UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

(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, 2020

 

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: 001-38326

 

COHBAR, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   26-1299952
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1455 Adams Drive, Suite 2050

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(650) 446-7888

(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
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   CWBR   Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: N/A

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2020) was $50,525,285 based upon the last price of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on such date. As of March 25, 2021, the registrant had outstanding 61,788,325 shares of common stock.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

The registrant has incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K portions of its Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Such Proxy Statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

CohBar, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to amend its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2021 (the “Original Form 10-K”). This Amendment is being filed solely to refile the certifications of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer as exhibits to this Amendment as required pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

 

No attempt has been made in this Amendment to otherwise modify or update the other disclosures presented in the Original Form 10-K. This Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K (i.e., those events occurring after March 30, 2021) or modify of update those disclosures that may be affected by subsequent events. Such subsequent matters are addressed in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K and the Company’s other filings with the SEC.

 

 

 

 

PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(1) Financial Statements.

 

The financial statements required by Item 15(a) are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

 

(2) Financial Statement Schedules.

 

The financial statement schedules required by Item 15(a) are omitted because they are not applicable, not required or the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto as filed in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

(3) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No   Description
3.1   Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on January 8, 2015.
     
3.2   Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on June 18, 2020.
     
3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on January 8, 2015.
     
4.1   Description of the Registrant’s Securities.
     
4.2   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated April 11, 2014, issued to Jon Stern - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.
     
4.3   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued July 2017 - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on July 18, 2017.
     
4.4   Form of Nontransferable Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued March and April 2018 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 4, 2018.

 

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4.5   Form of 8% Unsecured Promissory Note Due 2021 issued March and April 2018 - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 4, 2018.
     
4.6   Form of Amendment to 8% Unsecured Promissory Note and Nontransferable Common Stock Purchase Warrant – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2020.
     
4.7   Form of Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Commission on March 12, 2020.
     
4.8   Form of Second Amendment to 8% Unsecured Promissory Note and Nontransferable Common Stock Purchase Warrant – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2020.
     
4.9   Form of Nontransferable Common Stock Purchase Warrant – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2020.
     
4.10   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued August 2020 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on August 26, 2020.
     
4.11   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued December 2020 – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2020.
     
10.1*   Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on January 8, 2015.
     
10.2*   First Amendment to Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Commission on August 24, 2017.
     
10.3*   Second Amendment to Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-226434), as filed with the Commission on July 30, 2018.
     
10.4*   Third Amendment to Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-239387), as filed with the Commission on June 23, 2020.
     
10.5*   Form of Option Agreement under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.

  

10.6   Exclusive License Agreement, dated August 6, 2013, between CohBar, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.
     
10.7   Exclusive License Agreement, dated November 3, 2011, between and among CohBar, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.
     
10.8*   Form of Indemnification Agreement - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.
     
10.9*  

Executive Employment Agreement, dated November 27, 2013, between CohBar, Inc. and Jeffrey F. Biunno - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.

     
10.10*  

Amendment, dated as of July 11, 2016, to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of November 27, 2013, between CohBar, Inc. and Jeffrey F. Biunno. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2016.

 

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10.11*   Executive Employment Agreement, dated November 17, 2014, between CohBar, Inc. and Kenneth Cundy - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Amendment No. 2 of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 28, 2014.
     
10.12*   Consulting Agreement, dated November 10, 2011, by and between the Company and Nir Barzilai, as extended by an extension agreement dated November 1, 2014 - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.
     
10.13*  

Consulting Agreement, dated September 29, 2014, by and between the Company and Pinchas Cohen - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-200033), as filed with the Commission on November 10, 2014.

     
10.14*   Executive Employment Agreement dated May 6, 2019, by and between CohBar, Inc. and Steven Engle - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, as filed with the Commission on May 8, 2019.
     
10.15*   Amendment, dated as of June 4, 2019, to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of November 27, 2013, between CohBar, Inc. and Jeffrey F. Biunno. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, as filed with the Commission on August 9, 2019.
     
10.16*   Employee Stock Purchase Plan. – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on June 21, 2019.
     
10.17   At-the-Market Sales Agreement, dated May 27, 2020, between CohBar, Inc. and Virtu Americas LLC – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on May 27, 2020.
     
10.18   Form of Subscription Agreement – Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2020.
     
23.1   Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.
     
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

  * Indicates management contract, compensatory agreement or arrangement, in which our directors or executive officers may participate.

 

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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.

 

Date: June 2, 2021   COHBAR, INC.
     
  By:  /s/ Jeffrey F. Biunno        
    Jeffrey F. Biunno
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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/ Joseph Sarret   Chief Executive Officer and Director   June 2, 2021
Joseph Sarret   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Jeffrey F. Biunno   Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary   June 2, 2021
Jeffrey F. Biunno   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
*   Chairman of the Board of Directors   June 2, 2021
David Greenwood        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Nir Barzilai        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Pinchas Cohen        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Phyllis Gardner        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Albion Fitzgerald        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Misha Petkevich        
         
*   Director   June 2, 2021
Jon L. Stern        

 

* By:  /s/ Jeffrey F. Biunno  
 

Jeffrey F. Biunno

Attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Joseph Sarret, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of CohBar, 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 general 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.

 

  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.

 

June 2, 2021   By:  /s/ Joseph Sarret
Date     Joseph Sarret
      Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Jeffrey F. Biunno, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of CohBar, 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 general 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.

 

  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.

 

June 2, 2021   By: /s/ Jeffrey F. Biunno
Date     Jeffrey F. Biunno
      Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer)