entered into with investors, we sold approximately 55
Investment Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists
of 180,000 shares of our common stock and a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 90,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $2.65
million in connection with the second closing of our private placement. We
intend to use (or have used) the proceeds from the second closing for general
corporate purposes, including clinical trial expenses, research and development
expenses, and general and administrative expenses, including the payment of
accrued legal expenses incurred in connection with successfully defending the
company from actions brought by Leonard Brandt.
A FINRA
member firm acted as lead placement agent in connection with the second closing
of our private placement. For its services in connection with the second
closing, the Placement Agent received (i) a cash fee of $195,200, (ii) a cash
expense allowance of $59,920, and (iii) a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 672,267 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $ 0.33 per
share, first exercisable no earlier than June 24, 2010.
In
connection with the second closing of our private placement, each investor who
participated in the financing became party to the Registration Rights agreement
described above and will receive the same rights and benefits as the investors
in the first closing of our private placement.
In
issuing the shares and warrants to the investors without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we relied upon one or
more of the exemptions from registration contained in Sections 4(2) of the
Securities Act, and in Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as the shares and
warrants were issued to accredited investors, without a view to distribution,
and were not issued through any general solicitation or advertisement. We
made this determination based on the representations of each investor which
included, in pertinent part, that such investor is an “accredited investor”
within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act, that such investor was acquiring the shares and the warrant for investment
purposes for its own account, and not with a view to, or for resale in
connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning
of the Securities Act, and that such investor understood that the shares, the
warrant and the securities issuable upon exercise thereof may not be sold or
otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an
applicable exemption therefrom.
Third
and Fourth Closings: December 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010
The
Company completed a third and fourth closing of its private placement, on
December 31, 2009 and January 4, 2010, respectively, resulting in gross proceeds
to the Company of approximately $540,000, thereby completing our private
placement.
Pursuant
to Subscription Agreements entered into with the investors, the Company sold 10
Investment Units at $54,000 per Investment Unit. Each “Investment Unit” consists
of 180,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and a five year non-callable
warrant to purchase 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise
price of $0.30 per share.
After
commissions and expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately
$480,000 in the third and fourth closings of the private placement. The
Company intends to use (or has used) the net proceeds from the Private Placement
for general corporate purposes, including clinical trial expenses, research and
development expenses, and general and administrative expenses, including payment
of accrued legal expenses incurred in connection with successfully defending the
Company from actions brought by the Company’s former CEO, Leonard
Brandt.
A FINRA
member firm acted as lead placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection
with the private placement. For its services in connection with the
December 31, 2009 closing of the private placement, the Placement Agent received
(i) a cash fee of $4,320, (ii) a cash expense allowance of $8,640, and (iii) a
five year non-callable warrant to purchase 14,400 shares of the Company’s common
stock at an exercise price of $.33 per share.
For its
services in connection with the January 4, 2010 closing of the private
placement, the lead Placement Agent received (i) a cash fee of $1,080, (ii) a
cash expense allowance of $2,160, and (iii) a five year non-callable warrant to
purchase 3,600 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $.33
per share.
In
connection with the third and fourth closings of our private placement, each
investor who participated in the financing became party to the Registration
Rights agreement described above and will receive the same rights and benefits
as the investors in the earlier closings of our private placement.
In
issuing the shares and warrants to the investors without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company relied
upon one or more of the exemptions from registration contained in Sections 4(2)
of the Securities Act, and in Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as the shares
and warrants were issued to accredited investors, without a view to
distribution, and were not issued through any general solicitation or
advertisement. The Company made this determination based on the
representations of each investor which included, in pertinent part, that such
investor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, that such investor was
acquiring the shares and the warrant for investment purposes for its own
account, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities
Act, and that such investor understood that the shares, the warrant and the
securities issuable upon exercise thereof may not be sold or otherwise disposed
of without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
therefrom.
June
3, 2010 Bridge Financing
On
June 3, 2010, we entered into a Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) with John Pappajohn, pursuant to which,
Mr.
Pappajohn agreed to purchase two secured promissory notes (each, a “Note”) in
the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 with each Note in the
principal amount of $250,000 maturing on December 2, 2010. On June 3, 2010, Mr.
Pappajohn
loaned the Company
$250,000 in exchange for the first Note (there were no warrants issued in
connection with this first Note).
We
agreed to issue to Mr. Pappajohn a warrant to purchase up to 250,000 shares of
common stock (the “Warrant”) upon the issuance of the second Note, at an
exercise price (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) equal to the
fair market value per share at the time of issuance of the Warrant.
Issuance of the Warrant to Mr. Pappajohn is subject to and conditioned upon the
purchase by Mr. Pappajohn of the second Note. In the event a warrant is
issued to Mr. Pappajohn, the company and Mr. Pappajohn will execute a
registration rights agreement in respect of the securities issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant.
Each Note
accrues interest at a rate of 9% per annum which will be paid together with the
repayment of the principal amount at the earliest of (i) the maturity date; (ii)
prepayment of the Note at the option of the Company (iii) closing of a financing
in which the aggregate proceeds to the Company are not less than $3,000,000 or
(iv) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note). The
Purchase Agreement and each Note grants Mr. Pappajohn a senior security interest
in and to all of the Company’s existing and future right, title and interest in
its tangible and intangible property. Each Note includes provisions
intended to protect the right of the holder of the Note.
The
Purchase Agreement, form of Note, and form of Warrant are referenced at Exhibits
10.25, 10.26 and 10.27 hereto.
In
issuing the Note to Mr. Pappajohn without registration under the Securities Act,
we relied upon one or more of the exemptions from registration contained in
Sections 4(2) of the Securities Act, and in Regulation D promulgated thereunder,
as the Note was issued to an accredited investor, without a view to
distribution, and was not issued through any general solicitation or
advertisement. We made this determination based on the representations of Mr.
Pappajohn which included, in pertinent part, that such note holder is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act, that such note holder was acquiring the
Note for investment purposes for his own account, and not with a view to, or for
resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within
the meaning of the Securities Act, and that Mr. Pappajohn understood that the
securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement may not be sold or
otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an
applicable exemption therefrom.
ITEM
16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit
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2.1
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger between Strativation, Inc., CNS Merger Corporation and
CNS Response, Inc. dated as of January 16, 2007. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form
8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 22,
2007.
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2.2
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Amendment
No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Strativation, Inc., CNS
Merger Corporation, and CNS Response, Inc. dated as of February 28,
2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on March 1, 2007.
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Certificate
of Incorporation, dated March 17, 1987. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 3(i) to the Registrant’s Form 10-SB (File No. 000-26285) filed
with the Commission on June 7, 1999.
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3.1.2
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 1, 2004.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on June 8,
2004.
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3.1.3
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 2, 2004.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on August 5,
2004.
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3.1.4
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 7,
2005. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-150398) filed with the
Commission on April 23, 2008.
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3.1.5
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 8,
2007.
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3.1.6
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Certificate
of Ownership and Merger Merging CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with and into Strativation, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the
Commission on March 13, 2007.
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Bylaws.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3(ii) to the Registrant’s Form
10-SB (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on June 7,
1999.
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3.2.2
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Amendment
No. 1 to Bylaws of CNS Response, Inc. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on July 2, 2009.
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Amendment
No. 2 to Bylaws of CNS Response, Inc. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on July 23, 2009.
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4.1
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Amended
and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
(File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 1,
2010.*
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5.1
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Opinion
of Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP.
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10.1
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Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 16, 2007 by and
among the Registrant and the stockholders signatory thereto. Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 16,
2007.
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10.2
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Form
of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and certain investors,
dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on March 13, 2007.
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10.3
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Form
of Indemnification Agreement by and among the Registrant, CNS Response,
Inc., a California corporation, and certain individuals, dated March 7,
2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on March 13, 2007.
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10.4
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain
Investors signatory thereto dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on March 13, 2007.
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10.5
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain
stockholders of the Company signatory thereto dated March 7, 2007.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on March
13, 2007.
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10.6
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and George Carpenter dated October
1, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on October 3, 2007.*
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10.7
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and Daniel Hoffman dated January
11, 2008. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on January 17, 2008.*
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10.8
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Stock
Purchase Agreement by and among Colorado CNS Response, Inc.,
Neuro-Therapy, P.C. and Daniel A. Hoffman, M.D. dated January 11,
2008. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 13,
2009.
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10.9
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Form
of Warrant issued to Investors in Private Placement. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on March 13,
2007.
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10.10
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Senior
Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 30, 2009, by and between
the Company and Brandt Ventures, GP. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 3, 2009.
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Senior
Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 30, 2009, by and between
the Company and SAIL Venture Partners, LP. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 3 2009.
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10.12
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated May 14, 2009 by and between the
Company and SAIL Venture Partners, LP. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.13
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Form
of Secured Convertible Promissory Note. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.14
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Form
of Warrant to Purchase Shares. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.15
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated June 12, 2009, by and between
the Company and John Pappajohn. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.16
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Form
of Secured Convertible Promissory Note. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.17
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Form
of Warrant to Purchase Shares. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.18
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Form
of Subscription Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.19
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Form
of Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2009.
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10.20
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Registration
Rights Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2009.
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10.21
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Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.22
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Form
of Indemnification Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.22 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.23
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and Paul Buck effective as of
February 18, 2010.*
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10.24
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Consulting
Agreement by and among CNS Response, Inc. and Henry T. Harbin, effective
January 1, 2010. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
14, 2010.
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10.25
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2010, between CNS
Response, Inc. and John Pappajohn. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
7, 2010.
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10.26
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Form
of Note. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number 000-26285) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2010.
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10.27
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Form
of Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7,
2010.
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Placement
Agent Agreement dated August 3, 2009 between the Registrant and Maxim
Group LLC.
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10.29
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Form
of warrant issued to Placement Agent.
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10.30
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated August 26, 2009 between the
Registrant and Maxim Group, LLC.
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on January 13, 2009.
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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23.2
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Consent
of Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLC (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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*
Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.
(b)
Financial Statement Schedules
Schedules
not listed above have been omitted because the information required to be set
forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the consolidated financial
statements or notes thereto.
ITEM
17. Undertakings.
(a)
Rule 415
Offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Actof
1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b)
if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of
Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(5)(ii) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a
registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided,
however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that
is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
(h)
Request for Acceleration of
Effective Date or filing of registration statement becoming effective upon
filing.
.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Costa Mesa, State of
California, on July 2, 2010.
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CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ George Carpenter
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George
Carpenter
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Chief
Executive Officer and Secretary
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(Principal
Executive
Officer)
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
stated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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Chief
Executive Officer and Secretary, and
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July
2, 2010
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/s/
George Carpenter
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Chairman
of the Board
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George
Carpenter
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
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July
2, 2010
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/s/
Paul Buck
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Accounting
Officer)
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Paul
Buck
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Director
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July
2, 2010
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*
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David
B. Jones
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Director
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July
2, 2010
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*
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Jerome
Vaccaro, M.D.
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Director
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July
2, 2010
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*
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Henry
T. Harbin, M.D.
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Director
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July
2, 2010
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*
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John
Pappajohn
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*By :
George Carpenter
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George
Carpenter
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As
Attorney-In-Fact
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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Exhibit Title
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2.1
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger between Strativation, Inc., CNS Merger Corporation and
CNS Response, Inc. dated as of January 16, 2007. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form
8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 22,
2007.
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2.2
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Amendment
No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Strativation, Inc., CNS
Merger Corporation, and CNS Response, Inc. dated as of February 28,
2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on March 1, 2007.
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3.1.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation, dated March 17, 1987. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 3(i) to the Registrant’s Form 10-SB (File No. 000-26285) filed
with the Commission on June 7, 1999.
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3.1.2
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 1, 2004.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on June 8,
2004.
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3.1.3
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 2, 2004.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on August 5,
2004.
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3.1.4
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 7,
2005. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-150398) filed with the
Commission on April 23, 2008.
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3.1.5
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 8,
2007.
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3.1.6
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Certificate
of Ownership and Merger Merging CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with and into Strativation, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the
Commission on March 13, 2007.
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3.2.1
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Bylaws.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3(ii) to the Registrant’s Form
10-SB (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on June 7,
1999.
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3.2.2
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Amendment
No. 1 to Bylaws of CNS Response, Inc. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on July 2, 2009.
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3.2.3
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Amendment
No. 2 to Bylaws of CNS Response, Inc. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on July 23, 2009.
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4.1
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Amended
and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
(File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 1,
2010.*
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5.1
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Opinion
of Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP.
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10.1
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Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 16, 2007 by and
among the Registrant and the stockholders signatory thereto. Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 16,
2007.
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10.2
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Form
of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and certain investors,
dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on March 13, 2007.
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10.3
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Form
of Indemnification Agreement by and among the Registrant, CNS Response,
Inc., a California corporation, and certain individuals, dated March 7,
2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on March 13, 2007.
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10.4
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain
Investors signatory thereto dated March 7, 2007. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on March 13, 2007.
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10.5
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain
stockholders of the Company signatory thereto dated March 7, 2007.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on March
13, 2007.
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10.6
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and George Carpenter dated October
1, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with
the Commission on October 3,
2007.*
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10.7
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and Daniel Hoffman dated January
11, 2008. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on January 17, 2008.*
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10.8
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Stock
Purchase Agreement by and among Colorado CNS Response, Inc.,
Neuro-Therapy, P.C. and Daniel A. Hoffman, M.D. dated January 11,
2008. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on January 13,
2009.
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10.9
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Form
of Warrant issued to Investors in Private Placement. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
(File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission on March 13,
2007.
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10.10
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Senior
Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 30, 2009, by and between
the Company and Brandt Ventures, GP. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 3, 2009.
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10.11
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Senior
Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 30, 2009, by and between
the Company and SAIL Venture Partners, LP. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
000-26285) filed with the Commission on April 3 2009.
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10.12
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated May 14, 2009 by and between the
Company and SAIL Venture Partners, LP. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.13
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Form
of Secured Convertible Promissory Note. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.14
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Form
of Warrant to Purchase Shares. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20, 2009.
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10.15
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated June 12, 2009, by and between
the Company and John Pappajohn. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.16
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Form
of Secured Convertible Promissory Note. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.17
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Form
of Warrant to Purchase Shares. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
18, 2009.
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10.18
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Form
of Subscription Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.19
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Form
of Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2009.
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10.20
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Registration
Rights Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2009.
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10.21
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Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.22
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Form
of Indemnification Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.22 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 30, 2009.
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10.23
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Employment
Agreement by and between the Registrant and Paul Buck effective as of
February 18, 2010.*
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10.24
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Consulting
Agreement by and among CNS Response, Inc. and Henry T. Harbin, effective
January 1, 2010. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
14, 2010.
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10.25
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Bridge
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2010, between CNS
Response, Inc. and John Pappajohn. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number
000-26285) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
7, 2010.
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10.26
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Form
of Note. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number 000-26285) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2010.
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10.27
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Form
of Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File Number 000-26285) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7,
2010.
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Placement
Agent Agreement dated August 3, 2009 between the Registrant and Maxim
Group LLC.
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10.29
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Form
of warrant issued to Placement Agent.
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10.30
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated August 26, 2009 between the
Registrant and Maxim Group,
LLC.
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-26285) filed with the Commission
on January 13, 2009.
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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23.2
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Consent
of Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLC (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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*
Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.
August 3,
2009
Mr.
George Carpenter
Chief
Executive Officer
CNS
Response, Inc.
2755
Bristol Street, Suite 285
Costa
Mesa, CA 92626
Re:
Private Placement of Securities
Dear Mr.
Carpenter:
This
Placement Agency Agreement (the “
Agreement
”)
confirms the retention of Maxim Group LLC (“
Maxim
” or “
Placement Agent
”)
by CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
CNS
” or the “
Company
”), to
provide, on an exclusive basis, certain investment banking services in
connection with a “best efforts” private placement of Units (as defined below)
consisting of securities of the Company (the “
Private
Placement
”). Each Unit (“
Unit
”) shall
consist of: (i) 180,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.30 per share
(“
Common
Stock
”) and (ii) warrants to purchase 90,000 shares of common stock for
$0.30 per share (the “
Warrants
”) for
$54,000 per Unit. The Units are sometimes referred to herein as the “
Private Placement
Securities
” or the “
Securities
.” The
investors introduced by Maxim to the Company in connection with the financing
contemplated hereunder are referred to herein each as an “
Investor
” and
collectively as the “
Investors
.”
1. PLACEMENT
(a) The
Private Placement shall be a “best efforts” placement consisting of a minimum of
seventy-five (75) Units, or four million fifty thousand dollars ($4,050,000)
(the “Private Placement Minimum Amount”) and up to a maximum of one hundred
fifty (150) Units, or eight million dollars ($8,100,000), at an offering price
of $54,000 per Unit (the “Private Placement Maximum Amount”). The Company has
granted the Placement Agent the option to exercise an over-allotment option to
sell up to an additional twenty-two and five tenths (22.5) Units (the
“Over-Allotment Option”). The Shares and Warrants, or the other agreements or
instruments entered into in connection with the Private Placement shall have
such other features as are agreed to by the Company and Maxim and memorialized
in the Offering Documents (as defined below) including, without limitation, the
registration rights described in Section 1(e) below as well as those described
in the subscription documents included in the Offering Documents, as defined
below, for the shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of the
Warrants, or issuable as part of the Units.
405
Lexington Ave. * New York, NY 10174 * tel (212) 895-3500 * (800)
724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
New York,
NY * Long Island, NY * Red Bank,
NJ
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CNS
Response, Inc.
August
3, 2009
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(b) Maxim
will, on an exclusive basis, conduct the Placement on a “best efforts” basis to
accredited investors, only, as meant in Regulation D. If at least the Private
Placement Minimum Amount has been subscribed for and accepted by the Company at
any time during the Private Placement Offering Period, as defined below, the
Company will promptly conduct an initial closing (the “Initial Closing”) and may
conduct subsequent closings (each, a “Subsequent Closing” and together with the
Initial Closing, each, a “Closing” and collectively, the “Closings”), until the
date on which the Maximum Amount is subscribed for by Investors and accepted by
the Company (the “Final Closing Date”). Unless terminated earlier in the
Company’s or Maxim’s sole discretion, the offering period for the Private
Placement (“Private Placement Offering Period”) will expire on the earlier to
occur of: (i) September 30, 2009, unless extended in the mutual discretion of
the Company and Maxim (the “Termination Date”), (ii) the date on which the
Private Placement Maximum Amount is subscribed for and accepted by the Company,
or (iii) the termination of the Private Placement or this Agreement, but in any
event no later than December 31, 2009. Any Closing shall be undertaken in a
manner agreed to by the Company and Maxim. Unless the Private Placement Minimum
Amount is subscribed for and accepted by the Company by the Termination Date,
the Private Placement will be terminated and all subscription proceeds will be
returned to Investors without interest or deduction The minimum subscription
amount per investor shall be Fifty Four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00) which
amount may be reduced and partial Units may be issued and sold at the discretion
of the Company and the Placement Agent.
(c) The
Private Placement will be made pursuant to the Offering Documents, as defined
below. The Securities will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or any applicable successor statute (the “Act”), but will be issued
in reliance on the private offering exemption available under Section 4(2) of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations, as defined below, promulgated thereunder,
including Regulation D (“Regulation D”). Maxim understands that all
subscriptions for Units are subject to acceptance by the Company. The Company
and Maxim reserve the right in their reasonable discretion to accept or reject
any or all subscriptions for Units, in whole or in part, regardless whether any
funds have been deposited into an escrow account. Any subscription monies
received by Maxim from Investors will be handled in accordance with Rule 15c2-4
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
whether or not Maxim is subject to the Exchange Act, and as otherwise may be
prescribed by the terms of the Offering Documents (as defined in Section 2
below). As used herein, the term “Rules and Regulations” means the applicable
rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act.
(d) Until
the Closing (as defined below) is held, all subscription funds received shall be
held by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Escrow Agent”). Maxim
shall not have any independent obligation to verify the accuracy or completeness
of any information contained in any Subscription Documents (as defined in
Section 2 below) or the authenticity, sufficiency or validity of any check
delivered by any prospective Investor in payment for the Units, nor shall Maxim
incur any liability with respect to any such verification or failure to verify,
unless it had actual knowledge that any information in the Subscription
Documents was untrue. All subscription checks and funds shall be promptly and
directly delivered without offset or deduction to the Escrow Agent.
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(e) In
the event that the Private Placement Minimum Amount is raised, the Company
agrees to file a registration statement, on a form to be agreed upon by the
Company and Maxim (the “Registration Statement”), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) no later than sixty (60) days following the
Closing, covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock: (i) included in the
Units, (ii) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, and (iii) underlying any
Placement Agent Warrant (as defined below) issued to Maxim in connection with
the Private Placement. In addition, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to
have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC by no later than
one hundred-eighty (180) days following the Final Closing of the Private
Placement with the SEC (the “Target Effective Date”), and to maintain the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement until sooner of the second (2nd)
anniversary of the date of such effectiveness on the date that all of such
shares may be sold by the Investor without restrictions. The terms of such
registration rights are more fully described in the Offering
Documents.
2. OFFERING
DOCUMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS
(a) The
Company has prepared an Offering Document which includes: (i) the Form 10-KSB
for the year ended September 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 13, 2009 and amended on January 28, 2009, (ii) the
subscription booklet, (iii) the form of Warrants, and (iv) the Offering term
sheet, relating to the Private Placement (such Offering Documents and any
amendments or supplements thereto prepared and furnished by the Company, being
referred to herein as the “Offering Documents”), which Offering Documents, among
other things, describes the Private Placement and certain investment risks
relating thereto.
(b) The
Company has been and will continue to be responsible for preparing and filing
required documentation, if any, with the authorities in the United States or any
state located therein (and subsequent to, if required by the laws of any such
jurisdiction) in connection with the distribution of the Offering Documents to
prospective Investors (the parties acknowledging, however, that the Private
Placement is intended and expected to be wholly or partially exempt from filing
requirements in the United States by reason of an “accredited investor”
exemption).
(c) Maxim
and its counsel and the Company and its counsel have or will jointly prepare a
form of subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) and a form of
purchaser questionnaire (collectively, with the Subscription Agreement, the
Note, the Warrant or other documents required in connection with the Private
Placement, the “Subscription Documents”), which Subscription Documents shall
contain such representations, warranties, conditions and covenants as are
customary in private placements of corporate debt and equity securities with
United States accredited investors. Maxim and its counsel have had or will have
an opportunity to review the final form of the Offering Documents and
Subscription Documents prior to the distribution thereof to prospective
Investors, and the Offering Documents and the Subscription Documents will be the
only offering documents (other than cover letters which may be used by Maxim,
and any documents made available to Investors in accordance with the terms of
the Offering Documents) shown to prospective Investors. The Company and its
counsel will advise Maxim and its counsel , in writing of those jurisdictions in
which the Securities may lawfully be offered and sold, and the manner in which
the Securities may lawfully be offered and sold in each such jurisdiction in
connection with the Private Placement, and Maxim agrees that the Securities will
be offered or sold only in such jurisdictions and in the manner specified by the
Company; provided, however, that Maxim shall not be responsible for
independently verifying such written advice with respect to the jurisdictions in
which the Securities may be offered and sold and with respect to the manner in
which the Securities may be offered and sold in such jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Maxim shall determine whether it is licensed to
offer and sell the Securities in each jurisdiction in which it intends to do
so.
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(d) The
Private Placement will be made in accordance with the requirements of Section
4(2) under the Act and/or Regulation D only to investors that qualify as
accredited investors, as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act (“Accredited
Investors”), purchasing for their own account for investment purposes only and
not for distribution in violation of securities laws. Furthermore, prospective
Investors will have been provided with the Offering Documents and access to the
management of the Company and afforded the opportunity to ask
questions.
(e) The
Company recognizes, agrees and confirms that Maxim (or any selling agent
permitted to be utilized by Maxim under Section 3(a) hereof): (i) will use and
rely primarily on the information contained in the Offering Documents and the
Subsciption Documents and on information available from generally recognized
public sources in performing the services contemplated by this Agreement without
having independently verified the same; (ii) is authorized, as the Company’s
exclusive financial advisor and placement agent in connection with the Private
Placement, to transmit to any prospective Investor a copy or copies of the
Offering Documents, the Subsciption Documents and any other documentation
supplied to Maxim for transmission to any prospective Investor by or on behalf
of the Company or by any of the Company’s officers, representatives or agents,
in connection with the performance of Maxim’s services hereunder or any
transaction contemplated hereby; (iii) does not assume responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of any information contained in the Offering Documents
and the Subsciption Documents or any such other information; (iv) will not make
an appraisal of the Company or any assets of the Company or the securities being
offered by the Company in the Private Placement; and (v) retains the right to
continue to perform due diligence of the Company during the course of the
Company’s engagement of Maxim.
3. PLACEMENT
AGENT MATTERS
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement and to the performance by the Company of all
of its obligations to be performed hereunder, Maxim agrees to use its best
efforts to assist in arranging for sales of Private Placement Securities. The
Company recognizes that “best efforts” does not assure that the Private
Placement will be consummated. It is understood and agreed that this Agreement
does not create any partnership, joint venture or other similar relationship
between or among Maxim and the Company, and that Maxim is acting only as a sales
agent. The Company hereby agrees that Maxim shall have the right to utilize
other selling broker-dealers in connection with the Private Placement on terms
approved by Maxim.
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(b) For
the services of Maxim hereunder, the Company will pay or caused to be paid to
Maxim the following fees at each Closing in connection with the sale of Private
Placement Securities to persons introduced to the Company by the Placement Agent
Private Placement, subject to the limitations set forth in Section (c)
below:
(i) a
cash payment equal to 10.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from
the sale of the Private Placement Securities, payable at each applicable
Closing, in lawful money of the United States by check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds;
(ii) a
non-accountable expense allowance equal to 2.0% of the gross proceeds received
by the Company from the sale of the Private Placement Securities, payable at
each applicable Closing, in lawful money of the United States by check or wire
transfer of immediately available funds;
(iii) a
warrant (the “Placement Agent Warrant”) to purchase such number of shares of
Common Stock, equal to 10.0% of the aggregate number of securities sold in the
Offering, at 110% of the offering price of the Units (“Exercise Price”), as
defined in the Offering Documents, exercisable for a period of five (5) years
from the date of issuance, subject to customary anti-dilution protection rights
contained in warrants of this type.
The
Placement Agent Warrant will be issued at the applicable Closing pursuant to
Warrant Certificates to be signed by the Company, as applicable. The Placement
Agent Warrant shall provide, among other things:
(A) that
the Placement Agent Warrant shall:
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exercisable at the Exercise Price, as applicable;
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expire
five (5) years from the date of issuance, unless otherwise agreed
to.
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(B) for
registration rights on the same terms granted to the Investors,
(C) for
such other terms as are normal and customary for Placement Agent Warrants issued
to placement agents.
(c) For
the services of Maxim hereunder, the Company will pay or caused to be paid to
Maxim the following fees at each Closing in connection with the Private
Placement for the sale of the Private Placement Securities to persons not
introduced to the Company by the Placement Agent:
(i) a
cash payment equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from
the sale of the Private Placement Securities, payable at each applicable
Closing, in lawful money of the United States by check or wire transfer of
immediately available funds;
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(ii) a
non-accountable expense allowance equal to 2.0% of the gross proceeds received
by the Company from the sale of the Private Placement Securities, payable at
each applicable Closing, in lawful money of the United States by check or wire
transfer of immediately available funds;
(iii) the
Placement Agent to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock, equal to 3.0%
of the aggregate number of securities sold in the Offering, at 110% of the
offering price of the Units, as defined in the Offering Documents, exercisable
for a period of five (5) years from the date of issuance, subject to customary
anti-dilution protection rights contained in warrants of this type.
(d) Upon
receipt by the Company from a proposed Investor of completed Subscription
Documents, and such other documents as the Company requests, the Company and
Maxim will determine in their reasonable discretion whether they wish to accept
or reject the subscription.
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PAYMENT
BY COMPANY OF EXPENSES
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The
Company will pay for and whether or not any Securities are sold in connection
with the Private Placement , all expenses of the Company relating to the Private
Placement, including, without limitation: (i) the preparation, printing,
reproduction and filing of the Offering Documents and all other documents
relating to the Private Placement, and any supplements or amendments thereto,
including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company, and the cost of all
copies thereof; (ii) the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Private
Placement Securities, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon and
the fees of any transfer agent or registrar; (iii) the public registration and
listing of, or registration and qualification of the Securities pursuant to the
resale registration statement required to be filed in connection with the sale
of the Securities or otherwise and for the securing of an exemption therefrom
under state or foreign “blue sky” or securities laws, including, without
limitation, filing fees payable in the jurisdictions in which such registration
or qualification or exemption therefrom is sought, the costs of preparing
preliminary, supplemental and final “blue sky surveys” relating to the offer and
sale of the Securities; (iv) the filing fees, if any, payable to the applicable
securities regulatory authorities, including, but not limited to, the FINRA in
connection with filings made via the FINRA’s CobraDesk filing system; (v) all
Escrow Agent fees; and (vi) all road show expenses of the Company, travel for
Company employees and other related expenses of the Company. The Company will
pay or promptly reimburse Maxim, as the case may be for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of Maxim relating to activities under this Agreement
(including legal fees incurred by Maxim) in an amount not to exceed $25,000 in
the aggregate, which amount will be offset against the non-accountable expense
allowance referred to in Section 3(b) and 3(c) hereof.
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TERMINATION
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The
Private Placement may be terminated: (i) by Maxim or the Company at any time
upon ten (10) days prior written notice; (ii) by the Company on September 30,
2009 or any day thereafter, on prior written notice to Maxim; or (iii)
immediately by Maxim upon giving written notice to the Company, but, with
respect to clause (iii), only in the event that:
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(a) in
the opinion of Maxim, the Offering Documents contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements appearing therein not misleading in
the light of the circumstances in which they were made, and the Company shall
not have corrected such untrue statement or omission to the reasonable
satisfaction of Maxim and its counsel within ten (10) days after the Company
receives notice of such untrue statement or omission, provided that
notwithstanding such ten (10) day period, no Closing shall occur hereunder until
Maxim shall notify the Company that it is satisfied, in its reasonable
determination, that the Company has taken such steps (including circulating
amended offering materials and afforded prospective Investors a reasonable
opportunity to review such amendments) to allow the applicable Closing to occur;
or
(b) the
Company shall be in material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant
made by it in this Agreement, any Subscription Document or any other document
relating to the Private Placement (“Cause”); or
(c) (i)
any calamitous domestic or international event or act or occurrence has taken
place and, in Maxim’s opinion, has or will materially disrupt general securities
markets in the United States in the immediate future; or (ii) if trading on the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or in the over-the-counter
market shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall
have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been
required on the over-the counter market by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, (“FINRA”) or by order of the SEC or any other government
authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become
subject to an act of terrorism or involved in a war, major hostilities or the
like; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or
federal authority; or (v) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss,
whether or not insured, by reason of fire, flood, accident or other calamity; or
(vii) if there shall have been such material adverse change in the conditions or
prospects of the Company, involving a change not contemplated by the Offering
Documents; or (viii) if there shall have been such material adverse general
market conditions as in Maxim’s reasonable judgment would make it inadvisable to
proceed with the Private Placement or the sale or delivery of the
Securities.
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PRIVATE
PLACEMENT OFFERING PERIOD; CLOSINGS
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Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Units which are the subject of
the Private Placement will be offered as described in Section 1(b) hereof.
Unless the Private Placement Minimum Amount is subscribed for and accepted by
the Company by the Termination Date (as the same may be extended pursuant to the
terms hereof), the Private Placement will be terminated and all subscription
proceeds will be returned to Investors without interest or deduction. At any
Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Investors instruments or preferred
stock or warrant certificates representing the securities underlying the Units
and instruments representing the Placement Agent Warrants, duly executed by the
Company, together with such other closing documentation as may be required by
Maxim in its reasonable discretion in order to affect the applicable Closing.
Any date on which a Closing occurs is referred to herein as a “Closing
Date.”
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7.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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The
Company hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees with and to Maxim: (i)
as of the date hereof, (ii) as of each applicable Closing Date and (iii) as of
the date of the filing of the Registration Statement (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), as follows and except as disclosed in the Company’s
periodic reports as filed with the SEC.
(a) The
Company has been validly formed and legally exists as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has full corporate
power and authority to conduct its business as currently conducted, and is in
good standing in the jurisdiction in which the conduct of its businesses or the
nature of its properties requires such qualification or authorization, except
where the failure to be so qualified or authorized and in good standing would
not have a material adverse effect on the business and financial condition of
the Company or any other Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company, each
taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). As of the date hereof, the
Company does not have, directly or indirectly, any subsidiaries other than as
disclosed in the Company’s filings with the SEC (each, a “Subsidiary” and
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”). Each Subsidiary has been duly organized, is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business and is duly qualified and authorized to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the
nature of its properties requires such qualification or authorization, except
where the failure to be so qualified or authorized and in good standing would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
for the Subsidiaries, the Company holds no ownership or other interest, nominal
or beneficial, direct or indirect, in any corporation, partnership, joint
venture or other business entity. Other than as described in the Company’s
filings with the SEC, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary is owned by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge,
mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, equity, trust or other encumbrance,
preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever (each, a
“Lien”), and has been duly authorized and validly issued, and is
non-assessable.
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The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 750,000,000 shares of
capital stock, of which: (i) 750,000,000 are classified as Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share, and (ii) none are classified as preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per share. As of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date,
28,872,476 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, 0 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock and 0 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and no other shares of capital
stock of the Company are or will be issued and outstanding, except as otherwise
contemplated by the Offering Documents and all such shares of capital stock are,
as the case may be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights. The shares of Common Stock
underlying the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, will be duly reserved,
and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Private Placement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive or
any other similar rights and no personal liability will attach to the ownership
thereof. The outstanding options, warrants and other convertible securities of
the Company are as set forth in the Offering Documents and the Company’s filings
with the SEC. Except as disclosed in the Offering Documents, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is a party to an agreement, instrument or understanding which
calls for, and no securities of the Company or any Subsidiary contain provisions
relating to, the resetting or repricing of any debt or equity security
instrument of the Company or any Subsidiary. Neither the issuance of the
Securities nor the consummation of the Private Placement will trigger any
resetting or repricing of any debt or equity security instrument of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
(c) This
Agreement, the Subscription Documents, the Warrants, the Placement Agent
Warrants, and all other documents to be entered into by the Company in
connection with the transactions described in the Offering Documents have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except insofar as enforcement of the
indemnification or contribution provisions hereof may be limited by applicable
laws or principles of public policy and except further as to enforcement, to the
availability of equitable remedies and limitations imposed by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws and related court decisions
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
(d) Neither
the Offering Documents, the Registration Statement, the Subscription Documents
nor any of the Company’s filings with the SEC (collectively,
the “Company Documents”) contain or will contain any untrue statement
of a material fact, and the Company Documents will not omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
Company shall have no liability for any information provided to the Company in
writing by, and relating to, Maxim, for use in and used in the Offering
Documents. It is understood that any summary in the Offering Documents of a
document which appears therein in full (either as signed or substantially in the
form to be signed) does not constitute an untrue or misleading statement merely
because it is a summary; provided, however, that any such summary does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If, at any time before the Private
Placement is completed or terminated or before all subscriptions are accepted by
the Company, there should be any change which would cause the Company Documents
not to comply with this Section 7(d), the Company will promptly advise Maxim
thereof and make any necessary corrective filings with the SEC and prepare and
furnish Maxim with, for distribution to Investors, after prior review and
approval by Maxim and its counsel (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld), such copies of such supplements or amendments to the Offering
Documents and the Subscription Documents as will cause the Offering Documents
and the Subscription Documents, as so supplemented or amended, to comply with
this Section 7(d), and will authorize Maxim to make to Investors, if: (i) deemed
necessary by counsel to Maxim and approved by Maxim, or (ii) if deemed necessary
by counsel to the Company, an offer of rescission.
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(e) Except
as disclosed in the Company Documents, since March 31, 2009, there has been no
material adverse change (or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change), whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, in or affecting: (i) the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties or prospects
of the Company and each Subsidiary, taken as a whole; (ii) the long-term debt or
capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) the Private
Placement or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Since the date of the latest Company balance sheet presented in or
attached to the Offering Documents, and other than as described in the Offering
Document, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred or undertaken any
liabilities or obligations, whether direct or indirect, liquidated or
contingent, matured or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including
any acquisition or disposition of any business or asset, which are material to
the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except for liabilities,
obligations and transactions which are disclosed in the Offering Documents and
the exhibits thereto.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in: (i) violation of its certificate or
articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents, (ii)
default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of its property or assets pursuant to, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or
assets is subject or (iii) violation in any respect of any law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial,
regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic,
except (in the case of clause (ii) above) for any Lien disclosed in the Offering
Documents and the exhibits thereto and except, in the cases of (ii) and (iii),
where such defaults or violations do not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, all Company Documents and
all other documents to be entered into by the Company in connection with any
transaction described in the Offering Documents or in connection with the
Private Placement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
have been or will be prior to such execution, delivery, performance or
consummation, as the case may be, duly and validly authorized by the Company and
do not and will not: (i) constitute, or result in, a breach or violation of any
of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Certificate or Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws or other governing documents of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, (ii) constitute, or result in, a material violation of any
applicable statute, law, ordinance or regulation of any state, territory or
other jurisdiction, or (iii) violate, constitute, or result in, a default under
(or an event which with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both
would constitute a default under) or breach of the terms, provisions or
conditions of any material indenture, note, contract, commitment, instrument or
document to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or will be a party
or by which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of its properties are
bound, or any award, judgment, decree, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or its activities or properties, the result of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization or
order of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body or any
individual or entity is required on the part of the Company for the lawful
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for
such consents and approvals with respect to the offer and sale of the Securities
in certain jurisdictions which are identified to Maxim by counsel for the
Company.
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(h) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all necessary consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings and
permits of, with and from all applicable judicial, regulatory and other legal or
governmental agencies and bodies and all third parties, foreign and domestic
(collectively, the “Consents”), to own, lease and operate their respective
properties and conduct their respective businesses as are now being conducted
and as disclosed in the Offering Documents, except where the failure to have any
such Consent would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Consent is
valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received written notice of any investigation or proceedings which results in
or, if decided adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, could reasonably be
expected to result in, the revocation of, or imposition of a materially
burdensome restriction on, any Consent.
(i) Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws,
rules, regulations, ordinances, directives, judgments, decrees and orders,
foreign and domestic, except where the failure to so comply does or would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Except
as disclosed in the Offering Documents, there is no judicial, regulatory,
arbitral or other legal or governmental proceeding or other litigation or
arbitration, domestic or foreign, pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a party or of which any property, operations or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary is the subject which, would have a Material Adverse Effect. No such
proceeding, litigation or arbitration is threatened or contemplated, and the
defense of all such proceedings, litigation and arbitration against or involving
the Company or any Subsidiary would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(k) [_______]
whose report is included or attached to the Form 10-K included in the Offering
Documents, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(l) Except
as disclosed in the Offering Documents, and except for such matters that, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect there are no claims, actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings before or by any arbitrator, court, governmental
authority or instrumentality pending or threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or involving the properties of the Company
which would affect the transactions or other acts contemplated by this Agreement
or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
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(m) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has violated or is currently in
violation of any provisions of: (a) any federal or state environmental law, (b)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), (c) the Bank
Secrecy Act, as amended, (d) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as
amended, (e) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or (f) the Uniting and
Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, and the rules and
regulations promulgated under any such law, or any successor law, except for
such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(n) Except
as disclosed in the Offering Documents, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a
valid claim against the Company or Maxim for a brokerage commission, finder’s
fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or, to the Company’s knowledge, any arrangements, agreements,
understandings, payments or issuance with respect to the Company or any of its
officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees, Subsidiaries or
affiliates that may affect Maxim’s compensation.
(o) The
financial statements, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules
included, attached to or incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K, as amended,
included in the Offering Documents and the Offering Documents present fairly, in
all material respects the financial position as of the dates indicated and the
cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries and the other entities for which financial
statements are included, attached to or incorporated by reference in the
Offering Documents. Except as otherwise stated in the Offering Documents and the
Company Documents, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules
included, attached to or incorporated by reference in the Offering Documents and
the Company Documents present fairly the information required to be stated
therein. The other financial and statistical information included in the
Offering Documents and the Company Documents present fairly the information
included therein in all material respects.
(p) The
Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting and other
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
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(q) Other
than as described in the Offering Documents, neither the Company nor any of its
affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act)
(collectively, “Affiliates”) has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or
sale of any securities which could be “integrated” for purposes of the Act with
the offer and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Offering Documents or the
Registration Statement.
(r) All
private offers and sales of securities prior to the date hereof by the Company
or any Subsidiary have been validly exempt from registration under the Act and
have been properly registered with all applicable state securities authorities
pursuant to appropriate “blue sky” filings or otherwise and if not properly
filed or registered, all such purchasers in such private offerings have received
an offer of recission, which has been prepared and offered to purchasers in
accordance with the laws and regulations of each state in which such recission
offer was required to be made. Additionally, recission has not been offered to
purchasers that would not be entitled to any such recission based on the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations in the state in which such
purchaser resides.
(s) Except
as disclosed in the Offering Documents, no holder of any security of the Company
or any Subsidiary has any rights to require registration of any such security as
part or on account of, or otherwise in connection with, the offer and sale of
the Securities contemplated by the Registration Statement, and any such rights
so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the applicable entity or
effectively waived by the holders thereof, and any such waivers remain in full
force and effect.
(t) Neither
the Company nor any of its respective directors, officers, employees, agents or
representatives (“Company Representatives”) has taken or will take any action
which has caused or may cause the Private Placement not to qualify for exemption
from the registration requirements of the Act or of United States federal, state
or other securities or other laws. In connection with the Private Placement,
neither the Company nor the Company Representatives shall offer or cause to be
offered the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising as defined in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D. Other than as described
in the Offering Documents, the Company and the Company Representatives have not
taken and shall not take any action (except for actions contemplated by the
Offering Documents) that would cause the Private Placement to be integrated with
other transactions under Rule 502(a) of Regulation D.
(u) No
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between the Company or any of its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and any director, officer, shareholder, customer or
supplier of the Company or any Affiliate of them, on the other hand, which is
required by the Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Form 10-K
included in the Offering Documents which is not so described and described as
required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for
business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of
indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as
disclosed in the Form 10-K included in the Offering Documents. The Company has
not, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarb-Ox”), directly or
indirectly, including through a Subsidiary (other than as permitted under the
Sarb-Ox for depositary institutions), extended or maintained credit, arranged
for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a
personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the
Company.
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(v) The
Company is in material compliance with the provisions of Sarb-Ox and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder and related or similar rules and
regulations promulgated by NASDAQ or any other governmental or self regulatory
entity or agency, except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) With
the exception of product liability insurance, the Company and/or the
Subsidiaries maintain insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as they
reasonably consider adequate for the conduct of their businesses and the value
of their properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar
businesses in similar industries, all of which insurance is in full force and
effect. There are no claims by the Company or any Subsidiary under any such
policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or
defending under a reservation of rights clause. The Company reasonably believes
that it will be able to renew its existing insurance, if any, as and when such
coverage expires or will be able to obtain replacement insurance adequate for
the conduct of its business.
(x) No
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in either Section 406 of the ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time
(the “Code”)), “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of
ERISA) or other event of the kind described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other
than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section
4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit
plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability; each
employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary is in compliance in all
material respects with applicable law, including (without limitation) ERISA and
the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from
any “pension plan”; and each employee benefit plan of the Company or any
Subsidiary that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is
so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act,
which could cause the loss of such qualification.
(y) The
Company and each Subsidiary owns or leases all such properties as are necessary
to the conduct of their businesses as presently operated and as proposed to be
operated as described in the Offering Documents. The Company and each Subsidiary
have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and
clear of all liens and encumbrances, except such as are described in the
Offering Documents or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real
property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases
with such exceptions as are not material to, and do not interfere with, the use
made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and
the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice
of any claim adverse to its ownership of any real or personal property or of any
claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or
held under lease or sublease by the Company or any Subsidiary.
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(z) The
Company and each Subsidiary: (i) owns or possesses adequate right to use all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae,
customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the
conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in
the Offering Documents and (ii) does not believe that the conduct of their
respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any
notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others. All material
technical information developed by and belonging to the Company or any
Subsidiary which has not been patented has been, to the Company’s knowledge,
kept confidential so as, among other things, all such information may be deemed
proprietary to the applicable entity. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
granted or assigned to any other person or entity any right to manufacture, have
manufactured, assemble or sell the current products and services of the Company
or any Subsidiary or those products and services described in the Offering
Documents. After due investigation, there is no infringement by third parties of
any such Intellectual Property; there is no pending or threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of
any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. There is no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the
Company or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark,
copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company
is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such
claim.
(aa) Except
as disclosed in the Company Documents, and except for such matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect:
(i)
the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are, and have been, in compliance with all
Environmental Laws (as defined below), and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any: (A) communication that alleges that the Company
or any such Subsidiary is in violation of, or has liability under, any
Environmental Law, (B) written request for information pursuant to any
Environmental Law, or (C) notice regarding any requirement that is proposed for
adoption or implementation under any Environmental Law and that would be
applicable to the operations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(ii)
(A)
The Company and
each of its Subsidiaries have obtained and are in compliance with all permits,
licenses and governmental authorizations pursuant to all Environmental Laws
(collectively, “
Environmental
Permits
”) necessary for their operations as currently conducted, (B) all
such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing, and (C) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been advised by any governmental entity
or authority of any actual or potential change in the status or terms and
conditions of any Environmental Permit;
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(iii)
there
are no Environmental Claims pending or threatened, against the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries;
(iv) there
have been no Releases of any Hazardous Material that could reasonably be
expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or against any person whose liabilities for such
Environmental Claims the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may have,
retained or assumed, either contractually or by operation of law;
and
(v)
there
have been no Releases of any Hazardous Material that could reasonably be
expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or against any person whose liabilities for such
Environmental Claims the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may have,
retained or assumed, either contractually or by operation of law;
and
(vi)
(A)
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed, either
contractually or by operation of law, any liabilities or obligations that could
reasonably be expected to form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the
Company or any Subsidiary, and (B) no Environmental Claims are pending against
any person or entity whose liabilities for such Environmental Claims the Company
or any Company Subsidiary has, or may have, retained or assumed, either
contractually or by operation of law.
As used
in this Agreement, the terms: (A) “
Environmental
Claim
” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions,
suits, orders, demands, directives, claims, investigations, proceedings or
notices of violation by or from any person or entity alleging liability of
whatever kind or nature arising out of, based on or resulting from (y) the
presence or release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials at any location;
or (z) the failure to comply with any Environmental Law; (B) “
Environmental Laws
”
means all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
orders, decrees, judgments, legally binding agreements or Environmental Permits
issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any governmental entity or
authority, relating to pollution, natural resources or protection of endangered
or threatened species, human health or the environment (including ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata); (C) “
Hazardous
Materials
” means (y) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive
materials or wastes, asbestos in any form, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and
polychlorinated biphenyls; and (z) any other chemical, material, substance or
waste that in relevant form or concentration is prohibited, limited or regulated
under any Environmental Law; and (D) “
Release
” means any
actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection,
pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or
through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land
surface or subsurface strata) or within any building, structure, facility or
fixture.
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(bb)
Each
of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and filed all
federal, state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by
it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments,
governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales
and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated to
withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with
respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts
are shown as due on any tax return). No deficiency assessment with respect to a
proposed adjustment of the Company or any Subsidiary’s federal, state, local or
foreign taxes is pending or threatened. The accruals and reserves on the books
and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities
for any taxable period not finally determined are adequate to meet any
assessments and related liabilities for any such period and, since the date of
the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have not incurred any liability for taxes other than in the
ordinary course of its business. There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any
federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority, outstanding against the
assets, properties or business of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(cc)
Neither
the Company any Subsidiary nor any of their respective employees or agents has
at any time during the last five (5) years: (i) made any unlawful contribution
to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any
contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or
state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar
public or quasi-public duties, other than payments that are not prohibited by
the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.
(dd)
No
labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary currently
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is likely to occur.
(ee)
The
Company has not offered, or caused Maxim to offer, the Securities to any person
or entity with the intention of unlawfully influencing: (i) a customer or
supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s
level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) a
journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the
Company, any Subsidiary or its products or services.
(ff)
The
Company will not offer the Securities for sale hereunder on the basis of any
communications or documents relating to Maxim or the Securities except the
Offering Documents and the exhibits thereto and documents described or referred
to therein, including the Subscription Documents.
(gg)
So
long as any of the Securities are “restricted securities” within the meaning of
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, the Company, during any period in which it is not
subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or is
not exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to and in compliance with
Rule 12g3-2b under the Exchange Act, provide to each holder of Units, and the
underlying shares of Common Stock, and to each prospective purchaser (as
designated by such holder) of Units, and the underlying shares of Common Stock,
upon the request of such holder or prospective holder, any information required
to be provided by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.
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(hh)
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is and, at all times up to and including
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and after
giving effect to application of the net proceeds of the Private Placement, will
not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not and will not be an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act. The
Company will: (i) utilize the proceeds of the Placement in accordance with the
“Use of Proceeds” section of the Offering Documents and (ii) initially utilize
the proceeds of the Placement and all other funds of the Company in such a
manner so as to cause the Company not to be subject to the 1940 Act, and will
thereafter use its best efforts to avoid the Company’s becoming subject to the
1940 Act.
(ii) In
addition to the foregoing, to the extent not set forth herein, Maxim may rely on
the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Subscription
Agreement provided by the Company and used in connection with the Private
Placement.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF MAXIM
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Maxim
hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company
that:
(a)
This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Maxim and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Maxim, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except insofar as enforcement of the
indemnification or contribution provisions hereof may be limited by applicable
laws or principles of public policy and subject, as to enforcement, to the
availability of equitable remedies and limitations imposed by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws and related court decisions
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
(b)
Maxim
will cooperate with the Company to ensure that the offering and sale of the
Securities will comply with the requirements of the Act, including, without
limitation, the general conditions contained in Regulation D and the federal
securities laws, and will follow the reasonable advice of the Company with
respect to the manner in which to offer and sell the Securities so as to ensure
that the offering and sale thereof will comply with the securities laws of any
jurisdiction in which Securities are offered by Maxim, and Maxim will not make
an offer of Securities in any jurisdiction in which the Company advises it in
writing that such offer would be unlawful for Maxim to offer or sell
securities.
(c)
Maxim
is: (i) a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act; (ii) a member in good
standing of the FINRA; and (iii) registered as a broker-dealer in each
jurisdiction in which it is required to be registered as such in order to offer
and sell the Securities in such jurisdiction.
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(d)
Maxim
has not and will not make an offer of Securities (or of any securities, the
offering of which may be integrated with the Private Placement) on the basis of
any communications or documents relating to the Company or the Securities except
the Offering Documents and the exhibits thereto and documents described,
referred to or incorporated by reference therein (including the Subscription
Documents). Maxim will deliver a copy of the Offering Documents to each
prospective Investor solicited by it prior to such offeree’s execution of the
Subscription Documents or, in the case of amendments or supplements to the
Offering Documents (other than those amendments and supplements approved in
writing by the Company but designated in writing as not subject to this
requirement), prior to such offeree’s execution of an acknowledgment of receipt
of such amendment or supplement and reconfirmation of intent to
subscribe.
(e)
Maxim
will not transmit to the Company any written offer from an offeree to purchase
Securities unless, it has a pre-existing relationship with such offeree, and
immediately prior thereto, it reasonably believes that: (i) the offeree is an
Accredited Investor; and (ii) the offeree meets all other offeree and/or
purchaser suitability standards, if any, required under applicable securities
laws and regulations.
(f)
Maxim
will periodically notify the Company of the jurisdiction in which the Securities
are being offered by it or will be offered by it pursuant to this Agreement, and
will periodically notify the Company of the status of the offering conducted
pursuant to this Agreement.
The
Company covenants to Maxim that it shall:
(a)
Notify
Maxim as soon as practicable, and confirm such notice promptly in writing: (i)
when any event shall have occurred during the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending on the later of the date of the Final Closing as a result of
which the Offering Documents would include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (ii) of the receipt
of any notification with respect to the modification, rescission, withdrawal or
suspension of the qualification or registration of the Securities or of an
exemption from such registration or qualification in any jurisdiction. The
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
modification, rescission, withdrawal or suspension and, if any such
modification, rescission, withdrawal or suspension is issued, to obtain the
lifting thereof as promptly as possible.
(b)
Not
supplement or amend the Offering Documents unless Maxim and its counsel shall
have approved of such supplement or amendment in writing, such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If, at any time during the
period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date of the Final
Closing, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Offering
Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company or
counsel to Maxim, it is necessary at any time to supplement or amend the
Offering Documents to comply with the Act, Regulation D or any applicable
securities or “blue sky” laws, the Company will promptly prepare an appropriate
supplement or amendment (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Maxim
and its counsel) which will correct such statement or omission or which will
effect such compliance.
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(c)
Include
all the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes, Warrants and the Placement
Warrants, and all shares of Common Stock included as part of the Units (“
Registrable
Securities
”), issued in this Placement in a registration statement of its
securities under the Act to be filed with the SEC within sixty (60) days
following the initial Closing of the Placement (the “Target Filing Date”) and
will use its best efforts to have the SEC declare such registration statement
effective by no later than one hundred-eighty (180) days following the initial
Closing of the Placement (the “Target Effective Date”), and to maintain the
effectiveness of such registration statement until the sooner of the second
(2nd) anniversary of the final Closing of the Placement and the date that all
such securities may be sold without repetition. In addition, Investors shall be
provided with certain “piggy back” registration rights as described in the
Offering Documents. The Company will prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective until the sale of the securities registered thereunder, and
shall comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of
all securities owned by the Investors and Maxim that are covered by such
registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the Investors and Maxim. The Company will furnish to
the Investors and Maxim such number of copies of such registration statement,
each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such
registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other
documents as the Investors and Maxim may request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the shares of Common Stock which may be owned by the Investors
and Maxim. The Company shall bear all expenses of the Registration Statement,
(but not any fees and expenses, if any, of counsel or other advisors to the
Investors and Maxim), all of which shall be payable upon the initial filing of
the Registration Statement. The Company shall also pay all expenses of the
Investors and Maxim for any “144 opinions” or other opinions which are required
in connection with any transfers of Securities made by such parties under Rule
144 or any other applicable sale or transfer (including, without limitation,
sales made pursuant to prospectus delivery). In addition to the foregoing, as of
the Closing, the Company also grants to Maxim, with respect to the shares of
Common Stock underlying the Placement Agent Warrants, each of the registration
rights and anti-dilution protections granted to the Investors in the Placement
are provided for in the Placement Agent Warrants. In the event the SEC
determines any registration statement filed pursuant hereto constitutes a
primary offering of securities by the Company and/or requires any Investor to be
named as an underwriter, or otherwise restricts the number of Registrable
Securities that can be registered in a given registration statement citing the
percentage of Registrable Securities to be registered as compared to the
then-current public float or market capital of the Company (“SEC Caused Event”),
Maxim understands and agrees that the Company may reduce, on a pro-rata basis,
the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of each
such Investor.
(d)
Use
its best good faith efforts to, within sixty (60) days of the Closing, obtain a
“key man” life insurance policy with a nationally recognized carrier and with
the Company as the beneficiary on the life of George Carpenter in an amount no
less than $2,000,000 worth of coverage.
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(e)
Deliver
without charge to Maxim such number of copies of the Offering Documents and any
supplement or amendment thereto as may reasonably be requested by
Maxim.
(f)
[Intentionally Omitted]
(g)
Not
solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell Securities by any form of general
solicitation or advertising, including, without limitation, any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or
similar medium or broadcast over the Internet, television or radio or at any
seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation
or advertising.
(h)
At
all times during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date
of the Final Closing, provide to each prospective Investor or his purchaser
representative, if any, on reasonable request, such information (in addition to
that contained in the Offering Documents) concerning the Private Placement, the
Company, the Securities and any other relevant matters as it possesses or can
acquire without unreasonable effort or expense and extend to each prospective
investor or his purchaser representative, if any, the opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from the Company concerning the terms and
conditions of the Private Placement and the business of the Company and to
obtain any other additional information, to the extent it possesses the same or
can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, as such prospective
Investor or purchaser representative may consider necessary in making an
informed investment decision or in order to verify the accuracy of the
information furnished to such prospective Investor or purchaser representative,
as the case may be.
(i)
Notify Maxim promptly of the acceptance or rejection of
any subscription.
(j)
File a Notice of Sales of Securities on Form D with the SEC no later
than 15 days after the first sale of the Securities, if required by law. The
Company shall, through Maxim’s counsel, file promptly such amendments to such
Notices on Form D as shall become necessary and shall also comply with any
filing requirement imposed by the laws of any province or jurisdiction in which
offers and sales are made. The Company shall furnish Maxim with copies of all
such filings. The Company acknowledges that it shall be liable for all filing
fees and expenses, as well as Maxim’s counsel’s legal fees, in all state and
federal filings made in connection with the sale or proposed sale of
Securities.
(k)
Place
the following legend on all certificates representing the
Securities:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH
ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS
WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THIS CORPORATION, IS
AVAILABLE.”
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(l)
Not,
directly or indirectly, engage in any act or activity which may jeopardize the
status of the offering and sale of the Securities as exempt transactions under
the Act or under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which
the Private Placement may be made.
(m)
Not
and shall use its best efforts to ensure that none of its Affiliates shall sell,
offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any
security that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Act of the issue, offer or
sale of the Securities to the Investors.
(n)
Apply
the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in accordance with the
description thereof in the Offering Documents.
(o)
Not,
during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date of the
Final Closing, issue any press release or other communication or hold any press
conference with respect to the Company, its financial condition, results of
operations, business properties, assets, liabilities or future prospects of the
Private Placement, without the prior written consent of Maxim, which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld.
(p) Not,
prior to the completion of the Private Placement, bid for, purchase, attempt to
induce others to purchase, or sell, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common
Stock or any other securities in violation of the provisions of Regulation M
under the Exchange Act.
(q) Use
its good faith best efforts after the date hereof to become compliant with all
aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“
Sarb-Ox
”)
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder that are applicable to the
Company at the date of this Agreement and the rules and regulations with respect
to Sarb-Ox that are now or will be applicable to the Company from time to time
including, without limitation, those provisions relating to loans to Company
officers and directors (it being covenanted and agreed to by the Company that it
shall not, after the date hereof, make any loans to any officer or director of
the Company).
(r) Not,
for a period of one (1) year from the Final Closing Date, increase the base
salary of any officer of the Company in excess of ten percent (10%) per
year.
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(s) Within
one business day of the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company will
prepare and file, through Maxim’s counsel, the selling stockholder resale
offering described in the Registration Statement for review by the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“
FINRA
”) via the
FINRA’s CobraDesk filing system (“
CobraDesk Filing
”)
for the purpose of having the prospectus contained within the Registration
Statement treated as a “base prospectus” in connection with such resale
offering. The Company will use its best efforts to have the CobraDesk Filing
approved by the FINRA within thirty (30) days of the Target Filing Date. The
Company shall be liable for Maxim’s counsel’s legal fees in connection
therewith. The Company shall bear all expenses of the CobraDesk Filing,
including fees and expenses, if any, of counsel or other advisors to the
Investors or Maxim. In all circumstances, the Company shall pay for all FINRA
filing fees associated with the CobraDesk Filing.
The
Company agrees to cooperate with Maxim and/or its counsel and to promptly supply
all necessary information for completion of the CobraDesk Filing to Maxim and/or
its counsel. The Company agrees to indemnify each of Maxim and its counsel for
any and all statements and/ or representations made by the Company to Maxim
and/or its counsel included by Maxim and/or its counsel in the CobraDesk
Filing.
(t)
(A)
issue a press
release accurately describing and disclosing the transactions contemplated
hereby on the Closing Date, (B) file with the SEC a report on Form 8-K or Form
10-Q disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby within four (4) business
days after the Closing Date, and (C) timely file with the SEC a Form D
promulgated under the Act as required under Regulation D.
(u)
So
long as any Investor owns any of the Securities, timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If at any time for 12 months
following the Closing and while any Investor owns any of the Securities, the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to each Investor and make publicly
available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the Act annual and
quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such
financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that
would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby,
in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made
under the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that for 12 months
following the Closing and it will take such further action as any holder of the
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such holder to sell the Common Stock underlying the Securities without
registration under the Exchange Act under Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
Upon the request of any such holder, the Company shall deliver thereto a written
certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.
(v)
The
Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants to provide for the issuance of
all of such shares. Prior to complete exercise of the Warrants and the Placement
Agent Warrants, the Company shall not reduce the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Holder except for a reduction proportionate to a reverse stock split, which
reverse stock split affects all shares of Common Stock equally.
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If the
Company would be, if exercise of the Warrants or Placement Agent Warrants, as
applicable, were to be delivered on such date, precluded from issuing the full
number of shares of Common Stock as would then be issuable if upon the exercise
of the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, due to the unavailability of a
sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued or re-acquired Common
Stock, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall promptly (and in any
case within 30 days from such date) prepare and mail to the stockholders of the
Company proxy materials requesting authorization to amend the Company's articles
of incorporation to increase the number of shares of Common Stock which the
Company is authorized to issue to at least a number of shares equal to the sum
of (1) all shares of Common Stock then outstanding, (2) the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable on account of all outstanding warrants, options and
convertible securities (other than the Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants)
and on account of all shares of Common Stock reserved under any stock option,
stock purchase, warrant or similar plan, and (3) the number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued upon exercise of all Warrants and Placement Agent
Warrants.
(w) Give
prompt written notice to Maxim of any breach by it of any representation,
warranty or other agreement contained in this Agreement, or any other document
to which the Company, the Placement Agent and Investor has relied or is relying
on in connection with the Offering (“Transaction Documents”), as well as any
events or occurrences arising after the date hereof, which would reasonably be
likely to cause any representation or warranty or other agreement of such party,
as the case may be, contained in the Transaction Documents to be incorrect or
breached as of and after the Closing Date. However, no disclosure by any party
pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to cure any breach of any
representation, warranty or other agreement contained in any Transaction
Documents.
(x)
To
the extent necessary, promptly seek the listing of all shares of Common Stock
underlying the Securities offered in the Offering not previously listed as such
shares of Common Stock are issued on the securities exchange, market or other
quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and shall
maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such
listing of all such securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the
Warrants or Placement Agent Warrants. Once listed, the Company shall maintain
the Common Stock's authorization for listing on a securities exchange, market or
other quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded. The
Company shall promptly provide to Maxim copies of any notices it receives from
the securities exchange, market or other quotation system on which the Common
Stock is then listed or traded regarding the continued eligibility of the Common
Stock for listing on such a securities exchange, market or other quotation
system. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with
satisfying its obligations hereunder.
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724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
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(y)
In
addition to the foregoing, to the extent not set forth herein, Maxim may rely on
the covenants made by the Company in the Subscription Documents used in
connection with the Private Placement.
10.
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CONDITIONS
OF MAXIM’S OBLIGATIONS
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The obligations of Maxim pursuant to
this Agreement shall be subject, in its discretion, to the continuing accuracy
of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and in
each certificate and document contemplated under this Agreement to be delivered
to Maxim or otherwise at any Closing (including, without limitation, all
Subscription Documents),
as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date or the date of any Closing subsequent to the Closing Date, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the following
conditions:
(a)
At
each Closing, Maxim shall have received the favorable legal opinion of
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, outside legal counsel to the Company,
in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Maxim and substantially to
the effect that:
(i)
The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its state of incorporation, has all requisite corporate power
and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct its business
and, to our knowledge, is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign
corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to so qualify or be licensed would not have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii)
Each Subsidiary is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate power and authority to own
its properties and to conduct its business and, to our knowledge, is duly
qualified and authorized to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the nature of its
properties requires such qualification or authorization, except where the
failure to be so qualified or authorized and in good standing could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To our knowledge, all
of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary is owned by the
Company, free and clear of any liens except as disclosed in the Offering
Documents and the Company Documents;
(iii)
Each of the Agreement, the Escrow Agreement by and among Maxim, the Company and
the Escrow Agent, the Securities, Placement Agent Warrants and the Subscription
Documents has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and is the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
generally and to general equitable principles;
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(iv)
The
authorized capital stock of the Company as of the date hereof (before giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is as set forth in
the Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
13, 2009 and as amended on January 28, 2009. The Securities and the Common Stock
underlying each of the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, will be duly
reserved, and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Private Placement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to our knowledge,
will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any statutory preemptive
or any other similar rights that entitle or will entitle any Person to acquire
any shares of Common Stock from the Company upon issuance thereof and no
personal liability will attach to the ownership thereof ;
(v)
Assuming: (i) the accuracy of the information provided by the Investors in the
Subscription Documents, (ii) that Maxim has complied in all material respects
with the requirements of Section 4(2) of the Act (and the provisions of
Regulation D promulgated thereunder), and (iii) the filing of Form D relating to
the Private Placement, the issuance and sale of the Units, and the securities
included therein, is exempt from registration under the Act and Regulation D
promulgated thereunder;
(vi)
Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Private Placement and the Offering
Documents do not and will not: violate or conflict with any provision of the
certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or other governing documents
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(vii)
To our knowledge, no consent approval authorization, order, registration,
filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any judicial,
regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Private Placement and the
Offering Documents, except for (1) such as may be required under state
securities or blue sky laws in connection with the sale of the Securities by the
Company, and (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Act;
(b)
At
the Initial Closing and each Subsequent Closing, Maxim shall have received
warrant certificates for Warrants sold to the Investors in the Placement, duly
executed and made out in the name of such Investors for the amount of Warrants
purchased.
(c)
At
the Initial Closing and each Subsequent Closing, Maxim shall have received stock
certificates for Common Stock sold to the Investors in the Placement, duly
executed and made out in the name of such Investors for the number of shares of
Common Stock purchased.
(d)
At
the Initial Closing and each Subsequent Closing, Maxim shall have received the
applicable fees payable and securities issuable to Maxim as described in Section
3 hereof.
(e)
To
use its best good faith efforts to, within sixty (60) days of the Closing,
obtain a “key man” life insurance policy with a nationally recognized carrier
and with the Company as the beneficiary on the life of each of George Carpenter
in an amount no less than $2,000,000 worth of coverage each.
405
Lexington Ave. * New York, NY 10174 * tel (212) 895-3500 * (800)
724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
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(f)
At
each Closing, Maxim shall have received a certificate of the chief executive
officer of both the Company, dated, as applicable, as of the Closing Date or the
date of such Closing, to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement and
as of the applicable date, the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein were and are accurate, and that, as of the applicable date, the
obligations to be performed by the Company hereunder on or prior thereto have
been fully performed.
(g)
At
each Closing, Maxim shall have received a duly executed management confirmation
letter from the directors and officers the Company, relating to certain
information appearing in the Offering Documents.
(h)
At
each Closing, Maxim shall have received a certificate of the Secretary of the
Company, dated, as applicable, as of the date of such Closing, certifying to the
charter, by-laws, good standing in its state of incorporation and board
resolutions relating to the Placement.
(i)
On
or prior to the Initial Closing Date or the date of any Subsequent Closing, as
the case may be, Maxim shall have been furnished with: (i) such information,
documents and certificates as it may reasonably require for the purpose of
enabling it to review the matters referred to in this Section 10 and in order to
evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions herein
contained, and (ii) such other closing documentation as may be required in order
to affect the applicable Closing or as Maxim may otherwise reasonably
request.
(j)
All
proceedings taken in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Securities and the Placement Agent Warrant shall be reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to Maxim and its counsel, and Maxim shall have received
certified resolutions or minutes of the Board of Directors of the Company
authorizing each of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(k)
Any
certificate or other document signed by any officer of the Company and delivered
to Maxim and its counsel as required hereunder shall be deemed a representation
and warranty by the Company hereunder as to the statements made therein. If any
condition to Maxim’s obligations hereunder have not been fulfilled as and when
required to be so fulfilled, Maxim may terminate this Agreement or, if Maxim so
elects, in writing waive any such conditions which have not been fulfilled or
extended the time for their fulfillment. In the event that Maxim elects to
terminate this Agreement, Maxim shall notify the Company of such election in
writing. Upon such termination, neither party shall have any further liability
nor obligation to the other except as provided in Section 11
hereof.
(l)
On
or prior to or following the Closing Date, as the case may be, Maxim shall have
been furnished such information, documents and certificates as it may reasonably
require for the purpose of enabling it to review the matters referred to in this
Section 10 and in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction
of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions
herein contained, or as it may otherwise reasonably request.
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(m)
If
there is more than one Closing, then at each such Closing there shall be
delivered to Maxim updated opinions, certificates or other information described
in this Section 10.
(a)
The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Maxim, any person who controls
Maxim within the meaning of the Act, Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act or any
applicable statute, and each partner, director, officer, employee, agent, legal
counsel and representative of Maxim and its representatives from and against any
and all losses, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, costs,
expenses, liabilities, claims or disbursements, and any and all actions, suits,
proceedings and investigations in respect thereof and any and all legal and
other costs, expenses and disbursements in giving testimony or furnishing
documents in response to a subpoena or otherwise (including, without limitation,
the costs, expenses and disbursements, as and when incurred, of investigating,
preparing, pursuing or defending against any such action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether or not in connection with litigation in which any
Indemnified Party, as defined below, is a party)) which any such person may
incur or which may be made or brought against any such person directly or
indirectly, caused by, relating to, based upon, arising out of or in connection
with: (i) Maxim’s acting for the Company, including, without limitation, any act
or omission by Maxim in connection with its acceptance of or the performance or
non-performance of its obligations under the Agreement (ii) any breach of any of
the agreements, representations, warranties or covenants of the Company
contained in or contemplated by this Agreement or the Subscription Documents,
including, without limitation, those arising out of or based on any alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact
required to be stated in either the Offering Documents or the Subscription
Documents or necessary in order to make the statements appearing therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, (iii) any
violation of any federal or state securities laws attributable to the Private
Placement, or (iv) any violation of law by the Company or any Affiliate thereof,
or any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of any of them,
related to or arising out of the Private Placement. This indemnity agreement by,
and the agreements, warranties and representations of the Company shall survive
the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities and the termination of this
Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any person indemnified hereunder, and
termination of this Agreement and acceptance of any payment for the Securities
hereunder.
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(b)
If
any action, suit, proceeding or investigation is commenced against Maxim, its
present and former affiliated entities, managers, members, officers, employees,
legal counsel, agents and controlling persons (within the meaning of the federal
securities laws), and the officers, directors, partners, stockholders, members,
managers, employees, legal counsel, agents and controlling persons of any of
them (the “
Indemnified Party
”
or “
Indemnified
Parties
”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought against one or more
of the Company or any affiliates thereof (the “
Indemnifying Party
”
or “
Indemnifying
Parties
”), the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party or
Parties with reasonable promptness in writing of the institution of such action;
provided,
however
, the failure to give such notice shall not release the
Indemnifying Party or Parties from its or their obligation to indemnify the
Indemnified Party hereunder, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall
have been materially prejudiced by such delay and shall not release the
Indemnifying Party or Parties from any other obligations or liabilities to the
Indemnified Party in any event. The Indemnifying Party or Parties shall at its
or their own expense assume the defense of such action, including the employment
of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party. If, in the reasonable
judgment of counsel to Maxim, the assumptions by counsel chosen by the
Indemnifying Party would adversely affect the Indemnified Party, then the
Indemnified Party or Parties shall have the right to retain counsel of its own
choice to represent it, and the fees, expenses and disbursements of such counsel
shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party or Parties. Any such counsel shall, to
the extent consistent with its professional responsibilities, cooperate with the
Company in any defense, except such matters in respect of which the Indemnified
Parties counsel shall advise the Indemnified Parties that such cooperation would
impair a defense available to the Indemnified Parties that is unavailable to the
Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Indemnifying or
Indemnified Party shall, without the prior written consent of Maxim and the
Indemnifying Party, settle or compromise any claim, or permit a default or
consent to the entry of any judgment in respect thereof, unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving
by the claimant to all Indemnified Parties of an unconditional release from all
liability in respect of such claim, and (ii) does not contain any factual or
legal admission by or with respect to an Indemnified Party or an adverse
statement with respect to the character, professionalism, expertise or
reputation of any Indemnified Party or any action or inaction of any Indemnified
Party. In the event the Indemnifying Party or Parties assume a defense
hereunder, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to retain its own counsel in
connection therewith and, except as provided below, shall bear the fees and
expenses of any such counsel, and counsel to the Indemnified Party or Parties
shall cooperate with such counsel to the Indemnifying Party in connection with
such proceeding. If the Indemnifying Party or Parties assume the defense
hereunder and an Indemnified Party reasonably determines that there are or may
be differing or additional defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are
not available to the Indemnifying Party, or that there is or may be a conflict
between the respective positions of the Indemnifying Party and of the
Indemnified Party in conducting the defense of any action, then the Indemnifying
Party shall bear the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by the
Indemnified Party in connection with such proceeding. All references to the
Indemnified Party contained in this Section 11(b) include, and extend to and
protect with equal effect, any persons who may control the Indemnified Party
within the meaning of the Act, Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act or any
applicable statute, any successor to the Indemnified Party and each of its
partners, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives. The
indemnity agreements set forth in this Section 11 shall be in addition to any
other obligations or liabilities of the Indemnifying Party or Parties hereunder
or at common law or otherwise.
405
Lexington Ave. * New York, NY 10174 * tel (212) 895-3500 * (800)
724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
New York,
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(c)
If
recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this
Section 11, for any reason other than as specified therein, the party entitled
to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to
losses, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such
indemnification provisions. In determining the amount of such contribution,
there shall be considered the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand, and Maxim on the other hand from the Private Placement (which shall be
deemed to be the portion of the proceeds of the Private Placement realized by
each party), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information
concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the
opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, the relative
culpability of the parties, the relative benefits received by the parties and
any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. No party
shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled
without its consent. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another
party or parties under this Section 11, notify such party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties
shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from
any obligation it or they may have under this Section 11 or otherwise. For
purposes of this Section 11, each person, if any, who controls a party to this
Agreement within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as that party to this
Placement Agreement.
(d)
In
any claim for indemnification for United States Federal or state securities law
violations, the party seeking indemnification shall place before the court the
position of: (i) the SEC and (ii) if applicable, any state securities
commissioner or agency having jurisdiction with respect to the issue of
indemnification for securities law violations.
(a)
The
agreements set forth in this Agreement have been made and are made solely for
the benefit of the Company, Maxim, the Investors with respect to Sections 7 and
9, and the respective Affiliates, heirs, personal representatives and permitted
successors and assigns thereof, and except as expressly provided herein nothing
expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any
other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any representation, warranty or
agreement herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” as used herein
shall not include any purchaser of any Securities merely because of such
purchase.
(b)
Neither
party will be liable to the other by reason of any failure in performances of
this Agreement if the failure arises out of the unavailability of third party
communication facilities or energy sources or acts of God, acts of governmental
authority, acts of terrorism, fires, strikes, delays in transportation, riots or
war, or any cause beyond the reasonable control of such party.
405
Lexington Ave. * New York, NY 10174 * tel (212) 895-3500 * (800)
724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
New York,
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(c)
Any
notice or other communication required or appropriate under the provisions of
this Agreement shall be given in writing addressed (or sent by facsimile
transmission, with confirmation of receipt) as follows: (i) if to the Company,
at the address set forth above, Attention: President, Fax No.: (954) 598-7996;
and (ii) if to Maxim, Maxim Group LLC, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174,
Attention: Mr. Clifford Teller, Fax No.: (212) 895-3783; with a copy to James
Siegel, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174, Attention: James Siegel, Esq.,
Fax No.: (212) 895-3888, or at such other address as any party may designate to
the others in accordance with this Section 12(c).
(d)
This
Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law provisions thereof
(other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations
Law).
(e)
Any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York
Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York. The parties hereto hereby: (i) waives any
objection which they may now have or hereafter have to the venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding, and (ii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or
proceeding. The parties further agree to accept and acknowledge service of any
and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in
the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York and agree that service of process
upon a party mailed by certified mail to such party’s address shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon such party in any such suit,
action or proceeding.
(f)
This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with
respect to the Private Placement and supercedes any and all prior agreements,
and may be amended or modified only by a duly authorized writing signed by such
parties. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall
constitute a single instrument.
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This
Placement Agency Agreement is executed and shall be effective as of August 3,
2009.
Very
truly yours,
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MAXIM
GROUP LLC
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Name:
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED TO:
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
405
Lexington Ave. * New York, NY 10174 * tel (212) 895-3500 * (800)
724-0761 * fax (212) 895-3783 * www.maximgrp.com
New York,
NY * Long Island, NY * Red Bank, NJ
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “
Agreement
”) is made
and entered into as of August 26, 2009 among CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “
Company
”), and the
Maxim Group, LLC (“
Maxim
”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Holder have entered into that certain Placement Agency
Agreement, dated August 3, 2009 (the “
Agency Agreement
”) in
connection with the Company’s private offering to select, accredited investors
of units (the “
Investors
” and,
together with Maxim, the “
Holders
”), each unit
comprised of 180,000 shares of Common Stock, and a five-year warrant to purchase
90,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share (the “
Investor
Warrants
”), in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions
described in that certain Private Placement Memorandum, dated August 26, 2009,
as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “
Memorandum
”);
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Investors entered into Subscription Agreements, a form of
which is attached hereto as
Annex C
(the “
Subscription
Agreement
”); and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum and in connection with the Holder’s
services under the Agency Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Holder
certain warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock (the “
Placement Agent
Warrants
”, and, together with the Investor Warrants, the “
Warrants
”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions
.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“
Advice
” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“
Effectiveness Date
”
means no later than the 180
th
calendar day following the final closing of the Offering;
provided
,
however
, that in the
event the Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement
will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the
Effectiveness Date shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which
the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date required
above.
“
Effectiveness Period
”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“
Event
” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“
Event Date
” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“
Filing Date
” means no
later than the later of (i) ten (10) business days following the Company’s
filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year ended September 30, 2009
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or (ii) the 20th calendar day after
termination of the Offering.
“
Indemnified Party
”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“
Indemnifying Party
”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“
Losses
” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“
Plan of Distribution
”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“
Prospectus
” means the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“
Registrable
Securities
” means, the Shares, the Shares issuable upon the exercise of
the Warrants.
“
Registration
Statement
” means the registration statement required to be filed
hereunder, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
“
Rule 415
” means Rule
415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as
such Rule.
“
Rule 424
” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as
such Rule.
“
Selling Shareholder
Questionnaire
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).
2.
Registration.
On or prior to the Filing
Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement covering the resale of the Registrable Securities on such Filing Date
for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The
Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then
eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which
case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance
herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85%
majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “
Plan of Distribution
”
attached hereto as
Annex A
.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any
event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts
to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the sooner of the second anniversary of the date of such effectiveness
or the date that all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to
Rule 415, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s
transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “
Effectiveness
Period
”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the amount of Registrable Securities required to be included in the
Registration Statement as described in this Section 2 shall not exceed the
maximum amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in a Registration
Statement without exceeding registration limitations imposed by the SEC pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “
Rule 415 Amount
”). In
the event that less than all of the Registrable Securities are included in the
Registration Statement as a result of such limitations, then the Company will
file additional Registration Statements each registering the Rule 415 Amount,
seriatim, until all of the Registrable Securities have been registered.
The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of the Registration
Statement as of 5:00 pm Eastern time on a Trading Day. The Company
shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically
confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested
for effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company shall, by
9:30 am Eastern time on the second Trading Day after the Filing Date, file a
final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. All selling
shareholders included on the applicable Registration Statement shall be given
notice of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement substantially at the
same time.
3.
Registration
Procedures
.
In connection
with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration
Statement and not less than one Trading Day prior to the filing of the related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that
would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the
Company shall, (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed
to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and
(ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public
accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not
file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is
notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after
the Holders have been so furnished copies of the Registration Statement or one
(1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of the related
Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to
the Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as
Annex B (a “
Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire
”) not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to
the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date
on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this
Section.
(b) (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as
so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission
with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as
promptly as reasonably possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of
all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration
Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained
therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Holder
which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (iv)
comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period in
accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of
disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so
amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, shall also be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes
have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading
Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed;
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of
such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities
or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of
time that makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and (vi) the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of the Registration
Statement or Prospectus;
provided
that any and
all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such
information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required
by law;
provided
,
further
, that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
the Holders make no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.
(d) Use
its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or
(ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest
practicable moment.
(e) Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one (1) conformed copy of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission.
(f) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(g)
The Company shall effect a filing with respect to the
public offering contemplated by the Registration Statement (an “Issuer Filing”)
with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Corporate Financing Department
pursuant to the applicable FINRA Rule within one (1) Trading Day of the date
that the Registration Statement is filed with the Commission and pay the filing
fee required by such Issuer Filing. The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to pursue the Issuer Filing until FINRA issues a letter
confirming that it does not object to the terms of the offering contemplated by
the Registration Statement.
(h) (i) In
the time and manner required by the NYSE Amex and any other market on which the
Registrable Securities are traded (each, a “
Principal Market
”),
prepare and file with each Principal Market an additional shares listing
application covering all of the Registrable Securities and a notification form
regarding the change in the number of the Company’s outstanding Shares; (ii)
take all steps necessary to cause such Registrable Securities to be approved for
listing on each Principal Market as soon as possible thereafter; (iii) provide
to each Holder notice of such listing; and (iv) maintain the listing of such
Registrable Securities on each Principal Market.
(i)
Prior to any
resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the
Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by each Registration Statement;
provided
, that the
Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j)
If requested
by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered
to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall
be free, to the extent permitted by the Subscription Agreement, of all
restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may
request.
(k) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s
good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its
stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
If the Company notifies the
Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to
suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus
have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The
Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may
be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to
exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed sixty (60)
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any twelve (12) month
period
.
(l) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and each Principal
Market.
(m) The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have
voting and dispositive control over the Shares. During any periods that the
Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to
furnish such information within three (3) Trading Days of the Company’s request,
any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only
shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such
delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is
delivered to the Company.
4.
Registration
Expenses
. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be
made with any Principal Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for
trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws
reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities),
and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in
connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be
required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales
of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to the applicable FINRA
Rule, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage
commission in connection wish such sale,
(ii) printing expenses of the
Company (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the
Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities
Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees
and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In
addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses
incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or
similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the
Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the
Holders.
5.
Indemnification
(a)
Indemnification by the
Company
. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors,
members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell
Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to
perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees
(and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding
such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of
them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles,
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such
controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“
Losses
”), as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any
rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of the Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the
use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section
6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution,
threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is
aware.
(b)
Indemnification by
Holders
. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or
employees of such controlling Persons (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based
solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or
any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so
furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in
such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such
information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of the
Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by
such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (it being understood
that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus
or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in
the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus
after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is
outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice
contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.
(c)
Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings
. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any
Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “
Indemnified Party
”),
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the “
Indemnifying Party
”)
in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in
the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the
Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the
Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such
Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably
believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same
counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in
which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing
that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense
thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate
counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding
effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
Proceeding.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d)
Contribution
. If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the
net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud by
such Holder.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.
6.
Miscellaneous
(a)
Remedies
. In
the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and
each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation
for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of
this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall
waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)
No Piggyback on
Registrations
. Except as set froth on
Schedule 6(b) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security
holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include
securities of the Company in any Registration Statement other than the
Registrable Securities. The Company shall not file any other registration
statements until there is an effective Registration Statement(s) pursuant to
which the Holders are permitted to utilize a Prospectus to resell all
Registrable Securities or such Registrable Securities may be resold by the
Holders pursuant to Rule 144(k), provided that this Section 6(b) shall not
prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed
prior to the date of this Agreement.
(c)
Compliance
. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(d)
Discontinued
Disposition
. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of Registrable
Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the
Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “
Advice
”) by the
Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best
efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as
it practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods
during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the
Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section
2(b).
(e)
Piggy-Back
Registrations
. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period there is
not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own account
or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder a written notice of
such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of such
notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include
in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities
such Holder requests to be registered;
provided
,
however
, that, the
Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Section 6(d) that are not eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 415
promulgated under the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the amount of Registrable Securities required to be included in the
Registration Statement as described in this Section 6(d) shall equal the lesser
of (i) the amount of Registrable Securities that Holders request to have so
registered pursuant to this Section 6(d) and (ii) the maximum amount of
Registrable Securities which may be included in a Registration Statement without
exceeding the Rule 415 Amount.
(f)
Amendments and
Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least
67% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not
directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by
Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent
relates;
provided
,
however
, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except
in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence.
(g)
Notices
. Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Placement Agent
Warrant.
(h)
Successors and
Assigns
. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to
the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the
Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted
under the Subscription Agreement.
(i)
No Inconsistent
Agreements
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered,
as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or
after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof. Except as set forth on
Schedule 6(h)
,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities
to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
(j)
Execution and
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and
delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
(k)
Governing Law
.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Subscription Agreement.
(l)
Cumulative Remedies
.
The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law.
(m)
Severability
. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(n)
Headings
. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
(o)
Independent Nature of
Holders’ Obligations and Rights
. The obligations of each Holder hereunder
are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder,
and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any
other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any
Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as
a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written
above.
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
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By:
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Name:
George Carpenter
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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MAXIM
GROUP LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ANNEX
A
Plan of
Distribution
The
shares covered by this prospectus may be offered and sold from time to time by
the selling stockholders. The term “selling stockholder” includes pledgees,
donees, transferees or other successors in interest selling shares received
after the date of this prospectus from each selling stockholder as a pledge,
gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer. The number of
shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder will decrease as and when it
effects any such transfers. The plan of distribution for the selling
stockholders’ shares sold hereunder will otherwise remain unchanged, except that
the transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors will be selling
stockholders hereunder. To the extent required, we may amend and supplement this
prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of
distribution.
The
selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with
respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. The selling stockholders
may make these sales at prices and under terms then prevailing or at prices
related to the then current market price. The selling stockholders may also make
sales in negotiated transactions. The selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time pursuant to one or more of the following
methods:
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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one
or more block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the
shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as
principal to facilitate the
transaction;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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publicly
or privately negotiated
transactions;
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through
underwriters, brokers or dealers (who may act as agents or principals) or
directly to one or more purchasers;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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In
connection with distributions of the shares or otherwise, the selling
stockholders may:
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enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares in the
course of hedging the positions they
assume;
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sell
the shares short and redeliver the shares to close out such short
positions;
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enter
into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions which require the delivery to them of shares offered by this
prospectus, which they may in turn resell;
and
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pledge
shares to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, which, upon a
default, they may in turn resell.
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In
addition to the foregoing methods, the selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time in transactions involving principals or brokers not
otherwise contemplated above, in a combination of such methods or described
above or any other lawful methods. The selling stockholders may also transfer,
donate or assign their shares to lenders, family members and others and each of
such persons will be deemed to be a selling stockholder for purposes of this
prospectus. The selling stockholders or their successors in interest may from
time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of
common stock, and if the selling stockholders default in the performance of
their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell
the shares of common stock from to time under this prospectus; provided however
in the event of a pledge or then default on a secured obligation by the selling
stockholder, in order for the shares to be sold under this registration
statement, unless permitted by law, we must distribute a prospectus supplement
and/or amendment to this registration statement amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, secured party or other successors in
interest of the selling stockholder under this prospectus.
The
selling stockholders may also sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, which permits limited resale of shares purchased in a private
placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Sales
through brokers may be made by any method of trading authorized by any stock
exchange or market on which the shares may be listed or quoted, including block
trading in negotiated transactions. Without limiting the foregoing, such brokers
may act as dealers by purchasing any or all of the shares covered by this
prospectus, either as agents for others or as principals for their own accounts,
and reselling such shares pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders
may effect such transactions directly, or indirectly through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents acting on their behalf. In effecting sales,
broker-dealers or agents engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for
other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive
commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders, in amounts
to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale (which compensation as to a
particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions for routine
market transactions).
In
offering the shares covered by this prospectus, the selling stockholders, and
any broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers who execute sales
for the selling stockholders, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Any profits
realized by the selling stockholders and the compensation of such broker-dealers
may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
The
Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of
the shares.
The
Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses,
claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
ANNEX
B
CNS
RESPONSE, INC.
Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “
Registrable
Securities
”) of CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”) the
Registration Statement (the “
Registration
Statement
”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act
”), of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “
Registration Rights
Agreement
”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders
and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own
securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being
named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “
Selling
Securityholder
”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the
Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which Registrable Securities are held:
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(c)
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Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose
of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
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2.
Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact Person:
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3.
Broker-Dealer Status:
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(a)
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Are
you a broker-dealer?
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Yes
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No
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(b)
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If
“yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company.
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Yes
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No
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Note:
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(c)
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes
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No
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(d)
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If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the
time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had
no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person
to distribute the Registrable
Securities?
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Yes
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No
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Note:
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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4.
Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Securityholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registerable
Securities.
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(a)
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Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:
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5. Relationships
with the Company:
Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State any
exceptions here:
The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus
and any amendments or supplements
thereto
. The undersigned understands that such information
will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or
amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.
Dated:
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Beneficial
Owner: ___________________________________
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
CNS
Response, Inc.
2755
Bristol St., Suite 285
Costa
Mesa, CA 92626
Attention: George
Carpenter
ANNEX
C
INVESTOR
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT