UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

 

 

FORM 10-K

  

 

  

(Mark One)

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

Or

 

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the transition period from                        to                               

  

Commission File Number: 333-209325

 

BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC.

(Name of Registrant in Its Charter)

 

Nevada   81-0876714
State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

67-35 St., B520

Brooklyn, New York 11232

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(917) 388-1578
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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

  

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐  
     
Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒ Emerging growth company ☒

 

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

 

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

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on the closing sales price, or the average bid and asked price on such stock, as June 30, 2019 was $779,382.

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 19,380,460 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value, at March 27, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I 1
Item 1. Business 1
Item 1A. Risk Factors 18
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 31
Item 2. Properties 31
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 31
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 31
   
PART II 32
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 32
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 33
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 34
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 39
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data F-1
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 40
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 40
Item 9B. Other Information 40
   
PART III 41
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 41
Item 11. Executive Compensation 44
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 48
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 49
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 50
   
PART IV 51
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 51
   
SIGNATURES 52

  

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

On September 21, 2018, Brain Scientific Inc. (formerly known as All Soft Gels Inc.), a Nevada corporation, completed its acquisition of Memory MD, Inc., a Delaware corporation, whereby, among other things, Brain Scientific Inc. acquired 100% of Memory MD, Inc. in exchange for the issuance of shares of common stock and Memory MD, Inc. became the wholly-owned subsidiary of Brain Scientific Inc. (the “Acquisition”).

 

The financial information, including the operating and financial results and audited financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are that of the Company as it exists following the Acquisition.

 

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, references in this report to “Company”, “we,” “us” and “our” are references to Brain Scientific Inc., formerly known as All Soft Gels Inc., as combined with Memory MD, Inc. and reflects the prior operations and financial condition of Memory MD, Inc. before the Acquisition. References to All Soft Gels or All Soft Gels Inc. refer to Brain Scientific prior to the Acquisition, and references to MemoryMD or MemoryMD Inc. refer to that company prior to the Acquisition.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including in documents that may be incorporated by reference into this Report, contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business,” but are also contained elsewhere in this Report. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “target,” “seek,” “contemplate,” “continue” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this Report, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements include statements about:

 

  our plans to develop and commercialize our proposed and developing products, technologies, and services (“Products”).

 

  our plans for and our expectations regarding the pre-clinical testing and clinical trials of our Products still under development that will be required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or foreign regulatory bodies;

 

  the timing and availability of data from pre-clinical tests or clinical trials;

 

  the timing of our planned regulatory filings;

 

  the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our Products;

 

  our expectations regarding international opportunities for commercializing our Products under development;

 

  the clinical utility of our Products under development;

 

  our ability to develop our Products with the benefits we hope to offer as compared to existing technology, or at all;

 

  our ability to develop future generations of our Products;

 

  our future development priorities;

 

  our ability to obtain reimbursement coverage for our Products;

 

  our expectations about the willingness of healthcare providers to recommend our Products to their patients;

 

  our future commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy;

 

  our ability to comply with applicable regulatory requirements;

 

  our ability to maintain our intellectual property position;

  

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Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate, and management's beliefs and assumptions are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. You should refer to the “Risk Factors” section commencing on page 12 of this Report for a discussion of important factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this Report will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all.

 

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Report. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future. You should, however, review the factors and risks and other information we describe in the reports we will file from time to time with the SEC after the date of this Report.

  

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING INDUSTRY DATA

  

Unless otherwise indicated, information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K concerning our company, our business, the services we provide and intend to provide, our industry and our general expectations concerning our industry are based on management estimates. Such estimates are derived from publicly available information released by third party sources, as well as data from our internal research, and reflect assumptions made by us based on such data and our knowledge of the industry, which we believe to be reasonable.

  

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PART 1

 

ITEM 1 – BUSINESS

 

The Company

 

We are a neurodiagnostic and predictive technology platform company seeking to provide a centralized platform for data acquisition and analysis of electroencephalography (“EEG”) data that combines innovative medical device technologies with cloud-based telehealth services. The Company is primarily focused on establishing diagnostic protocols through the use of its Products to identify pathological risk factors involving the brain, and driving novel insights into cognitive health that support early treatment of neurological disorders.

 

We believe our approach is unique in utilizing medical, consumer and hybrid technologies to create the value chain to ultimate

health:

 

linking analysis to business/health outcomes through benefits mapping;

 

investing in advanced analytics, starting with the assumption that advanced information will result in predictive analytics for the integral body;

 

validating the organization's maturity against multiple complementary models;

 

ensuring there is sufficient trust in the data and analysis to change pre-existing beliefs; and

 

balancing analytic insight with the ability of an organization to make and optimally utilize the information (coupling man + machine learning) while prioritizing incremental improvements over integral body transformation.

 

The Company is initially targeting brain data acquisition via the EEG medical market because it offers high revenue potential due to the established healthy base of customer users with a broad demographic profile. Our technology solution combines a miniature, wireless, clinical device capable of recording electroencephalograms (EEG) that is fast, portable, and easy-to-use with the capability to integrate an interpretive cloud-based platform allowing for rapid and remote interpretation. The NeuroEEG™ Hardware Platform for data collection and NeuroCap™ Software-like Consumables for data collection is expected to enjoy healthy margins and a business-to-business (B2B) direct market opportunity with hospitals, neurologist, general practitioners as well as the various tele health and tele neurology companies.

 

This brain monitoring system is designed for use in physicians’ offices, sports fields, wellness centers and anywhere else that benefits from rapid EEG testing.

 

Recent Events

 

COVID-19 Pandemic

 

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are promoting the use of sanitary medical practice with the NeuroCap, which we believe promotes the use of good, sanitary medical practice and can help flatten the COVID-19 curve.

 

A recent report from three COVID-19-designated hospitals in Wuhan, China indicated that more than one-third of coronavirus patients had some type of neurologic symptom, including altered consciousness, evidence of skeletal muscle damage, and acute cerebrovascular disease. Early data implies that COVID-19, like prior coronavirus breakouts MERS and SARS, is demonstrating a neurologic component in severe cases.

 

As hospitals and other first responders to the pandemic around the world increase their purchases of supplies to fight the virus, and the U.S. government has passed a $2 trillion aid package to prop up the country’s economy and assist in fighting the virus, we are working to position our NeuroCap as a safe and effective diagnostic tool to help against the COVID-19 virus.

 

Information in this Annual Report is based on available information from prior to the pandemic. We have not yet been able to evaluate how the pandemic has or may continue to affect our business and operations, including the potential markets for our Products.

 

History

 

We were initially organized on November 18, 2013 as a Nevada limited liability company under the name Global Energy Express LLC by the filing of articles of organization with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. On December 18, 2015, the Company converted from a Nevada limited liability company under the name Global Energy Express LLC to a Nevada corporation under the name All Soft Gels Inc. by the filing of articles of conversion and articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. On September 18, 2018, the Company changed its name from All Soft Gels Inc. to Brain Scientific Inc. and changed its ticker symbol on the OTC Pink market to “BRSF”.

  

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On September 21, 2018, we entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with MemoryMD, Inc. and AFGG Acquisition Corp. to acquire MemoryMD, Inc. (the “Acquisition”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on September 21, 2018 and, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, all outstanding shares of MemoryMD were exchanged for shares of our common stock. Accordingly, we acquired 100% of Memory MD, Inc. in exchange for the issuance of shares of our common stock and MemoryMD, Inc. became our wholly-owned subsidiary. Furthermore, the Company at such time ceased all operations and assigned all of its assets and liabilities from prior to the Acquisition, and assumed and commenced the business of MemoryMD as the sole business of the Company.

 

Our principal executive office is located at 205 East 42nd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10017, and our telephone number is (646) 388-3788. Our website address is www.brainscientific.com. The information on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Introduction to Data Acquisition using Electroencephalography (EEG)

 

Electroencephalography, or EEG, is a method to identify and evaluate the electrical activity of the brain. The ability to do this dates back to the mid-to-late 19th century when scientists began to study the brain activity of various animals such as rabbits, dogs, and monkeys. The 1920’s saw the first example of these involving humans, when in 1924 German physiologist and psychiatrist Hans Berger recorded the first human EEG.

 

One of the first discoveries was the EEG’s ability to identify the potential for epileptic seizures. As science and scientists began to understand the workings of the EEG, they could identify more beneficial applications of the technology working in combination with other tests. These include:

 

Testing brain activity after a stroke

 

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease

 

Depression

 

Migraine

 

Traumatic Head Injury (sports and non-sports related)

 

Sleep Disorders (e.g. Insomnia, Restless Leg Syndrome, Narcolepsy)

 

Epilepsy

 

The EEG may also be used to determine the electrical activity of the brain of an individual involved in a trauma, addiction, as well as the brain activity of comatose individuals.

 

It is here in the advancement of technology where we believe our products and technology will play a key role in the use and development of EEG related activities.

 

Product and Services Pipeline

 

Our data acquisition platform is composed of three main parts:

 

1. Hardware - NeuroEEG™ and NeuroCap™, our two products on the market.

 

2. Software - interpreted by remote technicians for rapid response time.

 

3. NeuroNet Cloud - The database where brain data can be stored and analyzed.

 

NeuroEEG

 

NeuroEEG™ is an FDA cleared 16 channel, portable, cloud-enabled data acquisition platform for electroencephalogram (EEG) activity. This wireless system digitizes and records electrophysiological activity at 500Hz, and is further supported by advanced artifact filtering allowing for the cleanest signal possible. The intuitive nature of the device democratizes EEG as a viable diagnostic tool that can be implemented across environments that were formerly inaccessible by traditional EEG solutions. NeuroEEG™ is designed for use in mobile (ambulatory care & emergency medical service vehicles), field applications (clinical trials), as well as hospital and athletic environments.

  

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NeuroEEG™ is non-invasive and is intended to acquire, display and store the electrical activity of a patient’s brain on a computer (PC or laptop). The generated data serves as a clinical assessment aid within a clinical practice, rehabilitation institution, diagnostic center, neurosurgical clinics, operating room, intensive care unit, and emergency room environments. Data acquired by NeuroEEG™ is to be performed under the direction and interpretation of a licensed medical professional. This device does not provide any diagnostic conclusion about a subject's condition. The NeuroEEG is designed to be used with our NeuroCap and other brands and models of caps.

 

The Company commenced delivery of its first purchase order of this product in the fourth quarter of 2018, although it has not had any further material orders to date.

 

NeuroCap

 

The NeuroCap™ is an FDA cleared disposable, soft layered cap with an integrated electrode circuit that is designed to address existing problems of conventional EEG systems. The silver embedded wiring is pre-gelled, so it requires no prepping of the skin before application. NeuroCap™ makes it possible for medical staff of all levels to perform EEG tests, without having to laboriously apply electrodes one-by-one or spend considerable time cleaning an EEG headset after each use.

 

The NeuroCap™ works in parallel with the NeuroEEG™ amplifier device to successfully carry out EEG tests. However, the NeuroCap™ can work also with other EEG devices and not just our NeuroEEG. NeuroCap’s electrode placement follow standard alignment pursuant to the international 10-20 system. The acquisition of electrical brain activity is carried out by non-invasive pre-gelled passive Ag/AgCl scalp (cutaneous) electrodes, ensuring maximum comfortability for the wearer.

 

We received our first purchaser order for the NeuroCap from a distributor of medical supplies for testing purposes and commenced shipping product in the fourth quarter of 2018 to several hospitals and other customers, although we have not had any further material orders to date.

 

NeuroNet Cloud

 

Our NeuroNet Cloud infrastructure is being designed to provide for a robust platform to store and manage all forms of data that may be received from internal and external entities such as EHRs/EMRs, IOT devices and 3rd party apps, clinical applications and other forms of patient data. The NeuroNet Cloud is also being designed to provide for streamlined connectivity, allowing secure access to patient data for purposes of evaluation and reporting by outside clinical specialists, such as a neurologists.

 

The Company is also developing a HIPAA-compliant data storage and patient management cloud infrastructure to provide teleneurology services. The infrastructure is being designed so neurologists will be able to remotely access patient EEG and clinical data to evaluate patient conditions. We believe that such an infrastructure removes the need for direct contact with the patient, opening up underserved geographic locations with an undersupply of physicians to meet growing demand for neurological care as aging patient populations continues to grow.

 

Data is acquired via the 16 channel NeuroCap™ and would be wirelessly transmitted to the cloud, via the NeuroEEG™, as batch data (fully transferred before being consumed) or in real-time (data is consumed as it is being produced).

 

Data can then be consumed by a doctor or specialist who can recover the data, replay, and provide feedback, such as a report, on the selected patient data. This infrastructure is configurable to match unique workflows of healthcare operators.

 

As designed, the MemoryMD™ cloud would then be able to cross-reference multiple points-of-data:

 

Medical Images

 

Lab Results

 

Genetic testing

 

Behavior data

 

Sensor data

 

Electronic Health Records

 

3rd party applications

   

We expect to have a fully working model of the NeuroNet Cloud by the end of 2020, subject to the availability of funds.

 

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Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure

 

Our infrastructure is also being designed to gather and mine brain-imaging data. Clinicians and researchers would be able to access data profiles of their patients and generate risk assessment and treatment plans to address neurological conditions. This data could also be useful in establishing correlations between a myriad of brain scans, allowing us to further understand connections about the brain that have not been discovered.

 

Artificial intelligence infrastructure in the Company cloud refers to all modules used to perform automatic analysis of patient data. This infrastructure can receive inputs from many different sources such as medical databases, normative data sets, and other patient health information. By using machine-learning algorithms, the system is being designed to improve accuracy, providing for more advanced diagnostics as additional brain images are acquired.

 

The infrastructure is being designed to combine neural networks with a state-of-the-art tree search and pattern classification systems to build robust neurological health profiles of patient brain scans. These models are expected to be self-learning, so the more data supplied to it, to more “educated” it is expected to be.

 

We believe we will achieve better patient outcomes at a reduced cost through robust modelling and correlational analysis of brain imaging and other biometric data. Significant patterns recognized by the system are designed to help medical professionals detect nuances in an individual brain, allowing them to tailor more personalized treatment plans for their patients. The MemoryMD™ cloud is being designed to handle millions of brain images to create robust models that correlate health records, behaviors, and other neurological factors.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Protection of our intellectual property is a strategic priority for our business. We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets as well as nondisclosure and assignment of invention agreements, confidentiality agreements and other measures to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights.’'

 

Patents and trademarks are significant to our business to the extent that a Product or an attribute of a Product represents a unique design or process. Patent protection restricts competitors from duplicating unique designs and features. To protect our proprietary secrets and competitive technologies, we have obtained and are seeking to further obtain patent, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property protection on our Products whenever appropriate. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company has applied for one U.S. nonprovisional patent titled “Apparatus And Method For Conducting Electroencephalography” (Application No.: 15/898,611), one Chinese patent titled “Apparatus and Method for Conducting Electroencephalography” (Application No.: 201880002338.7), and one European patent titled “Apparatus And Method For Conducting Electroencephalography” (Application No.: 18757492.6), all of which relate to our NeuroCap, are pending and would expire in 2037.

 

We also own two registered trademarks (Neuro EEG and NeuroCap) and have pending applications for two additional trademark registrations (Brain Scientific and Memory MD).

 

In May 2018, we entered into a Patent Assignment and License Back Agreement with Boris Goldstein, our Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President, Dmitriy Prilutskiy, Stanislav Zabodaev and Medical Computer Systems Ltd. Pursuant to the agreement, among other things, Messrs. Goldstein, Prilutskiy and Zabodaev assigned all of their rights to a patent entitled “Apparatus And Method For Conducting Electroencephalography” (Application No.: 15/898,611), to our Company, and in return, we granted to Medical Computer Systems Ltd., an unaffiliated entity who also provides manufacturing services to us, a limited, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, nonexclusive license (without the right to sublicense or assign), to the patent, to practice, make and use the inventions, ideas and information embodied therein, and to make, use, offer to sell, sell, lease or import products, services, processes, methods and materials embodying or deriving from the inventions, ideas and information from the patent and any activities derived directly therefrom; provided, however, that if and upon FDA approval of a Product, Medical Computer Systems’ aforementioned rights shall be limited to manufacturing and sales solely to our Company or on our behalf provided that we purchase from Medical Computer Systems (and Medical Computer Systems makes available for sale) a minimum of 20,000 units of Products per calendar year on reasonable terms and conditions to be determined by the parties in good faith; provided further, however, that Medical Computer Systems can without any limitation sell products embodying or deriving from the inventions, ideas and information from the patent in (i) the territories that made up the former USSR (excluding the Baltic countries) and (ii) Japan. In furtherance of the foregoing first proviso, in the event we fail to purchase the annual minimum order for a particular calendar year, Medical Computer Systems’ limitation to manufacture and sell Products only to our Company pursuant to this proviso shall be suspended for the next calendar year.

 

Industry Overview

 

The Company competes within the domestic and global medical device industry, referred to as the “MedTech” industry, which industry, on a global scale, is expected to reach an estimated $432.6 billion by 2025, and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2020 to 2025.

 

The MedTech industry is characterized by rapid change resulting from technological advances and scientific discoveries. We believe that U.S. medical device companies are highly regarded on a global scale for their innovations and high-technology products, which innovations and products are produced due to a significant investment in research and development. U.S. sales are expected to grow from about $164 billion in 2018 to $208 billion in 2023, according to Fitch.

 

The global brain monitoring market is expected to reach $11.6 billion by 2024 from $8.7 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 6.1% during the forecast period. We believe the increasing incidence and prevalence of neurological disorders, rising awareness about neurodegenerative disorders, growing incidence of traumatic brain injuries, and the increasing applications of brain monitoring in clinical trials are driving the growth of this market. In addition, of this global market, the traumatic brain injury diagnostic market size was estimated at approximately $38 million and it is expected to reach approximately $166 million by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of 23.6%.

  

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Traumatic brain injury holds the largest share of the brain monitoring market, by disease type. Some of the major factors responsible for the large share of this market include the growing incidence of TBIs across the globe, leading to the high demand for the management of these cases—which we believe requires the intensive use of brain monitoring devices.

 

We believe the hospitals segment has accounted for the largest share of the brain monitoring market in 2019. Brain monitoring is a complex process, requiring expensive and advanced devices and equipment that are mainly found only in hospitals. Hospitals also see a considerably larger inflow of patients as compared to small clinics and other end users. Additionally, brain monitoring devices pose a considerable burden in terms of maintenance expenses on healthcare facilities; we believe that in general hospitals, more than other end users, are able to bear such costs. Hence, brain monitoring devices are mostly used in hospitals, which consequently account for the largest market share.

 

U.S. Healthcare Market

 

The National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) are the official estimates of total health care spending in the United States. U.S. health care spending grew 4.6 percent in 2018, reaching $3.6 trillion or $11,172 per person. As a share of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, health spending accounted for 17.7%.

 

Digital health innovations are driving growth and opportunity in three major verticals of healthcare:

 

Remote Patient Monitoring. Devices and applications that allow care providers to keep tabs on chronically ill, recently released, and overall “high-risk” patients (also referred to as remote patient management, or RPM). Wearable patches that diagnose heart conditions, sensors that monitor asthma medication intake, and glucose monitors that send diabetics’ data straight to their smartphones are just a few examples.

 

Telehealth. Doctor access and advice, from outside the confines of an office visit. It could be mental health counselling from across the country, diagnosis and prescription writing in pediatrics without taking a sick child to the office, alternatives to primary care physician visits, and other, similar events.

 

Behavior Modification. Platforms that help patients change their habits and adopt healthier lifestyles, with the primary aim of preventing illness and a clinically validated methodology of doing so. That includes smoking cessation tools and diabetes prevention through digital weight loss and coaching, among other technologies.

  

Athletic Performance Market

 

Athletic performance encompasses the treatment and prevention of injuries related to athletics and exercise.

 

The growth of this market can be attributed to increased participation in athletic activities, thus leading to an increased risk of injuries. Also, government support for participation in athletics to combat high obesity rates is expected to boost participation in athletics.

 

Our business plan includes positioning our products and services as a go-to choice in diagnostic tools for brain-related sports injuries. The EEG with cortical brain maps is highly capable of identifying post-concussion syndrome. Concussions and traumatic brain injuries caused by contact sports are a growing widespread issue among athletes. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur each year.

 

If left undetected, concussions can lead to long-term brain damage and may even be fatal. Without professional doctors to survey the true damage of the head impact, athletes often ignore head impacts and later suffer from the consequences. Since an estimated 90% of diagnosed concussions do not include a loss of consciousness, many head impact injuries are dismissed. To prevent these outcomes, it is critical that coaches and players are aware of the dangers of contact sports and are able to conduct a proper concussion evaluation. The growing number of sports related brain injuries suggests that there is an unmet demand for a quick assessment and delivery of brain damage, which we believe our products and services can provide.

   

Government Initiatives – Pre COVID 19 Pandemic

 

Although the Covid-19 pandemic has abruptly changed the world, which we hope is temporary, prior to the outbreak, there was a surge of regional tensions and national security threats and many countries, including the United States, were increasing defense budgets. Also, prior to the pandemic, we expected that stable growth in global GDP, lower commodity prices, and an increase in travel demand could lead to more defense spending as well as investing in next generation military equipment and technology to combat terrorism and cyber-threats. While many of those expectations and paradigms have now changed, we expect that they will return as the pandemic is contained and the world economy rebounds.

 

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The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency supports the Brain Initiative, which is a program designed to revolutionize the understanding of the human brain to find new ways to treat, cure, and prevent brain disorders. We believe our product and service offerings can be an asset in providing millions of brain scans that allow for research and analysis. In addition to the Brain Initiative and other Government sponsored research and grants, our scalable, easy to use EEG can serve the military and can be deployed in the field for either proactive brain monitoring or reactive emergency response.

 

Education Enhancement

 

Global education and training expenditures are estimated to reach approximately $10 trillion by 2030 as population growth and technology in developing markets is expected to fuel a massive expansion in education, and training.

 

The growth in the market is due to an increase in the attendance of students, the promotion of online learning, a rise in tuition costs, an escalation of graduation rates, and an expansion of scientific research. Parents are willing to spend on education for their children and government initiated awareness programs promote the importance of education. The US is one of the most efficient, and therefore desired, destinations for educational purposes. In the United States, higher growth opportunity and better career prospects reinforce the need for education and research.

 

Since analysis of EEGs are useful in recognizing cognitive differences, the brain scans of the up-to 50 million potential customers in this space can be a stepping stone for further research. Furthermore, the cognitive measurements of EEGs are useful in assessing the effectiveness of an educational program. Conclusions drawn from the analysis can then be further applied in the classroom in the future. The goal of selling to the education market is to have the opportunity to measure baseline EEGs of students. The baseline EEGs can serve in multiple studies, including those that evaluate the best methods of teaching and learning in the classroom. Some additional uses of EEGs within the education market include research and analysis into the brain images of students with learning disabilities. 

 

Clinical Trials

 

The global healthcare contract research organization market size is expected to reach approximately $62.1 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 6.6% over the same period, primarily resulting from the increasing cost of drug development. Rising cost of clinical trials and challenges pertaining to patient recruitment have led biopharmaceutical companies to turn to regions like Central and Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East for cost savings and quick patient recruitment.

 

Clinical trials assess the safety and efficacy of a new drug, therapy, surgical procedure, medical device, or other intervention and are essential tools in conducting research. When used in clinical trials, we expect our products and services will give a fast and accurate analysis that may speed the clinical trial process. Moreover, clinical imaging is the technique and process of capturing images of the human body for clinical purposes to reveal, diagnose or examine diseases. Our EEG is a clinical imaging tool that can acquire millions of clinical images stored on a cloud infrastructure. A vast number of clinical images can assist in revealing, diagnosing, and examining neurological conditions.

 

The Global Telemedicine Market/Industry

 

In addition to the MedTech industry, we are also seeking to participate within the rapidly expanding global telemedicine industry/market. This industry focuses on the delivery of healthcare services, consultations and advice to patients wherever they are through the means of technology, software mediated video and data portals. We believe that there is and will continue to be significant demand for such services given the need to match physicians with patients in remote areas or without having patients travel long distances to access the care they need. We also believe that there is a major need within this industry to also provide point of care diagnostic, which we are seeking to develop as a niche, especially within neurology.

 

The global telemedicine market was estimated at approximately $31.5 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19.28% by 2025.

 

Factor such as, rising emergency medical incidents and ageing world population are anticipated to drive such growth. North America is anticipated to account for a significant portion of market share, and the U.S. is expected to be the largest telemedicine market in North America over this period. The Europe telemedicine market is also expected to grow substantially, due to factors such as rising cost of healthcare and rising prevalence of chronic diseases, while Asia-Pacific is projected to record the fastest growth over such period.

 

Market Dynamics

 

Driver: Growing incidence of traumatic brain injuries

 

A traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) is non-degenerative, non-congenital damage to the brain from an external mechanical force, possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment. TBI is a major public health concern, and the most common cause of death and disability in developed as well as developing countries.

  

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According to the CDC, TBI is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, responsible for approximately 2.8 million accidents and emergency department visits annually in the U.S. and approximately 1 million in the UK. It is one of the most common causes of mortality in people aged under 25, and its incidence is high in adults and very young children, as well. However, the rate of TBI-related hospitalizations and deaths is the highest in the elderly. According to Headway, in 2016–2017, there were 348,453 hospital admissions related to brain injuries in the UK. 

 

TBI, if ignored, can lead to permanent disabilities or death. Close monitoring and immediate therapy for related abnormalities are crucial to reducing the rate of mortality or morbidity associated with TBIs. As intercranial pressure monitoring (ICP) is the most common cause of death in patients with severe TBI, ICP monitoring is considered as the standard of care. The growing incidence of TBIs is, therefore, likely to support market growth.

 

Opportunity: Increasing Expanding therapeutic applications of brain monitoring devices

 

Apart from applications in neurological disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychiatric disorders, brain monitoring devices are also used in other therapeutic areas like insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep apnea. Quantitative EEG analysis is widely used to investigate the neurophysiological characteristics of insomnia. EEG biofeedback is a training process that has been scientifically proven to aid in the management of PTSD.

 

A number of research studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of neurofeedback for PTSD in adults. For instance, a research study published by the NCBI in 2016 demonstrated that 24 sessions of neurofeedback significantly reduced PTSD symptoms in adult sample populations. Similar studies are also being conducted in children. Such positive research outcomes suggest that neurofeedback is a promising approach in the treatment of PTSD. This is especially important because existing treatments can be quite difficult to tolerate and have limited effectiveness for many individuals with PTSD. In addition, EEG is routinely used to measure and record brain wave activity for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. These extended applications of brain monitoring devices are expected to provide growth opportunities for players operating in this market.

 

Challenge: Shortage of trained professionals

 

Trained medical personnel are required to effectively operate devices involved in the complex process of brain monitoring. The positioning of electrodes on the scalp and the insertion of muscular needles require accuracy and can be performed only by highly trained personnel. In addition, the results generated by brain monitoring machines are complex and can only be interpreted by qualified technicians or skilled professionals. Without these fundamental skills, end users will face difficulties in maximizing the utility of their brain monitoring equipment. The presence of highly skilled medical personnel and staff is, therefore, vital for the effective use of brain monitoring equipment.

 

Currently, there is a shortage of skilled medical personnel in both developed and developing countries. It has been estimated that the United States will see a shortage of up to nearly 122,000 physicians by 2032 as demand for physicians continues to grow faster than supply, Furthermore, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, there is a projected shortage of registered nurses in the US, and it is expected to intensify by 2030. Moreover, the shortage of trained and experienced neurodiagnostic technologists globally has compelled hospitals to cross-train other allied health professionals to perform neurodiagnostic examinations. This presents a key challenge for the growth of the global brain monitoring devices market.

 

We believe the market remains fragmented as many medical practices rely on dated technology and complicated brain monitoring solutions. We also believe that the overpricing and technological barriers currently existing in the market make our innovative EEG platform truly disruptive by being both user friendly and cost effective.

 

Competition

 

Our Products face a mixture of competitors ranging from large manufacturers with multiple business lines to small manufacturers offering a limited selection of products and services. Many of the competitors whom we directly compete with include companies who develop or intend to develop medical EEG products with FDA clearance to support clinical diagnosis of brain disorders. Our indirect competitors offer similar products and services, but target audiences in the clinical research and consumer solutions markets, as opposed to the medical solution market the Company targets. These indirect competitors are largely focused on the development of EEG products for research, consumer, and athletic application.

 

Major shifts in industry market share have occurred in connection with product problems, physician advisories, safety alerts, and publications about MedTech products, reflecting the importance of product quality, product efficacy, and quality systems in the medical device industry. In addition, in the current environment of managed care, economically motivated customers, consolidation among health care providers, increased competition, and declining reimbursement rates, the Company anticipates an increasing need to compete on the basis of price and quality. In order to continue to compete effectively, we must continue to create or acquire advanced technology, incorporate this technology into our current and future proprietary Products, obtain regulatory approvals in a timely manner, maintain high-quality manufacturing processes, and successfully market these Products. Some of these initiatives include, but are not limited to, creating integrated cloud solutions that connect specialists with generalists for simple data transfer and analysis, streamlining clinical diagnoses with new medical devices, and opening up revenue streams from secondary healthcare markets, such as primary care medical professionals who utilize EEG analyses in their practices.

  

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The medical device companies who we deem as competitors include the following, along with a description of their business based on publicly available information:

 

Advanced Brain Monitoring - A California- based private company specializing in developing neurological medical devices. The company specializes in two specific areas: neurotechnology and sleep medicine. Advanced Brain Monitoring primarily is a medical device and software company that sells its products to clinical trials and pharmaceutical companies, ignoring several profitable and addressable markets.

 

Elmiko Medical - A Warsaw-based private company specializing in designing and developing medical electronics and IT solutions. Elmiko primarily sells their products and services to scientific institutes, medical universities, hospitals, and private clinics across the world.

 

Contec - A China-based private medical device company focusing on research, manufacturing, and distribution of medical instrument since 1996. Contec currently has over 20 products in its portfolio focusing on the medical-technology industry ranging from stethoscopes to EEGs.

 

EGI (Electrical Geodesics, Inc) - An Oregon-based medical-device company founded in 1992, EGI specializes in making dense array EEG (dEEG) for research laboratories.

 

Masimo Corporation - A California-based public (NASDAQ: MASI) medical technology company that develops and manufactures innovative noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, including medical devices and a wide array of sensors. Masimo has a wide array of products, ranging from pulse oximetry to EEGs. The company serves mainly the sleep study, clinical trial, and athletic performance markets.

 

NeuroSky, Inc - A health and wellness tracking and analysis company that are advancing health solutions through consumer wearables and mobile devices, including biosensor technologies.

 

Oculogica, Inc – A private company looking to better learn and treat concussions, having developed an eye tracking technology that works to detect concussions, the severity of the concussion, and the treatment for the concussion.

 

Picofemto LLC - A healthcare company focusing on assisting clinicians and research professionals with a web platform that analyzes raw primary medical data at the point of evaluation. They have developed a cloud-based service called Cliniscan, which allows the clinician and researcher to work in the cloud with a wide range of biomedical modalities.

 

Satoris, Inc - A molecular diagnostics company, engages in the development and commercialization of neurodiagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease. Satoris plans to have their product manage and treat neurodegenerative diseases through diagnostic tests. These tests are developed through data of molecular biology and bioinformatics.

 

CAS Medical Systems, Inc - A developer of innovative, non-invasive vital signs monitoring technologies and products that deliver patient data.

 

Emotiv Systems, Inc. - A bioinformatics company advancing understanding of the human brain using EEG. Their technology aims to track cognitive performance, monitor emotions, and control both virtual and physical objects via machine learning of trained mental commands.

 

Atlas Wearables, Inc. - A data analytics company and the developer of a fitness monitor designed to improve indoor and outdoor training. Their goal is to use the combination of data acquired from the lab along with each unique set of data from the customer, to provide clear and current knowledge based on data results.

 

BaziFIT - A modular sensor system that works to monitor the neuromuscular efficiency, strength, stability, and calories burned during the customer’s workout. Their physical technology is an attachment that goes on various workout equipment that helps the customer get exercise content and quantifiable feedback on every workout instantly. Their app uses the data collected by their attachment to assess the customer’s progress and health and suggests various workouts for the customer to do to optimize the progress of their health.

 

MAD Apparel Inc. - The developer of the product Athos, a performance apparel that monitors biosignals and distills them into meaningful information to improve the level of exercise the customer is performing. The technology receives data in real time and shows the customer their stats so they can alter or continue the workout.

 

Mechio Inc. - A developer of wearable fitness technology to monitor the health, fitness, and sleep of the customer.

 

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Sarvint Technologies, Inc. - An Atlanta-based wearables technology company born from smart-garment technology research at Georgia Tech. The research led to the development of their Smart Shirt, a garment that uses special fibers to detect and monitor body vital signs. It then sends these signals to a program that can be downloaded onto smart phones to easily monitor the information collected.

 

Sensifree Inc. – A company developing technology to solve the shortcomings of optical sensors. Their RF based sensor technology monitors heart rate from different parts of the human body.

 

Sensoria Inc. - A developer of wearable fitness technology that collects fitness data and connects with a real time virtual coach that gives performance and running form feedback.

 

CorTechs Labs- A developer of medical device software solutions capable of automatically segmenting and quantifying brain structures, making quantitative analysis of MRI images of the human brain a routine part of clinical practice.

 

Other EEG makers that we may compete against include Ceribell, Biosignal Group and Zeto. The major U.S. medical device companies who we deem as competitors include Baxter, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, Boston Scientific, GE Healthcare Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, St. Jude, Stryker Corporation, and Medtronic. Many of the companies against which we may compete in the future have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic industries may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller number of our competitors. Smaller or early stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies. These competitors also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel and establishing clinical trial sites and subject registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our development.

 

We intend to compete based on our belief in the superiority of our products and services in functionality, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, ease of use and accuracy.

 

Because our business plan contemplates servicing the neurotech industry across multiple platforms including hardware, software, service and cloud computing, and our existing and proposed product and service platforms are in a growing industry, we believe we are in a position to take a leadership position within the sector due to our:

 

Strong Portfolio of Intellectual Property. Our diverse intellectual property portfolio includes a series of patents and FDA approvals, ranging from hardware to firmware applications.

 

Diverse Commercial Application Opportunities. From smart wearable devices that monitor cognitive and behavioral health in real-time, to enhanced Brain Computer Interface (“BCI”) capabilities within the connected home and car environments, our EEG technologies span a range of novel applications and commercial uses, including:

 

o Global Brain Monitoring Market

 

o U.S. Healthcare Market

 

o Athletic Performance

 

o Government Initiatives

 

o Education Enhancement

 

o Clinical Trials

 

Scalable Integration. We believe that we offer the highest level of integration and flexibility while providing an optimal combination of convenience and performance. This is achieved through the modular design and build of our products, allowing seamless integration of hardware and software components into existing platforms. We are also engaged with strategic partners to augment the next generation of health wearables and technologies, forging relationships with companies and individuals seeking to implement EEG solutions across a multitude of segments.

 

Experienced Leadership Team. The MemoryMD™ team has over 30 years of combined experience in sectors spanning across artificial intelligence, data mining, software development, commercialization, EEG imaging, and biotechnology. With a firm background in medical grade EEG applications, our team has a qualified perspective on electrode quality and brain wave interpretation.

 

Centralized Cloud Data Collection. Neuro-net algorithms and other mathematical models based on EEG interpretation mine for unique brain patterns on a global scale. These patterns are continuously trained and visualized to provide reliable health data and insights that consumers, developers, and companies can leverage across the entire MemoryMD™ platform.

 

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Market Application

 

For neurologists and other health providers, we aim to provide a solution for monitoring patient health and safety across a variety of locations including the hospital, specialized clinics, and home settings. In managing patients with epilepsy, providers can improve in areas concerning patient re-admittance, patient mortality and morbidity. Providers can also proactivity prevent the onset of negative chronic health conditions by engaging with at-risk populations at a fraction of the cost by implementing our affordable EEG solutions.

 

For health providers, our offering of an EEG monitoring solution could ease data collection efforts. By providing an accurate and consistent stream of EEG data, our products and services are being designed to allow physicians and other health professionals to make use of newly available bio-metric data to improve diagnosis, treatment and management of various neurological illnesses, effectively increasing the quality and value add of medical services.

 

Our portability and integration potential augment the existing suite of remote monitoring solutions, allowing physicians to more accurately differentiate between nuanced neurological conditions happening within and outside the hospital setting. An example includes helping neurologist’s contrast nocturnal epilepsy patterns across other sleep disorders such as parasomnias where individuals engage in abnormal movements during sleep.

 

Furthermore, we believe a range of medical based applications can be created in conjunction with our EEG solutions around managing patient behavior, offering incentives and parameters for individuals. By understanding what is going on with their brain and being alerted when discrepancies occur, we believe that physicians will be able to better communicate health information, improving the effectiveness and relationship between physicians and patients in improving health outcomes, and individuals with the support of their physicians will be able to better regulate targeted mental states or emotions reducing the sole reliance on on-site visits to hospitals for mental health treatment plans.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

We have commenced the commercial roll-out of the NeuroEEG™ and NeuroCap™, on a limited basis, initially targeting the United States market following with Canada market. We expect the following developmental milestones to be completed within the next 24 months, subject to cash availability:

 

Scale production in US, Europe and Russia

 

Release new products to the market:

 

o 12 channel EEG cap for adults and pediatric use

 

o Long Term Monitoring caps

 

o Long Term Monitoring 24 channel EEG

 

Data storage for normalized data brain scans

 

AI neuro net development focused on epilepsy to start, with following up on pre-Alzheimer and BCI prediction

 

Minimally invasive graphene electrodes connected to the micro EEG

 

Expend AI prediction toward concussion, pain and autism applications

 

File international applications in Latin America, Europe and beyond.

 

We are identifying additional long-term partners to accelerate market penetration, product diversification, and ultimate survivability across targeted verticals. Through new implementations of our EEG products and services, we expect to retain and capture additional market share through continuous enhancements.

 

We plans to utilize partner relationships and co-marketing opportunities as the initial driver of our marketing efforts, thereby benefiting from increased speed-to-market, as well as the ability to leverage a pre-existing audience/customer base and communications channels. We expect to offer to early adopters our products and services at preferential rates in exchange for expediting development, distribution, and sales of such products and services.

 

Our marketing and sales strategy is focused on rapid, cost-effective delivery of high-quality products into the U.S. and international healthcare market. The sales strategy is based on penetrating the neurology and diagnostic imaging subsectors of the MedTech industry market via planned medical device distributor arrangements or partnering on distribution of NeuroCaps through existing EEG manufacturers, and expanding into nursing homes and primary care practices. Included amongst the customers to whom we intend to market and sell our Products through distributors and partners (B2B), are individual physicians, medical practices, urgent care facilities, physician associations, and other medical professionals and medical professional groups, hospitals, health clinics, nursing homes, physical rehabilitation centers, addiction rehabilitation centers and other medical institutions, athletic organizations, and colleges, universities, and other academic institutions.

 

We intend for our products’ initial entry into the market would be at emergency departments, ICU’s and other acute care settings in the United States.

  

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We will also be looking at forming partnerships with national and global telemedicine and teleneurology companies in order to leverage their relationships, to access our target end-users. This would allow our initial entry into the rapidly growing global telemedicine and teleneurology markets.

  

As we grow, we intend to expand to global distributors, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) of medical supplies, and Independent Physician Associations (IPAs) to scale business operations. At this time, we do not provide financing for potential customers, but we are evaluating implementing a leasing program.

 

We do not at this time have plans to have direct sales or hire a direct sales force.

 

In 2019, we commenced acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our officers and directors) in Russia, which we expect to continue while we commercialize our Products and seek to generate material revenue from those sources. While we intend to continue the sale of third party medical devices, we do not intend for it to be our primary source of revenue in the long-term and expect to curtail or cease this line of operations as, if and when we commence generating material, recurring revenues from our Products.

 

Reimbursement

 

Coverage in the United States

 

Reimbursement from private third-party healthcare payors and, to a lesser extent, Medicare will be an important element of our success. Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, or CMS, and third-party payors have adopted coverage policies for our targeted indications, there is no guarantee this will continue at the same levels or at all in the future.

 

Regarding ICD-10 codes, the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) is a clinical cataloging system that went into effect for the U.S. healthcare industry on Oct. 1, 2015, after a series of lengthy delays. Accounting for modern advances in clinical treatment and medical devices, ICD-10 codes offer many more classification options compared to those found in its predecessor, ICD-9. Within the healthcare industry, providers, coders, IT professionals, insurance carriers, government agencies and others use ICD codes to properly note diseases on health records, to track epidemiological trends and to assist in medical reimbursement decisions.

 

We believe that many of the indications we are pursuing with our technologies are currently reimbursed on a widespread basis by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies.

 

Medicare, Medicaid, health maintenance organizations and other third-party payors are increasingly attempting to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement of new medical devices, and, as a result, their coverage policies may be restrictive, or they may not cover or provide adequate payment for our Products. In order to obtain reimbursement arrangements, we may have to agree to a net sales price lower than the net sales price we might charge in other sales channels. Our revenue may be limited by the continuing efforts of government and third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare through various increasingly sophisticated means, such as requiring prospective reimbursement and second opinions, purchasing in groups, or redesigning benefits. Our future dependence on the commercial success of our technologies makes us particularly susceptible to any cost containment or reduction efforts. Accordingly, unless government and other third-party payors provide adequate coverage and reimbursement for our Products and the related insertion and removal procedures, our financial performance may be limited.

 

Coverage Outside the United States

 

If we seek to commercialize our Products in countries outside the United States, coverage may be available from certain governmental authorities, private health insurance plans, and labor unions. Coverage systems in international markets vary significantly by country and, within some countries, by region. If we seek to commercialize our technology, if approved, outside the U.S., coverage approvals must be obtained on a country-by-country, region-by-region or, in some instances, a case-by case basis. Based on our ongoing evaluation, certain countries reimburse more highly than others.

 

Manufacturing, Supply and Quality Assurance

 

We currently outsource the supply and manufacture of all components of our NeuroEEG and NeuroCap. We plan to continue with an outsourced manufacturing arrangement for the foreseeable future. We expect that our third-party manufacturers will be competent to manufacture our Products and have quality systems established that meet FDA requirements. We believe the manufacturers we currently utilize or that we may utilize in the future have sufficient capacity to meet our launch requirements if our technology under development is approved in the future and are able to scale up their capacity relatively quickly with minimal capital investment. We believe that, as we increase our demand in the future, our per unit costs will decrease materially. We have also identified capable second source manufacturers and suppliers in the event of disruption from any of our primary vendors.

 

Our suppliers meet ISO 13485:2003 certification, which includes design control requirements. As a medical device developer, the facilities of our sterilization and other critical suppliers are subject to periodic inspection by the FDA and corresponding state and foreign agencies. We plan to audit our suppliers periodically to ensure conformity with the specifications, policies and procedures for our devices.

 

With respect to graphene electrodes, our goal is to start working with specific 3D printers and print prototypes of the next generation electrodes. Upon successful testing, of which we can give no assurance of success, we plan to submit the graphene electrode for biocompatibility testing in 2020/2021 with a follow up application to the FDA in 2021 and projected approval in 2022 with commercial implementation to follow.

  

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Research and Development

 

Our research and development programs are generally pursued by engineers and scientists employed by us on a full-time basis or hired as per diem consultants or through partnerships with industry leaders in manufacturing and design and researchers and academia. We are also working with subcontractors in developing specific components of our technologies.

 

The primary objective of our research and development program is to advance the development of our existing and proposed Products, to enhance the commercial value of such Products.

 

We have incurred research and development costs of $103,616 for the year ended December 31, 2019 and $210,206 for the year ended December 31, 2018.We have commenced evaluating the use of graphene for brain electrodes, with an affiliate of Boris Goldstein, our Chairman of the Board. We believe the main benefits of using graphene for electrodes are:

 

High conductivity

 

No reaction to any chemicals or human organs

 

Very thin

 

Extremely strong

 

Anti-bacterial

 

Inexpensive compared to platinum

 

Anti-static

 

Potential electronic applications of graphene in EEG include ultra-small transistors, super-dense data storage, touchscreens and a wearable e-tattoo EEG patch. In the energy field, potential applications include ultra-capacitors to store and transmit electrical power as well as highly efficient solar cells. We believe graphene-based batteries in EEG will be able to charge faster and last longer, although we have not commenced any work towards that goal at this time.

 

We also have formed a Medical Advisory Board. The current members are Dr. John Gaitanis, MD, Tufts Medical Center; and Dr. John Hixson, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California San Francisco. We intend to grant to such members from time to time equity for the services they provide to us.

 

Government Regulation

 

Our NeuroEEG and NeuroCap are each a medical device subject to extensive and ongoing regulation by the FDA, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, the European Commission, and regulatory bodies in other countries. Regulations cover virtually every critical aspect of a medical device company’s business operations, including research activities, product development, quality and risk management, contracting, reimbursement, medical communications, and sales and marketing. In the United States, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, and the implementing regulations of the FDA govern product design and development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, premarket clearance or approval, product manufacturing, quality systems, import and export, product labeling, product storage, recalls and field safety corrective actions, advertising and promotion, product sales and distribution, and post-market clinical surveillance. Our business is subject to federal, state, local, and foreign regulations, such as ISO 13485, ISO 14971, FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, contained in 21 CFR Part 820, and the European Commission’s Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and its amendments.

 

U.S. Regulation

 

The FDA characterizes medical devices into one of three classes. Devices that are considered by the FDA to pose lower risk are classified as Class I or II. Class I devices and are subject to controls for labeling, pre-market notification and adherence to the FDA’s QSR. This pertains to manufacturers’ methods and documentation of the design, testing, production, control quality assurance, labeling, packaging, sterilization, storage and shipping of products, but are usually exempt from premarket notification requirements. Class II devices are subject to the same general controls but may be subject to special controls such as performance standards, post-market surveillance, FDA guidelines, or particularized labeling, and may also require clinical testing prior to clearance or approval. Class III devices are those for which insufficient information exists to assure safety and effectiveness solely through general or special controls, including devices that support or sustain human life, are of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health, or which present a potential, unreasonable risk of illness or injury.

  

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Some Class I and Class II devices are exempted by regulation from the pre-market notification requirement under Section 510(k) of the FDCA, also referred to as a 510(k) clearance, and the requirement of compliance with substantially all of the QSR. However, a pre-market approval, or PMA application, is required for devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting or certain implantable devices, or those that are “not substantially equivalent” either to a device previously cleared through the 510(k) process or to a “preamendment” Class III device in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976 when PMA applications were not required. The PMA approval process is more comprehensive than the 510(k) clearance process and typically takes several years to complete. While the 510(k) process is typically shorter than a PMA process, both the 510(k) clearance and PMA processes can be expensive and lengthy.

  

Our NeuroCap device is characterized as a Class I device and NeuroEEG device is characterized as a Class II device.

 

FDA review of a PMA application generally takes between one and three years, but may take significantly longer. The FDA can delay, limit or deny approval of a PMA application for many reasons, including:

 

the device may not be safe, effective, reliable or accurate to the FDA’s satisfaction;

 

the data from pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may be insufficient to support approval;

 

the manufacturing process or facilities may not meet applicable requirements; and

 

changes in FDA approval policies or adoption of new regulations may require additional data.

 

If an FDA evaluation of a PMA application is favorable, the FDA will either issue an approval letter, or approvable letter, which usually contains a number of conditions that must be met in order to secure final approval of the PMA. When and if those conditions have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the FDA, the agency will issue a PMA approval letter authorizing commercial marketing of a device, subject to the conditions of approval and the limitations established in the approval letter. If the FDA’s evaluation of a PMA application or manufacturing facilities is not favorable, the FDA will deny approval of the PMA or issue a not approvable letter. The FDA also may determine that additional tests or clinical trials are necessary, in which case the PMA approval may be delayed for several months or years while the trials are conducted, and data is submitted in an amendment to the PMA. The PMA process can be expensive, uncertain and lengthy and a number of devices for which FDA approval has been sought by other companies have never been approved by the FDA for marketing.

 

New PMA applications or PMA supplements may be required for modifications to the manufacturing process, labeling, device specifications, materials or design of a device that has been approved through the PMA process. PMA supplements often require submission of the same type of information as an initial PMA application, except that the supplement is limited to information needed to support any changes from the device covered by the approved PMA application and may or may not require as extensive technical or clinical data or the convening of an advisory panel.

 

Clinical trials are typically required to support a PMA application and are sometimes required for a 510(k) clearance. These trials generally require submission of an application for an IDE, to the FDA. The IDE application must be supported by appropriate data, such as animal and laboratory testing results, showing that it is safe to test the device in humans and that the testing protocol is scientifically sound. The IDE application must be approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of patients, unless the product is deemed a non-significant risk device and eligible for abbreviated IDE requirements. Generally, clinical trials for a significant risk device may begin once the IDE application is approved by the FDA and the study protocol and informed consent are approved by appropriate institutional review boards at the clinical trial sites. The FDA’s approval of an IDE allows clinical testing to go forward, but it does not bind the FDA to accept the results of the trial as sufficient to prove the product’s safety and efficacy, even if the trial meets its intended success criteria. All clinical trials must be conducted in accordance with the FDA’s IDE regulations that govern investigational device labeling, prohibit promotion, and specify an array of recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring responsibilities of study sponsors and study investigators. Clinical trials must further comply with the FDA’s regulations for institutional review board approval and for informed consent and other human subject protections. Required records and reports are subject to inspection by the FDA. The results of clinical testing may be unfavorable or, even if the intended safety and efficacy success criteria are achieved, may not be considered sufficient for the FDA to grant approval or clearance of a product. Clinical trials must be entered into the clinical trials registry at clintrials.gov.

 

The commencement or completion of any clinical trial may be delayed or halted, or be inadequate to support approval of a PMA application, for numerous reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

the FDA or other regulatory authorities do not approve a clinical trial protocol or a clinical trial, or place a clinical trial on hold;

 

patients do not enroll in clinical trials at the rate expected;

 

patients, sponsor or study sites do not comply with trial protocols;

 

patient follow-up is not at the rate expected;

 

patients experience adverse side effects;

  

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patients die during a clinical trial, even though their death may not be related to the products that are part of our trial;

 

institutional review boards and third-party clinical investigators may delay or reject the trial protocol;

 

third-party clinical investigators decline to participate in a trial or do not perform a trial on the anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical trial protocol, good clinical practices or other FDA requirements;

 

the sponsor or third-party organizations do not perform data collection, monitoring and analysis in a timely or accurate manner or consistent with the clinical trial protocol or investigational or statistical plans;

 

third-party clinical investigators have significant financial interests related to the sponsor or the study that the FDA deems to make the study results unreliable, or the company or investigators fail to disclose such interests;

 

regulatory inspections of our clinical trials or manufacturing facilities, which may, among other things, require us to undertake corrective action or suspend or terminate our clinical trials;

 

changes in governmental regulations or administrative actions;

 

the interim or final results of the clinical trial are inconclusive or unfavorable as to safety or efficacy; and

 

the FDA concludes that our trial design is inadequate to demonstrate safety and efficacy.

 

International Regulation

 

International sales of medical devices are subject to local government regulations, which may vary substantially from country to country. The time required to obtain approval in another country may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval, and the requirements may differ. There is a trend towards harmonization of quality system standards among the European Union, United States, Canada and various other industrialized countries.

 

The primary regulatory body in Europe is that of the European Union, the European Commission, which includes most of the major countries in Europe. Other countries, such as Switzerland, have voluntarily adopted laws and regulations that mirror those of the European Union with respect to medical devices. The European Union has adopted numerous directives and standards regulating the design, manufacture, clinical trials, labeling and adverse event reporting for medical devices. Devices that comply with the requirements of these relevant directives will be entitled to bear the CE conformity marking, indicating that the device conforms to the essential requirements of the applicable directives and, accordingly, can be commercially distributed throughout Europe. The method of assessing conformity varies depending on the class of the product, but normally involves a combination of self-assessment by the manufacturer and a third party assessment by a “Notified Body.” This third-party assessment may consist of an audit of the manufacturer’s quality system and specific testing of the manufacturer’s product. An assessment by a Notified Body of one country within the European Union is required in order for a manufacturer to commercially distribute the product throughout the European Union. Additional local requirements may apply on a country-by-country basis. Outside of the European Union, regulatory approval would need to be sought on a country-by-country basis in order for us to market our Products.

 

Medical devices in Europe are classified into four primary categories. They are as follows:

 

Non-invasive devices

 

Invasive medical devices

 

Active medical devices

 

Special Rules (including contraceptive, disinfectant, and radiological diagnostic medical devices)

 

Devices are further segmented into the classes noted below. In Vitro Diagnostic devices (IVDs) have their own classification scheme and while active implantable devices do not follow the same classification system as provided by the Medical Device Directive (MDD), they are subject to similar requirements as Class III devices:

 

Class I – Provided non-sterile or do not have a measuring function (low risk)

 

Class I – Provided sterile and/or have a measuring function (low/medium risk)

 

Class IIa (medium risk)

 

Class IIb (medium/high risk)

 

Class III (high risk)

  

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We have established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Russia and are seeking to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Europe (Poland) for product distribution and certification.

 

Other Regulatory Requirements

 

Even after a device receives clearance or approval and is placed in commercial distribution, numerous regulatory requirements apply. These include:

 

establishment registration and device listing;

 

QSR, which requires manufacturers, including third party manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, risk management, production, control, supplier/contractor selection, complaint handling, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the manufacturing process;

 

labeling regulations that prohibit the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved or “off-label” uses, and impose other restrictions on labeling, advertising and promotion;

 

MDR regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur;

 

voluntary and mandatory device recalls to address problems when a device is defective and could be a risk to health; and

 

corrections and removals reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA field corrections and product recalls or removals if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health.

 

Also, the FDA may require us to conduct post-market surveillance studies or establish and maintain a system for tracking our Products through the chain of distribution to the patient level. The FDA enforces regulatory requirements by conducting periodic, unannounced inspections and market surveillance. Inspections may include the manufacturing facilities of our subcontractors.

 

Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement actions by the FDA and other regulatory agencies. These may include any of the following sanctions or consequences:

 

warning letters or untitled letters that require corrective action;

 

fines and civil penalties;

 

unanticipated expenditures;

 

delays in approving or refusal to approve future products;

 

FDA refusal to issue certificates to foreign governments needed to export products for sale in other countries;

 

suspension or withdrawal of FDA clearance or approval;

 

product recall or seizure;

 

interruption of production;

 

operating restrictions;

 

injunctions; and

 

criminal prosecution.

  

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Our contract manufacturers, specification developers and some suppliers of components or device accessories, also are required to manufacture our Products in compliance with current good manufacturing practice requirements set forth in the QSR. The QSR requires a quality system for the design, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage, installation and servicing of marketed devices, and it includes extensive requirements with respect to quality management and organization, device design, buildings, equipment, purchase and handling of components or services, production and process controls, packaging and labeling controls, device evaluation, distribution, installation, complaint handling, servicing, and record keeping. The FDA evaluates compliance with the QSR through periodic unannounced inspections that may include the manufacturing facilities of our subcontractors. If the FDA believes that any of our contract manufacturers or regulated suppliers are not in compliance with these requirements, it can shut down such manufacturing operations, require recall of our Products, refuse to approve new marketing applications, institute legal proceedings to detain or seize products, enjoin future violations or assess civil and criminal penalties against us or our officers or other employees.

 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and Similar Foreign and State Laws and Regulations Affecting the Transmission, Security and Privacy of Health Information

 

We may also be subject to data privacy and security regulation by both the federal government and the states in which we conduct our business. HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, and their respective implementing regulations, imposes specified requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information. Among other things, HITECH makes HIPAA’s security standards directly applicable to business associates, defined as service providers of covered entities that create, receive, maintain or transmit protected health information in connection with providing a service for or on behalf of a covered entity. HITECH also created four new tiers of civil monetary penalties and gave state attorneys general new authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce the federal HIPAA laws and seek attorneys’ fees and costs associated with pursuing federal civil actions. In addition, many state laws govern the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from HIPAA and each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect.

 

Foreign data privacy regulations, such as the EU Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC), the country-specific regulations that implement Directive 95/46/EC, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also govern the processing of personally identifiable data, and may be stricter than U.S. laws.

 

Fraud and Abuse Laws

 

In addition to FDA restrictions, there are numerous U.S. federal and state laws pertaining to healthcare fraud and abuse, including anti-kickback laws and physician self-referral laws. Our relationships with healthcare providers and other third parties are subject to scrutiny under these laws. Violations of these laws are punishable by criminal and civil sanctions, including, in some instances, imprisonment and exclusion from participation in federal and state healthcare programs, including the Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Administration health programs.

 

Federal Anti-Kickback and Self-Referral Laws

 

The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or providing remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, to induce either the referral of an individual, or the furnishing, recommending, or arranging of a good or service, for which payment may be made under a federal healthcare program such as Medicare and Medicaid or other federal healthcare programs. The term “remuneration” has been broadly interpreted to include anything of value, including such items as gifts, discounts, the furnishing of supplies or equipment, credit arrangements, waiver of payments and providing anything at less than its fair market value. Although there are a number of statutory exceptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting some common activities from prosecution, the exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly. Practices that involve remuneration that may be alleged to be intended to induce prescribing, purchases or recommendations may be subject to scrutiny if they do not qualify for an exception or safe harbor. Failure to meet all of the requirements of a particular applicable statutory exception or regulatory safe harbor does not make the conduct per se illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute. Instead, the legality of the arrangement will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis based on a review of all its relevant facts and circumstances. Several courts have interpreted the statute’s intent requirement to mean that if any one purpose of an arrangement involving remuneration is to induce referrals of (or purchases, or recommendations related to) federal healthcare covered business, the Anti-Kickback Statute has been implicated and potentially violated.

 

The penalties for violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute include imprisonment for up to five years, fines of up to $25,000 per violation and possible exclusion from federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Many states have adopted prohibitions similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, some of which do not have the same exceptions and apply to the referral of patients for healthcare services reimbursed by any source, not only by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Further, the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA. Specifically, as noted above, under the Anti-Kickback Statute, the government must prove the defendant acted “knowingly” to prove a violation occurred. The PPACA added a provision to clarify that with respect to violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, “a person need not have actual knowledge” of the statute or specific intent to commit a violation of the statute. This change effectively overturns case law interpretations that set a higher standard under which prosecutors had to prove the specific intent to violate the law. In addition, the PPACA codified case law that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the federal civil False Claims Act.

  

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We plan to provide the initial training to providers and patients necessary for appropriate use of our technology either through our own educators or by contracting with outside educators that have completed an appropriate training course. Outside educators are reimbursed for their services at fair market value.

 

Noncompliance with the federal anti-kickback legislation could result in our exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs, restrictions on our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions, and civil and criminal penalties.

 

Federal law also includes a provision commonly known as the “Stark Law,” which prohibits a physician from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to an entity providing “designated health services,” including a company that furnishes durable medical equipment, in which the physician has an ownership or investment interest or with which the physician has entered into a compensation arrangement. Violation of the Stark Law could result in denial of payment, disgorgement of reimbursements received under a noncompliant arrangement, civil penalties, and exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs. We believe that we have structured our provider arrangements to comply with current Stark Law requirements.

 

Nevertheless, a determination of liability under such laws could result in fines and penalties and restrictions on our ability to operate in these jurisdictions.

 

Additionally, as some of these laws are still evolving, we lack definitive guidance as to the application of certain key aspects of these laws as they relate to our arrangements with providers with respect to patient training. We cannot predict the final form that these regulations will take or the effect that the final regulations will have on us. As a result, our provider and training arrangements may ultimately be found to be not in compliance with applicable federal law.

 

Federal False Claims Act

 

The Federal False Claims Act provides, in part, that the federal government may bring a lawsuit against any person whom it believes has knowingly presented, or caused to be presented, a false or fraudulent request for payment from the federal government, or who has made a false statement or used a false record to get a claim approved. In addition, amendments in 1986 to the Federal False Claims Act have made it easier for private parties to bring “qui tam” whistleblower lawsuits against companies under the Federal False Claims Act. Penalties include fines ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 for each false claim, plus three times the amount of damages that the federal government sustained because of the act of that person. Qui tam actions have increased significantly in recent years, causing greater numbers of healthcare companies to have to defend a false claim action, pay fines or be excluded from Medicare, Medicaid or other federal or state healthcare programs as a result of an investigation arising out of such action.

 

There are other federal anti-fraud laws that that prohibit, among other actions, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payors, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing from a healthcare benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a healthcare offense, and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.

 

Additionally, HIPAA established two federal crimes in the healthcare fraud and false statements relating to healthcare matters. The healthcare fraud statute prohibits knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private payors. A violation of this statute is a felony and may result in fines, imprisonment or exclusion from government sponsored programs. The false statements statute prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services. A violation of this statute is a felony and may result in fines or imprisonment.

 

Civil Monetary Penalties Law

 

In addition to the Anti-Kickback Statute and the civil and criminal False Claims Acts, the federal government has the authority to seek civil monetary penalties, or CMPs, assessments, and exclusion against an individual or entity based on a wide variety of prohibited conduct. For example, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law authorizes the imposition of substantial CMPs against an entity that engages in activities including, but not limited to: (1) knowingly presenting or causing to be presented, a claim for services not provided as claimed or which is otherwise false or fraudulent in any way; (2) knowingly giving or causing to be given false or misleading information reasonably expected to influence the decision to discharge a patient; (3) offering or giving remuneration to any beneficiary of a federal health care program likely to influence the receipt of reimbursable items or services; (4) arranging for reimbursable services with an entity which is excluded from participation from a federal health care program; (5) knowingly or willfully soliciting or receiving remuneration for a referral of a federal health care program beneficiary; or (6) using a payment intended for a federal health care program beneficiary for another use. Noncompliance can result in civil money penalties of up to $10,000 for each wrongful act, assessment of three times the amount claimed for each item or service and exclusion from the federal healthcare programs.

  

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State Fraud and Abuse Provisions

 

Many states have also adopted some form of anti-kickback and anti-referral laws and a false claims act. We believe that we are in conformance to such laws. Nevertheless, a determination of liability under such laws could result in fines and penalties and restrictions on our ability to operate in these jurisdictions.

 

Physician Payment Sunshine Act

 

Transparency laws regarding payments or other items of value provided to healthcare providers and teaching hospitals may also impact our business practices. The federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act requires most medical device manufacturers to report annually to the Secretary of Human Health Services financial arrangements, payments, or other transfers of value made by that entity to physicians and teaching hospitals. The payment information is made publicly available in a searchable format on a CMS website. Over the next several years, we will need to dedicate significant resources to establish and maintain systems and processes in order to comply with these regulations. Failure to comply with the reporting requirements can result in significant civil monetary penalties. Similar laws have been enacted or are under consideration in foreign jurisdictions.

 

U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

 

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, prohibits U.S. corporations and their representatives from offering, promising, authorizing or making corrupt payments, gifts or transfers to any foreign government official, government staff member, political party or political candidate in an attempt to obtain or retain business abroad. The FCPA also obligates companies whose securities are listed in the United States to comply with accounting provisions requiring the company to maintain books and records that accurately and fairly reflect all transactions of the corporation, including international subsidiaries, and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls for international operations. Activities that violate the FCPA, even if they occur wholly outside the United States, can result in criminal and civil fines, imprisonment, disgorgement, oversight, and debarment from government contracts.

 

Employees

 

As of March 27, 2020, we had seven employees, none of whom are represented by a labor union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relationship with our employee to be satisfactory.

   

ITEM 1A –  RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before you invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider the following risks, as well as general economic and business risks, and all of the other information contained in this Report. Any of the following risks could harm our business, operating results and financial condition and cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, which would cause you to lose all or part of your investment. When determining whether to invest, you should also refer to the other information contained in this Report including our financial statements and the related notes thereto.

 

Risks Relating to our Business

 

We have incurred significant operating losses since inception and cannot assure you that we will ever achieve or sustain profitability. 

 

We have incurred losses since the formation of MemoryMD in 2015 and had an accumulated deficit of $3,672,077 as of December 31, 2019 and had a working capital deficit of $897,206 as of December 31, 2019. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating and net losses for the foreseeable future. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through debt and equity financings. To date, our primary activities have been limited to, and our limited resources have been dedicated to, performing business and financial planning, raising capital, recruiting personnel, negotiating with business partners and the licensors of our intellectual property and conducting development activities, including the commercialization of our first two Products.

   

We believe that to fully implement our business strategy we need to, among other things, raise approximately or generate revenues of $10.0 million, or some combination thereof. We have never been profitable and do not expect to be profitable in the foreseeable future. Any profitability in the future will be dependent upon the successful development of our business model, of which we can give no assurance of success. We expect our expenses to increase significantly as we pursue our objectives. The extent of our future operating losses and the timing of profitability are highly uncertain, and we expect to continue incurring significant expenses and operating losses over the next several years. Our prior losses have had, and will continue to have, an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity and working capital. Any additional operating losses may have an adverse effect on our stockholders' equity, and we cannot assure you that we will ever be able to achieve profitability. Even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to become and remain profitable would depress the value of our company and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, maintain our development efforts, obtain regulatory approvals or continue our operations. Accordingly, we are a highly speculative venture involving significant financial risk.

  

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We are a development stage company with a limited operating history, making it difficult for you to evaluate our business and your investment.

 

Our operations are subject to all of the risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise, including but not limited to the absence of an operating history, lack of fully-developed or commercialized products, insufficient capital, expected substantial and continual losses for the foreseeable future, limited experience in dealing with regulatory issues, lack of manufacturing and marketing experience, need to rely on third parties for the development and commercialization of our existing and proposed Products, a competitive environment characterized by well-established and well-capitalized competitors and reliance on key personnel.

 

We may not be successful in carrying out our business objectives. The revenue and income potential of our proposed business and operations are unproven as the lack of operating history makes it difficult to evaluate the future prospects of our business. There is nothing at this time on which to base an assumption that our business operations will prove to be successful or that we will ever be able to operate profitably. Accordingly, we have no track record of successful business activities, strategic decision-making by management, fund-raising ability, and other factors that would allow an investor to assess the likelihood that we will be successful in our business. There is a substantial risk that we will not be successful in fully implementing our business plan, or if initially successful, in thereafter generating material operating revenues or in achieving profitable operations.

 

Since inception of MemoryMD in 2015, we have not established any material revenues or operations that will provide financial stability in the long term, and there can be no assurance that we will realize our plans on our projected timetable (or at all) in order to reach sustainable or profitable operations.

  

We are not currently generating any revenue from Product sales, and may never be able to successfully commercialize our NeuroEEG™ and NeuroCap™, or other future Product candidates. Even if we succeed in commercializing any of such Products, we may never generate revenues significant enough to achieve profitability.

 

In 2019, we commenced acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices in Russia (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our officers and directors), which resulted in all of our revenue for 2019. While we intend to continue the sale of third party medical devices, we do not intend for it to be our primary source of revenue in the long-term and expect to curtail or cease this line of operations as, if and when we commence generating material, recurring revenues from our Products, of which we can give no assurance. We also can give no assurance that any revenue we generate from so acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices will continue, will continue to be material or will be sufficient to enable us to continue our operations.

 

Investors are subject to all the risks incident to the creation and development of a new business and each investor should be prepared to withstand a complete loss of his, her or its investment. Furthermore, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. We have not emerged from the development stage, and may be unable to raise further equity. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

The Company has limited experience in medical device development and commercialization. Our ability to become profitable depends primarily on: our ability to develop our Products, our successful completion of all necessary pre-clinical testing and clinical trials on such Products, our ability to obtain approval for such Products and, if approved, successfully commercialize such Products, our ongoing research and development efforts, the timing and cost of clinical trials, our ability to identify personnel with the necessary skill sets or enter into favorable alliances with third-parties who can provide substantial capabilities in clinical development, regulatory affairs, sales, marketing and distribution and our ability to obtain and maintain necessary intellectual property rights to such Products. Our limited experience in medical device development may make it more difficult for us to complete these tasks.

 

Even if we successfully develop and market our Products, we may not generate sufficient or sustainable revenue to achieve or sustain profitability, which could cause us to cease operations and cause you to lose all of your investment. Because we are subject to these risks, you may have a difficult time evaluating our business and your investment in our Company.

 

Our ability to continue our operations requires that we raise additional capital and our operations could be curtailed if we are unable to obtain the additional funding as or when needed. As a result, our registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in its report on our audited financial statements included in this Annual Report. We will need to raise substantial additional funds in the future, and these funds may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. A failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed could force us to delay, limit, scale back or cease some or all operations.

 

Upon the completion of the audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, we concluded there was substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph regarding this uncertainty in its report on those financial statements.

 

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The continued growth of our business, including the development, regulatory approval and commercialization of our Products, will significantly increase our expenses going forward, regardless of our revenues. As a result, we are required to seek substantial additional funds to continue our business. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

  the cost of developing our Products;

 

  obtaining and maintaining regulatory clearance or approval for our Products;

 

  the costs associated with commercializing our Products;

 

  any change in our development priorities;

  

  the revenue generated by sales of our Products, if approved;

 

  the revenue generated by sales of third-party medical devices;

 

  the costs associated with expanding our sales and marketing infrastructure for commercialization of our Products, if approved;

 

  any change in our plans regarding the manner in which we choose to commercialize any approved Product in the United States or internationally;

 

  the cost of ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements;

 

  expenses we incur in connection with potential litigation or governmental investigations;

 

  the costs to develop additional intellectual property:

 

  anticipated or unanticipated capital expenditures; and

 

  unanticipated general and administrative expenses.

 

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, without raising additional capital or generating additional revenues, is insufficient to fund our operating expenses for the foreseeable future. We expect to seek additional capital from public or private offerings of our capital stock, borrowings under credit lines, if available, or other sources.

 

We may not be able to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Any failure to raise additional capital could compromise our ability to execute on our business plan, and we may be forced to liquidate our assets. In such a scenario, the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.

 

If we issue equity or debt securities to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders may experience dilution, and the new equity or debt securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. In addition, if we raise additional funds through collaborations, licensing, joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnership arrangements or other similar arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our potential future products or proprietary technologies, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.

   

Medical device development involves a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome. We may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development and commercialization of any Product.

 

Before obtaining marketing approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of our Products under development in the United States or elsewhere, we must complete all pre-clinical testing, clinical trials and other regulatory requirements necessitated by the FDA and foreign regulatory bodies and demonstrate the performance and safety of our Products. Clinical testing is expensive, difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete and is inherently uncertain as to outcome. A failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. Further, the outcomes of completed clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later clinical trials, and interim results of a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. Clinical data is often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their products performed satisfactorily in clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain marketing approval. We have limited resources to complete the expensive process of medical device development, pre-clinical testing and clinical trials, putting at a disadvantage, particularly compared to some of our larger and established competitors, and we may not have sufficient resources to commercialize our Products under development in a timely fashion, if ever.

 

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We may experience numerous unforeseen events during or as a result of clinical trials that could delay or prevent our ability to receive marketing approval or commercialize our Products, including:

 

  regulators may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;

 

  the failure to successfully complete pre-clinical testing requirements required by the FDA and international organizations;

 

  we may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable clinical trial contracts with third parties or clinical trial protocols with prospective trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different trial sites;

 

  clinical trials of our Products may produce negative or inconclusive results, including failure to demonstrate statistical significance, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional clinical trials or abandon our development programs;

   

  the number of people with brain related disorders required for clinical trials may be larger than we anticipate, enrollment in these clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate or people may drop out of these clinical trials or fail to return for post-treatment follow-up at a higher rate than we anticipate;

 

  our Products may have undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics, causing us or our investigators, regulators or institutional review boards to suspend or terminate the trials;

 

  our third-party contractors conducting the clinical trials may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all;

 

  regulators may require that we or our investigators suspend or terminate clinical development for various reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements or a finding that the participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks;

 

  the cost of clinical trials of our Products may be greater than we anticipate;

 

  the supply or quality of our Products or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials of our Products may be insufficient or inadequate; and

 

  delays from our suppliers and manufacturers could impact clinical trial completion and impact revenue.

    

If we are required to conduct additional clinical trials or other testing of our Products under development beyond those that we contemplate, if we are unable to successfully complete clinical trials of our Products under development or other testing, if the results of these trials or tests are not favorable or if there are safety concerns, we may:

 

  not obtain marketing approval at all;

 

  be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our Products under development in a jurisdiction;

 

  be subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; or

 

  have our Products removed from the market after obtaining marketing approval.

 

Our development costs will also increase if we experience delays in testing or marketing approvals. We do not know whether any of our clinical trials will begin as planned, will need to be restructured or will be completed on schedule, or at all. Significant clinical trial delays also could allow our competitors to bring innovative products to market before we do and impair our ability to successfully commercialize our Products.

 

 

 

 

Business or economic disruptions or global health concerns could seriously harm our business.

 

Broad-based business or economic disruptions could adversely affect our business. For example, in December 2019 an outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, and has since spread around the world. To date, this outbreak has already resulted in extended shutdowns of businesses around the world, including in the United States. We cannot presently predict the scope and severity of any potential business shutdowns or disruptions, but if we or any of the third parties with whom we engage, including the suppliers, clinical trial sites, regulators, health care providers and other third parties with whom we conduct business, were to experience shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business could be materially and negatively impacted. It is also possible that global health concerns such as this one could disproportionately impact the hospitals, clinics and healthcare providers to whom we intend to sell our products, as, if and when commercialized, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and our results of operation and financial condition.

 

Current economic and political conditions make tax rules in any jurisdiction subject to significant change.

 

We are subject to income taxes as well as non-income based taxes, in both the U.S. and ultimately various jurisdictions outside the U.S. where we intend to operate. We cannot predict the overall impact that changes or revisions to any such tax laws and regulations, whether in in the U.S. or in jurisdictions outside the U.S., may have on our business. We may be subject to ongoing tax audits in various jurisdictions, and the tax authorities conducting such audits may disagree with certain taxation positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. Although we intend to regularly assess the likely outcomes of these audits in order to determine the appropriateness of our tax obligations, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these audits, and the actual outcomes of these audits could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

 

Recent executive and legislative actions to amend or impede the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and ongoing efforts to repeal, replace or further modify the Affordable Care Act may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Recent executive and legislative actions to amend or impede the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and ongoing efforts to repeal, replace or further modify the Affordable Care Act may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

There have been judicial and congressional challenges to certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act, as well as recent efforts by the Trump administration to repeal or replace certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Since January 2017, President Trump has signed two Executive Orders and other directives designed to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act or otherwise circumvent some of the requirements for health insurance mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Concurrently, Congress has considered legislation that would repeal or repeal and replace all or part of the Affordable Care Act. While Congress has not passed comprehensive repeal legislation, two bills affecting the implementation of certain taxes under the Affordable Care Act have been signed into law. The Tax Act included a provision which repealed, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by the Affordable Care Act on certain individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate”. The 2018 Appropriations Resolution delayed the implementation of certain Affordable Care Act-mandated fees, including, without limitation, the medical device excise tax. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, or BBA, among other things, amended the Affordable Care Act, effective January 1, 2019, to close the coverage gap in most Medicare drug plans, commonly referred to as the “donut hole”. In July 2018, CMS published a final rule permitting further collections and payments to and from certain Affordable Care Act qualified health plans and health insurance issuers under the Affordable Care Act risk adjustment program in response to the outcome of federal district court litigation regarding the method CMS uses to determine this risk adjustment. On December 14, 2018, a Texas U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional in its entirety because the “individual mandate” was repealed by Congress as part of the Tax Act. While the Texas U.S. District Court Judge, as well as the Trump administration and CMS, have stated that the ruling will have no immediate effect pending appeal of the decision, it is unclear how this decision, subsequent appeals, and other efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will impact the Affordable Care Act and our business.

  

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In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. These changes included aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of up to 2% per fiscal year, which went into effect in April 2013 and, due to the BBA, will stay in effect through 2027 unless additional Congressional action is taken. In January 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among other things, further reduced Medicare payments to several providers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. These new laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which could negatively impact customers for our product candidates, if approved, and, accordingly, our financial operations.

 

We expect that other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, more rigorous coverage criteria, new payment methodologies and additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our Products.

  

We are subject to costly and complex laws and governmental regulations and any adverse regulatory action may materially adversely affect our financial condition and business operations.

 

Our medical devices are subject to regulation by numerous government agencies, including the FDA and comparable agencies outside of the U.S. To varying degrees, each of these agencies requires us to comply with laws and regulations governing the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, marketing, and distribution of our Products. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain or maintain marketing clearance for our new Products, or enhancements or modifications to existing Products, and the failure to maintain approvals or obtain approval or clearance could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of our business and our business operations. Even if we are able to obtain such approval or clearance, it may take a significant amount of time, require the expenditure of substantial resources, involve stringent clinical and pre-clinical testing, require increased post-market surveillance, involve modifications, repairs, or replacements of our Products, and result in limitation on the proposed uses of our Products.

 

Both before and after a Product or service is commercially released or offered, we have ongoing responsibilities under FDA regulations. Many of our facilities and procedures and those of our suppliers are also subject to periodic inspections by the FDA to determine compliance with the FDA’s requirements, including the quality system regulations and medical device reporting regulations. The results of these inspections can include inspectional observations on FDA’s Form-483, warning letters, or other forms of enforcement. If the FDA were to conclude that we are not in compliance with applicable laws or regulations, or that any of our medical devices are ineffective or pose an unreasonable health risk, the FDA could ban such medical devices, detain or seize adulterated or misbranded medical devices, order a recall, repair, replacement, or refund of such devices, refuse to grant pending pre-market approval applications or require certificates of non-U.S. governments for exports, and/or require us to notify health professionals and others that the devices present unreasonable risks of substantial harm to the public health. The FDA may also assess civil or criminal penalties against us, our officers or employees and impose operating restrictions on a company-wide basis, or enjoin and/or restrain certain conduct resulting in violations of applicable law. The FDA may also recommend prosecution to the U. S. Department of Justice. Governmental agencies comparable to the FDA which operate in foreign jurisdictions may also require us to comply with regulations similar to those required by the FDA, and failing to do so may result in material adverse ramifications similar to those caused by a failure to comply with FDA regulations. Any adverse regulatory action, depending on its magnitude, may restrict us from effectively marketing and selling our Products and limit our ability to obtain future pre-market clearances or approvals, and could cause result in a substantial modification to our business practices and operations.

 

In addition, the FDA has taken the position that device manufacturers are prohibited from promoting their products other than for the uses and indications set forth in the approved product labeling. A number of enforcement actions have been taken against manufacturers that promote products for “off-label” uses, including actions alleging that federal health care program reimbursement of products promoted for “off-label” uses constitute false and fraudulent claims to the government. The failure to comply with “off-label” promotion restrictions can result in significant civil or criminal exposure, administrative obligations and costs, and/or other potential penalties from, and/or agreements with, the federal government.

 

Governmental regulations outside the U.S. have become increasingly stringent and more common, and we may become subject to more rigorous regulation by governmental authorities in the future in the event we determine to conduct business internationally. In the European Union, for example, a new Medical Device Regulation was published in 2017 which, when it enters into full force, will impose significant additional premarket and post-market requirements. Penalties for a company’s non-compliance with governmental regulation could be severe, including fines and revocation or suspension of a company’s business license, mandatory price reductions and criminal sanctions. Any governmental law or regulation imposed in the future may have a material adverse effect on us.

   

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We are subject to environmental laws and regulations and the risk of environmental liabilities, violations and litigation.

 

We are subject to numerous U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. environmental, health and safety laws and regulations concerning, among other things, the health and safety of our employees, the generation, storage, use and transportation of hazardous materials, emissions or discharges of substances into the environment, investigation and remediation of hazardous substances or materials at various sites, chemical constituents in medical products and end-of-life disposal and take-back programs for medical devices. Our operations involve the use of substances regulated under such laws and regulations, primarily those used in manufacturing and sterilization processes. If we violate these environmental laws and regulations, we could be fined, criminally charged or otherwise sanctioned by regulators.

 

In addition, certain environmental laws assess liability on current or previous owners or operators of real property for the costs of investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous substances or materials at their properties or at properties which they have disposed of hazardous substances. Liability for investigative, removal and remedial costs under certain U.S. federal and state laws are retroactive, strict and joint and several. In addition to cleanup actions brought by governmental authorities, private parties could bring personal injury or other claims due to the presence of, or exposure to, hazardous substances. The ultimate cost of site cleanup and timing of future cash outflows is difficult to predict, given the uncertainties regarding the extent of the required cleanup, the interpretation of applicable laws and regulations, and alternative cleanup methods.

 

We may in the future be subject to additional environmental claims for personal injury or cleanup based on our past, present or future business activities (including the past activities of companies we may acquire). The costs of complying with current or future environmental protection and health and safety laws and regulations, or liabilities arising from past or future releases of, or exposures to, hazardous substances, may exceed our estimates, or have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of our business and our business operations.

 

Our failure to comply with laws and regulations relating to reimbursement of health care goods and services may subject us to penalties and adversely impact our reputation, financial condition, and business operations.

 

Our Products are expected to be purchased primarily by medical professionals and organizations that typically bill various third-party payers, such as governmental programs (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid and comparable non-U.S. programs), private insurance plans and managed care plans, for the healthcare services provided to their patients. The ability of our customers to obtain appropriate reimbursement for products from third-party payers is critical because it affects which products customers purchase and the prices they are willing to pay for such products. As a result, our Products are subject to regulation regarding quality and cost by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as well as comparable state and non-U.S. agencies responsible for reimbursement and regulation of health care goods and services. The principal U.S. federal laws implicated include those that prohibit (i) the filing of false or improper claims for federal payment, known as the false claims laws, (ii) unlawful inducements for the referral of business reimbursable under federally-funded health care programs, known as the anti-kickback laws, and (iii) health care service providers from seeking reimbursement for providing certain services to a patient who was referred by a physician who has certain types of direct or indirect financial relationships with the service provider, known as the Stark Law. Many states have similar laws that apply to reimbursement by state Medicaid and other funded programs as well as in some cases to all payers. Insurance companies can also bring a private cause of action claiming treble damages against a manufacturer for causing a false claim to be filed under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. In addition, if we were to become a manufacturer of FDA-approved devices reimbursable by federal healthcare programs, we would be subject to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which would require us to annually report certain payments and other transfers of value we make to U.S.-licensed physicians or U.S. teaching hospitals.

 

Our anticipated domestic and international operations may be subject to risks relating to changes in government and private medical reimbursement programs and policies, and changes in legal regulatory requirements in the U.S. and around the world. Implementation of further legislative or administrative reforms to the reimbursement system in the U.S. and outside of the U.S., or adverse decisions relating to our Products or services by administrators of these systems in coverage or reimbursement, could significantly reduce reimbursement or result in the denial of coverage, which could have an impact on the acceptance of and demand for our Products and the prices that our customers are willing to pay for them.

 

The laws and regulations of healthcare related products that are applicable to us, including those described herein, are subject to evolving interpretations and enforcement discretion. If a governmental authority were to conclude that we are not in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we and our officers and employees could be subject to severe criminal and civil penalties, including, for example, exclusion from participation as a supplier of products or services to beneficiaries covered by CMS. Any failure to comply with laws and regulations relating to reimbursement and healthcare products could adversely affect our financial condition and business operations.

  

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We are subject to federal, state and foreign healthcare regulations related to anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, and could face substantial penalties if we fail to fully comply with such regulations and laws. 

 

The relationships that we and our potential distributors and others that market or may market our Products have with healthcare professionals, such as physicians and hospitals, are subject to scrutiny under various federal, state, foreign laws often referred to collectively as healthcare fraud and abuse laws. In addition, U.S. and foreign government regulators have increased the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-bribery laws. We also must comply with a variety of other laws that protect the privacy of individually identifiable healthcare information and impose extensive tracking and reporting related to all transfers of value provided to certain healthcare professionals. These laws and regulations are broad in scope and are subject to evolving interpretation and we could be required to incur substantial costs to monitor compliance or to alter our practices if we are found not to be in compliance. Violations of these laws may be punishable by criminal or civil sanctions, including substantial fines, imprisonment of current or former employees and exclusion from participation in governmental healthcare programs, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

 

Quality problems with, and product liability claims in connection with our Products could lead to recalls or safety alerts, harm to our reputation, or adverse verdicts or costly settlements, and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

 

Quality is extremely important to us and our customers due to the serious and costly consequences of Product failure and our business exposes us to potential product liability risks that are inherent in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices and services. In addition, our products may be used in intensive care settings with seriously ill patients. Component failures, manufacturing defects, design flaws, off-label use, or inadequate disclosure of product-related risks or product-related information with respect to our products, could result in an unsafe condition or injury to, or death of, a patient or other user of our products. These problems could lead to the recall of, or issuance of a safety alert relating to, our Products, and could result in unfavorable judicial decisions or settlements arising out of product liability claims and lawsuits, including class actions, which could negatively affect our financial condition and business operations. In particular, a material adverse event involving one of our products could result in reduced market acceptance and demand for all products offered under our brand, and could harm our reputation and ability to market products in the future.

 

High quality products are critical to the success of our business. If we fail to meet the high standards we set for ourselves and which our customers expect, and our products are the subject of recalls, safety alerts, or other material adverse events, our reputation could be damaged, we could lose customers, and our revenue and results of operations could decline. Our success also depends generally on our ability to manufacture to exact tolerances precision-engineered components, subassemblies, and finished devices from multiple materials. If our components fail to meet these standards or fail to adapt to evolving standards, our reputation, competitive advantage and market share could be negatively impacted. In certain situations, we may undertake a voluntary recall of products or temporarily shut down product production lines if we determine, based on performance relative to our own internal safety and quality monitoring and testing data, that we have or may be in danger of failing to meet the high quality standards we have set for ourselves and which our customers expect. Such recalls or cessation of services or product manufacturing may also negatively impact our business.

 

Any product liability claim brought against us, with or without merit, could be costly to defend and resolve. Any of the foregoing problems, including product liability claims or product recalls in the future, regardless of their ultimate outcome, could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

 

We are substantially dependent on patent and other proprietary rights and failing to protect such rights or to be successful in litigation related to our rights or the rights of others may result in our payment of significant monetary damages and/or royalty payments, negatively impact our ability to sell current or future Products, or prohibit us from enforcing our patent and other proprietary rights against others.

 

We are and will continue to be materially dependent on a combination of patents, trade secrets, and trademarks, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements, and other intellectual property protections which will enable us to maintain our proprietary competitiveness. We also operate in an industry characterized by extensive patent litigation. Patent litigation against us can result in significant damage awards and injunctions that could prevent our manufacture and sale of affected Products or require us to pay significant royalties in order to continue to manufacture or sell affected Products. At any given time, we could potentially be involved as a plaintiff and/or as a defendant in a number of patent infringement and/or other contractual or intellectual property related actions, the outcomes of which may not be known for prolonged periods of time. While it is not possible to predict the outcome of such litigation, we acknowledge the possibility that any such litigation could result in our payment of significant monetary damages and/or royalty payments, negatively impact our ability to sell current or future Products, or prohibit us from enforcing our patent and proprietary rights against others, which would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of our business and on our business operations.

   

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While we intend to defend against any threats to our intellectual property, including our patents, trade secrets, and trademarks, and while we intend to defend against any actual or threatened breaches of our non-disclosure and non-competition agreements, may not adequately protect our intellectual property or enforce such agreements. Further, patent or trademark applications currently pending that are owned by us may not result in patents or trademarks being issued to us, patents or trademarks issued to or licensed by us in the past or in the future may be challenged or circumvented by competitors and such patents or trademarks may be found invalid, unenforceable or insufficiently broad to protect our proprietary advantages.

 

In addition, the laws of certain countries in which we market, or intend to market, some or all of our Products do not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S., which could make it easier for competitors to capture market position in such countries by utilizing technologies and other intellectual property that are similar to those developed or licensed by us. Competitors may also harm our sales by designing products or offering services that mirror the capabilities of our Products, or the technology contained therein, without infringing our intellectual property rights. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property in these countries, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business operations.

 

If we experience decreasing prices for our Products and we are unable to reduce our expenses, our financial condition and business operations may suffer.

 

We may experience decreasing prices for our Products due to pricing pressure experienced by our customers from managed care organizations and other third-party payers, increased market power of our customers as the medical device industry consolidates, and increased competition among medical engineering and manufacturing service providers. If the prices for our Products decrease and we are unable to reduce our expenses, our results of operations will be adversely affected.

 

Our research and development efforts rely upon investments and investment collaborations, and we cannot guarantee that any previous or future investments or investment collaborations will be successful. 

 

Our commercialization strategy requires a wide variety of technologically advanced and capable Products. The rapid pace of technological development in the MedTech industry and the specialized expertise required in different areas of medicine make it difficult for one company alone to develop a broad portfolio of technological solutions. In addition to internally generated growth through our research and development efforts, we anticipate the need to rely upon investments and investment collaborations to provide us access to new technologies both in areas served by our contemplated businesses as well as in new areas. A failure to establish such collaborations may harm our financial condition and business operations.

 

Going forward, we expect to make future investments where we believe that we can stimulate the development or acquisition of new technologies, Products to further our strategic objectives and strengthen our existing business ventures. Investments and investment collaborations in and with medical technology companies are inherently risky, and we cannot guarantee that any of our previous or future investments or investment collaborations will be successful or will not have a materially adverse effect our financial condition and business operations.

 

The ability to offer our planned Products, and the continuing development of new Products, depends upon us maintaining strong relationships with health care professionals.

 

If we fail to maintain our working relationships with health care professionals, many of our Products may not be developed and offered in line with the needs and expectations of the professionals who use and support our Products, which could cause a decline in our earnings and profitability. The research, development, marketing, and sales of our Products is expected to be dependent upon our maintaining working relationships with such health care professionals, and the use of our Products is expected to often require the participation of health care professionals. In addition, health care professionals are the primary customer groups we expect to market and sell our Products directly to, further highlighting the importance of our relationship with such health care professionals. If we are unable to maintain our relationships with these professionals, we may lose our primary customer base, our Products may not be utilized correctly or to their full potential, and our ability to develop, manufacture, and market future Products may be significantly stunted.

 

Economic and political instability around the world could adversely affect our financial condition and business operations.

 

Economic and political instability around the world may adversely affect our ability to develop, manufacture, market, and sell our Products. Our customers and suppliers may experience financial difficulties or be unable to borrow money to fund their operations which may adversely impact their ability to purchase our Products or services or to pay for our Products on a timely basis, if at all. As with our customers and suppliers, these economic conditions make it more difficult for us to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities. In addition, a significant amount of our trade receivables are with national health care systems in the U.S. and in many foreign countries. Repayment of these receivables is dependent upon the political and financial stability of those countries. In light of domestic and global economic fluctuations, we continue to monitor the creditworthiness of customers located both inside and outside the U.S. Failure to receive payment of all or a significant portion of these receivables could adversely affect our financial condition and business operations.

  

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Laws and regulations governing the export of our Products could adversely impact our business.

 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce administer certain laws and regulations that restrict U.S. persons and, in some instances, non-U.S. persons, in conducting activities, transacting business with or making investments in certain countries, governments, entities and individuals subject to U.S. economic sanctions. Due to our planned international operations, we expect to be subject to such laws and regulations, which are complex, could restrict our business dealings with certain countries and individuals, and are constantly changing. Further restrictions may be enacted, amended, enforced or interpreted in a manner that adversely impacts our financial condition and business operations.

 

Consolidation in the health care industry may cause a material adverse effect on our financial health and business operations.

 

In response to a variety of actions by legislators, regulators, and third-party payers to reduce the perceived rise in healthcare costs, many health care industry companies, including health care systems, are consolidating to create new companies with greater market power. As the health care industry consolidates, competition to provide goods and services to industry participants will become more intense. These industry participants may try to use their market power to negotiate price concessions or reductions our products which price concessions may be unanticipated and adversely affect our financial condition and business operations.

 

We operate in a highly competitive industry and we may be unable to compete effectively.

 

We expect to compete domestically and internationally in the neurology and diagnostic imaging MedTech markets. These markets are characterized by rapid change resulting from technological advances and scientific discoveries. In the product lines and offered services in which we compete, we face a mixture of competitors ranging from large manufacturers with multiple business lines to small manufacturers that offer a limited selection of niche products. Development by other companies of new or improved products, processes, technologies, or the introduction of reprocessed products or generic versions when our proprietary Products lose their patent protection may make our Products or proposed Products less competitive. In addition, we face competition from providers of alternative medical therapies such as pharmaceutical companies. Competitive factors include product reliability, product performance, product technology, product quality, breadth of product lines, product services, customer support, price, and reimbursement approval from health care insurance providers.

 

We also face competition for marketing, distribution, and collaborative development agreements, for establishing relationships health care professionals, medical associations, and academic and research institutions, and for licenses to intellectual property. In addition, academic institutions, governmental agencies and other public and private research organizations also may conduct research, seek patient protection and establish collaborative arrangements for discovery, research, clinical development and marketing of products similar to ours. These companies, professionals, and institutions compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel, as well as in acquiring necessary product technologies.

 

A reduction or interruption in our supply of raw materials coupled with an inability to develop alternative sources for such raw materials, and other similar supply chain management difficulties, may adversely affect our ability to manufacture our Products.

 

The manufacture of our Products require the timely delivery of sufficient amounts of quality components and materials and is highly exacting and complex, due in part to strict regulatory requirements, and we cannot guarantee that our efforts to secure quality components and materials in a timely, cost effective manner will be successful. Other problems in the manufacturing process, including equipment malfunction, failure to follow specific protocols and procedures, defective raw materials and environmental factors, could lead to launch delays, product shortage, unanticipated costs, lost revenues and damage to our reputation. A failure to identify and address manufacturing problems prior to the release of Products to our customers may also result in quality or safety issues.

   

The Company’s operating results could be negatively impacted if it is unable to capitalize on research and development spending.

 

The Company has and intends to continue to spend a significant amount of time and resources on research and development projects in order to develop and validate new and innovative products. The Company believes these projects will result in the commercialization of new products and will create additional future sales. However, factors including regulatory delays, safety concerns or patent disputes could delay the introduction or marketing of new products. Additionally, unanticipated issues may arise in connection with current and future clinical studies that could delay or terminate a product’s development prior to regulatory approval. The Company may experience an unfavorable impact on its financial condition and business operations if we are unable to capitalize on those efforts by attaining the proper FDA approval or to successfully market new products.

  

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We may be unable to attract and retain key employees.

 

Our sales, technical and other key personnel play an integral role in the development, marketing and selling of our Products. If we are unable to recruit, hire, develop and retain a talented, competitive work force, we may not be able to meet our strategic business objectives.

 

Risks Related to our Common Stock

 

There is not now, and there may never be, an active market for our common stock and we cannot assure you that our common stock will become liquid or that it will be listed on a securities exchange.

 

There currently is no liquid market for our common stock. An investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the common stock and trading of our common stock may be extremely sporadic. For example, several days may pass before any shares may be traded. A more active market for our common stock may never develop. In addition, if we failed to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling the common stock, which may further affect its liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.

 

Our shares may not become eligible to be traded electronically which could result in brokerage firms being unwilling to trade them.

 

Our shares of common stock are eligible to be quoted on the OTC Pink Market. However, our shares are not eligible with Depository Trust Company (DTC) to trade electronically. Because we are not DTC eligible, our shares cannot be electronically transferred between brokerage accounts, the practical effect of which means that our shares will not trade much, if at all, on the OTC Pink Market. In order for our shares to trade on the OTC Pink Market, our shares would need to be traded manually between broker dealers and their accounts, which is time consuming, costly and cumbersome. We cannot guaranty that our shares will ever become DTC eligible or how long it will take to become eligible.

 

Additionally, because our common stock should be considered “penny stock,” and our common stock is not traded on a national securities exchange, among other reasons, holders of our common stock may have difficulty identifying a broker-dealer willing to accept our shares for deposit. We cannot guaranty that investors will identify a broker willing to accept our shares for deposit, which would make it difficult for investors to sell their common stock.

 

The price of our common stock might fluctuate significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Volatility in the market price of our common stock may prevent you from being able to sell your shares of our common stock at or above the price you paid for your shares. The trading price of our common stock may be volatile and subject to wide price fluctuations in response to various factors, including:

 

  actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results;

 

  our progress toward developing our Products;

 

  the commencement, enrollment and results of our future clinical trials;

 

  adverse results from, delays in or termination of our clinical trials;

 

  adverse regulatory decisions, including failure to receive regulatory approval;

 

  publication of research reports about us or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts, if any;

   

  perceptions about the market acceptance of our Products and the recognition of our brand;

 

  adverse publicity about our Products or industry in general;

 

  overall performance of the equity markets;

 

  introduction of Products, or announcements of significant contracts, licenses or acquisitions, by us or our competitors;

 

  legislative, political or regulatory developments;

 

  additions or departures of key personnel;

  

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  threatened or actual litigation and government investigations;

 

  sale of shares of our common stock by us or members of our management; and

 

  general economic conditions.

 

These and other factors might cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially, which may negatively affect the liquidity of our common stock. In addition, from time to time, the stock market experiences price and volume fluctuations, some of which may be significant. This volatility has had a significant impact on the market price of securities issued by many companies across many industries. The changes frequently appear to occur without regard to the operating performance of the affected companies. Accordingly, the price of our common stock could fluctuate based upon factors that have little or nothing to do with our company, and these fluctuations could materially reduce our share price.

 

Securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the overall market and in the market price of a company's securities. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs, divert our management's attention and resources, and harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

We are a smaller reporting company, and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies may make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For as long as we continue to be a smaller reporting company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not smaller reporting companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation, and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. 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.

 

Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in our stock.

 

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define a "penny stock" as an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The SEC's penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer must also provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and the salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account. In addition, the penny stock rules generally require that before a transaction in a penny stock occurs, 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 agreement to the transaction. If applicable in the future, these rules may restrict the ability of brokers-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect the ability of investors to sell their shares, until our common stock no longer is considered a penny stock.

   

Concentration of ownership of our common stock among our existing executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.

 

Our executive officers, directors and their affiliates, in the aggregate, beneficially own approximately 50% of our outstanding common stock as of March 27, 2020. As a result, these persons, acting together, would be able to significantly influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election and removal of directors, any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other significant corporate transactions.

 

Some of these persons or entities may have interests different than yours. For example, they may be more interested in selling our company to an acquirer than other investors, or they may want us to pursue strategies that deviate from the interests of other stockholders.

 

We intend to issue more shares to raise capital, which will result in substantial dilution.

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 200,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock. Any additional financings effected by us may result in the issuance of additional securities without stockholder approval and the substantial dilution in the percentage of common stock held by our then existing stockholders. Moreover, the securities issued in any such transaction may be valued on an arbitrary or non-arm's-length basis by our management, resulting in an additional reduction in the percentage of common stock held by our current stockholders on an as converted, fully-diluted basis. Our board of directors has the power to issue any or all of such authorized but unissued shares without stockholder approval. To the extent that additional shares of common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock are issued in connection with a financing, dilution to the interests of our stockholders will occur and the rights of the holder of common stock might be materially and adversely affected.

  

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Anti-takeover provisions that may be in our charter and bylaws may prevent or frustrate attempts by stockholders to change the board of directors or current management and could make a third-party acquisition of us difficult.

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may contain provisions that may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.

 

We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. Subject to any series of preferred stock we may issue in the future, we intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, you may have to sell some or all of your shares of our common stock in order to generate cash flow from your investment. You may not receive a gain on your investment when you sell shares and you may lose the entire amount of the investment.

 

We incur increased costs and demands upon management as a result of being a public company.

 

As a public company in the United States, we incur significant additional legal, accounting and other costs. These additional costs could negatively affect our financial results. In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including regulations implemented by the SEC and the stock exchange on which we may list our common stock, may increase legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management's time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If, notwithstanding our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards, we fail to comply, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed.

 

Failure to comply with these rules might also make it more difficult for us to obtain some types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we might be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, on committees of our board of directors or as members of senior management.

   

Failure to establish and maintain an effective system of internal controls could result in material misstatements of our financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations or fail to prevent fraud in which case, our stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and could negatively impact the price of our stock. Furthermore, our management and our independent auditors have identified certain internal control deficiencies, which management and our independent auditors believe constitute material weaknesses.

 

Prior to the Acquisition, Memory MD, Inc. was a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures. Following the Acquisition, we must review and update our internal controls, disclosure controls and procedures, and corporate governance policies as our Company continues to evolve. In addition, in connection with the Acquisition and becoming a company that files reports with the SEC, we are required to comply with the internal control evaluation and certification requirements of Section 404 of SOX and management is required to report annually on our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of SOX until the date we are no longer a "smaller reporting company" as defined by applicable SEC rules.

 

Any ineffective internal control regarding our financial reporting could have an adverse effect on our business and financial results and the price of our common stock could be negatively affected once we become a registrant required to file registration statements with the SEC. This reporting requirement could also make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. Any system of internal controls, however well designed and operated, is based in part on certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurances that the objectives of the system are met. Any failure or circumvention of the controls and procedures or failure to comply with regulation concerning control and procedures could have a material effect on our business, results of operation and financial condition. Any of these events could result in an adverse reaction in the financial marketplace due to a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which ultimately could negatively affect the market price of our shares, increase the volatility of our stock price and adversely affect our ability to raise additional funding. The effect of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors and as executive officers.

  

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Our management’s evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 concluded that our controls were not effective, due to material weaknesses resulting from:

 

  Management did not maintain effective internal controls relating to the accounting closing and financial reporting process pertaining to certain stock transactions and complicated convertible debt instruments;

 

  The Company has insufficient internal personnel resources and technical accounting and reporting expertise within the Company’s financial closing and reporting functions; and

 

  Due to our small size, the Company did not maintain effective internal controls to assure proper segregation of duties as the same employee was responsible for initiating and recording of transactions, thereby creating a segregation of duties weakness.

 

Management believes there is a reasonable possibility that these control deficiencies, if uncorrected, could result in material misstatements in the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected in a timely manner. Accordingly, we have determined that these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses. Although the Company is taking steps to remediate the material weaknesses, it currently has limited resources to do so and there can be no assurance that similar incidents can be prevented in the future.

 

We will need to evaluate our existing internal controls over financial reporting against the criteria set forth in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) (the “Framework”) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. During the course of our ongoing evaluation of the internal controls, we may identify other areas requiring improvement, and may have to design enhanced processes and controls to address issues identified through this review. Remediating any deficiencies, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses that we or our independent registered public accounting firm may identify may require us to incur significant costs and expend significant time and management resources. We cannot assure you that any of the measures we implement to remedy any such deficiencies will effectively mitigate or remedy such deficiencies. The existence of one or more material weaknesses could affect the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting. Investors could lose confidence in our financial reports, and the value of our common stock may be harmed, if our internal controls over financial reporting are found not to be effective by management or by an independent registered public accounting firm or if we make disclosure of existing or potential material weaknesses in those controls.

   

Even if we conclude that our internal control over financial reporting provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect fraud or misstatements. Failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our future reporting obligations.

 

Our reporting obligations as a public company will place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future. If we fail to timely achieve and maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to produce reliable financial reports or help prevent fraud. Our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could prevent us from filing our periodic reports on a timely basis which could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, harm our business and negatively impact the trading price of our common stock.

 

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the future. This could cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

 

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. If our stockholders sell, or the market perceives that our stockholders intend to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly.

 

Of the 19,380,460 shares of our common stock currently issued and outstanding, approximately 3.625 million shares are freely tradable without restriction by stockholders who are not our affiliates. We issued or are deemed to have issued an aggregate of approximately 15.6 million shares of our common stock to the former Memory MD, Inc. stockholders and to the holders of convertible promissory notes upon their conversion, among other issuances, in each case, pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and such shares are also “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. Most if not all of these shares are expected to be registered for resale in 2020, thus allowing the holders to sell their shares on the open market without restriction. In any event, substantially all of these restricted securities may be publicly resold under Rule 144.

  

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In addition, in the future, we intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 registering the issuance of approximately 3,500,000 shares of common stock subject to options or other equity awards issued. Shares registered under these registration statements on Form S-8 will be available for sale in the public market subject to vesting arrangements and exercise of options and the restrictions of Rule 144 in the case of our affiliates.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports, or publish unfavorable research or reports, about us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us and our business. Securities or industry analysts may elect not to provide coverage of our common stock, and such lack of coverage may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In the event we do not secure additional securities or industry analyst coverage, we will not have any control over the analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. The price of our stock could decline if one or more securities or industry analysts downgrade our stock or issue other unfavorable commentary or research. If one or more securities or industry analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

 

We may be subject to unknown risks and liabilities which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Before the Acquisition, MemoryMD conducted due diligence on, among other things, the business and financial conditions of All Soft Gels that it believed was customary and appropriate for a transaction such as the Acquisition. However, the due diligence process may not have revealed all material liabilities of the Company then existing or which may be asserted in the future against us relating to the Company’s activities before the consummation of the Acquisition. In addition, the agreement with the Company contains representations with respect to the absence of any liabilities. However, there can be no assurance that the Company had no liabilities upon the closing of the Acquisition. Any such liabilities of the Company that survive the Acquisition Transaction could harm our revenues, business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition, in connection with the Acquisition, the known liabilities existing in All Soft Gels at the time of the Acquisition were cancelled or paid by us, as required by the Merger Agreement. Despite this requirement and the representations and warranties of All Soft Gels in the Merger Agreement, there may be unknown liabilities, or liabilities that were known but believed to be immaterial, related to the business of All Soft Gels that may become material liabilities we are subject to in the future. If we are subject to material liability as a result of the conduct of All Soft Gels, we may have limited recourse for such liabilities, which could have a material impact on our business and stock price.

 

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE RISKS, BUSINESSES ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO RISKS NOT FORESEEN OR FULLY APPRECIATED BY MANAGEMENT. IN REVIEWING THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K, POTENTIAL INVESTORS SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER POSSIBLE RISKS THAT COULD BE IMPORTANT.

 


ITEM 1B – UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

N/A

 

ITEM 2 – PROPERTIES

 

Our principal executive office is located in leased premises of approximately 1,000 square feet at 67-35 St., B520, Brooklyn, New York. We are a subtenant under the lease for the Brooklyn tenancy, which is generally shared equally with an affiliate of Boris Goldstein, our Chairman of the Board, Secretary and Executive Vice President. We believe that these facilities are adequate for our needs, including providing the space and infrastructure to accommodate our development work based on our current operating plan. We do not own any real estate.

 

ITEM 3 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm business.

 

We are not currently a party in any legal proceeding or governmental regulatory proceeding nor are we currently aware of any pending or potential legal proceeding or governmental regulatory proceeding proposed to be initiated against us that would have a material adverse effect on us or our business.

 

ITEM 4 – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

N/A

  

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PART II

 

ITEM 5 – MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Market Information

 

There has been no trading market for our common stock since inception. There can be no assurance that a trading market will ever develop or, if such a market does develop, that it will continue. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink Market under the ticker symbol BRSF.

 

Holders

 

As of March 27, 2020, 19,380,460 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, which were held by approximately 67 holders of record. 

 

Dividends

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividend. We do not anticipate that we will declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Our current policy is to retain earnings, if any, to fund operations, and the development and growth of our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board and will be dependent upon our financial condition, operation results, capital requirements, applicable contractual restrictions, restrictions in our organizational documents, and any other factors that our Board deems relevant.

 

Penny Stock

 

Our Common Stock is subject to provisions of Section 15(g) and Rule 15g-9 of the Exchange Act, commonly referred to as the “penny stock rule.” Section 15(g) sets forth certain requirements for transactions in penny stock, and Rule 15g-9(d) incorporates the definition of “penny stock” that is found in Rule 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act. The SEC generally defines a penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. The Company is subject to the SEC’s penny stock rules.

 

Since the Common Stock will be deemed to be penny stock, trading in the shares of our common stock is subject to additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. “Accredited investors” are persons with assets in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 together with their spouse. For transactions covered by these rules, broker-dealers must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of such security and must have the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt the rules require the delivery, prior to the first transaction of a risk disclosure document, prepared by the SEC, relating to the penny stock market. A broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks held in an account and information to the limited market in penny stocks. Consequently, these rules may restrict the ability of broker-dealer to trade and/or maintain a market in our common stock and may affect the ability of the Company’s stockholders to sell their shares of common stock.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

In August, 2018, our board of directors adopted and stockholders approved the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

Under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, we may grant equity based incentive awards, including options, restricted stock, and other stock-based awards, to any directors, employees, advisers, and consultants that provide services to us or any of our subsidiaries on terms and conditions that are from time to time determined by us. An aggregate of up to 3,500,000 of our common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan. There were 1,000,000 outstanding equity awards held by the named executive officers as of the end of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The purpose of the 2018 Plan is to provide financial incentives for selected directors, employees, advisers, and consultants of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, thereby promoting the long-term growth and financial success of the Company. The board of directors believes that the 2018 Plan will serve a critical role in attracting and retaining high caliber employees, consultants and directors essential to our success and in motivating these individuals to strive to meet our goals.

  

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The table below sets forth information as of December 31, 2019 with respect to compensation plans under which our common stock is authorized for issuance.

 

    (a)     (b)     (c)  
Plan Category   Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
    Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
    Number of
securities
remaining available
for
future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 
                   
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders     1,000,000     $ 0.75       2,500,000  
                         
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders                  
                         
Total     1,000,000               2,500,000  

 

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

  

2019

 

From January 18, 2019 through July 23, 2019, the Company issued convertible promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $380,000. The notes will be convertible into equity of the Company upon the following events on the following terms:

 

Without any action on the part of the holders, all of the outstanding principal and accrued interest shall convert into (i) that number of shares of New Round Stock (as defined in the notes) upon the consummation of (the “Qualified Financing Conversion Date”) an equity or equity-linked round of financing of the Company in whatever form or type that raises gross proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 (“Qualified Financing”), based upon the product of (A) the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Qualified Financing Conversion Date and (B) 1.35, then divided by the actual per share price of New Round Stock and (ii) if the Qualified Financing has a warrant component, a number of such warrants equal to the number of shares of New Round Stock determined pursuant to clause (i) above, multiplied by the warrant coverage percentage in such Qualified Financing.

 

If a change of control transaction occurs or the Company completes a firmly underwritten public offering of its common stock prior to the Qualified Financing, the notes would, at the election of the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal of the notes, be either (i) payable upon demand as of the closing of such change of control transaction or IPO transaction or (ii) convertible into shares of the common stock immediately prior to such change of control transaction or IPO transaction at a price per share equal to the lesser of (the “Common Price”) (A) the per share value of the Common Stock as then reasonably determined by the Company’s Board of Directors acting in good faith, from time to time, as if in connection with either the grant of an incentive stock option qualified under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the sale of the common stock in a private sale to a third party in an “arms-length” transaction, or (B) the per share consideration to be received by the holders of the common stock in such change of control transaction or IPO transaction.

 

The securities were issued in private transactions in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D, Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, to purchasers who are “accredited investors” as defined by Regulation D.

 

On December 4, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with an advisor to memorialize certain services rendered to the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, in consideration for those services, On December 12, 2019, the Company issued the advisor 75,000 shares of common stock. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act as a transaction not involving a public offering, as the issuance thereof was made to a single person as compensation for services rendered.

 

On December 31, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement and issued and sold to a third party a Convertible Note in the original principal amount of $275,000 (the “Note”), and a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”). The aggregate purchase price received by the Company was $250,000 after an original issue discount of $25,000. A one-time interest charge of 8% was applied on December 31, 2019 and will be payable, along with the principal, on July 31, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”), as may be extended at the option of the investor. The unpaid outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest under the Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time at the option of the investor. The conversion price shall be equal to 80% multiplied by the price per share paid by the investors in the next capital raising transaction consummated by the Company in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (the “Qualified Financing”), subject to adjustments as provided in the Note. In the event the investor elects to convert the Note prior to a Qualified Financing, the conversion price shall be the effective exercise price per share from time to time pursuant to the Warrant. At any time prior to the Maturity Date, upon 10 business days’ notice to the Investor, the Company shall have the right to pre-pay the entire remaining principal amount of the Note subject to the pre-payment terms contained in the Note. The securities were issued in a private transaction in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act,  and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as no general solicitation was used in the offer and sale of such securities.

 

   

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All other unregistered issuances of equity securities during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been previously disclosed on our Current Reports on Form 8-K and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Please see Item 9B- Other Information regarding unregistered issuances of equity securities during the period subsequent to the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

 

ITEM 6 – SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

This item is not required for a smaller reporting company.

 

ITEM 7 – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of Memory MD Inc. together with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Report. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should review the “Risk Factors” section of this Report for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.

  

Forward Looking Statements

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in this MD&A includes “forward-looking statements.” Statements which are not historical reflect our current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, prospects and opportunities and are based upon information currently available to us and our management and their interpretation of what is believed to be significant factors affecting our existing and proposed business, including many assumptions regarding future events. Actual results, performance, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, prospects and opportunities could differ materially and perhaps substantially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those risks described in detail in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies, and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “could,” “scheduled,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology.

 

In light of these risks and uncertainties, and especially given the nature of our existing and proposed business, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this section and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K will in fact occur. Potential investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, there is no undertaking to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.

 

Overview

 

We are a neurodiagnostic and predictive technology platform company seeking to provide a centralized platform for data acquisition and analysis of EEG data that combines innovative medical device technologies with cloud-based telehealth services. Both our NeuroCap, a pre-gelled disposable EEG headset, and NeuroEEG, a 16 channel, portable, cloud-enabled data acquisition platform for EEG activity, received FDA clearance to market in 2018.

 

On September 21, 2018, we entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with MemoryMD, Inc. and AFGG Acquisition Corp. to acquire MemoryMD, Inc. (the “Acquisition”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on September 21, 2018 and, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, all outstanding shares of MemoryMD were exchanged for shares of our common stock. Accordingly, we acquired 100% of Memory MD, Inc. in exchange for the issuance of shares of our common stock and MemoryMD, Inc. became our wholly-owned subsidiary. We issued an additional 4,083,252 shares of our common stock upon the automatic conversion at the closing of an aggregate of $1,507,000 principal amount plus accrued interest of outstanding convertible promissory notes issued by MemoryMD Inc., and we further issued an additional 1,604,378 shares of our common stock upon the automatic conversion immediately subsequent to the closing of an aggregate of $640,000 principal amount plus accrued interest of outstanding convertible promissory notes issued by MemoryMD Inc.

 

As of immediately prior to the closing of the Acquisition, we entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Chromium 24 LLC, pursuant to which Chromium 24 LLC assumed all of our remaining assets and liabilities through the closing of the Acquisition. Accordingly, as of the closing of the Acquisition, we had no assets or liabilities.

 

Our sole business since the Acquisition is the business of MemoryMD. Our management's discussion and analysis below is based on the financial results of MemoryMD. Except as otherwise indicated herein, all share and per share information in this “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section gives retroactive effect to the exchange of MemoryMD Shares for shares of our common stock in the Acquisition. The following discussion and analysis provides information which we believe to be relevant to an assessment and understanding of the results of operations and financial condition of MemoryMD, Inc.

  

We have very limited resources. To date, our primary activities have been limited to, and our limited resources have been dedicated to, performing business and financial planning, raising capital, recruiting personnel, negotiating with business partners and the licensors of our intellectual property and conducting development activities, although we have acted as a distributor of third-party medical devices in Russia (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our officers and directors) which has generated revenue for us. Our first products, the NeuroCap and NeuroEEG, are ready for commercialization and sale and we have commenced some non-recurring, initial sales. Our other products are still being tested or are still under development.

   

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We have incurred losses since inception of MemoryMD in 2015 and had an accumulated deficit of $3,672,077 as of December 31, 2019, primarily as a result of expenses incurred in connection with our research and development programs and from general and administrative expenses associated with our operations. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating and net losses for the foreseeable future.

 

Historically, our primary source of cash has been proceeds from the sale of convertible promissory notes. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we issued convertible promissory notes for aggregate gross proceeds of $630,000 and $1,059,500, respectively, to fund our operations. In addition, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we borrowed an aggregate of $273,084 from related parties.

 

We need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations through public or private equity or debt financings or other sources, which may include collaborations with third parties. However, we may be unable to raise additional funds when needed on favorable terms or at all. Our failure to raise such capital as and when needed would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to develop and commercialize our products and future products and our ability to pursue our business strategy. See “–Liquidity and Capital Requirements” below.

 

Financial Overview

 

Revenue

 

To date, we have generated approximately $550,000 of revenue, of which approximately $490,000 was generated in 2019 through our acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices in Russia (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our officers and directors) while we continue to commercialize our Products. While we intend to continue generating revenues through the sale of third party medical devices, we do not intend for it to be our primary source of revenue in the long-term. We do not expect to generate recurring, material revenue from our Products unless or until we successfully commercialize our Products. If we fail to successfully commercialize our developed Products or fail to complete the development of any other product candidate we may pursue in the future, in a timely manner, or fail to obtain regulatory approval, we may not be able to solely rely on generating substantial and material revenue from the distribution of third-party medical devices.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs for personnel in functions not directly associated with research and development activities. Other significant costs include legal fees relating to corporate matters, intellectual property costs, professional fees for consultants assisting with regulatory, clinical, product development and financial matters, and product costs. We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will significantly increase in the future to support our continued research and development activities, commercialization of our Products, if approved, and the increased costs of operating as a public company. These increases will include increased costs related to the hiring of additional personnel and fees for legal and professional services, as well as other public company related costs.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development expenses consist of expenses incurred in performing research and development activities in developing our Products. Research and development expenses include compensation and benefits for research and development employees, overhead expenses, cost of laboratory supplies, clinical trial and related clinical manufacturing expenses, costs related to regulatory operations, fees paid to consultants, and other outside expenses. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and costs incurred by third parties are expensed as the contracted work is performed.

 

We expect our research and development expenses to significantly increase over the next several years as we develop our Products and conduct preclinical testing and clinical trials and will depend on the duration, costs and timing to complete our preclinical programs and clinical trials.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense primarily consists of amortized note issuance costs and interest costs related to the convertible notes we issued in 2019. The convertible notes bear interest at fixed rate ranging from 8%-10% per annum.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

The following table sets forth the results of operations of the Company for the years Ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

    Years Ended December 31,     Period to  
    2019     2018     Period Change  
                   
Revenues   $ 489,202     $ 58,113     $ 431,089  
General and administrative   $ 532,312     $ 675,882     $ (143,570 )
Research and development   $ 103,616     $ 210,206     $ (106,590 )
Professional fees   $ 255,332     $ 271,718     $ (16,386 )
Interest expense   $ 32,922     $ 159,165     $ (126,243 )
Other income   $ 2,108     $ 18,186     $ (16,078 )

  

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Revenues

 

Revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was $489,202 compared to $58,113 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we generated all of our revenue through acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices in Russia (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our offices and directors), and we did not have any sales of our Products. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, our revenue was resulting from finalizing development of our NeuroCap product and commencement of sales in 2018.

 

General and administrative expenses

 

General and administrative expenses were $532,312 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $675,882 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, general and administrative expenses were primarily related to approximately $274,000 in payroll related expenses, approximately $48,000 in travel costs, approximately $45,000 in consulting fees and approximately $66,000 in insurance expense. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, general and administrative costs were primarily related to approximately $430,000 in consulting and compensation expense, approximately $54,000 in travel costs and approximately $40,000 in software development costs and approximately $30,000 in insurance expense. The decrease in spending in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily attributable to a decrease in consulting costs.

 

Research and development expenses

 

Research and development expenses were $103,616 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $210,206 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in development activities and a focus on growth of the operations of the Company.

 

Interest expense

 

Interest expense, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was $32,922, the majority of which related to the Company’s convertible promissory notes. Interest expense, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was $159,165, consisting of interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs of approximately $156,000 related to the Company’s convertible promissory notes and interest expense related to the Ichor lease of approximately $3,600. The decrease was due to few convertible notes in the year ended December 31, 2019 and no debt issuance costs related to the convertible notes that were issued during fiscal year 2019.

 

 Other income

 

Other income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was $2,108 compared to $18,186 in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. The company recorded $2,108 in other income related to the write of off a payable in the year ended December 31, 2019. In the year ended December 31, 2018, other income was related to a gain on sale of accessories provided for research and development testing of approximately $7,500 and income related to the sublease of warehouse space to a related party of approximately $10,600.

   

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

While we have generated revenue in 2019, we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, all of such revenue was generated through acting as a distributor of third-party medical devices in Russia, and we did not have any sales of our Products. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially as we develop our Products and pursue pre-clinical testing and clinical trials, seek any further regulatory approvals, contract to manufacture any products, establish our own sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize our Products, hire additional staff, add operational, financial and management systems and operate as a public company.

 

Historically, our primary source of cash has been proceeds from the sale of convertible promissory notes and related party loans. Through July 23, 2019, we sold an aggregate principal amount of approximately $2.95 million in multiple tranches of convertible promissory notes, of which $380,000 remains outstanding and unconverted. In addition, on December 31, 2019, we issued and sold to a third party a convertible note in the original principal amount of $275,000, and a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock, pursuant to which we received $250,000 after an original issue discount of $25,000. We have also from time to time issued shares of our common stock to individuals and entities as payment for services rendered to us in lieu of cash.

 

All of our then-outstanding convertible promissory notes, in the aggregate principal amount plus interest through September 21, 2018 of $2,275,050, converted into aggregate of 5,687,630 shares of our common stock upon or immediately after the closing of the Acquisition.

  

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In connection with the private placement of the convertible promissory notes, we paid the placement agent a cash fee of $117,880, in addition to equity compensation in the form of common stock purchase warrants.

 

We have no current source of revenue to sustain our present activities other than as acting as a distributor of medical devices in Russia (including those purchased from a company affiliated with one of our offices and directors), which is not our primary business goal, and we do not expect to generate material revenue, from our Products until, and unless, the FDA or other regulatory authorities approve our Products under development and we successfully commercialize our Products. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through our distributorship revenue, a combination of equity (preferred stock or common stock) and debt financings as well as collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. We do not have any committed external source of funds. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a common stockholder. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third-party partners, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings or through collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our Product development, future commercialization efforts, or grant rights to develop and market our cortical strip, grid electrode and depth electrode technology that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, noting the existence of substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. This uncertainty arose from management's review of our results of operations and financial condition and its conclusion that, based on our operating plans, we did not have sufficient existing working capital to sustain operations for a period of twelve months from the date of the issuance of these financial statements.

 

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, without raising additional funds or generating revenues, will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses only to approximately April 2020.

 

In January 2019, we commenced a convertible note offering for up to $500,000, of which we have raised $380,000 through July 23, 2019. In December 2019, we also raised an aggregate gross amount of $275,000, less a $25,000 original issue discount, from an investor pursuant to a securities purchase agreement. We may obtain additional financing in the future through the issuance of our common stock, through other equity or debt financings or through collaborations or partnerships with other companies. We may not be able to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and any failure to raise capital as and when needed could compromise our ability to execute on our business plan.

 

The development of our Products is subject to numerous uncertainties, and we have based these estimates on assumptions that may prove to be substantially different than we currently anticipate and could use our cash resources sooner than we expect. Additionally, the process of developing medical devices is costly, and the timing of progress in pre-clinical tests and clinical trials is uncertain. Our ability to successfully transition to profitability will be dependent upon achieving a level of Product sales adequate to support our cost structure. We cannot assure you that we will ever be profitable or generate positive cash flow from operating activities.

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $854,726 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $1,112,690 for the year ended December 31, 2018. This fluctuation is primarily due to an decrease in net loss of $422,237 in fiscal 2019 along with an increase in accounts payable and accounts payable related party of approximately $137,000 in the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $1,005 for the year ended December 31, 2019, which consisted of the purchase of property and equipment.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $1,143 for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $953,238 for the year ended December 31, 2019, which primarily consisted of the sale of the Company’s convertible promissory notes for aggregate gross proceeds of $630,000 and proceeds from related party loans in the amount of $273,084.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $979,868 for the year ended December 31, 2018, which primarily consisted of the sale of the Company’s convertible promissory notes for aggregate gross proceeds of $964,120.

  

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Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

 

Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. In accordance with GAAP, we base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances at the time such estimates are made. Actual results may differ materially from our estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions. We periodically review our estimates in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. The effects of material revisions in estimates are reflected in our financial statements prospectively from the date of the change in estimate.

 

While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Report, we believe the following are the critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our financial statements that require significant estimates and judgments.

 

Use of Estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates in the accompanying consolidated financial statements include the estimates of useful lives for depreciation.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. A fair value hierarchy has been established for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

 

  Level 1 Inputs - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
     
  Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.
     
  Level 3 Inputs - Unobservable inputs for determining the fair values of assets or liabilities that reflect an entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.

 

Financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and borrowings. The fair value of current financial assets and current financial liabilities approximates their carrying value because of the short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

  

Income Taxes. The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, as required by the accounting standard for income taxes, ASC 740. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, as well as net operating loss carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

Stock Based Compensation. The Company accounts for the grant of restricted stock awards in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation.” ASC 718 requires companies to recognize in the statement of operations the grant-date fair value of equity based compensation. The expense is recognized over the period during which the employee is required to provide service in exchange for the compensation.  Any remaining unrecognized balance will be recognized ratably over the life of the vesting period and is a reduction of stockholders' equity.

 

The Company accounts for non-employee share-based awards in accordance with the measurement and recognition criteria of ASC 505-50 “Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees.”

  

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets as a right-of-use asset with a corresponding lease liability. Lessor accounting under the standard is substantially unchanged. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures are also required. The Company adopted the standard effective January 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment transition method, which applies the provisions of the standard at the effective date without adjusting the comparative periods presented. The Company adopted the following practical expedients and elected the following accounting policies related to this standard update:

 

The option to not reassess prior conclusions related to the identification, classification and accounting for initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to January 1, 2019.

 

Short-term lease accounting policy election allowing lessees to not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less; and

 

The option to not separate lease and non-lease components for certain equipment lease asset categories such as freight car, vehicles and work equipment.

 

The package of practical expedients applied to all of its leases, including (i) not reassessing whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) not reassessing the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (iii) not reassessing initial direct costs for any existing leases.

 

The Company has inventoried all leases where the Company is a lessee as of the initial date of application and has examined other contracts with suppliers, vendors, customers and other outside parties to identify whether such contracts contain an embedded lease as defined under the new guidance. The Company’s lease population comprises lease for corporate office space and a warehouse that are year-to-year basis with monthly rent ranging from approximately $186 to $3,171 and qualify under the practical expedient of short-term leases. The Company does not exclusive rights of control to any assets in the customer and vendor contracts reviews and does not have any financing leases as of the date of adoption of ASC 842.

 

As a result of the above, the adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material effect on the financial statements. 

 

In June 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718). This update is intended to reduce cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for share-based payments issued to non-employees (for example, service providers, external legal counsel, suppliers, etc.). The ASU expands the scope of Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, which currently only includes share-based payments issued to employees, to also include share-based payments issued to non-employees for goods and services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to non-employees and employees will be substantially aligned. This standard will be effective for financial statements issued by public companies for the annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. The standard will be applied in a retrospective approach for each period presented. Management currently does not plan to early adopt this guidance and is evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as well as transition methods.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements 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.

 

ITEM 7A – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

This item is not required for a smaller reporting company.

  

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ITEM 8 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

   

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

  

F-1

 

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   

  

 To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Brain Scientific Inc.:

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Brain Scientific Inc. (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2019 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph Regarding Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, 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.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

/s/ Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.

Salt Lake City, UT

March 30, 2020

  

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Brain Scientific Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  

 

    December 31,
2019
    December 31,
2018
 
             
ASSETS            
CURRENT ASSETS:            
Cash   $ 261,436     $ 163,563  
Accounts receivable     5,555       -  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     21,637       14,552  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets - related party     700       -  
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS     289,328       178,115  
                 
Property and equipment, net     1,674       1,999  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 291,002     $ 180,114  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT                
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 298,578     $ 139,637  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party     9,263       31,900  
Notes payable     50,000       -  
Convertible notes payable, net     499,232       -  
Finance lease - short term     6,377       5,454  
Loans payable - related party     323,084       50,000  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES:     1,186,534       226,991  
                 

Finance lease, net of current portion

    -       7,095  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES     1,186,534       234,086  
                 
Commitments and contingencies     -       -  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT                
                 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively     -       -  
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized, 19,380,460 and 19,205,624 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively     19,381       19,206  
Additional paid in capital     2,756,798       2,595,034  
Accumulated deficit     (3,672,077 )     (2,668,212 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income     366       -  
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT     (895,532 )     (53,972 )
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT   $ 291,002     $ 180,114  

 

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

 

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Brain Scientific Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS  

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2019     2018  
             
REVENUE   $ 489,202     $ 58,113  
                 
COST OF GOODS SOLD     387,194       33,939  
                 
GROSS PROFIT     102,008       24,174  
                 
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE                
Research and development     103,616       210,206  
Professional fees     255,332       271,718  
Sales and marketing expenses     95,165       93,190  
Occupancy expenses     85,771       58,301  
General and administrative expenses     532,312       675,882  
TOTAL SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE     1,072,196       1,309,297  
                 
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS     (970,188 )     (1,285,123 )
                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):                
Interest expense     (32,922 )     (159,165 )
Other income     2,108       18,186  
Other expense     (597 )     -  
Foreign currency transaction loss     (52 )     -  
TOTAL OTHER EXPENSE     (31,463 )     (140,979 )
                 
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES     (1,001,651 )     (1,426,102 )
                 
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES     (2,214 )     -  
                 
NET LOSS     (1,003,865 )     (1,426,102 )
                 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS                
Foreign currency translation adjustment     366       -  
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS   $ (1,003,499 )   $ (1,426,102 )
                 
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE                
Basic and diluted   $ (0.05 )   $ (0.11 )
                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING                
Basic and diluted     19,236,380       12,471,618  

 

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

 

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Brain Scientific Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

 

                            Accumulated        
                Additional           Other        
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Accumulated     Comprehensive        
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Income     Total  
                                     
Balance at December 31, 2017     9,906,526     $ 9,907     $ 321,522     $ (1,242,110 )   $ -     $ (910,681 )
Fair value of warrants issued in connection with convertible debt     -       -       2,604       -       -       2,604  
Conversion of convertible notes and accrued interest to common stock     5,687,630       5,688       2,269,362       -       -       2,275,050  
Issuance of common stock for services     106,468       106       5,042       -       -       5,148  
Effect of reverse recapitalization     3,505,000       3,505       (3,496 )     -       -       9  
Net loss     -       -       -       (1,426,102 )     -       (1,426,102 )
Balances at December 31, 2018     19,205,624     $ 19,206     $ 2,595,034     $ (2,668,212 )   $ -     $ (53,972 )
                                                 
Fair value of stock options vested     -       -       12,797       -       -       12,797  
Fair value of warrants issued in connection with convertible debt     -       -       130,768       -       -       130,768  
Capital contribution and write off of related party accounts payable     -       -       653       -       -       653  
Issuance of common stock for services     174,836       175       17,546       -       -       17,721  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       366       366  
Net loss     -       -       -       (1,003,865 )     -       (1,003,865 )
Balances at December 31, 2019     19,380,460     $ 19,381     $ 2,756,798     $ (3,672,077 )   $ 366     $ (895,532 )

 

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

 

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Brain Scientific Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS  

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2019     2018  
             
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:            
Net loss   $ (1,003,865 )   $ (1,426,102 )
Change in net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization expense     1,330       656  
Amortization of debt discount     -       77,889  
Fair value of stock options vested     12,797       -  
Common stock issued for services     17,720       5,148  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (5,555 )     -  
Inventory     (7,085 )     -  
Other liabilities     (6,172 )     (12,593 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (700 )     (3,570 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     159,441       213,982  
Accounts payable - related party     (22,637 )     31,900  
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES   $ (854,726 )   $ (1,112,690 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of property and equipment   $ (1,005 )   $ (1,143 )
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES   $ (1,005 )   $ (1,143 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from convertible notes payable   $ 630,000     $ 964,120  
Proceeds from note payable     50,000       -  
Proceeds from related party loans     273,084       50,000  
Payments of related party loans     -       (34,252 )
Capital contribution - related party     154       -  
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES   $ 953,238     $ 979,868  
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash     366       -  
                 
NET CHANGE IN CASH     97,873       (133,965 )
CASH AT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR     163,563       297,528  
CASH AT END OF THE YEAR   $ 261,436     $ 163,563  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information                
                 
Cash paid for interest   $ -     $ 3,615  
Cash paid for taxes   $ -     $ -  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities                
                 
Discounts related to warrants issued in connection with convertible debentures   $ 130,768     $ 2,604  
Conversion of convertible notes and accrued interest to common stock           $ 2,275,050  
Write off of related party accounts payable   $ 500     $ -  

 

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

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Brain Scientific Inc. (the “Company”), was incorporated under the laws of the state of Nevada on November 18, 2013 under the name All Soft Gels Inc. The Company on September 21, 2018 acquired MemoryMD, Inc. (“MemoryMD”), a privately held Delaware corporation formed in February 2015. Upon completion of the acquisition, MemoryMD is treated as the surviving entity and accounting acquirer although the Company was the legal acquirer. Accordingly, the Company’s historical financial statements are those of MemoryMD, the surviving entity and accounting acquirer. MemoryMD is a cloud computing, data analytics and medical device technology company in the NeuroTech and brain monitoring industries seeking to commercialize its EEG devices and caps. The Company is headquartered in New York, New York.

 

Reverse Merger and Corporate Restructure

 

On September 21, 2018, the Company entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with MemoryMD and AFGG Acquisition Corp. to acquire MemoryMD (the “Acquisition”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on September 21, 2018 and, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, all outstanding shares of MemoryMD were exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, the Company acquired 100% of MemoryMD in exchange for the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock and MemoryMD became the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary. The Company issued an additional 4,083,252 shares of its common stock upon the automatic conversion at the closing of an aggregate of $1,507,000 principal amount plus accrued interest of outstanding convertible promissory notes issued by MemoryMD, and it further issued an additional 1,604,378 shares of its common stock upon the automatic conversion immediately subsequent to the closing of an aggregate of $640,000 principal amount plus accrued interest of outstanding convertible promissory notes issued by MemoryMD. Furthermore, as of the closing, Mr. Amer Samad, the sole director and executive officer until the consummation of the Acquisition, committed to tender for cancellation 6,495,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as part of the conditions to closing, of which 6,375,000 have been cancelled at December 31, 2018 and 120,000 are expected to be cancelled as soon as practicable. Total shares issued as a result of the Acquisition was 13,421,752.

 

The Acquisition has been accounted for as a reverse recapitalization of Brain Scientific by MemoryMD, but in substance as a capital transaction, rather than a business combination since Brain Scientific had nominal or no operations and assets prior to and as of the closing of the Acquisition. The transaction is deemed a reverse recapitalization and the accounting is similar to that resulting from a reverse acquisition, except that no goodwill or other intangible assets should be recorded. For accounting purposes, MemoryMD is treated as the surviving entity and accounting acquirer although Brain Scientific was the legal acquirer. Accordingly, the Company’s historical financial statements are those of MemoryMD.

 

All references to common stock, share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the reverse recapitalization as if the transaction had taken place as of the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

 

As of immediately prior to the closing of the Acquisition, the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Chromium 24 LLC, pursuant to which Chromium 24 LLC assumed all of the Company’s remaining assets and liabilities through the closing of the Acquisition. Accordingly, as of the closing of the Acquisition, Brain Scientific had no assets or liabilities other than the shares of MemoryMD acquired in the Acquisition.

 

Name Change and Increase in Authorized Shares

 

On September 18, 2018, the Company filed an amendment to its certificate of incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State to change its name to Brain Scientific Inc. On September 18, 2018, FINRA approved of the name change as well as a ticker symbol change, which was effective as of September 19, 2018. In addition, the Company increased its authorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 200,000,000 and created and authorized 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The Company evaluates the need to consolidate affiliates based on standards set forth in ASC 810 Consolidation (“ASC 810”).

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, MemoryMD and MemoryMD - Russia. The operations of the newly formed 100% wholly owned subsidiary, MemoryMD – Russia, are included beginning April 1, 2019. All significant consolidated transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the useful life of property and equipment and assumptions used in the valuation of options and warrants.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had no cash equivalents.

 

The Company’s cash is held with financial institutions, and the account balances may, at times, exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limit. Accounts are insured by the FDIC up to $250,000 per financial institution. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts with these financial institutions. As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had $11,436 and $0, respectively, in excess over the FDIC insurance limit.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Expenditures for repair and maintenance are charged to operations as incurred. Property and equipment consisted of computer equipment, with an estimated useful life of three years.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

Convertible Notes Payable

 

The Company has issued convertible notes, which contain variable conversion features, whereby the outstanding principal and accrued interest automatically convert into common shares at a fixed price which may be a discount to the common stock at the time of conversion. The conversion features of these notes are contingent upon future events, whereby, the holder agreed not to convert until the contingent future event has occurred.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue by applying the following steps:  (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied. Once the steps are met, revenue is recognized, generally upon receiving a letter of acceptance from the customer. There has been no material effect on the Company’s financial statements as a result of adopting Topic 606.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of NeuroCaps, Universal as well as revenue from the sale of goods purchased through manufacturers of medical devices. All revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 is from the sale of medical devices purchased from Neurotech, a related party. All revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 was from the sale of NeuroCaps.

 

Research and Development

 

The Company expenses all research and development costs as they are incurred. Research and development includes expenditures in connection with in-house research and development salaries and staff costs, application and filing for regulatory approval of proposed products, regulatory and scientific consulting fees, as well as contract research, data collection, and monitoring, related to the research and development of the cloud infrastructure, data imaging, and proprietary products and technology. Research and development costs recognized in the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $103,616 and $210,206, respectively.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising and marketing costs recognized in the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $95,165 and $93,190, respectively.

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense for all stock-based payments at fair value over the requisite service period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the weighted average fair value of options and warrants. Equity-based compensation expense is recorded in administrative expenses based on the classification of the employee or vendor. The determination of fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as by assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to, the expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors.

 

Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Common Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive securities consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon exercise of common stock equivalents such as stock options, warrants and convertible debt instruments. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation if their effect is anti-dilutive. As a result, the basic and diluted per share amounts for all periods presented are identical. In the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, 1,502,250 and 402,250, respectively, of anti-dilutive securities were excluded from the computation.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company's financial instruments are measured and recorded at fair value based on inputs and assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining fair value, management considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact, and also considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

Fair value is determined for assets and liabilities using a three-tiered value hierarchy into which these assets and liabilities are grouped based upon significant inputs as follows:

 

  Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

  Level 2 - Observable inputs, other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

  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. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs. When a determination is made to classify a financial instrument within Level 3, the determination is based upon the lack of significance of the observable parameters to the overall fair value measurement. However, the fair value determination for Level 3 financial instruments may consider some observable market inputs.

 

The lowest level of significant input determines the placement of the entire fair value measurement in the hierarchy. The carrying values of cash, prepaid expenses and other current assets, convertible notes, accounts payable, loans payable and due to others approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these items.

 

The Company did not have any other Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 assets or liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

  

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset-and-liability method in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes”. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rate is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded if it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized in future periods.

 

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 740-10 in assessing uncertain tax positions. The standard applies to all tax positions and clarifies the recognition of tax benefits in the financial statements by providing for a two-step approach of recognition and measurement. The first step involves assessing whether the tax position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination based upon its technical merits. The second step involves measurement of the amount to be recognized. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate finalization with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes the impact of an uncertain income tax position in the financial statements if it believes that the position is more likely than not to be sustained by the relevant taxing authority. The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to tax positions in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had no unrecognized uncertain income tax positions.

 

On December 22, 2017, the passage of legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) was enacted and significantly revised the U.S. income tax law. The TCJA includes changes, which reduce the corporate income tax rate from 34% to 21% for years beginning after December 31, 2017. On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) was issued and allows a company to recognize provisional amounts when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed, including computations, in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law. SAB 118 provides for a measurement of up to one year from the date of enactment.

 

Recent Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

 

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets as a right-of-use asset with a corresponding lease liability. Lessor accounting under the standard is substantially unchanged. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures are also required. The Company adopted the standard effective January 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment transition method, which applies the provisions of the standard at the effective date without adjusting the comparative periods presented. The Company adopted the following practical expedients and elected the following accounting policies related to this standard update:

 

  The option to not reassess prior conclusions related to the identification, classification and accounting for initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to January 1, 2019.

 

  Short-term lease accounting policy election allowing lessees to not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less.

 

  The option to not separate lease and non-lease components for certain equipment lease asset categories such as freight car, vehicles and work equipment.

 

  The package of practical expedients applied to all of its leases, including (i) not reassessing whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) not reassessing the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (iii) not reassessing initial direct costs for any existing leases.

 

The Company has inventoried all leases where the Company is a lessee as of the initial date of application and has examined other contracts with suppliers, vendors, customers and other outside parties to identify whether such contracts contain an embedded lease as defined under the new guidance. The Company’s lease population comprises lease for corporate office space and a warehouse that are year-to-year basis with monthly rent ranging from approximately $200 to $3,200 and qualify under the practical expedient of short-term leases. The Company does not have exclusive rights of control to any assets in the customer and vendor contracts reviews and does not have any financing leases as of the date of adoption of ASC 842.

 

As a result of the above, the adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. The Company will review for the existence of embedded leases in future agreements

 

In June 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718). This update is intended to reduce cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for share-based payments issued to non-employees (for example, service providers, external legal counsel, suppliers, etc.). The ASU expands the scope of Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, which currently only includes share-based payments issued to employees, to also include share-based payments issued to non-employees for goods and services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to non-employees and employees will be substantially aligned. This standard will be effective for financial statements issued by public companies for the annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 – GOING CONCERN

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these financial statements. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company had $489,202 in revenues, a net loss of $1,003,865 and had net cash used in operations of $854,726. Additionally, as of December 31, 2019, the Company had working capital deficit, stockholders’ deficit and accumulated deficit of $897,206, $895,532 and $3,672,077, respectively. It is management’s opinion that these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the date of the issuance of these financial statements.

 

The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effect on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

  

Successful completion of the Company’s development program and, ultimately, the attainment of profitable operations are dependent upon future events, including obtaining adequate financing to fulfill its development activities, acceptance of the Company’s patent applications and ultimately achieving a level of sales adequate to support the Company’s cost structure. However, there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to secure additional equity investments or achieve an adequate sales level.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

 

   

December 31,

2019

   

December 31,

2018

 
Computer equipment   $ 4,105     $ 3,100  
                 
Less: Accumulated depreciation     (2,431 )     (1,101 )
Total   $ 1,674     $ 1,999  

 

Depreciation expense was $1,330 and $656 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  

 

NOTE 5 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

 

2017 Debt Offering

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company commenced a private offering (the “Bridge Financing Transaction”) of up to $1,000,000, which was amended on September 19, 2017 to a maximum offering amount of $1,100,000 and amended again on April 4, 2018 to $1,500,000, pursuant to which the Company issued convertible notes totaling $1,087,500. The notes all have a maturity date of one year from the date of issuance and accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum. In a qualified financing, reverse merger, change of control or an initial public offering (“Conversion Event”), the notes, including interest thereon, will automatically convert at $0.40 per share. Based on the terms of the conversion, the holders may receive a discount and is considered a contingent beneficial conversion feature. At the closing of the Conversion Event, the Company will recognize an expense related to the intrinsic value. The Company recorded $50,389 of accrued interest and has a total outstanding principal balance of $1,087,500 as of December 31, 2017.

 

In January 2018 the Company issued an additional $97,000 convertible note payable to a third party. The funding of the note was comprised of the $50,000 loaned to the Company on December 28, 2017, plus additional cash proceeds of $47,000 on January 3, 2018.

 

On April 24, 2018, the Company extended the maturity dates of all convertible notes issued during the year ended December 31, 2017 to the earlier of April 30, 2019 or the consummation of a qualified financing or other event pursuant to which the Conversion shares are to be issued.

 

The Company issued 12 additional convertible notes payable to third parties in the aggregate principal amount of $962,500 from February through September 2018. The terms of the convertible note are substantially the same as the notes issued during the year ended December 31, 2017. On September 21, 2018 the outstanding principal balances of all of the convertible notes in the amount of $2,147,000 and $128,050 in accrued interest was converted into shares of the Company’s common stock (see Note 9).

 

The Company recorded a total debt discount of $122,615 related to all the above convertible notes. Amortization of the debt discount, which is recorded as interest expense, was $77,889 and $44,726 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The discount related to the convertible notes was fully amortized on September 21, 2018 in relation to the conversion of the convertible notes to shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

January 2019 Debt Offering

 

In January 2019, the Company commenced an offering of up to $500,000 pursuant to which the Company will issue convertible notes to investors. On January 18, 2019, February 5, 2019 and July 23, 2019, the Company issued three such convertible notes payable to three investors for $100,000, $130,000 and $150,000, respectively. The notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 10% per annum, computed based on a 360-day year and mature on the earlier of one year from the date of issuance or the consummation of an equity or equity-linked round of financing of the Company in excess of $1,000,000 (“Qualified Financing”) or other event pursuant to which conversion shares are to be issued pursuant to the terms of the note. On February 28, 2020, the Company and the holder of the January 18, 2019 convertible note agreed to extend the maturity date of the January 18, 2019 convertible note to January 18, 2021. Also on February 28, 2020, the Company and the holder of the February 5, 2019 convertible note agreed to extend the maturity date of the February 5, 2019 convertible note to February 5, 2021.

 

The notes are convertible into common stock of the Company following events on the following terms: with no action on the part of the note holder upon the consummation of a Qualified Financing, the debt will be converted to new round stock based on the product of the outstanding principal and accrued interest multiplied by 1.35, then divided by the accrual per share price of the new round common stock. If a change of control occurs or if the Company completes a firmly underwritten public offering of its common stock prior to the Qualified Financing the notes would, at the election of the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal of the notes, be either payable on demand as of the closing of such change of control or Initial Public Offering (‘IPO”) or convertible into shares of common stock immediately prior to such change of control transaction or IPO transaction at a price per share equal to the lesser of the per share value of the common stock as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or the per share consideration to be received by the holders of the common stock in such change of control or IPO transaction. Based on the terms of the conversion, the holders may receive a discount, and the notes are considered to have a contingent beneficial conversion feature. If conversion of the debt occurs, the Company will recognize an expense related to the intrinsic value. The Company recorded $28,043 of accrued interest and has a total outstanding principal balance of $380,000 as of December 31, 2019.

 

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

In the event that the Company consummates a financing prior to the Maturity Date, other than a Qualified Financing, and the economic terms thereof are more favorable to the investors in such financing than the terms of the note, the note shall automatically be amended to reflect such more favorable economic terms.

 

December 31, 2019 Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On December 31, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement and issued and sold to a third party a Convertible Note in the original principal amount of $275,000 (the “Note”), and a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”). The aggregate purchase price received by the Company was $250,000 after an original issue discount of $25,000. A one-time interest charge of 8% was applied on December 31, 2019 and will be payable, along with the Principal, on July 31, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”), as may be extended at the option of the Investor.

 

The unpaid outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest under the Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time at the option of the Investor. The conversion price shall be equal to 80% multiplied by the price per share paid by the investors in the next capital raising transaction consummated by the Company in the amount of $1,000,000 or more (the “Qualified Financing”), subject to adjustments as provided in the Note. In the event the Investor elects to convert the Note prior to a Qualified Financing, the conversion price shall be the effective exercise price per share from time to time pursuant to the Warrant. At any time prior to the Maturity Date, upon 10 business days’ notice to the Investor, the Company shall have the right to pre-pay the entire remaining principal amount of the Note subject to the pre-payment terms contained in the Note. The note is valued at face value and not considered a derivative since the Qualified Financing is at the control of the Company. The Company recorded $0 of accrued interest and has a total outstanding principal balance of $275,000 as of December 31, 2019.

 

The Note contains a price-based anti-dilution provision, pursuant to which the conversion price of the Note shall be reduced upon the occurrence of certain dilutive issuances of Company securities as set forth in the Note. The conversion of the Note is also subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. In the event the Company, prior to the Maturity Date, issues any Security (as defined in the Note) with any term more favorable to the holder of such Security or with a term in favor of the holder of such Security that was not similarly provided to the Investor, then at the Investor’s option such term shall become a part of the Note. The Company also agreed to provide piggy-back registration rights to the Investor pursuant to which the Company shall include all shares issuable upon conversion of the Note on the next registration statement the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The Note contains events of default which, among other things, entitle the Investor to accelerate the due date of the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Note. Upon the occurrence of any event of default, the Outstanding Balance shall immediately and automatically increase to 130% of the Outstanding Balance immediately prior to the event of default, and the conversion price of the Note shall be redefined to equal 65% of the lowest trade accruing during the 10 consecutive Trading Days (as defined in the Note) immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date (as defined in the Note). Nickolay Kukekov, a director of the Company, and a third party, each has personally guaranteed the repayment of the Note.

 

The Warrant has an exercise price of $1.25 per share (the “Exercise Price”), subject to adjustments as provided in the Warrant, and has a term of five years. The Warrant contains a price-based anti-dilution provision, pursuant to which the exercise price of the Warrant shall be reduced upon the occurrence of certain dilutive issuances of securities as set forth in the Warrant, with a corresponding increase in the number of shares underlying the Warrant if the dilutive event occurs during the first three years of the Warrant, and a cashless exercise provision. The exercise of the Warrant is subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. The Company calculated the Warrants at fair value of $130,768 using the Monte Carlo model, which was recognized as a discount to the Note and is being amortized as interest expense over the remaining term of the notes.

 

The Company recorded a total of $155,768 of debt discounts related to the above Note during the year ended December 31, 2019. Amortization of debt discount for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $0.

 

NOTE 6 – PROMISSORY NOTE

 

On October 23, 2019, an investor of the Company subscribed for a promissory note (the “Note”) and loaned to the Company $50,000.

 

The Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 14% per annum, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, which interest will be payable quarterly until the Maturity Date. The principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest due under the Note is payable on October 21, 2020. The Company recorded $1,360 of accrued interest and has a total outstanding principal balance of $50,000 as of December 31, 2019.

 

The Note contains customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the Lender to accelerate the due date of the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, its Note.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 7 – OTHER LIABILITIES

 

In 2016, the Company recorded a liability in connection with the sale of two EEG machines as it provided a guarantee to the customer’s financing company (See Note 2). In June 2017, the customer defaulted on its payments and an additional $19,107 was booked as a liability and recognized as a loss on the sale of the assets for interest and some taxes related to the transaction. As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, total liability to the financing company reflected in Other Liabilities is $6,377 and $12,549, respectively.

 

Future minimum commitments related to the EEG liability consisted of the following at December 31, 2019:

 

Years ended December 31,   Amount (USD)  
2020     6,377  
Total   $ 6,377  

 

NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On May 9, 2017, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with Nano Graphene Inc., a company controlled by the Company’s chairman and his affiliates. In the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 Nano Graphene paid rent of $0 and $10,626, respectively, for warehouse space the Company rents from a third party. The Company has recorded the payments as other income.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, an entity controlled by Vadim Sakharov, the Company’s then CEO and current President and CTO, provided a non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. The Company repaid that loan in full during the year ended December 31, 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an entity controlled by Mr. Sakharov provided a $50,000 non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the balance was $50,000 and $50,000, respectively.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, a company controlled by the Company’s Mr. Sakharov provided an aggregate total of $5,530 in non-interest bearing, no-term loans to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $5,530.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company purchased an aggregate of $386,421 and $0 of medical devices for resale and distribution from Neurotech, a company that Mr. Sakharov is a shareholder and executive manager.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to consulting fees of $0 and $83,377, respectively, to Mr. Sakharov.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to research and development costs of $50,713 and $59,788, respectively, to an entity controlled by Mr. Sakharov.

 

On September 1, 2018, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a company controlled by the Company’s Chairman, whereby the Company makes payments to the related party for shared office space. This lease was terminated on March 31, 2019. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company made approximately $4,900 and $6,202, respectively, in rent payments to the related party.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an affiliate of Boris Goldstein, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, provided an aggregate total of $50,000, in a non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $50,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an affiliate of Nickolay Kukekov, a director of the Company, provided an aggregate total of $217,000 in non-interest-bearing, no-term loans to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $217,000.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to marketing and sales costs of $0 and $15,000, respectively, to entities controlled by the Company’s Chairman.

 

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 9 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company files corporate income tax returns in the United States (federal) and New York. The Company is subject to federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities through inception.

 

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had federal and state net operating loss carry forwards of $3,617,000 and $2,655,000, respectively that may be offset against future taxable income which will begin to expire in 2035 through 2039.

 

There was a foreign provision for income tax during the year ended December 31, 2019 and no provision or benefit for income taxes in 2018. The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized as follows:

 

    For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
    2019     2018  
Net operating loss carry forwards   $ 1,016,339     $ 746,028  
Stock based compensation     3,596       -  
Depreciation     (22 )     (41 )
Valuation allowance     (1,019,913 )     (745,987 )
Net Deferred Tax Asset   $ -     $ -  

 

In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Deferred tax assets consist primarily of the tax effect of NOL carry-forwards. The Company has provided a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets because of the uncertainty regarding its realizability.

 

Reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax to the Company's effective tax:

 

    For the Years Ended  
    December 31,  
    2019     2018  
    %     %  
Statutory federal tax rate     21.00 %     21.00 %
State taxes, net of federal benefit     6.99 %     8.40 %
Valuation allowance     -27.70 %     -29.40 %
                 
Provision for income taxes     0.30 %     0.00 %

  

The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits as additional income taxes in the statement of operations. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018 the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits. There were no changes in the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The Company did not recognize any interest or penalties during fiscal 2019 or 2018 related to unrecognized tax benefits.

 

All tax years remain open to examination for federal income tax purposes and by other major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.

 

NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with a $0.001 par value. As of December 31, 2019, no preferred shares have been issued and these shares are considered blank check preferred shares with no terms, limitations, or rights associated with them.

 

Common Stock

 

The Company has authorized 200,000,000 shares of common stock with a $0.001 par value per share. The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at the time of vote. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has deemed 19,380,460 shares outstanding or deemed outstanding.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

Shares Issued for Services

 

On May 5, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with a third-party consultant to provide services to the Company over an indefinite period until either party provides written notice of termination with thirty days notice. As compensation for such services, the Company has agreed to pay the consultant $75 an hour in cash and $75 an hour in shares of common stock with a monthly cap of $6,500 in cash and $6,500 a month in shares of common stock. The Company has additionally agreed to pay the consultant 1.5% of the gross revenue during the term of the agreement and six months after. On September 17, 2018, the agreement was amended related to services performed from July 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018. The Company has agreed to pay 10,134 shares of common stock for services performed during such time. The shares were valued at $0.05 per share or $734. No shares were earned prior to July 1, 2018. Commencing September 1, 2018, the May 5, 2018 consulting agreement shall be in accordance with the terms stated above and from September through December 31, 2018, the Company issued an additional 13,000 shares to the consultant at an average fair market value of $0.04 per share or $562.

 

For services rendered from July 2018 through September 2018, the Company agreed to issue 70,000 shares of common stock to a consultant pursuant to an agreement dated October 10, 2018. The Company valued the shares at $0.04 per share based on fair market value or $3,290. No further compensation is due to this consultant.

 

On August 8, 2018, the Company entered into a one-year agreement with an advisor for consulting services, as extended for an additional one-year period. Pursuant to the agreement, as amended, the Company has the right to pay $5,000 or issue the advisor a maximum of 6,667 shares of common stock on a quarterly basis, beginning the quarter ended December 31, 2018. The Company elected to issue 26,668 shares for the services provided during the year ended December 31, 2019 at an average value of $0.08 per share or $1,653.

 

On August 28, 2018, the Company entered into a one-year agreement with an advisor for consulting services, as extended for an additional one-year period. Pursuant to the agreement, as amended, the Company has the right to pay $5,000 or issue the advisor a maximum of 6,667 shares of common stock on a quarterly basis, beginning the quarter ended December 31, 2018. The Company elected to issue 26,668 shares for the services provided during the year ended December 31, 2019 at an average value of $0.08 per share or $1,653.

 

On September 1, 2019, the Company entered into a four-month agreement with an advisor for consulting services. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company shall pay the advisor 5,000 shares of common stock a month. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has issued 20,000 shares for services provided by the advisor at an average value of $0.10 per share or $2,000.

 

On October 1, 2019, the Company entered into a three-month agreement with an advisor for consulting services. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company shall pay the advisor 4,000 shares of common stock a month. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has issued 4,000 shares at a value of $0.12 per share or $488. The agreement was terminated on October 31, 2019.

 

On October 7, 2019, the Company entered into a three-month agreement with an advisor for consulting services. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company shall pay the advisor 7,500 shares of common stock a month. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has issued 22,500 shares at a value of $0.12 per share or $2,745.

 

On December 4, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with an advisor to memorialize certain services rendered to the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, in consideration for those services, the Company issued the advisor 75,000 shares of common stock. The shares were valued at $0.12 per share or $9,150.

 

 Shares issued for conversion of convertible debt

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company issued 5,687,630 shares of its common stock at a conversion price of $0.40 as a result of the conversion of principal and interest in the aggregate amount of $2,275,050 underlying the outstanding convertible notes converted during the period.

 

Warrants

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, cash consideration of $45,380 was paid and 167,875 warrants were issued to a third party on September 20, 2018 for services rendered in connection with the issuance of the convertible notes related to the Bridge Financing Transaction. During the year ended December 31, 2017 a total of 234,375 warrants were issued. The warrants are immediately exercisable upon issuance at a per share price of $0.40 and expire on September 20, 2023. The Company calculated the fair value of the warrants and recorded a total debt discount in the amount of $4,735 which was amortized through September 21, 2018, the date of the reverse merger. The fair value was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: (i) expected life 5 years, (ii) volatility of 78% - 86%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.27% - 2.90%, (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.05, and (vi) exercise price of $0.40.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (see Note 4), the company issued 100,000 warrants to a third party. The warrants were accounted for as a discount to the December 31, 2019 convertible note and therefor fair-valued using the Monte Carlo model with the following assumptions:

 

- The stock price of $0.1208 would fluctuate with an annual volatility
- The projected volatility curve was based on historical volatility of comparable companies for the valuation period and the remaining term of the warrants. The volatility used was 85.2%.
- The stock price projection was modeled such that it follows a geometric Brownian motion with constant drift and a constant volatility, starting with market prices.
- The warrants are exercised at maturity, December 31, 2024, by the holder if they are in the money based on the adjusted exercise price (adjusted for full ratchet reset events).
- The warrants have a fixed $1.25 exercise price subject to full ratchet reset provisions. Capital raising events triggering a reset to 100% of the projected stock price (no discount to the market) are projected for the warrants on 6/30/20, 6/30/21 and 6/30/22.
- The cash flows are discounted to net present values using risk free rates. Discount rates were based on risk free rates in effect based on the remaining term.

 

The following table summarized the warrant activity for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

                Weighted        
          Weighted     Average        
          Average     Remaining     Aggregate  
    Number of     Exercise     Contractual     Intrinsic  
Warrants   Shares     Price     Term     Value  
Balance Outstanding, December 31, 2017     234,375     $ 0.40       5.00     $ -  
Granted     167,875     $ 0.40       5.00       -  
Forfeited     -       -       -       -  
Exercised     -       -       -       -  
Expired     -       -       -       -  
Balance Outstanding, December 31, 2018     402,250     $ 0.40       4.72     $ -  
Granted     100,000       1.25       5.00       -  
Forfeited     -       -       -       -  
Exercised     -       -       -       -  
Expired     -       -       -       -  
Balance Outstanding, December 31, 2019     502,250     $ 0.57       3.98     $ -  
                                 
Exercisable, December 31, 2019     502,250     $ 0.57       3.98     $ -  

 

Options

 

On January 14, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of options to purchase an aggregate of 800,000 and 200,000 share of common stock to Boris Goldstein and Vadim Sakharov, respectively. The options have an exercise price of $0.75 per share which will vest over a 24-month period as follows: 25% (or 200,000 and 50,000, respectively) shall vest six months after the grant date with the remaining options will vest on a monthly basis at a rate of 1/24th per month. The options will expire on January 14, 2029. The aggregate fair value of $17,111 was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: (i) expected life 10 years, (ii) volatility of 77%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.71% (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.042, and (vi) exercise price of $0.75. The expense will be amortized over the vesting period and a total of $10,432 was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

On January 25, 2019, the Company appointed Jesse W. Crowne as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer. In connection with this appointment, the Company and Mr. Crowne entered into an employment agreement effective as of January 25, 2019. As part of his compensation, Mr. Crowne received options to purchase 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, of which 200,000 vest on the one year anniversary of the date of grant and the remaining 600,000 shares vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years. The options will expire January 25, 2029. Under certain circumstances, the Company would be obligated to grant options to purchase an additional 200,000 shares at substantially similar terms. The fair value of $13,714 was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: (i) expected life 10 years, (ii) volatility of 77%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.76% (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.042, and (vi) exercise price of $0.75. On May 31, 2019, Mr. Crowne resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and in November 2019 he resigned as a director of the Company’s Board. As a result of his resignation as Chief Executive Officer, his options were cancelled. The fair value of the stock option expense was amortized over the vesting period and a total of $2,366 was recorded through the date resignation.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

The following table summarized the option activity for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

                Weighted        
          Weighted     Average        
          Average     Remaining     Aggregate  
    Number of     Exercise     Contractual     Intrinsic  
Options   Shares     Price     Term     Value  
Balance Outstanding, December 31, 2018     -     $ -       -     $ -  
Granted     1,800,000       0.75       10       -  
Forfeited     (800,000 )     -       -       -  
Exercised     -       -       -       -  
Expired     -       -       -       -  
Balance Outstanding, December 31, 2019     1,000,000     $ 0.75       9.05     $ -  
                                 
Exercisable, December 31, 2019     625,000     $ 0.75       9.05     $ -  

 

For future periods, the remaining value of the stock options totaling approximately $6,680 will be amortized into the statement of operations consistent with the period for which the services will be rendered.  

 

NOTE 11 – CONCENTRATIONS

 

In the year ending December 31, 2019, the Company purchased 99.84% of its medical devices for resale and distribution from Neurotech, a company that Vadim Sakharov is a shareholder and executive manager.

 

NOTE 12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Financial Advisory Agreement

 

On February 1, 2017, the Company entered into a one-year agreement with a third party to act as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor (the “Financial Advisor”). In consideration for services, the Company will pay a cash fee equal to 8% of the total amount of capital received by the Company from institutions and 10% of the total amount of capital received by the Company from retail. With the exception of the Bridge Private Placement Transaction, the Company will also pay a cash amount, representing a non-accountable expense allowance payable immediately upon closing of a financing equal to 3% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the transactions from retail. In addition to the cash consideration, the Company will also issue warrants to purchase common stock to the Financial Advisor in an amount equal to 10% of the number of shares of common stock purchased by the investors and that the investors obtain a right to acquire through purchase, conversion or exercise of convertible securities issued by the Company. Those warrants will be immediately exercisable at the price per share at which the investor can acquire the common stock. On February 5, 2018, the agreement was amended to extend the exclusivity period another 12 months through February 1, 2019, all other terms and conditions of the agreement remained the same.

  

Operating Leases

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets as a right-of-use asset with a corresponding lease liability. Lessor accounting under the standard is substantially unchanged. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures are also required. The Company adopted the standard effective January 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment transition method, which applies the provisions of the standard at the effective date without adjusting the comparative periods presented. The Company adopted the following practical expedients and elected the following accounting policies related to this standard update:

 

  The option to not reassess prior conclusions related to the identification, classification and accounting for initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to January 1, 2019.

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

  Short-term lease accounting policy election allowing lessees to not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less.

 

  The option to not separate lease and non-lease components for certain equipment lease asset categories such as freight car, vehicles and work equipment.

 

  The package of practical expedients applied to all of its leases, including (i) not reassessing whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) not reassessing the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (iii) not reassessing initial direct costs for any existing leases.

 

As a result of the above, the adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. The Company will review for the existence of embedded leases in future agreements.

 

The Company has inventoried all leases where the Company is a lessee as of the initial date of application and has examined other contracts with suppliers, vendors, customers and other outside parties to identify whether such contracts contain an embedded lease as defined under the new guidance. The Company’s lease population comprises lease for corporate office space and a warehouse that are year-to-year basis with monthly rent ranging from approximately $200 to $3,200 and qualify under the practical expedient of short-term leases. The Company does not have exclusive rights of control to any assets in the customer and vendor contracts reviews and does not have any financing leases as of the date of adoption of ASC 842.

 

The Company conducts its U.S. operations from one office located in New York, NY. Beginning September 1, 2018, the Company entered into a six-month agreement from September 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019 at $1,598 per month. The Company continues to rent this location on a month to month basis at a rate of $1,750 per month. In March 2019, the Company rented an additional office at this location at a rate of $1,700 per month, which was terminated on June 30, 2019.

 

Beginning September 1, 2018, the Company entered into a one-year lease agreement with a related party (see Note 5). The Company is paying the related party one half of the $3,000 monthly rent or $1,500 per month, plus expenses. This lease was terminated on March 31, 2019.

 

Beginning January 2, 2019, the Company entered into a 12-month lease agreement ending December 31, 2019, with a third party in Russia. The Company is paying rent at a rate of 17,200 Rubles ($272) per month.

 

Beginning June 1, 2019, the Company entered into a 10-month lease agreement ending March 31, 2020 with a third party in Russia. The Company is paying rent at a rate of 12,000 Rubles ($190) per month.

 

Additionally, the Company also rents a warehouse. Beginning December 1, 2018, the Company entered into a 6-month warehouse rental agreement for $2,980 per month. The lease was renewed on June 1, 2019 for an additional year ending May 31, 2020, for $3,171 per month.

 

Total rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $85,771 and $58,301, respectively.

 

Equity Incentive Plan

 

As of September 21, 2018, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and stockholders approved the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan has a 10-year term, which terminates on the day prior to the 10th anniversary of its adoption by the Board. Under the 2018 Plan, the Company may grant equity-based incentive awards, including options, restricted stock, and other stock-based awards, to any directors, employees, advisers, and consultants that provide services to the Company. The vesting period, term and exercise price will be determined at the time of the grant. An aggregate of up to 3,500,000 of the Company’s common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has granted and has 1,000,000 options outstanding under the 2018 Plan (see Note 9).

  

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BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

NOTE 12 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In accordance with ASC 855 “Subsequent Events,” Company management reviewed all material events through the date this report was issued and the following subsequent events took place.

  

Employee Agreements

 

On March 25, 2020, effective retroactive to January 30, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Boris Goldstein pursuant to which Mr. Goldstein received 800,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The options vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years.

 

On March 25, 2020, effective retroactive to January 30, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Vadim Sakharov pursuant to which Mr. Sakharov will receive an annual salary of $60,000.

 

Non-Convertible Promissory Note

 

On February 21, 2020, a third party loaned the Company $20,000, evidenced by a non-convertible promissory note (the “Note”).The Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 12% per annum, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, which interest will be payable quarterly until the Maturity Date. The principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest due under the Note is payable on July 1, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note contains customary events of default, which, if uncured, entitle the Lender to accelerate the due date of the unpaid principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Note.

 

Extension of Existing Convertible Promissory Notes

 

On February 28, 2020, the Company entered into allonges to extend the maturity date of certain existing Convertible Promissory Notes of the Company (each, a “Note”). The Allonge relating to the Note in the principal amount of $130,000, provides for the maturity date thereof to be extended to February 5, 2021, subject to earlier conversion pursuant to the terms of such Note. The Allonge relating to the Note in the principal amount of $100,000, provides for the maturity date thereof to be extended to January 18, 2021, subject to earlier conversion pursuant to the terms of such Note. Other than as set forth in each Allonge, the terms of the Notes remain the same.

  

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ITEM 9 – CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, management of the Company, under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, reviewed and performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2019. Based on that review and evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, along with the management of the Company, have determined that as of December 31, 2019, the disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a – 15(f) of the Exchange Act). There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any internal control, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control may vary over time. We have assessed the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a -15(f) of the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2019, and have concluded that, as of December 31, 2019, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of the evaluation date due to the factors stated below.

 

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the evaluation date and identified the following material weaknesses:

 

  Management did not maintain effective internal controls relating to the accounting closing and financial reporting process pertaining to certain stock transactions and complicated convertible debt instruments;

 

  The Company has insufficient internal personnel resources and technical accounting and reporting expertise within the Company’s financial closing and reporting functions; and

 

  Due to our small size, the Company did not maintain effective internal controls to assure proper segregation of duties as the same employee was responsible for initiating and recording of transactions, thereby creating a segregation of duties weakness.

 

Management is committed to improving its internal controls and will:

 

  Continue to use third party specialists to address shortfalls in staffing and to assist the Company with accounting and finance responsibilities; and

 

  Increase the frequency of independent reconciliations of significant accounts, which will mitigate the lack of segregation of duties until there are sufficient personnel.

 

Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has discussed the material weaknesses noted above with our independent registered public accounting firm. Due to the nature of these material weaknesses, there is a more than remote likelihood that misstatements which could be material to the annual or interim financial statements could occur that would not be prevented or detected.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

   

Changes in Internal Controls

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal control that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B – OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Not applicable

   

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PART III

 

ITEM 10 – DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

Our executive officers and directors are as follows:

 

Name   Age   Position
Boris (Baruch) Goldstein   56   Chairman of the Board, Secretary and Executive Vice President
Vadim Sakharov   46   President, Chief Technology Officer and Director
Nickolay Kukekov   46   Director
Mark Corrao   62   Chief Financial Officer

 

Boris (Baruch) Goldstein, Chairman of the Board, Secretary and Executive Vice President. Dr. Goldstein is the founder and has been Chairman of the Board of MemoryMD since its inception in 2015 and has been the executive Chairman of the Board of the Company since the Closing of the Acquisition and Executive Vice President since January 2019. Dr. Goldstein is a serial entrepreneur, having founded or co-founded over 20 private companies over the past 30 years. Dr. Goldstein is the founder in November 2016 and the president of High Technology Capital Fund and High Technology Capital Management LLC, and is a partner in High Accelerator, which helps build and support next generation technologies.

 

Dr. Goldstein received his B.A., MBA and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Latvian Technical University.

 

The Company believes that Dr. Goldstein is qualified to serve as Chairman of the Board due to his extensive experience as a founder and operator of numerous start-up and other companies, and due his role as a founder of MemoryMD.

 

Vadim Sakharov, President, Chief Technology Officer and Director. Mr. Sakharov has been Chief Executive Officer of MemoryMD since February 2015 and was Chief Executive Officer of the Company from September 2018 until January 25, 2019, at which time he was appointed as President and Chief Technology Officer. He has also been the Chairman of the Board and general manager of Neurotech, a medical device company, since February 1992.

 

The Company believes that Mr. Sakharov is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his experience as an executive at medical device companies.

 

Nickolay V. Kukekov, Director. Dr. Kukekov has been a member of MemoryMD’s Board of Directors since September 2017, and a member of the Board of the Company since the Closing of the Acquisition. Dr. Kukekov currently serves as the managing director of HRA Capital (formerly Highline Research Advisors), a division of Corinthian Partners L.L.C. Prior to forming Highline Research Advisors in 2012, Dr. Kukekov was the Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Summer Street Research from October 2010 to August 2012. In September 2009, Dr. Kukekov was a co-founder of the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Gilford Securities. From December 2007 to July 2009, Dr. Kukekov served as the managing director of Paramount BioCapital, where he ran the advisory, M&A and capital raising services for in-house private and public portfolio companies. Dr. Kukekov holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.

 

The Company believes that Dr. Kukekov is qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors due to his extensive experience in healthcare and medical device investment banking.

  

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Mark Corrao, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Corrao has been the part-time chief financial officer of MemoryMD since August 2018. He is a Managing Director for the CFO Squad, an accounting firm that specializes in pre-audit accounting for public and private companies, which provides those services to the Company. Additionally, Mr. Corrao is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Generex Biotechnology Corporation and Kannalife Sciences, Inc. Mr. Corrao was formerly a founder and Chief Financial Officer of Strikeforce Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded software development and services company specializing in the development of a suite of integrated computer network security products. In addition to the ten years of his service at Strikeforce, Mr. Corrao has spent numerous years in the public accounting arena specializing in certified auditing, SEC accounting, corporate taxation and financial planning. Mr. Corrao’s background also includes numerous years on Wall Street with Merrill Lynch, Spear Leeds & Kellogg and Greenfield Arbitrage Partners. While on Wall Street Mr. Corrao was involved in several IPO’s and has been a guiding influence in several start-up companies. Prior to joining StrikeForce, he was a Director at Applied Digital Solutions from December 2000 through December 2001. Mr. Corrao was a Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Advanced Communications Sciences from March 1997 through December 2000. Mr. Corrao has a B.S. in Accounting from CUNY.

 

There are no family relationships between any of our officers and directors.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, or has been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement. Each of our executive officers and directors has informed us that he or she, as the case may be, has not been involved in any of the events specified in clauses (1) through (8) of Regulation S-K, Item 401(f). Except as set forth in our discussion below in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence – Transactions with Related Persons,” none of our directors, director nominees, or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates, or associates that are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Structure and Operation of the Board

 

We do not have standing audit, compensation or nominating committees of our Board. However, the full Board performs all of the functions of a standing audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee. The Board currently consists of three directors: Dr. Goldstein (Chairman) and Messrs. Sakharov and Kukekov. The following is a brief description of these functions of the Board:

 

Nomination of Directors

 

The Board does not currently have a standing nominating committee, and thus we do not have a nominating committee charter. Due to our small size and limited operations to date, the Board determined that it was appropriate for the entire Board to act as the nominating committee. The full Board currently has the responsibility of selecting individuals to be nominated for election to the Board. Board candidates are typically identified by existing directors or members of management. The Board will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. Any such candidates will be evaluated on the same basis as other candidates being evaluated by the Board. Information with respect to such candidates should be sent to Brain Scientific Inc., c/o CEO, 205 East 42nd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10017. The Board considers the needs for the Board as a whole when identifying and evaluating nominees and, among other things, considers diversity in background, age, experience, qualifications, attributes and skills in identifying nominees, although it does not have a formal policy regarding the consideration of diversity.

 

Audit Committee Related Function

 

We do not have a standing audit committee, and thus we do not have an audit committee charter. Due to our small size and limited operations to date, the Board determined that it was appropriate for the entire Board to act as the audit committee. The Board intends to review with management and the Company’s independent public accountants the Company’s financial statements, the accounting principles applied in their preparation, the scope of the audit, any comments made by the independent accountants upon the financial condition of the Company and its accounting controls and procedures and such other matters as the Board deems appropriate. Because the Company’s common stock is traded on the OTC Pink market, the Company is not subject to the listing requirements of any securities exchange regarding audit committee related matters.

 

Report of Board on Audit Related Matters

 

In discharging its responsibility for oversight of the audit process, the Board obtained from the Company’s independent auditors, Sadler, Gibb & Associates LLC, a formal written statement describing any relationships between the auditors and the Company that might bear on the auditors’ independence, consistent with the Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, “Independence Discussions with Audit Committees.” In addition, the Board discussed with the auditors any relationships that might impact the auditors’ objectivity and independence. The Board is satisfied as to the auditors’ independence.

  

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 Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

We do not have an audit committee financial expert, because we do not have an audit committee.

 

Risk Oversight

 

The Board’s risk oversight is administered primarily through the following:

 

●     review and approval of an annual business plan;

 

●     review of a summary of risks and opportunities at meetings of the Board;

 

●     review of business developments, business plan implementation and financial results;

 

●     oversight of internal controls over financial reporting; and

 

●     review of employee compensation and its relationship to our business plans.

 

Due to the small size and early stage of the Company, we have not adopted a formal policy on whether the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions should be separate or combined.

 

Compensation Committee Related Function

 

The Board does not currently have a standing compensation committee, and thus we do not have a compensation committee charter. Due to our small size and limited operations to date, the Board determined that it was appropriate for the entire Board to act as the compensation committee. The full Board currently has the responsibility for reviewing and establishing compensation for executive officers and making policy decisions concerning salaries and incentive compensation for executive officers of the Company.

 

The Company’s executive compensation program is administered by the Board, which determines the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers of the Company. In reviewing the compensation of the individual executive officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer), the Board considers the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer, published compensation surveys and current market conditions.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

We adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to, among other persons, our principal executive officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K as Exhibit 14.1.

 

Director Independence

 

We use the definition of “independence” of The NASDAQ Stock Market to make this determination. NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) provides that an “independent director” is a person other than an officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship, which, in the opinion of the Company’s Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The NASDAQ listing rules provide that a director cannot be considered independent if:

 

  The director is, or at any time during the past three years was, an employee of the company;

 

  The director or a family member of the director accepted any compensation from the company in excess of $120,000 during any period of 12 consecutive months within the three years preceding the independence determination (subject to certain exclusions, including, among other things, compensation for board or board committee service);

 

  A family member of the director is, or at any time during the past three years was, an executive officer of the company;

 

  The director or a family member of the director is a partner in, controlling stockholder of, or an executive officer of an entity to which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year or $200,000, whichever is greater (subject to certain exclusions);

  

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  The director or a family member of the director is employed as an executive officer of an entity where, at any time during the past three years, any of the executive officers of the company served on the compensation committee of such other entity; or

 

  The director or a family member of the director is a current partner of the company’s outside auditor, or at any time during the past three years was a partner or employee of the company’s outside auditor, and who worked on the company’s audit.

 

Under such definitions, none of our directors can be considered an independent director.

 

ITEM 11 – EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Compensation of Executive Officers

 

The following table sets forth information regarding each element of compensation that was paid or awarded to the named executive officers of the Company for the periods indicated.

 

Name and Principal Position   Year   Salary
($)
    Bonus
($)
    Stock Awards
($)
    Option Awards
($)
    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation($)
    All Other Compensation($)     Total
($)
 
Boris (Baruch) Goldstein   2019     32,000       -       -       13,689 (4)     -       -       45,689  
Chairman and Executive Vice President   2018     93,000       -       -       -       -       -       93,000  
                                                             
Jesse W. Crowne (1)   2019     53,333       -       -       2,366 (5)     -       -       55,699  
Chief Executive Officer   2018     -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                             
Vadim Sakharov(2)   2019     20,000       -       -       3,422 (6)     -       -       23,422  
President and Chief Technology Officer   2018     83,000       -       -       -       -       -       83,000  
                                                             
Mark Corrao (3)   2019     18,000       -       -       -       -       -       18,000  
Chief Financial Officer   2018     7,500       -       -       -       -       -       7,500  

  

(1) Mr. Crowne was appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on January 25, 2019 and resigned as Chief Executive Officer on May 31, 2019.
(2) Mr. Sakhavov also previously served as Chief Executive Officer. He resigned as Chief Executive Officer on January 25, 2019. His salary for 2018 was paid as consultancy fees.
(3) Mr. Corrao commenced his position as an at-will, part-time CFO of the Company in August 2018. He is paid a monthly fee for his services of $1,500.
(4) Represents grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The following assumptions were used in the valuation: (i) expected life 10 years, (ii) volatility of 77%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.71% (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.042, and (vi) exercise price of $0.75.
(5) Represents grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The following assumptions were used in the valuation: (i) expected life 10 years, (ii) volatility of 77%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.71% (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.042, and (vi) exercise price of $0.75. 
(6) Represents grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The following assumptions were used in the valuation: (i) expected life 10 years, (ii) volatility of 77%, (iii) risk free rate of 2.71% (iv) dividend rate of zero, (v) stock price of $0.042, and (vi) exercise price of $0.75.

  

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table presents the outstanding equity awards held by each of the named executive officers as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

    Option Awards   Stock Awards  
Name   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
    Option Exercise Price     Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
    Market
value of
Shares of
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
    Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested
    Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or Payout
Value of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested
 
Boris Goldstein     500,000       300,000     $ 0.75     01/14/29                        
Vadim Sakharov    

125,000 

     

75,000 

    $

0.75

   

01/14/29

                       

 

Long-Term Incentive Plans and Awards

 

In August, 2018, our board of directors adopted and stockholders approved the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. There were 1,000,000 outstanding equity awards granted under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Director Compensation

 

There were no amounts paid or stock awards made to our non-employee directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

 Messrs. Goldstein, Crowne and Sakharov received compensation for their services to the Company as set forth under the summary compensation table above. In 2019, our directors were entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred by them in connection with attending board meetings. Our directors also were eligible for stock option grants and other equity grants.

 

Employment Agreements

 

Jesse W. Crowne

 

The Company and Mr. Crowne entered into an employment agreement, effective as of January 25, 2019 (the “Employment Agreement”). Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Crowne will receive an initial annual base salary of $160,000, which shall be increased to $175,000.00 per annum in the event the Company is successful in raising at least $1,000,000 (the “Capital Raise”) from the date of the Employment Agreement. In addition, Mr. Crowne may receive an annual cash bonus of up to $40,000 based on Mr. Crowne’s performance as determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and will receive a $30,000 sign-on bonus payable in two tranches. Mr. Crowne shall also be entitled to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive compensation plans generally made available to senior executives of the Company, pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr. Crowne options to purchase 800,000 (or 1,000,000 in the event of a Capital Raise) shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, of which 200,000 (or 250,000 in the event of a Capital Raise) shares shall vest on the one year anniversary of the date of grant, and 600,000 (or 750,000 in the event of a Capital Raise) shall vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years.

 

In the event Mr. Crowne’s employment is terminated as a result of death during or disability, Mr. Crowne or his beneficiaries or legal representatives shall be provided any earned base salary and all benefits payable under any employee benefit plan applicable at the time or termination (the “Unconditional Entitlements”).

 

In the event of the Mr. Crowne’s termination for cause or termination by Mr. Crowne other than for a good reason, Mr. Crowne shall be provided the Unconditional Entitlements.

 

In the event of a termination by Mr. Crowne for good reason or by the Company without cause, Mr. Crowne shall be provided the Unconditional Entitlements and the Company shall provide Mr. Crowne his base salary then in effect for a period of 12 months after the date of termination (provided that the Company is successful in raising at least $2,000,000 from the date of the Employment Agreement), 100% of the cost of premiums for COBRA for a period of 12 months from the date of termination, acceleration of the vesting his stock options, and continued vesting of any restricted stock or other equity awards subject to vesting.

 

The Employment Agreement contained customary non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in favor of the Company. Mr. Crowne also agreed to customary terms regarding confidentiality and ownership of intellectual property.

 

As noted above, Mr. Crowne resigned as Chief Executive Officer on May 31, 2019. He resigned as a director of the Company on November 14, 2019. His options were forfeited.

  

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Boris Goldstein

 

On March 25, 2020, the Company and Mr. Goldstein entered into an employment agreement, effective as of January 30, 2020 (the “Goldstein Employment Agreement”). Under the Goldstein Employment Agreement, Mr. Goldstein will receive an initial annual base salary of $180,000, which shall be reviewed annually and may be increased, but not decreased, by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, or if there be no such Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors (in either case, the “Committee”). In addition, Mr. Goldstein shall be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus equal to a target of 50% of his annual base salary, based on the Company’s achievement of certain performance metrics and goals as may be determined by the Committee in consultation with Mr. Goldstein prior to or promptly following the beginning of each fiscal year. Mr. Goldstein shall also be entitled to participate in any stock option, performance share, performance unit or other equity based long-term incentive compensation plan, program or arrangement generally made available to senior executive officers of the Company, pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr. Goldstein options to purchase 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, which shall vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years.

 

In the event Mr. Goldstein’s employment is terminated as a result of death or disability, Mr. Goldstein or his estate shall be provided any earned base salary, any earned but unpaid annual bonus for the year prior to termination (the “Prior Year Bonus”), a pro-rated annual bonus for the year of termination (the “Pro-Rated Bonus), if any, reimbursement of any unpaid business expenses and accrued vacation, and, in the event of termination for disability, all benefits payable under any employee benefit plan applicable at the time of termination.

 

In the event Mr. Goldstein’s employment is terminated for cause or by Mr. Goldstein without good reason, Mr. Goldstein shall forfeit the right to receive any and all further payments under the Goldstein Employment Agreement, other than the right to receive any unpaid earned annual base salary, the Prior Year Bonus, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits payable under any employee benefit plan applicable at the time of termination, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

In the event Mr. Goldstein’s employment is terminated by Mr. Goldstein for good reason or by the Company without cause, Mr. Goldstein shall be paid (i) his accrued but unpaid annual base salary as of the termination date, (ii) his annual base salary then in effect for a period of 24 months after the date of termination (or 60 months if the termination without cause or for good reason occurs within 24 months of a change of control (as defined in the Goldstein Employment Agreement)), (iii) the target annual bonus for the year of termination, if any, (iv) any unpaid Prior Year Bonus, (v) reimbursement of unpaid business expenses and the dollar value of any unused and accrued vacation days, and (vi) 100% of the cost of premiums for COBRA for a period of 12 months from the date of termination. In addition, 100% of any unvested portion of Mr. Goldstein’s outstanding option grants shall immediately vest and become exercisable and remain exercisable for the periods specified in such option.

 

The Goldstein Employment Agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in favor of the Company. Mr. Goldstein also agreed to customary terms regarding confidentiality and ownership of intellectual property. 

 

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Vadim Sakharov

 

On March 25, 2020, the Company and Mr. Sakharov entered into an employment agreement, effective as of January 30, 2020 (the “Sakharov Employment Agreement”). Under the Sakharov Employment Agreement, Mr. Sakharov will receive an initial annual base salary of $60,000, which shall be reviewed annually and may be increased, but not decreased, by the Committee. In addition, Mr. Sakharov shall be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus equal to a target of 50% of his annual base salary, based on the Company’s achievement of certain performance metrics and goals as may be determined by the Committee in consultation with Mr. Sakharov prior to or promptly following the beginning of each fiscal year. Mr. Sakharov shall also be entitled to participate in any stock option, performance share, performance unit or other equity based long-term incentive compensation plan, program or arrangement generally made available to senior executive officers of the Company, pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr. Sakharov options to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, which shall vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years.

 

In the event Mr. Sakharov’s employment is terminated as a result of death or disability, Mr. Sakharov or his estate shall be provided any earned base salary, any earned but unpaid annual bonus for the year prior to termination (the “Prior Year Bonus”), a pro-rated annual bonus for the year of termination (the “Pro-Rated Bonus), if any, reimbursement of any unpaid business expenses and accrued vacation, and, in the event of termination for disability, all benefits payable under any employee benefit plan applicable at the time of termination.

 

In the event Mr. Sakharov’s employment is terminated for cause or by Mr. Sakharov without good reason, Mr. Sakharov shall forfeit the right to receive any and all further payments under the Sakharov Employment Agreement, other than the right to receive any unpaid earned annual base salary, the Prior Year Bonus, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits payable under any employee benefit plan applicable at the time of termination, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

In the event Mr. Sakharov’s employment is terminated by Mr. Sakharov for good reason or by the Company without cause, Mr. Sakharov shall be paid (i) his accrued but unpaid annual base salary as of the termination date, (ii) his annual base salary then in effect for a period of 4 months after the date of termination (or 6 months if the termination without cause or for good reason occurs within 24 months of a change of control (as defined in the Sakharov Employment Agreement)), (iii) the target annual bonus for the year of termination, if any, (iv) any unpaid Prior Year Bonus, (v) reimbursement of unpaid business expenses and the dollar value of any unused and accrued vacation days, and (vi) 100% of the cost of premiums for COBRA for a period of 12 months from the date of termination. In addition, 100% of any unvested portion of Mr. Sakharov’s outstanding option grants shall immediately vest and become exercisable and remain exercisable for the periods specified in such option.

 

The Sakharov Employment Agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in favor of the Company. Mr. Sakharov also agreed to customary terms regarding confidentiality and ownership of intellectual property. 

 

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Limits on Liability and Indemnification

 

We provide directors and officers insurance for our current directors and officers.

 

Our certificate of incorporation eliminates the personal liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. The certificate of incorporation further provides that the Company will indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. We believe that this indemnification covers at least negligence on the part of the indemnified parties. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons under the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plans

 

Our directors and executive officers may adopt written plans, known as Rule 10b5-1 plans, in which they will contract with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis. Under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, a broker executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the director or officer when entering into the plan, without further direction from them. The director or officer may amend a Rule 10b5-1 plan in some circumstances and may terminate a plan at any time. Our directors and executive officers also may buy or sell additional shares outside of a Rule 10b5-1 plan when they are not in possession of material non-public information subject to compliance with the terms of our insider trading policy.

 

ITEM 12 – SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table shows the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 27, 2020 held by (i) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our common stock; (ii) each director; (iii) each executive officer; and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and generally includes voting power and/or investment power with respect to the securities held. Shares of common stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable or which may become exercisable within 60 days of March 27, 2020 are deemed outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such options or warrants for purposes of computing the number of shares and percentage beneficially owned by such person, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any other person. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons or entities named have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.

 

The following table provides for percentage ownership assuming 19,380,460 shares are issued and outstanding as of March 27, 2020. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial holder of our Common Stock is our corporate address.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner   Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
    % of Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
 
Greater Than 5% Stockholders                
High Technology Capital Fund LP(1)     6,749,000       34.8 %
Lifestyle Healthcare LLC(2)     1,384,980       7.1 %
Andrew Brown(3)     1,709,063       8.8 %
Thomas J Caleca     1,552,878       8.0 %
                 
Named Executive Officers and Directors                
Boris (Baruch) Goldstein(1)(4)     8,049,575       40.2 %
Vadim Sakharov (5)     531,2000       2.7 %
Nickolay Kukekov(6)     1,484,980       7.6 %
Mark Corrao     -       -  
All Directors and Officers as a Group (4 persons)     10,065,755       49.6 %

  

 

(1) Dr. Goldstein is the manager of High Technology Capital Management LLC (“LLC”), the general partner of High Technology Capital Fund LP (“LP”). As the manager of the LLC, Dr. Goldstein has voting and dispositive control over the shares owned by the LP. Dr. Goldstein disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

  

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(2) The address of Lifestyle Healthcare is 4524 Westway Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205. Nickolay Kukekov has voting and dispositive power over the shares. Dr. Kukekov disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3) The address of Mr. Brown is 300 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601.
(4) Of such shares, 6,749,000 are held of record by High Technology Capital Fund LP and 337,450 are held of record by Irina Migalina, Dr. Goldstein’s wife. Includes an aggregate of 625,000 options that have vested or will vest within 60 days of March 27, 2020. Dr. Goldstein disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(5) Includes an aggregate of 193,750 options that have vested or will vest within 60 days of March 27, 2020.

(6) Includes 1,384,980 held by Lifestyle Healthcare LLC and 100,000 shares of our common stock underlying warrants issued to Dr. Kukekov. Dr. Kukekov disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Lifestyle except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

   

 

ITEM 13 – CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, an entity controlled by Vadim Sakharov, the Company’s then CEO and current President and CTO, provided a non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. The Company repaid that loan in full during the year ended December 31, 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an entity controlled by Mr. Sakharov provided a $50,000 non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the balance was $50,000 and $50,000, respectively.

 

On May 9, 2017, MemoryMD entered into a sublease agreement with Nano Graphene Inc., a company controlled by Dr. Goldstein and his affiliates. In the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 Nano Graphene paid rent, of $0 and $10,626, respectively, for warehouse space in the facility.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to research and development costs of $50,713 and $59,788, respectively, to an entity controlled by Mr. Sakharov.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to marketing and sales costs of $0 and $15,000, respectively, to entities controlled by the Company’s Chairman.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had expenses related to consulting fees of $0 and $83,377, respectively, to Mr. Sakharov.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, a company controlled by the Company’s Mr. Sakharov provided an aggregate total of $5,530 in non-interest bearing, no-term loans to the Company.

 

Nickolay Kukekov, a director of the Company, was a Partner of HRA Capital. HRA Capital, through Corinthian Partners, LLC, acted as placement agent for MemoryMD’s convertible note offerings pursuant to which Corinthian received aggregate fees of $117,880 and warrants to purchase an estimated 291,740 shares of Company common stock.

 

In May 2018, we entered into a Patent Assignment and License Back Agreement with Boris Goldstein, our Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President, Dmitriy Prilutskiy, Stanislav Zabodaev and Medical Computer Systems Ltd. Pursuant to the agreement, among other things, Messrs. Goldstein, Prilutskiy and Zabodaev assigned all of their rights to a patent entitled “Apparatus And Method For Conducting Electroencephalography” (Application No.: 15/898,611), to our Company, and in return, we granted to Medical Computer Systems Ltd., an unaffiliated entity who also provides manufacturing services to us, a limited, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, nonexclusive license (without the right to sublicense or assign), to the patent, to practice, make and use the inventions, ideas and information embodied therein, and to make, use, offer to sell, sell, lease or import products, services, processes, methods and materials embodying or deriving from the inventions, ideas and information from the patent and any activities derived directly therefrom; provided, however, that if and upon FDA approval of a Product, Medical Computer Systems’ aforementioned rights shall be limited to manufacturing and sales solely to our Company or on our behalf provided that we purchase from Medical Computer Systems (and Medical Computer Systems makes available for sale) a minimum of 20,000 units of Products per calendar year on reasonable terms and conditions to be determined by the parties in good faith; provided further, however, that Medical Computer Systems can without any limitation sell products embodying or deriving from the inventions, ideas and information from the patent in (i) the territories that made up the former USSR (excluding the Baltic countries) and (ii) Japan. In furtherance of the foregoing first provision, in the event we fail to purchase the annual minimum order for a particular calendar year, Medical Computer Systems’ limitation to manufacture and sell Products only to our Company pursuant to this proviso shall be suspended for the next calendar year.

  

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On September 1, 2018, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a company controlled by the Company’s Chairman, whereby the Company makes payments to the related party for shared office space. This lease was terminated on March 31, 2019. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company made approximately $4,900 and $6,202, respectively, in rent payments to the related party.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an affiliate of Boris Goldstein, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, provided an aggregate total of $50,000, in a non-interest-bearing, no-term loan to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $50,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an affiliate of Nickolay Kukekov, a director of the Company, provided an aggregate total of $217,000 in non-interest-bearing, no-term loans to the Company. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $217,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we purchased an aggregate of $386,421 of medical devices for resale and distribution from Neurotech, a company that Mr. Sakharov is a shareholder and executive manager.

 

 The Acquisition

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement for the Acquisition whereby Memory MD, Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, each holder of MemoryMD Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Closing received shares of our common stock in exchange therefore based on the Exchange Ratio, with all fractional shares rounded up to the nearest whole share. Accordingly, we issued 675,575 and 337,450 shares of our common stock to Messrs. Goldstein (and his wife) and Sakharov, respectively and 6,749,000 shares of our common stock to High Technology Capital Fund LP, an affiliate of Dr. Goldstein. Furthermore, as of the Closing, Mr. Amer Samad, the sole director and executive officer of All Soft Gels, committed to tender for cancellation 6,495,000 shares of our common stock as part of the conditions to Closing, of which 6,375,000 shares have been subsequently cancelled and of which 120,000 shares are expected to be tendered to us for cancellation as soon as practicable. The Merger Agreement also provides that Drs. Goldstein and Kukekov be appointed as a director of the Company upon the Closing of the Acquisition.

   

Related Person Transaction Policy

 

The Board reviews, approves and oversees any transaction between us and any related person and any other potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis, in accordance with our policies and procedures, and develops policies and procedures for the approval of related party transactions. Prior to consideration of a transaction with a related person, the material facts as to the related person's relationship or interest in the transaction are disclosed to the disinterested directors. The transaction is not approved unless a majority of the members of the Board who are not interested in the transaction approve the transaction. The Board takes into account, among other factors that it deems appropriate, whether the related person transaction is on terms no less favorable to us than terms generally available in a transaction with an unrelated third-party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related person's interest in the related person transaction. Our current policy with respect to approval of related person transactions is not set forth in writing.

 

ITEM 14 – PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

 

The Board has selected the independent accounting firm of Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC (“Sadler Gibb”) to audit the accounts of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2019.

  

The Board received the following information concerning the fees of the independent accountants for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, has considered whether the provision of these services is compatible with independence of the independent accountants, and concluded that it is:

 

    Year Ended  
    12/31/19     12/31/18  
Audit Fees (1)   $ 42,000     $ 37,000  
Audit-Related Fees     -       -  
Tax Fees     -       -  
All Other Fees     -       -  

  

(1) Audit fees represents fees for the integrated audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and reviews of the interim consolidated financial statements, and review of audit-related SEC filings; also includes fees related to issuing comfort letter(s). Also includes tax filing fees.

 

Audit and tax fees include administrative overhead charges and reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

Our board of directors has not yet adopted a policy on pre-approval of audit and permissible non-audit services.

 

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PART IV

  

ITEM 15 – EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) Financial Statements

 

Our financial statements as set forth in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto commencing on page F-1 are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

(b) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits, which are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K, are filed herewith or, as noted, incorporated by reference herein.

 

Exhibit No.   Document
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among Brain Scientific Inc., ASGI Acquisition Company and Memory MD, Inc. dated as of September 21, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
3(i)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Brain Scientific Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2018)
3(ii)   Amended and Restated By-Laws of Brain Scientific Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
4.1   Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
4.2   Form of Warrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2019).
10.1   Patent Assignment and License Back Agreement, dated May 2018, by and among Boris Goldstein, Dmitriy Prilutskiy, Stanislav Zabodaev, Memory MD, Inc. and (c) Medical Computer Systems Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
10.2   Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2018, between Brain Scientific Inc. and Amer Samad (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
10.3   Sublease Agreement dated as of May 9, 2017 by and between Memory MD, Inc. and Nano Graphene Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
10.4*   2018 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
10.5*   Form of Stock Option Award Agreement pursuant to 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018)
10.6   Form of Subscription Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 11, 2019)
10.7   Form of Note (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 11, 2019)
10.8  

Securities Purchase Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2020)

10.9  

Convertible Note (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2020)

10.10* **  

Boris Goldstein Employment Agreement

10.11* **

  Vadim Sakharov Employment Agreement
14.1**   Code of Ethics
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2018) 
31.1   Certification Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Jesse W. Crowne, Chief Executive Officer)
31.2   Certification Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Mark Corrao, Chief Financial Officer)
32.1   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Jesse W. Crowne, Chief Executive Officer)
32.2   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Mark Corrao, Chief Financial Officer)
101.INS   XBRL Instance.
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation.
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition.
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels.
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation.

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

** Filed herewith.

  

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC.
     
  By: /s/ Boris Goldstein
    Boris Goldstein
   

Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President

   

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
    Dated: March 30, 2020

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Boris Goldstein   Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President   March 30, 2020
Boris Goldstein        
         
/s/ Vadim Sakharov   Director, President and Chief Technology Officer   March 30, 2020
Vadim Sakharov        
         
/s/ Mark Corrao   Chief Financial Officer    March 30, 2020
Mark Corrao   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Nickolay Kukekov   Director   March 30, 2020
Nickolay Kukekov        

 

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Exhibit 10.10

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated January 30, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Brain Scientific Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), and Boris (Baruch) Goldstein (the “Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Executive has previously been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the Company and as its Executive Vice President and Secretary; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are desirous of memorializing the terms and conditions of the Executive’s employment on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such continuation of employment in the position of Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Company.

 

2. DUTIES. The Executive shall render, on a part-time basis as reasonably determined by the Company and the Executive from time to time, as an employee, professional services as the Executive Vice President and Secretary (the “Position”), with duties consistent therewith of a public corporation with subsidiaries and as may be assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) from time to time in accordance with the foregoing (collectively, the “Duties”), and shall comply with such reasonable policies, standards and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Company for its senior executives. The Executive shall perform all of his Duties to the best of his professional ability. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (i) serve on industry trade, civic or charitable boards or committees, (ii) manage his personal investments and affairs; and (iii) serve as an employee, executive or on the board of directors of, any other for-profit enterprise, so long as in each case, such activity does not materially interfere with the Executive’s Duties hereunder or is in violation of Section 13 hereof. For so long as the Executive is in the Position, the Company shall nominate the Executive to the Board and shall be the Chairman of the Board.

 

3. TERM. The Executive shall be employed from the Effective Date until terminated pursuant to the termination provisions set out in Section 12 of this Agreement (the “Term”). At the end of the Term (as defined below) or otherwise upon the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from any and all director positions he has with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and from any and all of his executive and other employment roles with the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

 

 

 

4. PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Services performed by the Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be performed at the Company’s U.S. headquarters in New York, New York, or such place(s) as shall be mutually agreeable to the Company and Executive. The Executive understands and agrees that he may be required to travel to other destinations from time to time, as reasonably necessary to fulfill the Duties.

 

5. COMPENSATION. For all services rendered to the Company, the Company shall provide Executive as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this Section 5.

 

  (a) Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) equal to $180,000 per year, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for senior executive officers of the Company as in effect from time to time. During the Term, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually, and may be increased but not decreased by the Compensation Committee of the Board or the Board if there be no such Compensation Committee (in either case, the “Committee”). The term “Annual Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Annual Base Salary as so adjusted.

 

  (b) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Annual Base Salary, for each fiscal year commencing from the Effective Date and ending during the Term, the Executive shall be eligible for an annual cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) equal to a target of 50% of the Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The Target Bonus will be earned in any given year in respect of which the Company achieves certain performance metrics and goals as may be determined by the Committee in consultation with the Executive prior to or promptly following the beginning of each fiscal year. Each such Annual Bonus awarded to the Executive shall be paid sometime during the first seventy-five (75) days of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded. Executive must be employed with the Company in good standing on the last day of the fiscal year with respect to which the Annual Bonus relates to earn and be eligible to receive the Annual Bonus.

 

  (c) Option Grant. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in any stock option, performance share, performance unit or other equity based longterm incentive compensation plan, program or arrangement (the “Plans”) generally made available to senior executive officers of the Company, on substantially the same terms and conditions as generally apply to such other officers, except that the size of the awards made to the Executive shall reflect the Executive’s position with the Company. [In furtherance of the foregoing, promptly after the Effective Date, the Company shall grant to the Executive options to purchase 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Options”) at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant (which fair market value as of the date hereof is $0.75), and which Options shall vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years, all subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Plan and/or award agreements (collectively, together with any additional Plans and agreements awarding the Executive equity or equity-based awards, the “Equity Documents”).]

 

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  (d) Recoupment of Unearned Incentive Compensation. If the Company restates all or a portion of its financial statements for any given fiscal year, the Board or committee thereof may require reimbursement of any bonus or incentive compensation paid to the Executive for such fiscal year if and to the extent that (i) the amount of such incentive compensation for such fiscal year was calculated based upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently reduced due to a restatement, (ii) the Executive engaged in any fraud or misconduct that caused or significantly contributed to the need for the restatement, and (iii) the amount of the bonus or incentive compensation that would have been awarded to the Executive for such fiscal year had the financial results been properly reported would have been lower than the amount actually awarded.

 

6. VACATION/SICK TIME. The Executive shall be entitled to vacation time in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time, with full pay, of four (4) weeks (twenty (20) working days), during each full year of Executive’s employment. Unused vacation days shall be forfeited at the end of each calendar year and shall not roll over to the next year, nor will Executive be paid for any unused vacation days in a calendar year; provided, however, that upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, the Company will pay any accrued or unused and unpaid vacation time. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the Company’s policy in effect from time to time.

 

7. REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES. The Company shall reimburse Executive for expenses reasonably incurred during the course of Executive’s employment, including travel expenses. Such reimbursement shall be made in accordance with Company policies in effect from time to time upon presentation of receipts and such other reasonable additional substantiation and justification to the Company for expenses actually incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

8. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s benefits plans available to its employees from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans. The Company reserves the right to alter, amend, replace or discontinue the benefit plans it makes available to its employees (including the Executive), at any time, with or without notice.

 

9. COMPANY PROPERTY DEFINED. The Executive acknowledges and understands that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, notes, drawings, designs, logos, inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, ideas, trade secrets and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the Company Property shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the Company Property. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph or in any other manner duplicate or remove said Company Property other than in the performance of his Duties for or on behalf of the Company. The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

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10. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive shall promptly return to the Company all Company Property in his possession or control, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same. The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

11. OWNERSHIP OF PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

 

  (a) Any work prepared for the Company during the course of the Executive’s employment by the Company that is eligible for copyright, patent and/or trademark protection under the laws of the United States or any other country and any proprietary know-how developed by Executive (solely or jointly with others) while rendering services for the Company will vest in the Company. Executive hereby grants, transfers and assigns all right, title and interest in such work and all copyrights, patents and trademarks in such work and all renewals and extensions thereof to the Company, all of which shall be deemed a work for hire for the Company under the U.S. Copyright Act to the fullest extent permitted under the law, and Executive shall provide all assistance reasonably requested by the Company in the establishment, preservation and enforcement of the Company’s copyright, patents and trademarks in such work, such assistance to be provided at the Company’s expense but without any additional compensation to Executive. If the Company cannot, after reasonable effort, secure Executive’s signature on any documents needed to apply for or prosecute any patent, copyright, trademark or other right or protection relating to an invention, whether because of Executive’s physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever, Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Executive’s agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and on Executive’s behalf and in Executive’s name and stead for the purpose of executing and filing any such application or applications and taking all other lawfully permitted actions to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, trademarks or similar protections thereon, with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Executive.

 

  (b) Executive agrees that all right, title, and interest in and to any and all copyrightable material, notes, records, drawings, designs, logos, inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, ideas and trade secrets conceived, discovered, authored, invented, developed or reduced to practice by Executive, solely or in collaboration with others, during the period of time Executive is in the employ of the Company (including during off-duty hours), or with the use of Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or Company Confidential Information, and any copyrights, patents, trade secrets, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating to the foregoing (collectively, “Inventions”), are the sole property of the Company. Executive also agrees to promptly make full written disclosure to the Company of any Inventions, and to deliver and assign and hereby irrevocably assigns fully to the Company all of Executive’s right, title and interest in and to Inventions. Executive agrees that this assignment includes a present conveyance to the Company of ownership of Inventions that are not yet in existence.

 

  (c) The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

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12. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

 

  (a) Termination on Notice. Subject to the remaining clauses of this Section 12, either party shall have the right to earlier terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time for any reason or no reason upon one (1) month prior written notice. In the event that the Company or Executive gives notice to terminate pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Company may elect to have Executive cease working immediately so long as the Company continues to pay Executive’s Annual Base Salary in accordance with the provisions of Section (5)(a) and the Executive continues to participate in all employee benefit plans, for the entire one (1) month notice period (such payment, the “Continuation Pay”). In the event the Company elects to have Executive immediately cease working during the one (1) month notice period as provided in the foregoing sentence and Executive finds alternative employment that is not in violation of any provision herein, including, without limitation, Section 13 hereof, Executive may accept and engage in the alternative employment without forfeiting the Continuation Pay.

 

  (b) Termination by the Company for Cause. The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below) at any time during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (i) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (ii) commission of any act of fraud or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (iii) willful or intentional breach of his fiduciary duties to the Company of any written Company policy, plan or code then in effect; or (iv) breach of any material provision of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to any termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for Cause, (x) the Company shall first provide written notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Executive purporting to constitute Cause (the “Cause Notice”) within ninety (90) days of the date the Board first becomes aware of its existence, (y) the Executive shall have the opportunity to cure or remedy such act or default within thirty (30) days following such Cause Notice, and (z) the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment within ninety (90) days following any such failure to cure by the Executive.

 

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  (c) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below) at any time during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: (i) the reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, Duties or responsibilities; (ii) any reduction in Annual Base Salary or Target Bonus potential of the Executive; (iii) breach of any material provision of this Agreement or the Equity Documents by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable or (iv) any relocation of the Executive’s principal place of employment to a location more than thirty (30) miles away from the Executive’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to any termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, (x) the Executive shall first provide written notice to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company purporting to constitute Good Reason (the “GR Notice”) within ninety (90) days of the date the Executive first becomes aware of its existence, (y) the Company shall have the opportunity to cure or remedy such act or default within thirty (30) days following such GR Notice, and (z) the Executive shall terminate the Executive’s employment within ninety (90) days following any such failure to cure by the Company.

 

  (d) Termination by Death. If the Executive dies while employed under this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate immediately and the Company shall pay to the Executive’s estate any earned Annual Base Salary, earned but unpaid Annual Bonus for the year prior to the year of termination (the “Prior Year Bonus”), a pro-rated Target Bonus for the year of termination, if any, based on the number of days employed in such year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”), reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, that is unpaid up to the date of his death.

 

  (e) Termination by Disability. The Company may terminate this Agreement as a result of any mental or physical disability or illness which results in (i) the Executive being unable to substantially perform his duties for a continuous period of 150 days or for periods aggregating 180 days within any period of 365 days or (ii) the Executive being subject to a permanent or indefinite inability to perform essential functions based on the reasonable opinion of a qualified board-certified medical doctor chosen in good faith by the Company. Termination will be effective on the date designated by the Company, and the Executive will be paid any unpaid earned Annual Base Salary, the Prior Year Bonus, the Pro-Rated Bonus if any, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits as set out in Section 8, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

  (f) Payment upon Termination for Cause or without Good Reason. Upon Executive’s termination of employment for Cause, or if Executive shall terminate without Good Reason, Executive shall forfeit the right to receive any and all further payments hereunder, other than the right to receive any unpaid earned Annual Base Salary, the Prior Year Bonus, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits as set out in Section 8, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

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  (g) Payment Upon Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. In the event of the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or upon the Executive’s termination of his employment for Good Reason, (i) all amounts of Annual Base Salary accrued but unpaid as of the termination date shall be paid by the Company within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, (ii) an amount equal to (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary on the date of termination for a period of twenty four (24) months (or sixty (60) months if the termination without Cause or for Good Reason occurs within twenty four (24) months after a Change in Control (as defined below), subject to Section 12(i) below) plus (y) the Target Bonus for the year of termination, if any, shall be paid by the Company in twenty four (24) equal monthly installments, (iii) 100% of any unvested portion of outstanding option grants shall immediately vest and become exercisable and shall remain exercisable for the periods specified in each such option; (iv) the Prior Year Bonus shall be paid at such time as such bonus would otherwise be payable pursuant to Section 5(b); (v) the dollar value of unused and accrued vacation days and reimbursement of business expenses shall be paid within thirty (30) days following the date of termination; and (vi) the applicable premiums (inclusive of premiums for Executive’s dependents) shall be paid by the Company pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended, for twelve (12) months from the date of termination for any benefits plan sponsored by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date: (i) an acquisition of the Company by another person or entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization), other than an acquisition in which the shares of capital stock held by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately after such acquisition and by virtue of the acquisition, a majority of the total outstanding voting power of the surviving or acquiring person or entity; (ii) a sale, lease, exclusive license (unless granted in the ordinary course of business) or other disposition of all of substantially all of the assets of the Company, except where such sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) a transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (whether by merger, consolidation, stock acquisition or otherwise) in which a majority of the total outstanding voting power of the Company is transferred. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control if the primary purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction, or engage in a bona fide equity financing transaction.

 

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  (h) Deferred Compensation. This Agreement is intended to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and will be interpreted, administered and operated in a manner consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service with the Company he is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (and the regulations thereunder) and any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such separation from service are subject to Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is six months following the Executive’s separation from service with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), and the Company will pay any such delayed amounts in a lump sum at such time. If any other payments of money or other benefits due to the Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to the Executive under this Agreement constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid to the Executive in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv). Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. References to “termination of employment” and similar terms used in this Agreement are intended to refer to “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code. In no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement. Any provision in this Agreement providing for any right of offset or set-off by the Company shall not permit any offset or set-off against payments of “non-qualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or other amounts or payments to the extent that such offset or set-off would result in any violation of Section 409A or adverse tax consequences to the Executive under Section 409A.

 

  (i) Parachute Payments. In the event that the severance and other benefits provided to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement (A) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and (B) but for this Section 12(i), such severance and benefits would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then the Executive’s severance benefits under this Section shall be payable either: (y) in full, or (z) as to such lesser amount which would result in no portion of such severance and other benefits being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax imposed by Section 4999, results in the receipt by the Executive on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of severance benefits under this Agreement. Unless the Company and the Executive otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 12(i) shall be made in writing by independent public accountants reasonably agreed to by the Company and the Executive (the “Accountants”), whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Executive and the Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 12(i), the Accountants may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Section 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Executive shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section. The Company shall bear all costs the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 12(i).

 

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13. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

 

  (a) Noncompetition. During the Term and for the twenty four (24) month period immediately following the termination of employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any company or entity that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”, as further defined below) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor; provided, that if the Executive provides services to a multi-strategy organization that includes a unit, division, subsidiary or affiliate (any of which, a “Unit”) that engages in a Competitor business, but the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, provide services to the Unit that is engaged in the Competitor business, then the Executive shall not be in violation of this Section 13(a); provided that the Executive puts up a “chinese wall” between the Unit he works in or for and the Unit engaging in the Competitor business which shall be approved in the reasonable discretion of the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Competitor” shall further mean any company or entity, whether located in the United States, Canada or elsewhere, that engages in (i) the supply, commercialization, development, manufacture and/or distribution of solutions to the neurology market and neurological diagnostic devices or (ii) other developments that the Company has taken material measures toward executing as of the termination date from any of its assets.

 

  (b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire. Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his Duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor; provided that the foregoing shall not be violated by general solicitation not targeted at the prohibited group or by the Executive serving as a reference upon request or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such hiring); provided that Executive shall not be prohibited from employing any person who is no longer an employee of the Company as of the date of first contact by Executive so long as the termination of such person’s employment with the Company was effectuated for a good faith, bona fide reason and was not intended to be a sham or artifice to avoid the restrictions contained in this Section 13(b).

 

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  (c) Non-Solicitation of Clients. Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.

 

  (d) Disparaging Comments. Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from (i) responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, (ii) complying with the disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws or any applicable stock exchange or quotation system, or (iii) to enforce this Agreement.

 

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  (e) Confidentiality. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, directors, officers, investors, shareholders, executives and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which have been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information. Nothing in this Agreement or elsewhere shall prevent the Executive from: (i) cooperating with, or participating in, any investigation conducted by any governmental agency; (ii) making truthful statements, or disclosing documents and information, (x) to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving his rights or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise or (y) when and to the extent required by law, legal process or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order him to make such statements or to disclose or make accessible such documents and information; (iii) retaining, and using appropriately (e.g., not in connection with violating any non-competition or non-solicitation restriction), documents and information relating to his personal rights and obligations and his contact list; (iv) disclosing his post-employment restrictions in confidence in connection with any potential new employment or business venture; (v) disclosing documents and information in confidence to any attorney, financial advisor, tax preparer, or other professional for the purpose of securing professional advice provided that all of such professionals shall be bound by confidentiality no less restrictive than that set forth in this Section 13(e); (vi) using and disclosing documents and information at the request of the Company or its attorneys and agents; or (vii) using and disclosing documents and information in connection with good faith performance of his duties for the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

  (f) Acknowledgement. Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

 

  (g) Survival. All of the restrictive covenants contained in this Section 13 shall be binding on the assigns, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of the Executive, and shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment.

 

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14. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees that (x) if Executive is made a party, or are threatened to be made a party, or reasonably anticipates being made a party, to any threatened or actual action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, appellate or other (a “Proceeding”) or (y) if any claim, dispute, demand, request, threat, discovery request or request for testimony or information (a “Claim”) is made, or threatened to be made, by any person or entity, and such Proceeding or Claim arises out of or relates to Executive’s positions with, or services for the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates, then Executive will promptly be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s plans, programs, agreements, arrangements or governing documents or, if greater, by applicable law, against any and all costs, expenses, liabilities, and losses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs). The Company will, in addition, advance to Executive, or pay directly, all costs and expenses incurred by Executive in connection with any such Proceeding or Claim, or in connection with Executive’s seeking to enforce Executive’s rights under this section, within fifteen (15) days after receiving written notice requesting such an advance and enclosing customary supporting documentation, provided only that such notice includes an unsecured undertaking by Executive to repay the amount advanced if Executive is ultimately determined, by a court of competent jurisdiction, not to be entitled to indemnification against such costs and expenses. The foregoing rights to indemnification and advancement will continue indefinitely, whether or not Executive’s services for the Company have terminated. Nothing herein shall limit any right that Executive may have in respect of indemnification, contribution, advancement, or liability insurance coverage under any other plan, agreement, policy or arrangement of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or under applicable law. A directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (or policies) shall be kept in place, during the term of employment, providing coverage to Executive that is no less favorable to Executive in any respect than the coverage then being provided to any other then current or former director or officer of the Company.

 

15. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The Executive acknowledges that the precise value of the covenants in Section 13 are difficult to evaluate and that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if any applicable law or governmental entity shall reduce the time period or scope during which the Executive shall be prohibited from engaging in any competitive or soliciting activity described in Section 13, the period of time or scope, as the case may be, for which the Executive shall be prohibited shall be reduced to the maximum time or scope permitted by law.

 

16. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered to the party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:

 

  If to the Company: Brain Scientific, Inc.
    205 East 42nd Street
    14th Floor
    New York, New York 10017
    Attn: Board of Directors  
     
   With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
    Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
    1425 RXR Plaza
    East Tower, 15th Floor
    Uniondale, New York 11556
    Attn: Stephen E. Fox, Esq.
     
  If to the Executive: Boris Goldstein
    100 U.N. Plaza, 7E
    New York, NY 10017

 

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17. SEVERABILITY. In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

 

18. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or entity with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company’s assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise, provided that the assignee or transferee contractually assumes the liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company as contained in this Agreement. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

 

19. GOVERNING LAW, VENUE, INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles, and that venue for any action between the parties that arises out of this Agreement shall be in the County of New York, City of New York and State of New York. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

20. AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION. All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.

 

21. INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE. The Executive acknowledges that he has been advised to seek independent legal counsel in respect of the Agreement and the matters contemplated herein. To the extent that he declines to receive independent legal counsel in respect of the Agreement, he waives the right, should a dispute later develop, to rely on his lack of independent legal counsel to avoid his obligations, to seek indulgences from the Company or to otherwise attack the integrity of the Agreement and the provisions thereof, in whole or in part.

 

22. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement electronically or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.

 

  Brain Scientific Inc.
   
   
  Name: Vadim Sakharov
  Title: CTO and President
   
   
  Boris (Baruch) Goldstein

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated January 30, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Brain Scientific Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), and Vadim Sakharov (the “Executive”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Executive has previously been appointed as a director of the Company and as its President and Chief Technology Officer; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are desirous of memorializing the terms and conditions of the Executive’s employment on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such continuation of employment in the position of President and Chief Technology Officer of the Company.

 

2. DUTIES. The Executive shall render, on a full-time basis as reasonably determined by the Company and the Executive from time to time, as an employee, professional services as the President and Chief Technology Officer (the “Position”), with duties consistent therewith of a public corporation with subsidiaries and as may be assigned to the Executive by the Chief Executive Officer and/or Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) from time to time in accordance with the foregoing (collectively, the “Duties”), and shall comply with such reasonable policies, standards and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Company for its senior executives. The Executive shall perform all of his Duties to the best of his professional ability. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (i) serve on industry trade, civic or charitable boards or committees, and (ii) manage his personal investments and affairs, so long as in each case, such activity does not materially interfere with the Executive’s Duties hereunder or is in violation of Section 13 hereof. For so long as the Executive is in the Position, the Company shall nominate the Executive to the Board.

 

3. TERM. The Executive shall be employed from the Effective Date until terminated pursuant to the termination provisions set out in Section 12 of this Agreement (the “Term”). At the end of the Term (as defined below) or otherwise upon the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from any and all director positions he has with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and from any and all of his executive and other employment roles with the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

 

 

 

4. PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Services performed by the Executive pursuant to this Agreement shall be performed at the Company’s U.S. headquarters in New York, New York, or such place(s) as shall be mutually agreeable to the Company and Executive. The Executive understands and agrees that he may be required to travel to other destinations from time to time, as reasonably necessary to fulfill the Duties.

 

5. COMPENSATION. For all services rendered to the Company, the Company shall provide Executive as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this Section 5.

 

  (a) Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) equal to $60,000 per year, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for senior executive officers of the Company as in effect from time to time. During the Term, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually, and may be increased but not decreased by the Compensation Committee of the Board or the Board if there be no such Compensation Committee (in either case, the “Committee”). The term “Annual Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Annual Base Salary as so adjusted.

 

  (b) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Annual Base Salary, for each fiscal year commencing from the Effective Date and ending during the Term, the Executive shall be eligible for an annual cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) equal to a target of 50% of the Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The Target Bonus will be earned in any given year in respect of which the Company achieves certain performance metrics and goals as may be determined by the Committee in consultation with the Executive prior to or promptly following the beginning of each fiscal year. Each such Annual Bonus awarded to the Executive shall be paid sometime during the first seventy-five (75) days of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded. Executive must be employed with the Company in good standing on the last day of the fiscal year with respect to which the Annual Bonus relates to earn and be eligible to receive the Annual Bonus.

 

  (c) Option Grant. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in any stock option, performance share, performance unit or other equity based longterm incentive compensation plan, program or arrangement (the “Plans”) generally made available to senior executive officers of the Company, on substantially the same terms and conditions as generally apply to such other officers, except that the size of the awards made to the Executive shall reflect the Executive’s position with the Company.

 

  (d) Recoupment of Unearned Incentive Compensation. If the Company restates all or a portion of its financial statements for any given fiscal year, the Board or committee thereof may require reimbursement of any bonus or incentive compensation paid to the Executive for such fiscal year if and to the extent that (i) the amount of such incentive compensation for such fiscal year was calculated based upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently reduced due to a restatement, (ii) the Executive engaged in any fraud or misconduct that caused or significantly contributed to the need for the restatement, and (iii) the amount of the bonus or incentive compensation that would have been awarded to the Executive for such fiscal year had the financial results been properly reported would have been lower than the amount actually awarded.

 

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6. VACATION/SICK TIME. The Executive shall be entitled to vacation time in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time, with full pay, of four (4) weeks (twenty (20) working days), during each full year of Executive’s employment. Unused vacation days shall be forfeited at the end of each calendar year and shall not roll over to the next year, nor will Executive be paid for any unused vacation days in a calendar year; provided, however, that upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, the Company will pay any accrued or unused and unpaid vacation time. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the Company’s policy in effect from time to time.

 

7. REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES. The Company shall reimburse Executive for expenses reasonably incurred during the course of Executive’s employment, including travel expenses. Such reimbursement shall be made in accordance with Company policies in effect from time to time upon presentation of receipts and such other reasonable additional substantiation and justification to the Company for expenses actually incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

8. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s benefits plans available to its employees from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans. The Company reserves the right to alter, amend, replace or discontinue the benefit plans it makes available to its employees (including the Executive), at any time, with or without notice.

 

9. COMPANY PROPERTY DEFINED. The Executive acknowledges and understands that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, notes, drawings, designs, logos, inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, ideas, trade secrets and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the Company Property shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the Company Property. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph or in any other manner duplicate or remove said Company Property other than in the performance of his Duties for or on behalf of the Company. The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

10. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive shall promptly return to the Company all Company Property in his possession or control, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same. The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

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11. OWNERSHIP OF PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

 

  (a) Any work prepared for the Company during the course of the Executive’s employment by the Company that is eligible for copyright, patent and/or trademark protection under the laws of the United States or any other country and any proprietary know-how developed by Executive (solely or jointly with others) while rendering services for the Company will vest in the Company. Executive hereby grants, transfers and assigns all right, title and interest in such work and all copyrights, patents and trademarks in such work and all renewals and extensions thereof to the Company, all of which shall be deemed a work for hire for the Company under the U.S. Copyright Act to the fullest extent permitted under the law, and Executive shall provide all assistance reasonably requested by the Company in the establishment, preservation and enforcement of the Company’s copyright, patents and trademarks in such work, such assistance to be provided at the Company’s expense but without any additional compensation to Executive. If the Company cannot, after reasonable effort, secure Executive’s signature on any documents needed to apply for or prosecute any patent, copyright, trademark or other right or protection relating to an invention, whether because of Executive’s physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever, Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Executive’s agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and on Executive’s behalf and in Executive’s name and stead for the purpose of executing and filing any such application or applications and taking all other lawfully permitted actions to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, trademarks or similar protections thereon, with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Executive.

 

  (b) Executive agrees that all right, title, and interest in and to any and all copyrightable material, notes, records, drawings, designs, logos, inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, ideas and trade secrets conceived, discovered, authored, invented, developed or reduced to practice by Executive, solely or in collaboration with others, during the period of time Executive is in the employ of the Company (including during off-duty hours), or with the use of Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or Company Confidential Information, and any copyrights, patents, trade secrets, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating to the foregoing (collectively, “Inventions”), are the sole property of the Company. Executive also agrees to promptly make full written disclosure to the Company of any Inventions, and to deliver and assign and hereby irrevocably assigns fully to the Company all of Executive’s right, title and interest in and to Inventions. Executive agrees that this assignment includes a present conveyance to the Company of ownership of Inventions that are not yet in existence.

 

  (c) The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

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12. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

 

  (a) Termination on Notice. Subject to the remaining clauses of this Section 12, either party shall have the right to earlier terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time for any reason or no reason upon one (1) month prior written notice. In the event that the Company or Executive gives notice to terminate pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Company may elect to have Executive cease working immediately so long as the Company continues to pay Executive’s Annual Base Salary in accordance with the provisions of Section (5)(a) and the Executive continues to participate in all employee benefit plans, for the entire one (1) month notice period (such payment, the “Continuation Pay”). In the event the Company elects to have Executive immediately cease working during the one (1) month notice period as provided in the foregoing sentence and Executive finds alternative employment that is not in violation of any provision herein, including, without limitation, Section 13 hereof, Executive may accept and engage in the alternative employment without forfeiting the Continuation Pay.

 

  (b) Termination by the Company for Cause. The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below) at any time during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (i) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (ii) commission of any act of fraud or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (iii) willful or intentional breach of his fiduciary duties to the Company of any written Company policy, plan or code then in effect; or (iv) breach of any material provision of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to any termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment for Cause, (x) the Company shall first provide written notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Executive purporting to constitute Cause (the “Cause Notice”) within ninety (90) days of the date the Board first becomes aware of its existence, (y) the Executive shall have the opportunity to cure or remedy such act or default within thirty (30) days following such Cause Notice, and (z) the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment within ninety (90) days following any such failure to cure by the Executive.

 

  (c) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below) at any time during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: (i) the reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, Duties or responsibilities; (ii) any reduction in Annual Base Salary or Target Bonus potential of the Executive; (iii) breach of any material provision of this Agreement by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable or (iv) any relocation of the Executive’s principal place of employment to a location more than thirty (30) miles away from the Executive’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to any termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, (x) the Executive shall first provide written notice to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company purporting to constitute Good Reason (the “GR Notice”) within ninety (90) days of the date the Executive first becomes aware of its existence, (y) the Company shall have the opportunity to cure or remedy such act or default within thirty (30) days following such GR Notice, and (z) the Executive shall terminate the Executive’s employment within ninety (90) days following any such failure to cure by the Company.

 

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  (d) Termination by Death. If the Executive dies while employed under this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate immediately and the Company shall pay to the Executive’s estate any earned Annual Base Salary, earned but unpaid Annual Bonus for the year prior to the year of termination (the “Prior Year Bonus”), a pro-rated Target Bonus for the year of termination, if any, based on the number of days employed in such year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”), reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, that is unpaid up to the date of his death.

 

  (e) Termination by Disability. The Company may terminate this Agreement as a result of any mental or physical disability or illness which results in (i) the Executive being unable to substantially perform his duties for a continuous period of 150 days or for periods aggregating 180 days within any period of 365 days or (ii) the Executive being subject to a permanent or indefinite inability to perform essential functions based on the reasonable opinion of a qualified board-certified medical doctor chosen in good faith by the Company. Termination will be effective on the date designated by the Company, and the Executive will be paid any unpaid earned Annual Base Salary, the Prior Year Bonus, the Pro-Rated Bonus if any, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits as set out in Section 8, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

  (f) Payment upon Termination for Cause or without Good Reason. Upon Executive’s termination of employment for Cause, or if Executive shall terminate without Good Reason, Executive shall forfeit the right to receive any and all further payments hereunder, other than the right to receive any unpaid earned Annual Base Salary, the Prior Year Bonus, reimbursement of business expenses and accrued vacation, if any, and benefits as set out in Section 8, in each case as accrued through the date of termination.

 

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  (g) Payment Upon Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. In the event of the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or upon the Executive’s termination of his employment for Good Reason, (i) all amounts of Annual Base Salary accrued but unpaid as of the termination date shall be paid by the Company within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, (ii) an amount equal to (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary on the date of termination for a period of twenty four (24) months (or sixty (60) months if the termination without Cause or for Good Reason occurs within twenty four (24) months after a Change in Control (as defined below), subject to Section 12(i) below) plus (y) the Target Bonus for the year of termination, if any, shall be paid by the Company in twenty four (24) equal monthly installments, (iii) 100% of any unvested portion of outstanding option grants shall immediately vest and become exercisable and shall remain exercisable for the periods specified in each such option; (iv) the Prior Year Bonus shall be paid at such time as such bonus would otherwise be payable pursuant to Section 5(b); (v) the dollar value of unused and accrued vacation days and reimbursement of business expenses shall be paid within thirty (30) days following the date of termination; and (vi) the applicable premiums (inclusive of premiums for Executive’s dependents) shall be paid by the Company pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended, for twelve (12) months from the date of termination for any benefits plan sponsored by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date: (i) an acquisition of the Company by another person or entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization), other than an acquisition in which the shares of capital stock held by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately after such acquisition and by virtue of the acquisition, a majority of the total outstanding voting power of the surviving or acquiring person or entity; (ii) a sale, lease, exclusive license (unless granted in the ordinary course of business) or other disposition of all of substantially all of the assets of the Company, except where such sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) a transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (whether by merger, consolidation, stock acquisition or otherwise) in which a majority of the total outstanding voting power of the Company is transferred. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control if the primary purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction, or engage in a bona fide equity financing transaction.

 

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  (h) Deferred Compensation. This Agreement is intended to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and will be interpreted, administered and operated in a manner consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service with the Company he is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (and the regulations thereunder) and any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such separation from service are subject to Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is six months following the Executive’s separation from service with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), and the Company will pay any such delayed amounts in a lump sum at such time. If any other payments of money or other benefits due to the Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to the Executive under this Agreement constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid to the Executive in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv). Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. References to “termination of employment” and similar terms used in this Agreement are intended to refer to “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code. In no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement. Any provision in this Agreement providing for any right of offset or set-off by the Company shall not permit any offset or set-off against payments of “non-qualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or other amounts or payments to the extent that such offset or set-off would result in any violation of Section 409A or adverse tax consequences to the Executive under Section 409A.

 

  (i) Parachute Payments. In the event that the severance and other benefits provided to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement (A) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and (B) but for this Section 12(i), such severance and benefits would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then the Executive’s severance benefits under this Section shall be payable either: (y) in full, or (z) as to such lesser amount which would result in no portion of such severance and other benefits being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax imposed by Section 4999, results in the receipt by the Executive on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of severance benefits under this Agreement. Unless the Company and the Executive otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 12(i) shall be made in writing by independent public accountants reasonably agreed to by the Company and the Executive (the “Accountants”), whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Executive and the Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 12(i), the Accountants may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Section 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Executive shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section. The Company shall bear all costs the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 12(i).

 

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13. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

 

  (a) Noncompetition. During the Term and for the twenty four (24) month period immediately following the termination of employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any company or entity that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”, as further defined below) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor; provided, that if the Executive provides services to a multi-strategy organization that includes a unit, division, subsidiary or affiliate (any of which, a “Unit”) that engages in a Competitor business, but the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, provide services to the Unit that is engaged in the Competitor business, then the Executive shall not be in violation of this Section 13(a); provided that the Executive puts up a “chinese wall” between the Unit he works in or for and the Unit engaging in the Competitor business which shall be approved in the reasonable discretion of the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Competitor” shall further mean any company or entity, whether located in the United States, Canada or elsewhere, that engages in (i) the supply, commercialization, development, manufacture and/or distribution of solutions to the neurology market and neurological diagnostic devices or (ii) other developments that the Company has taken material measures toward executing as of the termination date from any of its assets.

 

  (b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire. Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his Duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor; provided that the foregoing shall not be violated by general solicitation not targeted at the prohibited group or by the Executive serving as a reference upon request or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such hiring); provided that Executive shall not be prohibited from employing any person who is no longer an employee of the Company as of the date of first contact by Executive so long as the termination of such person’s employment with the Company was effectuated for a good faith, bona fide reason and was not intended to be a sham or artifice to avoid the restrictions contained in this Section 13(b).

 

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  (c) Non-Solicitation of Clients. Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.

 

  (d) Disparaging Comments. Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from (i) responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, (ii) complying with the disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws or any applicable stock exchange or quotation system, or (iii) to enforce this Agreement.

 

  (e) Confidentiality. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, directors, officers, investors, shareholders, executives and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which have been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information. Nothing in this Agreement or elsewhere shall prevent the Executive from: (i) cooperating with, or participating in, any investigation conducted by any governmental agency; (ii) making truthful statements, or disclosing documents and information, (x) to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving his rights or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise or (y) when and to the extent required by law, legal process or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order him to make such statements or to disclose or make accessible such documents and information; (iii) retaining, and using appropriately (e.g., not in connection with violating any non-competition or non-solicitation restriction), documents and information relating to his personal rights and obligations and his contact list; (iv) disclosing his post-employment restrictions in confidence in connection with any potential new employment or business venture; (v) disclosing documents and information in confidence to any attorney, financial advisor, tax preparer, or other professional for the purpose of securing professional advice provided that all of such professionals shall be bound by confidentiality no less restrictive than that set forth in this Section 13(e); (vi) using and disclosing documents and information at the request of the Company or its attorneys and agents; or (vii) using and disclosing documents and information in connection with good faith performance of his duties for the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

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  (f) Acknowledgement. Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

 

  (g) Survival. All of the restrictive covenants contained in this Section 13 shall be binding on the assigns, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of the Executive, and shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment.

 

14. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees that (x) if Executive is made a party, or are threatened to be made a party, or reasonably anticipates being made a party, to any threatened or actual action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, appellate or other (a “Proceeding”) or (y) if any claim, dispute, demand, request, threat, discovery request or request for testimony or information (a “Claim”) is made, or threatened to be made, by any person or entity, and such Proceeding or Claim arises out of or relates to Executive’s positions with, or services for the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates, then Executive will promptly be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s plans, programs, agreements, arrangements or governing documents or, if greater, by applicable law, against any and all costs, expenses, liabilities, and losses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs). The Company will, in addition, advance to Executive, or pay directly, all costs and expenses incurred by Executive in connection with any such Proceeding or Claim, or in connection with Executive’s seeking to enforce Executive’s rights under this section, within fifteen (15) days after receiving written notice requesting such an advance and enclosing customary supporting documentation, provided only that such notice includes an unsecured undertaking by Executive to repay the amount advanced if Executive is ultimately determined, by a court of competent jurisdiction, not to be entitled to indemnification against such costs and expenses. The foregoing rights to indemnification and advancement will continue indefinitely, whether or not Executive’s services for the Company have terminated. Nothing herein shall limit any right that Executive may have in respect of indemnification, contribution, advancement, or liability insurance coverage under any other plan, agreement, policy or arrangement of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or under applicable law. A directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (or policies) shall be kept in place, during the term of employment, providing coverage to Executive that is no less favorable to Executive in any respect than the coverage then being provided to any other then current or former director or officer of the Company.

 

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15. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The Executive acknowledges that the precise value of the covenants in Section 13 are difficult to evaluate and that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if any applicable law or governmental entity shall reduce the time period or scope during which the Executive shall be prohibited from engaging in any competitive or soliciting activity described in Section 13, the period of time or scope, as the case may be, for which the Executive shall be prohibited shall be reduced to the maximum time or scope permitted by law.

 

16. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered to the party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:

 

  If to the Company: Brain Scientific, Inc.
    205 East 42nd Street
    14th Floor
    New York, New York 10017
    Attn: Board of Directors
     
  With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
   
    Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
    1425 RXR Plaza
    East Tower, 15th Floor
    Uniondale, New York 11556
    Attn: Stephen E. Fox, Esq.
     
  If to the Executive: Vadim Sakharov
    Gorkiy Street 5, Taganrog
    Russia, 347904

  

17. SEVERABILITY. In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

 

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18. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or entity with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company’s assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise, provided that the assignee or transferee contractually assumes the liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company as contained in this Agreement. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

 

19. GOVERNING LAW, VENUE, INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles, and that venue for any action between the parties that arises out of this Agreement shall be in the County of New York, City of New York and State of New York. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

20. AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION. All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.

 

21. INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE. The Executive acknowledges that he has been advised to seek independent legal counsel in respect of the Agreement and the matters contemplated herein. To the extent that he declines to receive independent legal counsel in respect of the Agreement, he waives the right, should a dispute later develop, to rely on his lack of independent legal counsel to avoid his obligations, to seek indulgences from the Company or to otherwise attack the integrity of the Agreement and the provisions thereof, in whole or in part.

 

22. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement electronically or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.

  

  Brain Scientific Inc.
   
   
  Name: Boris Goldstein
  Title: Executive Chairman
   
   
  Vadim Sakharov

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 14.1

 

BRAIN SCIENTIFIC INC.

Corporate Code of Ethics and Conduct

1.        General Policy

It is the policy of Brain Scientific Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “BRSF” or the “Company”) to conduct business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and with integrity.

Each BRSF employee, officer and director must comply with the policies set forth in this Code of Ethics and Conduct (the “Code”). All employees, officer and directors should review this Code or summary materials that may be issued in conjunction with the Code, and make sure that these policies guide their actions. If any employee, officer or director becomes aware of an issue of legal compliance which is not adequately addressed in this Code, the Compliance Officer should be notified. The text of the Code can also be found through the Company’s website (www.brainscientific.com).

BRSF takes compliance with laws, regulations, rules and the Code seriously. Any intentional violation will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from employment. Disciplinary actions may also apply to an employee’s supervisor who directs or approves the employee’s improper actions or who is aware of those actions, but does not act appropriately to correct them or fails to exercise appropriate supervision. In addition to imposing its own discipline, BRSF may also bring violations of law or suspected violations of law to the attention of appropriate law enforcement personnel.

This Code includes statements of BRSF’s policy in a number of specific areas. We need your help to comply with these policies. To that end, the Company’s Chairman has been named as the Code of Ethics and Conduct Compliance Officer, charged with reviewing the Company’s compliance policies and specific compliance situations that may arise.

If a question arises as to whether any action complies with BRSF policies or applicable law, an employee, officer or director should present that question directly to the Compliance Officer. Concerns about violations of any part of this Code may be made anonymously, by sending them to the Compliance Officer at the Company’s headquarters,. Simply ask your question or give any information you may have. If you are reporting a possible violation, it is important to give the information you have in as much detail as possible, and as accurately as you can, neither overstating it nor omitting any relevant facts. In raising an issue, you may remain anonymous, although you are encouraged to identify yourself. Should you choose to identify yourself, your identity will be kept confidential to the extent feasible or permissible under the law. All employees, officers and directors of BRSF have the commitment of the Company that they will be protected from retaliation for any report of possible misconduct made in good faith. Knowingly making a false accusation or providing false information to the Company, however, is improper, a violation of this Code, and an action that subjects the actor to discipline. Failure to report known or suspected wrongdoing of which any member of BRSF has knowledge may, by itself, subject that person to disciplinary action.

 

 

 

This Code generally highlights some of the more important legal principles with which employees, officers and directors are expected to be familiar. The fact that this Code does not specifically reference other applicable laws (some of which may be covered in other BRSF policies), does not diminish their importance or application. There are, of course, other BRSF policies separate from this one; these are made available to, and must be adhered to by, employees of the Company.

2.        Compliance with the Law

BRSF seeks to comply with all applicable government laws, rules and regulations. We need the cooperation of all employees, officers and directors to do so and to bring lapses or violations to light. While some regulatory schemes may not carry criminal penalties, they control the licenses and certifications that allow the Company to conduct its business. BRSF’s continued ability to operate depends upon your help.

Some of the regulatory programs that affect the Company and with which employees may deal in the course of their duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

· labor and wage & hour laws;
· occupational safety and health regulation;
· antitrust laws;
· building, safety and fire codes;
· regulations concerning use of animals in research;
· laws and regulations of hazardous materials and radiation;
· laws and regulations covering biotechnology products and pharmaceuticals;
· healthcare laws and regulations;
· export control system; and
· environmental programs.

The Compliance Officer can provide employees with information on these rules, and can direct questions or concerns to the proper person.

3.        Company Stock

Because our stock is publicly traded, certain of the Company’s activities are subject to certain provisions of the federal securities laws. These laws govern the dissemination or use of information about the affairs of BRSF or its subsidiaries or affiliates, and other information which might be of interest to persons considering the purchase or sale of the stocks. Violations of the federal securities laws could subject you and the Company to stiff criminal and civil penalties. Accordingly, BRSF does not sanction and will not tolerate any conduct that risks a violation of these laws.

 

 

 

a.       Disclosure of Transactions in BRSF Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requires continuing disclosure of transactions in the Company’s publicly traded securities by the Company, its directors, executive officers, major shareholders and certain other affiliated persons. We are committed to complying with obligations related to this disclosure. Covered transactions are reported to the SEC and the reports are public; they may be viewed through the BRSF website, by clicking on the “Investors” tab and then selecting “SEC Filings.”

b.        Insider Trading

It is illegal for any person, either personally or on behalf of others, (i) to buy or sell securities while in possession of material nonpublic information, or (ii) to communicate (to “tip”) material nonpublic information to another person who trades in the securities on the basis of the information or who in turn passes the information on to someone who trades. All directors, officers, employees, and temporary insiders, such as accountants and lawyers, must comply with these “insider trading” restrictions.

All information that an investor might consider important in deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold securities is considered “material.” Information that is likely to or may affect the price of securities is almost always material. Examples of some types of material information are:

· information regarding the results of our research and development, including clinical trial results, results from pre-clinical experiments and the status of regulatory approval or the regulatory process for any of our product candidates;
· financial and operating results for the month, quarter or year;
· financial forecasts, including proposed or approved budgets;
· possible mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other purchases and sales of products, businesses, companies and investments in companies;
· obtaining or losing important contracts, such as critical licensing agreements;
· major personnel changes; and
· major litigation developments.

All information about BRSF or its business plans is potentially “insider” information until publicly disclosed or made available by BRSF. Thus, BRSF employees, officers or directors may not disclose it to others. This prohibition includes disclosure to relatives, friends, or business or social acquaintances. Information is considered to be nonpublic unless it has been effectively disclosed to the public (for example, by a press release). Further, the information must not only be publicly disclosed, but there must also be adequate time for the market as a whole to digest the information.

 

 

 

When an employee, officer or director knows material nonpublic information about BRSF, he or she is prohibited from these activities:

· trading in the stocks for his or her own account or for the account of another (including any trust of which the employee, officer or director is a trustee, or any other entity that buys or sells securities, such as a mutual fund);
· having anyone else trade for the employee, officer or director; and
· disclosing the information to anyone else who then trades or in turn “tips” another person who trades.

Neither the employee nor anyone acting on the employee’s behalf, nor anyone who learns the information from the employee, may trade for as long as the information continues to be material and nonpublic.

If an employee, officer or director is considering buying or selling the stocks and has a question as to whether the transaction might involve the improper use of material nonpublic information, that individual should obtain specific prior approval from the Compliance Officer. Consultation with the individual’s own attorney is also strongly encouraged.

On a related point, you should remember that outsiders may be listening or watching and may be able to pick up information they should not have. No discussion of BRSF’s material nonpublic information should take place in public areas -- such as corridors, elevators and restaurants -- and care should be taken in the handling and disposal of papers containing material nonpublic information. Any questions or concerns about disclosure of nonpublic information should be brought to the Compliance Officer.

4.        Confidential Information

You may be entrusted with BRSF’s confidential business information. You are required to safeguard and use such information only for Company purposes. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors or harmful to BRSF, if disclosed. You are expected to maintain the confidentiality of any and all such information entrusted to you by the Company or others with whom we have confidential relationships. Examples of confidential business information include, but are not limited to: the Company’s trade secrets, business plans, clinical trial results, results from pre-clinical experiments and the status of regulatory approval or the regulatory process for any of our product candidates, detailed income, cost and profit figures, new product plans, research and development ideas or information, manufacturing processes, and information about potential acquisitions, divestitures and investments. The Company often enters confidentiality agreements with third parties, such as individuals, universities and companies with which we are doing or considering doing business, and information acquired from those parties is likely to be confidential; in these cases, any employee, consultant or other agent of the Company with access to that information is required to maintain the confidentiality of the other party’s information. If you are not sure, you should check with your supervisor or with company counsel. Failure to observe these obligations of confidentiality may compromise our competitive advantage over competitors and may additionally result in a breach of contract or a violation of securities, antitrust or employment laws. You should not discuss confidential Company information outside the Company, even with your own family.

 

 

 

Consultants retained by BRSF sign appropriate confidentiality agreements with the Company.

5.        Special Ethical Obligations For Employees With Financial Reporting Responsibilities

As a public company, we are also committed to carrying out all continuing disclosure obligations in a full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable manner. Depending on their position with BRSF, employees, officers or directors may be called upon to provide information to assure that the Company’s public reports are complete, fair and understandable. BRSF expects all of its personnel to take this responsibility very seriously and to provide prompt and accurate answers to inquiries related to the Company’s public disclosure requirements.

The Finance Department bears a special responsibility for promoting integrity throughout the organization. The Chief Executive Officer and Finance Department personnel have a special role both to adhere to these principles themselves and also to ensure that a culture exists throughout the company as a whole that ensures the fair and timely reporting of BRSF’s financial results and condition.

Because of this special role, the Chief Executive Officer and the members of BRSF’s Finance Department are obligated to:

· act with honesty and integrity, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships;
· provide information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable to ensure full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that BRSF files with, or submits to, government agencies and in other public communications;
· comply with rules and regulations of federal, state, provincial and local governments, and other appropriate private and public regulatory agencies;
· respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of work except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose (Confidential information acquired in the course of work is not to be used for personal advantage.);
· promote and be an example of ethical behavior as a responsible partner among peers, in the work environment and the community; and
· promote the responsible use of and control over Company assets.

 

Employees, officers and directors should promptly report to the Compliance Officer any conduct that the individual believes to be a violation of law or business ethics or of any provision of the Code, including any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict. Violations, including failures to report potential violations by others, will be viewed as a severe disciplinary matter that may result in personnel action, including termination of employment.

 

 

 

6.        Continuing Disclosure Obligations and Accuracy of Business Records

In order to support all our disclosure obligations, it is BRSF’s policy to record and report our factual information honestly and accurately. Failure to do so is a grave offense and will subject an individual to severe discipline by the Company, as well as possible criminal and civil penalties.

Investors count on BRSF to provide accurate information about our business and to make responsible business decisions based on reliable records. Every individual involved in creating, transmitting or entering information into BRSF’s financial and operational records is responsible for doing so fully, fairly, accurately, and timely, and with appropriate supporting documentation. No employee, officer or director may make any entry that intentionally hides or disguises the true nature of any transaction. For example, no individual may understate or overstate known liabilities and assets, record false revenues or revenues early, defer or accelerate the proper period for recording items that should be expensed, falsify quality or safety results, or process and submit false or inaccurate invoices.

Compliance with established accounting procedures, BRSF’s system of internal controls, and generally accepted accounting principles is necessary at all times. In order to achieve such compliance, the Company’s records, books and documents must accurately reflect the transactions and provide a full account of the Company’s assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. Knowingly entering inaccurate or fraudulent information into BRSF’s accounting system is unacceptable and may be illegal. Any individual who has knowledge that an entry or process is false and material is expected to consult the Compliance Officer. In addition, it is the responsibility of each employee, officer and director to cooperate with the Company’s authorized auditors.

When billing others for the Company’s services, BRSF has an obligation to exercise diligence, care, and integrity. BRSF is committed to maintaining the accuracy of every invoice it processes and submits. Each employee who is involved in submitting charges, preparing claims, billing, and documenting services is expected to monitor compliance with applicable rules and maintain the highest standards of personal, professional, and institutional responsibility. By the same token, each employee who is involved with processing and documenting vendors’ or contractors’ claims for payment is similarly expected to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and ethics. Any false, inaccurate, or questionable practices relating to billing others or to processing claims made by others for payment should be reported immediately to a supervisor, the controller or the Compliance Officer.

Every individual should also be aware that almost all business records of the Company may become subject to public disclosure in the course of litigation or governmental investigation. Records are also often obtained by outside parties or the media. Employees should therefore attempt to be as clear, concise, truthful, and as accurate as possible when recording any information. They must refrain from making legal conclusions or commenting on legal positions taken by the Company or others. They must also avoid exaggeration, colorful language, and derogatory characterizations of people and their motives. BRSF will not tolerate any conduct that creates an inaccurate impression of the Company’s business operations.

 

 

 

7.        Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets

Employees, officers and directors should protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s ability to conduct its research and development and, ultimately, on its profitability. All Company assets should be used for legitimate business purposes.

8.        Corporate Opportunities

Employees, officers and directors are prohibited from (a) taking for themselves personally opportunities that they discover through the use of Company property, information or position, (b) using Company property, information or position for personal gain, and (c) competing with the Company. Each employee, officer and director owes a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises.

9.        Fair Dealing

Employees, officers and directors should endeavor to deal fairly with the Company’s suppliers, competitors and employees, and should not take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other unfair-dealing practices.

10.        Conflicts of Interest

BRSF employees, officers and directors should avoid all potential conflicts of interest or situations that give the appearance of such conflict of interest. A conflict of interest occurs when the private interest of a BRSF employee (or an immediate family or household member or someone with whom you have an intimate relationship) interferes, in any way -- or even appears to interfere -- with the duties performed by the employee or with the interests of the Company as a whole. A conflict situation can arise when an employee, officer or director takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest also arise when an employee, officer or director, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position in the Company. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of, such persons are of special concern.

Any personal or business activities by an employee, officer or director that may raise concerns about conflict, potential conflict or apparent conflict of interest must be disclosed to, and approved in advance by, the Compliance Officer. You should also obtain the approval of a supervising officer when accepting a board position with a not-for-profit entity, when there may be a BRSF business relationship with the entity or an expectation of financial or other support from BRSF.

 

 

 

11.        Gifts, Meals and Entertainment

a.        Entertainment and Gifts

BRSF recognizes that in some instances, gifts, favors and entertainment can provide an entirely appropriate means of furthering a business relationship. These are permitted only when all of the following conditions are met:

· Public disclosure would not embarrass BRSF;
· They are of limited value; and
· They are consistent with our business practices.

Normal business courtesies involving no more than ordinary amenities (such as lunch, dinner, a spectator event, or a golf game) are permitted, as are token non-cash gifts of nominal value. The guiding principle is that no gift, favor or entertainment should be accepted or provided if it will obligate, or appear to obligate, the recipient. If you are uncertain about the propriety of a gift, you should contact the Compliance Officer for guidance. BRSF employees may not offer, give, solicit, or receive any payment that could appear to be a bribe, kickback, payoff, or other irregular type of payment.

b.        Relationships with Government Personnel

Separate and more stringent gift, meals and entertainment rules apply to dealings with government officials. Federal and state anti-kickback laws prohibit BRSF and its representatives from knowingly and willfully offering, paying, requesting, or receiving any money or other benefit, directly or indirectly, in return for obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with the award of a government contract. Any employee who becomes aware of any such conduct should immediately report it to the Compliance Officer. The anti-kickback laws must be considered whenever something of value is given or received by BRSF or its representatives or affiliates that is in any way connected to work performed for the government. There are many transactions that may violate the anti-kickback rules. As a result, no one acting on behalf of BRSF may offer or accept gifts, loans, rebates, services, or payment of any kind to or from government suppliers and vendors without first consulting the Compliance Officer.

c.        Business Dealings in Foreign Countries

Federal law prohibits U.S. companies, and those acting on their behalf, from bribing foreign officials to obtain or retain business. Foreign officials include officers and employees of a foreign government or of a foreign governmental department or agency. Indirect payments including those to agents or third parties with the knowledge that at least a portion of the payment will be given to a foreign official for an illegal purpose are prohibited. BRSF will not tolerate any conduct that violates this law.

12.        Interacting with the Government

a.        Relations with Government

BRSF values its good relations with local, state, federal, and foreign governments. We are committed to being a “good corporate citizen” and are proud of the contributions we have made to help the communities where we do business. It is BRSF’s policy is to maintain good relations with local, state and federal governments and government agencies, to deal honestly and fairly with government representatives and agents, and to comply with valid and reasonable governmental requests and processes. It is a violation of the Company’s policy to provide false or misleading information to any government agent or representative, or to encourage anyone else to do so. It is a violation of the Company’s policy to destroy records relevant to a fact-finding process, or to direct or encourage anyone else to do so. As noted elsewhere, violations of this policy will give rise to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. See Section 19, below, for instructions on how to deal with government investigations or inquiries.

 

 

 

13. Market Competition

BRSF is committed to complying with all state and federal antitrust laws. These laws cover matters like prohibitions on price-fixing, dividing markets or territories, and other unlawful agreements. Any questions that arise in this area should be addressed to the Compliance Officer.

14.        Purchasing

Purchasing decisions must be made in accordance with applicable BRSF policy. In addition, the prohibitions discussed in Section 11 of this Code, entitled “Gifts, Meals and Entertainment” apply to purchasing decisions. Purchasing decisions must in all instances be made free from any conflicts of interest that could affect the outcome. BRSF is committed to a fair and objective procurement system which results in the acquisition of quality goods and services at a fair price.

15.        Exports and Imports

BRSF employees and agents should be aware that there are also many U.S. laws that govern the import of items into the United States. Among other things, these laws control what can be imported into the United States, how the articles should be marked and the amount of duty to be paid. BRSF complies with all U.S. import laws. If an employee or agent is uncertain about whether a transaction involving the importation of items into the United States complies with these laws, he or she must contact the Compliance Officer for guidance.

There are also many U.S. laws and regulations governing international trade and commerce which serve to limit the export of certain products to certain countries. BRSF is committed to complying with those laws. Because these rules are complicated and change periodically, at such time as the Company has products, its employees and agents seeking to export a product will first confirm the legal trade status of that country and, if uncertain about whether a foreign sale complies with U.S. export laws, contact the Compliance Officer for guidance.

16.        Media/Public Relations and Governmental Inquiries

When BRSF provides information to the news media, securities analysts and stockholders, it has an obligation to do so accurately and completely. In order to ensure that BRSF complies with its obligations, employees receiving inquiries regarding BRSF’s activities, results, plans or position on public issues should refer the request to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, unless he has designated another person to act as corporate spokesperson. BRSF employees may not speak publicly for the company unless specifically authorized by senior management.

 

 

 

In the unlikely event that a government representative seeks to interview an employee regarding BRSF’s business activities or an employee’s work at the Company, the employee should contact the Compliance Officer.

Occasionally, someone will arrive unexpectedly or a government representative may seek to inspect the Company’s facility. If this happens, an employee should immediately notify his or her manager or supervisor and contact the Compliance Officer.

17.        Response to Investigations or Government Inquiries

Numerous state and federal agencies have broad legal authority to investigate BRSF and review its records. BRSF will comply with subpoenas and respond to governmental investigations as required by law. The Compliance Officer is responsible for coordinating BRSF’s response to investigations and the release of any information.

If an employee or officer receives an investigative demand, subpoena or search warrant involving BRSF, it should be brought immediately to the Compliance Officer. No documents should be released or copied without authorization from the Compliance Officer. If an investigator, agent or government auditor comes to a BRSF’s facility, contact the President and CEO or his designee immediately. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, contact BRSF’s Compliance Officer. Ask the investigator to wait until the contacted individual arrives before reviewing any documents or conducting any interviews. The Compliance Officer is responsible for assisting with any interviews. If BRSF employees are approached by government investigators and agents while they are away from BRSF’s premises and asked to discuss Company affairs, the employee has the right to insist on being interviewed during business hours with a supervisor or counsel present. Alternatively, any employee may choose to be interviewed or not to be interviewed at all. The Company recognizes the choice of how to proceed in these circumstances is left entirely the employees. If an employee chooses to speak with government personnel, it is essential that the employee be truthful. Questions may be directed to the Compliance Officer.

BRSF employees are not permitted to alter, remove or destroy documents or records of BRSF except in accordance with regular document retention and destruction practices. If a government investigation should be conducted, it is essential that no documents or records be destroyed or damaged during its course.

20.        Amendments And Waivers

This Code applies to all BRSF employees, officers and directors. There shall be no substantive amendment or waiver of any part of the Code affecting the directors, senior financial officers or executive officers, except by a vote of the Board of Directors, which will ascertain whether an amendment or waiver is appropriate and ensure that the amendment or waiver is accompanied by appropriate controls designed to protect BRSF.

 

 

 

In the event that any substantive amendment is made or any waiver of the type requiring disclosure is granted, the waiver will be posted on the BRSF’s website and/or filed with the SEC as appropriate, thereby allowing the BRSF shareholders to evaluate the merits of the particular waiver.

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Boris Goldstein, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Brain Scientific Inc.

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

  Date: March 30, 2020
   
  /s/ Boris Goldstein
  Boris Goldstein
 

Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President

(principal executive officer)

  

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Mark Corrao, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Brain Scientific Inc.

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

  Date: March 30, 2020
   
  /s/ Mark Corrao
  Mark Corrao
 

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Brain Scientific Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Boris Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the company.

 

  /s/ Boris Goldstein
  Boris Goldstein
 

Chairman, Secretary and Executive Vice President

  March 30, 2020

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of Brain Scientific Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark Corrao, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the company.

 

  /s/ Mark Corrao
  Mark Corrao
  Chief Financial Officer
  March 30, 2020