As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2012

 

Registration No. 333-184487


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

 

IMMUDYNE, INC.

(Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   2833   76-0238453

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

50 Spring Meadow Rd.

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

(914) 244-1777

(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices and principal place of business)

 

Mark McLaughlin

President

Immudyne, Inc.

50 Spring Meadow Rd.

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

(914) 244-1777

(Name address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Gerald A. Adler, Esq.

Newman & Morrison LLP

44 Wall Street, 20th Floor

New York, NY  10005

Tel: (212) 248-1001    Fax: (212) 232-0386

 

If any of the 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:  x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) 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.  ¨

 

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.  ¨

 

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.  ¨

 

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. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer    ¨ (Do not check if smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company x

 

CALCULATION OF THE REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered   Amount to be
registered
    Proposed
maximum offering
price per
    Proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price
    Amount of
registration fee
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share     1,828,212 (1)   $ .17 (2)   $ 310,796.04     $ 42.39 (3)

 

(1) This registration statement registers for resale 1,828,212 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the registrant by the selling shareholders which were issued in a series of private placement transactions in 2012. In accordance with Rule 416(a), there also are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares that may be issued and resold resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices reported on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current on October 15, 2012.

 

(3) Paid previously.

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the 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, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.

 

 
 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER   , 2012

 

 

 

IMMUDYNE, INC.

 

1,828,212 Shares of Common Stock

 

The selling shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer and sell up to 1,828,212 shares of our common stock issued to investors in a series of private placement transactions in 2012.We are not selling any shares of our common stock in this offering and will not receive any proceeds from this offering.

 

The selling shareholders may offer the shares covered by this prospectus from time to time at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices or negotiated prices, in negotiated transactions, or in trading markets for our common stock. We will bear all costs associated with the registration of the shares covered by this prospectus.

 

Our common stock currently is quoted on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current under the symbol “IMMD.” On December 3, 2012, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $0.16 per share.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page  3 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is                   , 2012.

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
Prospectus Summary 1
Risk Factors 4
Forward-Looking Statements 16
Use of Proceeds 18
Price Range of Common Stock 18
Dividend Policy 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition 19
Our Business 26
Management 31
Executive Compensation 33
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions 36
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 38
Selling Shareholders 40
Plan of Distribution 40
Description of Capital Stock 42
Shares Eligible for Future Sale 44
Experts 45
Legal Matters 45
Where You Can Find Additional Information 45
Index to Financial Statements F-1

 

 

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. Under this registration process, the selling shareholders may, from time to time, offer and sell up to 1,828,212 shares of our common stock, as described in this prospectus, in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities the selling shareholders may offer. You should read this prospectus carefully before making an investment decision.

 

You may only rely on the information contained in this prospectus or that we have referred you to. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any common stock in any circumstances or any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our common stock. The rules of the SEC may require us to update this prospectus in the future.

 

As used in this prospectus, the terms “Immudyne,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and similar terms refer to Immudyne, Inc., unless the context indicates otherwise.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. Before deciding to invest in our securities, you should read this entire prospectus, including the discussion of “Risk Factors” and our financial statements and the related notes.

 

We manufacture, distribute and sell natural immune support products. We believe, based on testing and analysis conducted on our behalf, that our beta glucans derived from yeast are superior to other beta glucans. Beta glucans are a natural extract that has been shown through testing and analysis and scientific research to support the immune system. Our core nutraceutical, a term used to describe a food or food product that reportedly provides health and medical benefits, and cosmetic product lines, are the focal points of our business.

 

Our beta glucan products and manufacturing processes are protected by patents and trade secrets, compliant with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP. Yeast beta glucans are classified as Generally Recognized as Safe, or GRAS, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA. None of the testing and analysis or scientific research mentioned in this prospectus, however, has been subject to oversight of the FDA or any comparable regulatory body, and no regulatory body has attested to the efficacy of beta glucans in supporting the immune system or otherwise treating disease. Further, the marketing of beta glucans are not subject to FDA approval, and we are prohibited by FTC and FDA regulations from suggesting in advertisements and product labels that our products mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a specific disease or class of disease.

 

Historically, we have sold our products primarily on a word-of-mouth basis through distributors and our website as standalone product lines, as well as business-to-business as a cosmetic product, dietary supplement or feed additive for animal use. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on our development of proprietary and patented natural immune support products and can now focus on commercializing sales of these products on a more meaningful, global basis.

 

We originally incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, in 1987 under the name Anina Resources, Inc. and subsequently changed our name to Immudyne, Inc. and our jurisdiction to the State of Wyoming by continuance in September 1987. On June 30, 1994, we changed our jurisdiction to Delaware by merger with and into Immudyne, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed on June 21, 1994.

 

Our Products

 

Beta glucans, or β-Glucans, are a natural extract that have been shown through scientific research to be “biological response modifiers” that support the immune system. The potential benefits of beta glucans to human health continue to emerge. Independent scientific research has demonstrated that beta glucans provide defense against bacteria by activating innate immune cells, which fight off infection. In addition, a growing body of scientific literature suggests that beta glucans have a substantial effect on cancer regression. Healthcare professionals have taken an interest in our immune-support products as a means of offering alternative or complementary approaches for maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle.

 

We have developed a proprietary approach to produce what we believe to be superior beta glucans derived from yeast. Our yeast beta glucan is odorless and tasteless, making it suitable for use in a wide variety of oral and topical applications to support the immune system in humans and animals. As the U.S. and international markets become more aware of the value of our proprietary products, we believe demand for our yeast beta glucans will increase. Our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines consist of high-grade beta glucan products for oral and topical applications as all-natural raw material ingredients in bulk quantities and finished, consumer products packaged under our brands and private label brands. Historically, we produced other grades of beta glucan products for the animal feeds industry as a substitute for antibiotics. As of 2011, we began exiting this lower-margin market for feed-additive products. Our sales and marketing efforts going forward are concentrated on our oral and topical-use products for healthcare professionals, distributors and direct-to-consumer sales.

 

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Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 50 Spring Meadow Rd., Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Our telephone number is (914) 244-1777. Our website address is www.immudyne.com. The information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and potential investors should not rely on such information in making a decision to purchase our common stock in this offering.

 

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The Offering

 

Common stock offered by selling shareholders   Up to 1,828,212 shares
     
Common stock to be outstanding after the offering   28,875,317
     
Use of proceeds   We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock.
     
OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current Symbol   IMMD
     
Risk Factors   The purchase of our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully review and consider the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3.

 

The 1,828,212 shares of our common stock being offered by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus, which were acquired by the respective selling shareholders through a private placement conducted by us. In a series of private placement transactions in June and July 2012, we issued 1,843,428 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 921,714 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $313,383. All of the shares and warrants were issued to the selling shareholders prior to the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The number of shares of our common stock outstanding after the offering is based on 28,875,317 shares of our common stock outstanding as of December 3, 2012, which excludes (i) 3,630,112 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of December 3, 2012, and (ii) stock options outstanding and exercisable as of December 3, 2012, to purchase 8,952,500 shares of our common stock. The warrants are immediately exercisable and entitle their holders to purchase up to: (i) 1,500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.15 per share, such warrants expiring in 2012 and 2013; and (ii) 2,130,112 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share, such warrants expiring in 2015. The stock options expire on the tenth anniversary of their grant date and entitle their holders to purchase up to: (i) 1,597,500 shares of our common stock at $0.07 to $0.10 per share, such options having a weighted-average contractual life remaining of 4 years; (ii) 6,355,000 shares of our common stock at $0.13 to $0.20 per share, such options having a weighted-average contractual life remaining of 10 years; and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share, such options having a weighted-average contractual life remaining of 10 years.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Our business and an investment in our securities are subject to a variety of risks. The following risk factors describe the most significant events, facts or circumstances that could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, results of operations, ability to implement our business plan and the market price for our securities. Many of these events are outside of our control. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be materially adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and investors in our common stock could lose all or part of their investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We have generated losses and not yet achieved positive cash flows, which may adversely affect our liquidity and ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Our net cash used in operating activities was approximately $165,000 and $4,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and approximately $18,000 and $252,000 in 2011 and 2010, respectively. We cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve revenue growth, profitability or positive cash flow, on either a quarterly or annual basis, or that profitability, if achieved, will be sustained. Our ability to meet our long-term business objectives likely will be dependent upon our ability to raise additional financing through public or private equity financings, establish increasing cash flow from operations or securing other sources of financing. We will need to reduce operating expenses and increase cash flow to fund current operations if we are not able to fund these operations by raising capital. We have implemented a new sales and marketing strategy to focus on higher-margin products with what we believe to be greater opportunities for growth in the U.S. and international markets. In addition, management has instituted cost-cutting measures; including terminating certain employees that were not contributing to the business and ceasing our operations in the low-margin feed additive product line, which we believe should result in improved efficiencies of our operations going forward. If our losses continue, however, our liquidity may be severely impaired, our stock price may fall and our shareholders may lose all or a significant portion of their investment.

 

We may not be able to implement our growth and marketing strategy successfully on a timely basis or at all.

 

Our future success depends, in large part, on our ability to implement our growth strategy of expanding distribution and sales of our yeast beta glucan-based oral and topical application products, attracting new consumers to our brand and introducing new product lines and product extensions. Our ability to implement this growth strategy depends, among other things, on our ability to:

 

· enter into distribution and other strategic arrangements with other potential distributors of our all-natural raw material products;
· increase our brand recognition;
· expand and maintain brand loyalty; and
· research new applications for existing products and develop new product lines and extensions.

 

We may not be able to successfully implement our growth strategy. Our sales and operating results will be adversely affected if we fail to implement our growth strategy or if we invest resources in a growth strategy that ultimately proves unsuccessful.

 

If we fail to develop and maintain our brand, our business could suffer.

 

We believe that developing and maintaining our brand of what we believe to be superior beta glucans derived from yeast is critical to our success. The importance of our brand recognition may become greater as competitors offer more products similar to ours. Our brand-building activities involve increasing awareness of our brand, creating and maintaining brand loyalty and increasing the availability of our products. If our brand-building activities are unsuccessful, we may never recover the expenses incurred in connection with these efforts, and we may be unable to implement our business strategy and increase our future sales.

 

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We are subject to government regulation of the processing, formulation, packaging, labeling and advertising of our consumer products, and any failure to comply with such regulations could require us to repackage, recall or undergo regulatory approval of our products, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, and Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, or DSHEA, companies that manufacture and distribute foods, food ingredients, cosmetics and dietary supplements in the U.S., such as our yeast beta glucan products, are limited in the claims that they are permitted to make about nutritional support on the product label without the approval of the FDA. Any failure by us to adhere to the labeling requirements could lead to the FDA requiring that our products be repackaged and relabeled, which would have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, advertising and product claims regarding the efficacy of products are also regulated by the Federal Trade Commission, or the FTC. Companies are responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of, and must have substantiation for, any such statements. These claims must be truthful and not misleading. Statements must not claim to diagnose, mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a specific disease or class of disease. We are able to market our oral and topical application products in reliance on the self-affirmed GRAS status of our active ingredient, yeast beta glucan. No governmental agency or other third party has made a determination as to whether or not our products have achieved GRAS status. We make this determination based on independent scientific opinions that yeast beta glucan is not harmful under its intended conditions of use. If the FDA, another regulatory authority or other third party denied our self-affirmed GRAS status for our yeast beta glucan products, we could face significant penalties or be required to undergo the regulatory approval process in order to market our products, and our business, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected. We cannot assure you that in such a situation our yeast beta glucan products would be approved.

 

The FDA’s current GMPs describe policies and procedures designed to ensure that dietary supplements are produced in a quality manner, do not contain contaminants or impurities, and are accurately labeled and cover the manufacturing, packaging, labeling and storing of supplements, with requirements for quality control, design and construction of manufacturing plants, testing of ingredients and final products, record keeping, and complaints processes. Those who manufacture, package or store dietary supplements must comply with current GMPs. If we or our suppliers fail to comply with current GMP procedures, the FDA may take enforcement action against us or our suppliers.

 

The processing, formulation, packaging, labeling and advertising of our yeast beta glucan products in the U.S. are subject to regulation by the FDA, FTC and other federal agencies, and our activities are also subject to regulation by various agencies of the states and localities in which our yeast beta glucan products are sold. Any changes in the current regulatory environment could impose requirements that would limit our ability to market our yeast beta glucan products and make bringing new products to market more expensive. In addition, the adoption of new regulations or changes in the interpretation of existing regulations may result in significant compliance costs or discontinuation of product sales and may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. While our yeast beta glucan products currently are categorized as foods, it is possible that the FDA or a state regulatory agency could classify these products as a cosmetic or a drug. If the products are classified as cosmetics rather than a food, we would be limited to making claims that the products cleanse and beautify, but we could not make structure or function claims. If our yeast beta glucan products are classified as drugs, we would not be able to market our products without going through the drug approval process. Either of these events would limit our ability to market our products effectively and cost-efficiently, and would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. If the FDA or a state regulatory agency viewed the products as cosmetics or drugs, they could claim that the products are misbranded and require that we repackage and relabel the products and impose civil and criminal penalties on us. Either or both of these situations could adversely affect our business and operations.

 

In the European Union, or the EU, markets, the European Food Safety Authority, or EFSA, an advisory panel to the European Commission, performs all scientific assessments of health claims on food and supplement labels. The European Commission will consider the opinions of EFSA in determining whether to include a health claim on the list of permissible claims. Once published, only health claims for ingredients and products included on the list may be used in promotional materials for products marketed and sold in the European Union. The marketability of our products may be limited as we look to expand our sales in the EU if the health claims of our products are not included on the list.

 

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We have and will continue to subject our products to testing and analysis to ensure we are able to continue to deliver a superior product. If the findings of these trials are challenged or found insufficient to support our health claims, we may need to perform additional testing and analysis before we are able to successfully market such products.

 

Although our yeast beta glucan products are dietary supplements and cosmetics, as opposed to drugs, we have, and will continue to, subject our products to testing and analysis to ensure that we are able to continue to deliver a superior product so that we may successfully market such products, though no such trials are currently required for marketing approval by the FDA or any comparable regulatory body. Testing and analysis for new product uses can require a significant amount of resources and there is no assurance that the results will be favorable to the claims we make for our products, or that they will be sufficient to support our claims. If the findings of our testing and analysis are challenged or found to be insufficient to support our claims, additional testing and analysis may be required before we are able to successfully market our products. No such testing and analysis has been, nor will it be when conducted, subject to the approval by the FDA or any comparable regulatory body.

 

If we undertake product recalls or incur liability claims with respect to our yeast beta glucan products, such recalls or claims could increase our costs and adversely affect our reputation, business and results of operations.

 

Our yeast beta glucan products are designed for human and animal consumption and we may face product recalls or liability claims if the use of our products is alleged to have resulted in injury or death. However, to date, we have not (i) conducted any product recalls, (ii) received any product liability claims from third parties, or (iii) received any reports from an end consumer of any adverse effect resulting from our products. Yeast beta glucan is classified as a food ingredient and is not subject to pre-market regulatory approval in the U.S. Our yeast beta glucan products contain ingredients that do not have long histories of human or animal consumption. Previously unknown adverse reactions resulting from consumption of these ingredients could occur. We may have to undertake various product recalls or be subject to liability claims, including, among others, that our yeast beta glucan products include inadequate instructions for use or inadequate warnings concerning possible side effects and interactions with other substances. A product recall or liability claim against us could result in increased costs and could adversely affect our reputation with our customers, which, in turn, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We currently do not maintain product liability insurance coverage. Product liability insurance is expensive, is subject to deductibles and coverage limitations, and may not be available to us in the future. In addition, we cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain or maintain insurance coverage at acceptable costs or in a sufficient amount, that our insurer will not disclaim coverage as to a future claim or that a product liability claim would not otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The cost of any product liability litigation or other proceeding, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of product liability litigation or other proceedings could have an adverse effect on our ability to compete in the marketplace. Product liability litigation and other related proceedings may also require significant management attention.

 

We derive a substantial part of our sales from one major customer. If we lose this customer or it reduces the amount of business it does with us, or if it fails to meet its obligations to us, our sales, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.

 

Our largest customer, accounted for 77% and 58% of our sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 53% and 23% of our total sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our relationship with our largest customer is governed by a written contract, which is subject to a confidentiality agreement. The initial term of our contract with our largest customer will expire on December 19, 2016. Pursuant to its terms, the written contract will be automatically renewed for continuous one-year periods unless either party gives notice of its intent to terminate at least 90 days prior to the expiration of any renewal term. If we lose this customer or they reduce the amount of business they do with us, our sales and profitability would be adversely affected. In addition, we are subject to credit risk due to concentration of our trade accounts receivables, and the inability of our largest customer to meet its obligations to us would adversely affect our financial results. At September 30, 2012, accounts receivable from our largest customer amounted to 97% of accounts receivable, and at December 31, 2011 and 2010, this customer accounted for 85% and 86% of accounts receivable, respectively. Although we are making efforts to reduce our dependency on a limited number of customers, we believe this concentration of sales to one customer will continue in the near future.

 

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Many of our other customers buy from us under purchase orders, and we generally do not have agreements with or commitments from these customers for the purchase of our products. We cannot provide assurance that our smaller customers will maintain or increase their sales volumes or orders for the products supplied by us or that we will be able to maintain or add to our existing customer base. Decreases in our customers’ sales volumes or orders for products supplied by us may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Our yeast beta glucan products face various forms of competition from other products in the marketplace, which could adversely affect our market share and result in a decrease in our future sales and earnings.

 

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are characterized by intense competition, rapid product development and technological change. Most of the competition that our yeast beta glucan products face comes from companies that are large, well established and have greater financial, marketing, sales and technological resources than we have. Our products compete with a range of consumer and nutraceutical products. Our commercial success will depend on our ability to compete effectively in marketing and product development areas including, but not limited to, sales and branding, product safety, efficacy, ease-of-use, customer compliance, price, marketing and distribution. There can be no assurance that competitors will not succeed in developing and marketing products that are more desirable or effective than our products or that would render our products obsolete and non-competitive.

 

We may, in the future, be subject to risks of doing business internationally as we attempt to expand our sales through international consulting and distributor relationships.

 

We anticipate entering into international consulting and distributor agreements for our yeast beta glucan products. As a result, we expect to increase our revenues from international sales. A number of factors can prevent international sales, or substantially increase the cost of international sales, and we may encounter certain risks of doing business internationally including the following:

 

· increased government regulation of the processing, formulation, packaging, labeling and advertising of our consumer products for international markets;
· reduced protection and enforcement for our intellectual property rights;
· unexpected changes in, or impositions of, legislative or regulatory requirements that may limit our ability to sell our products and repatriate funds to the U.S.;
· political and economic instability;
· fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
· difficulties in developing and maintaining distributor relationships in foreign countries;
· difficulties in negotiating acceptable contractual terms and enforcing contractual obligations;
· exposure to liabilities under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;
· potential trade restrictions and exchange controls;
· creditworthiness of foreign distributors, customer uncertainty and difficulty in foreign accounts receivable collection; and
· the burden of complying with foreign laws.

 

As we attempt to expand our sales internationally, our exposure to these risks could result in our inability to attain the anticipated benefits and our business could be adversely impacted. Our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. However, any of these factors could adversely affect our international operations and, consequently, our operating results.

 

A material disruption at our manufacturing facilities in Kentucky could result in material delays, quality control issues, increased costs and loss of business opportunities, which may negatively impact our sales and financial results.

 

We rely on our manufacturing facilities in Kentucky to operate our business and produce our yeast beta glucan products. Our manufacturing facilities, or any of our machines within our otherwise operational facilities, could cease operations or no longer comply with current GMP guidelines unexpectedly due to a number of events, including prolonged power or equipment failures, disruptions in the transportation infrastructure, and fires, floods or other catastrophes. If our manufacturing facilities no longer comply with GMP, our products may be deemed adulterated under U.S. regulations and subject to recall. Furthermore, a significant majority of our raw material product inventory is located in our Kentucky facility. If any material amount of our inventory were damaged as a result of a material disruption, we would be unable to meet our contractual obligations. While we seek to operate our manufacturing facilities in compliance with applicable rules and regulations and take measures to minimize the risks of disruption at our facilities, any such material disruption at our facilities could prevent us from meeting customer demand, reduce our sales and negatively impact our financial results.

 

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If we lose our key personnel, or are unable to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, the quality of our services may decline and our business may be adversely affected.

 

We rely heavily on the expertise, experience and continued services of our senior management, including our President, Mr. McLaughlin. Loss of his services could adversely affect our ability to achieve our business objectives, if we are unable to find a suitable replacement. Mr. McLaughlin is an integral factor in establishing relationships and the continued development of our business depends upon his continued employment. If Mr. McLaughlin were to resign or retire, we would have to find a suitable replacement who shared Mr. McLaughlin’s expertise and relationships. Any delay in finding a suitable replacement, would adversely affect the pace at which we are able to successfully grow our business and could harm our existing business, resulting in a decrease in sales and revenue. We have entered into an employment agreement with Mr. McLaughlin that includes provisions for non-competition and confidentiality.

 

We believe our future success will depend upon our ability to retain key employees and our ability to attract and retain other skilled personnel and consultants. While we have been able to find a sufficient number of skilled personnel consistent with our growth to date, we cannot guarantee that any employee will remain employed by us for any period of time or that we will be able to attract, train or retain qualified personnel in the future consistent with our growth. Such loss of personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business and company. Furthermore, we may need to employ additional personnel to expand our business. Qualified employees and consultants in the dietary supplement industry are in great demand and may be unavailable in the time frame required to satisfy our customers’ requirements. There is no assurance we will be able to attract and retain sufficient numbers of highly skilled employees in the future. The loss of personnel or our inability to hire or retain sufficient personnel at competitive rates could impair the growth of our business.

 

Current and future economic and market conditions could adversely affect demand for our products.

 

The U.S. economy and the global economy are recovering from a severe recession. Factors such as uncertainties in consumer spending, a sustained regional and global economic downturn or slow recovery may reduce the demand for our yeast beta glucan products. Furthermore, challenging economic conditions also may impair the ability of our customers to pay for our commercial, direct-to-consumer products. Consumer spending for our yeast beta glucan products generally is considered a discretionary purchase because they are non-prescription nutriceutical supplements and nutricosmetics, and we may experience a more negative impact on our business due to these conditions than other companies that do not depend on discretionary spending. If demand for our products declines or our customers are otherwise unable to pay for our products, we may be required to offer extensive discounts or spend more on marketing than budgeted and our revenues, expense levels and profitability will be adversely affected.

 

We may need additional capital to execute our business plan and fund operations and may not be able to obtain such capital on acceptable terms or at all.

 

In connection with the development and expansion of our business, we may incur significant capital and operational expenses. We believe that we can increase our sales and net income by implementing a growth strategy that focuses on (i) diversifying revenues to include greater direct-to-consumer and healthcare professional sales and (iii) expanding our distribution to Europe and Asia. To implement our growth strategy, we anticipate (i) continuing our exit from lower-margin, feed-additive sales, (ii) increasing our marketing to healthcare professionals and end consumers, (iii) entering into additional distribution agreements with manufacturers and formulators in Europe and Asia and (iv) developing our branded product lines.

 

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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders. Management anticipates that our existing capital resources, cash flows from operations and the proceeds from our recent private placement will satisfy the liquidity requirements of our business for the next 12 months. However, if available funds are not sufficient to meet our plans for expansion or current operating expenses, our plans include pursuing alternative financing arrangements, including bank loans, advances from our directors and officers or funds raised through offerings of our equity or debt, if and when we determine such offerings are required. Our ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms or at all is subject to a variety of uncertainties, including: investors’ perceptions of, and demand for, companies in our industry; conditions of the U.S. and other capital markets in which we may seek to raise funds; our future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; and economic, political and other conditions in the U.S.

 

There is no assurance we will be successful in locating a suitable financing transaction in a timely fashion or at all. In addition, there is no assurance we will obtain the capital we require by any other means or that our directors and officers who have in the past willingly funded operations through personal advances will commit to do so in the future. Future financings through equity investments are likely to be dilutive to our existing shareholders. Also, the terms of securities we may issue in future capital transactions may be more favorable for our new investors. Newly-issued securities may include preferences or superior voting rights, be combined with the issuance of warrants or other derivative securities, or be the issuances of incentive awards under equity employee incentive plans, which may have additional dilutive effects. Furthermore, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital and financing, including investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs. We may also be required to recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities we may issue, such as convertible notes and warrants, which will adversely impact our financial condition.

 

If we cannot raise additional funds on favorable terms or at all, we may not be able to carry out all or parts of our strategy to maintain our growth and competitiveness.

 

We may not be able to protect our proprietary rights adequately, which could adversely affect our competitive position and reduce the value of our products and brands, and litigation to protect our intellectual property rights may be costly.

 

We attempt to strengthen and differentiate our products by developing new and innovative yeast beta glucan products and manufacturing processes. As a result, our patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights are important assets to our business. Our success will depend in part on our ability to obtain and protect our products, methods, processes and other technologies, to preserve our trade secrets, and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties in the U.S. and other international markets. Despite our efforts, any of the following may reduce the value of our owned and used intellectual property:

 

· issued patents and trademarks that we own or have the right to use may not provide us with any competitive advantages;
· our efforts to protect our proprietary rights may not be effective in preventing misappropriation of our intellectual property;
· our efforts may not prevent the development and design by others of products or technologies similar to or competitive with, or superior to those we use or develop; or
· another party may obtain a blocking patent and we would need to either obtain a license or design around the patent in order to continue to offer the contested feature in our products or services.

 

Policing the unauthorized use of our proprietary technology can be difficult and expensive. Litigation might be necessary to protect our intellectual property rights, which may be costly and may divert our management’s attention away from our core business. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that litigation would result in an outcome favorable to us. To date, we have no knowledge of any infringement of our intellectual property by third parties. If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights adequately, it would have a negative impact on our operations.

 

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We may be subject to claims that we have infringed the proprietary rights of others, which could require us to obtain a license or otherwise change our manufacturing processes or product offerings.

 

Although we do not believe any of our products or manufacturing processes infringe upon the proprietary rights of others, there is no assurance that infringement or invalidity claims, or claims for indemnification resulting from infringement claims, will not be asserted or prosecuted against us or that any such assertions or prosecutions will not have a material adverse effect on our business. To date, we are not aware of any material infringement nor have we been put on notice by third parties of any material infringement of proprietary rights of others. Regardless of whether any such claims are valid or can be asserted successfully, defending against such claims could cause us to incur significant costs and could divert resources away from our other activities. In addition, assertion of infringement claims could result in injunctions that prevent us from distributing our products. If any claims or actions are asserted against us, we may seek to obtain a license to the intellectual property rights that are in dispute. Such a license may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all, which could force us to change our manufacturing processes or product offerings.

 

We will incur significant costs as a result of our operating as a public reporting company and our management’s requirement to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

While we are a public company quoted on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current, our compliance costs prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part were not substantial in light of our limited operations and limited public reporting obligations. As a company subject to public reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, we incur increased legal, accounting and other expenses. The costs of preparing and filing annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC and furnishing audited reports to shareholders is time-consuming and costly, and may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

It will also be time-consuming, difficult and costly for us to develop and implement the internal controls and reporting procedures required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our management has limited or no experience operating a company subject to the rules and reporting practices required by the federal securities laws and applicable to a publicly traded company. Our management currently relies in many instances on the professional experience and advice of third parties including our attorneys and accountants. We will need to train our current management and staff and retain additional financial reporting, internal control and other personnel in order to develop and implement appropriate accounting, internal controls and reporting procedures.

 

If we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to report our financial results accurately. Any inability to report and file our financial results accurately and timely could harm our business and adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

 

Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we are required to establish and maintain internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures and to comply with other requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules promulgated by the SEC. Our management will need to include a report on our internal control over financial reporting and its assessment on whether such internal controls were effective for the prior fiscal year with our annual reports that we file under the Exchange Act with the SEC following the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Under current federal securities laws, our management may conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective.

 

However, for as long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” or EGC, as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, we may, and we intend to, take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not EGCs, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements concerning management’s reports on effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting otherwise required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules promulgated by the SEC. We may, and we intend to, take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an EGC. We will cease to be an EGC at the earliest of (A) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1,000,000,000 (as indexed for inflation in the manner set forth in the JOBS Act) or more; (B) the last day of the fiscal year in which the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act occurs; (C) the date on which we have, during the previous 3-year period, issued more than $1,000,000,000 in non-convertible debt; or (D) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act or any successor thereto.

 

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Once we cease to be an EGC, as of each fiscal year end thereafter, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to evaluate and report on our internal controls over financial reporting in the event we become an accelerated filer or large accelerated filer. To the extent we find material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal controls, we may determine that we have ineffective internal controls over financial reporting as of any particular fiscal year end, and we may receive an adverse assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting from our independent registered public accounting firm. Moreover, any material weaknesses or other deficiencies in our internal controls may delay the conclusion of an annual audit or a review of our quarterly financial results.

 

Our management has limited or no experience operating as a public reporting company under the Exchange Act or establishing the level of internal control over financial reporting required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our management currently relies in many instances on the professional experience and advice of third parties including our attorneys and accountants. At present, we have started reviewing and instituting internal controls, but it may take time to implement them fully as a newly public reporting company under the Exchange Act.

 

Our management cannot guarantee that our internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all possible errors. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no system of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the possibility that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and subject to simple error or mistake. Furthermore, controls can be circumvented by individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more persons, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, a control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.

 

Our accounting personnel who are primarily responsible for the preparation and supervision of the preparation of our financial statements under generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. have limited relevant education and training in generally accepted accounting procedures in the U.S., or U.S. GAAP, and SEC rules and regulations pertaining to financial reporting, which could impact our ability to prepare our financial statements and convert our books and records to U.S. GAAP.

 

Our management and accounting personnel have limited experience operating as a public company and establishing the level of internal control and financial reporting expertise required of a public company in the U.S. Our accounting personnel who have the primary responsibilities of preparing and supervising the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP for our reporting under the Exchange Act have limited relevant education and training in U.S. GAAP and related SEC rules and regulations. As such, they may be unable to identify potential accounting and disclosure issues that may arise upon the conversion of our books and records to U.S. GAAP, which could affect our ability to prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We have taken steps to ensure that our financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including our hiring of a U.S. GAAP consultant to work with our accounting personnel and management to convert our books and records to U.S. GAAP and prepare our financial statements. In addition, our annual financial statements are audited by an independent auditor for compliance with U.S. GAAP and to ensure that all necessary and appropriate adjustments have been made. Until such time as we hire qualified accounting personnel or train our current accounting personnel with the requisite U.S. GAAP experience, however, the measures we have taken may not be sufficient to mitigate the foregoing risks associated with the limited education and training of our accounting personnel in U.S. GAAP and related SEC rules and regulations.

 

Risks Related to Our Securities

 

Our stock price may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may lose part or all of your investment.

 

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate widely in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:

 

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· market conditions or trends in the dietary supplement industry or in the economy as a whole;
· actions by competitors;
· actual or anticipated growth rates relative to our competitors;
· the public’s response to press releases or other public announcements by us or third parties, including our filings with the SEC;
· economic, legal and regulatory factors unrelated to our performance;
· any future guidance we may provide to the public, any changes in such guidance or any difference between our guidance and actual results;
· changes in financial estimates or recommendations by any securities analysts who follow our common stock;
· speculation by the press or investment community regarding our business;
· litigation;
· changes in key personnel; and
· future sales of our common stock by our officers, directors and significant shareholders.

 

In addition, the stock markets, including the over-the-counter markets in which we are quoted, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These broad market fluctuations may materially affect our stock price, regardless of our operating results. Furthermore, the market for our common stock historically has been limited and we cannot assure you that a larger market will ever be developed or maintained. The price at which investors purchase shares of our common stock may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market. Market fluctuations and volatility, as well as general economic, market and political conditions, could reduce our market price. As a result, these factors may make it more difficult or impossible for you to sell our common stock for a positive return on your investment. In the past, shareholders have instituted securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were involved in securities litigation, we could incur substantial costs and our resources and the attention of management could be diverted from our business.

 

Shares of our common stock lack a significant trading market, which could make it more difficult for an investor to sell our common stock.

 

Shares of our common stock are not yet eligible for trading on any national securities exchange. Our common stock currently is quoted in the over-the-counter market on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current. This market tends to be highly illiquid. We anticipate applying for the quotation of our common stock on the OTC Markets-OTCQB upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We have not yet engaged a market maker to assist us to apply for quotation on the OTC Markets-OTCQB, however, and there can be no assurance of if and when we will meet the applicable requirements or such application would be granted. There is no assurance that an active trading market in our common stock will develop, or if such a market develops, that it will be sustained. In addition, there is a greater chance for market volatility for securities quoted in the over-the-counter markets as opposed to securities traded on a national exchange. This volatility may be caused by a variety of factors, including the lack of readily available quotations, the absence of consistent administrative supervision of “bid” and “ask” quotations and generally lower trading volume. As a result, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of, our common stock, or to obtain coverage for significant news events concerning us, and our common stock could become substantially less attractive for margin loans, for investment by financial institutions, as consideration in future capital raising transactions or for other purposes.

 

Future sales of shares of our common stock, or the perception in the public markets that these sales may occur, may depress our stock price.

 

The market price of our common stock could decline significantly as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our common stock in the market after this offering. In addition, if our significant shareholders sell a large number of shares, or if we issue a large number of shares, the market price of our stock could decline. Any issuance of additional common stock, or warrants or options to purchase our common stock, by us in the future would result in dilution to our existing shareholders. Such issuances could be made at a price that reflects a discount or a premium to the then-current trading price of our common stock. Moreover, the perception in the public market that shareholders might sell shares of our stock or that we could make a significant issuance of additional common stock in the future could depress the market for our shares. These sales, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock or make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.”

 

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We have issued shares of common stock and warrants and options to purchase shares of our common stock in connection with our private placement and certain employment, director and consultant agreements. Shares of our common stock that were issued in connection with our private placement will be available for resale without restriction upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. In addition, we issued shares of our common stock, and options and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, in financing transactions and pursuant to employment agreements that are deemed to be “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. From time to time, certain of our shareholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their restricted shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, after satisfying a six-month holding period: (i) affiliated shareholders, or shareholders whose shares are aggregated, may, under certain circumstances, sell within any three-month period a number of securities which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock or the average weekly trading volume of the class during the four calendar weeks prior to such sale and (ii) non-affiliated shareholders may sell without such limitations, in each case provided we are current in our public reporting obligations. Rule 144 also permits the sale of securities by non-affiliates that have satisfied a one-year holding period without any limitation or restriction. The resale under this offering or pursuant to Rule 144 of shares acquired from us in private transactions could cause our stock price to decline significantly.

 

We could issue additional common stock, which might dilute the book value of our common stock.

 

Our Board of Directors has authority, without action or vote of our shareholders, to issue all or a part of our authorized but unissued shares. Our amended certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of October 17, 2012, there were 8,542,071 authorized and unissued shares of our common stock available for future issuance, based on 28,875,317 shares of our common stock outstanding and our reservation of 3,630,112 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 8,952,500 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding and exercisable. Although we have no commitments as of the date of this prospectus to issue our securities, we may issue a substantial number of additional shares of our common stock or debt securities to complete a business combination or to raise capital. Such stock issuances could be made at a price that reflects a discount or a premium from the then-current trading price of our common stock. In addition, in order to raise capital, we may need to issue securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for a significant amount of our common stock. These issuances would dilute your percentage ownership interest, which would have the effect of reducing your influence on matters on which our shareholders vote, and might dilute the book value of our common stock. You may incur additional dilution if holders of stock options and warrants, whether currently outstanding or subsequently granted, exercise their options or warrants to purchase shares of our common stock.

 

We are an EGC, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to EGCs will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an EGC, as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not EGCs. The modified disclosure requirements available to EGCs include reduced disclosure about our executive compensation and omission of a compensation discussion and analysis, which is also available to us as a smaller reporting company, and an exemption from the requirement of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and the requirement that shareholders approve any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, we will not be subject to certain requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the additional testing of our internal control over financial reporting as may occur when outside auditors attest as to our internal controls over financial reporting, which is also not required of smaller reporting companies. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock exceeds $700 million.

 

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We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock, and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

Although the JOBS Act permits an EGC such as us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies, we are choosing to “opt out” of this provision, and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

 

The application of the “penny stock” rules could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and increase your transaction costs to sell those shares.

 

Our common stock may be subject to the “penny stock” rules adopted under Section 15(g) of the Exchange Act. The penny stock rules apply to issuers whose common stock does not trade on a national securities exchange and trades at less than $5.00 per share, or that have a tangible net worth of less than $5,000,000 ($2,000,000 if the company has been operating for three or more years). The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC that contains the following information:

 

· a description of the nature and level of risk in the market for penny stocks in both public offerings and secondary trading;
· a description of the broker’s or dealer’s duties to the customer and of the rights and remedies available to the customer with respect to violation to such duties or other requirements of securities laws;
· a brief, clear, narrative description of a dealer market, including “bid” and “ask” prices for penny stocks and the significance of the spread between the “bid” and “ask” prices;
· a toll-free telephone number for inquiries on disciplinary actions;
· definitions of any significant terms in the disclosure document or in the conduct of trading in penny stocks; and
· such other information and is in such form (including language, type, size and format), as the SEC shall require by rule or regulation.

 

Prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock, the broker-dealer also must provide the customer with the following information:

 

· bid and offer quotations for the penny stock;
· compensation of the broker-dealer and our salesperson in the transaction;
· number of shares to which such bid and ask prices apply, or other comparable information relating to the depth and liquidity of the market for such stock; and
· monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account.

 

The penny stock rules further require that, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks and a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement.

 

Due to the requirements of the penny stock rules, many broker-dealers have decided not to trade penny stocks. As a result, the number of broker-dealers willing to act as market makers in such securities is limited. If we remain subject to the penny stock rules for any significant period, it could have an adverse effect on the market, if any, for our securities. Moreover, if our securities are subject to the penny stock rules, investors will find it more difficult to dispose of our securities.

 

Our principal shareholder has the ability to exert significant control in matters requiring a shareholder vote and could delay, deter or prevent a change of control in our company.

 

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As of December 3, 2012, Mr. McLaughlin, our President and largest shareholder, beneficially owned 31% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Mr. McLaughlin exerts significant influence over us, giving him the ability, among other things, to exercise significant control over the election of all or a majority of the Board of Directors and to approve significant corporate transactions. Such share ownership and control may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a future change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company. This, in turn, could have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock. It could also prevent our shareholders from realizing a premium over the market price for their shares of common stock. Without the consent of Mr. McLaughlin, we could be prevented from entering into potentially beneficial transactions if such transactions conflict with our principal shareholder’s interests.

 

We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future, and, accordingly, any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.

 

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on earnings, financial condition and other business and economic factors affecting it at such time as the Board of Directors may consider relevant. We intend to follow a policy of retaining all of our earnings to finance the development and execution of our strategy and the expansion of our business. If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on your investment will occur only if our stock price appreciates.

 

Our common stock is not registered under the Exchange Act and, as a result, we will not be subject to the federal proxy rules and our directors, executive officers and 10% beneficial holders will not be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act may be suspended automatically if we have fewer than 300 holders of record on the first day of our fiscal year.

 

Shares of our common stock are not registered under the Exchange Act and we do not intend to register our common stock under the Exchange Act for the foreseeable future, provided that, we will register our common stock under the Exchange Act if we have, after the last day of our fiscal year, holders of record of more than either (1) 2,000 or more persons or (2) 500 or more persons who are not accredited investors, in accordance with Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, as amended by the JOBS Act. As a result, upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will be subject solely to the reporting obligations of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act so long as we do not subsequently register under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act by filing a Form 8-A or another Exchange Act registration statement. As long as our common stock is not registered under the Exchange Act, we will be required to file only annual, quarterly and current reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and we will not be subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, which, among other things, prohibits companies that have securities registered under the Exchange Act from soliciting proxies or consents from shareholders without furnishing to shareholders and filing with the SEC a proxy statement and form of proxy complying with the proxy rules. In addition, so long as our common shares are not registered under the Exchange Act, our directors, executive officers and beneficial holders of 10% or more of our outstanding common stock will not be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires directors, executive officers and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of common stock and other equity securities on Forms 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Such information about our directors, executive officers and 10% beneficial holders will only be available through this and any subsequent registration statement or periodic reports we file pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Furthermore, so long as our common stock is not registered under the Exchange Act, our obligation to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act will be automatically suspended if, on the first day of any fiscal year, other than a fiscal year in which a registration statement under the Securities Act has gone effective, we have fewer than 300 holders of record. This suspension is automatic and does not require any filing with the SEC. In such an event, we may cease providing periodic reports and current or periodic information, including operational and financial information. As of December 3, 2012, we had 327 holders of record.

 

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Certain provisions of our corporate governance documents and Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition at a premium price.

 

Our amended certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our company more difficult without the approval of our Board of Directors. These include provisions that:

 

· provide that our Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws;
· provide our Board of Directors with the sole power to set the size of our Board of Directors and fill vacancies; and
· provide that special meetings of shareholders may be called only by our Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of Directors, upon written notice of demand by our President or upon written notice of demand by the holders of at least 25% of the shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

These and other provisions of our amended certificate of incorporation and bylaws could delay, defer or prevent us from experiencing a change of control or changes in our Board of Directors and management and may adversely affect our shareholders’ voting and other rights.

 

In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with a shareholder owning 15% or more of such corporation’s outstanding voting stock for a period of three years following the date on which such shareholder became an “interested” shareholder. In order for us to consummate a business combination with an “interested” shareholder within three years of the date on which the shareholder became “interested,” either (1) the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming “interested” must be approved by our board of directors prior to the date the shareholder became “interested,” (2) the “interested” shareholder must own at least 85% of our outstanding voting stock at the time the transaction commences (excluding voting stock owned by directors who are also officers and certain employee stock plans) or (3) the business combination must be approved by our board of directors and authorized by at least two-thirds of our shareholders (excluding the “interested” shareholder). This provision could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, whether or not it is desired by or beneficial to our shareholders. Any delay or prevention of a change of control transaction or changes in our board of directors and management could deter potential acquirers or prevent the completion of a transaction in which our shareholders could receive a substantial premium over the then-current market price for their shares of our common stock. See “Description of Capital Stock—Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute” and “Description of Capital Stock—Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of our Amended Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.”

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act regarding our company that include, but are not limited to, any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new products, services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements of belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “potential,” “believes,” “seeks,” “hopes,” “estimates,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “with a view to” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe that our expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, our expectations may later be found to be incorrect. Our actual results could be materially different from our expectations. Important risks and factors that could cause our actual results to be materially different from our expectations are generally set forth in “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Our Business” and other sections in this prospectus. Other sections of this prospectus include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus concerning economic conditions and our industry is based on information from independent industry analysts and publications, as well as our estimates. Except where otherwise noted, our estimates are derived from publicly available information released by third party sources, as well as data from our internal research, and are based on such data and our knowledge of our industry, which we believe to be reasonable. Unless otherwise indicated, none of the independent industry publication market data cited in this prospectus was prepared on our or our affiliates’ behalf.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should read this prospectus and the documents we refer to in this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to this prospectus completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders. We have agreed to bear the expenses, other than any underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions, in connection with the registration of the common stock being offered hereby by the selling shareholders.

 

PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

 

Our common stock is qualified for quotation on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current under the symbol “IMMD.” The following table sets forth the range of the high and low bid prices per share of our common stock for each quarter (or portion thereof) as reported in the over-the-counter markets. These quotations represent interdealer prices, without retail markup, markdown or commission, and may not represent actual transactions. There currently is no liquid trading market for our common stock. There can be no assurance that a significant active trading market in our common stock will develop, or if such a market develops, that it will be sustained.

 

    2012     2011     2010  
    High     Low     High     Low     High     Low  
First Quarter (through March 31)   $ 0.22     $ 0.15     $ 0.30     $ 0.19     $ 0.23     $ 0.14  
Second Quarter (through June 30)     0.20       0.16       0.23       0.14       0.18       0.12  
Third Quarter (through September 30)     0.20       0.16       0.28       0.15       0.40       0.16  
Fourth Quarter (through December 31)     0.20       0.16       0.22       0.13       0.33       0.18  

 

(1) Reflects bid prices per share through December 3, 2012.

 

As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and assuming we satisfy all necessary requirements, we intend to apply to have our common stock qualified for quotation on the OTC Markets-OTCQB, although we cannot be certain that we will be able to engage a market maker to assist us in our application or that our application for quotation will be approved.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have not paid and do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently expect to retain all future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business. The declaration and payment of any cash dividends in the future will be determined by our Board of Directors, in its discretion, and will depend on a number of factors, including our earnings, capital requirements, overall financial condition and contractual restrictions, if any.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Safe Harbor Declaration

 

The comments made throughout this prospectus should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto, and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to historical information, the following discussion and other parts of this prospectus contain certain forward-looking information. When used in this discussion, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results, due to a number of factors beyond our control. We do not undertake to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Readers also are urged to carefully review and consider our discussions regarding the various factors that affect the company’s business, which are described in this section and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Overview

 

We manufacture, distribute and sell natural immune support products. We believe, based on testing and analysis conducted on our behalf, that our beta glucans derived from yeast are superior to other beta glucans. Beta glucans are a natural extract that has been shown through testing and analysis and scientific research to support the immune system. Our core nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines consist of yeast beta glucans in oral and topical applications. Our beta glucan products and manufacturing processes are protected by patents and trade secrets and are compliant with current GMPs. Yeast beta glucans are classified as GRAS by the FDA. Historically, we have sold our products primarily on a word-of-mouth basis through distributors and our website as standalone product lines, as well as business-to-business as dietary supplement and a cosmetic enhancement, and as a feed-additive for animal use. As of 2011, we began exiting this lower-margin market for feed-additive products. Our sales and marketing efforts going forward are concentrated on our oral and topical-use products for healthcare professionals, distributors and direct-to-consumer sales.

 

We originally incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, in 1987 under the name Anina Resources, Inc. and subsequently changed our name to Immudyne, Inc. and our jurisdiction to the State of Wyoming by continuance in September 1987. On June 30, 1994, we changed our jurisdiction to Delaware by merger with and into Immudyne, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed on June 21, 1994.

 

Significant factors that we believe could affect our operating results are (i) marketing and advertising expenses; (ii) protection of our intellectual property rights; and (iii) imposition of more stringent government regulations of our products.

 

Our marketing strategy is to promote sales of our oral and topical-use products, which constitute our core business as we shift from low-margin, feed-additive product sales. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on our development of proprietary and patented products and can now focus on commercializing sales on a more meaningful, global basis. We expect that a significant component of our selling, general and administration expenses going forward will consist of marketing and advertising expenses to increase our sales. The primary components of our marketing and advertising expenses may include online sales promotions through our website, trade advertising, direct marketing to nutraceutical companies and industry associations, consumer research and search engine and digital advertising. We expect our selling, general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we incur increased costs related to our marketing strategy and growth of our business. These costs, along with the additional costs resulting from our operations as a public reporting company, could impact our future operating profitability.

 

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We historically have expended a significant amount of our funds on obtaining and protecting our patents, trade secrets and proprietary products. We rely on the patent and trademark protection laws in the U.S. to protect our intellectual property and maintain our competitive position in the marketplace. For several years, we were involved in complex litigation regarding patents and licenses critical to our products. In 2010, we prevailed on all major legal matters and reached a favorable settlement. If additional litigation becomes necessary to protect our intellectual property rights, such litigation may be costly, divert our management’s attention away from our core business and have a negative impact on our operations. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that litigation would result in an outcome favorable to us.

 

Our manufacturing processes are compliant in the U.S. with current cGMPs and our yeast beta glucan products are all natural. Further, yeast beta glucans are designated as GRAS under current FDA regulations. Future government regulations may prevent or delay the introduction or require the reformulation of our products. Some agencies, such as the FDA, could require us to remove a particular product from the market, delay or prevent the import of raw materials for the manufacture of our products or otherwise disrupt the marketing of our products. Any such government actions could result in additional costs to us, including reduced growth prospects, lost sales from products that we are required to remove from the market and potential product liability litigation.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

    2012     2011  
    $     % of Sales     $     % of Sales  
Sales     558,218               569,112          
Cost of sales     129,709       23 %     168,382       30 %
Gross profit     428,509       77 %     400,730       70 %
Operating expenses     (837,523 )     (150 )%     (916,897 )     (161 )%
Loss from operations     (409,014 )     (73 )%     (516,167 )     91 )%
Other income, net     21,629       4 %     59,504       10 %
Income tax income     12,900       2 %     12,900       2 %
Net loss     (374,485 )     (67 )%     (443,763 )     (78 )%

 

Sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, were $0.56 million, which was slightly less than the same period of 2011, $0.57 million. Sales remained largely the same in the first nine months of 2012 and 2011 as we exited the lower-margin market for feed-additive products in favor of concentrating on our oral and topical –use products for healthcare professionals, distributors and direct-to-consumer sales, which we anticipate will constitute our core business going forward. Sales of our oral and topical-use products consisted of 99% our sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2012, whereas sales of our animal feed additive products consisted of 20% and 62% for the 2011 and 2010 fiscal years, respectively.

 

Cost of sales consists primarily of material costs, labor costs and related overhead directly attributable to the production of our products. Total cost of sales decreased by 23% to $129,709 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $168,382 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, which was within our expectations. The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of sales in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the first nine months of 2011 resulted primarily from the shift in our market concentration.

 

Gross profit increased 7% to $428,509 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $400,730 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Our gross profit margin increased to 77% in the first nine months of 2012 from 70% in the same periods of 2011 as our mix of products consisted primarily of our higher-margin oral and topical-use products and nominal sales of our lower-margin feed-additive products. Management believes that our gross profit margin will stabilize at approximately 76% as we expand our oral and topical-use product lines and sales.

 

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Operating expenses, consisting of compensation and related expenses and general and administration expense, decreased 9% to $0.84 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, from $0.92 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. General and administration expense increased 84% to $0.55 million in the 2012 period due primarily to increasing accounting, auditing and legal expenses incurred as result of management’s decision to become a public company. Management has instituted cost-cutting measures that we believe should result in improved efficiencies of our operations going forward. These measures include terminating certain employees that are not contributing to the development of the business and ceasing our operations in the low-margin feed additive product line. Compensation and related expense was $0.29 million in the 2012 period compared to $0.62 million in the 2011 period as we granted options to our directors, executive officer, employees and consultants in 2011 pursuant to (i) a new director agreement, and (ii) employment agreements.

 

Other income was $21,629 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared with other income of $59,504 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a decrease of $37,875. The decrease in other income was from decreased proceeds from litigation settlement, decreased interest expense and receipt of a one-time customer signing fee in the 2011 period.

 

Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, was $0.37 million compared to a net loss of $0.44 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a decrease of $0.07 million or 15%. Net loss as a percentage of sales was 67% in the 2012 period compared to net loss as a percentage of sales of 78% in the 2011 period. This decrease in net loss was attributable primarily to decreased stock compensation expense.

 

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

    2011     2010  
    $     % of Sales     $     % of Sales  
Sales     743,828               1,271,975          
Cost of sales     241,264       32 %     426,107       33 %
Gross profit     502,564       68 %     845,868       67 %
Operating expenses     (1,078,931 )     (145 )%     (1,170,436 )     (92 )%
Loss from operations     (576,367 )     (77 )%     (324,568 )     (26 )%
Other income (expenses), net     (56,238 )     8 %     (10,073 )     (1 )%
Income tax income     17,200       2 %     17,000       1 %
Net loss     (502,929 )     (68 )%     (317,641 )     (25 )%

 

Sales in 2011 were $0.74 million, a decrease of 42% from $1.27 million in 2010. The decrease in sales resulted primarily from a decline in feed-additive sales and change in sales and marketing strategy. We changed focus in 2011 to concentrate our sales and marketing efforts on promoting our oral and topical-use products, which we anticipate will constitute our core business going forward. Sales of our oral and topical-use products increased 25% to $0.60 million in 2011 compared to 2010, and consisted of 80% and 38% of our sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Sales of our lower-margin feed-additive products consisted of 20% and 62% of our sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively. We anticipate further decreased sales of our feed-additive products as a percentage of our overall sales as we continue to change our product focus toward oral and topical-use products.

 

Cost of sales consists primarily of material costs, labor costs and related overhead directly attributable to the production of our products. Total cost of sales decreased 43% to $0.24 million in 2011 compared to $0.43 million in 2010 due primarily to decreased sales. The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of sales in the first half of 2012 compared to the first half of 2011 resulted primarily from the shift in our market concentration.

 

Gross profit decreased 41% to $0.50 million in 2011 compared to $0.85 million in 2010. Our gross profit margin increased to 68% in 2011 compared to 67% in 2010. The increase in gross profit margin from 2010 to 2011 resulted primarily from our change in sales from lower-margin feed-additive products to higher-margin oral and topical-use products. Management believes that our gross profit margin will stabilize at approximately 76% as we expand our oral and topical-use product lines and sales.

 

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Operating expenses consisted of general and administrative expenses and stock compensation expense. Operating expenses decreased 8% to $1.08 million in 2011 from $1.17 million in 2010. General and administration expense decreased 42% to $0.68 million due primarily to management instituting cost-cutting measures. Stock compensation expense was $0.40 million in 2011 compared to $0 in 2010 as we granted options to our directors, executive officer, employees and consultants in 2011 pursuant to a new director and employment agreements.

 

Other income was $56,238 in 2011 compared with other expense of $10,073 in 2010, an increase of $66,311. The increase in other income was from increased proceeds from litigation settlement and one-time customer signing fee and decreased interest expense.

 

Our net loss for 2011 was $0.50 million compared to net loss of $0.32 million in 2010, an increase of $0.19 million or 58%. Net loss as a percentage of sales was 68% in 2011 compared to net loss as a percentage of sales of 25% in 2010. This decrease in net income was attributable to decreased sales and increased stock compensation expense.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our principal demands for liquidity are to increase sales, purchase inventory and for sales distribution and general corporate purposes. We have limited operating capital and intend to meet our liquidity requirements, including purchase of raw materials and the expansion of our business, primarily through cash flow provided by operations. Historically, we also have funded operations through loans and advances from our directors and officers and offerings of equity securities. In 2011 and 2010, we raised $193,500 and $34,000, respectively, through sales of our common stock in private placements. In the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we raised $313,383 through sales of our common stock in private placements. In 2011, we satisfied $214,000 in notes payable through exercises of warrants and options. In the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we satisfied $311,443 in notes payable through exercises of options and issuances of common stock in connection with the private placements. We may seek additional financing in the form of loans from banks or our directors and officers, or funds raised through future offerings of our equity or debt, if and when we determine such offerings are required. Any future issuance of equity securities could cause dilution to our shareholders. Any incurrence of indebtedness could increase our debt service obligations and cause us to be subject to restrictive operating and financial covenants.

 

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

We had net working capital of $70,031at September 30, 2012, an increase of $453,662 from net working capital deficit of $383,631 at September 30, 2011. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 1.3 -to- 1 at September 30, 2012.

 

The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

 

    2012     2011  
Cash provided by (used in):                
Operating activities   $ (165,473 )   $ (4,386 )
Financing activities     295,154       62,697  

 

Net cash flow used in operating activities was $165,473 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to net cash flow used in operating activities of $4,386 for the 2011 period. The increase in net cash outflow in operating activities was attributable primarily to our decision to become a fully reporting public company and shifting our focus to marketing our oral and topical-use products.

 

Net cash flow provided by financing activities was $0.29 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to net cash flow of $$0.06 million for the 2011 period. In 2012 period, we received $313,383 from private placement sales of our common stock and $32,500 for the exercise of options offset by $50,729 in repayment of notes payable. In the 2011 period, we received $176,000 from private placement sales of our common stock offset by $58,065 in repayment of notes payable and $41,000 in cash overdraft.

 

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As of September 30, 2012, we had accounts receivable of $79,301.

 

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

 

We had net working capital deficit of $432,854 at December 31, 2011, a decrease of $329,074 net working capital deficit of $761,928 at December 31, 2010. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was .3-to-1 at December 31, 2011.

 

The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

    2011     2010  
Cash provided by (used in):                
Operating activities   $ (17,686 )   $ (252,371 )
                 
Financing activities     51,188       46,994  

 

Net cash flow used in operating activities was $0.02 million in 2011 compared to net cash flow used in operating activities of $0.25 million in 2010.

 

Net cash flow provided by financing activities was $51,188 in 2011 compared to net cash flow of $46,994 in 2010. In 2011, we received $193,500 from private placement sales of our common stock and $75,000 in notes payable offset by $176,312 in repayment of notes payable. In 2010, we received $34,000 from private placement sales of our common stock and $90,474 in notes payable offset by $118,480 in repayment of notes payable.

 

As of December 31, 2011, we had accounts receivable of $36,357.

 

Private Placements

 

In a series of private placement transactions in the six months ended June 30, 2012, we issued 1,828,212 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 914,106 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $310,796.

 

In a series of private placement transactions in 2011, we issued (i) 621,053 shares of our common stock at $0.2286 per share for $142,000 and (ii) 302,941 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 151,500 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $51,500.

 

In a series of private placement transactions in 2010, we issued 200,000 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $34,000.

 

Indebtedness

 

From time to time, our directors, officers and other related individuals have made short-term advances to us for our operating needs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, notes payable due to officer and other related individuals totaling $50,729 were repaid and the balance of notes payable and amounts due to officer, aggregating $311,443, were converted to common stock. Interest expense on notes payable amounted to $3,371 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 

We are subject to a royalty agreement pursuant to which we are required to pay a monthly royalty of 8% on all sales of certain skin care products up to $227,175. At September 30, 2012, we included $90,938 in accounts payable and accrued expenses relating to this royalty agreement, with the remaining commitment under the royalty agreement at approximately $120,000. Our President, Mr. McLaughlin, has a 60% interest in the royalties paid under the agreement and has voluntarily deferred payments due without interest until we have the financial wherewithal to pay such royalties.

 

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Legal Matters

 

In November 2005, we filed suit in Texas against Biopolymer Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Biothera who was claiming ownership of certain patents we own covering our yeast beta glucan products. Biothera subsequently filed suit against us in Federal Court in Minnesota alleging infringement of the same patents. The state court case proceeded to trial in which it was adjudicated that we were the owner of all of the patents at issue. In November 2009, we entered into a settlement agreement that resolved all litigation aspects of the federal and state court proceedings. The settlement agreement stipulated that we were the owner of all of the patents at issue. As part of the settlement agreement, we received $440,000 as reimbursement for litigation costs. In addition, we were awarded $200,000 in eight installments of $25,000 every six months beginning on January 15, 2011, in return for an exclusive patent license to Biothera for U.S. Patent No. 5,702,719, covering our beta glucan derived from yeast for dermatological and nutritional use. The term of the license agreement is consistent with the term of the $25,000 semi-annual payments. The $25,000 installments are being recorded as revenue only upon receipt of the funds. At September 30, 2012, $100,000 remained to be paid to us under this agreement.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

There are no off-balance sheet arrangements between us and any other entity that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to shareholders.

 

We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as stockholders’ equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

While our significant accounting policies are described more fully in Note 2 to our financial statements, we believe the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis.

 

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S., or U.S. GAAP. In preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates required by management include the valuation of inventory and stockholders’ equity-based transactions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis. Management compares the cost of inventory with the net realizable value and an allowance is made for writing down their inventories to market value, if lower.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s policy is to record revenue as earned when a firm commitment, indicating sales quantity and price exists, delivery has taken place and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company generally records sales once the product is shipped to the customer. If applicable, provisions for discounts, returns, allowances, customer rebates and other adjustments are netted with gross sales. The Company accounts for such provisions during the same period in which the related revenues are earned. Customer discounts, returns and rebates have not been significant.

 

Delivery is considered to have occurred when title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer. Sales to international distributors are recognized in the same manner. If title does not pass until the product reaches the customer’s delivery site, then recognition of revenue is deferred until that time. There are no formal sales incentives offered to any of the Company’s customers. Volume discounts may be offered from time to time to customers purchasing large quantities on a per transaction basis. There are no special post shipment obligations or acceptance provisions that exist with any sales arrangements

 

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Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, “Share-Based Payment”. Under this guidance compensation cost generally is recognized at fair value on the date of the grant and amortized over the respective vesting periods. The fair value of options at the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected option life is derived from assumed exercise rates based upon historical exercise patterns and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of our shares using weekly price observations over an observation period that approximates the expected life of the options. The risk-free rate approximates the U.S. Treasury yield curve rate in effect at the time of grant for periods similar to the expected option life. The estimated forfeiture rate included in the option valuation was zero.

 

Many of the assumptions require significant judgment and any changes could have a material impact in the determination of stock-based compensation expense.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

Accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements upon adoption.

 

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OUR BUSINESS

 

Our Company

 

We manufacture, distribute and sell natural immune support products. We believe, based on testing and analysis conducted on our behalf, that our beta glucans derived from yeast are superior to other beta glucans. Beta glucans are a natural extract that has been shown through testing and analysis and scientific research to support the immune system.

 

Our core nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines are the focal points of our business. Our beta glucan products and manufacturing processes are protected by patents and trade secrets, and are compliant with current GMPs. Further, yeast beta glucans are classified as GRAS by the FDA. None of the testing and analysis or scientific research mentioned in this prospectus, however, has been subject to oversight of the FDA or any comparable regulatory body, and no regulatory body has attested to the efficacy of beta glucans in supporting the immune system or otherwise treating disease. Further, the marketing of beta glucans are not subject to FDA approval, and we are prohibited by FTC and FDA regulations from suggesting in advertisements and product labels that our products mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a specific disease or class of disease.

 

Historically, we have sold our products primarily on a word-of-mouth basis through distributors and our website as standalone product lines, as well as business-to-business as a cosmetic product, dietary supplement or feed additive for animal use. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on our development of proprietary and patented natural immune support products and can now focus on commercializing sales of these products on a more meaningful, global basis.

 

We originally incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, in 1987 under the name Anina Resources, Inc. and subsequently changed our name to Immudyne, Inc. and our jurisdiction to the State of Wyoming by continuance in September 1987. On June 30, 1994, we changed our jurisdiction to Delaware by merger with and into Immudyne, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed on June 21, 1994.

 

Our Products

 

We have developed a proprietary approach to produce, what we believe to be, superior beta glucans derived from yeast. Our yeast beta glucan is odorless and tasteless, making it suitable for use in a wide variety of oral and topical applications. Yeast beta glucans are classified as GRAS by the FDA. As the U.S. and international markets become more aware of the value of our proprietary products, we believe demand for our beta glucans will increase. Our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines consist of beta glucan products for oral and topical applications as all-natural raw material ingredients in bulk quantities and finished, consumer products packaged under our brands and private label brands. Historically, we produced other grades of beta glucan products for the animal feeds industry as a substitute for antibiotics. As of 2011, we began exiting this lower-margin market for feed-additive products. Our sales and marketing efforts going forward are concentrated on our oral and topical-use products for healthcare professionals, distributors and direct-to-consumer sales.

 

Beta Glucans

 

Beta glucans, or β-Glucans, are a natural extract shown through scientific research to be “biological response modifiers” that support the immune system. The potential benefits of beta glucans to human health continue to emerge. Independent scientific research has demonstrated that beta glucans provide defense against bacteria by activating innate immune cells, which fight off infection. In addition, a growing body of scientific literature suggests that beta glucans have a substantial effect on cancer regression, though such literature has not been attested to by the FDA or any comparable regulatory authority. The most common sources of beta glucans are derived from the cell walls of baker’s yeast, the cellulose in plants, the bran of cereal grains and certain fungi and bacteria. The differences between beta glucan chemical structures are significant in regards to solubility and overall biological activity. Beta glucans derived from mushrooms and cereals do not appear to have the same effects on human health as beta glucans derived from yeast.

 

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We derive our high-grade beta glucan from yeast cell walls using proprietary processes in our manufacturing facilities. Our beta glucan is free of yeast by-product and endotoxins, and demonstrates reliability in terms of both stability and biological response. Based on a side by side comparison analysis commissioned by us between our product and other beta glucan products produced by our main competitors, we believe that our yeast beta glucan is a superior yeast beta glucan.

 

Healthcare professionals have taken an interest in our immune-support products as a means of offering alternative or complementary approaches for maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. The health benefits of yeast beta glucans have been demonstrated through extensive testing and analysis and scientific research on yeast beta glucans generally, and we are committed to supporting evidence-based studies that demonstrate the health benefits of our products. General scientific research on beta glucan derived from yeast cell walls has been conducted in recent years by renowned medical laboratories, including Baylor College of Medicine, U.S. Armed Forces Radiobiology Institute, Stanford University, Southwest Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, University of Arkansas, North Carolina State University, University of Bern, Switzerland, and the China Agricultural University, China.

 

Through several consulting physicians, we also have relationships with medical institutions, and medical doctors, who conduct testing, analysis and beta work for our specific products on our behalf. In two studies reviewed in an article published in the Japanese Journal Society Terminal Systemic Diseases in 2000, participants ingesting our yeast beta glucan showed a decreased reoccurance of cancer in cancer remission patients and increased survival rates in terminally-ill cancer patients. In addition, female study participants testing the effect of our yeast beta glucan in topical applications saw a significant reduction in the number and intensity of skin wrinkles over the eight-week study. We presented the results of these and other studies supporting the efficacy of our products at the BIO-Europe global biotechnology conference in November 2010 and World Immune Regulator Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in March 2012.

 

None of the testing and analysis or scientific research mentioned in this prospectus has been subject to oversight of the FDA or any comparable regulatory body, and no regulatory body has attested to the efficacy of beta glucans in supporting the immune system or otherwise treating disease. Further, the marketing of beta glucans are not subject to FDA approval, and we are prohibited by FTC and FDA regulations from suggesting in advertisements and product labels that our products mitigate, treat, cure or prevent a specific disease or class of disease.

 

Yeast Beta Glucan Product Lines

 

Our MacroForce Plus once-daily oral capsules and Skin Care Essentials line of rejuvenating serums and creams.

 

Our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines consist of our all-natural, premium yeast beta glucans in oral and topical applications shown through testing and analysis and scientific research to support the immune system. Neutraceuticals are plant-derived products, such as our yeast beta glucans, with pharmaceutical-like properties that have biologically-therapeutic effects in humans and animals in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foods. Further, yeast beta glucans are classified as GRAS by the FDA and our products are designed to help support the body’s immune system response and defense. We offer our yeast beta glucans as all-natural raw material ingredients in bulk quantities and finished, consumer products packaged under our brands and private label brands.

 

Our principal, branded nutraceutical and cosmetic products for our yeast beta glucans are the MacroForce line of once-daily oral capsules and Skin Care Essentials line of rejuvenating serums and creams. Our MacroForce line of once-daily oral capsules are dietary supplements containing proprietary combinations of our yeast beta glucan to support immune system function. Our Skin Care Essentials Rejuvenating Serum and Rejuvenating Cream topical applications consist of our patented yeast-derived beta glucan and other natural ingredients to support the skin’s immune system response and defense, skin renewal and repair of sun and environmental damage.

 

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Sales and Marketing

 

Our sales and marketing strategy is to build brand recognition of our products as superior beta glucans derived from yeast. Historically, we have sold our products primarily on a word-of-mouth basis through distributors and our website as standalone product lines, as well as business-to-business as a cosmetic enhancement, dietary supplement or feed additive for animal use. We have shifted our sales focus to concentrate on our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on our development of proprietary and patented products and can now focus on commercializing sales of these products on a more meaningful, global basis. Our principal products are consumables that can generate a stream of repeat sales with the same end customers over an extended period, providing significant lifetime value for each customer gained. To reach these customers, we anticipate that our marketing strategy will include online sales promotions through our website, commencing an affiliate sales program, trade advertising, consumer research and search engine and digital advertising. In addition, we intend to build our brand recognition with healthcare professionals through testing and analysis and providing practitioners and clinics with education and support. We believe that the recommendation of our products by healthcare professionals to their patients provides the best possible endorsement.

 

We also market our products by presenting at international biotechnology and alternative medicine conferences and through nutraceutical industry associations and tradeshows. In March 2012, we presented the outcome of our cancer studies at the World Immune Regulator Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The special focus of the meeting was on innate and adaptive immune response and the role of tissues in immune regulation. In November 2010, we presented the results of the studies demonstrating the efficacy of our yeast beta glucan in terminally ill cancer patients and cancer remission patients at the BIO-Europe biotechnology partnership conference in Munich, Germany.

 

Manufacturing and Sourcing

 

Over the past 20 years, we have focused on the production of immune system support compounds, including, what we believe to be, are superior beta glucans derived from yeast. Our beta glucan products and manufacturing processes are protected by registered and pending patents and trade secrets. Our highly trained and experienced staff produces consistently high-grade, particulate and reliable beta glucan, including the raw materials for our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines, in our Kentucky-based production plant. Our manufacturing facilities and practices are compliant with published current Good Manufacturing Practices established by the FDA for dietary supplements. For certain of our packaged consumer goods, such as the MacroForce product line, we use third party contractors for encapsulation, bottling and labeling. These contractors are subject to regular government inspections, comply with current GMPs and hold the necessary drug manufacturing licenses and processed food registrations required by their respective state regulators. Such packaging services are readily available from multiple sources.

 

The raw materials necessary to manufacture beta glucans in our Kentucky plant, principally consisting of baker’s yeast, are common and readily available. Our principal suppliers are the Lesaffre Group and Brenntag Group. We hold our suppliers to strict quality and delivery specifications as part of our GMP compliance and quality control procedures, including quality assurance of raw materials used in the production of our products.

 

Customers

 

We sell our products direct to consumers and to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and consumer product companies in the U.S. market, and plan to expand our sales to the international market. Sales through distributors and business-to-business typically are made pursuant to supplier agreements executed in the ordinary course of business with individual orders made on standard purchase orders. We focus on establishing and growing long-term relationships with our customers, and we believe that the majority of our customers view us as a strategic long-term supplier and value the quality of our beta glucan products.

 

As we seek to expand our U.S. and global sales, our marketing concentrates on our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines as a raw material ingredient available in bulk quantities and finished, consumer products packaged under our brands and private label brands. We anticipate that our customer mix will change accordingly to include more sales through distributors and our planned affiliate program, and direct sales to consumers. We encourage nutriceutical and nutricosmetic manufacturers and formulators purchasing our beta glucans as all-natural raw material ingredients to identify and promote our brand in their products. As our principal products are consumables that typically generate repeat sales streams with the same end customers over an extended period, we historically have not experienced seasonality of sales.

 

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Sales of our oral and topical-use products consisted of 99% and of our sales for the first nine months of 2012, and consisted of 80% and 38% of our sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Sales of our animal feed additive products consisted of 1% of our sales for the first nine months of 2012 and, 20% and 62% of our sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively. We anticipate further decreased sales of our feed-additive products for animals as a percentage of our overall sales as we change our product focus to our oral and topical-use products. Our largest customer, accounted for 77% and 58% of our sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 53% and 23% of our total sales in 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

Competition

 

The markets for nutritional supplements and skin care products are highly competitive, consisting of a large number of manufacturers, distributors and retailers, none of which dominates the fragmented and diverse markets. We compete for sales direct to consumers, through distributors and business-to-business.

 

Although we believe that our yeast beta glucan is superior, we compete with other companies manufacturing beta glucans from yeast and other sources, as well as companies producing other food ingredients and nutritional supplements for human use and as feed additives. Many end consumers may consider such products to be a replacement for the products we manufacture and distribute. Many of our competitors have greater marketing, research and capital resources than us, and may be able to offer their products at lower costs because of their greater purchasing power or lower cost of raw materials and manufacturing.

 

We anticipate expanding our sales globally on a meaningful basis as part of our new marketing strategy focusing on our nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on our development of proprietary and patented products to compete in the immune support markets. We anticipate competing in these markets on the basis of quality, our proprietary manufacturing processes, research data and effective marketing campaigns promoting the benefits of our natural immune support products. There are no assurances that our products will be able to compete in these markets, however, or that our new marketing strategy will be successful.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We rely on the patent and trademark protection laws in the U.S. to protect our intellectual property and maintain our competitive position in the marketplace. We have six registered patents, consisting of both use and process patents, in the U.S. with expiration dates ranging from 2013 to 2028. Additionally, we currently have one patent application filed in the U.S. and pending formal review and a second provisional patent application pending, and we intend to apply for additional patents in the future as new products, uses and manufacturing processes are developed. We maintain trademarks registered in the U.S. for our business name and related to our product brands. In addition, we have registered and maintain internet domain names related to our business, including “immudyne.com.” Collectively, the patents, trademarks and domain names that we hold are of material importance to us.

 

Research and Development

 

Our expertise for many years has been in the enhancement of efficient, stable and cost-effective production systems for beta glucan products derived from yeast, though we have not incurred any research and development expenses to date. We may increase future investments to establish the scientific basis for health claims of our existing products and to develop new products and applications based on our growth and available capital.

 

Governmental and Environmental Regulation

 

Our business and the manufacturing, distribution and sale of our beta glucan products are regulated in the U.S. primarily by the FDA and the FTC.

 

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The FDA enforces the FDCA and DSHEA as they pertain to foods, food ingredients, cosmetics and dietary supplement production and marketing. Dietary supplements and nutraceuticals are regulated as a category of food, not as drugs. The FDA classifies “Yeast extract (Bakers)” as GRAS, which substances by definition are not food additives. Most GRAS substances have no quantitative restrictions as to use, although their use must conform to current GMPs. The FDA promulgates GMP guidelines to ensure that dietary supplements are produced in a quality manner, do not contain contaminants or impurities and are accurately labeled. GMPs include requirements for establishing quality control procedures, designing and constructing manufacturing plants, testing ingredients and finished products and record keeping and handling of consumer product complaints. The FDA has broad authority to enforce the provisions of federal law applicable to dietary supplements and cosmetics, including the power to monitor claims made in product labeling, to seize adulterated or misbranded products or unapproved new drugs, to request product recall, to enjoin further manufacture or sale of a product, to issue warning letters and to institute criminal proceedings.

 

Advertising and product claims regarding the efficacy of products are also regulated by the FTC. The FTC regulates the advertising of dietary supplements and other health-related products to ensure that any advertising is truthful and not misleading, and that an advertiser maintains adequate substantiation for all product claims. FTC enforcement actions may result in consent decrees, cease and desist orders, judicial injunctions and the payment of fines with respect to advertising claims that are found to be unsubstantiated.

 

Yeast beta glucans are classified as GRAS by the FDA and our oral and topical-use product lines containing our yeast beta glucan are marketed as dietary supplements and cosmetics, respectively. Under current U.S. regulations, our products must comply with certain labeling requirements enforced by the FDA and FTC, but otherwise generally are not required to receive regulatory approval prior to introduction into the U.S. market. We believe we are in compliance with all material government regulations applicable to our products.

 

In the EU markets, the EFSA, an advisory panel to the European Commission, performs all scientific assessments of health claims on food and supplement labels. The European Commission will consider the opinions of EFSA in determining whether to include a health claim on list of permissible claims. Once published, only health claims for ingredients and products included on the list may be used in promotional materials for products marketed and sold in the European Union. The marketability of our products may be limited as we look to expand our sales in the EU if the health claims of our products are not included on the list.

 

In addition to the foregoing, our operations are subject to federal, foreign, state and local government laws and regulations, including those relating to zoning, workplace safety and accommodations for the disabled, and our relationship with our employees is subject to regulations, including minimum wage requirements, anti-discrimination laws, overtime, working conditions and citizenship requirements. We currently do not incur any material costs in connection with our compliance with applicable environmental laws as our manufacturing processes generate minimal discharge. Furthermore, the cost of maintaining compliance with applicable environmental laws has not, and we believe, in the future, will not, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We believe we are in substantial compliance with all material governmental regulations applicable to our operations.

 

Employees

 

As of September 30, 2012, we had 3 full-time employees and 11 part-time employees and consultants worldwide. We outsource many of our research, product development and marketing activities to consultants who provide services to us on a project basis. We believe that relations with our employees are satisfactory. We have no collective bargaining agreements with our employees. All full-time employees and our officers and directors are eligible to participate in our group health and dental insurance plans.

 

Property

 

Our principal executive offices are in office space provided at no cost to us by our President in Mount Kisco, New York. We lease a manufacturing facility with warehouse space consisting of approximately 15,000 square feet in Florence, Kentucky, in the vicinity of the Cincinnati, Ohio, airport. We believe that our existing office and manufacturing facilities are adequate for current and presently foreseeable operations. In general, our properties are well maintained and being utilized for their intended purposes. See Notes 3 and 8 to our financial statements contained herein, which disclose amounts invested in lease agreements and furnishings and equipment.

 

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Legal Proceedings

 

We may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may have an adverse effect on our business, financial conditions or operating results. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Executive Officer and Directors

 

The following table sets forth the names of our directors, executive officer and certain significant employees and their ages, positions and biographical information as of the date of this prospectus. Our executive officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our Board of Directors. Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, is the son-in-law of Mr. Agostini, one of our directors. There are no other family relationships among our directors or executive officer.

 

Name   Position   Age
Anthony G. Bruzzese, M.D.   Chairman   57
Mark McLaughlin   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director   55
Dominic J. Agostini   Director   83
John R. Strawn, Jr.   Director   52

 

Anthony G. Bruzzese, M.D., Chairman

 

Dr. Bruzzese has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 2004. He is a practicing radiologist in Warwick, Rhode Island, certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Radiology. Since 1997, Dr. Bruzzese has served as a principal at Toll Gate Radiology, Inc., providing patients with comprehensive diagnostic imaging services. Dr. Bruzzese also has served on the medical staffs at Roger Williams Medical Center since 2008 and Landmark Medical Center since 2011. He previously served on the medical staff at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island from 1997 to 2005. Dr. Bruzzese has served as a Fellow, Councilor and Alternate Councilor to the American College of Radiology on behalf of the Rhode Island Radiology Society. Dr. Bruzzese received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine from Brown University. Dr. Bruzzese is the son-in-law of Mr. Agostini, one of our directors. Dr. Bruzzese brings to the Board of Directors over 20 years of experience in medical practice. The Board of Directors believes that Dr. Bruzzese’s knowledge of internal medicine and life sciences will assist us in our future growth and expansion plans.

 

Mark McLaughlin, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

Mr. McLaughlin has served as our President and member of the Board of Directors since March 2004 and Chief Executive Officer since April 2011. Mr. McLaughlin brings extensive knowledge about raising capital, marketing, business and corporate development, and of our operations and long-term strategy to the Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. McLaughlin played an integral role in successfully prosecuting several intellectual property violations in our favor. Since 1994, he has served as President of McLaughlin International, Inc., or MII, a management consulting firm controlled by Mr. McLaughlin. Previously, Mr. McLaughlin served as Senior Vice President at Oppenheimer & Co. from 1990 to 1992 and Lehman Brothers from 1981 to 1990. Mr. McLaughlin graduated from the College of the Holy Cross. The Board of Directors believes that Mr. McLaughlin’s leadership and extensive knowledge about us is essential to our future growth.

 

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Dominic J. Agostini, Director

 

Mr. Agostini has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2001. Mr. Agostini brings to the Board of Directors a long and successful business career with extensive experience at the senior management level. Mr. Agostini currently is a director, officer and one-third owner of A. B. Smithfield Associates, which operates a retail shopping center in Rhode Island. Mr. Agostini previously served as Senior Manager of Business Development for the Gilbane Building Company until 1993, and prior to such position, he served as Chief Operating Officer of International Processing Systems and Executive Vice President of ICM Corporation. Mr. Agostini received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bryant University. Mr. Agostini is the father-in-law of Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman.

 

John R. Strawn, Jr., Director

 

Mr. Strawn has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2011. Mr. Strawn brings to the Board of Directors over 25 years of legal experience, including extensive knowledge of our intellectual property portfolio. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. Mr. Strawn has successfully represented the company for over 10 years, including in a dispute over the ownership and licensing of multiple patents. After prevailing in a jury trial that was upheld on appeal in 2009, the matter was settled on favorable terms for the company. In 2010, Mr. Strawn became a founding partner of Strawn Pickens LLP in Houston, Texas. Prior to founding Strawn Pickens, Mr. Strawn was the Co-Managing Partner of Cruse Scott Henderson & Allen LLP, a law firm based in Houston, Texas, since 1992. Mr. Strawn received his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

 

Involvement in certain legal proceedings

 

During the past ten years, none of our directors or executive officer has been:

 

· the subject of any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
· convicted in a criminal proceeding or is subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
· subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities;
· found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, that has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
· subject of, or a party to, any order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of a federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
· subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization, any registered entity or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

None of our directors, executive officer or affiliates, or any control person or beneficial owner of 5% or more of our common stock, or any associate of such persons, is an adverse party in any material proceeding to, or has a material interest adverse to, the company.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Our Board of Directors currently is comprised of four directors, Dr. Bruzzese and Messrs. McLaughlin, Agostini and Strawn. While we are not subject to any director independence requirements because of our quotation on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current, we have adopted the NASDAQ listed company standards for the purposes of determining director independence. Under these standards, the Board of Directors has determined that Dr. Bruzzese and Mr. Agostini qualify as independent directors. In determining the independence of our directors, the Board of Directors considered all transactions in which we and any director had any interest, including those discussed under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” beginning on page 34 of this prospectus. The Board of Directors currently has no separately designated standing committees.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

As a “smaller reporting company,” we have elected to follow the scaled disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies with respect to the disclosures required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K. Under such scaled disclosure, we are not required to provide a Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Compensation Committee Report and certain other tabular and narrative disclosures relating to executive compensation.

 

Executive Compensation

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our principal executive officer for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

  Summary Compensation Table

Name and Principal       Salary     Option
Awards
    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
    All Other
 Compensation
    Total  
Position   Year     ($)     ($) (1)     ($)     ($)     ($)  

Mark McLaughlin

President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director (2)

    2011       120,000 (3)     131,900       - (4)     10,682 (5)     262,582  

  

(1) Amounts shown reflect aggregate grant date fair value and, where applicable, incremental fair value as of modification date, of awards and do not reflect whether the recipient actually has realized a financial benefit from such grant, such as by exercising the options or selling the stock. A discussion of the assumptions used in calculating the award values may be found in Note 2 to our financial statements contained herein.
(2) Mr. McLaughlin receives no compensation for serving as a member of our Board of Directors.
(3) In June 2012, we issued to Mr. McLaughlin 588,236 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 294,118 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of $100,000 of deferred salary accrued in 2011.
(4) Under his employment agreement entered into on April 20, 2011, as amended, Mr. McLaughlin earns an annual incentive bonus award consisting of 5% of our pre-tax earnings payable each semi-annual fiscal year. We did not have any pre-tax earnings in 2011 and no incentive bonus was earned or awarded.
(5) On May 22, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized a one-year extension of the expiration date for warrants held by Mr. McLaughlin to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at $0.12 per share that were to expire in 2011. These warrants with such one-year extension of the expiration date had an incremental fair value of $10,682 as of May 22, 2012.

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the outstanding equity awards held by our principal executive officer at December 31, 2011.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End for 2011
    Option Awards  
Name   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#) Exercisable
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#) Unexercisable
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#) Unearned
    Option
Exercise
Price ($)
    Option
Expiration
Date
Mark McLaughlin (1)     1,000,000       -       -       0.10     03/01/2018
      1,700,000       -       -       0.20     04/20/2021
      500,000       -       -       0.40     04/20/2021
      -       -       500,000 (2)     0.40     04/20/2021
      -       -       500,000 (3)     0.80     04/20/2021

 

(1) All options held by Mr. McLaughlin are fully vested from grant date and exercisable on a cashless basis.
(2) Options become earned and exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date.
(3) Options become earned and exercisable upon our achieving $10 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date.

 

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Employment Agreement

 

On April 20, 2011, we entered into a five-year employment agreement, with Mr. McLaughlin as our President and Chief Executive Officer, which was amended on October 12, 2012, under which he will be compensated at $134,400 per annum. As of June 30, 2012, all prior compensation due to Mr. McLaughlin has been satisfied either through cash payments or stock issuances. In addition to his base salary, Mr. McLaughlin will earn an annual incentive bonus award consisting of 5% of our pre-tax earnings payable each semi-annual fiscal year. We also granted to Mr. McLaughlin under his employment agreement, as amended, 10-year, fully-vested options to purchase an aggregate of 3.3 million shares of our common stock, such options consisting of the right to purchase: (i) 1.7 million shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share; (ii) 0.5 million shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share; (iii) 0.5 million shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date; and (iv) 0.5 million shares of our common stock at $0.80 per share upon our achieving $10 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date. If at any time prior to the expiration date of the options we merge into or are acquired by another company, any outstanding options granted under Mr. McLaughlin’s employment agreement will become immediately exercisable on the business day immediately preceding the merger or acquisition at $0.40 per share or the preceding average 30-day market price of our common stock prior to the announcement of such merger or acquisition, whichever price is lower.

 

Prior to our entering into this employment agreement, we compensated Mr. McLaughlin for his services as our President at $10,000 per month. From time to time he voluntarily deferred this compensation without interest.

 

Our employment agreement with Mr. McLaughlin contains provisions prohibiting competition by him following his employment with us. Mr. McLaughlin’s employment agreement specifies the conditions under which the agreement may be terminated and stipulates that he shall not be entitled to severance payments upon termination. Mr. McLaughlin is entitled to retain any options granted under his employment agreement and that remain outstanding at the time his employment agreement is terminated, however. We do not have any other existing arrangements providing for payments or benefits in connection with the resignation, severance, retirement or other termination of Mr. McLaughlin, or a change in control of the company or a change in his responsibilities following a change in control. We currently do not have any defined pension plan for Mr. McLaughlin. We currently do not have any nonqualified defined contribution or other plan that provides for the deferral of compensation for Mr. McLaughlin nor do we currently intend to establish any such plan.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our directors for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

Director Compensation for 2011

    Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
    Option
Awards
    Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
    All Other
Compensation
    Total  
Name   ($)     ($) (1)       ($)     ($)     ($)  
Anthony G. Bruzzese, M.D.     -       37,520 (2)     - (3)     735 (4)     38,255  
Dominic J. Agostini     -       16,750 (5)     -       7,591 (6)     24,341  
John R. Strawn, Jr.     -       85,000 (7)     - (8)     -       85,000  

  

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(1) Amounts shown reflect aggregate grant date fair value and, where applicable, incremental fair value as of modification date, of awards and do not reflect whether the recipient actually has realized a financial benefit from such grant, such as by exercising the options or selling the stock. A discussion of the assumptions used in calculating the award values may be found in Note 2 to our financial statements contained herein.
(2) As of December 31, 2011, Dr. Bruzzese held fully-vested options to purchase an aggregate of 1,310,000 shares of our common stock, such options consisting of the right to purchase: (i) 500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share with an expiration date of December 31, 2013; (ii) 560,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share with an expiration date of April 20, 2021; and (iii) 250,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share with an expiration date of April 20, 2021, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date. Each such option held by Dr. Bruzzese is exercisable on a cashless basis.
(3) Under his director’s agreement effective as of April 20, 2011, Dr. Bruzzese earns an annual incentive bonus award consisting of 1% of our pre-tax earnings payable each semi-annual fiscal year. We did not have any pre-tax earnings in 2011 and no incentive bonus was earned or awarded.
(4) On June 14, 2011, the Board of Directors authorized a one-year extension of the expiration date for fully-vested options held by Dr. Bruzzese to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share that were to expire in 2011. These options with such one-year extension of the expiration date had an incremental fair value of $735 as of June 14, 2011.
(5) As of December 31, 2011, Mr. Agostini held fully-vested options to purchase an aggregate of 1,375,000 shares of our common stock, such options consisting of the right to purchase: (i) 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share with an expiration date of December 31, 2012; (ii) 250,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share with an expiration date of April 20, 2021; and (iii) 125,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share with an expiration date of April 20, 2021, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date. Each such option held by Mr. Agostini is exercisable on a cashless basis.
(6) On June 14, 2011, the Board of Directors authorized a one-year extension of the expiration date for fully-vested options held by Mr. Agostini to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share that were to expire in 2011. These options with such one-year extension of the expiration date had an incremental fair value of $7,591 as of June 14, 2011.
(7) As of December 31, 2011, Mr. Strawn held fully-vested options to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock, such options consisting of the right to purchase: (i) 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share with an expiration date of July 1, 2021; (ii) 500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share with an expiration date of July 1, 2021; and (iii) 500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share with an expiration date of July 1, 2021, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date. Each such option held by Mr. Strawn is exercisable on a cashless basis.
(8) Under his director’s agreement effective as of July 1, 2011, Mr. Strawn earns an annual incentive bonus award consisting of 3% of our pre-tax earnings payable each semi-annual fiscal year. We did not have any pre-tax earnings in 2011 and no incentive bonus was earned or awarded.

 

The Board of Directors may determine remuneration to be paid to the directors with interested members refraining from voting. Our independent directors each have entered into two-year director’s agreements with us, pursuant to which they will receive annual cash compensation of an amount to be negotiated and agreed upon when we have the financial wherewithal to pay such compensation for their service. In addition to their base compensation, Dr. Bruzzese and Mr. Strawn each will earn an annual incentive bonus award consisting of 1% and 3%, respectively, of our pre-tax earnings payable each semi-annual fiscal year. We also made grants of 10-year, fully-vested options to purchase 810,000, 375,000 and 2,000,000 shares of our common stock as described in the footnotes to the above table to Dr. Bruzzese, Mr. Agostini and Mr. Strawn, respectively, pursuant to their director’s agreements effective as of April 20, 2011, April 20, 2011, and July 1, 2011, respectively. If at any time prior to the expiration date of the options we merge into or are acquired by another company, any outstanding options granted under the directors’ agreements will become immediately exercisable on the business day immediately preceding the merger or acquisition at $0.40 per share or the preceding average 30-day market price of our common stock prior to the announcement of such merger or acquisition, whichever price is lower. We do not compensate our non-independent director, Mr. McLaughlin, for serving as our director. All directors are eligible to receive reimbursement of expenses incurred with respect to attendance at board meetings, which is not included in the above table. We do not maintain a medical, dental or retirement benefits plan specifically for our directors, but all directors are eligible to participate in our employee group health and dental insurance plans.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In addition to the executive officer and director compensation arrangements discussed in “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 31, the following describes transactions since January 1, 2009, to which we have been a participant, in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets at year end and in which any of our directors, executive officer or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Royalty Agreement

 

We are subject to a royalty agreement, pursuant to which we are required to pay a monthly royalty of 8% on all sales of certain skin care products up to $227,175. We entered into the royalty agreement to settle a suit between Mr. McLaughlin and us, over disputed patent and licensing arrangements. Mr. McLaughlin, our President, has a 60% interest in the royalties paid under the agreement, or $136,305, and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld L.L.P., Mr. McLaughlin’s counsel in the matter, is entitled to the remaining 40% interest. Royalties earned and expensed in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 were approximately $24,000 per year and $35,000 during the first three quarters of 2012. We made a royalty payment of approximately $16,061 on August 13, 2012. As of December 3, 2012, the remaining commitment under the royalty agreement is approximately $120,000. Mr. McLaughlin customarily defers without interest payments due under the royalty agreement until we have the financial wherewithal to pay such royalties.

 

Indebtedness to our President and Directors

 

From time to time, Mr. McLaughlin, our President, has made short-term advances to us for our operating needs. These advances bear interest at 5% per annum, are unsecured and have no fixed terms of repayment. Since 2009, the largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding was $222,574.38. In each of 2009, 2010 and 2011, principal paid was 27,045.74, 13,408, and $64,116.85, and interest paid was $2,954.26, $6,591.26, and 4,883.15, respectively.

In April 2011, in satisfaction of $140,000 advance payable, Mr. McLaughlin exercised 1,500,000 options, 1,000,000 options of which were exercised at $0.10 per share, and 500,000 of which were exercised at $0.08 per share. In the first two quarters of 2012, principal paid was $41,531.25 and interest paid was $542.75. As of October 17, 2012, no principal and interest remains outstanding on these advances.

 

In addition, Mr. McLaughlin made an unsecured advance to us in 2005 for our long-term operating needs bearing interest at 10% and payable monthly from date of advance. Since 2009, the largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding on this advance was $123,119. In each of 2009, 2010 and 2011, principal paid was $34,774, $35,066 and $42,381, and interest paid was $10,747, $6,662 and $3,139, respectively. As of the pay-off date in February 2012, principal and interest paid in 2012 was $10,898 and $482, respectively.

 

In the past, Mr. McLaughlin has voluntarily deferred receipt of his salary as our President until such time as we have the financial wherewithal to pay such salary, but there can be no assurance that Mr. McLaughlin will continue this practice. In months where our cash flow does not permit us to pay his monthly compensation, the amount owed Mr. McLaughlin is accrued without interest. In 2011, the largest amount of accrued salary was $100,000. In June 2012 and in connection with our private placement, we issued to Mr. McLaughlin 588,236 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 294,118 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of $100,000 of deferred salary accrued in 2011. As of October 17, 2012, no accrued salary required to be paid remains outstanding.

 

From time to time, Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, has made advances to us for our operating needs. These advances bore interest at 5% per annum, were unsecured and had no fixed terms of repayment. Since 2009, the largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding was $32,500. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, no principal was paid and interest paid was $875, $875 and $875, respectively. In 2012, interest paid was $218.76. In June 2012 and in connection with our private placement, we issued to Dr. Bruzzese 191,176 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 95,588 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of the $32,500 principal outstanding due him.

 

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From time to time, Mr. Agostini, a member of our Board of Directors, has made advances to us for our operating needs. These advances bore interest at 5% per annum, were unsecured and had no fixed terms of repayment. Since 2009, the largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding was $17,500. In each of 2009, 2010 and 2011, no principal was paid and interest paid was $875 for each year. In 2012, interest paid was $292. In April 2012, Mr. Agostini exercised options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share, with payment consisting of $32,500 in cash and satisfaction of the $17,500 in principal outstanding.

 

Common Stock Issuances

 

In April 2011, Mr. McLaughlin, our President, exercised stock options for 1,500,000 shares, in satisfaction of $140,000 due to Mr. McLaughlin, 1,000,000 options of which were exercised at $0.10 per share, and 500,000 of which were exercised at $0.08 per share. Of the options exercised, 500,000 were exercised at $0.08 per share and 1,000,000 were exercised at $0.10 per share.

 

In July 2011, we issued to Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, 72,941 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 36.470 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit for $12,400 in connection with our private placement.

 

In June 2012, we issued to Mr. McLaughlin, our President, 588,236 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 294,118 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of $100,000 of deferred salary accrued in 2011.

 

In June 2012, we issued to Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, 191,176 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 95,588 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of $32,500 due to Dr. Bruzzese. In addition, in July 2012, we issued to Dr. Bruzzese 15,216 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 7,608 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit for $2,587 in connection with our private placement.

 

In June 2012, we issued to Mr. Agostini, a member of our Board of Directors, 500,000 shares of our common stock upon his exercise of stock options at $0.10 per share for $50,000, consisting of $32,500 in cash and satisfaction of $17,500 due to him.

 

In June 2012, in connection with our private placement, we issued 949,663 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 474,831 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to Lane Deyoe in satisfaction of a $0.16 million note payable. Following this issuance, Mr. Deyoe beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock outstanding.

 

Common Stock Retirement and Option Cancelations

 

On June 13, 2011, Arun K. Bahl, then a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock, returned options to purchase 3 million shares of our common stock to us for cancelation. The options returned for cancelation consisted of (i) options to purchase 1 million shares of our common stock at $0.07 per share with expiration in January 2015, (ii) options to purchase 1 million shares of our common stock at $0.08 per share with expiration in March 2017, and (iii) options to purchase 1 million shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share with expiration in March 2018.

 

In September 2011, we retired an additional 1.14 million shares of our common stock that had been issued.

 

Equity Awards and Employment Agreements

 

On April 20, 2011, we entered into a five-year employment agreement with Mr. McLaughlin as our President and Chief Executive Officer, which was amended on October 12, 2012, under which he will be compensated at $134,400 per annum. In the past, Mr. McLaughlin has voluntarily deferred receipt of his salary as our President until such time as we have the financial wherewithal to pay such salary, but there can be no assurance that Mr. McLaughlin will continue this practice. As of June 30, 2012, all prior compensation due to Mr. McLaughlin has been satisfied either through cash payments or stock issuances. The employment agreement was entered into between us and McLaughlin International, Inc., a management consulting firm solely controlled by Mr. McLaughlin and through which he had historically provided us with consulting services. Effective as of October 12, 2012, we amended this employment agreement to be between us and Mr. McLaughlin directly as he dedicates all of his business time to his position as our executive officer.

 

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In 2011, we entered into two-year director’s agreements with our non-employee directors pursuant to which we granted stock options to such directors.

 

In June 2011, the Board of Directors authorized the extension of the expiration date by one year of certain warrants and options held by Dr. Bruzzese and Messrs. McLaughlin and Agostini that were to expire in 2011. The incremental fair value of the extended warrant held by Mr. McLaughlin, our President, as of June 14, 2011, was $10,682. The incremental fair value of the extended options held by Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, and Mr. Agostini, a member of our Board of Directors, as of June 14, 2011, were $735 and $7,591, respectively. In May 2012, the Board of Directors again authorized the extension of the expiration date by one year of certain warrants and options held by Dr. Bruzzese and Messrs. McLaughlin and Agostini that were to expire in 2012. The incremental fair value of the extended warrant held by Mr. McLaughlin as of May 22, 2012, was $18,106. The incremental fair value of the extended options held by Dr. Bruzzese and Mr. Agostini as of May 22, 2012, were $9.289 and $4,085, respectively.

 

For a description of these director and employment agreements and equity awards, see “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 31.

 

Employment Arrangements with an Immediate Family Member of our President

 

Brunilda McLaughlin, the wife of Mr. McLaughlin, our President, provides bookkeeping services for us. Mrs. McLaughlin was compensated for these services at $2,000 per month during 2009, 2010 and the first four months of 2011. In April 2011, we entered into a two-year employment agreement, as amended, with Mrs. McLaughlin doing business as McLaughlin International, Inc., a management consulting firm solely controlled by Mr. McLaughlin, under which we would compensate her for her services with (a) cash compensation of $2,000 per month; (b) 10-year, fully-vested options with cashless exercise rights to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share; (c) 10-year, fully-vested options with cashless exercise rights to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date; and (d) an annual incentive bonus award amounting to 0.5% of our pre-tax earnings.

 

Legal Services Provided by Director

 

Strawn Pickens LLP, a law firm co-founded by one of our directors, Mr. Strawn, performs legal services on our behalf on an hourly-fee basis in the ordinary course and has a contingency fee arrangement with us in a suit with former officers of the company and their affiliated entities. In June 2012, we issued Strawn Pickens LLP 400,000 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share in satisfaction of approximately $68,000 in legal services. In 2011, Cruse Scott Henderson & Allen LLP received $225,000 as payment for accrued legal services, $200,000 of which was paid by an investor in the Company in exchange for warrants to purchase 2,400,000 share of common stock held by Cruse Scott, 1,136,842 shares of which were subsequently retired. Mr. Strawn served as Co-Managing Partner until January 2010 and during the period in which Cruse Scott Henderson & Allen LLP represented the company and accrued legal services.

 

Office Space Provided by our President

 

Our principal executive offices are in office space provided at no cost to us by our President, Mr. McLaughlin.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following sets forth information as of December 3, 2012, regarding the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by (i) each person that we know beneficially owns more than 5% of our outstanding common stock, (ii) each of our directors and named executive officer and (iii) all of our directors and named executive officer as a group.

 

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The amounts and percentages of our common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of SEC rules governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the SEC rules, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days through the exercise of any stock option, warrant or other right. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which such person has no economic interest. Unless otherwise indicated, each of the shareholders named in the table below, or his or her family members, has sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares of our common stock. Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each of the shareholders listed below is: c/o Immudyne, Inc., 50 Spring Meadow Rd., Mount Kisco, NY 10549.

 

As of December 3, 2012, there were 28,875,317 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.

 

Name of beneficial owner   Number of shares     Percent of class  
5% Shareholders                
Lane Deyoe
11997 N. Lake Dr.
Boynton Beach, FL 33436
    2,359,494 (1)     8.04 %
Directors and named executive officer                
Mark McLaughlin     9,112,764 (2)     31.56 %
Anthony G. Bruzzese, M.D.     2,099,999 (3)     6.98 %
Dominic J. Agostini     1,393,500 (4)     4.70 %
John R. Strawn, Jr.     2,110,000 (5)     6.90 %
Directors and named executive officer as a group (4 persons)     12,413,870       50.14 %

 

(1) Consists of 195,000 shares and presently-exercisable warrants to purchase 474,831 shares held of record by the Deyoe Family Limited Partnership over which Mr. Deyoe has sole voting and dispositive power.
(2) Consists of 588,236 shares held of record by McLaughlin International, Inc., presently-exercisable warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares, presently-exercisable warrants to purchase 294,118 shares held of record by McLaughlin International, Inc. and presently-exercisable options to purchase 3,300,000 shares. Mr. McLaughlin has sole voting and dispositive power over all shares and warrants held of record by McLaughlin International, Inc.
(3) Consists of 115,000 shares held jointly with Dr. Bruzzese’s spouse, presently-exercisable warrants to purchase 169,666 shares and presently-exercisable options to purchase 1,060,000 shares.
(4) Consists of 143,500 shares held of record by or jointly with Mr. Agostini’s deceased spouse over which he has sole voting and dispositive power and presently-exercisable options to purchase 750,000 shares.
(5) Consists of 400,000 shares and presently-exercisable warrants to purchase 200,000 shares held of record by Strawn Pickens LLP over which Mr. Strawn has shared voting and dispositive power, and presently-exercisable options to purchase 1,500,000 shares.

 

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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The 1,828,212 shares of our common stock included in this prospectus were issued to the selling shareholders pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The following table sets forth the names of the selling shareholders, the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by each of the selling shareholders as of October 17, 2012, the number of shares of our common stock being offered by the selling shareholders and the number and percentage of shares of our common stock to be beneficially owned by each of the selling shareholders after the offering, assuming all of the offered shares are sold by the selling shareholders. The percentages of shares of our common stock to be beneficially owned by the selling shareholders are based upon 28,875,317 shares of our common stock outstanding as of October 17, 2012. The shares being offered hereby are being registered to permit public secondary trading, and the selling shareholders named below, or their respective successors, including transferees, may from time to time sell or otherwise dispose of, pursuant to this prospectus, all, some or none of their shares of our common stock being registered hereby. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 40. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the selling shareholders.

 

    Beneficial Ownership
Before Offering
    Shares of
Common Stock
Included in
    Beneficial Ownership
After Offering
 
Name   Total     Prospectus     Number     Percentage*  
Berdon Ventures LLC (1)     660,000       440,000       220,000          
Burstein, David     180,000       120,000       60,000          
Cynergy Emerging Growth LLC (2)     882,354       588,236       294,118          
Dweck, Isaac     88,235       58,823       29,412          
Kibler, Austin     45,000       30,000       15,000          
Neman, Shahriyar     220,588       147,059       73,529          
Pismen, Leonid     88,200       58,800       29,400          
Schwartz, Brendon     352,941       235,294       117,647          
Tungsten 74 LLC (3)     525,000       150,000       375,000       1.3 %
Total     3,042,318       1,828,212       1,214,106          

 

* Less than 1%, unless otherwise specified.

 

(1) Rick Berdon has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Berdon Ventures LLC.
(2) Patrick Adams has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Cynergy Emerging Growth LLC.
(3) Viacheslav Kriventsov has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by Tungsten 74 LLC.

 

None of the selling shareholders, other than those identified by disclosure above, has, or within the past three years has had, any position, office or material relationship with us or with any of our predecessors or affiliates.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The selling shareholders identified in this prospectus may offer and sell up to 1,828,212 shares of our common stock, which we issued them. The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of their shares of our common stock through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

 

All of the shares of our common stock were issued previously in private transactions completed prior to the filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

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The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of our common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of our common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions:

 

· On any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the shares may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
· In the over-the-counter markets;
· In transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter markets;
· Through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;
· Ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
· 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;
· Purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
· An exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
· Privately negotiated transactions;
· Short sales;
· Sales pursuant to Rule 144;
· Broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
· A combination of any such methods of sale; and
· Any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling shares of our common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of our common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of our common stock or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of our common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge shares of our common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

 

The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of our common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the shares of our common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of our common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of our common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed that will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of our common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to broker-dealers.

 

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Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of our common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of our common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the shares of our common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of our common stock by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of our common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of our common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of our common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of our common stock.

 

We have agreed to pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholders specifically for use in this prospectus, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, the shares of our common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

The following discussion is a summary of the terms of our capital stock, our amended certificate of incorporation and our bylaws, as well as certain applicable provisions of Delaware law. Forms of our amended certificate of incorporation and bylaws have been incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

Common Stock

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. On February 1, 2001, we increased the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share. We have no other authorized class of capital stock. As of October 17, 2012, there were issued and outstanding (a) 28,875,317 shares of our common stock; (b) options to purchase 14,927,500 shares of our common stock, of which (i) options to purchase 8,952,500 shares of our common stock were exercisable at prices ranging from $0.07 to $0.40 per share and (ii) options to purchase 4,775,000 shares of our common stock become exercisable at prices of $0.40 and $0.80 upon our revenues exceeding $5 million and $10 million, respectively; and (c) warrants to purchase 3,630,112 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.15 to $0.40 per share. The warrants are immediately exercisable and entitle their holders to purchase up to: (i) 1,715,000 shares of our common stock at $0.15 per share, such warrants expiring in 2012 and 2013; and (ii) 2,030,112 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share, such warrants expiring in 2015.

 

All shares of our common stock outstanding to 327 holders of record are fully paid and non-assessable. The number of record holders of our common stock does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of banks, brokers, nominees or other fiduciaries. Holders of our common stock are entitled to the following rights:

 

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Voting Rights

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. The affirmative vote of a plurality of shares of our common stock present in person or by proxy will decide the election of any directors. Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors.

 

Dividend Rights

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividend declared by our Board of Directors.

 

Rights upon Liquidation

 

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in the assets remaining after payment of liabilities in accordance with their respective rights and interest.

 

Other Rights and Preferences

 

Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, conversion or redemption rights.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current under the symbol “IMMD.”

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Limited, 250 Royall St., Canton, MA 02021; telephone (781) 575-2000.

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover statute that provides that if a person acquires 15% or more of the voting stock of a Delaware corporation, such person becomes an “interested shareholder” and may not engage in certain “business combinations” with the corporation for a period of three years from the time such person acquired 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock, unless (1) the board of directors approves the acquisition of stock or the merger transaction before the time that the person becomes an interested shareholder, (2) the interested shareholder owns at least 85% of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at the time the merger transaction commences (excluding voting stock owned by directors who are also officers and certain employee stock plans) or (3) the merger transaction is approved by the board of directors and by the affirmative vote at a meeting, not by written consent, of shareholders of two-thirds of the holders of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested shareholder. The applicability of this provision to us is expected to have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by our Board of Directors, including discouraging attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for your shares.

 

Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Our Amended Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Our amended certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our company more difficult without the approval of our Board of Directors. These include provisions that:

 

· provide that our Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws;
· provide our Board of Directors with the sole power to set the size of our Board of Directors and fill vacancies; and
· provide that special meetings of shareholders may be called only by our Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of Directors, upon written notice of demand by our President or upon written notice of demand by the holders of at least 25% of the shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

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These provisions may make it more difficult for shareholders to take specific corporate actions and could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company.

 

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Upon completion of this offering, we will have 28,875,317 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, representing approximately 58% of the 50,000,000 authorized shares of our common stock, par value $0.01. The number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering is based on 28,875,317 shares of our common stock outstanding as of October 17, 2012, which excludes 12,582,612 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and options outstanding . All of the 1,828,212, shares of our common stock sold pursuant to this offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. Our common stock currently is not eligible for trading on any national securities exchange, and is quoted on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current and trades in the over-counter-markets. The market for our common stock historically has been limited and we cannot assure you that a larger market will ever be developed or maintained.

 

We are not aware of any plans by any significant shareholder to dispose of significant numbers of shares of our common stock. We cannot assure you, however, that one or more existing shareholders will not dispose of significant numbers of shares of our common stock. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of our common stock, or the availability of our common stock for future sale, will have on the market price of our common stock prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that future sales may occur, could materially and adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock.

 

Rule 144

 

In general, under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, an affiliate who beneficially owns shares that were purchased from us, or any affiliate, at least six months previously, is entitled to sell within any 3-month period beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of our then-outstanding shares of common stock, which equals approximately 30,264 shares immediately after this offering, or the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the OTC Markets-OTC Pink Current during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice of the sale with the SEC. Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to certain manner of sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us.

 

Following this offering, a person that is not an affiliate of ours at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months, may sell shares subject only to the availability of current public information about us, and any such person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our common stock for at least one year may sell shares without restriction.

 

We are unable to estimate the number of shares that will be sold under Rule 144 because this will depend on the market price for our common stock, the personal circumstances of the shareholder and other factors.

 

Rule 701

 

In general, under Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, any of our employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who purchased shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock or option plan or other written agreement before the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is entitled to resell such shares 90 days after such effective date in reliance on Rule 144 without having to comply with the holding period requirements or other restrictions contained in Rule 701.

 

Securities issued in reliance on Rule 701 are restricted securities and, subject to the contractual restrictions described above, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, may be sold by persons other than affiliates, as defined in Rule 144, subject only to the manner of sale provisions of Rule 144 and by affiliates under Rule 144 without compliance with its one-year minimum holding period requirement.

 

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EXPERTS

 

The audited financial statements of Immudyne, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, were audited by PKF O’Connor Davies, a division of O’Connor Davies, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report thereon appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of our common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Newman & Morrison LLP, New York, New York.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-1 we have filed with the SEC. We have not included in this prospectus all of the information contained in the registration statement and you should refer to our registration statement and its exhibits for further information.

 

Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we will be required to file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information under the Exchange Act with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of our annual report, including audited financial statements, are available on request by writing to Immudyne, Inc., 50 Spring Meadow Rd., Mount Kisco, NY 10549, Asttn: Investor Relations.

 

Our website address is www.immudyne.com. The information contained on or accessible through our website is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and potential investors should not rely on such information in making a decision to purchase our common stock in this offering.

 

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Index to Financial Statements

 

  Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
   
Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2012 (Unaudited), and December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-3
   
Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited), and the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-4
   
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit ) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (Unaudited), and the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-5
   
Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited), and the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-6
   
Notes to Financial Statements F-7 

  

 
 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Board of Directors

Immudyne, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Immudyne, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Immudyne, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ PKF O’Connor Davies  
A Division of O’Connor Davies, LLP  
New York, NY  
October 17, 2012  

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

BALANCE SHEET

 

    September 30     December 31  
    2012     2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)              
ASSETS                        
Current assets                        
Cash   $ 163,183     $ 33,502     $ -  
Trade accounts receivable     79,301       36,357       80,325  
Inventory     36,944       58,800       105,000  
Total current assets     279,428       128,659       185,325  
                         
Furnishings and equipment     172,227       214,671       271,360  
                         
Total assets   $ 451,655     $ 343,330     $ 456,685  
                         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)                        
                         
Current liabilities                        
Cash overdraft   $ -     $ -     $ 41,000  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     209,397       199,341       333,755  
Due to officer     -       100,000       10,000  
Current portion of notes payable     -       262,172       562,498  
Total current liabilities     209,397       561,513       947,253  
                         
Deferred tax liability     51,900       64,800       82,000  
Notes payable, net of current portion     -       -       14,986  
Total liabilities     261,297       626,313       1,044,239  
                         
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)                        
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, 28,890,533, 24,729,030 and 20,053,194 shares issued and outstanding in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively     288,905       247,290       200,532  
Additional paid-in capital     7,625,888       6,871,510       6,110,768  
Treasury stock 505,000 shares in 2011 and 2010     -       (51,833 )     (51,833 )
Accumulated (deficit)     (7,724,435 )     (7,349,950 )     (6,847,021 )
Total stockholders’ equity(deficit)     190,358       (282,983 )     (587,554 )
                         
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)   $ 451,655     $ 343,330     $ 456,685  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

 

    Nine Months Ended
September 30
    Year Ended
December 31
 
    2012     2011     2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)              
                         
Sales   $ 558,218     $ 569,112     $ 743,828     $ 1,271,975  
                                 
Cost of sales     129,709       168,382       241,264       426,107  
                                 
Gross profit     428,509       400,730       502,564       845,868  
                                 
Compensation and related expenses     (285,200 )     (616,481 )     (707,235 )     (526,979 )
                                 
General and administrative expenses     (552,323 )     (300,416 )     (371,696 )     (643,457 )
                                 
Operating (loss)     (409,014 )     (516,167 )     (576,367 )     (324,568 )
                                 
Proceeds from litigation settlement     25,000       50,000       50,000       25,000  
                                 
Customer signing fee     -       27,500       27,500       -  
                                 
Interest (expense)     (3,371 )     (17,996 )     (21,262 )     (35,073 )
                                 
Net (loss) before taxes     (387,385 )     (456,663 )     (520,129 )     (334,641 )
                                 
Deferred income tax benefit     12,900       12,900       17,200       17,000  
                                 
Net (loss)   $ (374,485 )   $ (443,763 )   $ (502,929 )))   $ (317,641 )
                                 
Basic and diluted (loss) per share   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )
                                 
Average number of common shares outstanding     27,061,000       23,687,000       22,391,000       19,958,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

                Additional                    
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Accumulated     Treasury        
    Shares     Amount     Capital     (Deficit)     Stock     Total  
                                     
Balance at December 31, 2009     19,863,194     $ 198,632     $ 6,065,768     $ (6,529,380 )   $ (51,833 )   $ (316,813 )
                                                 
Stock issued for services     50,000       500       8,000       -       -       8,500  
                                                 
Issuance of common stock     200,000       2,000       32,000       -       -       34,000  
                                                 
Retirement of stock     (60,000 )     (600 )     600       -       -       -  
                                                 
Stock warrants issued in connection with financing     -       -       4,400       -       -       4,400  
                                                 
Net (loss)     -       -       -       (317,641 )     -       (317,641 )
                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2010     20,053,194       200,532       6,110,768       (6,847,021 )     (51,833 )     (587,554 )
                                                 
Issuance of common shares     923,994       9,239       184,261       -       -       193,500  
                                                 
Common stock issued to advisor and consultant     375,000       3,750       (3,750 )     -       -       -  
                                                 
Issuance of stock options     -       -       400,000       -       -       400,000  
                                                 
Cashless exercise of warrants     2,273,684       22,737       (22,737 )     -       -       -  
                                                 
Retirement of common stock     (1,136,842 )     (11,368 )     11,368       -       -       -  
                                                 
Warrants exercised with notes payable     740,000       7,400       66,600       -       -       74,000  
                                                 
Options exercised with notes payable     1,500,000       15,000       125,000       -       -       140,000  
                                                 
Net (loss)     -       -       -       (502,929 )     -       (502,929 )
                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2011     24,729,030       247,290       6,871,510       (7,349,950 )     (51,833 )     (282,983 )
                                                 
Issuance of common stock     1,843,428       18,434       294,949       -       -       313,383  
                                                 
Issuance of common stock for notes and other payables     1,729,075       17,291       276,652       -       -       293,943  
                                                 
Issuance of common stock for services     700,000       7,000       112,000       -       -       119,000  
                                                 
Issuance of stock options     -       -       40,000       -       -       40,000  
                                                 
Extension of option and warrant expiration dates     -       -       31,500       -       -       31,500  
                                                 
Options exercised     325,000       3,250       29,250       -       -       32,500  
                                                 
Options exercised with notes payable     175,000       1,750       15,750       -       -       17,500  
                                                 
Retirement of common stock     (106,000 )     (1.060 )     1,060                          
                                                 
Retirement of treasury stock     (505,000 )     (5,050 )     (46,783 )     -       51,833       -  
                                                 
Net (loss)     -       -       -       (374,485 )     -       (374,485 )
                                                 
Balance at September 30, 2012 (unaudited)     28,890,533     $ 288,905     $ 7,625,888     $ (7,724,435 )   $ -     $ 190,358  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

 

    Nine Months Ended
September 30
    Year Ended
December 31
 
    2012     2011     2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)              
Cash flows from operating activities                                
Net (loss)   $ (374,485 )   $ (443,763 )   $ (502,929 )   $ (317,641 )
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to net cash (used) by operating activities                                
Depreciation     42,444       42,446       56,689       56,598  
Deferred tax benefit     (12,900 )     (12,900 )     (17,200 )     (17,000 )
Stock compensation expense     71,500       400,000       400,000       -  
Common stock issued for services     119,000       -       -       8,500  
Financing costs, warrants             -       -       4,400  
Changes in assets and liabilities                                
Trade accounts receivable     (42,944 )     2,421       43,968       94,561  
Inventory     21,856       37,373       46,200       (55,000 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     10,056       (29.963 )     (134,414 )     (36,789 )
Due to officer     -       -       90,000       10,000  
Net Cash (Used) by Operating Activities     (165,473 )     (4,386 )     (17,686 )     (252,371 )
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities                                
Cash overdraft     -       (41,000 )     (41,000 )     41,000  
Issuance of common stock     345,883       193,500       193,500       34,000  
Increase in notes payable     -       -       75,000       90,474  
Repayment of note payable     (50,729 )     (89,803 )     (176,312 )     (118,480 )
Net Cash Provided by Financing activities     295,154       62,697       51,188       46,994  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash     129,681       58,311       33,502       (205,377 )
                                 
Cash at beginning of the period     33,502       -       -       205,377  
                                 
Cash at end of the period   $ 163,183     $ 58,311     $ 33,502     $ -  
                                 
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities                                
Cash paid during the year for interest   $ 3,371     $ 17,995     $ 21,262     $ 35,073  
                                 
Notes payable and other payables used to exercise options and warrants   $ 311,443     $ 214,000     $ 214,000          

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 - Organization

 

Immudyne, Inc. (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation established to develop, manufacture and sell natural products. The Company has developed a proprietary approach to produce the purest, particulate and soluble beta glucans derived from yeast. The Company’s core nutraceutical and cosmetic product lines consist of its pure yeast beta glucans in oral and topical applications to support the immune system. The Company concentrates its sales and marketing efforts on healthcare professionals, distributors for its all-natural raw material ingredient products and direct-to-consumer sales.

 

The Company has funded operations in the past through the sales of its products, issuance of common stock and through loans and advances from officers and directors. The Company’s continued operations are dependent upon obtaining an increase in its sales volume and the continued financial support from officers and directors or the issuance of additional shares of common stock.

 

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

The accompanying balance sheet as of September 30, 2012, the statements of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, and the statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, are unaudited. In the opinion of management, such information includes all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of this interim information when read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes hereto. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012, or for any other period.

 

Note 2 - Summary of significant accounting policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

 

The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Some of the more significant estimates required to be made by management include the valuation of stockholders’ equity based transactions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Inventory

 

At September 30, 2012, inventory consisted primarily of nutraceutical and cosmetic products. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, inventory also included animal feed product, a product line the Company began exiting in 2011. Inventory is maintained in the Company’s warehouse as well as in other locations held both by independent third parties and related parties.

 

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or market with cost determined on a first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) basis. Management compares the cost of inventory with the net realizable value and an allowance is made for writing down inventory to market value, if lower. Inventory consists of the following:

 

    September 30        
    2012     December 31  
    (Unaudited)     2011     2010  
                   
Raw materials   $ 10,989     $ 37,720     $ 77,000  
Finished products     25,955       21,080       28,000  
    $ 36,944     $ 58,800     $ 105,000  

 

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Included in inventory at December 31, 2011 and 2010 is $10,661 and $62,645 respectively, for products related to animal feed.

 

Furnishings and equipment

 

Furnishings and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging from three to ten years.

 

Revenue recognition

 

The Company’s policy is to record revenue as earned when a firm commitment, indicating sales quantity and price exists, delivery has taken place and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company generally records sales once the product is shipped to the customer. If applicable, provisions for discounts, returns, allowances, customer rebates and other adjustments are netted with gross sales. The Company accounts for such provisions during the same period in which the related revenues are earned. Customer discounts, returns and rebates have not been significant.

 

Delivery is considered to have occurred when title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer. Sales to international distributors are recognized in the same manner. If title does not pass until the product reaches the customer’s delivery site, then recognition of revenue is deferred until that time. There are no formal sales incentives offered to any of the Company’s customers. Volume discounts may be offered from time to time to customers purchasing large quantities on a per transaction basis. There are no special post shipment obligations or acceptance provisions that exist with any sales arrangements

 

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, are summarized as follows:

 

    2012              
    (Unaudited)     2011     2010  
                   
Animal feed   $ 5,690     $ 148,507     $ 794,194  
Nutraceutical and cosmetic     552,528       595,321       477,781  
Total   $ 558,218     $ 743,828     $ 1,271,975  

 

Customer signing fees represent fees received from a customer to perform a concept review on a product. These fees are recorded as revenue when the concept review is complete and when no future obligation exists. If the Company has future obligations in regards to a customer signing fee, the revenue is deferred until the future obligation has been satisfied.

 

Segments

 

The guidance for disclosures about segments of an enterprise requires that a public business enterprise report financial and descriptive information about its operating segments. Generally, financial information is required to be reported on the basis used internally for evaluating segment performance and resource allocation. The Company manages its operations as a single segment for purposes of assessing performance and making operating decisions. Revenue is generated predominately in the United States, and all significant assets are held in the United States.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company records current and deferred taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This ASC requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between tax basis of assets and liabilities and the amounts at which they are carried in the financial statements, based upon the enacted rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company establishes a valuation allowance when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company periodically assesses the value of its deferred tax asset, a majority of which has been generated by a history of net operating losses and determines the necessity for a valuation allowance.

 

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ASC 740 also provides a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Using this guidance, a company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position in its financial statements only if it is more likely-than-not (i.e., a likelihood of more than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.

 

The Company’s tax returns for all years since December 31, 2009, remain open to most taxing authorities.

 

Stock-based compensation

 

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, “Share-Based Payment”. Under this guidance compensation cost generally is recognized at fair value on the date of the grant and amortized over the respective vesting periods. The fair value of options at the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected option life is derived from assumed exercise rates based upon historical exercise patterns and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of our shares using weekly price observations over an observation period that approximates the expected life of the options. The risk-free rate approximates the U.S. Treasury yield curve rate in effect at the time of grant for periods similar to the expected option life. The estimated forfeiture rate included in the option valuation was zero.

 

Many of the assumptions require significant judgment and any changes could have a material impact in the determination of stock-based compensation expense.

 

Earnings (loss) per share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period presented. Warrants and options to purchase common stock are included as common stock equivalents only when dilutive. Potential common stock equivalents are excluded from dilutive earnings per share when the effects would be antidilutive.

 

Common stock equivalents comprising 13,692,720, 11,057,500 and 13,432,323 shares underlying options and warrants at September 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, have not been included in the loss per share calculation as the effects are anti-dilutive.

 

Recent accounting pronouncements

 

Accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements upon adoption.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. FASB ASC Topic 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes the following three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2—Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value for all periods. The fair value of notes payable at December 31, 2011 and 2010, is an approximation of their fair value as all such notes were either repaid or converted to equity in 2012.

 

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Concentration of credit risk

 

The Company grants credit in the normal course of business to its customers. The Company periodically performs credit analysis and monitors the financial condition of its customers to reduce credit risk.

 

The Company monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which it invests. The Company, at times, maintains balances in various operating accounts in excess of federally insured limits.

 

For the nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, one customer comprised 77% and 58% of sales, respectively. This customer accounted for 53% and 23% of sales for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. At September 30, 2012, this customer accounted for 97% of accounts receivable, and at December 31, 2011 and 2010, this customer accounted for 85% and 86% of accounts receivable, respectively.

 

Note 3 - Furnishings and equipment

 

Furnishings and equipment consisted of the following:

 

    September 30        
    2012     December 31  
    (Unaudited)     2011     2010  
                   
Furnishings and equipment, at cost   $ 679,291     $ 679,291     $ 679,291  
Accumulated depreciation     507,064       464,620       407,931  
    $ 172,227     $ 214,671     $ 271,360  

 

Depreciation expense amounted to approximately $42,000 for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Depreciation expense amounted to approximately $56,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

Note 4 - Notes payable

 

Notes payable are due to officers, directors and other related individuals. Certain notes are payable on demand while repayment of others is based on scheduled monthly payments. Interest rates vary from 0% to 10%. A summary of notes payable activity is as follows:

 

Balance at December 31, 2009   $ 605,490  
Borrowing     90,474  
Repayment     (118,480 )
         
Balance at December 31, 2010     577,484  
Borrowing     75,000  
Repayment     (176,312 )
Notes payable used to exercise options and warrants     (214,000 )
         
Balance at December 31, 2011     262,172  
Repayment     (50,729 )
Issuance of common stock for notes payable     (193,943 )
Notes payable used to exercise options     (17,500 )
         
Balance at September 30, 2012   $ -  

 

Interest expense on notes payable amounted to $3,371 and $17,996 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $21,262 and $35,073 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

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Note 5 - Income taxes

 

The Company incurred a loss in the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax has been made in the accompanying financial statements. At December 31, 2011, the Company had available net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $2,500,000, expiring during various years through 2031.

 

A summary of the deferred tax asset using an approximate 34% tax rate is as follows:

 

    September 30        
    2012     December 31  
    (Unaudited)     2011     2010  
                   
Net operating loss   $ 970,000     $ 870,000     $ 850,000  
Valuation allowance     (970,000 )     (870,000 )     (850,000 )
Total   $ -     $ -     $ -  

 

The net operating loss carryforwards could be subject to limitation in any given year in the event of a change in ownership as defined by IRC Section 382.

 

The deferred tax liability of $51,900, $64,800 and $82,000 at September 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, results from the difference in the carrying amount of furnishings and equipment between financial reporting and income tax reporting.

 

The deferred tax benefit included in the statement of operations represents the change in the deferred tax liability at each balance sheet date.

 

The difference between the statutory and the effective tax rate is primarily due to a change in valuation allowance on deferred taxes, as the Company has fully reserved the deferred tax asset resulting from available net operating loss carryforwards.

 

Note 6 - Stockholders’ equity

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company raised $313,383 in a common stock offering at $0.17 per share. In addition, $293,943 of notes and other payables were converted into common stock under the same terms as the common stock offering. Each two shares of common stock issued included a three-year warrant for one share exercisable at $0.40. The Company raised an additional $32,500 and satisfied notes payable in the amount of $17,500 through the exercise of 500,000 options. The Company issued 700,000 common shares for services valued at $119,000.

 

During 2012, the Company extended the expiration date of 1,000,000 options and 1,500,000 warrants one year from 2012 to 2013, and issued an additional 1,400,000 options as discussed below. As a result of this transaction, the Company recorded a charge to stock-based compensation expense of $71,500 during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 

During 2011, the Company raised $193,500 through the issuance of 923,994 shares of common stock, and retired 1,136,842 of common stock. In addition, $214,000 of notes payable were satisfied through the exercise of 740,000 warrants and 1,500,000 options. Also during 2011, the Company issued 375,000 shares to an advisor and consultant and further issued 2,273,684 shares of common stock for the cashless exercise of 2,400,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.01.

 

During 2011, the Company extended the expiration date of 1,500,000 options and 1,500,000 warrants one year from 2011 to 2012. The Company computed the fair value of this extension agreement and determined that such amount was not material.

 

During 2010, the Company raised $34,000 through the issuance of 200,000 shares of common stock at $0.17 per share. In addition, 60,000 shares were retired during 2010. The Company issued 50,000 common shares in 2010 for consulting services valued at $8,500.

 

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Service-based stock options

 

During 2010, the Company issued 150,000 options to consultants with an exercise price of $0.20. The options vested immediately and expire in 10 years.

 

During 2011, the Company issued 6,260,000 service-based options to various employees and consultants. The options, which vested immediately, were issued at exercise prices of $0.20 and $0.40 and expire in 10 years.

 

During 2012, the Company issued 1,200,000 options to three consultants at an exercise price of $0.20 per share that expire in 10 years. Of these options, 200,000 vest immediately and 1,000,000 vest fully in June 2013. Additionally, during June 2012 the Company also issued 200,000 options to employees with an exercise price of $0.20. These options expire in 10 years and vest semi-annually over 2 years.

 

A summary of the outstanding service-based stock options are as follows:

 

    Number of
Options
 
       
Balance at December 31, 2009     7,672,500  
Granted     150,000  
         
Balance at December 31, 2010     7,822,500  
Granted     6,260,000  
Cancelled     (3,000,000 )
Exercised     (1,500,000 )
Expired     (240,000 )
         
Balance at December 31, 2011     9,342,500  
Granted     1,400,000  
Exercised     (500,000 )
Expired     (187,500 )
         
Balance at September 30, 2012     10,055,000  

 

Options exercisable at December 31, 2011, and September 30, 2012, amounted to 9,342,500 and 8,855,000, respectively.

 

All outstanding options have a cashless exercise provision, and certain options provide for accelerated vesting provisions and modifications, as defined, if the Company is sold or acquired.

 

The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable amounted to $163,300 and $114,450 at December 31, 2011 and September 30, 2012, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised in 2011 and 2012 amounted to $115,000 and $35,000, respectively.

 

The following is a summary of outstanding service-based options at September 30, 2012:

 

Exercise Price   Number of
Options
    Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
 
             
$0.07 - $0.10   $ 1,500,000       4 years  
$0.13 - $0.20     7,555,000       10 years  
$0.40     1,000,000       10 years  
Total   $ 10,055,000          

 

All of the options issued through December 31, 2011, are fully vested. The 1,400,000 options issued in 2012 vest over one and two year periods through June 2014. The fair value of the 1,400,000 options issued in 2012 is $97,000, of which $40,000 has been expensed as of September 30, 2012, and $57,000 remained unearned, and will be expensed over the next 21 months.

 

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Stock based compensation expense amounted to $71,500, $400,000, $400,000, and $- for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Such amounts are included in compensation and related expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

Performance-based stock options

 

As of September 30, 2012 the Company granted performance-based options to purchase 4,625,000 shares of common stock at exercise prices of $0.40 and $0.80. The options expire in 10 years and are exercisable upon the Company achieving annual sales revenue of $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The fair value of these performance-based options aggregated $147,000 and will be expensed over the implicit service period commencing once management believes the performance criteria will be met. Accordingly, at September 30, 2012, the unearned compensation for performance based options is $147,000.

 

Warrants

 

The following is a summary of outstanding and exercisable warrants:

 

    Number of
Shares
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Year
of
Expiration
 
                   
Balance at December 31, 2009     5,569,823     $ 0.12       2011 - 2017  
Granted     40,000       0.10       2020  
                         
Balance at December 31, 2010     5,609,823       0.12       2011 - 2020  
Exercised     (3,140,000 )     0.03       2011  
Expired     (754,823 )     0.40       2011  
                         
Balance at December 31, 2011     1,715,000       0.16       2012 - 2013  
Granted     2,037,720       0.40       2015  
Expired     (115,000 )     0.40       2012  
                         
Balance at September 30, 2012     3,637,720       0.28       2013 - 2015  

 

In connection with the issuance of common stock in 2012, the Company granted warrants to acquire 2,037,720 shares of common stock at $0.40 per share. These warrants are immediately exercisable and expire in 10 years.

 

The fair value of options and warrants granted (or extended) during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and nine months ended September 30, 2012, was estimated on the date of grant (or extension) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

    2012     2011     2010  
                   
Expected volatility     50 %     50 %     50 %
Risk free interest rate     2 %     1 %     3 %
Expected dividend yield     -       -       -  
Expected option term (in years)     1.5 - 5       5       1 - 5  
Weighted average grant date fair value   $ 0.06     $ 0.06     $ 0.08  

 

Note 7 - Royalties

 

The Company is subject to a royalty agreement based upon sales of certain skin care products. The agreement requires the Company to pay a royalty based upon 8% of such sales, up to $227,175. Royalty expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, approximated $35,000 and royalty expense amounted to approximately $24,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The remaining commitment at September 30, 2012, is approximately $120,000. The Company’s President has a 60% interest in the royalties.

 

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Note 8 - Commitments and contingencies

 

Leases

 

The Company leases a plant in Kentucky under an operating lease which expires May 31, 2013. Monthly base rental payments approximate $3,300. Rent and related expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, was $40,577 and $50,667, respectively. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, was $61,544 and $73,345, respectively.

 

Employment and consulting agreements

 

The Company has entered into various agreements with officers, directors, employees and consultants that expire in one to five years. The agreements provide for the issuance of stock options, at exercise prices of $0.40 and $0.80, underlying 4,625,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the Company’s revenue exceeding $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, as defined. The agreements provide for annual compensation of $120,000 for the Company’s President, and annual compensation for other officers, directors, employees and consultants in amounts ranging from $5,000 per month to amounts to be determined by the Board of Directors. In addition, the agreements provide for bonus compensation to these individuals aggregating 11.5 percent of the Company’s pretax income.

 

Legal matters

 

In the normal course of business operations the Company may become involved in various legal matters. At September 30, 2012, the Company’s management does not believe that there are any potential legal matters that could have an adverse effect on the Company’s financial position.

 

In November 2009, the Company entered into a settlement agreement to resolve all aspects of litigation relating to a patent suit. As part of that settlement agreement, the Company received $440,000 as reimbursement for litigation costs. The Company also was awarded $200,000 in eight installments of $25,000 every six months beginning on January 15, 2011, in return for an exclusive patent license. The term of the license agreement is consistent with the term of the $25,000 semiannual payments. The $25,000 installments are being recorded as revenue only upon receipt of the funds. As of September 30, 2012, $100,000 remained to be paid to the Company under this agreement.

 

Note 9 – Related party transactions

 

One of the Company’s directors also provides legal services and was compensated through the issuance common stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 the Company issued 400,000 shares valued at $68,000 in connection with services provided.

 

Note 10 - Subsequent events

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were issued and has determined that there are no subsequent events or transactions requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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IMMUDYNE, INC.

 

1,828,212 SHARES

 

COMMON STOCK

 

 

  

PROSPECTUS

 

            , 2012

 

 
 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

 

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses that payable by us in connection with the offering described in the prospectus that is part of this registration statement. All amounts, other than the SEC Registration Fee, are estimates. Although we will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock being registered in this registration statement, we agreed to bear the costs and expenses of the registration of such shares.

 

SEC Registration Fee   $ 42  
Printing Fees and Expenses     2,000  
Accounting Fees and Expenses     50,000  
Legal Fees and Expenses     40,000  
Total   $ 92,042  

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our amended certificate of incorporation provides that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, no director shall be personally liable to us or our shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Our bylaws provide for indemnification by us of our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be provided for directors, officers, employees, agents or persons controlling an issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the opinion of the SEC is that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us 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 offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

No pending material litigation or proceeding involving our directors, executive officers, employees or other agents as to which indemnification is being sought exists, and we are not aware of any pending or threatened material litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any of our directors or executive officers.

 

 
 

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

In a series of private placement transactions in 2009, we issued 150,000 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 75,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $25,500 in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In a series of private placement transactions in 2010, we issued 200,000 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $34,000 in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In March 2010, we issued 187,500 shares of our common stock to JFS Investments, Inc. for consulting services valued at $31,875 pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In March 2010, we issued 187,500 shares of our common stock, consisting of 37,500 shares to Garden State Securities and 75,000 shares each to Ernest Pelligrino and Daniel Walsh, principals of Garden State Securities, for investment banking advice valued at $31,875 pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In April 2010, we issued 50,000 shares of our common stock to Sven Rohmann, M.D., PhD, currently our Chief Medical Officer, for consulting services valued at $8,500 pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In March 2011, we issued 621,053 shares of our common stock to Platinum Partners Liquid Opportunity Master Fund LP at $0.2286 per share for $142,000 in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In March 2011, we issued 740,000 shares of our common stock to a non-affiliate note holder upon his exercise of warrants to purchase 740,000 shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share in satisfaction of $74,000 in outstanding notes payable. We originally issued the warrants exercised, to the note holder, in consideration of the financing in 2009 and 2010.

 

In March 2011, we issued 2,273,737 shares of our common stock to a warrant holder for the net cashless exercise of warrants to purchase 2,400,000 shares of our common stock at $0.10 per share. We originally issued the warrants exercised in a transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In April 2011, Mr. McLaughlin, our president, exercised options to purchase 1,500,000 shares of our common stock

in satisfaction of $140,000 due to Mr. McLaughlin. Of the options exercised, 500,000 were exercised at $0.08 per share and 1,000,000 were exercised at $0.10 per share. We originally issued the options exercised to Mr. McLaughlin under an employment agreement.

 

In July 2011, we issued 302,941 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 151,500 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors and Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, at $0.17 per unit for $51,500 in transactions exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In 2011, we granted non-plan, 10-year options to our directors, officers, certain employees and consultants under their respective director’s, employment and consulting agreements, such options consisting of the right to purchase, in the aggregate: (i) 5,610,000 shares of our common stock at $0.20 per share; (ii) 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share; (iii) 3,175,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $5 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date; and (iv) 1,500,000 shares of our common stock at $0.80 per share, such options to become exercisable upon our achieving $10 million in revenues in any fiscal year prior to the expiration date. The issuance of these options was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 701 of the Securities Act pursuant to compensatory benefit plans approved by our Board of Directors.

 

In June 2012, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Agostini, a member of our Board of Directors, upon his exercise of stock options at $0.10 per share for $50,000, consisting of $32,500 in cash and satisfaction of $17,500 due to him.

 

 
 

 

In a series of private placement transactions in June and July 2012, we issued 1,843,428 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 921,714 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share to accredited investors at $0.17 per unit for $313,383. Concurrently with this private placement, we issued 1,729,075 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants, having the same terms and conditions as the warrants issued in the private placement, to purchase 864,537 shares of our common stock to Mr. McLaughlin, our President, Dr. Bruzzese, our Chairman, and a non-affiliate note holder in satisfaction of $100,000 due to Mr. McLaughlin, $32,500 due to Dr. Bruzzese and $161,443 note payable. The issuances of our common stock were made pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

In June 2012, we issued Strawn Pickens LLP, a law firm co-founded by Mr. Strawn, a member of our Board of Directors, 400,000 shares of our common stock and 3-year warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at $0.40 per share at $0.17 per unit in satisfaction of approximately $68,000 in legal services accrued since 2011.

 

In June 2012, we issued 300,000 shares of our common stock to Tungsten 74 LLC for consulting services valued at $51,000 pursuant to exemptions from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

All certificates representing the securities issued in the transactions described in this Item 15 included appropriate legends setting forth that the securities had not been offered or sold pursuant to a registration statement and describing the applicable restrictions on transfer of the securities. There were no underwriters or placement agents employed and no commissions were paid in connection with any of the transactions set forth in this Item 15.

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

The information required by this item is set forth on the exhibit index that follows the signature page of this registration statement.

 

Item 17. Undertakings

 

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 Act of 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;

 

(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.

 

(4)           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.

 

 
 

 

(5)           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 informed 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 of 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, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Mount Kisco, State of New York, on the date indicated below.

 

    IMMUDYNE, INC.
    (Registrant)
     
Date: December 5, 2012 By: /s/ Mark McLaughlin
    Mark McLaughlin
    Chief Executive Officer
     (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  

Signature   Title   Date
         
*   Chairman   December 5, 2012
Anthony G. Bruzzese, M.D.        
         
/s/ Mark McLaughlin  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)

  December 5, 2012
Mark McLaughlin        
         
*   Director   December 5, 2012
Dominic J. Agostini        
         
*   Director   December 5, 2012
John R. Strawn, Jr.        

 

*By: /s/ Mark McLaughlin  
          Mark McLaughlin  
         Attorney-in-fact  

 

 
 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of Immudyne, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)
3.2   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Immudyne, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)
3.3   Bylaws of Immudyne, Inc. as currently in effect(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)
4.1   Form of Subscription Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)
5.1   Opinion of Newman & Morrison LLP (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)
10.1   Written Description of Royalty Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. and Mark McLaughlin
10.2#   Employment Agreement, as amended, between Immudyne, Inc. and Mark McLaughlin, effective as of October 12, 2012 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed October 18, 2012)
10.3#   Director Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. and Anthony Bruzzese M.D., dated as of April 20, 2011 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed October 18, 2012)
10.4#   Director Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. and Dominic Agostini, dated as of April 20, 2011 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed October 18, 2012)
10.5#   Director and Legal Services Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. and John R. Strawn, dated as of April 20, 2011 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed October 18, 2012)
10.6   Employment Agreement, as amended, between Immudyne, Inc. and Brunilda McLaughlin d/b/a McLaughlin International, dated as of April 20, 2011
10.7   Lease Agreement, as amended, between Cabot Industrial Properties L.P. and Immudyne Inc., dated May 15, 2011
10.8   Letter Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. and its largest customer, dated December 19, 2011 (1)
23.1   Consent of Newman & Morrison LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2†   Consent of PKF O’Connor Davies
24.1   Power of Attorney (Incorporated herein by reference to Page 49 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184487) filed on October 18, 2012)

 

# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
Filed herewith.
(1) Application has been made with the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek confidential treatment of certain provisions and exhibits of the Letter Agreement between Immudyne, Inc. its largest customer. Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been requested has been furnished separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

DESCRIPTION OF ROYALTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN

IMMUDYNE, INC. AND MARK MCLAUGHLIN

 

Effective October 26, 1996, the District Court of the 37 th Judicial District, Bexar County, Texas, issued a judgment settling a suit between Mark McLaughlin and Immudyne, Inc. over disputed patent and licensing agreements, covering our yeast beta glucan products, styled Mark McLaughlin and Tom McCarvill vs. Immudyne, Inc., Byron A. Donzis, James D. Wood and Carmel Research, Inc . As part of the settlement and beginning on February 10, 1997, Immudyne is to pay Mr. McLaughlin a royalty up to $227,175.00 based on 8% of Immudyne’s monthly sales of certain skin care products incorporating certain licenses between Carmel Research and Immudyne. Mr. McLaughlin is entitled to 60% of the royalties, with his counsel in the litigation, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld L.L.P., holding the interest in the remaining 40% of the royalties. Mr. McLaughlin retains the right to have an audit conducted on a quarterly basis to determine the accuracy of the royalty payments made pursuant to the royalty agreement.

 

 

 

Employment Agreement

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is dated as of April 20, 2011, between IMMUDYNE, Inc., a Deleware corporation (the “Company”), and Brunilda McLaughlin (“Employee”) DBA McLaughlin International, Inc. The Company and the Employee are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ, and the Employee agrees to work in the employ of the Company, and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to set forth the terms of Employee’s employment with the Company;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and obligations contained, the Company and Employee hereby agree as follows:

 

1.           Employment and Location .     The Company hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts employment by the Company, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Employee shall be located in Mt. Kisco, NY (or proximity).

 

2.           Employee’s Duties .      Employee will serve as a Representative of the Company, and report directly to the President. Employee’s duties shall include general bookkeeping, and those which are designated or assigned to her from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company or the By-laws of the Company, provided those duties are of the type customarily discharged by a person holding the same or similar offices in a company of similar size and operations as the Company. Employee shall devote time, attention and energy to the business of the Company and shall diligently pursue its best interests.

 

3.           Term of Employment .      Subject to the provisions for termination hereof; the original term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date hereof and shall continue for a term of two (2) years. Subsections 6(f) through 6(j) and Sections 7 through 20 of this Agreement shall survive termination hereof for any reason whatsoever.

 

4.            Compensation .       For services rendered by Employee hereunder on behalf of the Company, and the covenants and agreements of Employee set forth herein (including without limitation the covenant not to compete set forth in Section 8 hereof), the Company agrees to pay to Employee, and Employee agrees to accept, the following compensation:

 

 
 

 

(a)            a ten year, fully vested option for 200,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Option”), such shares purchasable or exercisable on a cashless basis at an exercise price of $0.20 (twenty cents) per share; and

 

(b)           Should the revenues of the Company reach $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, a ten year fully vested option for 100,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, such shares purchaseable or exercisable on a cashless basis at an exercise price of $0.40 (forty cents) per share; and

 

(c) If the Company is prevented from issuing any of options or the stock due to pending litigation, or for any other reason, then the expiration date(s) will commence (or recommence, if applicable) when the Company’s options or the stock relating thereto are no longer subject to current litigation, or any other contingency prohibiting the Company from issuing said options or stock. Additionally, if the Company should merge into or be acquired by another company, any options or stock not granted up to the date of merger or acquisition will be granted to and will be immediately exercisable by Employee on the business day immediately preceding the merger or acquisition at $0.40 (forty cents) per share, or the preceding average 30 day market price of the Company’s stock prior to the announcement of such merger or acquisition, whichever price is lower. If the effective day for establishing the exercise price for the options is a non-working day, the working day preceding such date shall be the effective date. All shares resulting from the exercise of options shall have the same rights as all other shares of the Company’s capital stock. Further, if the Company should split its stock prior to the granting or exercise of said options, then the options shall be split in a similar manner and the exercise price shall be adjusted to prevent any dilution or increase in Employee’s interest in the Company’s stock once the options are granted or exercised. Lastly, Employee or his Estate will have the right to assign all his options, and the rights to his future options. Employee’s options and the rights to his future options do not terminate with his death. The options may be exercised by his heirs and his assigns and their heirs; and

 

 
 

 

(d)           Annual paid vacation of four weeks; and

 

(e)           Prompt reimbursement of all reasonable expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of Employee’s duties during the term of this Agreement, subject to the presentation of appropriate vouchers and receipts in accordance with the Company’s policies.

 

5.              Additional Benefits .       Employee shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under all benefit plans or programs generally available to employees of the Company to the extent that Employee’s position, tenure, salary, age health and other qualifications make Employee eligible to participate, subject to the rules and regulations applicable thereto, and provided that the Board of Directors, in their sole discretion, approves such participation.

 

6.            Covenants of Employee .       For and in consideration of the employment herein contemplated and the consideration paid or promised to be paid by the Company, Employee does hereby covenant, agree and promise that during the term hereof, and thereafter to the extent specifically provided in this Agreement:

 

(a)          Employee will not actively engage, directly or indirectly, in any other business or venture that competes with the Company except at the direction or upon the written approval of the Company;

 

(b)          Employee will not engage, directly or indirectly, in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or employment by, any business of the type and character engaged in by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Employee may make personal investments in public companies, such as those made through or recommended by a stock broker;

 

(c) Employee will truthfully and accurately make, maintain and preserve all records and reports that the Company may from time to time reasonably request or require;

 

 
 

 

(d) Employee will obey all rules, regulations and reasonable special instructions applicable to Employee, and will be loyal and faithful to the Company at all times, constantly endeavoring to improve Employee’s ability and knowledge of the business in an effort to increase the value of Employee’s services to the mutual benefit of the Parties;

 

(e) Employee will make available to the Company any and all of the information of which Employee has knowledge relating to the business of the Company or any of the Company’s other subsidiaries and will make all suggestions and recommendations which Employee feels will be of benefit to the Company;

 

(f) Employee will fully account for all money, records, goods, wares and merchandise or other property belonging to the Company of which Employee has custody, and will pay over and deliver the same promptly whenever and however he may be reasonably directed to do so;

 

(g) Employee recognizes that during the course of Employee’s previous and current employment with the Company, Employee has had and will have access to, and that there has been and will be disclosed to him, information of a proprietary nature owned by the Company, including but not limited to records, customer and supplier lists and information, pricing information, data, formulae, design information and specifications, inventions, processes and methods, which is of a confidential or trade secret nature, and which has great value to the Company and is a substantial basis and foundation upon which the business of the Company is predicated. Employee acknowledges that except for Employee's employment and the fulfillment of the duties assigned to Employee, Employee would not have had and would not have access to such information, and Employee agrees that any and all confidential knowledge or information which may have been or may be obtained by or disclosed to Employee in the course of Employee's employment with the Company, including but not limited to the information hereinabove set forth (collectively, the "Information"), will be held inviolate by Employee, that Employee will conceal the same from any and all other persons, including but not limited to competitors of the Company and its subsidiaries, and that Employee will not impart the Information or any such knowledge acquired by Employee as an officer, director or employee of the Company to anyone, either during Employee's employment by the Company or thereafter, except to employees or agents of the Company and its subsidiaries on a strict need-to-know basis in the performance of their duties as employees or agents of the Company or one of its subsidiaries. Employee further agrees that during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, Employee will not use the Information in competing with the Company, or in any other manner to Employee's benefit or to the detriment of the Company or its subsidiaries;

 

 
 

 

(h) Employee agrees that upon termination of Employee's employment hereunder Employee will immediately surrender and turn over to the Company all books, records, forms, specifications, formulae, data, processes, papers and writings related to the business of the Company, and all other property belonging to the Company, together with all copies of the foregoing, it being understood and agreed that the same are the sole property, directly or indirectly, of the Company; and

 

(i) Employee agrees that all ideas, concepts, processes, discoveries, devices, machines, tools, materials, designs, improvements, inventions and other things of value (hereinafter collectively referred to as "intangible rights"), whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, invented or suggested either by Employee alone or in collaboration with others during the term of Employee's employment, and whether or not during regular working hours, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Company and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Employee hereby assigns all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to all such intangible rights to the Company and its successors or assigns. In the event that any of said intangible rights shall be deemed by the Company to be patentable or otherwise able to be registered under any federal, state or foreign law, Employee further agrees that at the request and expense of the Company, he will execute all documents and do all things necessary, advisable or proper to obtain patents therefore or registration thereof; and to vest in the Company full title thereto,

 

(j) Employee understands and acknowledges that the securities of the Company are publicly traded and subject to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result, Employee acknowledges and agrees that (i) he is required under applicable securities laws to refrain from trading in securities of the Company while in possession of material nonpublic information and to refrain from disclosing any material nonpublic information to anyone except as permitted by this Agreement in connection with the performance of Employee's duties hereunder, and (ii) he will communicate to any person to whom he communicates any material nonpublic information that such information is material nonpublic information and that the trading and disclosure restrictions in clause (i) above also apply to such person.  

 

 
 

 

7.            Termination of Employment for Cause .     The Company may terminate the employment of Employee if the Board of the Directors of the Company determines that Employee has:

 

(a) materially breached any provision hereof or habitually neglected the duties which Employee was required to perform under any provision of this Agreement;

 

(b) misappropriated funds or property of the Company or otherwise engaged in acts of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation or other acts of moral turpitude, even if not in connection with the performance of Employee's duties hereunder, which could reasonably be expected to result in serious prejudice to the interests of the Company if Employee were retained as an employee;

 

(c) secured any personal profit not completely disclosed to and approved by the Company in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of or with the Company or any affiliate of the Company;

 

(d) died, or become and remained incapacitated (either physically, mentally or otherwise) for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days such that Employee is not able to substantially perform Employee's duties hereunder; or

 

(e) failed to carry out and perform duties assigned to Employee in accordance with the terms hereof in a manner acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Company after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Employee which identifies the manner in which Employee has not substantially performed Employee's duties, and provided further that Employee shall be given a reasonable opportunity to cure such failure.

 

 
 

 

For purposes of this section, no act, or failure to act, on the Employee's part shall be considered "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the, foregoing, the Employee shall not be deemed to have been terminated For Cause under subsection (a) without (i) reasonable notice to the Employee setting forth the reasons for the Company's intention to Terminate For Cause, (ii) an opportunity for the Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board of Directors, and (iii) delivery to the Employee of a notice of termination from the Board of Directors of the Company, finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors the Employee was guilty of conduct set forth above in clause (a) of the preceding sentence and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. In the event of termination of Employee's employment for cause, Employee shall be entitled to retain the Options for shares which have not been previously purchased, salary through the date of termination and reimbursement of expenses properly incurred but not yet reimbursed.

 

8.             Covenant Not to Compete .      The Employee recognizes that the Company has business good will and other legitimate business interests which must be protected in connection with and in addition to the Information, and therefore, in exchange for access to the Information, the specialized training and instruction which the Company will provide, the Company's agreement to employ the Employee on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the promotion and advertisement by the Company of Employee's skill, ability and value in the Company's business, the Employee agrees that during the term commencing with the date of employment and ending three years after the date Employee's Employment, Employee will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, engage, directly or indirectly, in any business that competes with the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any territory in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business (determined as of the last date of Employee's employment). It is mutually understood and agreed that if any of the provisions relating to the scope time or territory in this Section 8 are more extensive than is enforceable under applicable laws or are broader than necessary to protect the good will and legitimate business interests of the Company, then the Parties agree that they will reduce the degree and extent of such provisions by whatever minimal amount is necessary to bring such provisions within the am bit of enforceability under applicable law.

 

 
 

 

9.            Injunctive Relief .      The Parties acknowledge that the remedies at law for breach of Employee's covenants contained in Sections 6 and 8 of the Agreement are inadequate, and they agree that the Company shall be entitled, at its election, to injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting bond against such breach or attempted breach), and to specific performance of said covenants in addition to any other remedies at law or equity that may be available to the Company.

 

10.           Business Opportunities .     For as long as the Employee shall be employed by the Company and thereafter with respect to any business opportunities learned about during the time of Employee's employment by the Company, the Employee agrees that with respect to any future business opportunity or other new and future business proposal which is offered to, or comes to the attention of, the Employee and which is in any way related to or connected with, the business of the Company or its affiliates, the Company shall have the right to take advantage of such business opportunity or other business proposal for its own benefit. The Employee agrees to promptly deliver notice to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Employee Officer of the Company in writing of the existence of such opportunity or proposal, and the Employee may take advantage of such opportunity only if the Company does not elect to exercise its right to take advantage of such opportunity and if the pursuit thereof would not otherwise violate any provision of this Agreement.

 

11. Right of Offset .     To the extent permitted by applicable law, all amounts due and owing to Employee hereunder shall be subject to offset by the Company to the extent of any damages incurred by Employee's breach of this Agreement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that but for the right of offset contained in this Agreement, the Company would not have hired Employee nor entered into this Employment Agreement.

 

12.           Obligations of Employee .      The obligations of Employee hereunder are personal and may not be transferred or delegated by Employee.

 

 
 

 

13.           Amendment and Waiver .      Except for the options retained by Employee as described in Section 23 of this Agreement, this instrument contains the entire agreement of the Parties and supersedes and replaces any prior employment agreements between the Company or any affiliate and Employee, which prior employment agreements (if any) are hereby terminated, effective as of the commencement date of this Agreement, by mutual agreement of the Parties. This Agreement may not be changed orally but only by written documents signed by the Party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought; however, the amount of compensation to be paid to Employee for services to be performed for the Company hereunder may be changed from time to time by the Parties by written agreement without in any other way modifying, changing or affecting this Agreement or the performance by Employee of any of the duties of his employment with the Company. Any such written agreement shall be, and shall be conclusively deemed to be, a ratification and confirmation of this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in such written amendment. The waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach thereof, nor of any breach of any other term or provision of this Agreement.

 

14.           Notice .       All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly delivered (i) three business days after being received by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (ii) three business days after being sent for next business day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, in the case of the Company, to its principal office address, and in the case of Employee, to Employee's residence address as shown on the records of the Company, or maybe given by personal delivery thereof.

 

15.           Severability .     Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be valid and enforceable under applicable raw, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, unenforceable or prohibited by applicable law, then in lieu of declaring such provision invalid or unenforceable, to the extent permitted by law (a) the Parties agree that they will amend such provision to the minimal extent necessary to bring such provision within the ambit of enforceability, and (b) any court of competent jurisdiction may, at the request of either party, revise, reconstruct or reform such provision in a manner sufficient to cause it to be valid and enforceable.

 

 
 

 

16.           Force Majeure .      Neither of the Parties shall be liable to the other for any delay or failure to perform hereunder, which delay or failure is due to causes beyond the control of said Party, including, but not limited to: acts of God; acts of the public enemy; acts of the United States of America or any state, territory or political subdivision thereof or of the District of Columbia; fires; floods; epidemics, quarantine restrictions; strike or freight embargoes. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 18, in every case the delay or failure to perform must be beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Party claiming excusable delay.

 

17.           Authority to Contract .       The Company warrants and represents that it has full authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and that this Agreement is not in conflict with any other agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound. The Company hereto further warrants and represents that the individuals executing this Agreement on behalf of the Company have the full power and authority to bind the Company to the terms hereof and have been authorized to do so in accordance with the Company's corporate organization.

 

18.           Mediation .      In the event of any dispute arising under or pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties agree to attempt to resolve the dispute in a commercially reasonable fashion before instituting any arbitration or litigation (with the exception of emergency injunctive relief as set forth in Paragraph 9). If the Parties are unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days, then the Parties agree to mediate the dispute with a mutually agreed upon mediator. If the Parties cannot agree upon a mediator within ten (10) days after either party shall first request commencement of mediation, each party will select a mediator within five (5) days thereof, and those mediators shall select the mediator to be used. The mediation shall be scheduled within thirty (30) days following the selection of the mediator. If the mediation does not resolve the dispute, then Paragraph 20 shall apply. The Parties further agree that any applicable statute of limitations will be tolled for the period of time from the date mediation is requested until 14 days following the mediation.

 

 
 

 

19.           Recovery of Litigation Costs .       If any legal action or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument delivered under or in connection with this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing Party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.

 

20.           Arbitration .       Any and all disputes or controversies whether of law or fact and of any nature whatsoever arising from or respecting this agreement shall be decided by arbitration by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Rules except as modified herein.

 

(a) The arbitrator shall be elected as follows: in the event the Company and the Employee agree on one arbitrator, the arbitration shall be conducted by such arbitrator. In the event the Company and the Employee do not so agree, the Company and the Employee shall each select one independent, qualified arbitrator and the two arbitrators so selected shall select the third arbitrator (the arbitrator(s) are herein referred to as the "PaneI”). The Company reserves the right to object to any individual arbitrator who shall be employed by or affiliated with a competing organization.

 

(b) Arbitration shall take place at Houston, Texas, or any other location mutually agreeable to the Parties. At the request of either Party, arbitration proceedings will be conducted in the utmost secrecy; in such case all documents, testimony and records shall be received, heard and maintained by the arbitrators in secrecy, available for inspection only by the Company or the Employee and their respective attorneys and their respective experts who shall agree in advance and in writing to receive all such information in secrecy until such information shall become generally known. The Panel shall be able to award any and all relief, including relief of an equitable nature, provided that punitive damages shall not be awarded. The award rendered by the Panel may be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(c) Reasonable notice of the time and place of arbitration shall be given to all Parties and any interested persons as shall be required by law.

 

 
 

 

21.           Governing Law .      This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the substantive laws (but not the rules governing conflicts of laws) of the State of Texas.

 

22.           Multiple Counterparts .       This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute but one instrument.

 

23. Prior Employment Agreements .      The Company represents and warrants to Employee, and Employee represents and warrants to the Company, that Employee and the Company have fulfilled all of the terms and conditions of all prior employment agreements to which Employee may be or has been a party.

 

EXECUTED as of the day and year first above set forth.

 

IMMUDYNE, INC.  EMPLOYEE
   
By:  /s/ Anthon Bruzzese By:  /s/ Brulinda McLaughlin
Anthony Bruzzese, M.D.  Brunilda McLaughlin
Chairman   DBA McLaughlin International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Amendments to Employment Agreement

 

The Employment Agreement dated as of April 20, 2011, between IMMUDYNE, INC. and Brunilda McLaughlin DBA McLaughlin International, Inc. inadvertently omitted the annual incentive bonus Section. Therefore, kindly include the following two Amendments to the Agreement in Section 4:

 

· a salary paid twice monthly (as has been and is occurring), with additional salary to be agreed upon when the Company has the financial wherewithal;

 

· an annual incentive bonus award amounting to one half of one percent (0.5%) of the Pre-Tax Earnings of the Company, payable within 90 days after the end of each semi-annual fiscal year ended after the effective date of this Agreement. “Pre Tax Earnings” shall mean earnings of the Company determined prior to payment or deduction of federal or state income taxes, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

EXECUTED as of April 30, 2011

 

IMMUDYNE, INC. Employee
   
By: /s/ Anthon Bruzzese By: /s/ Brulinda McLaughlin
   
Anthony Bruzzese, M.D. Brunilda McLaughlin
   
Chairman DBA McLaughlin International, Inc.

 

 

  

LEASE

 

CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P.

 

Landlord,

 

and

 

IMMUDYNE, INC.,

 

Tenant

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
1. USE AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE 1
2. TERM 1
3. RENT 2
4. RENT ADJUSTMENTS 2
5. SECURITY DEPOSIT 4
6. ALTERATIONS 4
7. REPAIR 5
8. LIENS 6
9. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING 6
10. INDEMNIFICATION 7
11. INSURANCE 8
12. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION 8
13. SERVICES AND UTILITIES 8
14. HOLDING OVER 8
15. SUBORDINATION 8
16. RULES AND REGULATIONS 9
17. REENTRY BY LANDLORD 9
18. DEFAULT 9
19. REMEDIES 10
20. TENANT'S BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY 12
21. QUIET ENJOYMENT 13
22. CASUALTY 13
23. EMINENT DOMAIN 14
24. SALE BY LANDLORD 14
25. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES 14
26. SURRENDER OF PREMISES 15
27. NOTICES 15
28. TAXES PAYABLE BY TENANT 15
29. RELOCATION OF TENANT 16
30. DEFINED TERMS AND HEADINGS 16
31. TENANT'S AUTHORITY 16
32. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CREDIT REPORTS 16
33. COMMISSIONS 16
34. TIME AND APPLICABLE LAW 16
35. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS 16
36. ENTIRE AGREEMENT 16
37. EXAMINATION NOT OPTION 17
38. RECORDATION 17
39. LIMITATION OF LANDLORD’S LIABILITY 17

  

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REFERENCE PAGES

 

BUILDING: Empire Business Center
   
LANDLORD: CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P.
   
LANDLORD'S ADDRESS: C/o RREEF Management Company
  4460 Carver Woods Drive
  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
  Attention: District Manager
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS AND/OR ADDRESS The Northern Trust Company
FOR RENT PAYMENT: 50 South La Salle Street
  Chicago, Ill 60675
  ABA# 071000152 credit to Cabot Industrial
  Properties acct #402821 or mail payment to:
  Cabot Industrial Properties, LP
  7S Remittance Drive, Suite 1018
  Chicago, Ill 60675-1018
LEASE REFERENCE DATE: August 1, 2002
   
TENANT: IMMUDYNE, INC.
   
TENANT'S NOTICE ADDRESS:  
   
(a) As of beginning of Term: 11200 Wilcrest Green Drive, Houston, Texas 77042
   
(b) Prior to beginning of Term (if different): Not applicable
   
PREMISES ADDRESS: Empire Business Center, 7453 Empire Drive, Suite 400, Florence, KY 41042
PREMISES RENTABLE AREA: approximately 11,040 sq. ft. (for outline of
  Premises see Exhibit A )
   
USE: Manufacturing of an additive for animal and aquaculture
  feed
COMMENCEMENT DATE: August 11, 2002
   
TERM OF LEASE: Five(5) years, one (1) month beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the Termination Date.
   
TERMINATION DATE: August 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNUAL RENT and MONTHLY INSTALLMENT OF

RENT(Article 3):

 

Period   Rentable Square     Annual Rent Per     Annual Rent     Monthly  
From   Through   Footage     Square Foot           Installment of Rent  
08/01/2002   08/31/2002     11.040     $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
09/01/2002   08/31/2003     11.040     $ 3.75     $ 41,400.00     $ 3,450.00  
09/01/2003   08/31/2004     11.040     $ 3.75     $ 41,400.00     $ 3,450.00  
09/01/2004   08/31/2005     11.040     $ 3.86     $ 42,614.40     $ 3,551.20  
09/01/2005   08/31/2006     11.040     $ 3.98     $ 43,939.20     $ 3,661.60  
09/01/2006   08/31/2007     11.040     $ 4.10     $ 45,264.00     $ 3,772.00  
                        $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
                        $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
                        $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
                        $ 0.00     $ 0.00  

 

INITIAL ESTIMATED MONTHLY INSTALLMENT $ 920.00
OF RENT ADJUSTMENTS (Article 4)  
   
TENANT'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE: 23%
   
SECURITY DEPOSIT: $ 4,370.00
   
ASSIGNMENT/SUBLETING FEE $
   
REAL ESTATE BROKER DUE COMMISSION: Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
   
TENANT'S SIC CODE:  
   
AMORTIZATION RATE: 11%

 

The Reference Pages information is incorporated into and made a part of the Lease. In the event of any conflict between any Reference Pages information and the Lease, the Lease shall control. This Lease includes Exhibits A through D, all of which are made a part of this Lease.

 

LANDLORD:   TENANT
     
CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P.   IMMUDYNE, INC., a Delaware corporation
     
By: RREEF Management Company, a Delaware corporation    
     
By:     By:  
     
Name:   Name:
Title:   Title:
Dated:   , 20 02   Dated:   , 20 02

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LEASE

 

By this Lease Landlord leases to Tenant and Tenant leases from Landlord the Premises in the Building as set forth and described on the Reference Pages. The Premises are depicted on the floor plan attached hereto as Exhibit A , and the Building is depicted on the site plan attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 . The Reference Pages, including all terms defined thereon, are incorporated as part of this Lease.

 

1. USE AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE .

 

1.1          The Premises are to be used solely for the purposes set forth on the Reference Pages. Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Premises which will in any way obstruct or interfere with the rights of other tenants or occupants of the Building or injure, annoy, or disturb them, or allow the Premises to be used for any improper, immoral, unlawful, or objectionable purpose, or commit any waste. Tenant shall not do, permit or suffer in, on, or about the Premises the sale of any alcoholic liquor without the written consent of Landlord first obtained. Tenant shall comply with all governmental laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the use of the Premises and its occupancy and shall promptly comply with all governmental orders and directions for the correction, prevention and abatement of any violations in the Building or appurtenant land, caused or permitted by, or resulting from the specific use by, Tenant, or in or upon, or in connection with, the Premises, all at Tenant's sole expense. Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done on or about the Premises or bring or keep anything into the, Premises which will in any way increase the rate of, invalidate or prevent the procuring of any insurance protecting against loss or damage to the Building or any of its contents by fire or other casualty or against liability for damage to property or injury to persons in or about the Building or any part thereof.

 

1.2          Tenant shall not, and shall not direct, suffer or permit any of its agent, contractors, employees, licensees or invitees (collectively, the "Tenant Entities") to at any time handle, use, manufacture, store or dispose of in or about the Premises or the Building any (collectively "Hazardous Materials") flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or materials, toxic wastes or materials, or other similar substances, petroleum products or derivatives or any substance subject to regulation by or under any federal, state and local laws and ordinances relating to the protection of the environment or the keeping, use or disposition of environmentally hazardous materials, substances, or wastes, presently in effect or hereafter adopted, all amendments to any of them, and all rules and regulations issued pursuant to any of such laws or ordinances (collectively ''Environmental Laws''), nor shalt Tenant suffer or permit any Hazardous Materials to be used in any manner not fully in compliance with all Environmental Laws, in the Premises or the Building and appurtenant land or allow the environment to become contaminated with any Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may handle, store, use or dispose of products containing small quantities of Hazardous Materials (such as aerosol cans containing insecticides, toner for copiers, paints, paint remover and the like) to the extent customary and necessary for the use of the Premises for general office purposes; provided that Tenant shall always handle, store, use, and dispose of any such

Hazardous Materials in a safe and lawful manner and never allow such Hazardous Materials to contaminate the Premises, Building and appurtenant land or the environment. Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold each and all of the Landlord Entities (as defined in Article 30) harmless from and against any and all loss, claims, liability or costs (including court costs and attorney's tees) incurred by reason of any actual or asserted failure of Tenant to fully comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, or the presence, handling, use or disposition in or from the Premises of any Hazardous Materials by Tenant or any Tenant Entity (even though permissible under all applicable Environmental Laws or the provisions of this Lease), or by reason of any actual or asserted failure of Ten ant to keep, observe, or perform any provision of this Section 1.2.

 

1.3          Tenant and the Tenant Entities will be entitled to the non-exclusive use of the common areas of the Building as they exist from time to time during the Term, including the parking facilities, subject to Landlord's rules and regulations regarding such use. However, in no event will Tenant or the tenant Entities park more vehicles in the parking facilities than Tenant's Proportionate Share of the total parking spaces available for common use. The foregoing shall not be deemed to provide Tenant with an exclusive right to any parking spaces or any guaranty of the availability of any particular parking spaces or any specific number of parking spaces.

 

2. TERM .

 

2.1          The Term of this Lease shall begin on the date ("Commencement Dale") which shall be the later of the Scheduled Commencement Date as shown on the Reference Pages and the date that Landlord shall tender possession of the Premises to Tenant, and shall terminate on the date as shown on the Reference Pages ("Termination Date"), unless sooner terminated by the provisions of this Lease. Landlord shall tender possession of the Premises with all the work, if any, to be performed by Landlord pursuant to Exhibit B to this Lease substantially completed. Tenant shall deliver a punch list of items not completed within thirty (30) days after Landlord tenders possession of the Premises and Landlord agrees to proceed with due diligence to perform its obligations regarding such items. Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, execute and deliver a memorandum agreement provided by Landlord in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, setting forth the actual Commencement Date, Termination Date and, if necessary, a revised rent schedule. Should Tenant fail to do so within thirty (30) days after Landlord's request, the information set forth in such memorandum provided by Landlord shall be conclusively presumed to be agreed and correct.

 

 
 

 

2.2          Tenant agrees that in the event of the inability of Landlord to deliver possession of the Premises on the Scheduled Commencement Date for any reason, Landlord shall not be liable for any damage resulting from such inability, but Tenant shall not be liable for any rent until the time when Landlord can, after notice 10 Tenant, deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant. No such failure to give possession on the Scheduled Commencement Date shall affect the other obligations of Tenant under this Lease, except that if Landlord is unable to deliver possession of the Premises within one hundred twenty (l20) days after the Scheduled Commencement Date (other than as a result of strikes, shortages of materials, holdover tenancies or similar matters beyond the reasonable control of Landlord and Tenant is notified by Landlord in writing as to such delay), Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease unless said delay is as a result of: (a) Tenant's failure to agree to plans and specifications and/or construction cost, estimates or bids; (b) Tenant's request for materials, finishes or installations other than Landlord's standard except those, if any, that Landlord shall have expressly agreed to furnish without extension of time agreed by Landlord; (c) Tenant's change in any plans or specifications; or, (d) performance or completion by a party employed by Tenant (each of the foregoing, a "Tenant Delay”). If any delay is the result of a Tenant Delay, the Commencement Date and the payment of rent under this Lease shall be accelerated by the number of days of such Tenant Delay.

 

2.3          In the event Landlord permits Tenant, or any agent, employee or contractor of Tenant, to enter, use or occupy the Premises prior to the Commencement Date, such entry, use or occupancy shall be subject to all the provisions of this Lease other than the payment of rent, including, without limitation, Tenant's compliance with the insurance requirements of Article 11. Said early possession shall not advance the Termination .Date.

 

3. RENT .

 

3.1          Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord the Annual Rent in effect from time to time by paying the Monthly Installment of Rent then in effect on or before the first day of each full calendar month during the Term, except that the first full month's rent shall be paid upon the execution of this Lease. The Monthly Installment of Rent in effect at any time shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the Annual Rent in effect at such time. Rent for any period during the Term which is less than a full month shall be a prorated portion of the Monthly Installment of Rent based upon the number of days in such month. Said rent shall be paid to Landlord, without deduction or offset and without notice or demand, at the Rent Payment Address, as set forth on the Reference Pages, or to such other person or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate in writing. If an Event of Default occurs, Landlord may require by notice to Tenant that all subsequent rent payments be made by an automatic payment from Tenant's bank account to Landlord's account, without cost to Landlord. Tenant must implement such automatic payment system prior to the next scheduled rent payment or within ten (10) days after Landlord's notice, whichever is later. Unless specified in this Lease to the contrary, all amounts and sums payable by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to this Lease shall be deemed additional rent.

 

3.2          Tenant recognizes that late payment of any rent or other sum due under this Lease will result in administrative expense to Landlord, the extent of which additional expense is extremely difficult and economically impractical to ascertain. Tenant therefore agrees that if rent or any other sum is not paid when due and payable pursuant to this Lease, a late charge shall be imposed in an amount equal to the greater of: (a) Fifty Dollars ($500.00), or (b) six percent (6%) of the unpaid rent or other payment. The amount of the late charge to be paid by Tenant shall be reassessed and added to Tenant's obligation for each successive month until paid. The provisions of this Section 3.2 in no way relieve Tenant of the obligation to pay rent or other payments on or before the date on which they are due, nor do the terms of this Section 3.2 in any way affect Landlord's remedies pursuant to Article 19 of this Lease in the event said rent or Other payment is unpaid after date due.

 

4. RENT ADJUSTMENTS .

 

4.1          For the purpose of this Article 4, the following terms are defined as follows:

 

4.1.1           Lease Year : Each fiscal year (as determined by Landlord from time to time) falling partly or wholly within the Term.

 

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4.l.2           Expenses : All costs of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and management of the Building (including the amount of any credits which Landlord may grant to particular tenants of the Building in lieu of providing any standard services or paying any standard costs described in this Section 4.1.2 for similar tenants), as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including the following costs by way of illustration, but not limitation: water and sewer charges; insurance charges of or relating to all insurance policies and endorsements deemed by Landlord to be reasonably necessary or desirable and relating in any manner to the protection, preservation, or operation of the Building or any part thereof; utility coats, including, but not limited to, the cost of heat, light, power, steam, gas; waste disposal; the cost of janitorial services; the cost of security and alarm services (including any central station signaling system); costs of cleaning, repairing, replacing and maintaining the common areas, including parking and landscaping, window cleaning costs; labor costs; costs and expenses of managing the Building including management and/or administrative fees; air conditioning maintenance costs; elevator maintenance fees and supplies; material costs; equipment costs including the cost of maintenance, repair and service agreements and rental and leasing costs; purchase costs of equipment; current rental and leasing costs of items which would be capital items if purchased; tool costs; licenses, permits and inspection fees; wages and salaries; employee benefits and payroll taxes; accounting and legal fees; any sales, use or service taxes incurred in connection therewith. In addition, Landlord shall be entitled to recover, as additional rent (which, along with any other capital expenditures constituting Expenses, Landlord may either include in Expenses or cause to be billed to Tenant along with Expenses and Taxes but as a separate item), Tenant's Proportionate Share of (i) an allocable portion of the cost of capital improvement items which are reasonably calculated to reduce operating expenses; (ii) the cost of fire sprinklers and suppression systems and other life safety systems; and (iii) other capital expenses which are required under any governmental laws, regulations or ordinances which were not applicable to the Building at the time it was constructed; but the costs described in this sentence shall be amortized over the reasonable life of such expenditures in accordance with such reasonable life and amortization schedules as shall be determined by Landlord in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, with interest on the unamortized amount at one percent (1%) in excess of the Wall Street Journal prime lending rate announced from time to time. Expenses shall not include depreciation or amortization of the Building or equipment in the Building except as provided herein, loan principal payments, costs of alterations of tenants' premises, leasing commissions, interest expenses on long-term borrowings or advertising costs.

 

4.1.3           Taxes : Real estate taxes and any other taxes, charges and assessments which are levied with respect to the Building or the land appurtenant to the Building, or with respect to any improvements, fixtures and equipment or other property of Landlord, real or personal, located in the Building and used in connection with the operation of the Building and said land, any payments to any ground lessor in reimbursement of tax payments made by such lessor; and all fees, expenses and costs incurred by Landlord in investigating, protesting, contesting or in any way seeking to reduce or avoid increase in any assessments, levies or the tax rate pertaining to any Taxes to be paid by Landlord in any Lease Year. Taxes shall not include any corporate franchise, or estate, inheritance or net income tax, or tax imposed upon any transfer by Landlord of its interest in this Lease or the Building or any taxes to be paid by Tenant pursuant to Article 28.

 

4.2          Tenant shall pay as additional rent for each Lease Year Tenant's Proportionate Share of Expenses and Taxes incurred for such Lease Year.

 

4.3          The annual determination of Expenses shall be made by Landlord and shall be binding upon Landlord and Tenant, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.3. During the Term, Tenant may review, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, the books and records supporting such determination in an office of Landlord, or Landlord's agent, during normal business hours, upon giving Landlord five (5) days advance written notice within sixty (60) days after receipt of such determination, but if no event more often than once in anyone (1) year period, subject to execution of a confidentiality agreement acceptable to Landlord, and provided that if Tenant utilizes an independent accountant to perform such review it shall be one of national standing which is reasonably acceptable to Landlord, is not compensated on a contingency basis and is also subject to such confidentiality agreement. If Tenant fails to object to Landlord's determination of Expenses within ninety (90) days after receipt, or if any such objection fails to state with specificity the reason for the objection, Tenant shall be deemed to have approved such determination and shall have no further right to object to or contest such determination. In the event that during all or any portion of any Lease Year or Base Year, the Building is not fully rented and occupied Landlord shall make an appropriate adjustment in occupancy-related Expenses for such year for the purpose of avoiding distortion of the amount of such Expenses to be attributed to Tenant by reason of variation in total occupancy of the Building, by employing consistent and sound accounting and management principles to determine Expenses that would have been paid or incurred by Landlord had the Building been at least ninety-five percent (95%) rented and occupied, and the amount so determined shall be deemed to have been Expenses for such Lease Year.

 

4.4          Prior to the actual determination thereof for a Lease Year, Landlord may from time to time estimate Tenant's liability for Expenses and/or Taxes under Section 4.2, Article 6 and Article 28 for the Lease Year or portion thereof. Landlord will give Tenant written notification of the amount of such estimate and Tenant agrees that it will pay, by increase of its Monthly Installments of Rent due in such Lease Year, additional rent in the amount of such estimate. Any such increased rate of Monthly Installments of Rent pursuant to this Section 4.4 shall remain in effect until further written notification to Tenant pursuant hereto.

 

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4.5          When the above mentioned actual determination of Tenant's liability for Expenses and/or Taxes is made for any Lease Year and when Tenant is so notified in writing, then:

 

4.5.1        If the total additional rent Tenant actually paid pursuant to Section 4.3 on account of Expenses and/or Taxes for the Lease Year is less than Tenant's liability for Expenses and/or Taxes, then Tenant shall pay such deficiency to Landlord as additional rent in one lump sum within thirty (30) days of receipt of Landlord's bill therefor; and

 

4.5.2        If the total additional rent Tenant actually paid pursuant to Section 4.3 on account of Expenses and/or Taxes for the Lease Year is more than Tenant's liability for Expenses and/or Taxes, then Landlord shall credit the difference against the then next due payments to be made by Tenant under this Article 4, or, if the Lease has terminated, refund the difference in cash.

 

4.6          lf the Commencement Date is other than January 1 or if the Termination Date is other than December 31, Tenant's liability for Expenses and Taxes for the Lease Year in which said Date occurs shall be prorated based upon a three hundred sixty-five (365) day year.

 

5.            SECURITY DEPOSIT . Tenant shall deposit the Security Deposit with Landlord upon the execution of this Lease. Said sum shall be held by Landlord as security for the faithful performance by Tenant of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be kept and performed by Tenant and not as an advance rental deposit or as a measure of Landlord's damage in case of Tenant's default. If Tenant defaults with respect to any provision of this Lease, Landlord may use any part of the Security Deposit for the payment of any rent or any other sum in default, or for the payment of any amount which Landlord may spend or become obligated to spend by reason of Tenant's default, or to compensate Landlord for any other loss or damage which Landlord may suffer by reason of Tenant's default. If any portion is so used, Tenant shall within five (5) days after written demand therefor, deposit with Landlord an amount sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to its original amount and Tenant's failure to do so shall be a material breach of this Lease. Except to such extent, if any, as shall be required by law, Landlord shall not be required to keep the Security Deposit separate from its general funds, and Tenant shall not be entitled to interest on such deposit. If Tenant shall fully and faithfully perform every provision of this Lease to be performed by it, the Security Deposit or any balance thereof shall be returned to Tenant at such time after termination of this Lease when Landlord shall have determined that all of Tenant's obligations under this Lease have been fulfilled.

 

6. ALTERATIONS .

 

6.1          Except for those, if any, specially provided for in Exhibit B to this Lease, Tenant shall not make or suffer to be made any alterations, additions, or improvements, including, but not limited to, the attachment of any fixtures or equipment in, on, or to the Premises or any part thereof or the making of any improvements as required by Article 7, without the prior written consent of Landlord. When applying for such consent, Tenant shall, if requested by Landlord, furnish complete plans and specifications for such alterations, additions and improvements. Landlord's consent shall not be unreasonably withheld with respect to alterations which (i) are not structural in nature, (ii) are not visible from the exterior of the Building, (iii) do not affect or require modification of the Building's electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC or other systems, and (iv) in aggregate do not cost more than $5.00 per rentable square foot of that portion of the Premises affected by the alterations in question.

 

6.2          In the event Landlord consents to the making of any such alteration, addition or improvemen.t by Tenant, the same shall be made by using either Landlord's contractor or a contractor reasonably approved by Landlord, in either event at Tenant’s sole cost and expense. If Tenant shall employ any contractor other than Landlord's contractor and such other contractor or any subcontractor of such other contractor shall employ any non-union labor or supplier, Tenant shall be responsible for and hold Landlord blameless from any and all delays, damages and extra costs suffered by Landlord as a result of any dispute with any labor unions concerning the wage, hours, terms or conditions of the employment of any such labor. In any event Landlord may charge Tenant a construction management fee not to exceed five percent (5%) of the cost of such work to cover its overhead as it relates to such proposed work, plus third party costs actually incurred by Landlord in connection with the proposed work and the design thereof, with all such amounts being due five (5) days after Landlord's demand.

 

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6.3          All alterations, additions or improvements proposed by Tenant shall be constructed in accordance with all government laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, using Building standard materials where applicable, and Tenant shall, prior to construction, provide the additional insurance required under Article II in such case, and also such assurances to Landlord as Landlord shall reasonably require to assure payment of the costs thereof including but not limited to, notices of non-responsibility, waivers of lien, surety company performance bonds and funded construction escrows and to protect Landlord and the Building and appurtenant land against any loss from any mechanic's, materialmen’s or other liens. Tenant shall pay in addition to any sums due pursuant to Article 4, any increase in real estate taxes attributable to any such alteration, addition or improvement for so long, during the Term, as such increase is ascertainable; at Landlord's election said sums shall be paid in the same way as sums due under Article 4. Landlord may, as a condition to its consent to any particular alterations or improvements, require Tenant to deposit with Landlord the amount reasonably estimated by Landlord as sufficient to cover the cost of removing such alterations or improvements and restoring the Premises, to the extent required under Section 26.2.

 

7. REPAIR .

 

7.1          Landlord shall have no obligation to alter, remodel improve, repair, decorate or paint the Premises, except as specified in Exhibit B if attached to this Lease and except that Landlord shall repair and maintain the structural portions of the roof, foundation and walls of the Building. By taking possession of the Premises, Tenant accepts them as being in good order, condition and repair and in the condition in which Landlord is obligated to deliver them, except as set forth in the punch list to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.1. It is hereby understood and agreed that no representations respecting the condition of the Premises or the Building have been made by Landlord to Tenant, except as specifically set forth in this Lease. Landlord shall not be liable for any failure to make any repairs or to perform any maintenance unless such failure shall persist for an unreasonable time after written notice of the need of such repairs or maintenance is given to Landlord by Tenant.

 

7.2          Tenant shal1 at its own cost and expense keep and maintain all parts of the Premises and such portion of the Building and improvements as are within the exclusive control of Tenant in good condition, promptly making all necessary repairs and replacements, whether ordinary or extraordinary, with materials and workmanship of the same character, kind and quality as the original (including, but not limited to , repair and replacement of all fixtures installed by Tenant, water heaters serving the Premises, windows, glass and plate glass, doors, exterior stairs, skylights, any special office entries, interior walls and finish work, floors and floor coverings, heating and air conditioning systems serving the Premises, electrical systems and fixtures, sprinkler systems, dock boards, truck doors, dock bumpers, plumbing work and fixtures, and performance of regular removal of trash and debris). Tenant as part of its obligations hereunder shall keep the Premises in a clean and sanitary condition. Tenant will, as far as possible keep all such parts of the Premises from deterioration due to ordinary wear and from falling temporarily out of repair, and upon termination of this Lease in any way Tenant will yield up the Premises to Landlord in good condition and repair, loss by fire or other casualty excepted (but not excepting any damage to glass). Tenant shall, at its own cost and expense, repair any damage to the Premises or the Building resulting from and/or caused in whole or in part by the negligence or misconduct of Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, invitees, or any other person entering upon the Premises as a result of Tenants business activities or caused by Tenant’s default hereunder.

 

7.3          Except as provided in Article 22, there shall be no abatement of rent and no liability of Landlord by reason of any injury to or interference with Tenant's business arising from the making of any repairs, alterations or improvements in or to any portion of the Building or the Premises or to fixtures, appurtenances and equipment in the Building. Except to the extent, if any, prohibited by law, Tenant waives the right to make repairs at Landlord's expense under any law, statute or ordinance now or hereafter in effect.

 

7.4          Tenant shall, at its own cost and expense, enter into a regularly scheduled preventive maintenance/service contract with a maintenance Contractor approved by Landlord for servicing all heating and air conditioning systems and equipment serving the Premises (and a copy thereof shall be furnished to Landlord). The service contract must include all services suggested by the equipment manufacturer in the operation/maintenance manual and must become effective within thirty (30) days of the date Tenant takes possession of the Premises. Should Tenant fail to do so, Landlord may, upon notice to Tenant, enter into such a maintenance service contract on behalf of Tenant or perform the work and in either case, charge Tenant the cost thereof along with a reasonable amount for Landlord's overhead.

 

7.5          Landlord shall coordinate any repairs and other maintenance of any railroad tracks serving the Building and, if Tenant uses such rail tracks, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord or the railroad company from time to time upon demand, as additional rent, for its share of the costs of such repair and maintenance and for any other sums specified in any agreement to which Landlord or Tenant is a party respecting such tracks, such costs to be borne proportionately by all tenants in the Building using such rail tracks, based upon the actual number of rail cars shipped and received by such tenant during each calendar year during the Term.

 

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8.            LIENS . Tenant shall keep the Premises, the Building and appurtenant land and Tenant's leasehold interest in the Premises free from any liens arising out of any services, work or materials performed, furnished, or contracted for by Tenant, or obligations incurred by Tenant. In the event that Tenant fails, within ten (10) days following the imposition of any such lien, to either cause the same to be released of record or provide Landlord with insurance against the same issued by a major title insurance company or such other protection against the same as Landlord shall accept (such failure to constitute an Event of Default), Landlord shall have the right to cause the same to be released by such means as it shall deem proper, including payment of the claim giving rise to such lien. All such sums paid by Landlord and all expenses incurred by it in connection therewith shall be payable to it by Tenant within five (5) days Landlord's demand.

 

9. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING .

 

9.1          Tenant shall not have the right to assign or pledge this Lease or to sublet the whole or any part of the Premises whether voluntarily or by operation of law, or permit the use or occupancy of the Premises by anyone other than Tenant, and shall not make, suffer or permit such assignment, subleasing or occupancy without the prior written consent of Landlord, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and said Restrictions shall be binding upon any and all assignees of the Lease and subtenants of the Premises. In the event Tenant desires to sublet, or permit such occupancy of, the Premises, or any portion thereof, or assign this Lease, Tenant shall give written notice thereof to Landlord at least sixty (60) days but no more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the proposed commencement date of such subletting or assignment, which notice shall set forth the name of the proposed subtenant or assignee, the relevant terms of any sublease or assignment and copies of financial reports and other relevant financial information of the proposed subtenant or assignee.

 

9.2          Notwithstanding any assignment or subletting, permitted or otherwise, Tenant shall at all times remain directly, primarily and fully responsible and liable for the payment of the rent specified in this Lease and for compliance with all of its other obligations under the terms, provisions and covenants of this Lease. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, if the Premises or any part of them are then assigned or sublet, Landlord, in addition to any other remedies provided in this Lease or provided by law, may, at its option, collect directly from such assignee or subtenant all rents due and becoming due to Tenant under such assignment or sublease and apply such rent against any sums due to Landlord from Tenant under this Lease, and no such collection shall be construed to constitute a novation or release of Ten ant from the further performance of Tenant's obligations under this Lease.

 

9.3          In addition to Landlord's right to approve of any subtenant or assignee, Landlord shall have the option, in its sole discretion, in the event of any proposed subletting or assignment, to terminate this Lease, or in the case of a proposed subletting of less than the entire Premises, to recapture the portion of the Premises to be sublet, as of the date the subletting or assignment is to be effective. The option shall be exercised, if at all, by Landlord giving Tenant written notice given by Landlord to Tenant within thirty (30) days following Landlord's receipt of Tenant's written notice as required above. However, if Tenant notifies Landlord, within five (5) days after receipt of Landlord's termination notice, that Tenant is rescinding its proposed assignment or sublease, the termination notice shall be void and the Lease shall continue in full force and effect. If this Lease shall be terminated with respect to the entire Premises pursuant to this Section, the Term of this Lease shall end on the date stated in Tenant's notice as the effective date of the sublease or assignment as if that date had been originally fixed in this Lease for the expiration of the Term. If Landlord recaptures under this Section only a portion of the Premises, the rent to be paid from time to time during the unexpired Term shall abate proportionately based on the proportion by which the approximate square footage of the remaining portion of the Premises shall be less than that of the Premises as of the date immediately prior to such recapture. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, discharge in full any outstanding commission obligation which may be due and owing as a result of any proposed assignment or subletting, whether or not the Premises are recaptured pursuant to this Section 9.3 and rented by Landlord to the proposed tenant or any other tenant.

 

9.4          In the event that Tenant sells, sublets, assigns or transfers this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of any Increased Rent (as defined below), less the Costs Component (as defined below), when and as such increased Rent is received by Tenant. As used in this Section, "Increased Rent" shall mean the excess of (i) all rent and other consideration which Tenant is entitled to receive by reason of any sale, sublease, assignment or other transfer of this Lease, over (ii) the rent otherwise payable by Tenant under this Lease at such time. For purposes of the foregoing, any consideration received by Tenant in form other than cash shall be valued at its fair market value as determined by Landlord in good faith. The "Costs Component" is that amount which, if paid monthly, would fully amortize on a straight-line basis, over the entire period for which Tenant is to receive Increased Rent, the reasonable costs incurred by Tenant for leasing commissions and tenant improvements in collection with such sublease, assignment or other transfer.

 

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9.5          Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, it shall be considered reasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent to any assignment of this Lease or sublease of any portion of the Premises if at the time of either Tenant's notice of the proposed assignment or sublease or the proposed commencement date thereof, there shall exist any uncured default of Tenant or matter which will become a default of Tenant with passage of time unless cured, or if the proposed assignee or sublessee is an entity: (a) with which Landlord is already in negotiation; (b) is already an occupant of the Building unless Landlord is unable to provide the amount of space required by such occupant; (c) is a governmental agency; (d) is incompatible with the character of occupancy of the Building; (e) with which the payment for the sublease or assignment is determined in whole or in part based upon its net income or profits; or (f) would subject the Premises to a use which would: (i) involve increased personnel or wear upon the Building; (ii) violate any exclusive right granted to another tenant of the Building; (iii) require any addition to or modification of the Premises or the Building in order to comply with building code or other governmental requirements; or, (iv) involve a violation of Section 1.2. Tenant expressly agrees that for the purposes of any Statutory or other requirement of reasonableness on the part of Landlord, Landlord's refusal to consent to any assignment or sublease for any of the reasons described in this Section 9.5, shall be conclusively deemed to be reasonable.

 

9.6          Upon any request to assign or sublet, Tenant will pay to Landlord the Assignment/Subletting Fee plus, on demand, a sum equal to all of Landlord's costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in investigating and considering any proposed or purported assignment or pledge of this Lease or sublease of any of the Premises, regardless of whether Landlord shall consent to, refuse consent, or determine that Landlord's consent is not required for, such assignment, pledge or sublease. My purported sale, assignment, mortgage, transfer of this Lease or subletting which does not comply with the provisions of this Article 9 shall be void.

 

9.7          If Tenant is a Corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, any transfer or transfers of or change or changes within any twelve (12) month period in the number of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation or limited liability company, the general partnership interests in the partnership or the identity of the persons or entities controlling the activities of such partnership or trust resulting in the persons or entities owning or controlling a majority of such shares, partnership interests or activities of such partnership or trust at the beginning of such period no longer having such membership or control shall be regarded as equivalent to an assignment of this Lease to the persons or entities acquiring such ownership or control and shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 9 to the same extent and for all intents and purposes as any assignment.

 

10.            INDEMNIFICATION . None of the Landlord Entities shall be liable and Tenant hereby waives all claims against them for any damage to any property or any injury to any person in or about the Premises or the Building by or from any cause whatsoever (including without limiting the foregoing, rain or water leakage of any character from the roof; windows, walls, basement, pipes, plumbing works or appliances, the Building not being in good condition or repair, gas, fire, oil, electricity or theft), except to the extent caused by or arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its agents, employees or contractors. Tenant shall protect, indemnify and hold the Landlord Entities harmless from and against any and all loss, claims, liability or costs (including court costs and attorney's fees) incurred by reason of (a) any damage to any property (including but not limited to property of any Landlord Entity) or any injury (including but not limited to death) to any person occurring in, on or about the Premises or the Building to the extent that such injury or damage shall be caused by or arise from any actual or alleged act, neglect, fault, or omission by or of Tenant or any Tenant Entity to meet any standards imposed by any duty with respect to the injury or damage; (b) the conduct or management of any work or thing whatsoever done by the Tenant in or about the Premises or from transactions of the Tenant concerning the Premises; (e) Tenant's failure to comply with any and all governmental laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the condition or use of the Premises or its occupancy; or (d) any breach or default on the part of Tenant in the performance or any covenant or agreement on the part of the Tenant to be performed pursuant to this Lease. The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of this Lease with respect to any claims or liability accruing prior to such termination.

 

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11. INSURANCE .

 

11.1          Tenant shall keep in force throughout the Term: (a) a Commercial General Liability insurance policy or policies to protect the Landlord Entities against any liability to the public or to any invitee of Tenant or a Landlord Entity incidental to the use of or resulting Ram any accident occurring in or upon the Premises with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and not less than $2,000,000 in the annual aggregate, or such larger amount as Landlord may prudently require from time to time, covering bodily injury and property damage liability and $1,000,000 products/completed operations aggregate; (b) Business Auto Liability covering owned, non-owned and hired vehicle, with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 per accident; (c) insurance protecting against liability under Worker's Compensation laws with limits at least as required by statute; (d) Employers Liability with limits of $1,000,000 each accident, $1,000,000 disease policy limit, $1,000,000 disease — each employee; (e) All Risk or Special Form coverage protecting Tenant against loss of or damage to Tenant's alterations, additions, improvements, carpeting, floor coverings, panelings, decorations, fixtures, inventory and other business person al property situated in or about the Premises to the full replacement value of the property so insured, (f) Business Interruption Insurance for 100% of the 12 months actual loss sustained, and (g) Excess Liability In the amount of $5,000,000.

 

11.2          The aforesaid policies shall (a) be provided at Tenant's expense; (b) name the Landlord Entities as additional insureds (General Liability) and loss payee (Property-Special Form); (c) be issued by an insurance company with a minimum Best's rating of "A:VII' during the Term; and (d) provide that said insurance shall not be canceled unless thirty (30) days prior written notice (ten days for non-payment of premium) shall have been given to Landlord; a certificate of Liability insurance on Accord Form 25 and a certificate of Property insurance on Accord Form 27 shall be delivered to Landlord by Tenant upon the Commencement Date and at least thirty (30) days prior to each renewal of said insurance.

 

11.3          Whenever Tenant shall undertake any alterations, additions or improvements in, to or about the Premises ("Work") the aforesaid insurance protection must extend to and include injuries to persons and damage to property arising in connection with such Work, without limitation including liability under any applicable structural work act, and such other insurance as Landlord shall require; and the policies of or certificates evidencing such insurance must be delivered to Landlord prior to the commencement of any such Work.

 

12.            WAIVER OF SUBROGATION . So long as their respective insurers so permit, Tenant and Landlord hereby mutually waive their respective rights of recovery against each other for any loss insured by fire, extended coverage, All Risks or other insurance now or hereafter existing for the benefit of the respective party but only to the extent of the net insurance proceeds payable under such policies. Each party shall obtain any special endorsements required by their insurer to evidence compliance with the aforementioned waiver.

 

13.            SERVICES AND UTILITIES . Tenant shall pay for all water, gas, heat, light, power, telephone, sewer, sprinkler system charges and other utilities and services used on or from the Premises, together with any taxes, penalties, and surcharges or the like pertaining thereto and any maintenance charges for utilities. Tenant shall furnish all electric light bulbs, tubes and ballasts, battery packs for emergency lighting and fire extinguishers. If any such services are not separately metered to Tenant, Tenant shall pay such proportion of all charges jointly metered with other premises as determined by Landlord, in its sole discretion, to be reasonable. Any such charges paid by Landlord and assessed against Tenant shall be immediately payable to Landlord on demand and shall be additional rent hereunder. Tenant will not, without the written consent of Landlord, contract with a utility provider to service the Premises with any utility, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, electricity, water, sewer or gas, which is not previously providing such service to other tenant in the Building. Landlord shall in no event be liable for any interruption or failure of utility services on or to the Premises.

 

14.            HOLDING OVER . Tenant shall pay Landlord for each day Tenant retains possession of the Premises or part of them after termination of this Lease by lapse of time or otherwise at the rate (“Holdover Rate”) which shall be Two Hundred Percent (200%) of the greater of (a) the amount of the Annual Rent for the last period prior to the date of such termination plus all Rent Adjustments under Article 4; and (b) the then market rental value of the Premises as determined by Landlord assuming a new lease of the Premises of the then usual duration and other terms, in either case, prorated on a daily basis, and also pay all damages sustained by Landlord by reason of such retention. If Landlord gives notice to Tenant of Landlord’s election to such effect, such holding over shall constitute renewal of this Lease for a period from month to month or one (1) year, whichever shall be specified in such notice, in either case at the Holdover Rate, but if the Landlord does not so elect, no such renewal shall result notwithstanding acceptance by Landlord of any sums due hereunder after such termination; and instead, a tenancy at sufferance at the Holdover Rate shall be deemed to have been created. In any event, no provision of this Article 14 shall be deemed to waive Landlord's right of reentry or any other right under this Lease or at law.

 

15.            SUBORDINATION . Without the necessity of any additional document being executed by Tenant for the purpose of effecting a subordination, this Lease shall be subject and subordinate at all times to ground or underlying leases and to the lien of any mortgages or deeds of trust now or hereafter placed on, against or affecting the Building, Landlord's interest or estate in the Building, or any ground or underlying lease; provided, however, that if the lessor, mortgagee, trustee, or holder of any such mortgage or deed of trust elects to have Tenant's interest in this Lease be superior to any such instrument, then, by notice to Tenant, this Lease shall be deemed superior, whether this Lease was executed before or after said instrument. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tennant covenants and agrees to execute and deliver within ten (10) days of Landlord's request such further instruments evidencing such subordination or superiority of this Lease as may be required by Landlord.

 

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16.            RULES AND REGULATIONS . Tenant shall faithfully observe and comply with all the rules and regulations as set forth in Exhibit D to this Lease and all reasonable and non-discriminatory modifications of and additions to them from time to time put into effect by Landlord. Landlord shall not be responsible to Tenant for the non-performance by any other tenant or occupant of the Building of any such rules and regulations.

 

17. REENTRY BY LANDLORD .

 

17.1          Landlord reserves and shall at all times have the right to re-enter the Premises to inspect the same, to show said Premises to prospective purchasers, mortgagees or tenants, and to alter, improve or repair the Premises and any portion of the Building, without abatement of rent, and may for this purpose erect, use and maintain scaffolding, pipes, conduits and other necessary structures and open any wall, ceiling or floor in and through the building and Premises where reasonably required by the character of the work to be performed, provided entrance to the Premises shall not be blocked hereby, and further provided that the business of Tenant shall not be interfered with unreasonably. Landlord shall have the right at any time to change the arrangement and/or locations of entrances, or passageways, doors and doorways, and corridors, windows, elevators, stairs, toilets or other public parts of the Building and to change the name, number or designation by which the Building is commonly known. In the event that Landlord damages any portion of any wall or wall covering, ceiling, or floor or floor covering within the Premises, Landlord shall repair or replace the damaged portion to match the original as nearly as commercially reasonable but shall not be required to repair or replace more than the portion actually damaged. Tenant hereby waives any claim for damages for any injury or inconvenience to or interference with Tenant's business, any loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment of the Premises, and any other loss occasioned by any action of Landlord authorized by this Article 17.

 

17.2          For each of the aforesaid purposes, Landlord shall at all times have and retain a key with which to unlock all of the doors in the Premises, excluding Tenant's vaults and safes or special security areas (designated in advance), and Landlord shall have the right to use any and all means which Landlord may deem proper to open said doors in an emergency to obtain entry to any portion of the Premises. As to any portion to which access cannot be had by means of a key or keys in Landlord's possession, Landlord is authorized to gain access by such means as Landlord shall elect and the cost of repairing any damage occurring in doing so shall be borne by Tenant and paid to Landlord within five (5) days of Landlord's demand.

 

18. DEFAULT .

 

18.1          Except as otherwise provided in Article 20, the following events shall be deemed to be Events of Default under this Lease:

 

18.1.1     Tenant shall fail to pay when due any sum of money becoming due to be paid to Landlord under this Lease, whether such sum be any installment or the rent reserved by this Lease, any other amount treated as additional rent under this Lease, or any other payment or reimbursement to Landlord required by this Lease, whether or not treated as additional rent under this Lease, and such failure shall continue for a period of five (5) days after written notice that such payment was not made when due, but if any such notice shall be given, for the twelve (12) month period commencing with the date of such notice, the failure to pay within five (5) days after due any additional sum of money becoming due to be paid to Landlord under this Lease during such period shall be an Event of Default, without notice.

 

18.1.2     Tenant shall fail to comply with any term, provision or covenant of this Lease which is not provided for in another Section of this Article and shall not cure such failure within twenty (20) days (forthwith, if the failure involves a hazardous condition) after written notice of such failure to Tenant provided, however, that such failure shall not be an event of default if such failure could not reasonably be cured during such twenty (20) day period, Tenant has commenced the cure within such twenty (20) day period and thereafter is diligently pursuing such cure to completion, but the total aggregate cure period shall not exceed ninety (90) days.

 

18.1.3     Tenant shall fail to vacate the Premises immediately upon termination of this Lease, by lapse of time or otherwise, or upon termination of Tenant's right to possession only.

 

18.1.4     Tenant shall become insolvent, admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to take advantage of any insolvency statute, make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, make a transfer in fraud of creditors, apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver of itself or of the whole or any substantial part of its property, or file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or arrangement under the federal bankruptcy Laws, as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any other applicable law or statute of the United States or any state thereof.

 

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18.1.5     A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or decree adjudicating Tenant bankrupt, or appointing a receiver of Tenant, or of the whole or any substantial part of its property, without the consent of Tenant, or approving a petition filed against Tenant seeking reorganization or arrangement of Tenant under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any state thereof, and such order, judgment or decree shall not be vacated or set aside or stayed within sixty (60) days from the date of entry thereof.

 

19. REMEDIES .

 

19.1          Except as otherwise provided in Article 20, upon the occurrence of any of the Events of Default described or referred to in Article 18, Landlord shall have the option to pursue any one or more of the following remedies without any notice or demand whatsoever, concurrently or consecutively and not alternatively:

 

19.1.1.      Landlord may, at its election, terminate this Lease or terminate Tenant's right to possession only, without terminating the Lease.

 

19.1.2      Upon any termination of this Lease, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, or upon any termination of Tenant's right to possession without termination of the Lease, Tenant shall surrender possession and vacate the Premises immediately, and deliver possession therof to Landlord, and Tenant hereby grants to Landlord full and free license to enter into and upon the Premises in such event and to repossess Landlord of the Premises as of Landlord's former estate and to expel or remove Tenant and any others who may be occupying or be within the Premises and to remove Tenant's signs and other evidence of tenancy and all other property of Tenant therefrom without being deemed in any manner guilty of trespass, eviction or forcible entry or detainer, and without incurring any liability for any damage resulting therefrom, Tenant waiving all right to claim damages for such re-entry and expulsion, and without relinquishing Landlord's right to rent or any other right given to Landlord under this Lease or by operation of law.

 

19.1.3      Upon any termination of this Lease, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, Landlord shall be entitled to recover as damages, all rent, including any amounts treated as additional rent under this Lease, and other sums due and payable by Tenant on the date of termination, plus as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the sum of: (a) an amount equal to the then present value of the rent reserved in this Lease for the residue of the stated Term of this Lease including any amounts treated as additional rent under this Lease and all other sums provided in this Lease to be paid by Tenant, minus the fair rental value of the Premises for such residue; (b) the value of the time and expense necessary to obtain a replacement tenant or tenants, and the estimated expenses described in Section 19.1.4 relating to recovery of the Premises, preparation for reletting and for retetting itself; and (c) the cost of performing any other covenants which would have otherwise been performed by Tenant.

 

19.1.4      Upon any termination of Tenant's right to possession only without termination of the Lease:

 

19.1.4.1      Neither' such termination of Tenant’s right to possession nor Landlord's taking and holding possession thereof as provided in Section 19.1.2 shall terminate the Lease or release Tenant in whole or in part, from any obligation, including Tenant's obligation to pay the rent, including any amounts treated as additional Tent, under this Lease for the full Term, and if Landlord so elects Tenant shall continue to pay to Landlord the entire amount of the rent as and when it becomes due, including any amounts treated as additional rent under this Lease, for the remainder of the Term plus any other sums provided in this Lease to be paid by Tenant for the remainder of the Term.

 

19.1.4.2      Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to relet the Premises or portions thereof to the extent required by applicable law. Landlord and Tenant agree that nevertheless Landlord shall at most be required to use only the same efforts Landlord then uses to lease premises in the Building generally and that in any case that Landlord shall not be required to give any preference or priority to the showing or leasing of the Premises or portions thereof over any other space that Landlord may be leasing or have available and may place a suitable prospective Tenant in any such other space regardless of when such other space becomes available and that Landlord shall have the right to relet the Premises for a greater or lesser term than that remaining under this Lease, the right to relet only a portion of the Premises, or a portion of the Premises or the entire Premises as a part of a larger area, and the right to change the character or use of the Premises. In connection with or in preparation for any reletting, Landlord may, but shall not be required to, make repairs, alterations and additions in or to the Premises and redecorate the same to the extent Landlord deems necessary or desirable, and Tenant shall pay the cost therof together with Landlord's expenses of reletting, including, without limitation, any commission incurred by Landlord, within five (5) days of Landlord's demand Landlord shall not be required to observe any instruction given by Tenant about any reletting or accept any tenant offered by Tenant unless such offered tenant has a creditworthiness acceptable to Landlord and leases the entire Premises upon terms and conditions including a rate of rent (after giving effect to all expenditures by Landlord for tenant improvements, broker's commissions and other leasing costs) all no less favorable to Landlord than as called for in this Lease, nor shall Landlord be required to make or permit any assignment or sublease for more than the current term or which Landlord would not be required to permit under the provisions of Article 9.

 

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19.1.4.3      Until such time as Landlord shall elect to terminate the Lease and shall thereupon be entitled to recover the amounts specified in such case in Section 19.1.3, Tenant shall pay to Landlord upon demand the full amount of all rent, including any amounts treated as additional rent under this Lease and other sums reserved in this Lease for the remaining Term, together with the costs of repairs, alterations, additions, redecorating and Landlord's expenses of relelting and the collection of the rent accruing therefrom (including reasonable attorney's fees and broker' s commissions), as the same shall then be due or become due from time to time, less any such consideration as Landlord may have received from any reletting of the Premises; and Tenant agrees that Landlord may file suits from time to time to recover any sums falling due under this Article 19 as they become due. Any proceeds of reletting by Landlord in excess of the amount then owed by Tenant to Landlord from time to time shall be credited against Tenant's future obligations under this Lease but shall not otherwise be refunded to Tenant or inure to Tenant's benefit.

 

19.2      Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Landlord may (but shall not be obligated to) cure such default at Tenant's sole expense. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Landlord may, at Landlord's option, enter into and upon the Premises if Landlord determines in its sole discretion that Tenant is not acting within a commercially reasonable time to maintain, repair or replace anything for which Tenant is responsible under this Lease or to otherwise effect compliance with its obligations under this Lease and collect the same, without being deemed in any manner guilty of trespass, eviction or forcible entry and detainer and without incurring any liability for any damage or interruption of Tenant's business resulting therefrom and Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord within five (5) days of Landlord's demand as additional rent, for any expenses which Landlord may incur in thus effecting compliance with Tenant's obligations under this Lease, plus interest from the date of expenditure by Landlord at the Wall Street Journal prime rate.

 

19.3      Tenant understands and agrees that in entering into this .Lease, Landlord is relying upon receipt of at the Annual and Monthly Installments of Rent to become due with respect to all the Premises originally leased hereunder over the full Initial Term of this Lease for amortization, including interest at the Amortization Rate. For purposes hereof, the "Concession Amount" shall be defined as the aggregate of all amounts forgone or expended by Landlord as free rent under the lease, under Exhibit B hereof for construction allowances (excluding therefrom any amounts expended by Landlord for Landlord's Work, as defined in Exhibit B ), and for brokers' commissions payable by reason of this Lease. Accordingly, Tenant agrees that if this Lease or Tenant's right to possession of the Premises leased hereunder shall be terminated as of any date (''Default Termination Date") prior to the expiration of the full Initial Term hereof by reason of a default of Tenant, there shall be due and owing to Landlord as of the day prior to the Default Termination Date, as rent in addition to all other amounts owed by Tenant as of such Date, the amount (''Unamortized Amount") of the Concession Amount determined as set forth below; provided, however, that in the event that such amounts are recovered by Landlord pursuant to any other provision of this Article 1.9, Landlord agrees that it shall not attempt to recover such amounts pursuant to this Paragraph 19.3. For the purposes hereof the Unamortized Amount shall be determined in the same manner as the remaining principal balance of a mortgage with interest at the Amortization Rate payable in level payments over the same length of time as from the effectuation of the Concession concerned to the end of the full Initial Term of this Lease would be determined. The foregoing provisions shall also apply to and upon any reduction of space in the Premises, as though such reduction were a termination for Tenant's default, except that (i) the Unamortized Amount shall be reduced by any amounts paid by Tenant to Landlord to effectuate such reduction and (ii) the manner of application shall be that the Unamortized Amount shall first be determined as though for a full termination as of the Effective Date of the elimination of the portion, but then the amount so determined shall be multiplied by the fraction of which the numerator is the rentable square footage of the eliminated portion and the denominator is the rentable square footage of the Premises originally leased hereunder; and the amount thus obtained shall be the Unamortized Amount.

 

19.4       If, on account of any breach or default by Tenant in Tenant's Obligations under the terms and conditions of this Lease, it shall become necessary or appropriate for Landlord to employ or consult with an attorney or collection agency concerning or to enforce or defend any of Landlord's rights or remedies arising under this Lease or to collect any sums due from Tenant, Tenant agrees to pay all costs and fees so incurred by Landlord, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. TENANT EXPRESSLY WAlVES ANY RIGHT TO: (A) TRIAL BY JURY; AND (B) SERVICE OF ANY NOTICE REQUIRED BY ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE LAW OR ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO LANDLORDS OR TENANTS BUT NOT REQUIRED BY THE TERMS OF THIS LEASE.

 

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19.5      Pursuit of any of the foregoing remedies shall not preclude pursuit of any of the other remedies provided in this Lease or any other remedies provided by law (al such remedies being cumulative), nor shall pursuit of any remedy provided in this Lease constitute a forfeiture or waiver of any rent due to Landlord under this Lease or of any damages accruing to Landlord by reason of the violation of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Lease.

 

1.9.6      No act or thing done by Landlord or its agents during the Term shall be deemed a termination of this Lease or an acceptance of the surrender of the Premises, and no agreement to terminate this Lease or accept a surrender of said Premises shall be valid, unless in writing signed by Landlord. No waiver by Landlord of any violation or breach of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Lease shall be deemed or construed to constitute a waiver of any other violation or breach of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Lease, Landlord's acceptance of the payment of rental or other payments after the occurrence of an Event of Default shall not be construed as a waiver of such Default, unless Landlord so notifies Tenant in writing. Forbearance by Landlord in enforcing OM or more of the remedies provided in this Lease upon an Event of Default shall not be deemed or construed to constitute a waiver of such Default or of Landlord's right to enforce any such remedies with respect to such Default or any subsequent Default.

 

19.7      To secure the payment of all rentals and other sums of money becoming due from Tenant under this Lease, Landlord shall have and Tenant grants to Landlord a first lien upon the leasehold interest of Tenant under this Lease, which lien may be enforced in equity, and a continuing security interest upon all goods, wares, equipment, fixtures, furniture, inventory, accounts, contract rights, chattel paper and other personal properly of Tenant situated on the Premises, and such property shall not be removed therefrom without the consent of Landlord until all arrearages in rent as well as any and all other sums of money then due to Landlord under this Lease shall first have been paid and discharged. Upon the Occurrence of an Event of Default, Landlord shall have, in addition to any other remedies provided in this Lease or by law, all rights and remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code, including without limitation the right to sell the property described in this Section 19.7 at public or private sale upon five (5) days' notice to Tenant. Tenant shall execute all such financing statements and other instruments as shall be deemed necessary or desirable in Landlord's discretion to perfect the security interest hereby created.

 

19.8      Any and all property which may be removed from the Premises by Landlord pursuant to the authority of this Lease or of law, to which Tenant is or may be entitled, may be handled, removed and/or stored, as the case may be, by or at the direction of Landlord but at the risk, cost and expense of Tenant, and Landlord shall in no event be responsible for the value, preservation or safekeeping thereof; Tenant shall pay to Landlord, upon demand, any and all expenses incurred in such removal and all storage charges against such property so long as the same shall be in Landlord's possession or under Landlord's control Any such property of Tenant not retaken by Tenant from storage within thirty (30) days after removal from the Premises shall, at Landlord's option, be deemed conveyed by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease as by a bill of sale without further payment or credit by Landlord to Tenant.

 

19.9      If more than one (1) Event of Default occurs during the Term or any renewal thereof; Tenant's renewal options, expansion options, purchase options and rights of 6rst offer and/or refusal, if any are provided for in this Lease, shall be null and void.

 

20. TENANT'S BANKRUPTCV OR INSOLVENCY .

 

20.1      If at any time and for so long as Tenant shall be subjected to the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or other law of the United States or any state thereof for the protection of debtors as in effect at such time (each a "Debtor's Law"):

 

20.1.1      Tenant, Tenant as debtor-in-possession, and any trustee or receiver of Ten ant's assets (each a "Tenant’s Representative'') shall have no greater right to assume or assign this Lease or any interest in this Lease, or to sublease any of the Premises than accorded to Tenant in Article 9, except to the extent Landlord shall be required to permit such assumption, assignment or sublease by the provisions of such Debtor's Law. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, any right of ally Tenant's Representative to assume or assign this Lease or to sublease any of the Premises shall be subject to the conditions that:

 

20,1.1.1      Such Debtor's .Law shall provide to Tenant's Representative a right of assumption of this Lease which Tenant's Representative shall have timely exercised and Tenant's Representative shall have fully cured any default of Tenant under this Lease.

 

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20.1.1.2  Tenant's Representative or the proposed assignee, as the case shall be, shall have deposited with Landlord as security for the timely payment of rent an amount equal to the larger of: (a) three (3) months' rent and other monetary charges accruing under this Lease; and (b) any sum specified in Article 5; and shall have provided Landlord with adequate other assurance of the future performance of the obligations of the Tenant under this Lease. Without limitation, such assurances shall include, at least, in the case of assumption of this Lease, demonstration to the satisfaction of the Landlord that Tenant's Representative has and will continue to have sufficient unencumbered assets after the payment of all secured obligations and administrative expenses to assure Landlord that Tenant's Representative will have sufficient funds to fulfill the obligations of Tenant under this Lease; and, in the case of assignment, submission of current financial statements of the proposed assignee, audited by an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Landlord and showing a net worth and working capital in amounts determined by Landlord to be sufficient to assure the future performance by such assignee of all of the Tenant's obligations under this Lease.

 

20.1.1.3  The assumption or any contemplated assignment of this Lease or subleasing any part of the Premises, as shall be the case, will not breach any provision in any other lease, mortgage, managing agreement or other agreement by which Landlord is bound.

 

20.1. 1.4  Landlord shall have, or would have had absent the Debtor's Law, no right under Article 9 to refuse consent to the proposed assignment or sublease by reason of the identity or nature of the proposed assignee or sublessee or the proposed use of the Premises concerned.

 

21           QUIET ENJOYMENT . Landlord represents and warrants that it has full right and authority to enter into this Lease and that Tenant, while paying the rental and performing its other covenants and agreements contained in this Lease, shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises for the Term without hindrance or molestation of Landlord subject to the terms and provisions of this Lease. Landlord shall not be liable for any interference or disturbance by other tenants or third persons, nor shall Tenant be released from any of the obligations of this Lease because of such interference or disturbance.

 

22. CASUALTY

 

22.1          In the event the Premises or the Building are damaged by fire or other cause and in Landlord's reasonable estimation such damage can be materially restored within one hundred eighty (180) days, Landlord shall forthwith repair the same and this Lease shall remain in full force and effect, except that Tenant shall be entitled to a proportionate abatement in rent from the date of such damage. Such abatement of rent shall be made pro rata in accordance with the extent to which the damage and the making of sum repairs shall interfere with the use and occupancy by Tenant of the Premises from time to time. Within forty-five (45) days from the date of such damage, Landlord shall notify Tenant, in writing, of Landlord's reasonable estimation of the length of time within which material restoration can be made, and Landlord's determination shall be binding on Tenant. For purposes of this Lease, the Building or Premises shall be deemed "materially restored" if they are in such condition as would not prevent or materially interfere with Tenant's use of the Premises for the purpose for which it was being used immediately before such damage.

 

22.2          If such repairs cannot, in Landlord's reasonable estimation, be made within one hundred eighty (180) days, Landlord and Tenant shall each have the option of giving the other, at any time within ninety (90) days after such damage, notice terminating this Lease as of the date of such damage. In the event of the giving of such notice, this Lease shall expire and all interest of the Tenant in the Premises shall terminate as of the date of such damage as if such date had been originally fixed in this Lease for the expiration of the Term. In the event that neither Landlord nor Tenant exercises its option to terminate this Lease, then Landlord shall repair or restore such damage, this Lease continuing in full force and effect, and the rent hereunder shall be proportionately abated as provided in Section 22.1.

 

22.3          Landlord shall not be required to repair or replace any damage or loss by or from tire or other cause to any panelings, decorations, partitions, additions, railings, ceilings, floor coverings, office fixtures or any other property or improvements installed on the Premises by, or belonging to, Tenant. Any insurance which may be carried by Landlord or Tenant against loss or damage to the Building or Premises shall be for the sole benefit of the party carrying such insurance and under its sole control.

 

22.4          In the event that Landlord should fail to complete such repairs and material restoration within sixty (60) days after the date estimated by Landlord therefor as extended by this Section 22.4, Tenant may at its option and as its sole remedy terminate this Lease by delivering written notice to Landlord within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of said period of time, whereupon the Lease shall end on the date of such notice or such later date fixed in such notice as if the date of such notice was the date originally fixed in this Lease for the expiration of the Term; provided, however, that if construction is delayed because of changes, deletions or additions in construction requested by Tenant, strikes, lockouts, casualties, Acts of God, war, material or labor shortages, government regulation or control or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Landlord, the period for restoration, repair or rebuilding shall be extended for the amount of time Landlord is so delayed.

 

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22.5         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article: (a) Landlord shall not have any obligation whatsoever to repair, reconstruct, or restore the Premises when. the damages resulting from any casualty covered by the provisions of this Article 22 occur during the last twelve (12) months or the Term or any extension thereof; but if Landlord determines not to repair such damages Landlord shall notify Tenant and if such damages shall render any material portion of the Premises untenantable Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by notice to Landlord within fifteen (15) days after receipt of Landlord's notice; and (b) in the event the holder of any indebtedness secured by a mortgage or deed of trust covering the Premises or Building requires that any insurance proceeds be applied to such indebtedness, then Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease by delivering written notice of termination to Tenant within fifteen (15) days after such requirement is made by any such holder, whereupon this Lease shall end on the date of such damage as if the date of such damage were the date originally fixed in this Lease for the expiration of the Term.

 

22.6          In the event of any damage or destruction to the Building or Premises by any peril covered by the provisions of this Article 22, it shall be Tenant's responsibility to properly secure the Premises and upon notice from

Landlord to remove forthwith, at its sole cost and expense, such portion of all of the property belonging to Tenant or its licensees from such portion or all of the Building or Premises as Landlord shall request.

 

23.           EMINENT DOMAIN . If all or any substantial part of the Premises shall be taken or appropriated by any public or quasi-public authority under the power of eminent domain, or conveyance in lieu of such appropriation, either party to this Lease shall have the right, at its option, of giving the other, at any time within thirty (30) days after such taking, notice terminating this Lease, except that Tenant may only terminate this Lease by reason of taking or appropriation, if such taking or appropriation shall be so substantial as to materially interfere with Tenant's use and occupancy of the Premises. If neither party to this Lease shall so elect to terminate this Lease, the rental thereafter to be paid shall be adjusted on a fair and equitable basis under the circumstances. In addition to the rights of Landlord above, if any substantial part of the Building shall be taken or appropriated by any public or quasi-public authority under the power of eminent domain or conveyance in full thereof; and regardless of whether the Premises or any part thereof are so taken or appropriated, Landlord shall have the right, at its sole option, to terminate this Lease. Landlord shall be entitled to any and all income, rent, award, or any interest whatsoever in or upon any such sum, which may be paid or made in. connection with any such public or quasi-public use or purpose, and Tenant hereby assigns to Landlord any interest it may have in or claim to all or any part of such sums, other than any separate award Which may be made with respect to Tenant's trade fixtures and moving expenses; Tenant shall make no claim for the value of any unexpired Tenn.

 

24.           SALE BY LANDLORD . In event of a sale or conveyance by Landlord of the Building, the same shall operate to release Landlord from any future liability upon any of the covenants or conditions, expressed or implied, contained in this Lease in favor of Tenant, and in such event Tenant agrees to look solely to the responsibility of the successor in interest of Landlord in and to this Lease. Except as set forth in this Article 24, this Lease shall not be affected by any such sale and Tenant agrees to attorn to the purchaser or assignee. If any security has been given by Tenant to secure the faithful performance of any of the covenants of this Lease, Landlord may transfer or deliver said security, as such, to Landlord's successor in interest and thereupon Landlord shall be discharged from any further liability with regard to said security.

 

25.           ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES . Within ten (10) days following any written request which Landlord may make from time to time, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord or mortgagee or prospective mortgagee a sworn statement certifying: (a) the date of commencement of this Lease; (b) the fact that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if there have been modifications to this Lease, that this lease is in full force and effect, as modified, and stating the date and nature of such modifications); (c) the date to which the rent and other sums payable under this Lease have been paid; (d) the fact that there are no current defaults under this Lease by either Landlord or Tenant except as specified in Tenant's statement; and (e) such other matters as may be requested by Landlord. Landlord and Tenant intend that any statement delivered pursuant to this Article 25 may be relied upon by any mortgagee, beneficiary or purchaser, and Tenant shall be liable for all loss, cost or expense resulting from the failure of any sale or funding or any loan caused by any material misstatement contained in such estoppel certificate. Tenant irrevocably agrees that if Tenant falls to execute and deliver such certificate within such ten (10) day period Landlord or Landlord's beneficiary or agent may execute and deliver such certificate on Tenant's behalf, and that such certificate shall be fully binding on Tenant.

 

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26. SURRENDER O.F PREMISES .

 

26.1          Tenant shall arrange to meet Landlord for two (2) joint inspections of the Premises, the first to occur at least thirty (30) days (but no more than sixty (60) days) before the last day of the Term, and the second to occur not later than forty-eight (48) hours after Tenant has vacated the Premises. In the event of Tenant's failure to arrange such joint inspections and/or participate in either such inspection, Landlord's inspection at or after Tenant's vacating the Premises shall be conclusively deemed correct for purposes of determining Tenant's responsibility for repairs and restoration.

 

26.2          All alterations, additions, and improvements in, on, or to the Premises made or installed by or for Tenant, including carpeting (collectively, "Alterations"), shall be and remain the property of Tenant during the Term. Upon the expiration or sooner termination of the Term, all Alterations shall become a part of the realty and shall belong to Landlord without compensation, and title shall pass to Landlord under this Lease as by a bill of sale. At the end of the Term or any renewal of the Term or other sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant will peaceably deliver up to Landlord possession of the Premises, together with all Alterations by whomsoever made, in the same conditions received or first installed, broom clean and free of all debris, excepting only ordinary wear and tear and damage by fire or other casualty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Landlord elects by notice given to Tenant at least ten (10) days prior to expiration of the Term, Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole cost, remove any Alterations, including carpeting, so designated by Landlord's notice, and repair any damage caused by such removal. Tenant must, at Tenant's sole cost, remove upon termination of this Lease, any and all of Tenant's furniture, furnishings, movable partitions of less than full height from floor to ceiling and other trade fixtures and personal property (collectively, "Personalty"). Personalty not so removed shall be deemed abandoned by the Tenant and title to the same shall thereupon pass to Landlord under this Lease as by a bill of sale, but Tenant shall remain responsible for the cost of removal and disposal of such Personalty, as well as any damage caused by such removal. In lieu of requiring Tenant to remove Alterations and Personalty and repair the Premises as aforesaid, Landlord may, by written notice to Landlord delivered at least thirty (30) days before the Termination Date, require Tenant to pay to Landlord, as additional rent hereunder, the cost of such removal and repair in an amount reasonably estimated by Landlord.

 

26.3          All obligations of Tenant under this Lease not fully performed as of the expiration or earlier termination of the Term shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Term. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the amount, as estimated by Landlord, necessary to repair and restore the Premises as provided in this Lease and/or to discharge Tenant's obligation for unpaid amounts due or to become due to Landlord. All such amounts shall be used and held by Landlord for payment of such obligations of Tenant, with Tenant being liable for any additional costs upon demand by Landlord, or with any excess to be returned to Tenant after all such obligations have been determined and satisfied. Any otherwise unused Security Deposit shall be credited against the amount payable by Tenant under this Lease.

 

27.           NOTICES . Any notice or document required or permitted to be delivered under this Lease shall be addressed to the intended recipient, by fully prepaid registered or certified United States Mail return receipt requested, or by reputable independent contract delivery service furnishing a written record of attempted or actual delivery, and shall be deemed to be delivered when tendered for delivery to the addressee at its address set forth on the Reference Pages, or at such other address as it has then last specified by written notice delivered in accordance with this Article 27, or if to Tenant at either its aforesaid address or its last known registered office or home of a general partner or individual owner, whether or not actually accepted or received by the addressee. Any such notice or document may also be personally delivered if a receipt is signed by and received from, the individual, if any, named in Tenant's Notice Address.

 

28.           TAXES PAYA.BLE BY TENANT . In addition to rent and other charges to be paid by Tenant under this Lease, Tenant shall reimburse to Landlord, upon demand, any and all taxes payable by Landlord (other than net income taxes) whether or not now customary or within the contemplation of the parties to this Lease: (a) upon, allocable to, or measured by or on the gross or net rent payable under this Lease, including without limitation any gross income tax or excise tax levied by the State, any political subdivision thereof; or the Federal Government with respect to the receipt of such rent; (b) upon or with respect to the possession, leasing, operation, management, maintenance, alteration, repair, use or occupancy of the Premises or any portion thereof; including any sales, use or service tax imposed as a result thereof; (c) upon or measured by the Tenant's gross receipts or payroll or the value of Tenant's equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property of Tenant or leasehold improvements, alterations or additions located in the premises; or (d) upon this transaction or any document to which Tenant is a party creating or transferring any interest of Tenant in this Lease or the Premises. In addition to the foregoing, Tenant agrees to pay, before delinquency, any and all taxes levied or assessed against Tenant and which become payable during the term hereof upon Tenant's equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property of Tenant located in the Premises.

 

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29.            RELOCATION OF TENANT . Landlord, at its sole expense, on at least sixty (60) days prior written notice, may require Tenant to move from the Premises to other space of comparable size and decor in order to permit Landlord to consolidate the space leased to Tenant with other adjoining space leased or to be leased to another tenant. In the event of any such relocation, Landlord will pay all expenses of preparing and decorating the new premises so that they will be substantially similar to the Premises from which Tenant is moving, and Landlord will also pay the expense of moving Tenant's furniture and equipment to the relocated premises. Landlord shall also relocate at its expense all furniture, inventory, finished and raw materials and equipment including all necessary piping, wiring, electric services and partitions ready for Tenant to operate its business. In such event this Lease and each and all of the terms and covenants and conditions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and thereupon be deemed applicable to such new space except that revised Reference Pages and a revised Exhibit A shall become part of this Lease and shall reflect the location of the new premises.

 

30.            DEFINED TERMS AND HEADINGS . The Article headings shown in this Lease are for convenience of reference and shall in no way define, increase, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provision of the Lease. Any indemnification or insurance of Landlord shall apply to and inure to the benefit of the following "Landlord Entities", being Landlord, Landlord's investment manager, and the trustees, boards of directors, officers, general partners, beneficiaries, stockholders, employees and agents of each of them. Any option granted to Landlord shall also include or be exercisable by Landlord's trustee, beneficiary, agents and employees, as the case may be. In any case where this Lease is signed by more than one person, the obligations under this Lease shall be joint and several. The terms "Tenant" and "Landlord" or any pronoun used in place thereof shall indicate and include the masculine or feminine, the singular or plural number, individuals, firms or corporations, and their and each of their .respective successors, executors, administrators and permitted assigns, according to the context hereof. The term ''rentable area" shall mean the rentable area of the Premises or the Building as calculated by the Landlord on the basis of the plans and specifications of the Building including a proportionate share of any common areas. Tenant hereby accepts and agrees to be bound by the figures for the rentable space footage of the Premises and Tenant's Proportionate Share shown on the Reference Pages; however, Landlord may adjust either or both figures if there is manifest error, addition or subtraction to the Building or any business park or complex of which the Building is a part, remeasurement or other circumstance reasonably justifying adjustment. The term "Building" refers to the structure in which the Premises are located and the common areas (parking lots, sidewalks, landscaping, etc.) appurtenant thereto. If the Building is part of a larger complex of structures, the term "Building" may include the entire complex, where appropriate (such as shared Expenses or Taxes) and subject to Landlord's reasonable discretion.

 

31.            TENANT'S AUTHORITY . If Tenant signs as a corporation, partnership, trust or other legal entity each of the persons executing this Lease on behalf of Tenant represents and warrants that Tenant has been and is qualified to do business in the state in which the Building is located, that the entity has full right and authority to enter into this Lease, and that all persons signing on behalf of the entity were authorized to do so by appropriate actions. Tenant agrees to deliver to Landlord, simultaneously with the delivery of this Lease, a corporate resolution, proof of due authorization by partners, opinion of counselor other appropriate documentation reasonably acceptable to Landlord evidencing the due authorization of Tenant to enter into this Lease.

 

32.            FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CREDIT REPORTS . At Landlord's request, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a copy, certified by an officer of Tenant as being a true and correct copy, of Tenant's most recent audited financial statement, or, if unaudited, certified by Tenant's chief financial officer as being true, complete and correct in all material respects. Tenant hereby authorizes Landlord to obtain one or more credit reports on Tenant at any time, and shall execute such further authorizations as Landlord may reasonably require in order to obtain a credit report.

 

33.            COMMISSIONS . Each of the parties represents and warrants to the other that it has not dealt with any broker or finder in connection with this Lease, except as described on the Reference Pages.

 

34.            TIME AND APPLICABLE LAW . Time is of the essence of this Lease and all of its provisions. This Lease shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the state in which the Building is located.

 

35.            SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS . Subject to the provisions of Article 9, the terms, covenants and conditions contained in this Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns of the parties to this Lease.

 

36.            ENTIRE AGRE.E.MENT . This Lease, together with its exhibits, contains all agreements of the parties to this Lease and supersedes any previous negotiations. There have been no representations made by the Landlord or any of its representatives or understandings made between the parties other than those set forth in this Lease and its exhibits. This Lease may not be modified except by a written instrument duly executed by the parties to this Lease.

 

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37.            EXAMINATION NOT OPTION . Submission of this Lease shall not be deemed to be a reservation of the Premises. Landlord shall not be bound by this Lease until it has received a copy of this Lease duly executed by Tenant and has delivered to Tenant a copy of this Lease duly executed by Landlord, and until such delivery Landlord reserves the right to exhibit and lease the Premises to other prospective tenants. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease to the contrary, Landlord may withhold delivery of possession of the Premises from Tenant until such time as Tenant has paid to Landlord any security deposit required by Article 5, the first month's rent as set forth in Article 3 and any sum owed pursuant to this Lease.

 

38.            RECORDATION . Tenant shall not record or register this Lease or a short form memorandum hereof without the prior written consent of Landlord, and then shall pay all charges and taxes incident such recording or registration.

 

39.            LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY . Redress for any claim against Landlord under this Lease shall be limited to and enforceable only against and to the extent of Landlord's interest in the Building. The obligations of Landlord under this Lease are not intended to be and shall not be personally binding on, nor shall any resort be had to the private properties or; any of its or its investment manager’s trustees, directors, officers, partners, beneficiaries, members, stockholders, employees, or agents, and in no case shall Landlord be liable to Tenant hereunder for any lost profits, damage to business, or any form of special, indirect or consequential damages.

 

LANDLORD:   TENANT:
     
CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P.   IMMUDYNE, INC., a Delaware Corporation
     
By: RREEF Management Company, a Delaware Corporation    
     
By: /s/ Rebecca M. Ober, District Manager   By: /s/ Nino Sorgente
     
Name: Rebecca M. Ober   Name:  Nino Sorgente
     
Title: District Manager   Title: President
     
Dated: 7/18/ 2002   Date:   07/18 / 2002

 

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EXHIBIT A·l - SITE PLAN

 

attached to and made a part of Lease bearing the

Lease Reference Date of , 2002 between

RREEF Management Company, as Landlord and

Immudyne Inc., as Tenant

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B —INITIAL ALTERATIONS

 

attached to and made a part of Lease bearing the

Lease Reference Date of , 2002 between

RREEF Management Company, as Landlord and

Immudyne Inc., as Tenant

 

Provided that Landlord approves the places and specifications for such improvements as provided in Section 6 of the Lease, and otherwise complies with such Section 6, Tenant may install equipment in the Premises, install an ADA compliant restroom in the Premises, upgrade the electrical service in the Premises and finish the warehouse wall. Tenant may take such equipment that it installs at the end of the Term provided that Tenant repairs any damage resulting from such removal. At the option of the Landlord, Tenant shall remove or leave any other improvements that Tenant makes pursuant to this Exhibit B.

 

Landlord shall provide Tenant with an allowance (the "Allowance) as provided in this Exhibit B for any work that Tenant completes in connection with this Exhibit B. At the time of completion of such work and in any event on or before November 30, 2002, Tenant shall submit to Landlord evidence reasonably satisfactorily to Landlord of Tenant's completion of such work reasonably' satisfactorily to Landlord and Tenant's incurring of expense for such work and lien waivers of any persons furnishing work or material included in such work. Within ten (10) business days after submittal of such evidence, provided that Tenant has performed when due all of its obligations under the Lease, Landlord shall pay Tenant the lesser of (i) $30,000 and (ii) such amount of the cost of such satisfactorily completed work that Tenant substantiates to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord.

 

If Tenant has not qualified for disbursement of the Allowance by November 30, 2002, Landlord shall have no liability to disburse it.

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C - COMMENCEMENT DATE MEMORANDUM

 

attached to and made a part of Lease bearing the

Lease Reference Date of , 2002 between

RREEF Management Company, as Landlord and

Immudyne Inc., as Tenant

 

COMMENCEMENT DATE MEMORANDUM

 

THIS MEMORANDUM, made as of           , 2002, by and between RREEF Management Company ("Landlord") and Immudyne, Inc. ("Tenant").

 

Recitals :

 

A. Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain Lease, dated for reference          , 2002 (the "Lease") for certain premises (the "Premises") consisting of approximately 11,040 square feet at the building commonly known as Empire Business Center.

 

B. Tenant is in possession of the Premises and the Term of the Lease has commenced.

 

C. Landlord and Tenant desire to enter into this Memorandum confirming the Commencement Date, the Termination Date and other matters under the Lease.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:

 

1. The actual Commencement Date is .

 

2. The actual Termination Date is

 

3. The schedule of the Annual Rent and the Monthly Installment of Rent set forth on the Reference Pages is deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted therefor:

 

[insert rent schedule]

 

4. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Lease.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date and year first

above written.

 

LANDLORD:   TENANT:
     
CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P.   IMMUDYNE, INC., a Delaware Corporation
     
By: RREEF Management Company, a Delaware Corporation    
     
By:     By:  
     
Name:   Name:
     
Title:   Title:
     
Dated:    , 2002   Date:    , 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT D - RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

attached to and made a part of Lease bearing the

Lease Reference Date of , 2002 between

RREEF Management Company, as Landlord and

Immudyne Inc., as Tenant

 

1.           No sign, placard, picture, advertisement, name or notice (collectively referred to as "Signs") shall be installed or displayed on any part of the outside of the Building without the prior written consent of the Landlord which consent shall be in Landlord's sole discretion. All approved Signs shall be printed, painted, affixed or inscribed at Tenant's expense by a person or vendor approved by Landlord and shall be removed by Tenant at Tenant's expense upon vacating the Premises. Landlord shall have the right to remove any Sign installed or displayed in violation of this rule at Tenant's expense and without notice.

 

2.           If Landlord objects in writing to any curtains, blinds, shades or screens attached to or hung in or used in connection with any window or door of the Premises or Building, Tenant shall immediately discontinue such use. No awning shall be permitted on any part of the Premises. Tenant shall not place anything or allow anything to be placed against or near any glass partitions or doors or windows which may appear unsightly, in the opinion of Landlord, from outside the Premises.

 

3.           Tenant shall not alter any lock or other access device or install a new or additional lock or access device or bolt on any door of its Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. Tenant, upon the termination of its tenancy, shall deliver to Landlord the keys or other means of access to all doors.

 

4.           If Tenant requires telephone, data, burglar alarm or similar service, the cost of purchasing, installing and maintaining such service shall be borne solely by Tenant. No boring or cutting for wires will be allowed without the prior written consent of Landlord. Landlord shall direct electricians as to where and how telephone, data, and electrical wires arc to be introduced or installed. The location of burglar alarms, telephones, call boxes or other office equipment affixed to the Premises shall be subject to the prior written approval of Landlord.

 

5.           Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor of its Premises, including mezzanine area, if any, which exceeds the load per square foot that such floor was designed to carry and that is allowed by law. Heavy objects shall stand on such platforms as determined by Landlord to be necessary to properly distribute the weight. Landlord will not be responsible for loss of or damage to any such equipment or other property from any cause, and all damage done to the Building by maintaining of moving such equipment or other property shall be repaired at the expense of Tenant.

 

6.           Tenant shall not install any radio or television antenna, satellite dish, loudspeaker or other device on the roof or exterior walls of the Building without Landlord's prior written consent which consent shall be in Landlord's sole discretion.

 

7.           Tenant shall not nail, drive nails, screw or drill into the partitions, woodwork, plaster or drywall (except for pictures and general office uses) or in any way deface the Premises or any part thereof. Tenant shall not affix any floor covering to the floor of the Premises or paint or seal any floor in any manner except as approved by Landlord. Tenant shall repair any damage resulting from noncompliance with this rule.

 

8.           No cooking shall be done or permitted on the Premises, except that Underwriters' Laboratory approved microwave ovens or equipment for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar beverages shall be permitted, provided that such equipment and use is in accordance with all applicable federal, state and city laws, codes, ordinances rules and regulations.

 

9.           Tenant shall not use any hand trucks except those equipped with the rubber tires and side guards, and may use such other material-handling equipment as Landlord may approve. Tenant shall not bring any other vehicles of any kind into the Building, Forklifts which operate on asphalt areas shall only use tires that do not damage the asphalt.

 

10.           Tenant shall not use the name of the Building or any photograph or other likeness of the Building in connection with or in promoting or advertising Tenant's business except that Tenant may include the Building name in Tenant's address. Landlord shall have the right, exercisable without notice and without liability to any tenant, to change the Dame and address of the Building.

 

 

 

 

 

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11.           All trash and refuse shall be contained in suitable receptacles at locations approved by Landlord. Tenant shall not place in the trash receptacles any personal trash or material that cannot be disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing such trash without violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal.

 

12.           Tenant shall comply with all safety, fire protection and evacuation procedures and regulations established by Landlord or any governing authority.

 

13.           Tenant assumes all responsibility for securing and protecting its Premises and its contents including keeping doors locked and other means of entry to the Premises closed.

 

14.           Tenant shall not use any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by Landlord without Landlord's prior written consent.

 

15.           No person shall go on the roof without Landlord's permission.

 

16.           Tenant shall not permit any animals, other than seeing-eye dogs, to be brought or kept in or about the Premises or any common area of the property.

 

17.           Tenant shall not permit any motor vehicles to be washed or mechanical work or maintenance of motor vehicles to be performed on any portion of the Premises or parking lot.

 

18.           These Rules and Regulations are in addition to, and shall not be construed to in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants, agreements and conditions of any lease of any premises in the Building. Landlord may waive anyone or more of these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any tenant or tenants, and any such waiver by Landlord shall not be construed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations for any or all tenants.

 

19.           Landlord reserves the right to make such other and reasonable rules and regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be needed for safety and security, for care and cleanliness of the Building and for the preservation of good order in and about the Building. Tenant agrees to abide by all such rules and regulations herein stated and any additional rules and regulations which are adopted. Tenant shall be responsible for the observance of all of the foregoing rules by Tenant's employees, agents, clients, customers, invitees and guests.

 

20.           Ally toilet rooms, toilets, urinals, wash bowls and other apparatus shall not be used for any purpose oth.er than that fur which they were constructed and no foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be thrown into them. The expense of any breakage, stoppage or damage resulting from the violation of this rule shall be borne by the Tenant who, or whose employees or invitees, shall have caused it.

 

21.           Tenant shall not permit smoking or carrying of lighted cigarettes or cigars in areas reasonably designated by Landlord or any applicable governmental agencies as non-smoking areas.

 

22.           Any directory of the Building or project of which the Building is a part ("Project Area"), if provided, will be exclusively for the display of the name and location of tenants only and Landlord reserves the right to charge for the use thereof and to exclude any other names.

 

23.           Canvassing, soliciting, distribution of handbills or any other written material in the Building or Project Area is prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same. No tenant shall solicit business from other tenants or permit the sale of any goods or merchandise in the Building or "Project Area without the written consent of Landlord.

 

24.           Any equipment belonging to Tenant which causes noise or vibration that may be transmitted to the structure of the Building or to any space therein to such a degree as to be objectionable to Landlord or to any tenants in the Building shall be placed and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant's expense, on vibration eliminators or other devices sufficient to eliminate the noise or vibration.

 

25.           Driveways, sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances and stairways (“Access Areas") shall not be obstructed by tenants or used by tenants for any purpose other than for ingress to and egress from their respective premises. Access areas are not for the use of the general public and Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control and prevent access thereto by all persons whose presence, in the judgment of Landlord, shall be prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interests of the Building or its tenants.

 

 

 

 

  

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26.           Landlord reserves the right to designate the use of parking areas and space. Tenant shall not park in visitor, reserved, or unauthorized parking areas. Tenant and Tenant's guests shall park between designated parking lines only and shall not park motor vehicles in those areas designated by Landlord for loading and unloading. Vehicles in violation of the above shall be subject to being towed at the vehicle owner's expense. Vehicles parked overnight without prior written consent of the Landlord shall be deemed abandoned and shall be subject to being towed at vehicle owner's expense. Tenant will from time to time, upon the request of Landlord, supply Landlord with a list of license plate numbers of vehicles owned or operated by its employees or agents.

 

27.           No trucks, tractors or similar vehicles can be parked anywhere other than in Tenant's own truck dock area. Tractortrailers which must be unhooked or parked with dolly wheels beyond the concrete loading areas must use steel plates or wood locks under the dolly wheels to prevent damage to the asphalt paving surfaces. No parking or storing of such trailers will be permitted in the parking areas or on streets adjacent thereto.

 

28.           During periods of loading and unloading, Tenant shall not unreasonably interfere with traffic flow and loading and unloading areas of other tenants. All products, materials or goods must be stored within the Tenant's .Premises and not in any exterior areas, including, but not limited to , exterior dock platforms, against the exterior of the Building, parking areas and driveway areas. Tenant agrees to keep the exterior of the .Premises clean and free of nails, wood, pallets, packing materials, barrels and any other debris produced from their operation.

 

 

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO LEASE

 

This Amendment to Lease (" Amendment ") is entered into by and between CABOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (" Landlord "), and IMMUDYNE, INC. , a Delaware corporation (herein, " Tenant ").

 

Recitals:

 

A.          Landlord and Tenant are parties to a Lease with a Lease Reference Date of July 20, 2002 (the “ Original Lease ”) pursuant to which Tenant leases from Landlord approximately 11,040 square feet of space (herein, the “ Premises ”) in the building (herein, the " Building ") known as Empire Business Center, located at 7453 Empire Drive, Suite 400, Florence, KY 41042.

 

B.          The current term of the Lease expired on September 30, 2007 .

 

C.          The parties desire to extend the Term of the Lease and make certain other modifications to the Lease as described herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           DEFINITIONS . Each term used and not defined in this Amendment shall mean what the Original Lease provides. Each term defined herein henceforth shall mean in the Original Lease what this Amendment provides. The Original lease, as this Amendment amends it, is the Lease.

 

2.           EXTENSION OF LEASE TERM . The current term of the Lease shall end on May 31, 2011 rather than September 30, 2007 , unless the Lease provides that it shall end sooner.

 

3.           BASE RENT; ADDITIONAL RENT .

 

(A)        Base Rent . Effective June 1, 2008 , Tenant shall pay Annual Rent for the Premises as follows:

 

    Annual Rent     Monthly Installment of Rent  
6/1/08 – 5/31/09   $ 41,952.00     $ 3,496.00  
6/1/09 – 5/31/10   $ 42,504.00     $ 3,542.00  
6/1/10 – 5/31/11   $ 43,056.00     $ 3,588.00  

 

(B)          Additional Rent . During the Term as so extended, Tenant shall pay Tenant's Proportionate Share of Expenses and Taxes as Article 4 of the Original Lease provides.

 

(C)         Other Charges . During the Term as so extended, Tenant shall pay all charges for electricity consumed at the premises and any other amounts that the Lease requires Tenant to pay.

 

4.            AS IS . Tenant shall accept the Premises during the Term as so extended in their "as is" condition.

 

5.           RATIFICATION . All provisions of the Lease not amended hereby shall remain in effect. The parties incorporate such provisions herein. The parties ratify the Original Lease, as this Amendment amends it.

 

 
 

 

 

Executed by the parties on the respective dates of acknowledgment indicated below, effective as of the later of such dates.

 

  Landlord:
   
  CLP INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, LLC
   
  By: RREEF Management Company, a Delaware corporation, authorized agent
   
  By: /s/ Rebecca M. Ober
   
  Rebecca M. Ober, District Manager
   
  Date:5/29/08
   
  Tenant:
   
  IMMUDYNE, INC.
   
  By:/s/ Mark McLaughlin
   
  Printed name: Mark McLaughlin
   
  Title: President
   
  Date: 5/28/08

 

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE

 

This Second Amendment to Lease (" Amendment ") dated as of May 15, 2011, is entered into by and between CLP INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, LLC , a Delaware limited partnership (herein, " Landlord "), and IMMUDYNE, INC. , a Delaware corporation (herein, " Tenant ").

 

Recitals:

 

A.          Landlord and Tenant are parties to a Lease with a Lease Reference Date of July 20, 2002, as amended by that certain Amendment to Lease dated May 29, 2008 (collectively, the “ Original Lease ”) pursuant to which Tenant leases from Landlord approximately 11,040 square feet of space (herein, the “ Premises ”) in the building (herein, the " Building ") known as Empire Business Center, located at 7453 Empire Drive, Suite 400, Florence, KY 41042.

 

B.          The current term of the Lease expired on May 31, 2011 .

 

C.          The parties desire to extend the Term of the Lease and make certain other modifications to the Lease as described herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           DEFINITIONS . Each term used and not defined in this Amendment shall mean what the Original Lease provides. Each term defined herein henceforth shall mean in the Original Lease what this Amendment provides. The Original lease, as this Amendment amends it, is the Lease.

 

2.           EXTENSION OF LEASE TERM . The current term of the Lease shall end on May 31, 2013 rather than May 31, 2011 , unless the Lease provides that it shall end sooner.

 

3.           BASE RENT; ADDITIONAL RENT .

 

 

(A)         Base Rent . Effective June 1, 2011 , Tenant shall pay Annual Rent for the Premises as follows:

 

    Annual Rent     Monthly Installment of Rent  
6/1/11 – 5/31/12   $ 38,640.00     $ 3,220.00  
6/1/12 – 5/31/13   $ 39,744.00     $ 3,312.00  

 

(B)           Additional Rent . During the Term as so extended, Tenant shall pay Tenant's Proportionate Share of Expenses and Taxes as Article 4 of the Original Lease provides.

 

(C)           Other Charges . During the Term as so extended, Tenant shall pay all charges for electricity consumed at the premises and any other amounts that the Lease requires Tenant to pay.

 

 
 

 

4.           AS IS . Tenant shall accept the Premises during the Term as so extended in their "as is" condition.

 

5.           RATIFICATION . All provisions of the Lease not amended hereby shall remain in effect. The parties incorporate such provisions herein. The parties ratify the Original Lease, as this Amendment amends it.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Landlord and Tenant have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first written above.

 

Landlord: Tenant:
   
CLP INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, LLC IMMUDYNE, INC.
   
By: RREEF Management Company, a Delaware  
corporation, authorized agent  
   
By:/s/ James E. Toney By: /s/ Mark McLaughlin
   
Name: James E. Toney Name: Mark McLaughlin

 

 

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December 19, 2011

 

Marc McLAUGHLIN

President

IMMUDYNE, Inc.

7453 Empire Drive, suite 300

Suite 300

Florence, KY 41042 U.S.A.

 

Dear Marc:

 

As agreed, Immudyne, Inc. consents to wholesale the product listed on Attachment B (herein referred to as “Product”) to ** for cosmetic and healthcare resale to customers as listed on Attachment A (**). Attachment A and Attachment B may be modified during the term of this agreement by mutual written consent. Immudyne, Inc. agrees not to commercially compete with for sales to those customers listed on Attachment A. Moreover, and subject to an appropriate confidentiality agreement, Immudyne agrees, when requested, to discuss with customers listed on Attachment A technical and quality information, including safety issues. Furthermore, Immudyne agrees to refrain from discussing process, costs, and pricing with those customers listed. With respect to customers listed on Attachment A, ** will purchase the Product on a sole and exclusive basis from Immudyne and Immudyne appoints ** as its sole and exclusive reseller to the listed customer. This agreement will remain in full effect for a period of 5 (five) years, and shall be automatically renewed for continuous one-year periods unless either party gives notice of its intent to terminate at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of any renewal term thereof.

 

If you agree to the terms cited herein, please affix your signature below. Retain 1 (one) copy for your files and return the other copy to my attention.

 

** For Immudyne, Inc.
   
  Signature /s/ Mark McLaughlin
  Name: Marc McLaughlin
  Title: President
  Date 12/20/2011

 

** Portions of this page have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 
 

 

Attachment A

 

**This attachment has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

Attachment B

 

**This attachment has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated October 17, 2012, relating to the financial statements of Immudyne, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

 

/s/ PKF O’Connor Davies,

a Division of O’Connor Davies, LLP

 

New York, New York

December 4, 2012